Bored 0 Report post Posted June 25, 2006 ***SIGN UPS ARE CLOSED*** College Football is still two months away but it’s not too early to start a sign up thread. Welcome to Season 3 of the Bored’s College Football Pick ‘Em Contest and the stakes have never been higher. My goal this year is to get 40 people in the contest and have five conferences of eight teams. That may end up being a little over ambitious as after have 32 teams the first season I was only able to increase it to 34 teams last year. But I’ve decided to make things a little more interesting. Now the veteran’s of the contest already know that the winner of the Bored Bowl gets $50 cash from my own pocket (Vern Gagne won in 2004, AlwaysPissedOff won in 2005) and that will be no different this year. Now though I’m putting out a new challenge: If someone manages to go undefeated through the contest, that person will win $100 cash. The only other change this year will be regarding the conference championship games. The problem I’ve run into that is that during Conference Championship Week in college football there are only a handful of games that week. Because of that this season I’ve decided to combine the Thanksgiving weekend games with the conference championship week games into the conference championship games in the contest. So now the regular season will be 12 games instead of 13 games. Now for anyone new who is interested in signing up here’s a summary of how the contest works. -Each week you will be matched up against another person’s team and you will pick a winner for 14 to 16 games that I have selected from the college football schedule that week. Obviously the person who makes the most correct picks wins the match-up. Ties are settled with answers you make to two tiebreaker questions. -After a week is completed I post the Bored Championship Series Top 10. The formula for how the rankings are put together are very basic. There are three factors: 1) Win/Loss record 2) Correct Pick % 3) Correct Pick % Against (aka Strength of Schedule). Win/loss record and correct pick % are weighted evenly at 45% of your ranking and “strength of schedule” makes up 10% of your ranking. -There will typically two deadlines for making picks, one for a Thursday or Friday game and then a final deadline for the Saturday games. If you miss the first deadline you can still make picks for the Saturday games but you obviously get no points for the Thursday/Friday games. If you do not make your picks by the Saturday deadline you will be issued replacement picks. You will be given the picks of the team ranked one spot below you in the BCS rankings. You are allowed to use replacement picks only once during the season and still be eligible to win the contest, although you can still participate in bowl games. You will not be eligible to win the $100 undefeated prize if you use replacement picks at any point in the season. -Conference championship games are a match-up of the 1st and 2nd place teams in each conference. The winner of each game automatically qualifies for a BCS bowl. -The #1 and #2 ranked teams in the BCS face off in the Bored Bowl to determine the winner of the contest. There are seven (at least) other bowl games to which teams can qualify for. The winners of those games will have the option of renaming their bowl game for the following year. Speaking of changing your bowl game name, here were the posters who won last year’s bowl games. If you want to change the name of your bowl game, please PM the name you choose. APO you can select the sponsor for the Bored Bowl. Bored Bowl: AlwaysPissedOff Traditional Bowl presented by Adam & Eve’s Anal Lube: Kingofthe909 Jack Osbourne’s Oxycotton Bowl: Secret Agent Lucky Strikes Cigarettes Tar Bowl: teke184 Out Magazine Bowl: Cuban Linx Meow Mix XNXX.com Pussy Bowl: iggymcfly KFC PETA Bowl: MarvinisaLunatic Ex-Lax Toilet Bowl: SilverPhoenix Alabama – AlwaysPissedOff Arizona State – Spicy McHaggis Auburn – Agent of Oblivion Boise State - bravesfan Buffalo - Carnival Connecticut – SilverPhoenix Florida International – Vitamin X Florida State - Kingofthe909 Georgia Tech – iggymcfly Hawaii – Will Scarlet Kent State – JHawk LSU – teke184 Maryland – MarvinisaLunatic Miami – Spaceman Spiff Minnesota – Vern Gagne Notre Dame – Lando Griffin Ohio State – Gert T Oregon - nogoodnick Penn State – therealworldschampion Rutgers – the pinjockey San Diego State – The Last Samurai San Jose State – Agent Bond34 South Carolina – Cuban Linx Stanford – Bored Syracuse – CanadianChris Tennessee – Art Sandusky Texas A&M – Secret Agent UCLA – phoenixrising USC – Cartman UTEP - Angel Grace Blue Virginia – Edwin MacPhisto New Sign Ups BYU - kkktookmybabyaway (if needed) Florida - Urban Warfare Kansas State - Loaded Glove Kentucky - Danville Wrestling Miami of Ohio - Hawk 34 Michigan - Jimbo Oklahoma - Vampiro69 Oregon State - Princess Leena Temple - Ortonsault Texas - UTBroward Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Report post Posted June 25, 2006 I want to change to Florida State (if I can), and I'll send you the name of the bowl about a month from now. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
USC Wuz Robbed! 0 Report post Posted June 25, 2006 I'll return as SDSU. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Princess Leena Report post Posted June 25, 2006 May I play again. I'd like to be Oregon State, if so. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Edwin MacPhisto 0 Report post Posted June 25, 2006 Of course I'm back in. Good times, good times. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JHawk 0 Report post Posted June 25, 2006 I am back and willing to take your $100. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
therealworldschampion 0 Report post Posted June 25, 2006 I'm up for this again. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Angel_Grace_Blue 0 Report post Posted June 25, 2006 I'd prefer to represent UTEP, but hopefully not in the same capacity as last year where I won a single game (Or maybe two.) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spaceman Spiff 0 Report post Posted June 25, 2006 I'm in as Miami. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Urban Warfare 0 Report post Posted June 25, 2006 If AgentBond34 doesn't sign up, or wants to switch teams, sign me up as Florida. If he does want to, I'll take Utah. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Broward83 0 Report post Posted June 25, 2006 I wouldn't mind playing, and if I can join, I'd like to be Texas. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
UZI Suicide 0 Report post Posted June 25, 2006 I'd like to sign up as Kansas State. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Vampiro69 0 Report post Posted June 25, 2006 I will take the Oklahoma Sooners. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Hawk 34 0 Report post Posted June 25, 2006 I'd like to throw myself in under Miami(OH). Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CanadianChris 0 Report post Posted June 25, 2006 Returning as Syracuse. Hopefully I can finally avoid choking away the conference title and bowl games, which I've done each of the past two years. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Vern Gagne 0 Report post Posted June 25, 2006 I'll take Minnesota again. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Princess Leena Report post Posted June 25, 2006 I will take the Oklahoma Sooners. Thank you. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
teke184 0 Report post Posted June 25, 2006 I'm back, beetches. I'll be keeping LSU. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
iggymcfly 0 Report post Posted June 25, 2006 I'm definitely going to be in. In fact, there was a point in time where I probably would have quit this board if not for this contest. I'm kind of getting back into wrestling again anyway, but I'll be happy to join as Georgia Tech. Oh, and if anyone's got any ideas for side action, I'd most definitely be down. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Der Kommissar 0 Report post Posted June 26, 2006 I'm also in again. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Jimbo Report post Posted June 26, 2006 Can I join as Michigan? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lando Griffin 0 Report post Posted June 26, 2006 Count me in. Irish baby! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Princess Leena Report post Posted June 26, 2006 Also, if Spicy doesn't wish to have the Sun Devils, may I take them. Sorry to be a pest. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
the pinjockey 0 Report post Posted June 26, 2006 Count me in again Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MarvinisaLunatic 0 Report post Posted June 26, 2006 oops..double post Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MarvinisaLunatic 0 Report post Posted June 26, 2006 Fear the Turtle. Going for the 3-PETA (Id almost be disapointed to win the whole thing and not get to defend my 2 Time PETA Bowl Championship) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
teke184 0 Report post Posted June 26, 2006 The only other change this year will be regarding the conference championship games. The problem I’ve run into that is that during Conference Championship Week in college football there are only a handful of games that week. Because of that this season I’ve decided to combine the Thanksgiving weekend games with the conference championship week games into the conference championship games in the contest. So now the regular season will be 12 games instead of 13 games. Thank God... The difference between me being in the Bored Bowl and winning the non-BCS Lucky Strikes Cigarettes Tar Bowl was LSU losing to Georgia and one other "pick-em" toss-up in the championship game week. Having a full week's set of games this year should allow me to do better in the Big South Title Game if I go there for the 3rd straight year. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Fökai 0 Report post Posted June 27, 2006 I want to switch to Boise State, if possible. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AlwaysPissedOff 0 Report post Posted June 27, 2006 Obviously, I'm back again. I'll send you the sponser for the Bored Bowl a bit later. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Xavier Cromartie 0 Report post Posted June 28, 2006 Sign me up as Temple. Please schedule my team against Leena's. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
