Bored's CFB Pick 'Em Results - Week 4

[Bored 0]

Before I post the match-up breakdowns as I alluded to in the pick thread I want to present two ideas to you guys on how I should handle dead teams. It appears Boise State will forfeit for a second straight week and effectively end any chance of anyone taking over that team winning the contest so I will declare it dead. I do not want forfeits for the rest of the year for Boise State so here are my two ideas:

 

Idea #1: I will have Boise State (or any other dead team) pick the favorites for each game based on the point spread.

 

Idea #2: I will let someone already in the contest volunteer (it would be first come, first serve although not until I make a decision on which idea I use) to take over Boise State. It can not be anyone still on Boise State's schedule and they would have to make the same picks for Boise that they make for their own team.

 

For either idea Boise State will be on "probation" and can not participate in the Pac-8 Conference Championship or any bowl game. Let me know what idea you guy's prefer and I'll make a decision on it this weekend.

 

 

Week 4 Match-up Breakdowns

 

#2 Ohio State (Gert T, 3-0) vs. #5 Alabama (AlwaysPissedOff, 2-1) – GAME OF THE WEEK

 

Differing Picks

 

OSU: Boise State, Arkansas

Ala: BYU, Alabama

 

Tiebreak Answers: 59/36, 205/289

 

#1 Virginia (Edwin MacPhisto, 2-1) vs. #8 Syracuse (Canadian Chris, 2-1)

 

Differing Picks

 

UVA: Boston College, Arizona State

SU: Wake Forest, Oregon State

 

Tiebreak Answers: 65/55, 198/338

 

#3 Hawaii (Will Scarlet, 2-1) vs. Washington State (bravesfan, 3-0)

 

Differing Picks

 

HI: Virginia Tech

Wazzu: N.C. State

 

Tiebreak Answers: 42/55, 190/325

 

#4 Notre Dame (Lando Griffin, 3-0) vs. Penn State (therealworldschampion, 2-1)

 

Differing Picks

 

ND: Arizona State

PS: Oregon State

 

Tiebreak Answers: 52/58, 260/253

 

#6 Miami (Spaceman Spiff, 2-1) vs. Bowling Green (iggymcfly, 1-2)

 

Differing Picks

 

Mia: Washington, Arizona, Alabama, Kansas

BG: Notre Dame, Washington State, Arkansas, Texas Tech

 

Tiebreak Answers: 48/51, 230/250

 

#7 Auburn (Agent of Oblivion, 2-1) vs. Oregon (nogoodnick, 1-2)

 

Differing Picks

 

Aub: Boston College, Clemson, Oregon State

Ore: Wake Forest, Florida State, Arizona State

 

Tiebreak Answers: 41/45, 236/189

 

#9 Oklahoma (Damaramu, 3-0) vs. Florida (Agent Bond34, 0-3)

 

Differing Picks

 

OK: Bowling Green

UF: Northern Illinois

 

Tiebreak Answers: 42/43, 168/266

 

#10 Kent State (JHawk, 1-2) vs. LSU (teke184, 2-1)

 

Differing Picks

 

KS: Houston, Northern Illinois, N.C. State, Wake Forest, Arizona, Kansas, Stanford

LSU: Miami, Bowling Green, Virginia Tech, Boston College, Washington State, Texas Tech, USC

 

Tiebreak Answers: 64/51, 292/190

 

Stanford (Bored, 3-0) vs. USC (Cartman, 1-2)

 

Differing Picks

 

Stan: Bowling Green, Wake Forest, Michigan, Arizona, Arkansas, Texas Tech

USC: Northern Illinois, Boston Colllege, Iowa, Washington State, Alabama, Kansas

 

Tiebreak Answers: 52/49, 190/280

 

Minnesota (Vern Gagne, 1-2) vs. Boise State (???, 0-3)

 

Tennessee (Kotzenjunge, 1-2) vs. Boston College (HarleyQuinn, 1-2)

 

Differing Picks

 

Ten: Bowling Green, Boise State, Florida State, Iowa

BC: Northern Illinois, BYU, Clemson, Michigan

 

Tiebreak Answers: 38/37, 280/329

 

Arizona State (Spicy McHaggis, 1-2) vs. Rutgers (the pinjockey, 0-3)

 

Differing Picks

 

ASU: Bowling Green, Virginia Tech, Arizona, Arkansas

Rut: Northern Illinois, N.C. State, Washington State, Alabama

 

Tiebreak Answers: 38/40, 271/240

 

Texas (Flyboy, 1-2) vs. Florida State (2GOLD, 1-2)

 

Differing Picks

 

Tex: Virginia Tech, Arizona, Wisconsin, Arizona State

FSU: N.C. State, Washington State, Penn State, Oregon State

 

Tiebreak Answers: 43/45, 275/286

 

Michigan (Mad Dog, 1-2) vs. Maryland (MarvinisaLunatic, 2-1)

 

Differing Picks

 

Mich: Iowa, Oregon State

MD: Michigan, Arizona State

 

Tiebreak Answers: 63/31, 236/264

 

Michigan State (Dangerous A, 1-2) vs. West Virginia (Loaded Glove, 1-2)

 

Differing Picks

 

MS: Virginia Tech, Arizona, Alabama, Wisconsin, Northwestern

WV: N.C. State, Washington State, Arkansas, Penn State, Minnesota

 

Tiebreak Answers: 67/27, 220/275

 

UCLA (phoenixrising, 0-3) vs. Georgia (A_MikeSC, 2-1)

 

Differing Picks

 

UCLA: Boston College, Arizona, Arizona State

UGA: Wake Forest, Washington State, Oregon State

 

Tiebreak Answers: 66/55, 275/170

[Bored 0]

Week 4 Useless Information

 

-Not many differing picks yet only one pick everyone agreed on: Florida over Kentucky.

 

-With the lack of differing picks the biggest variation in picks was Arkansas over Alabama 20-11.

 

-On their own this week: JHawk (Kent State) lost his mind was the only poster to pick Houston over Miami and Stanford over USC; Spaceman Spiff (Miami) picked Washington over Notre Dame; Dangerous A (Michigan State) picked Northwestern over Minnesota.

[Spaceman Spiff 0]

That's right. Fuck Notre Dame.

[iggymcfly 0]

For Boise State, I'd say the best thing to do would be to just go with the Vegas favorites. We don't need somebody repeated throughout the contest. This way, Boise can be competitive without making anything too complicated.

 

By the way, how exactly are we dealing with my Bowling Green team? Do I get a 0 for my picks last week? (which would pretty much guarantee a last place finish for a third of my BCS points). I was hoping that since I just took over, you could just average the weeks where picks were made, or at least give me the same number of picks for Week 3 as whoever got last.

[Guest Flyboy]

Just FYI, Bored, I changed Arizona to WSU when you told me to make a pick for the BYU game so that shouldn't be different.

[Bored 0]

You can't change your picks so your Arizona picks stays.

 

By the way, how exactly are we dealing with my Bowling Green team? Do I get a 0 for my picks last week? (which would pretty much guarantee a last place finish for a third of my BCS points). I was hoping that since I just took over, you could just average the weeks where picks were made, or at least give me the same number of picks for Week 3 as whoever got last.

You're stuck with the zero, sorry.

[teke184 0]

There's 3 minutes left in the Bowling Green vs. Northern Illinois game and the score is NI 31-17.

 

Barring a miracle comeback by Bowling Green, this could have some major repercussions in a lot of games, especially for Oklahoma (Dama), who'll probably pick up his first loss.

[Damaramu 0]

My first loss! How devastating! What an upset! Any given week!

[Bored 0]

Match-ups decided thru today's early games.

 

Minnesota (Vern Gagne) def. Boise State (Rob E Dangerously) by forfeit

 

Florida (Agent Bond34) def. #9 Oklahoma (Damaramu)

 

#2 Ohio State (Gert T) def. #5 Alabama (AlwaysPissedOff); Gert owns the tiebreak

 

#8 Syracuse (Canadian Chris) def. #1 (Edwin MacPhisto); Chris owns the tiebreak

 

Washington State (bravesfan) def. #3 Hawaii (Will Scarlet)

 

Rutgers (the pinjockey) def. Arizona State (Spicy McHaggis); pinjockey owns the tiebreak

[the pinjockey 0]

Whoohoo, no 0-4 for me.

[CanadianChris 0]

Woohoo...top 5 here we come...

[2GOLD 0]

Wrong thread...

 

I guess I don't find out till later if I'm able to get to 2-2.

 

ETA:

I TOOK PENN STATE AND OREGON STATE?!?!?

What the hell is wrong with me!?!?!

[Bored 0]

Additional match-ups decided thru Wazzu/U of A game:

 

Bowling Green (iggymcfly) def. #6 Miami (Spaceman Spiff)

 

Oregon (nogoodnick) def. #7 Auburn (Agent of Oblivion)

 

Stanford (Bored) def. USC (Cartman); I own the tiebreak

 

Tennesse (Kotzenjunge) def. Boston College (HarleyQuinn); Kotz owns tiebreak

 

Florida State (2GOLD) def. Texas (Flyboy); 2GOLD owns tiebreak

 

West Virginia (Loaded Glove) def. Michigan State (Dangerous A)

 

Georgia (A_MikeSC) def. UCLA (phoenixrising)

[MarvinisaLunatic 0]

I'm doing pretty good after that first crappy week. 3-1 now which should be good enough to at least get a shot at a ranking...

 

Im still trying to figure out how Mad Dog, playing as Michigan, didn't pick Michigan...

[Guest Salacious Crumb]

Mostly because Michigan has sucked against Iowa the last few years added with the fact that Michigan barely beat San Diego St. last week.

[Bored 0]

CORRECTION

I said Maryland held the tiebreak on their match-up but actually Michigan does (BG/NIU scored 51 total points). That match-up has not been decided then and hinges on the outcome of the Arizona State/Oregon State game. If Oregon State wins, Mad Dog would win by tiebreak. Sorry for the mistake.

 

LSU (teke184) def. #10 Kent State (JHawk)

 

JHawk's Stanford pick almost paid off but ends up costing him the match-up.

[Guest MikeSC]

I'm damned near ranked now.

-=Mike

[Bored 0]

Actually Mike you have a lot of ground to make up because you took over a team that fofeited one week.

 

Just a note to everyone there is a Wednesday game next week so I'm going to try to have Week 5 thread up tonight although I have to wait until the OSU/ASU game is over.

[Bored 0]

Week 4 Results

 

#2 Ohio State (Gert T) 13, #5 Alabama (AlwaysPissedOff) 11

 

#8 Syracuse (CanadianChris) 13, #1 Virginia (Edwin MacPhisto) 13; Syracuse wins by tiebreak

 

Washington State (bravesfan) 14, #3 Hawaii (Will Scarlet) 13

 

#4 Notre Dame (Lando Griffin) 12, Penn State (therealworldschampion) 11

 

Bowling Green (iggymcfly) 13, #6 Miami (Spaceman Spiff) 9

 

Oregon (nogoodnick) 15, #7 Auburn (Agent of Oblivion) 12

 

Florida (Agent Bond34) 13, #9 Oklahoma (Damaramu) 12

 

LSU (teke184) 12, #10 Kent State (JHawk) 11

 

Stanford (Bored) 13, USC (Cartman) 11

 

Minnesota (Vern Gagne) 15, Boise State (Rob E Dangerously) 0; forfeit

 

Tennessee (Kotzenjunge) 10, Boston College (HarleyQuinn) 10; Tennessee wins by tiebreak

 

Rutgers (the pinjockey) 13, Arizona State (Spicy McHaggis) 11

 

Florida State (2GOLD) 10, Texas (Flyboy) 10; Florida State wins by tiebreak

 

Maryland (MarvinisaLunatic) 12, Michigan (Mad Dog) 10

 

West Virginia (Loaded Glove) 14, Michigan State (Dangerous A) 11

 

Georgia (A_MikeSC) 13, UCLA (phoenixrising) 12

 

 

Conference Standings (conference record, overall record)

 

Pac-8

 

1. Stanford (1-0, 4-0)

1. Washington State (1-0, 4-0)

3. Hawaii (2-1, 2-2)

4. Oregon (1-1, 2-2)

5. Arizona State (0-0, 1-3)

5. UCLA (0-0, 0-4)

7. Boise State (0-1, 0-4)

8. USC (0-2, 1-3)

 

Big MAC

 

1. Notre Dame (3-0, 4-0)

2. Ohio State (1-0, 4-0)

3. Bowling Green (0-0, 2-2)

3. Minnesota (0-0, 2-2)

5. Penn State (0-1, 2-2)

5. Kent State (0-1, 1-3)

5. Michigan (0-1, 1-3)

5. Michigan State (0-1, 1-3)

 

Mid South

 

1. LSU (1-0, 3-1)

1. Alabama (1-0, 2-2)

1. Tennessee (1-0, 2-2)

4. Auburn (1-1, 2-2)

4. Florida (1-1, 1-3)

6. Georgia (0-1, 3-1)

6. Oklahoma (0-1, 3-1)

6. Texas (0-1, 1-3)

 

Big Atlantic

 

1. Maryland (2-0, 3-1)

2. Syracuse (1-0, 3-1)

2. Miami (1-0, 2-2)

2. Boston College (1-0, 1-3)

5. Florida State (0-1, 2-2)

5. West Virginia (0-1, 2-2)

5. Rutgers (0-1, 1-3)

8. Virginia (0-2, 2-2)

[Agent_Bond34 0]

Holy fuck... I actually won and took down a ranked team at the same time.

[Bored 0]

You people thought you were pissed last week?

 

BCS Top 10 thru Week 4

 

1. Virginia - Edwin MacPhisto 5.00 (10/4/1)

 

2. Minnesota - Vern Gagne 6.33 (10/8/1)

3. Ohio State - Gert T 6.67 (1/1/18)

4. Syracuse - Canadian Chris 7.33 (5/8/9)

5. Hawaii - Will Scarlet 7.33 (10/3/9)

6. Washington State - bravesfan 7.67 (1/4/18)

7. Auburn - Agent of Oblivion 8.33 (10/8/7)

8. Oregon - nogoodnick 9.00 (10/8/9)

9. Oklahoma - Damaramu 10.33 (5/2/24)

10. Notre Dame - Lando Griffin 10.67 (1/7/24)

 

Okay, I'll think about changing the formula if there is enough outrage over this. If a change is made those rankings won't go into effect until next week because I need to the Week 5 thread up ASAP since there is a Wednesday game this week. IF a change is wanted I have three ideas already in mind so no suggestions are needed.

[Damaramu 0]

God damn I'm still ranked 9? Awesome.

[2GOLD 0]

Lemme get this straight...

Minnesota has lost two games and wasn't even RANKED last week somehow actually moves past #2 Ohio State who is undefeated and just beat #5? Meanwhile, #1 VA loses and yet remains ranked at the top.

 

Congrats Bored, you are now a master of the actual BCS system.

Kudos to you sir!

[Bored 0]

Hmmm, maybe I'm just an evil genius?

 

Trust me 2GOLD you don't want to see your ranking.

[2GOLD 0]

Hmmm, maybe I'm just an evil genius?

 

Trust me 2GOLD you don't want to see your ranking.

 

If I'm not just ahead of Boise State then something is wrong.

 

I get the feeling YOUR ranking system would drive me to drinking. Hell, the actual BCS "explanation" booklet I got sent nearly drove me to drinking liquified cocaine.

[iggymcfly 0]

I know you said you already have an idea, but I like to stick my nose in places, so I just wanted to say that if you use percents instead of ranks, it would help.

 

i.e.

4-0 = 1.00, 3-1 = .750, 2-2 =.500

85% picks made = 0.85, 80% picks correct = 0.80,

80% picks against = 0.80, 70% picks against = 0.70,

etc., etc.,

 

If you want the low number to get it, then just switch wins for losses, and picks right for picks wrong.

[Art Sandusky 0]

Run for cover, motherfuckers.

[Edwin MacPhisto 0]

Hahahahaha. I am retardedly invincible.

[Bored 0]

Well since no one seems to be that mad about the rankings, and maybe even like them in a perverse sense, I guess I'll stick with the rankings but here were the three alternative ideas:

 

Win/loss record (.50) + total pick pct. (.25) + strength of schedule (.25) =

 

1. Ohio State

2. Washington State

3. Virginia

4. Syracuse

5. Minnesota

6. Hawaii

7. Notre Dame

8. Stanford

9. Auburn

10. Oklahoma

 

Win/loss record (.70) + total pick pct. (.20) + strength of schedule (.10) =

 

1. Ohio State

2. Washington State

3. Stanford

4. Notre Dame

5. Syracuse

6. Oklahoma

7. Virginia

8. LSU

9. Hawaii

10. Minnesota

 

Or a "super poll" which would take the two above formulas and and the current formula and combine them.

 

1. Ohio State

2. Washington State

3. Virginia

4. Syracuse

5. Minnesota

6. Notre Dame

7. Hawaii

8. Stanford

9. Oklahoma

10. Auburn

[Guest Salacious Crumb]

Well since no one seems to be that mad about the rankings, and maybe even like them in a perverse sense, I guess I'll stick with the rankings but here were the three alternative ideas:

 

It keeps the college football feeling alive when you scratch your head and wonder how the hell the rankings turned out a certain way.