Bowl Pick'em Challenge

by ntrebon on Dec 16, 2008 8:10 AM PST in Football Comment 23 comments

A few people have expressed interest in participating in an ATQ Bowl Pick'em. I have decided to make things easier on myself by simply creating a group in ESPN's Bowl Mania game.

It appears that we are simply picking winners. I have also set up the league to use a confidence scoring system, so you rank your picks according to how confident you are in them. You simply rank the games from 1 to 34 (there are 34 bowls). The rank is associated with the number of points you will win for a correct a pick. So, if you rank Oregon beating Oklahoma State with 34 points, you earn 34 points when Oregon wins.

Important note: all entries must be made prior to the kickoff of the first game, which is Saturday, December 20, 2008 at 8:00 am PT.

The group name is Addicted To Quack and the password to join is goducks.

Let me know if anyone has any problems joining.

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I submitted my picks

but I’ll probably get killed. Bowl games are so hard to predict. For instance, Cal playing near home…will that be a motivator and advantage, or will the kids just be ready for the holidays like the Ducks were in the Las Vegas bowl a couple years back. Or OS, will the Beavs be completely disappointed playing in the Sun Bowl? In a regular season game I’d pick the Beavs over Pitt every time, but the let down at the end of the season can come into play. The confidence factor almost made it that much harder!

Death before Dishonor.

by MarineCorpsDuck on Dec 16, 2008 10:05 AM PST reply actions 0 recs

totally agree

You never know what team will show up to a bowl game, and with so many teams having large differences between good and bad its hard. Are we going to see the Cal ducks or the Civil war Ducks? you can ask that for so many teams.

Ducks Go!
694, bam!

by trumpetduck on Dec 16, 2008 12:23 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Agree

I agree but I think that’s what makes it fun. Man I must of spent a half hour picking the confidence points.

by ConnorOSU on Dec 16, 2008 9:20 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

final score

i was stumped on the final score for the championship. for some reason 65-38 sounded about right…

Life is about growth. People are not perfect when they're 21 years old. - Bill Walton

by NEP on Dec 16, 2008 2:53 PM PST reply actions 0 recs

I was thinking 38-31

by ConnorOSU on Dec 16, 2008 9:20 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

You guys didnt want to join our Bowl Pick Em?

Twist sad. TWIST SMASH!

Please disregard the above ramblings as those of a clearly delusional fan.

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by TwistNHook on Dec 16, 2008 4:12 PM PST reply actions 0 recs

I would have but I heard it got rained out. I think Carp told me that anyway

--Dominic

Autzen Stadium is where great teams go to die." - J. Brady McCullough, The Michigan Daily.

by dvieira on Dec 16, 2008 4:18 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

I pity you Pac Ten fans who will have to deal with my dominant Big Ten mind.

by gahnki on Dec 16, 2008 6:21 PM PST reply actions 0 recs

huh?

It's spelled "M-A-R-C-H-I-N-G-B-A-N-D."

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by Takimoto on Dec 16, 2008 7:17 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs