2018 AGS PLAYOFF PICK'EM CONTEST

[MTfan4life]

It's finally that time of year again! The 2018 FCS Playoffs are upon us. This season, I've decided to resurrect the pick'em contest we used last season. Yes, brackets are fun, but they're so very much work on my end. AND, someone can just submit a bracket today, disappear for the month, and still win this contest. We need CLICKS on this website, man! Poor ursus needs a quality shelter for winter hibernation! ;)


Here is the link for the picks for Round 1: https://goo.gl/forms/XDlUoVUaTPy4wX3F3


Scoring procedure (There will be no margin of victory this season. It was always my favorite part, but this year the standings will have zero decimal places! Hooray!)

Each correct game for the first two rounds will be worth 10 points plus the bonus for that game. The bonus will simply be decided by what percentage of people picked the eventual winner in each matchup. That will be on an 8 point scale. So, the winner who is picked by the least amount of people will be 18 points and the one picked by the most people will be worth 11 points. I'll give an example using last season's first round results.
18 - San Diego - 9%
17 - Weber State - 29%
16 - Kennesaw State - 58%
15 - Furman - 59%
14 - South Dakota - 90%
13 - New Hampshire - 93%
12 - Northern Iowa - 95%
11 - Stony Brook - 96%

(If multiple games have equal percentages, the tie will be broken by random draw.)

Then there will also be bonus questions at the bottom worth THREE points each. The number of bonus questions will be dependent on number of teams in the round. I don't know if we'll have any from the semifinals on. I think I will do 4 for the first two rounds, 2 for the quarterfinals, and 0 for the other two rounds.

In subsequent rounds, points will increase. In the Quarters, picks will be worth 24
28, 30, & 34. In the Semis, picks will be worth 41 or 46. The championship will be worth 72.

It's possible there will be a prize. Ursus sometimes does that. You might get a cool banner above your name, or maybe even something of value as well. I know that usually depends on the number of posts you have, so we'll say you'll need at least 100 to be eligible for the grand prize, but anyone can join! The more the merrier!

GAME ON.

OH I forgot. If you submit picks, please say so in this thread! That will keep this on the front page so every one can see. Also, that will allow me to review who has entered the contest! Thank you!

[JSUSoutherner]

Thanks for putting this together.

[veinup]

you should post the results from last year’s competition in this thread for reference. 😎

[bonarae]

I'm in!

[BisonBacker]

I'm in!

[BisonTru]

In. You have the same question in there twice.... ??

[smilo]

Submitted

[NDSUKurt]

Submitted

[katss07]

Im in!

[Drblankstare]

I’m in

[BlueHenSinfonian]

I'm in.

[NDSUtk]

Scoring procedure (There will be no margin of victory this season. It was always my favorite part, but this year the standings will have zero decimal places! Hooray!)

Each correct game for the first two rounds will be worth 10 points plus the bonus for that game. The bonus will simply be decided by what percentage of people picked the two teams in each matchup. That will be on an 8 point scale. So, the game closest to a 50/50 margin will be 18 points and the one with the highest majority picking just one team will be worth 11 points. I'll give an example.
18 - Wofford/Elon - 50%
17 - SEMO/Stony Brook - 56%
16 - JSU/ETSU - 64%
15 - Nicholls/USD - 75%
14 - UD/JMU - 82%
13 - UIW/MSU - 88%
12 - Duq/Tow - 92%
11 - Lamar/UNI - 96%


Question on this part...let's say 96% pick UNI over Lamar...but the end result is Lamar over UNI, will that actually count as a 4% therefore making this the game worth 18 points for those who got it right as they beat the odds so to say?

[FUBeAR]

FUBeAR is in...gave 2 different answers on the possibly duplicated question in case the duplication was intentional and you intended for us to pick both of the lowest scoring 2 Teams. If not, please use the Team selected in the 1st instance of this question (Lamar). THANKS!

[JacksFan40]

I’m in.

[TheKingpin28]

It is finished.

[POD Knows]

I'm in

[DA BEAR]

I'm in!

[ElCid]

Question on this part...let's say 96% pick UNI over Lamar...but the end result is Lamar over UNI, will that actually count as a 4% therefore making this the game worth 18 points for those who got it right as they beat the odds so to say?

I don't think so because if someone got it right (from the 4%) they already get 10 more points than everyone else, or 11 actually. But that is only my guess.

[RabidRabbit]

I'm in! Thanks for doing this again.

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[swaghook]

I'm in

[melloware13]

In

[Prime Power]

In

[Go Lehigh TU Owl]

I'm in!

[Bear84]

In

[footballer23]

In

[jsualumnus]

In and submitted! Thanks for doing this!

[MTfan4life]

In. You have the same question in there twice.... ??

Whoops. That's fixed now. That's what I get for trying to rush posting it! Luckily it wasn't in there instead of a different question, but rather something I simply forgot to delete.


Question on this part...let's say 96% pick UNI over Lamar...but the end result is Lamar over UNI, will that actually count as a 4% therefore making this the game worth 18 points for those who got it right as they beat the odds so to say?

That is a very good question. I will have to think on that one. At first thought, you bring up a very good point and that sounds like a better suggestion.
Edit: After 65 seconds of debate, I have decided what you suggested is what I envisioned when I wanted to reward the lesser picked teams. I will update the explanation post haste. ;) The way I originally explained is less ideal than this new way.


ALSO, if anyone wants to make changes to their picks, just send me a PM. Don't resubmit additional picks. caribbeanhen will tell you what happens when you do things incorrectly. xthumbsupx

[Bison56]

I'm in

[Dukie95]

Done

[Professor Chaos]

I'm in

[Thumper 76]

I’m in. At least ndsu will lose one thing for sure :D


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[cx500d]

I’m in. At least ndsu will lose one thing for sure :D


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Competition from other mvfc teams?


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[ST_Lawson]

I'm all up in there.

[maine612]

Submitted!

[wapiti]

The Captcha on Google Forms was annoying.

In

[gsf23nd]

Submitted

[woffordgrad94]

I submitted an entry. Ended up picking all home teams to win...

[Hambone]

Submission done.

[Bisonator]

In

[OhioHen]

In

[Go Lehigh TU Owl]

I'm in!

[kdinva]

I am in........

[mainejeff]

Submitted.

[aggiemba]

Submitted.

[ming01]

In.

[Vandal03]

I’m in

[bobcathpdevil56]

I submitted

[Sycamore62]

Im in, well at least I think I'm in, so do all the people on the forum but at the last second you will probably put 2 other people in with some bull**** reason not to let me in.

...nope, still mad

[SpreadTheWord]

I'm in! Best of luck to everyone.

[Noryan34]

submitted my picks

[gotts]

submitted

[TheValleyRaider]

I'm in

[caribbeanhen]

I'm in

Good to know I wont be last :D

[ST_Lawson]

Im in, well at least I think I'm in, so do all the people on the forum but at the last second you will probably put 2 other people in with some bull**** reason not to let me in.

...nope, still mad

Valid...Saturday I was mad we didn't win...Sunday I was mad because you didn't get in.


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[Catbooster]

in

[ElCid]

IN

[Roamingriz]

I am in

[polsongrizz]

Lets do it...

[MTfan4life]

Pretty strong showing so far with 63 entries already submitted, especially considering it's only Monday! Last season we had 136 in the first round, so keep them coming! xthumbsupx

[Catbooster]

bump to first page

[Winterborn]

Submitted my picks.

[jmu8]

Submitted

[Grover46]

Submitted!

[paward]

I have just completed the winning 100% ballot.

[Thunderstruck]

In for the fun

[AggieFinn]

Just submitted (for first time ever)

[WallyWofford]

Submitted!

[stevdock]

I'm in.

[Mayville Bison]

Thanks for doing this! I'm in!

[Bohcat]

I'm in

[CappinHard]

I'm in

[Catbooster]

bump

[THE DANIMAL]

I’m in

[jmu007]

I'm in. Submitted picks.

[caribbeanhen]

In

[veinup]

in

[ElCid]

Wow up to 78 or so. I got a feeling, given the match ups this week that we will have a 40 way tie for 1st, but who knows.

[CenMEBlackBearFan]

I'm in, great job as usual!!!

[CvilleDukes]

In.

[Preferred Walk-On]

I'm in.

[UpstateBison]

Submitted

[PantherRob82]

I'm in

[caribbeanhen]

Whoops. That's fixed now. That's what I get for trying to rush posting it! Luckily it wasn't in there instead of a different question, but rather something I simply forgot to delete.



That is a very good question. I will have to think on that one. At first thought, you bring up a very good point and that sounds like a better suggestion.
Edit: After 65 seconds of debate, I have decided what you suggested is what I envisioned when I wanted to reward the lesser picked teams. I will update the explanation post haste. ;) The way I originally explained is less ideal than this new way.


ALSO, if anyone wants to make changes to their picks, just send me a PM. Don't resubmit additional picks. caribbeanhen will tell you what happens when you do things incorrectly. xthumbsupx

you will be looking for your entry and probably will not find it, all I really remember was I became Caspianhen for a bit xpeacex

[cx500d]

you will be looking for your entry and probably will not find it, all I really remember was I became Caspianhen for a bit xpeacex

I would have made you this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AtMIgATxqd0

[Scrappy94]

I'm in.

[FUBeAR]

I'm in.
I move that Scrappy94 should be ineligible for this contest as he obviously used voodoo and/or a time machine to absolutely THRASH the rest of us in the Regular Season Pick’em Contest.



1
Scrappy94
187


2
caribbeanhen
175


3
mvemjsunpx
175


4
Bisonator
174


5
Prime Power
174


6
MTfan4life
174


7
BisonTru
171


8
mcneese75
170


9
Bear84
169


10
Roamingriz
166




Do I hear a Second?

[The Cats]

IN

[TheKingpin28]

I move that Scrappy94 should be ineligible for this contest as he obviously used voodoo and/or a time machine to absolutely THRASH the rest of us in the Regular Season Pick’em Contest.



1
Scrappy94
187


2
caribbeanhen
175


3
mvemjsunpx
175


4
Bisonator
174


5
Prime Power
174


6
MTfan4life
174


7
BisonTru
171


8
mcneese75
170


9
Bear84
169


10
Roamingriz
166




Do I hear a Second?

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[ncspiderfan]

I'm in

[Mocs123]

Chattanooga loses WR Will Young, Joesph Parker, and Bingo Morton on offense. All other starters and top reserves return on O. On D we lose Mack, Mahaffey, Orr, Fritz, and Lawson. Lawson was out most of this year with an injury.

[FCSbuff319]

If we can arrange the prize to be some cheeseburgers, I'll definitely be in!

[FUBeAR]

Chattanooga loses WR Will Young, Joesph Parker, and Bingo Morton on offense. All other starters and top reserves return on O. On D we lose Mack, Mahaffey, Orr, Fritz, and Lawson. Lawson was out most of this year with an injury.I think you got this post cross-threaded, Mocs.

[SUPharmacist]

In

[MTfan4life]

98 people signed up so far! There are going to be a lot of perfect weeks if all the favorites win, that's for sure!

[KPSUL]

Submitted

[BisonBacker]

98 people signed up so far! There are going to be a lot of perfect weeks if all the favorites win, that's for sure!

Thanks for doing this! As a small gesture of thanks since you are in Fargo I'll buy ya a burger at the Hi Ho in South Fargo. If you haven't had one you are missing out! PM me if you want to take me up on the offer. Others in town welcome too but you guys are on your own dime :D

[kalm]

Picks submitted. I hope to rise up this year out of the bottom 10.

[Lehigh Football Nation]

In

[SBUFAN33]

In

[Schism55]

I'm in

[MUrsus67]

I'm in.

[CommishBigSmooth]

In.

[NDSUtk]

Thanks for doing this! As a small gesture of thanks since you are in Fargo I'll buy ya a burger at the Hi Ho in South Fargo. If you haven't had one you are missing out! PM me if you want to take me up on the offer. Others in town welcome too but you guys are on your own dime :DThey are good burgers! Plus I like the new layout with the bar side

[Carolina010]

I'm in

[JaxSinfonian]

I’m in.

[grizband]

Im in

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[MTfan4life]

I am terribly sorry about the reCaptcha situation that some people have ran into. It's probably because of the email collection, so I will have that changed for next round!

If you get to a point where you were unable to send your picks in, just send them to me, with tiebreakers included, via PM. I'll accept picks in any form! (Except via mail as they are due before kickoff ;) )

[mvemjsunpx]

I'm in.

[Elvis was a Bison]

Sure, why not? In.

[MTfan4life]

Picks are posted here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/13zaj_7UfQy--NsJV7J_gDNxo7OoS5QmhnkIzzopZ6Lc/edit?usp=sharing

122 entries with one of them being the Massey predictions, so 121 people competing for the title!

Not a single person picked Duquesne.

Here's the percentage of teams picked:



Towson
100%


Northern Iowa
97%


James Madison
93%


Montana State
91%


Jacksonville State
89%


Nicholls State
76%


Stony Brook
75%


Wofford
71%


Elon
29%


SEMO
25%


San Diego
24%


East Tenn State
11%


Incarnate Word
9%


Delaware
7%


Lamar
3%


Duquesne
0%

[TheKingpin28]

Thanks for doing this! As a small gesture of thanks since you are in Fargo I'll buy ya a burger at the Hi Ho in South Fargo. If you haven't had one you are missing out! PM me if you want to take me up on the offer. Others in town welcome too but you guys are on your own dime :D

What if I pay you? Then will you buy me one? xlolx

[MTfan4life]

Forgot to post this:



Rank
AGS Name
Total


1
bluefish
101


1
Bohcat
101


1
CockyGeek
101


1
grizband
101


5
Bisonator
98


5
DCWIU11
98


5
JaxSinfonian
98


5
jsualumnus
98


5
MSUBobcat
98


5
NDSUtk
98


5
UpstateBison
98


5
woffordgrad94
98


13
albeeee
88


13
bonarae
88


15
caribbeanhen
87


15
crusader11
87


15
ElCid
87


15
Jacks10
87


15
Lehigh Football Nation
87


15
mvemjsunpx
87


15
Professor Chaos
87


15
WallyWofford
87


23
AggieFinn
86


24
kalm
85


24
mainejeff
85


26
Gangtackle11
84


26
JMU2K_DukeDawg
84


26
kdinva
84


26
KPSUL
84


26
maine612
84


26
Massey
84


26
Mayville Bison
84


26
mmiller_34
84


26
SDFS
84


26
taper
84


26
The Cats
84


26
TheValleyRaider
84


26
Thunderstruck
84


26
Winterborn
84


40
BisonTru
83


40
Grover46
83


42
bisoninloveland
82


42
NDSUKurt
82


44
32counter
81


44
Carolina010
81


44
Catbooster
81


44
CommishBigSmooth
81


44
CvilleDukes
81


44
footballer23
81


44
FUBeAR
81


44
gotts
81


44
GreatDayToBeAnEagle
81


44
Hambone
81


44
jmu007
81


44
JSUSoutherner
81


44
POD Knows
81


44
Prime Power
81


44
RabidRabbit
81


44
Roamingriz
81


44
Scrappy94
81


44
Smilo
81


44
Sycamore62
81


44
WileECoyote06
81


44
MR. CHICKEN
81


65
paward
80


66
CappinHard
71


66
Elvis was a Bison
71


66
ming01
71


66
SpreadTheWord
71


66
Swaghook
71


71
MarkyMark
70


71
MUrsus67
70


71
Vandal03
70


74
4Grz
69


74
BlueHenSinfonian
69


74
jmu8
69


74
Schism55
69


74
SUpharmacist
69


79
McNeese75
68


79
MTfan4life
68


79
NDSU1980
68


79
PurpleStreamers
68


79
ST_Lawson
68


84
aggiemba
67


84
Go Lehigh TU owl
67


84
Tiger93
67


84
Tribepride52
67


88
cx500d
66


88
DA BEAR
66


88
Darth_KSUOwlsFan
66


88
Drblankstare
66


88
Dukie95
66


88
stevdock
66


88
TheKingpin28
66


88
Thumper 76
66


96
Bear84
65


96
BisonBacker
65


96
CenMEBlackBearFan
65


96
Gil Dobie
65


96
GsephBison
65


96
katss07
65


96
MacThor
65


96
OhioHen
65


96
PantherRob82
65


96
SBUFAN33
65


96
The Danimal
65


107
Sitting bull
58


108
Noryan34
56


109
Bison56
55


109
bobcathpdevil56
55


109
gsf23nd
55


112
FCSbuff319
53


112
wmmii
53


114
Preferred Walk-On
52


115
Wapiti
51


116
JacksFan40
50


116
ncspiderfan
50


118
melloware13
49


119
BlueHenFromWA
41


119
Cocky
41


121
Daytripper
40


122
polsongrizz
39


123
veinup
25




There were 12 people who nailed 7 out of 8 games and then 4 of those 12 who got one of the bonus questions correct.

[kalm]

Forgot to post this:



Rank
AGS Name
Total


1
bluefish
101


1
Bohcat
101


1
CockyGeek
101


1
grizband
101


5
Bisonator
98


5
DCWIU11
98


5
JaxSinfonian
98


5
jsualumnus
98


5
MSUBobcat
98


5
NDSUtk
98


5
UpstateBison
98


5
woffordgrad94
98


13
albeeee
88


13
bonarae
88


15
caribbeanhen
87


15
crusader11
87


15
ElCid
87


15
Jacks10
87


15
Lehigh Football Nation
87


15
mvemjsunpx
87


15
Professor Chaos
87


15
WallyWofford
87


23
AggieFinn
86


24
kalm
85


24
mainejeff
85


26
Gangtackle11
84


26
JMU2K_DukeDawg
84


26
kdinva
84


26
KPSUL
84


26
maine612
84


26
Massey
84


26
Mayville Bison
84


26
mmiller_34
84


26
SDFS
84


26
taper
84


26
The Cats
84


26
TheValleyRaider
84


26
Thunderstruck
84


26
Winterborn
84


40
BisonTru
83


40
Grover46
83


42
bisoninloveland
82


42
NDSUKurt
82


44
32counter
81


44
Carolina010
81


44
Catbooster
81


44
CommishBigSmooth
81


44
CvilleDukes
81


44
footballer23
81


44
FUBeAR
81


44
gotts
81


44
GreatDayToBeAnEagle
81


44
Hambone
81


44
jmu007
81


44
JSUSoutherner
81


44
POD Knows
81


44
Prime Power
81


44
RabidRabbit
81


44
Roamingriz
81


44
Scrappy94
81


44
Smilo
81


44
Sycamore62
81


44
WileECoyote06
81


44
MR. CHICKEN
81


65
paward
80


66
CappinHard
71


66
Elvis was a Bison
71


66
ming01
71


66
SpreadTheWord
71


66
Swaghook
71


71
MarkyMark
70


71
MUrsus67
70


71
Vandal03
70


74
4Grz
69


74
BlueHenSinfonian
69


74
jmu8
69


74
Schism55
69


74
SUpharmacist
69


79
McNeese75
68


79
MTfan4life
68


79
NDSU1980
68


79
PurpleStreamers
68


79
ST_Lawson
68


84
aggiemba
67


84
Go Lehigh TU owl
67


84
Tiger93
67


84
Tribepride52
67


88
cx500d
66


88
DA BEAR
66


88
Darth_KSUOwlsFan
66


88
Drblankstare
66


88
Dukie95
66


88
stevdock
66


88
TheKingpin28
66


88
Thumper 76
66


96
Bear84
65


96
BisonBacker
65


96
CenMEBlackBearFan
65


96
Gil Dobie
65


96
GsephBison
65


96
katss07
65


96
MacThor
65


96
OhioHen
65


96
PantherRob82
65


96
SBUFAN33
65


96
The Danimal
65


107
Sitting bull
58


108
Noryan34
56


109
Bison56
55


109
bobcathpdevil56
55


109
gsf23nd
55


112
FCSbuff319
53


112
wmmii
53


114
Preferred Walk-On
52


115
Wapiti
51


116
JacksFan40
50


116
ncspiderfan
50


118
melloware13
49


119
BlueHenFromWA
41


119
Cocky
41


121
Daytripper
40


122
polsongrizz
39


123
veinup
25




There were 12 people who nailed 7 out of 8 games and then 4 of those 12 who got one of the bonus questions correct.

HA! IYFF, MTGF4L! And Polson too...

[polsongrizz]

So much for picking the underdogs, DAMMMMM. LOL

F U C k you klammy. LOL

[Daytripper]

So much for picking the underdogs, DAMMMMM. LOL

F U C k you klammy. LOL

I was just a little less crappier than you....xdrunkyx

[katss07]

So don’t bet on CAA teams I guess!