MAC Pick 'Em Week 2

[jpfalcon09]

First week of the 2015 season is in the books and there weren't many surprises regarding the MAC slate of games. As a scoring note, the Toledo game was not recorded for points as it was never officially completed, even though the Rockets were winning at halftime.

Results after Week 1:

BGFalconfromCincy 78
Falconian 78
edjwolfe 78
Schadenfreude 78
Beaker 78
MarkL 77
FalconRA 77
Warthog 77
bgsufalcon24 77
Critical Thinker 75
jpfalcon09 74
kdog27 74
footballguy51 73
cameron 69

Week 2 games:

Confidence 1-13

Bowling Green at Maryland
Buffalo at Penn State
Miami OH at Wisconsin
UMass at Colorado
Monmouth at Central Michigan
Murray State at Northern Illinois
Eastern Michigan at Wyoming
Toledo at Arkansas
Pittsburgh at Akron
Delaware State at Kent State
Western Michigan at Georgia Southern
Ball State at Texas A&M
Marshall at Ohio

NIU 13
CMU 12
Texas A&M 11
Wisconsin 10
Penn State 9
Arkansas 8
WMU 7
Colorado 6
Kent State 5
Pitt 4
Marshall 3
Maryland 2
Wyoming 1

[Warthog]

Question about the scoring from last week...
Did you simply not award the points any assigned to that game (8, 12, whatever) by an individual entry, or did you scale down all the games to go from 1-11?

[footballguy51]

I'm not last??? This cannot be right. I'm sure I can change that this week.

Northern Illinois - 13
Wyoming - 12
Wisconsin - 11
Arkansas - 10
Central Michigan - 9
Pittsburgh - 8
Western Michigan - 7
Kent State - 6
Bowling Green - 5
Buffalo - 4
Texas A&M - 3
Ohio - 2
UMass - 1

JP, you forgot to pick the Buffalo game.

[jpfalcon09]

Question about the scoring from last week...
Did you simply not award the points any assigned to that game (8, 12, whatever) by an individual entry, or did you scale down all the games to go from 1-11?

I removed the game entirely including the amount of points that were assigned by each player. I had calculated both scenarios and more players benefit from the method I chose than the other way around.

[Schadenfreude]

I removed the game entirely including the amount of points that were assigned by each player. I had calculated both scenarios and more players benefit from the method I chose than the other way around.

My most confident pick was that Toledo would beat Stony Brook. I had all my other picks right, but I'm still trailing in the standings because of the confidence I had in Toledo winning.

If I was managing this pool, I would have given everyone points for the Toledo game no matter what. Seems to me that way no one would get hurt. But I'm not running the pool.

Oh well.

I guess, in the future, we need to evaluate the chance the game will actually be played in factoring our picks. I must admit that I was not considering the possibility of a lightning storm in Toledo, Ohio, when I filed my picks several days before kickoff.

[jpfalcon09]

I removed the game entirely including the amount of points that were assigned by each player. I had calculated both scenarios and more players benefit from the method I chose than the other way around.

My most confident pick was that Toledo would beat Stony Brook. I had all my other picks right, but I'm still trailing in the standings because of the confidence I had in Toledo winning.

If I was managing this pool, I would have given everyone points for the Toledo game no matter what. Seems to me that way no one would get hurt. But I'm not running the pool.

I guess, in the future, we need to evaluate the chance the game will actually be played in factoring our picks. I must admit that I was not considering the possibility of a lightning storm in Toledo, Ohio, when I filed my picks several days before kickoff.

I will go back and give awarded points for the Toledo game. This policy will be followed in the future as well, this is likely the fairest way to do things. My apologies.

[jpfalcon09]

Scores have been updated to include points from the Toledo game. Sorry once again!

[Beaker]

Texas A&M - 13
NIU - 12
CMU - 11
Wisconsin - 10
Penn State - 9
Arkansas - 8
Pittsburgh - 7
Marshall - 6
WMU - 5
Kent State - 4
EMU - 3
Massachusetts - 2
Maryland - 1

[Critical Thinker]

Wisconsin 13
Texas A&M 12
Central Michigan 11
Northern Illinois 10
Western Michigan 9
Pitt 8
Wyoming 7
Maryland 6
Penn State 5
Arkansas 4
Kent State 3
Colorado 2
Marshall 1

[Schadenfreude]

Scores have been updated to include points from the Toledo game. Sorry once again!

Thanks. Appreciate that.

[BGFalconfromCincy]

13. Texas A&M
12. Wisconsin
11. Northern Illinois
10. Central Michigan
9. Marshall
8. Pitt
7. Arkansas
6. Western Michigan
5. Kent State
4. UMass
3. Penn State
2. Wyoming
1. Bowling Green

[Falconian]

Wisconsin - 13
Texas A & M - 12
Northern Illinois - 11
Central Michigan - 10
Arkansas - 9
Pittsburgh - 8
Penn State - 7
Maryland - 6
Wyoming - 5
Kent State - 4
Marshall - 3
Western Michigan - 2
Colorado - 1

[MarkL]

13. Texas A&M over Ball State. No real contest here.
12. Arkansas over UT. Physical blowout coming in this one.
11. Wisconsin over MU. I don't think this one will be close at all.
10. CMU over Monmouth. CMU played tough last week. I like their new coach a lot.
9. NIU over Murray State. NIU looks good.
8. Kent State over Delaware State. KSU was hammered by an OK Illinois team. We'll learn a bit more about KSU this week. If they struggle, they're in for a long season.
7. Pittsburgh over Akron. The atmosphere will be electric and Akron will play well but they won't pull another upset in the series.
6. Penn State over Buffalo. Penn State lost ugly to Temple last week and it was not fluke. Temple is really good. Buffalo will play well but not happening.
5. Western Michigan over Georgia Southern. Good to catch Georgia Southern this year in a building year. Those guys are a program on the rise.
4. Ohio over Marshall. I'm thinking Marshall is overall more talented but is a bit young and Ohio is more veteran this year. Could be a good game.
3. UMass over Colorado. Low confidence pick here but I think it happens with UMass passing offense. If we played Colorado, we'd blow them out of the park.
2. Bowling Green over Maryland. While I am concerned about Maryland's O line and special teams, I think we can keep pace with these guys. BG wins a tight game that is still in question up to the 4th quarter.
1. Wyoming over Eastern Michigan. Might be an ugly game on both parts.

[mscarn]

the Toledo game was not recorded for points as it was never officially completed

If we could only be so lucky every week...

[Schadenfreude]

13. Wisconsin over Miami
12. Texas A&M over Ball State
11. Arkansas over Toledo
10. Northern Illinois over Murray State
9. Central Michigan over Monmouth
8. Kent State over Delaware State
7. Pittsburgh over Akron
6. Penn State over Buffalo
5. Marshall over Ohio
4. Colorado over Massachusetts
3. Maryland over Bowling Green
2. Western Michigan over Georgia Southern
1. Wyoming over Eastern Michigan