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[College Football] One Last Game that We've Seen 3 Times Already
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If you want to go transitive, Ohio State beat Maryland who beat Texas.
This result, is, uh, surprising.
As you saw on those third and fourth downs.
The transitive property has many rules and those games no longer count
(You’re ruining my joke)
I mean the two picks early on were more about disguising coverage than a freakish D-line, at least. But yeah, that goalline stand just showed what a great idea it is to have talent.
That is one hell of a statline
3DS: 2981-5304-3227
... huh? According to ESPN Bama was favored by 5.5.
What a perfect ending to the college football season. PLAY US OFF!
3DS: 2981-5304-3227
To further ruin the joke, OSU finished 3rd.
Two seasons.
Oh God! I thought he was a sophomore...
I mean, I'm frustrated too but I don't think it "reflects badly on Michigan" as some are saying
A guy left to coach for a school where his dad plyed and a HC who he used to work with. Plus a reported promotion (recruiting coordinator in addition to LB coach) and probable pay raise.
It's not as if he left because he found Michigan intolerable or something like that.
I was frustrated, but not actually convinced the sky was falling
I mean, I am kind of an idiot, but yesterday was not an example of it
3DS: 2981-5304-3227
Yeah, I was really tired yesterday.
First, let's conclude our Bowl Pick 'Em:
Congratulations @Blackhawk1313 !
And now, the moment you've been waiting for.... could erstwhile RMED preserve his lead?
@Ladybug2332 is our overall winner!
And so concludes the pick 'em. First off, I'd like to thank @Nirya once again for doing what I consider to be the hard part: writing about the games! And I'd also like to thank YOU for playing!
And let me take this opportunity to also say that if you have any questions, comments, or suggestions for the pick 'em feel free to let me know here in the thread. I know I said last offseason that I was going to try to develop a system better suited to our needs than Google Docs. I still want to do that, but I can't promise anything. One question I have in particular relates to the format: would you like to see a split of straight-up and against the spread games like we do in the regular season, or would you prefer all picks be against the spread like we did for the bowls? Would you be adverse to other things like a "G5 Special" on a weekly basis?
Otherwise, I've already got the schedule for the games of August 31st this year pulled up, and we'll see you then.
To answer your questions, I think generally if the spread is <5 points then the outcome is often a tossup. I like the split between straight-up and spread for this reason. I'd be interested in seeing other events pop up from time to time. Maybe something like "pick a single winner" from a pool of teams over the course of a few weeks but you can't pick the same team twice? Maybe once conference play starts and only allow a pool of perennially average teams. Once you miss a pick you're out for the rest of the season and can't claim any more bonus points. This might require a lot of bookkeeping though.
Thank you for running the pick'ems. I'd say keep doing what you're doing as it seems to work great.
Do you have any thoughts on Josh Gattis? I ask because Michigan seems to have hired him as offensive coordinator. Coaching the Alabama WR corps from this year seems like a pretty big positive. And before that he was PSU's WR coach when they were like Allen Robinson and those dudes. I am encouraged.
He's a fucking great WR coach and probably a top 10 recruiter in the nation. I'm seriously pissed he is going to you guys. If he had gone to Maryland instead, at least their other deficiencies would have kept him in check. That's a huge, huge gain on your end.
Edit what the fuck, I can’t @ the sauce? The fuck?