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MTfan4life
August 29th, 2021, 11:30 AM
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We had a truly amazing pick'em competition in 2019. I would love to see those kinds of numbers back again this year. I understand it won't be the same with the hiatus, but let's get this tradition back into the fold on AGS. Sorry I didn't do anything last spring. It would have been terribly annoying to do a challenge with 65 game cancellations each and every week. Granted, we probably will have one or two this season, but chances are those games will be outliers and not the norm.

For the most part, the rules will stay the same. I will try and get 25-30 games each week solely of FCS vs. FCS competition. The first few weeks I may switch that just so I can get to 30. Or possibly do a hybrid of something like "What will the game result be?" 'NDSU wins by 20+' or 'NDSU wins by <20 or Loses'.

Scoring will be pretty basic, for the most part. One point for each correct game picked. There will be a couple of additional opportunities, though. The top game on the Pick'em form each week will be worth two points. Then there will be a couple bonus questions each week. If that person or persons gets the pick right on, they will get 2 bonus points. Just like last time around, I'll keep the bonus questions weird, wild, and different each week! xrotatehx

If you've participated in previous seasons, you know I'm very flexible and will both accept picks up until game time and will usually send out reminders as well. If you're always an end-of-the-week picker and would appreciate me leaving you out of the reminders, please let me know! I just want maximum entries each and every week! Last season we had around 50 people submit picks every single week and over 70 total competitors. The deadline for picks each week will be right before the first game on Saturday starts, usually around Noon Eastern time. Most often, I'll try not to include a Thursday or Friday night game. However, this first week, there are some good ones early, so they will be in there. You can still submit all the way until Saturday in those circumstances. You'll just miss the game if you submitted after each respective kickoff.

Shoutout to the past two winners:
2019 Gangtackle11 in a barnburner that came down to the final game.
2018 Scrappy94 in a blowout

Who will come out on top this season?

Here is the form for Week 1: https://forms.gle/Rak4fd3yp577MjHRA

Please note, about a third of the games are on Thursday or Friday. This will be the one week you'll need to get your picks in earlier than Saturday. You can still submit up to Saturday, but you'll miss out on 10 of the 30 games.

ElCid
August 29th, 2021, 11:42 AM
Always fun and your dedication and hard work is much appreciated. I always look forward to this each fall.

BEAR
August 29th, 2021, 12:08 PM
Thank you for doing this! Just put my picks in. No idea on many of them but it will be fun trying anyway!

caribbeanhen
August 29th, 2021, 12:34 PM
This game is a great tradition and Thank you for doing it!

bonarae
August 29th, 2021, 07:02 PM
Thank you MTfan4life. Although I cannot win anything because I'm quite bad at picking games... xrulesx

Daytripper
August 29th, 2021, 07:09 PM
Done. I begin another year of mediocrity for me.

TheKingpin28
August 29th, 2021, 07:53 PM
Ready for a mid table finish again. I'm in.

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ElCid
August 30th, 2021, 02:23 PM
Done

wapiti
August 30th, 2021, 03:41 PM
In. I'm ready for a can of whoop ass to be applied to me in this competition.

caribbeanhen
August 30th, 2021, 03:55 PM
The Div 2 game always gives me a headache so I just pull a swag

paward
August 30th, 2021, 04:00 PM
In

ncspiderfan
August 30th, 2021, 06:36 PM
Done

Appreciate all the efforts to put this together each week.

POD Knows
August 30th, 2021, 07:02 PM
I am in baby.

Katfan
August 30th, 2021, 08:43 PM
In

SonuvaHenx2
August 30th, 2021, 09:04 PM
In

MTfan4life
August 31st, 2021, 02:36 AM
The Div 2 game always gives me a headache so I just pull a swag

The lower division game is always my favorite part! I usually try to pick the best matchup among noteworthy teams. A comparable FCS matchup to this one would be Weber State vs. James Madison. Both Commerce and Pueblo have been very good the last 7 years. Pueblo won it all in 2014 and Commerce picked up their own D2 title in 2017.

katss07
August 31st, 2021, 02:45 AM
In

Bisonator
August 31st, 2021, 08:13 AM
In and it's good to be back!

MR. CHICKEN
August 31st, 2021, 08:26 AM
.........IN

TheValleyRaider
August 31st, 2021, 04:28 PM
In

Go Lehigh TU Owl
August 31st, 2021, 04:41 PM
In

wapiti
September 1st, 2021, 12:39 PM
Bump

MTfan4life
September 1st, 2021, 01:49 PM
Bump

It's good to see so many regulars back this season!

Continued reminder, there are 11 games on Thursday, so don't wait until Saturday to do picks this week! Every subsequent week, you'll have until Saturday, but this one you don't want to miss out on all those potential points!

Hambone
September 1st, 2021, 01:51 PM
made my picks

grizband
September 1st, 2021, 03:34 PM
Picks are in

caribbeanhen
September 1st, 2021, 03:59 PM
In

MTfan4life
September 1st, 2021, 10:37 PM
Just as a reminder, the North Alabama @ Southeastern Louisiana game got switched. North Alabama is now hosting SELA. The question remains the same.

Chalupa Batman
September 1st, 2021, 11:48 PM
Just as a reminder, the North Alabama @ Southeastern Louisiana game got switched. North Alabama is now hosting SELA. The question remains the same.

Are we supposed to get a confirmation email after we make our picks? I made mine a few days ago but never got one.

Carolina010
September 2nd, 2021, 12:39 AM
In

mvemjsunpx
September 2nd, 2021, 12:42 AM
In

MTfan4life
September 2nd, 2021, 01:48 AM
Are we supposed to get a confirmation email after we make our picks? I made mine a few days ago but never got one.

I don't use the email option with the picks, so you wouldn't even have entered your email on the form. The email process appears to have gotten a lot better than it used to be, so I might switch to utilizing email after seeing how convenient it is with the survival game. This week there's no email but you can always ask me any questions about your picks.

Catbooster
September 2nd, 2021, 12:54 PM
My picks are in. Thanks for doing this again. xbowx

Finally going to be spending Saturdays on FCS football! xbeerchugx xhurrayx

ElCid
September 2nd, 2021, 01:00 PM
.....but you can always ask me any questions about your picks.

Did I pick the right teams?xlolx Oh, sorry, that's probably not what you meant.

MTfan4life
September 2nd, 2021, 02:21 PM
In case you're curious if your picks got in, here's a list of all the fools who have submitted so far

BEAR
JALMOND
Chalupa Batman
gjw0007
JacksFan40
The Cats
bonarae
Daytripper
Preferred Walk-On
Go Lehigh TU owl
McNeese75
Roamingriz
ElCid
Puddin Tane
MR. CHICKEN
Wapiti
Katfan
ncspiderfan
POD Knows
SonuvaHenx2
Scrappy94
YSUBIGRED
footballer23
katss07
Nodak651
Bisonator
sdsuceegrad
TheKingpin28
TheValleyRaider
JSUSoutherner
caribbeanhen
Hambone
grizband
FCSbuff319
ST_Lawson
Carolina010
mvemjsunpx
MTfan4life
Catbooster
Prime Power
Gangtackle11
Drblankstare
melloware13

FCSbuff319
September 2nd, 2021, 08:14 PM
Back to defend my 50th place finish.

MTfan4life
September 4th, 2021, 12:52 AM
I will be out of town this weekend and likely with minimal computer access. Picks probably won't be updated until Sunday night. There are games on Sunday, so I guess that helps.

Here is the sheet with everybody's picks for the week, though:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1OIOu5aJXKNQBJIoD1Z5Iok49CcsbeSuAR1fbirU17Lw/edit?usp=sharing

MTfan4life
September 6th, 2021, 01:42 AM
Here are the results for week one:



Week 1



ElCid
27


Chalupa Batman
24


gjw0007
24


JacksFan40
24


Puddin Tane
24


CockyGeek
23


Go Lehigh TU owl
23


Preferred Walk-On
23


sdsuceegrad
23


The Cats
23


TheValleyRaider
23


Bisonator
22


Carolina010
22


Daytripper
22


katss07
22


mvemjsunpx
22


POD Knows
22


Prime Power
22


Scrappy94
22


BEAR
21


Catbooster
21


Hambone
21


MR. CHICKEN
21


MTfan4life
21


ST_Lawson
21


footballer23
20


YSUBIGRED
20


caribbeanhen
19


Gangtackle11
19


grizband
19


JSUSoutherner
19


Katfan
19


McNeese75
19


melloware13
19


SonuvaHenx2
19


TheKingpin28
19


bonarae
18


ncspiderfan
18


Drblankstare
17


MSUBobcat
17


Roamingriz
17


Wapiti
17


FCSbuff319
16


JALMOND
16


Nodak651
16


blackbeard
14


bluefish
14

ElCid
September 6th, 2021, 11:24 AM
Yeeha. About time. But it's a long season.

caribbeanhen
September 6th, 2021, 01:10 PM
Yeeha. About time. But it's a long season.

did you get any wrong?

ElCid
September 6th, 2021, 01:14 PM
did you get any wrong?

Yeah, I blew 4 games. Those 4 games were decided by 11 points, combined. I got to remember what I did.xrotatehx

caribbeanhen
September 6th, 2021, 01:24 PM
Yeah, I blew 4 games. Those 4 games were decided by 11 points, combined. I got to remember what I did.xrotatehx

well nice job

Daytripper
September 6th, 2021, 01:37 PM
Yeah, I blew 4 games. Those 4 games were decided by 11 points, combined. I got to remember what I did.xrotatehx

Did you access the Akashic Records? xrotatehx

JALMOND
September 6th, 2021, 01:43 PM
I need to find my glasses. I can't see anything east of the Rockies. xlolx