OBNUG Pick 'Em Contest - Week 8 Results
by Nick Kroes on Oct 27, 2009 10:00 AM PDT
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PrintPick yourself up off the floor, Bronco fans. It may seem like the end of the world is near, but we still have free Baja Fresh to give away.
Join me after the jump for some observations and our results from the past weekend. Make sure you check back on Thursday for this week's contest.
Black Sunday?
The Boise State game didn't end until the early morning Sunday. I would use this to blame the pollsters for being lazy and going to bed without watching the game but they seemed to hold up their end of the bargain. TCU gained but Boise State remained ahead them in every major poll. However, this was not enough. I spent all Sunday waiting for the other shoe to drop and it did.
Well that was fun
Idaho was sure getting a lot of talk the past few weeks. People started noticing the Fighting Akeys and their resurgence. They started getting mythical midseason awards. There was chatter about Gameday coming to Boise for a matchup between an undefeated Boise State team and a one-loss Idaho squad (and there still is). Then the most egregious thing happened when Vandal alum Mark Schlereth took to the Mike and Mike Show to talk up the Vandals. Well, I think he angered the gods.
Twenty-four of us picked Idaho to cover, and Nevada laughed at us. Guess we won't have to hear too much about Idaho from here on out. Oh wait...
5 sure was popular
In calculating the results this week, one number kept showing up: Five. Twenty of us picked 5 correct games this week. I was starting to worry that this might have been a doozy of a tiebreaker.
Tiebreakers, tiebreakers, tiebreakers
Good thing we implemented this tiebreaker thing because it sure is coming in handy. We even had three people guess the tiebreaker correctly this week (Finloopio, mrefficiency, and Loque). Unfortunately, none of them were at the top.
This week, we had yet again another tie for the top spot. After all the tallying, BustersBFF and TreuBleu stood alone with 7 correct picks apiece.
However, with a tiebreaker of 57, BustersBFF takes the win this week.
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We even had three people guess the tiebreaker correctly this week (Finloopio, mrefficiency, and Loque). Unfortunately, none of them were at the top.
You know just how to rub it in, don’t you.
Congratulations, B_BFF! You’re my best friend now!
"You know where i'm from, a little suspicion about one's true identity and motives is considered good manners."
-- Nale
But!
My SJSU tickets aren’t selling and I probably will have to be in Boise this week! I really, really want to share lunch with you (your treat, of course)
"You know where i'm from, a little suspicion about one's true identity and motives is considered good manners."
-- Nale
So close I could taste the Fish Taco's
I have only myself to blame. I will put on the tape, evaluate my tiebreaker strategy and be back stronger than ever next week.
That is if I remember to do my picks.
Always a bridesmaid, never a bride
6 wins didn’t get me any food this week but I think I did OK for the overall standings.
"I'd rather be a smartass than a dumbass."
njkroes
agred and received for subliminal conceptual penetration a la “angered the gods” referring no doubt to the karma gods!
tvmunson
Well...
I was not expecting this, so I don’t have a speech ready.
/pulls out a piece of paper from his tux he borrowed from a friend
I’d first like to thank Kevan, for two reasons:
- He shows me who not to pick, which has contributed to my success.
- He started this perfect little bronco blogging spot we all so lovingly read daily.
I’d also like to thank all of the other contributors to OBNUG, as it would not be what it is without you.
And last but not least I’d like to thank Baja Fresh… Without you poor starving college students like myself may go hungry.
The reason I take this time to thank is becasue I know I will not win again, and better use my time in the spotlight wisely. Go Broncos
I seem to be hearing that a lot lately
Just wait until we get to the NCAA Tournament pick ’em. Bizarro Kevan picks are gambling gold.
Congrats.
"I eat success for breakfast - with skim milk!" - Tony Perkis
(shouts from the balcony)
“BustersBFF Rules”!!!!!!(crowd roars and rushes stage, security loses all sense of professional decorum and beams rhapsodically at BBFF, BBFF whisked away in a phalanx of burly guards,hundreds of paparazzi flashes)
tvmunson
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2012 Boise State Football Schedule
@ Michigan State  |
Fri 08/31 | 6:00 p.m. MT |
| Miami (OH) | Sat 09/15 | 2:00 p.m. MT |
| BYU |
Thu 09/20 | TBA |
| @ New Mexico | Sat 09/29 | TBA |
| @ Southern Miss | Sat 10/06 | TBA |
| Fresno State | Sat 10/13 | 1:30 p.m. MT |
| UNLV | Sat 10/20 | 1:30 p.m. MT |
| @ Wyoming |
Sat 10/27 | 1:30 p.m. MT |
| San Diego State | Sat 11/03 | 8:30 p.m. MT |
| @ Hawaii | Sat 11/10 | 5:00 p.m. MT |
| Colorado St. | Sat 11/17 | 1:30 p.m. MT |
| @ Nevada | Sat 12/1 | TBA |
