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NCAA Picks 2009-2010: week 8 results, week 9 schedule

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I had dinner reservations in Epcot Center this past Saturday I’d made before I knew what time the UT-Bama game would be, and missed the last few minutes. Naturally, my Vols came within a blocked field goal of beating the number one team in the country on its home field while I was gone. So it’s probably my fault they lost.

I dropped Garrett, kwakkwak and rugby from the standings since Garrett quit last week and the other two haven’t submitted anything since week 1.

Week 8 results
Player Total ATS
Writerchad 18 4
Carl Lindecrantz 15 1
Rusty 15 1
Alyssa 14 0
Jen 14 0
griftdrift 13 -1
Patrick 13 -1
B King 12 -2
Jason 12 -2
Seth 12 -2
Tony V. 12 -2
Sara 10 -4
Overall standings
Player Total ATS
Writerchad 87 18
Carl Lindecrantz 83 14
griftdrift 81 12
Patrick 78 9
B King 74 5
Jen 71 2
Rusty 71 2
Seth 70 1
Tony V. 70 1
Alyssa 69 0
Sara 69 0
Jason 67 -2

Enter your picks

Tiebreaker

How many rushing yards will Georgia gain against Florida?

Remember to enter your answer to this question in the comments section, and to make sure your answer isn’t the same as anyone else’s.

Last week’s tiebreaker question was “How many passing touchdowns will all PAC 10 defenses allow combined?” It turned out not to be necessary, but the answer was 13. Carl’s answer of 12 was closest.

NCAA Picks 2009-2010: week 7 results, week 8 schedule

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A couple of programming notes this week:

  • Patrick says Google Forms ate his picks last week. Since someone else reported the same thing a few weeks ago, and since he did leave a tiebreaker, I’m inclined to believe him. The picks he resubmitted after the fact made him the winner of last week with 10 points.
  • I’ll be on vacation Monday through Saturday and will be trying to avoid the computer as much as possible. Thus, I may not see your comment, email or Twitter message for quite a while, if at all, before Sunday night. So you may want to email me your no-covers as a back-up in case Google Forms eats your picks like it’s done to a couple of people.
Week 7 results
Name Total ATS
Sara 10 2
Seth 10 2
Writerchad 10 2
griftdrift 9 1
Patrick 9 1
Rusty 9 1
Tony V. 9 1
Alyssa 8 0
B King 8 0
Jen 8 0
Carl Lindecrantz 7 -1
Jason 7 -1
Garrett 0 -8
kwakkwak 0 -8
rugby 0 -8
Overall standings
Player Total ATS
Writerchad 69 14
Carl Lindecrantz 68 13
griftdrift 68 13
Patrick 65 10
B King 62 7
Sara 59 4
Seth 58 3
Tony V. 58 3
Jen 57 2
Rusty 56 1
Alyssa 55 0
Jason 55 0
Garrett 47 -8
kwakkwak 8 -47
rugby 5 -50

Enter your picks

Tiebreaker

How many passing touchdowns will all PAC 10 defenses allow combined?

Remember to enter your answer to this question in the comments section, and to make sure your answer isn’t the same as anyone else’s.

Last week’s tiebreaker question was “How many yards of offense will Oklahoma put up in the Red River Shootout?” The answer was 311. Among Sara, Seth and Writerchad, Seth’s guess of 374 yards was closest, making him the week 7 winner!

In case you’re wondering if winning a particular week is meaningless, it does count toward the final tiebreaker at the end of the season.

NCAA Picks 2009-2010: week 6 results, week 7 schedule

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If a picture is worth a thousand words, an animated GIF must be worth, like, five thousand or something:

vols lulz NCAA Picks 2009 2010: week 6 results, week 7 schedule

Credit for the idea goes to Pete by way of Holly. I am merely an executioner of ideas.

Week 6 results
Name Total ATS
B King 9 1
Rusty 9 1
Alyssa 8 0
Garrett 8 0
Jason 8 0
Jen 8 0
Seth 8 0
Tony V. 8 0
writerchad 8 0
Carl Lindecrantz 7 -1
griftdrift 7 -1
Sara 5 -3
kwakkwak 0 -8
Patrick 0 -8
rugby 0 -8
Overall standings
Player Total ATS
Carl Lindecrantz 61 14
griftdrift 59 12
Writerchad 59 12
B King 54 7
Jen 49 2
Sara 49 2
Tony V. 49 2
Jason 48 1
Seth 48 1
Alyssa 47 0
Garrett 47 0
Rusty 47 0
Patrick 46 -1
kwakkwak 8 -39
rugby 5 -42

Enter your picks

Tiebreaker

How many yards of offense will Oklahoma put up in the Red River Shootout?

Remember to enter your answer to this question in the comments section, and to make sure your answer isn’t the same as anyone else’s.

Last week’s tiebreaker question was “How many points will Nebraska and Missouri score combined?” Ben answered 60, I answered 54. The actual total was 39, making me the week 6 winner!

NCAA Picks 2009-2010 week 5 results, week 6 schedule

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I’ll be back in Knoxville this weekend to watch the 12:21 p.m. slapfight between the Bulldogs of Georgia and the Volunteers of Tennessee. So no live results again this week. Try to console yourself…

Week 5 results
Name Total ATS
griftdrift 9 2
Writerchad 9 2
B King 8 1
Carl Lindecrantz 8 1
Patrick 8 1
Sara 8 1
Seth 8 1
Jen 7 0
Jason 6 -1
Rusty 6 -1
Alyssa 5 -2
Garrett 5 -2
Tony V. 5 -2
kwakkwak 0 -7
rugby 0 -7
Overall standings
Player Total ATS
Carl Lindecrantz 54 15
griftdrift 52 13
Writerchad 51 12
Patrick 46 7
B King 45 6
Sara 44 5
Jen 41 2
Tony V. 41 2
Jason 40 1
Seth 40 1
Alyssa 39 0
Garrett 39 0
Rusty 38 -1
kwakkwak 8 -31
rugby 5 -34

Enter your picks

Tiebreaker

How many points will Nebraska and Missouri score combined?

Remember to enter your answer to this question in the comments section, and to make sure your answer isn’t the same as anyone else’s.

Last week’s tiebreaker was “How many total net yards will Oklahoma and Miami put up combined?” We have a tie, so we actually get to use this!

griftdrift guessed 555 net yards, and Writerchad guessed 666. The actual total was 687 net yards, which makes Writerchad the week 5 winner.

My guess of 685 yards was closer to the actual total than theirs or anyone else’s. Moral victory! Playing them tough!

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Five burning questions that don’t count for anything

Leave your guesses in the comments.

  1. How many reaction shots will the television network show of Willie Martinez pumping his fists and trying to hold back tears after his defensive backs get burned for 30 yards by a Tennessee receiver with a sprained ankle?
  2. How many times will Jonathan Crompton fumble, throw an interception, or run into his own end zone and fall down on the very next play?
  3. How many times will Joe Cox immediately follow up one of Crompton’s fumbles or interceptions with a wobbly duck of a pass thrown to no one in particular that should be intercepted?
  4. How many times will Tennessee actually intercept one of those passes?
  5. How many of those interceptions will be described by Tennessee fans as moral victories after Georgia wins 2-0?

NCAA Picks 2009-2010 week 5 schedule

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This is one of the weekends I’ll be out of town. I’ll travel to Knoxville with Reggie to get drunk and watch Tennessee not cover its two-point spread against Auburn, in that order. So there won’t be live results Saturday.

In the meantime, for no bonus points whatsoever, feel free to use the comments section here to partake in a game we play over at Rocky Top Talk, the Hail Mary Haiku. Here are the rules:

You’re behind by four at midfield. Only one second remains on the clock, and you have to heave the ball into a mass of players in the end zone and hope that one of your guys comes down with it. Bonus points for actually observing the traditional 5-7-5 format for haikus, but free form haikus are allowed. This is, after all, a desperation play.

Here’s the one I wrote for UT this week against Auburn:

Down a linebacker,
tackling dummy at QB,
thinking Hail ISO.

You, of course, can apply that to your own team.

Week 4 results
Player Points ATS
Patrick 16 7
B King 14 5
Carl Lindecrantz 14 5
griftdrift 14 5
Tony V. 13 4
Writerchad 12 3
Sara 11 2
Alyssa 10 1
Rusty 10 1
Garrett 9 0
Jason 9 0
Seth 9 0
Jen 8 -1
kwakkwak 0 -9
rugby 0 -9
Overall standings
Player Points ATS
Carl Lindecrantz 46 14
griftdrift 43 11
Writerchad 42 10
Patrick 38 6
B King 37 5
Sara 36 4
Tony V. 36 4
Alyssa 34 2
Garrett 34 2
Jason 34 2
Jen 34 2
Rusty 32 0
Seth 32 0
kwakkwak 8 -24
rugby 5 -27

Enter your picks

Tiebreaker

How many total net yards will Oklahoma and Miami put up combined?

Remember to enter your answer to this question in the comments section, and to make sure your answer isn’t the same as anyone else’s.

Last week’s tiebreaker was “How many passing yards will Arizona State quarterback Danny Sullivan put up against Georgia’s defense?” The answer was 116. Garrett‘s answer of 125 was closest. Since there was no tie, this didn’t end up being used, but I thought you might like to know how it turned out anyway.

NCAA Picks 2009-2010 week 4 schedule, week 3 results

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It’ll be a couple of years yet before we know if the Lane Kiffin experiment at Tennessee is a success or a failure. I’d caution against reading much from the game against Florida, or out of this season in general. But I am more optimistic about the future now than I was when he was hired. And I’m hoping it works out, because if Georgia football bloggers’ foreheads burst like they have been while the guy is losing, they’ll be beyond apoplectic when he’s winning. That will be fun to watch.

Meanwhile, Carl is still kicking your asses. But griftdrift is rebounding from a miserable first week, winning the second two weeks in a row after our makeshift bowling frame tiebreaker is accounted for.

Week 3 results
Player Points ATS
griftdrift 13 4
Carl Lindecrantz 12 3
Jen 11 2
Writerchad 11 2
Alyssa 10 1
Jason 10 1
Sara 10 1
Tony V. 10 1
Seth 10 1
Garrett 9 0
Rusty 9 0
Patrick 8 -1
B King 7 -2
Overall standings
Player Points ATS
Carl Lindecrantz 32 9
Writerchad 30 7
griftdrift 29 6
Jen 26 3
Garrett 25 2
Jason 25 2
Sara 25 2
Alyssa 24 1
B King 23 0
Seth 23 0
Tony V. 23 0
Patrick 22 -1
Rusty 22 -1
kwakkwak 8 -15
rugby 5 -18

Enter your picks

Tiebreaker

How many passing yards will Arizona State quarterback Danny Sullivan put up against Georgia’s defense?

Remember to enter your answer to this question in the comments section, and to make sure your answer isn’t the same as anyone else’s.

Last week’s tiebreaker was “How many points will all ACC teams score this week combined?” The answer was 344. I answered 301, which was closest. I guess that’s my consolation prize for being tied for dead last among players who have actually submitted picks every week.

NCAA Picks 2009-2010 week 3 schedule

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We need to make some adjustments this week:

  1. Due to having an actual tie even after the tiebreakers in week 2, I’m moving the tiebreakers out of the picks ballot and into the comments section. The tiebreaker will be one question, and you cannot give the same answer that someone else has already given in a previous comment. The week 2 winner between Ben K and griftdrift will be awarded retroactively based on who scores higher in week 3 (like a bowling frame).
  2. I had planned to use the CBS Blog poll to make my schedule, but I am just now finding out it’s typically not published until Wednesday afternoon. That won’t do for our purposes since I likely wouldn’t make out a form until Wednesday night. So I’m going to use the Coaches’ Poll instead. Most of you probably won’t notice, that’s just an FYI.

Next week I’ll factor ATS into the results, it’s just slipped my mind thus far.

Week 2 results
Player Points
griftdrift 11
B King 11
Carl Lindecrantz 10
Patrick 9
Sara 9
Tony V. 9
Writerchad 9
Garrett 9
Jen 9
Seth 9
Jason 8
Rusty 8
Alyssa 6

Here is a link to the full week 2 results spreadsheet.

Overall standings
Player Points
Carl Lindecrantz 20
Writerchad 19
B King 16
Garrett 16
griftdrift 16
Jason 15
Jen 15
Sara 15
Alyssa 14
Patrick 14
Rusty 13
Seth 13
Tony V. 13
kwakkwak 8
rugby 5

Here is a link to the full results spreadsheet.

Enter your picks

Tiebreaker

How many points will all ACC teams score this week combined?

Remember to enter your answer to this question in the comments section, and to make sure your answer isn’t the same as anyone else’s.

Be thankful I didn’t ask you sinners to pick which Bible verse Tebow would print on his eye black. Though if any of you know your Bible verses, feel free to speculate. Ezekiel 25:17 is too easy, so be creative.