It begins.....
A slightly new system this year. Instead of each game being worth one point, games will be worth points depending upon how you list them with you picks. Not only will you be picking winning teams for each week, but you'll be prioritizing them in a column as to your certainty of the picks 1-16 for weeks with 16 games, and 1-14 in the bye weeks running from week 3 through 10.
The higher the number you assign a game, the more certain you are of that particular pick, and the more points it's worth if you are correct. e.g. a game you put at 1 is the game that week you are most uncertain about. If you are correct in that pick, you are awarded one point. The game you are most certain about, you put 16th on your list. Again, if you are correct about the outcome of that game, it is worth 16 points to you. If you are wrong (and greatly upset in more ways than one) that also represents 16 potential points you've lost out on.
I'll list the games, and then make some sample picks so you can see what I'm talking about. Then I'll explain it a bit more.
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SCHEDULE WEEK 1
Thursday, 4 September 2003
New York Jets at Washington Redskins
Sunday, 7 September 2003
New England Patriots at Buffalo Bills
Jacksonville Jaguars at Carolina Panthers
Denver Broncos at Cincinnati Bengals
Indianapolis Colts at Cleveland Browns
Arizona Cardinals at Detroit Lions
Minnesota Vikings at Green Bay Packers
San Diego Chargers at Kansas City Chiefs
Houston Texans at Miami Dolphins
St. Louis Rams at New York Giants
Baltimore Ravens at Pittsburgh Steelers
Atlanta Falcons at Dallas Cowboys
Chicago Bears at San Francisco 49'ers
New Orleans Saints at Seattle Seahawks
Oakland Raiders at Tennessee Titans
Monday Night Football, 8 September
Tampa Bay Bucaneers at Philladelphia Eagles
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Sample Picks
OK, let's say that Mr. Blue wants to make picks for Week 1. First he looks over the games and decides who he believes will win each game through the normal methods (Careful statistical study, ESP, Voodoo, being Winston Wolf etc.) Normally that's where it ends, however, now Mr. Blue is going to arrange his Week 1 picks to reflect his certainty of the picks, and where he wants the highest award of Tipping Comp Points.
Looking at his picks, Mr. Blue decides that Houston at Miami is going to be a slaughterfest in Dolphins favor. That's the game he is most certain of, and it will become his 16 point selection.
Mr. Blue then decides that the the pick he is most unsure about is Arizona at Detroit. Both teams have had terrible years recently. Maybe Arizona has improved a lot with Emmit Smith, then again Detroit is playing at home. Does that balance? How do the Cards do on the road? How about Detroit at home, not much better, but they have really good crowd figures considering how much they suck. Could give them an edge. On and on. Mr. Blue doesn't know, so he places the AZ-Detroit game in the 1 point position. This is the game he is least sure about. If he is wrong he is only missing one potential point.
Mr. Blue continues, and finally comes up with a silly Week 1 Tip column such as this:
Mr. Blue's Week 1 Tips
1. Arizona (he thinks the Cards will pull it out)
2. Indianapolis
3. New England
4. Carolina
5. Kansas City
6. Oakland (the bastards)
7. Tampa Bay
8. NY Giants
9. San Francisco
10. New Orleans
11. NY Jets
12. Green Bay
13. Pittsburgh
14. Atlanta
15. Denver
16. Miami
Providing Mr. Blue is correct in all of his picks, he can win a possible 136 points - 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 ....all the way to 16. If Mr. Blue is wrong about Arizona, he has won 135 points (minus one). On the other hand, if the one game he is wrong about is instead Miami, he is out 16 points (OUCH!) and is awarded 120.
In other words, for every game Mr. Blue is right about, he is awarded the points shown to the left of the tip. That's why he wants to put the 'sure' tips with high numbers, and the hard picks with low numbers.
Pretty easy, eh? Other than if you saw Resevoir Dogs, you know you don't want upset Mr. Blue. Winston Wolf seems more reasonable.
One of the cool things about this system is that if Mr. Blue is only a few points behind Winston Wolf, one week can make an enormous difference - even if they chose exactly the same winners. This is because Mr. Blue and Winston might have placed their losers at different spots on the column and would be awarded different points for their winners. This causes a bit more leap-frogging, and someone on bottom at Week 8 could very well take the lead by Week 10. All depends.
Another aspect I like, is that I am physically incapable of not picking the Chiefs. There were some games last year where I could have objectively picked the enemy, but didn't want to. In cases like that, you can pick your team anyway, and place them at "1." Got that Hat? Cowboys at 1........all year.
You can go ahead and make your picks on this thread any time before kick off of the Jets - Skins game.
Questions?
Peace & let's have another fun year.
A slightly new system this year. Instead of each game being worth one point, games will be worth points depending upon how you list them with you picks. Not only will you be picking winning teams for each week, but you'll be prioritizing them in a column as to your certainty of the picks 1-16 for weeks with 16 games, and 1-14 in the bye weeks running from week 3 through 10.
The higher the number you assign a game, the more certain you are of that particular pick, and the more points it's worth if you are correct. e.g. a game you put at 1 is the game that week you are most uncertain about. If you are correct in that pick, you are awarded one point. The game you are most certain about, you put 16th on your list. Again, if you are correct about the outcome of that game, it is worth 16 points to you. If you are wrong (and greatly upset in more ways than one) that also represents 16 potential points you've lost out on.
I'll list the games, and then make some sample picks so you can see what I'm talking about. Then I'll explain it a bit more.
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SCHEDULE WEEK 1
Thursday, 4 September 2003
New York Jets at Washington Redskins
Sunday, 7 September 2003
New England Patriots at Buffalo Bills
Jacksonville Jaguars at Carolina Panthers
Denver Broncos at Cincinnati Bengals
Indianapolis Colts at Cleveland Browns
Arizona Cardinals at Detroit Lions
Minnesota Vikings at Green Bay Packers
San Diego Chargers at Kansas City Chiefs
Houston Texans at Miami Dolphins
St. Louis Rams at New York Giants
Baltimore Ravens at Pittsburgh Steelers
Atlanta Falcons at Dallas Cowboys
Chicago Bears at San Francisco 49'ers
New Orleans Saints at Seattle Seahawks
Oakland Raiders at Tennessee Titans
Monday Night Football, 8 September
Tampa Bay Bucaneers at Philladelphia Eagles
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Sample Picks
OK, let's say that Mr. Blue wants to make picks for Week 1. First he looks over the games and decides who he believes will win each game through the normal methods (Careful statistical study, ESP, Voodoo, being Winston Wolf etc.) Normally that's where it ends, however, now Mr. Blue is going to arrange his Week 1 picks to reflect his certainty of the picks, and where he wants the highest award of Tipping Comp Points.
Looking at his picks, Mr. Blue decides that Houston at Miami is going to be a slaughterfest in Dolphins favor. That's the game he is most certain of, and it will become his 16 point selection.
Mr. Blue then decides that the the pick he is most unsure about is Arizona at Detroit. Both teams have had terrible years recently. Maybe Arizona has improved a lot with Emmit Smith, then again Detroit is playing at home. Does that balance? How do the Cards do on the road? How about Detroit at home, not much better, but they have really good crowd figures considering how much they suck. Could give them an edge. On and on. Mr. Blue doesn't know, so he places the AZ-Detroit game in the 1 point position. This is the game he is least sure about. If he is wrong he is only missing one potential point.
Mr. Blue continues, and finally comes up with a silly Week 1 Tip column such as this:
Mr. Blue's Week 1 Tips
1. Arizona (he thinks the Cards will pull it out)
2. Indianapolis
3. New England
4. Carolina
5. Kansas City
6. Oakland (the bastards)
7. Tampa Bay
8. NY Giants
9. San Francisco
10. New Orleans
11. NY Jets
12. Green Bay
13. Pittsburgh
14. Atlanta
15. Denver
16. Miami
Providing Mr. Blue is correct in all of his picks, he can win a possible 136 points - 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 ....all the way to 16. If Mr. Blue is wrong about Arizona, he has won 135 points (minus one). On the other hand, if the one game he is wrong about is instead Miami, he is out 16 points (OUCH!) and is awarded 120.
In other words, for every game Mr. Blue is right about, he is awarded the points shown to the left of the tip. That's why he wants to put the 'sure' tips with high numbers, and the hard picks with low numbers.
Pretty easy, eh? Other than if you saw Resevoir Dogs, you know you don't want upset Mr. Blue. Winston Wolf seems more reasonable.
One of the cool things about this system is that if Mr. Blue is only a few points behind Winston Wolf, one week can make an enormous difference - even if they chose exactly the same winners. This is because Mr. Blue and Winston might have placed their losers at different spots on the column and would be awarded different points for their winners. This causes a bit more leap-frogging, and someone on bottom at Week 8 could very well take the lead by Week 10. All depends.
Another aspect I like, is that I am physically incapable of not picking the Chiefs. There were some games last year where I could have objectively picked the enemy, but didn't want to. In cases like that, you can pick your team anyway, and place them at "1." Got that Hat? Cowboys at 1........all year.
You can go ahead and make your picks on this thread any time before kick off of the Jets - Skins game.
Questions?
Peace & let's have another fun year.
