It pains me to say I will not be able to do the Pick'em contest this year.
Thanks to everyone who played from 2018-2021.
205 players, 366 games and 20,379 picks

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8BitPirate
All4One
ArmoredUpKnight
arsenio_Billingham
Atlanta
aTxTIGER
AusTxPony
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bcat4311
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bearcatfan
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BearcatsUC
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BraveKnight
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BullTime
CA Mustang
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Cattidude
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ChrisLords
CliftonAve
CLTPirate
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CoastalJuan
coogrfan
covingtontiger
Crowley's Ridge Tiger
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CyberBull
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Def Berkkat
dubcat14
dwalker85
Eagle4Christ
EarthBoundMisfit
ECUGrad07
Edgebrookjeff
emeraldcoastwave
fade2blac
Fanhood Part Deaux
FastTheo
First Mate
fishpro1098
Fishpro10987
Foreverandever
franzeal
GANG_GREEN
geef
GoldenFunk
goodknightfl
GoOwls111
gotigers1
grapes
GrayBeard
Halfcourt
HartfordHusky
Helicopter
Hernando Hills Tiger
Hurricane Drummer
Huskypride
HuskyU
I_LUV_MEMPHISTIGERS
IamYourDad
invisiblehand
J Coog
JAY1978
JDTulane
jedclampett
JetFixer
JoeJag
Jugnaut
K gun
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knightastic
KnightFanDave
knightmite
Knights_of_UCF
Knightshift
knightz03
Kruciff
lollaperuna
LrdNorman
macgar32
MagicKnightmare
mathman
Meatwad
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MemphisTigerFreak
Merrick
mikeinoki
Moody Magic
MrCincy
MrMultiplex
mtmedlin
Nameless
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natibeast21
Native Georgian
Natrap
ncbeta
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NothingButKnight
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otown
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panite
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Pony94
Poseidon
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Puckhead48E
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r2pirate
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Redblack
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robertfoshizzle
RuckleSt
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Sellular1
sfink16
shadowman
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SMUstang
Snap
SouthernBoiNOLA
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Stookey57
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TampaTom
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TCH51
TexanMark
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The Knight Time
The WEST is the BEST
TheChosenOne
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thespiritof1976
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Tiger1992
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TIGERCITY
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Tomcat
TripleA
True Bearcat
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TuCane405
TyBull
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UCGrad1992
UConnHusky
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vcoog
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WalktheTiger
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willhclark
zoocrew

Thanks for your efforts and time.

This was going to be my year. I could feel it.

Just kidding. I was usually falling too far behind the lead by weeks 4 or 5.

What you did was amazing! Thank you for all your hard work!

Indeed, it was AMAZING.

Thanks so much for doing it the past few years. The "Pick'em" was one of the best things about this forum! I will miss it!

Totally agree with the other guys, you did a great job with it. Really fun. Hope somebody can step up and halfway fill your shoes.

Hello future conference mates! As some of you know, I run a pickem for C-USA Fans (C-USA games + high profile games) on BlazerNation.com. Next year that pickem will migrate to AAC Fans Pickem. However, if you all are interested I can do one similar to that for AAC this year (no prizes awarded though). Picks are made through the website, you pick the team, confidence, bonus question, and you have until the game kicks off to submit the pick. Let me know and if there is enough interest I will pull it together before the season starts.

To preview, go to https://www.blazernation.com/pickem/football/

(07-30-2022 11:14 AM)ICB Wrote:  Hello future conference mates! As some of you know, I run a pickem for C-USA Fans (C-USA games + high profile games) on BlazerNation.com. Next year that pickem will migrate to AAC Fans Pickem. However, if you all are interested I can do one similar to that for AAC this year (no prizes awarded though). Picks are made through the website, you pick the team, confidence, bonus question, and you have until the game kicks off to submit the pick. Let me know and if there is enough interest I will pull it together before the season starts.

To preview, go to https://www.blazernation.com/pickem/football/

Id be down for that! I love playing the pick’em.


Sent from the Warp via the ruinous powers of Chaos!

I don't care to keep up with picks other than my own but the My Lines/Your Lines will continue.... make your picks, compare your thoughts with the results. If someone wants to tabulate up the picks in said thread, fine with me, but I have just enough time during the week to generate my base post--not enough to keep an excel spreadsheet running LOL.

Hats off to you Mikeinoki, thank you for a truly great job.

(07-30-2022 11:14 AM)ICB Wrote:  Hello future conference mates! As some of you know, I run a pickem for C-USA Fans (C-USA games + high profile games) on BlazerNation.com. Next year that pickem will migrate to AAC Fans Pickem. However, if you all are interested I can do one similar to that for AAC this year (no prizes awarded though). Picks are made through the website, you pick the team, confidence, bonus question, and you have until the game kicks off to submit the pick. Let me know and if there is enough interest I will pull it together before the season starts.

To preview, go to https://www.blazernation.com/pickem/football/

I say go for it,

To the OP. Thank you, Mike. That was a lot of work for you, and a lot of fun for us.

Hey Mikey! I liked it!
Thanks brother.

(07-31-2022 04:14 PM)vick mike Wrote:  Hey Mikey! I liked it!
Thanks brother.

You're welcome, it was fun.

(07-30-2022 06:49 PM)Westhoff123 Wrote:  

(07-30-2022 11:14 AM)ICB Wrote:  Hello future conference mates! As some of you know, I run a pickem for C-USA Fans (C-USA games + high profile games) on BlazerNation.com. Next year that pickem will migrate to AAC Fans Pickem. However, if you all are interested I can do one similar to that for AAC this year (no prizes awarded though). Picks are made through the website, you pick the team, confidence, bonus question, and you have until the game kicks off to submit the pick. Let me know and if there is enough interest I will pull it together before the season starts.

To preview, go to https://www.blazernation.com/pickem/football/

Id be down for that! I love playing the pick’em.


Sent from the Warp via the ruinous powers of Chaos!

Ditto.

Sign me up for blazernation pick 'em.

Just like what has been said, thank you for the work you put into the thread. I will miss your dedication. It has been a big enjoyment to participate.

Mike, we all appreciate the time and effort you put into the pick em threads. You did it a lot longer than I expected. Any big plans for retirement?


On a related note for anyone who is in to pick-ems, I've been playing a thing called Pigskin Mania for a few years. It's basically a glorified office pool that a handful of sports writers in Arizona put together(run by Jay Gonzales from Fox Sports Radio Tucson). 31 years later it now has 900ish people.

Basic format:
-It's a weekly pick-em against the spreads
-You pay a one-time $60 at the beginning of the season
-Each week you pick 5 games from that entire week's slate (2 NFL, 2 College, and 1 from either, with exceptions for weeks around bowls/playoffs that only have NFL or college available to pick from)
-Each correct guess gets a point. 5 points (perfect week) earns a $30 payout that week
-You can also designate one of your picks as a "lock", which makes it worth an extra half point plus or minus
-There is also a game called the "Pigskin Special", which is usually the game with the most attention that week (so for example the week 1 pigskin special this season is ND-Ohio State). That game is also worth a half-point plus or minus
-If you get 6 points: all 5 games correct, with a +half-point lock, and the +half-point pigskin special picked, you get a $60 payout (tougher than you'd think)
-The game goes on for something like 19 weeks. From week 0/1 through the divisional round of the NFL playoffs/CFP final.
-Along with the weekly payouts, the top 100 players are also paid out. It goes something like 100-51 get their $60 back, 50-26 get $120, and the top 25 have a tiered payout that depends on what is left in the pot(depends on how many perfect weeks are paid out through the year). Last year #25 got $140 and #1 got $5k.
-Shockingly, even with the pool being at 900ish people, I don't think the guys running it take a cut outside of the website hosting fee.

To be clear, I don't benefit by anyone joining up or anything. Some guys at work put me onto it about 5-6 years ago. It makes for good conversation around the office, and makes me pay attention to more games. I also like that you are simply rooting for a team vs. fantasy where you want a guy on one team to throw a touchdown, but only to one guy, but you also need the opposing defense to not let anyone else score, especially the RB that the guy you are playing against has (oh no I've gone cross-eyed). Played with my emotions a little too much. I ended up ditching FFB for Pigskin.

Anyway, just thought I'd share. They have a twitter page:

And a website: Pigskinmania.net

Thank You for hosting the pick 'ems every season. It was fun.

Thanks for the feedback, I will have it up and running in few days. I definitely appreciate all feedback and suggestions to make what I do better.

(08-01-2022 10:35 PM)ICB Wrote:  Thanks for the feedback, I will have it up and running in few days. I definitely appreciate all feedback and suggestions to make what I do better.

Just registered. Thanks for sharing!