In the spirit of the college football pick 'em, I've set up a GWJ group on Yahoo for the NFL pick 'em.
Yahoo NFL Pick 'Em
Group ID#: 52392
Password: stan
It's free and open to any and all who wish to participate. Remember that all games will be picked against the point spread.
In and picked. God I love football season.
Thanks for starting.
I'm going out on a major limb with my picks as "Sgt Fury Drum and Fife."
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Wohoo, tied for first! Not a big fan of the spread, though.
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/agreed
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Alright, the comments about the spread have prompted me to do a little analysis to see what effect the spread had on the outcome of the games. Out of the 14 games played so far, the spread only played a factor in 3 of them (SEA/DET, NE/BUF, ARI/SF). Only in those 3 games did the spread decide which team was the "winner." A more interesting stat to me (and probably the reason for the small number of correct picks for everyone), is that in 6 of the 14 games, the underdog actually won the game.
And besides:
Although it's been a few years since I have done this, historically I have been around 65% accurate when picking pro games against the spread. So, you can imagine that this week has also thrown me for a loop. Also, the fact that so few of the lines were even close to being correct should result in a lot of odds makers being somewhat perplexed as well. I'm just chalking it up to it being Week 1 in a league full of parity and call it good. However, if enough of you would like to abandon the spread and just go for straight picks, I'll see if I can change it.
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I'd prefer straight picks, but now that I realized there is a spread (yeah, I didn't really read the post, just clicked the shiny link) I'm OK with it.
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I signed-up, a week late so I'm already in the hole!
I think I made some solid picks, could have sworn I choose the Giants to win though, I know I did in the real football thread here. Whoops.
“Don’t ask what the world needs. Ask what makes you come alive, and go do it. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive.” ― Howard Thurman
I'm fairly pleased with my picks this week. My biggest killer was in taking the dogs and points. 4 out of 6 losses were from this. I'm beginning to think that Tampa Bay and Detroit have forgotten what an end zone is.
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2007 GWJFFL2 Champion
LobsterMobster wrote:2008 & 2011 GWJFFL Champion
2012 & 2014 GWJFFLK Champion
Gnomish prostitutes look like bunches of grapes.