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RICE @ PITT ***PRE-GAME THREAD***
(09-28-2017 07:04 PM)OptimisticOwl Wrote:  
(09-28-2017 06:43 PM)Almadenmike Wrote:  
(09-25-2017 09:29 PM)OptimisticOwl Wrote:  Rice 2, Pitt 0.

Yay defense.

What's the award for best prediction?

OO has truly earned his optimism stripes, as he's the only one of more than 90-some active players in the Blazernation Pickem contest to pick the Owls to beat the Panthers on Saturday.

(Of course, he's currently sitting in 83rd place. I also dropped a bundle of spots by picking Rice to beat FIU.)

On the other hand, d1owls4life is hoping to make a big jump up from his 12th place spot by "locking" the Owls to lose by 35 points ... meaning that he gets 50 extra points if Pitt beats us by 28-42 points, but loses 25 if the final margin is outside that range.

It was a hard pick to make, but unlike so many here, I just have a hard time picking against my Owls. So I went with the 7% chance, figuring if it hit I would gain a lot in the standings, as the only one to hit. Kind of like calling a raise with 67s at the poker table. Plus I have seen Pitt play.

Unlike the predictions here, there is actually a little something to be won at Blazernation for being right. But my odds of first place are way less than Rice's odds this week. Way, way less.

I always have trouble hitting the locks, so I rarely make them. I hate the gamble.
Not making them keeps me mired in the back of the pack, but missing them mires me worse. I still enjoy the contest.

If you look at my medals, you will see that I have not always been at the bottom of the ratings.

Did anybody else pick Rice here?

Not even your optimistic understudy, yours truly, could bring himself to.

(09-25-2017 09:50 PM)Bailiff_Lingo_Bingo Wrote:  
(09-25-2017 08:17 PM)owl at the moon Wrote:  Rice 19, Pitt 24.

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Yeah, I know. I rarely pick against us. But I've got to save up my optimistic batteries if I'm going to pull hard for our 6-0 finish to the conference slate.

So, I'm rooting for Rice, and for Optimistic Owl. But even if we do fall to 0-3 in preen-season, I still think we're taking the dam division.
09-28-2017 09:14 PM
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RE: RICE @ PITT ***PRE-GAME THREAD***
(09-28-2017 08:58 PM)wrysal Wrote:  
(09-28-2017 07:04 PM)OptimisticOwl Wrote:  
(09-28-2017 06:43 PM)Almadenmike Wrote:  
(09-25-2017 09:29 PM)OptimisticOwl Wrote:  Rice 2, Pitt 0.

Yay defense.

What's the award for best prediction?

OO has truly earned his optimism stripes, as he's the only one of more than 90-some active players in the Blazernation Pickem contest to pick the Owls to beat the Panthers on Saturday.

(Of course, he's currently sitting in 83rd place. I also dropped a bundle of spots by picking Rice to beat FIU.)

On the other hand, d1owls4life is hoping to make a big jump up from his 12th place spot by "locking" the Owls to lose by 35 points ... meaning that he gets 50 extra points if Pitt beats us by 28-42 points, but loses 25 if the final margin is outside that range.

It was a hard pick to make, but unlike so many here, I just have a hard time picking against my Owls. So I went with the 7% chance, figuring if it hit I would gain a lot in the standings, as the only one to hit. Kind of like calling a raise with 67s at the poker table. Plus I have seen Pitt play.

Unlike the predictions here, there is actually a little something to be won at Blazernation for being right. But my odds of first place are way less than Rice's odds this week. Way, way less.

I always have trouble hitting the locks, so I rarely make them. I hate the gamble.
Not making them keeps me mired in the back of the pack, but missing them mires me worse. I still enjoy the contest.

If you look at my medals, you will see that I have not always been at the bottom of the ratings.

Did anybody else pick Rice here?

Not me. Even though Pitt kind of stinks this year, Bailiff over 10+ years has proven to NEVER be ready for a game like this. Hopefully Saturday will finally be the day we can hang close against a prohibitive favorite (sucks to be a team that's a prohibitive underdog against a team that kind of stinks), but I'm not betting on it.

Hell, no, I'm not betting on it, not straight up, not real American money for sure. But when there is nothing at stake, I prefer to support my team rather than win some mythical title for closest to the actual score, this week. JMHO.
09-28-2017 11:28 PM
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RE: RICE @ PITT ***PRE-GAME THREAD***
TV stations carrying our game today: http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/rice...rances.pdf

I don't have any of these in my Y-Verse package .... but it is showing on ESPN3: http://www.espn.com/watch/player?bucketId=2&id=3176491

Yay!!

Go Owls!!
(This post was last modified: 09-30-2017 11:04 AM by Almadenmike.)
09-30-2017 10:49 AM
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RE: RICE @ PITT ***PRE-GAME THREAD***
(09-28-2017 06:43 PM)Almadenmike Wrote:  
(09-25-2017 09:29 PM)OptimisticOwl Wrote:  Rice 2, Pitt 0.

Yay defense.

What's the award for best prediction?

OO has truly earned his optimism stripes, as he's the only one of more than 90-some active players in the Blazernation Pickem contest to pick the Owls to beat the Panthers on Saturday.

(Of course, he's currently sitting in 83rd place. I also dropped a bundle of spots by picking Rice to beat FIU.)

On the other hand, d1owls4life is hoping to make a big jump up from his 12th place spot by "locking" the Owls to lose by 35 points ... meaning that he gets 50 extra points if Pitt beats us by 28-42 points, but loses 25 if the final margin is outside that range.

Well, Mike, I moved up two spots, to 81st. At this rate I will be champ around the beginning of next season.

However, you did inspire me to make some locks. we'll see how that works out this time.
10-01-2017 11:43 AM
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