Hey all, Big apology and polite withdrawal. Just got sidetracked again by work this week (you can blame SMU, 100% genuinely... but that would be an excuse). Two straight weeks, I'm out and will cheer the rest of you to the very end. Let's be honest, I'd have probably blown it all anyway. Mizzou... ugh!
There were the best of picks and there were the worst of picks . . . more of the latter. @ValdostaGatorFan had another big week (+1867) and @novagator (+1620) stepped back into the limelight. They sit atop a perch otherwise unoccupied. Most of those in the 1000-1200 pt range took big hits this week. Unofficial by the numbers: Five went bust. The original 38 member panel stands at 24. Faves went 3-7 this week and are 30-29-1 on the year. This was the indicator. Just last week, the race for first was a packed field; not anymore Only 4 of 29 panelists were in the + this week. Last wk 18 panelists were +1000 on the season; now only 8 are. Not including those who went bust for failing to pick two consecutive weeks, there were 11 panelists who lost 300 or more points. To our friends who took the biggest hits . . .
ValdostaGatorFan 4012 novagator 3590 ETGator 1993 Bazza 1985 gator954 1540 wrrgator 1386 Gatorrick22 1310 gatordavisl 1145 phatGator 1087 RealtyGator 970 SmootyGator 940 gator_n_sc 898 gatortenor37 845 GatorToTheEnd 800 gatormonk 800 manigordo 780 MRG8R 740 ThePlayer 710 GatorFanCF 610 ApexNC 570 danmanne65 560 coach 555 GatorPrincess8 480 Distant Gator 464 tommyvee 151 bperkins10 0 ocalaman 0 audiogatorjim 0 igabradley 0 Wanne15 0
The pick is not allowed since it was submitted after the bet deadline (same for @GatorFanCF). However since he did make an attempt to check in on gameday at least, I will allow him to continue on the Panel. However he must make an on-time bet next week or he WILL be removed.
Hurricane Milton is heading straight for me so I am going to lose power at some point on Wednesday. @gatordavisl will be running the Panel for Week 7.
