Join the 2015 TGT College Pick 'Em group on ESPN.com!

[cdj]

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Join the 2015 TGT College Pick 'Em group on ESPN.com!

Group Name: The Gaming Tailgate

Here's how the game works: Every week throughout the college football season, we select 10 evenly matched games. It's then up to you to do your research (or go with your gut) and select the winners of these games while also ranking them from 1-10 based on your confidence level.

For example, if you correctly pick the winner of your most confident game, you receive 10 points. On the other hand, winning the game you feel least confident about is only worth one point. Any time you lose a game, no points are awarded - so be careful which ones you declare as your most confident. Good luck on all your picks this fall.

Get in the action now (http://games.espn.go.com/college-football-pickem/en/group?groupID=2394&invitesource=email&inviteuser=ezA5NDkzQ0E4LThDMjUtMTFEMC05REUxLTAwQTB DOTExMEZFRX0%3D&ex_cid=invite-email-cpickem)!

The winner will receive their choice of a $20 PSN or XBL card. It is free to enter, so feel welcome to invite family and friends.

[souljahbill]

I'm in

[steelerfan]

I'm in
Pointless. ram has the script.

[souljahbill]

Pointless. ram has the script.

I'll try to guess where the writers are going with the season.

[JBHuskers]

In conjunction with selecting which team will win, you are challenged to assign a Confidence Value to each game. The higher the confidence you assign to a game, the more points you will earn if you have selected the winning team.

The confidence is flip flopped from last year it appears. The 10 pointer is on the bottom. Just so you guys are aware.

[CLW]

The confidence is flip flopped from last year it appears. The 10 pointer is on the bottom. Just so you guys are aware.

So 1 = most confident 10 = least confident?

Also, are we doing the "fantasy" college football again?

[souljahbill]

So 1 = most confident 10 = least confident?

Also, are we doing the "fantasy" college football again?

No. The first game shown is one point and the last one shown is 10 points. Apparently it went 10-1 last year. I guess he's just making people aware of something everyone needs to change anyway.

[cdj]

Also, are we doing the "fantasy" college football again?

I don't think that game exists anymore on ESPN.com or at least I am not seeing it.

ESPN has a link to DraftKings in their Fantasy dropdown & area, so I take that to mean that the fantasy games have to be played there. Apparently they have some sort of deal.

[CLW]

I don't think that game exists anymore on ESPN.com or at least I am not seeing it.

ESPN has a link to DraftKings in their Fantasy dropdown & area, so I take that to mean that the fantasy games have to be played there. Apparently they have some sort of deal.

Ah - I actually enjoyed that game more than the pick em

[JBHuskers]

Ah - I actually enjoyed that game more than the pick em
I liked that game too.

[CLW]

O.K. - I made picks but still confused do we move our most confident to the top 1 or to the bottom 10?

[souljahbill]

O.K. - I made picks but still confused do we move our most confident to the top 1 or to the bottom 10?

Do you want 1 point or 10 points? Your most confident game should be 10. The game where you aren't sure should be 1.

[cdj]

Ah - I actually enjoyed that game more than the pick em

Same here.

[jaymo76]

I'm in. Now if only I can remember to complete my picks each week.

[JBHuskers]

O.K. - I made picks but still confused do we move our most confident to the top 1 or to the bottom 10?


Do you want 1 point or 10 points? Your most confident game should be 10. The game where you aren't sure should be 1.

It's just confusing because last year the 10 was on top, this year it's on the bottom, but same scoring, 10 points for your 10.

[CLW]

It's just confusing because last year the 10 was on top, this year it's on the bottom, but same scoring, 10 points for your 10.

OK so I need to reverse the order of all my picks b/c I just assumed top meant your best pick and bottom your worst.

[SmoothPancakes]

OK so I need to reverse the order of all my picks b/c I just assumed top meant your best pick and bottom your worst.
No, you got it right, you don't have to change anything. :) :D

[CLW]

No, you got it right, you don't have to change anything. :) :D

WTF? O.k. so your which is correct:

(a) 1 Confidence is worth 10 points and your 10 confidence is worth 1 point or

(b) 1 Confidence is worth 1 point and 10 confidence is worth 10 points

[SmoothPancakes]

:D. Maybe I should have included a ;)

I'm trying to set you up to put your confidence backwards and leave you sitting in last place. :)

[souljahbill]

WTF? O.k. so your which is correct:

(a) 1 Confidence is worth 10 points and your 10 confidence is worth 1 point or

(b) 1 Confidence is worth 1 point and 10 confidence is worth 10 points

:D. Maybe I should have included a ;)

I'm trying to set you up to put your confidence backwards and leave you sitting in last place. :)


I was considering doing the same thing. How one can read the jargon of legal mumbo jumbo but can't get the concept of 10's are for certainties and 1's are for toss-ups is beyond me. :D

[baseballplyrmvp]

Stanford is killing me. Good news is that it's beginning to look like an easier win for :USC: in a few weeks against them.

[SmoothPancakes]

Son of a bitch. I could have sworn I had picked Northwestern. That screws me out of 8 points. :fp:

[ram29jackson]

Yes I'll say it. The Penn State game is pure bullshit. Even with issues they still get recruits far superior to the Jr college wannabes that wander into temple. Ridiculous.

Bowling Green's helmets were cool

[SmoothPancakes]

Ah yes, I wondered when the first cries of "college football is scripted!1!" would come up this season.

[ram29jackson]

Ah yes, I wondered when the first cries of "college football is scripted!1!" would come up this season.
You're a few years behind. The whole point of sending Saban to Miami for a year was to teach him how they do it

[ram29jackson]

Thank you Arkansas for an opening season win in my college fantasy league!

[souljahbill]

Ugh!

BYU vs. Nebraska was my 9 point game and I had Nebraska.

[SmoothPancakes]

I picked Nebraska too. :( I thought I picked Northwestern, picked Stanford, lost 8 points. Picked Nebraska, lost 5, picked Northern Iowa, lost 6, picked Penn State, lost 9 and picked Arizona State and lost 2. :fp:

30 damn points blown.

[JBHuskers]

I only put Nebraska at 5, but I had Stanford high at 9. Penn State at 7. And an overall record of 5-5. Turrible start.

[volsfan]

Is it still too late to join.

[JBHuskers]

Is it still too late to join.

I don't think so, you'll just be behind from 30-50 points.

[souljahbill]

Good griefhttp://images.tapatalk-cdn.com/15/09/12/13c2275b1b31e9ee990ea50060e0d424.jpgYay for me though. I got my 1 point and 3 point games right. :fp:

[SmoothPancakes]

I managed to get my 9 and 10 this week. Rutgers screwed me out of 7 and Iowa may be about to screw me out of 8.

[skipwondah33]

I just realized the lower the more points you have riding on the games lol.

So I had the games I have least confidence in at bottom...thus costing more points. And ones felt good about earning little points

Nice! :D. Should have read directions little better

[souljahbill]

Can't believe Rutgers lost! I watched them take the damn lead on the punt return and they gave up 7 at the end.

[souljahbill]

I had a hard time picking the Oklahoma/Tennessee game and I see I should have gone with my 1st mind instead of second-guessing myself.

[SmoothPancakes]

If everything holds as is, Rutgers is going to be the only team keeping me from going a perfect 10-0 this week. Those cock sucking mother fuckers.

[souljahbill]

If everything holds as is, Rutgers is going to be the only team keeping me from going a perfect 10-0 this week. Those cock sucking mother fuckers.

Me too and it cost me 8 points! Can't believe Rutgers lost that game!

[ram29jackson]

Washington State is favored by 8.5 points and all of you picked Rutgers? Seriously? :confused:

[souljahbill]

Washington State is favored by 8.5 points and all of you picked Rutgers? Seriously? :confused:

http://es.pn/1hMVTUY

[ram29jackson]

http://es.pn/1hMVTUY

That's called baiting. They are still playing a School notorious for losing.

So which are you supposed to trust? The media? The odds makers? Neither or both?
Why are they favored by 8 after losing to lesser talent.

Arkansas vs Toledo was bull crap as well lol

[souljahbill]

That's called baiting. They are still playing a School notorious for losing.

So which are you supposed to trust? The media? The odds makers? Neither or both?
Why are they favored by 8 after losing to lesser talent.

Arkansas vs Toledo was bull crap as well lol

Know what other school is synonymous with losing? Washington St.

Rutgers was winning at home by 4 with 1:31 left so it's not like it was out of the realm of possibility that Rutgers could beat a team that lost to an FCS team the week before.

[souljahbill]

Fuck you, BYU. Y'all fucked me twice in 2 weeks.

[CLW]

Fuck you, BYU. Y'all fucked me twice in 2 weeks.

Easy on the Mormons.

[souljahbill]

Easy on the Mormons.

For people who aren't allowed to have sex, they're screwing me pretty good on the regular.

[skipwondah33]

I've picked them two weeks in a row and they have came through for me. Too bad didn't know what the hell I was doing putting games in the right spots

[JBHuskers]

For people who aren't allowed to have sex, they're screwing me pretty good on the regular.

:D

I was better this week, but still not great.

[souljahbill]

I picked against BYU again this week. If BYU wins, I'm picking them to beat anyone for the rest of the year.

[steelerfan]

I picked against BYU again this week. If BYU wins, I'm picking them to beat anyone for the rest of the year.
And then, after a 3-0 start, they'll finish 3-9. :D

[souljahbill]

And then, after a 3-0 start, they'll finish 3-9. :D
:D
Probably so.

[JBHuskers]

This week could be ugly. There isn't a single game that I feel great ranking it for 10 points :D

[souljahbill]

This week could be ugly. There isn't a single game that I feel great ranking it for 10 points :D

LOL

That's where I have BYU/UCLA. I'm just asking to lose points.

[skipwondah33]

LOL

That's where I have BYU/UCLA. I'm just asking to lose points.BYU for the WIN!!!

[volsfan]

I tried to join the group, but it's locked.

[ram29jackson]

And the guy who doesn't know anything about football according to your logic is in a strong 3rd place.
And Gschwendt who knows all there is to know about strategy and terms and blobbity bla bla bla, is like...8th or something.

[JBHuskers]

And the guy who doesn't know anything about football according to your logic is in a strong 3rd place.
And Gschwendt who knows all there is to know about strategy and terms and blobbity bla bla bla, is like...8th or something.
Yet you brag about knowing the NFL so well and didn't sign up for that one.

[ram29jackson]

Yet you brag about knowing the NFL so well and didn't sign up for that one.

I never said I know it so well. I just know deception when I see it.
I did sign up. Why do you think I pointed out the Rams game last week? :)

[souljahbill]

I took a drubbing this week. Only got 3 right. I finally broke the curse of BYU this week though.

[souljahbill]

And the guy who doesn't know anything about football according to your logic is in a strong 3rd place.
And Gschwendt who knows all there is to know about strategy and terms and blobbity bla bla bla, is like...8th or something.

Just like a team losing doesn't prove you're wrong, a team winning or your picks hitting doesn't prove you're right.

[SmoothPancakes]

Just like a team losing doesn't prove you're wrong, a team winning or your picks hitting doesn't prove you're right.
He likes to claim both sides of the road. If he gets all his picks wrong, it doesn't mean a single thing. But when he gets picks right or does good, he never shuts up about it and thinks it somehow validates his dumbass claims. Moron can't make up his mind.

[steelerfan]

He likes to claim both sides of the road. If he gets all his picks wrong, it doesn't mean a single thing. But when he gets picks right or does good, he never shuts up about it and thinks it somehow validates his dumbass claims. Moron can't make up his mind.
Yep.

Typical of his moronic sort.

[baseballplyrmvp]

And the guy who doesn't know anything about football according to your logic is in a strong 3rd place.
And Gschwendt who knows all there is to know about strategy and terms and blobbity bla bla bla, is like...8th or something.

Dumbasses have been known to get lucky sometimes.

[souljahbill]

Dumbasses have been known to get lucky sometimes.

Exactly. A broken clock is right twice a day.

[ram29jackson]

Dumbasses have been known to get lucky sometimes.

Leading the pack and winning multiple prizes in multiple contests over the years is more than luck.
what was that you said about religious faith? Or am I taking you calling me a dumb ass out of context?
I forgive you.

Yes, the Georgia Tech game was pure bullpucky

[ram29jackson]

He likes to claim both sides of the road. If he gets all his picks wrong, it doesn't mean a single thing. But when he gets picks right or does good, he never shuts up about it and thinks it somehow validates his dumbass claims. Moron can't make up his mind.

No where have I ever claimed both sides of the road. You just hAve no comprehensive skills. My having fun with picks and getting them right or not does not prove or disprove games are staged. You are the one telling me I know nothing and yet you can't make better pics than I and win more on an extreme superior basis so that in itself validates my views to a degree.

[SmoothPancakes]

No where have I ever claimed both sides of the road. You just hAve no comprehensive skills. My having fun with picks and getting them right or not does not prove or disprove games are staged. You are the one telling me I know nothing and yet you can't make better pics than I and win more on an extreme superior basis so that in itself validates my views to a degree.

And yet you just claimed both sides of the road. :D

When you get your "predictions" wrong, it doesn't disprove anything, you were just one week early or you were reading what twist the NFL wanted to do wrong. When you get things right, as you just said, it "validates your views to a degree".

Do bad, it doesn't change a thing or disprove anything you've claimed. Do good, it at least partially validates your claims.

Guess what numbnuts, that's claiming both sides of the road. Pick one and stick to it. If doing bad doesn't disprove anything, then you do good doesn't prove or validate a damn thing. If doing good "partially validates" your claims, then doing bad means you're just guessing same as anyone else and you have no clue and disproves everything. Pick one and stick to it or else piss off.

[ram29jackson]

Dumbasses have been known to get lucky sometimes.

So your football knowledge helped you get 7 wrong today to my 3 wrong. What's the step below dumb ass status?
Juuuuust kiddding but you set me up for that one. :)

[ram29jackson]

Exactly. A broken clock is right twice a day.

I must own 3 1/2 clocks then

[baseballplyrmvp]

So your football knowledge helped you get 7 wrong today to my 3 wrong. What's the step below dumb ass status?
Juuuuust kiddding but you set me up for that one. :)

Oh you mean we're actually supposed to take this seriously?

[souljahbill]

So your football knowledge helped you get 7 wrong today to my 3 wrong. What's the step below dumb ass status?
Juuuuust kiddding but you set me up for that one. :)

Knowledge is irrelevant. Making picks doesn't prove or disprove knowledge. It isn't a trivia game.

[CLW]

Who's the guy winning this thing? He must be one of the people deciding these outcomes before hand and then missing a few here and there on purpose. :nod:

[jaymo76]

Last place here I come... what a terrible, terrible week!

[souljahbill]

Last place here I come... what a terrible, terrible week!

I'll race you to the bottom

[CLW]

3 weeks to go tight race at the top.

[JBHuskers]

If only I didn't forget the week before last... I still wouldn't be in it :D

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[ram29jackson]

Dammit Smooth ! you forgot to do this week! finish anyway!

[SmoothPancakes]

Dammit Smooth ! you forgot to do this week! finish anyway!
Yeah, that's what happens when you actually have a job. Sometimes you have weeks where you work so many hours you literally do nothing but come home, eat dinner and go to sleep just so you can get back up the next morning.

[steelerfan]

Yeah, that's what happens when you actually have a job. Sometimes you have weeks where you work so many hours you literally do nothing but come home, eat dinner and go to sleep just so you can get back up the next morning.

It's good that you tried to explain the concept to him but I don't think he's capable of grasping it. You might try equating work hours to imaginary uniforms created on a video game.

Something like this-

Sometimes you have weeks where you have to create an imaginary football and baseball uniform based on the band logo of every 80s pop act so you literally do nothing but come up from the basement, eat Ramen Noodles, run Mother's bath and go to sleep just do you can get up again the next afternoon.

He might relate to that.

[SmoothPancakes]

It's good that you tried to explain the concept to him but I don't think he's capable of grasping it. You might try equating work hours to imaginary uniforms created on a video game.

Something like this-

Sometimes you have weeks where you have to create an imaginary football and baseball uniform based on the band logo of every 80s pop act so you literally do nothing but come up from the basement, eat Ramen Noodles, run Mother's bath and go to sleep just do you can get up again the next afternoon.

He might relate to that.
:D :D :D

Now that is funny as hell! Yeah, I likely gave him way too much credit to be able to grasp, comprehend and understand my explanation. Yours is perfect! :D

[steelerfan]

:D :D :D

Now that is funny as hell! Yeah, I likely gave him way too much credit to be able to grasp, comprehend and understand my explanation. Yours is perfect! :D
:up:

[ram29jackson]

where did I imply it was a priority? I was being supportive and helpful,reminding him. You guys are quite childish as usual.

and the Guy who knows nothing about football is number 1 again:nod:

[JBHuskers]

where did I imply it was a priority? I was being supportive and helpful,reminding him. You guys are quite childish as usual.

and the Guy who knows nothing about football is number 1 again:nod:
Where did you finish last year?

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[souljahbill]

I was basically eliminated the week I forgot to make picks. I wasn't doing well anyway. I'll be back for the bowl pick 'em.

[CLW]

I'd like to apologize guys for my performance last week and basically giving the championship away to Ram.

[ram29jackson]

Where did you finish last year?

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I looked...For what ever reason I didnt play last year. Gschwendt won !

[steelerfan]

I looked...Because Mother had me institutionalized and our Obama Internet ran out I didnt play last year. Gschwendt won !

Fixed.

[ram29jackson]

Fixed.


how old are you?

[steelerfan]

how old are you?
Old enough to have a job and to not believe in fairy tales.

How old are you, O Grand Wizard of Ignorance and Deception?

[CLW]

After being Mr. Perfect in the final week Ill take my psn card.

[SmoothPancakes]

Lmao, nice collapse there Mr. Guy How Knows Nothing.

[souljahbill]

After being Mr. Perfect in the final week Ill take my psn card.

Congratulations!

Thank you on behalf of EVERYONE. It would be insufferable around here if "the intellectually superior" had won.

[CLW]

Lmao, nice collapse there Mr. Guy How Knows Nothing.


Congratulations!

Thank you on behalf of EVERYONE. It would be insufferable around here if "the intellectually superior" had won.

Meh it was rigged the WHOLE time. I just had to make it look like it was a real contest because I am MR. PERFECT:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8iK7vRYeY3U

[SmoothPancakes]

*claps*

[JBHuskers]

After being Mr. Perfect in the final week Ill take my psn card.

And you can send me the code to buy MUT packs ;) j/k :D congrats!

[JBHuskers]

Where's Ram? He was all over the NFL Tin Foil Hat thread yesterday... :crickets:

[CLW]

Where's Ram? He was all over the NFL Tin Foil Hat thread yesterday... :crickets:

In fairness to Ram - he did PM me and congratulate me on my victory.

[bdoughty]

In fairness to Ram - he did PM me and congratulate me on my victory.

If he offered to send you complementary Kool-Aid, beware.