It's Rivalry Week across much of the College Football world, and here in the Sun Belt it's no different! Coastal and James Madison will meet for the first time since 2007, when the above mascot fight between Chauncey and Duke Dog went down. Will we see a repeat this weekend? Only time will tell! Oh yeah, and there's also a little App State/Georgia Southern action, too, which is sure to be a barn burner. Hope everyone is ready for some good food and some good football this week!
Biggest Rise this week belongs to KickItToScotty, who came up 8 spots in the standings from a tie for 25th into a tie for 17th place. Biggest Fall belongs to CCU91, who fell 18 spots from a tie for 27th into sole possession of 25th place after failing to submit any picks in Week 12.
FYI for anyone playing our Pick 'Em for the first time this year: Once you miss 5 total weeks of picks, I drop you from the overall standings. If your name is highlighted in yellow this week, you will not be included in next week's overall standings unless you make a pick this week. Your point total does not reset, so feel free to rejoin at any time!
The following players were dropped this week due to missing 5 weeks: None this week!
This week's picks are due by 7:30pm on 11/26/22. If you submit a pick for a game that has already started, you will automatically be given a loss for that game.
YOU MUST SUBMIT YOUR PICKS ON THE GOOGLE FORM TO BE COUNTED!
Cannot embed Google Form here like I can on CoastalFans - sorry!
RE: 2022 Sun Belt Pick 'Em (Sponsored by CoastalFans.com)
(11-19-2022 09:33 AM)OsageJ Wrote: Wow...I entered twice. I hope one of me does well!!
And, just FYI, what happens when a person enters twice is I delete the first submission and assume their most recent submission is their slate of picks for that week. It's easiest for me to tally up the scores if I don't have to chase down everyone asking who they really meant to pick, and I also just don't have time to check each week before the games are played to confirm everyone's picks.
Well, folks, we've got one more Sun Belt game before Bowl season - Coastal vs. Troy in the Conference Championship game. And, as with previous years, all other major conference championship games are available for you to pick in the Bonus category. Some of you are going to need the help, because Bridgeforthduke's lead has widened over second place. Can anyone take the lead away from Bridgeforthduke before the final week of the season?
FYI for anyone playing our Pick 'Em for the first time this year: Once you miss 5 total weeks of picks, I drop you from the overall standings. If your name is highlighted in yellow this week, you will not be included in next week's overall standings unless you make a pick this week. Your point total does not reset, so feel free to rejoin at any time!
The following players were dropped this week due to missing 5 weeks: Cnelson203, James Madison, jmu007, Troy_Fan_15
This week's picks are due by 8:00pm on 12/03/22. If you submit a pick for a game that has already started, you will automatically be given a loss for that game.
YOU MUST SUBMIT YOUR PICKS ON THE GOOGLE FORM TO BE COUNTED!
Cannot embed Google Form here like I can on CoastalFans - sorry!
Well, folks...here we are, coming up on the end of another Pick 'Em season. Week 14 was certainly an interesting one - was anyone able to dethrone Bridgeforthduke heading into Bowl Season?
So, it looks like Bridgeforthduke was able to maintain a 3-point lead heading into our final week. But don't fret...anything can happen in the Bowl Games!
Biggest rise this week was GDunn, who rose 9 spots from 20th to 11th place. Biggest fall was Original BDB, who fell 10 spots from 15th place into 25th after failing to submit any picks in Week 14.
FYI for anyone playing our Pick 'Em for the first time this year: Once you miss 5 total weeks of picks, I drop you from the overall standings. If your name is highlighted in yellow this week, you will not be included in next week's overall standings unless you make a pick this week. Your point total does not reset, so feel free to rejoin at any time!
The following players were dropped this week due to missing 5 weeks: biggie
This week's picks are due by 8:00pm on 12/31/22. If you submit a pick for a game that has already started, you will automatically be given a loss for that game.
YOU MUST SUBMIT YOUR PICKS ON THE GOOGLE FORM TO BE COUNTED!
Cannot embed Google Form here like I can on CoastalFans - sorry!
2022 Sun Belt Pick 'Em (Sponsored by CoastalFans.com) - FINAL RESULTS!
The time has come! The twelfth season of the Best Damn Pick 'Em in the Land is complete! Yet again, it was a great year and I hope you all had fun participating.
Heading into our final week of the season, Bridgeforthduke held the lead. That was their eighth week of the season being in first place! Could they hold on to become the first non-CCU fan to win the Pick 'Em since 2012? Read on to find out!
Before we get into the final standings, let's take a look back at how things went for us during the 2022 bowl season. Here are everyone's picks from Week 15/Bowls. And...WOW! To close out the season, we have a Perfect Prognosticator! Congrats to crusadecat for picking every single bowl game correctly!
As with last year, let's take a moment to acknowledge all of our previous Pick 'Em Champions, whose names will be listed in teal in this year's final rankings if they participated:
And now - the moment you've all been waiting for! One thing to keep in mind while reading down the list: any player with an asterisk next to their point total has benefited from the tiebreaker, even if they have the same point total as another player. We had some tiebreakers and one double tiebreaker this season! Keep scrolling to find out if you benefited from either of these.
We begin the night by acknowledging this year's "Mr. Irrelevant," which usually goes to a player who started the season late or missed several weeks:
Chantalum2022 swooped in at the last possible moment, saving any of our regular players from the ignominy of coming in dead last. While there has to be a "Mr. Irrelevant" every year, it just goes to show that if you submit your picks every week, you're not likely to wind up in last place!
Next up, we've got everyone else outside the Top 30:
Next up, we've got numbers 21 through 30. Our only tie in the final standings is in this group, due to two players not submitting any picks in the final week and therefore me not having anything to break their tie.
Now, let's take a look at everyone who wound up in 11th through 20th place. There were a lot of tiebreakers here, including one DOUBLE tiebreaker - congrats to Jean Ralphio for winning the double tiebreaker! Their guess of 76 was the closest to the random number Google gave me (82) without going over!
And here we are, our Top 10! Let's see who finished in spots 4 through 10 - so close to glory, yet so far...
Ah...the moment of truth. The Top 3!
Taking the bronze this year is benski6!
And in second place - with a valiant effort, but coming up just ONE POINT short, is Chantman!
Which can only mean, Ladies & Gentlemen, that the new Champion of the CoastalFans.com Sun Belt Pick 'Em is...
As mentioned at the top of the thread, Bridgeforthduke held down the #1 spot for half of the season (Weeks 4-6, 10-14), using smart picks the entire year to never fall outside the Top 5 in the rankings and earn the first Pick 'Em crown by a non-Coastal Fan in a decade. What a performance! Great job, Bridgeforthduke - your reign as the new Champ is underway! Now let's hear your victory speech!
For those who want to see the Google Doc of the final standings, here it is:
And if you'd like to take a look back at the entire season, here are links to each week's threads over on CoastalFans.
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2022 Sun Belt Pick 'Em (Sponsored by CoastalFans.com)
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