SOWAL NCAA pick'em

[kathydwells]

WEEK IV PICKS

Thursday September 18
West Virginia @ Colorado

Saturday September 20
Mississippi State @ Georgia Tech
Alabama @ Arkansas
Miami(Fl) @ Texas A&M
Florida @ Tennessee
Notre Dame @ Michigan State
Virginia Tech @ North Carolina
Marshall @ SOuthern Mississippi (CP bowl)
Wake Forest @ Florida State
Vanderbilt @ Mississippi
LSU @ Auburn
Georgia @ Arizona State

 

[ShallowsNole]

Thursday September 18
West Virginia @ Colorado

Saturday September 20
Mississippi State @ Georgia Tech
Alabama @ Arkansas
Miami(Fl)@ Texas A&M
Florida @ Tennessee
Notre Dame @ Michigan State
Virginia Tech @ North Carolina
Marshall @ SOuthern Mississippi (CP bowl)
Wake Forest @ Florida State
Vanderbilt @ Mississippi
LSU @ Auburn
Georgia @ Arizona State

 

[Lady D]

I'm totally confused. I was on msn.foxsports.com and was looking at the odds for this Saturday's games. I don't understand this +3 points for one team and -3 points for the opponent.

I know someone tried to explain this to me last year but it still makes no sense to me. If they show say West Virginia +3 against Colorado, does that mean they are underdog by 3 and Colorado favored by 3 according to oddsmakers?

 

[ameliaj]

Made this suggestion on the battlezone. If someone misses getting their picks in on time, I suggest giving them all the "away" teams. This is what happens in the money pool that I'm in and it seems to work fairly well. The away teams usually end up .500 or less but it's not as big a penalty as getting the big "doughtnut." Let me know what you guys think.

 

[BeachSiO2]

I'm totally confused. I was on msn.foxsports.com and was looking at the odds for this Saturday's games. I don't understand this +3 points for one team and -3 points for the opponent.

I know someone tried to explain this to me last year but it still makes no sense to me. If they show say West Virginia +3 against Colorado, does that mean they are underdog by 3 and Colorado favored by 3 according to oddsmakers?

Any team with a "+" is an underdog. Any team with a "-" is the favorite. In your example, you are correct.

 

[Beach Runner]

Made this suggestion on the battlezone. If someone misses getting their picks in on time, I suggest giving them all the "away" teams. This is what happens in the money pool that I'm in and it seems to work fairly well. The away teams usually end up .500 or less but it's not as big a penalty as getting the big "doughtnut." Let me know what you guys think.

Hubby suggested that if someone misses a week for a valid reason (like a hurricane), just give him/her the same picks as the person with the lowest win/loss ratio. He thinks it's not fair that someone who posted and really tried might get fewer points than someone who didn't post (because they're given the away team or some other scheme), regardless of the reason.

If s/he just doesn't post, follow Skunky's original rules -- two weeks of no picks and s/he is out.

 

[Beach Runner]

Hopefully I'll have power by Thursday to make my picks. Just a quick check in to see where I stood last week.

Never thought I would experience hurricane force winds in Ohio. We've been cleaning up outside all day...many trees down and part of the roof needed repair. I'm at my moms who has power for now.

That is amazing! Sorry you are having to deal with this. Hurricane Opal did the same to us. We had 40 trees down and were withour power for a week. We had to rent a room at a motel just to get a warm shower (didn't stay there though).

 

[Lady D]

Any team with a "+" is an underdog. Any team with a "-" is the favorite. In your example, you are correct.

Thanks BeachSi02. Hopefully now I can look at this odds stuff and it make sense to me. I've never really used the odds method to make my picks as I didn't understand it so I used a time consuming other method that has worked fairly well for me for the most part.

 

[Miss Kitty]

Thanks BeachSi02. Hopefully now I can look at this odds stuff and it make sense to me. I've never really used the odds method to make my picks as I didn't understand it so I used a time consuming other method that has worked fairly well for me for the most part.

I just want you to have funn!

Tangent...How about them Cowboys? (well, the offense :roll

 

[DD]

I just want you to have funn!

Tangent...How about them Cowboys? (well, the offense :roll

Mr. DD's at the game. I didn't even know there was a game til this morning. Please tell me I don't have to watch Pro Football too.