Can't believe I picked the cousin fvckers from Miss State and Louisville to win. I should have known they'd be more interested in Cousin Lucy's panties than getting out of the first round.
***2024-25 Pick'Em Week 18***
- Thread starter PA_Panther
- Start date
These last few weeks, I would have crushed you all if I literally flipped all my picks.
This is why I don't gamble.
This is why I don't gamble.
All right gents, final week. Double points! 8 Sweet 16 matchups. I have to cut 2 of them. Vegas lines has Duke as having the best odds. And then Houston and Auburn are about even. I decided to cut Houston, as I feel like Auburn has been a little more vulnerable lately. And Michigan winning the Big Ten Tourney and beating A&M by double-digits doesn't hurt either, as far as finding games that might induce a little more diversity in picks.
Week 21 Games (Double Points!!!)
Thursday: BYU vs Alabama (Newark, NJ)
Thursday: Maryland vs Florida (San Francisco, CA)
Thursday: Arkansas vs Texas Tech (San Francisco, CA)
Friday: Kentucky vs Tennessee (Indianapolis, IN)
Friday: Ole Miss vs Michigan State (Atlanta, GA)
Friday: Michigan vs Auburn (Atlanta, GA)
Current Standings
dukedevilz- 270
WeAreDePaul- 269
Necessary Roughness- 266
boilerzz- 264
GE Nole- 264
kyjeff1- 242
AWilli6995- 241
mikeinknoxville- 241
Kevin Bryan- 237
lurkeraspect84- 233
ExitFlagger- 232
Demarcus Kidd-Miller- 229
Blueheart32- 224
jhmossy- 201
PA_Panther- 197
rockycard- 188
coryfly- 177
UKBlitzkrieg- 127
ThePhog08- 52
JimboBBN- 40
IUfanBorden- 34
Week 21 Games (Double Points!!!)
Thursday: BYU vs Alabama (Newark, NJ)
Thursday: Maryland vs Florida (San Francisco, CA)
Thursday: Arkansas vs Texas Tech (San Francisco, CA)
Friday: Kentucky vs Tennessee (Indianapolis, IN)
Friday: Ole Miss vs Michigan State (Atlanta, GA)
Friday: Michigan vs Auburn (Atlanta, GA)
Current Standings
dukedevilz- 270
WeAreDePaul- 269
Necessary Roughness- 266
boilerzz- 264
GE Nole- 264
kyjeff1- 242
AWilli6995- 241
mikeinknoxville- 241
Kevin Bryan- 237
lurkeraspect84- 233
ExitFlagger- 232
Demarcus Kidd-Miller- 229
Blueheart32- 224
jhmossy- 201
PA_Panther- 197
rockycard- 188
coryfly- 177
UKBlitzkrieg- 127
ThePhog08- 52
JimboBBN- 40
IUfanBorden- 34
12 Florida
10 Auburn
8 Tennessee
6 Bama
4 Ole Miss
2 Arkansas
I have no chance at the podium so for shits and giggles, all SEC.
Totally within the realm of possibility. Texas Tech and Michigan State are favored, but those are winnable games. Would be wild to have 6 SEC teams in the Elite 8.
If I max out this final week, I’ll end up with 243 points. That would put me in 6th place assuming no one else scores any points. Pathetic. I’m going with my bracket on these picks.
12 - Texas Tech
10 - Florida
8 - Alabama
6 - Michigan State
4 - Tennessee
2 - Michigan
12 - Texas Tech
10 - Florida
8 - Alabama
6 - Michigan State
4 - Tennessee
2 - Michigan
you do terrible at this every year so why you so down on yourself right now? Learn to find peace with your worth.
I don’t think that’s actually true though. @dukedevilz can confirm or deny. I have plenty of peace though. You have to have internal peace when you’re a Jew who lives in Arkansas
My little brother played a year of pro hockey for the Arkansas Glacier Cats back in the day. If you were living in Arkansas back then that would've been considered the golden age of Jews in Arkansas as the population of Jews literally doubled from 1 to 2 that year.
You're actually the only poster that has reached the podium twice, outside of me. Which is really solid considering you didn't participate in the 2021 or 2024 seasons.
2018-19
1. dukedevilz, 313 (won on tie-breaker on the Elite 8 Games)
2. jhmossy, 313
3. SNU0821, 287
4. WeAreDePaul, 261
5. GE Nole, 259
6. JimboBBN, 254
7. schoonerwest, 252
8. rockycard, 231
9. coryfly, 221
2019-20
1. coryfly, 255
2. GE Nole, 242
3. jhmossy, 238
4. IUfanBorden, 236
5. dukedevilz, 230
6. MrBaracus/ExitFlagger, 216
7. bMORE607, 215
8. schoonerwest, 211
9. MGC_07, 198
10. WeAreDePaul, 184
11. Noahtogo24, 123
12. KisteK, 119
13. Dirt Road Boiler, 92
2020-21
1. dukedevilz, 290
2. duckboy33, 276
3. MGC_07, 265
4. Kevin Bryan, 250
5. Jaycg15, 248
6. ExitFlagger, 247
7. SheriffBufordTJustice, 241
8. WestTexasRaider, 227
9. GE Nole, 223
9. Demarcus Kidd-Miller, 223
11. IUfanBorden, 222
12. WeAreDePaul, 212
13. bMORE607, 208
14. rockycard, 206
15. AWilli6995, 199
16. lurkeraspect84, 125
2021-22
1. dukedevilz, 281
2. lurkeraspect84, 277
3. Demarcus Kidd-Miller, 272
4. ExitFlagger, 271
5. AWilli6995, 262
6. Kevin Bryan, 259
7. duckboy33, 257
8. WeAreDePaul, 255
9. jhmossy, 246
10. IUfanBorden, 244
11. boilerzz, 224
12. GE Nole, 223
13. ThePhog08, 155
14. WestTexasRaider, 149
2022-23
1. WeAreDePaul, 302
2. dukedevil, 299
3. ExitFlagger, 296
3. rockycard, 296
5. Demarcus Kidd-Miller, 294
6. mikeinknoxville, 280
7. jhmossy, 275
8. duckboy33, 268
9. GE Nole, 267
10. Necessary Roughness- 265
11. ThePhog08, 257
12. AWilli6995, 254
13. IUfanBorden, 251
14. Kevin Bryan, 247
15. lurkeraspect84, 244
16. PA_Panther, 237
17. coryfly, 201
18. MGC_07, 186
19. KisteK, 158
2023-24
1. della, 336
2. boilerzz, 331
3. Kevin Bryan, 330
4. GE Nole, 318
5. ExitFlagger, 317
6. BScott22, 317
7. AWilli6995, 315
8. dukedevilz, 310
9. rockycard, 308
10. kyjeff1, 299
11. Demarcus Kidd-Miller, 298
12. mikeinknoxville, 291
13. PA_Panther, 285
14. lurkeraspect84, 282
15. Necessary Roughness, 280
16. IUfanBorden, 278
17. coryfly, 271
18. WeAreDePaul, 192
19. ThePhog08, 176
20. JimboBBN, 134
21. KisteK, 127
22. duckboy33, 124
23. Noahtogo24, 60
Podium Finishes
-dukedevilz: 3 Golds, 1 Silver
-coryfly: 1 Gold
-WeAreDePau: 1 Gold
-della: 1 Gold
-jhmossy: 1 Silver, 1 Bronze
-lurkeraspect84: 1 Silver
-GE Nole: 1 Silver
-duckboy33: 1 Silver
-boilerzz: 1 Silver
-SNU0821: 1 Bronze
-MGC_07: 1 Bronze
-Demarcus Kidd-Miller: 1 Bronze
-ExitFlagger: 1 Bronze
-rockyard: 1 Bronze
-Kevin Bryan: 1 Bronze
My hometown of Asheville had a minor league hockey team for a couple of years. The Asheville Smoke. Always thought it was funny when they started up the chants, "Let's Go Smoke!" Surely the organization could have thought that one through and worked in a more family friendly chant lol.
Same. Just pointing out that I’m not terrible at this like you claimed #UninformedJew
you got 2nd/3rd the first two years of the league and haven't sniffed the podium in 5 years since. #LivingInThePastJew
Thursday: BYU vs Alabama (Newark, NJ)
Thursday: Maryland vs Florida (San Francisco, CA)
Thursday: Arkansas vs Texas Tech (San Francisco, CA)
Friday: Kentucky vs Tennessee (Indianapolis, IN)
Friday: Ole Miss vs Michigan State (Atlanta, GA)
Friday: Michigan vs Auburn (Atlanta, GA)
Auburn
Florida
Texas Tech
Bama
Tennessee
Mich St
Thursday: Maryland vs Florida (San Francisco, CA)
Thursday: Arkansas vs Texas Tech (San Francisco, CA)
Friday: Kentucky vs Tennessee (Indianapolis, IN)
Friday: Ole Miss vs Michigan State (Atlanta, GA)
Friday: Michigan vs Auburn (Atlanta, GA)
Auburn
Florida
Texas Tech
Bama
Tennessee
Mich St
How much did you pay Mossy to ask his question just so you could post a list showing you dominating all of us?
Thursday: BYU vs Alabama (Newark, NJ)
Thursday: Maryland vs Florida (San Francisco, CA)
Thursday: Arkansas vs Texas Tech (San Francisco, CA)
Friday: Kentucky vs Tennessee (Indianapolis, IN)
Friday: Ole Miss vs Michigan State (Atlanta, GA)
Friday: Michigan vs Auburn (Atlanta, GA)
12. Auburn
10. Texas Tech
8. Florida
6. Alabama
4. Michigan State
2. Kentucky
Thursday: Maryland vs Florida (San Francisco, CA)
Thursday: Arkansas vs Texas Tech (San Francisco, CA)
Friday: Kentucky vs Tennessee (Indianapolis, IN)
Friday: Ole Miss vs Michigan State (Atlanta, GA)
Friday: Michigan vs Auburn (Atlanta, GA)
12. Auburn
10. Texas Tech
8. Florida
6. Alabama
4. Michigan State
2. Kentucky
Haha that's funny. I could see how it looks like a flex in hindsight.
The weird thing about winning is, you really only think about the times you lost. I should probably feel great that I've won 3 times, but when I look back, I mostly think about the narrow lost to WeAreDePaul and how I totally got screwed by the refs in the Memphis-FAU Round of 64 matchup (my 5 point game).
I'm prepared to put all that behind me... and dwell on another narrow season-ending loss for the next few years, as one of you takes me down this week.
You’re surprised that the guy who picks the games is winning?
Week 21 Games (Double Points!!!)
Thursday: BYU vs Alabama (Newark, NJ)
Thursday: Maryland vs Florida (San Francisco, CA)
Thursday: Arkansas vs Texas Tech (San Francisco, CA)
Friday: Kentucky vs Tennessee (Indianapolis, IN)
Friday: Ole Miss vs Michigan State (Atlanta, GA)
Friday: Michigan vs Auburn (Atlanta, GA)
12 Michigan State
10 Texas Tech
8 BYU
6 Florida
4 Auburn
2 Kentucky
Thursday: BYU vs Alabama (Newark, NJ)
Thursday: Maryland vs Florida (San Francisco, CA)
Thursday: Arkansas vs Texas Tech (San Francisco, CA)
Friday: Kentucky vs Tennessee (Indianapolis, IN)
Friday: Ole Miss vs Michigan State (Atlanta, GA)
Friday: Michigan vs Auburn (Atlanta, GA)
12 Michigan State
10 Texas Tech
8 BYU
6 Florida
4 Auburn
2 Kentucky
Rivals mamba over here. Driven by the losses.
I don’t know if I picked enough different from you to pass you. I wanted to, but I just didn’t see a lot of great places to take chances. Idk, maybe Maryland would be one. I’ll be rooting against UF anyway.
Frankly, I’m just pleased I was able to claw back from a brutal start.
Is that why he didn't pick Duke this week? Didn't have to pick against them?
Would love to see a break down on how many teams were chosen.
I don't think you can beat me given your point values. Too much similarity. The best you can do is tie (i.e. if Auburn, Florida, MSU, and Kentucky win - and Texas Tech and Alabama lose, you'd have 26 points and I'd have 20). You're behind by 6 points. You'd have to modify your picks a little to hope for something more than a tie.
One possible suggestion: you could upgrade either Michigan State or Kentucky to a 6 point value. And then downgrade Alabama (or Florida) to a 4.
my path to victory is a lot simpler than that if I want to go the math route.
Okay screw it, let’s do it. Here’s my new points, just to kick DD’s ass.
12. Auburn
10. Texas Tech
8. Michigan State
6. Kentucky
4. Florida
2. BYU
