I have decided to have a Preseason Prediction Pick Challenge. Here is how it will work. One week before the season starts entries are due. Entries must have the teams names in chronological order with the winner indicated, and the final score. One point is awarded for picking correctly either a win or loss, IF the correct pick was predicted by Vegas Odds Makers. For instance, If you pick OU to win and they were Vegas favorites and win, you would get 1 point. IF you pick an upset TO win it is worth 2 points if the winning team beats the Vegas odds and the odds were favoring the losing team by 1 or 2 points. Example The Aggies are favored to win by Vegas by 2 points over the Miners. But you pick the Miners to win and they do. Because it was a pretty close Vegas odds, your pick isn't huge so it is an upset but worth 2 points. If the odds are 3-6 points and you beat them it is worth 3 points, if they are 6-9 points and you beat them it is worth 4 points, and IF you beat the Vegas boys who had it bigger than 9 points, and so on. But, IF you pick an underdog that is supposed to lose by more than 10 points you get the points above plus a 5 point bonus. So, let's say you picked the Miners to win over a team favored to win by 12 you would get 5 points for a pick that beat the odds in the 10-12 range Plus the 5 point bonus for pulling one out of your ass!
You get zero points for a wrong pick of the winning team! Pick the wrong winner and you get no points.
Soring Update!! I have decided to add points for picking winners more that the 1 point stated above. Winners of games where the favorite was the winner the winners of the three best picks will be awarded 3 points for the best pick, 2 points for the 2nd best pick and 1 point for the third closest prediction. It will be judged the same way as usual OPT's are judged. So, if you pick OU to win and they do, you get 1 point. If you are the closest to the actual score you get an additional 3 points and so on.
This is going to be quite a challenge. Each of us can probably get maybe close to picking wins ands losses, but we have no idea, other than our knowledge and research perhaps to have any idea of what Vegas odds will be each week as the season progresses. And all games will have had to have been predicted, along with points scored before 1 week before the season begins for the Miners.
Entries can be posted at any time from when the contest opens until the deadline for entries and came also be edited at any time before the deadline.
