OT? - Yahoo 1201 S. Main St. Pick'em Review/Trash Talk Thread

Submitted by Steves_Wolverines on

We're 12 weeks into the Pick'em season, with 2 weeks to go. This thread can be used to gloat about your performance so far, reflect upon when your entry dropped from contention, and a general pick'em discussion thread.

Congrats to the 57ish users who have made picks every week. 

Congrats to Kenny Powers Possee, our current leader; recording high points in week 6.

Rounding the other top contenders are:

2. MGoCombs
3. Gosselin Geese
4. GoblueATL
5. Mfan_in_ohio
6. ZTMaizeNBlue (my entry)
7. BlueGrizzly
8. Thatswatsheesed
9. Biakabutuka
10. Muppet Glee Club

Good luck to everyone who will be making picks in these final 2 weeks! I think 1st place may be out of reach for me (165 points back), so I'm hoping for a Top 5 finish.

Go Blue, and may the odds be ever in your favor!

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MGoCombs

November 21st, 2016 at 10:36 AM ^

Being #1 for a full week was a joyous time. Being #2 is great and all, but once you have a taste of #1, it's tough to go back. Coming back for the top spot this week.



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Steves_Wolverines

November 21st, 2016 at 11:06 AM ^

The leader is 208-152 for 3480 points. 

7th place is the only other picker with over 200 correct picks, at 204-156 and 3309 points. 

15 entries have 190+ correct picks, but obviously not much confidence in those correct picks as the leader. (for example, #45 is 190-170 for only 3043 points).

The lowest number of correct picks in the Top-10 is #8 with a 183-177 record, but has 3304 points. Dude hits big on his correct picks. 

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mfan_in_ohio

November 21st, 2016 at 10:53 AM ^

Went from 28th to 5th on the strength of last week's performance.  Doubt that is repeatable, but it was nice to finally have a really good week. Thanks, OP, for the timely opportunity to brag.

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LBSS

November 21st, 2016 at 12:28 PM ^

Fuck Yahoo. It reset my picks after I hit "save" at least half the weeks. Re-entered them, a couple of times more than once, until this week. Gave up. Stupid interface. Godspeed everyone who's still in it. OTOH, this was a good lesson for me in "Why sports betting is a terrible idea." Up until this week I was in 16th place (after leading the first two weeks), with just over a 51% success rate with my picks. I've heard you need to be over 53% to come out ahead in the long run. So with a couple of exceptions, I think we should pretty much all stick to our day jobs.

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Steves_Wolverines

November 21st, 2016 at 1:00 PM ^

Happened to me once. I realized that it won't save anything unless everything is 100% filled in.

It's easy to miss a box or game, and if you make the mistake of hitting save; bye bye all your picks. 

It's made me triple-check myself before clicking save. Definitely an issue that should be an easy fix. I prefer ESPN over Yahoo for fantasy sports, but I wanted to see how I'd stack up against the MGoBlog community. Pretty good so far!

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