SmootyGator's Pick'Em - Playoffs

SmootyGator · Dec 18, 2024 at 1:05 PM

I'm really hoping that someone picks something like SMU, Indiana, Arizona State as a hail Mary to win this thing!

bperkins10 · Dec 18, 2024 at 2:56 PM

Call me crazy, but I need to make up some points.

Arizona State
Penn State
Ohio State

GoCocks3877 · Dec 18, 2024 at 9:17 PM

Oregon
Arizona State
Ohio State

igabradley · Dec 18, 2024 at 9:45 PM

Penn St
Oregon
Georgia

senecagator · Dec 19, 2024 at 10:19 AM

Texas
Penn St
Oregon

Wanne15 · Dec 19, 2024 at 1:51 PM

Georgia
Texas
Oregon

danmanne65 · Dec 19, 2024 at 2:47 PM

Georgia
Texas
Boise State

Wanne15 · Dec 19, 2024 at 2:55 PM

danmanne65 said: ↑

Georgia
Texas
Boise State
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I would love to see Boise State kick everyone's ass

phatGator · Dec 19, 2024 at 11:37 PM

Texas
Oregon
Boise State

gator_n_sc · Dec 20, 2024 at 9:31 AM

Notre Dame
Oregon
Penn state

Bazza · Dec 20, 2024 at 9:49 AM

gator_n_sc said: ↑

Idk why but I chose no Bye week teams. My choices are gonna have to earn it.
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FYI: if you read the rules on post #1....you are required to choose at least 1 bye week team.

ocalaman · Dec 20, 2024 at 9:49 AM

Texas
Notre Dame
Oregon

eastowest · Dec 20, 2024 at 10:09 AM

SmootyGator said: ↑

Here we go!!!! Time for the inaugural "Playoff Week" edition of the Pick'Em contest! Not sure how it's going to work out but it will be fun to find out. Here are the rules as posted way back at the beginning of the season:

PLAYOFF WEEK RULES/SCORING

The playoffs will include 12 teams. 4 of the teams have bye-weeks, 8 do not. Contestants will pick 3 teams from the pool of 12 playoff teams; however, you will need to include at least one team with a bye-week, and one team that doesn’t have a bye-week. The order of the three teams matter, same as always, with the top team being worth 5, then 4, then 3. That number of points will then be added to your total for every win that team gets throughout the playoffs. For example, if your 5-point selection is a non-bye week team and they end up winning the whole thing, you would get 20 points for that selection (4 wins at 5 points each). If your 2nd pick was a Bye- team and they win their first game, but lose their second game, you would get 4 points. Then say your 3rd pick lost their first game, you would 0 points for that selection. So, your total score for the playoff “week” would be: 20+4+0 = 24 Total.

The advantage of picking teams that have bye-weeks are that they are technically better teams than the non-bye teams. But to counter this, non-bye-week teams have the potential to play 4 games as opposed to only 3 that team with a bye-week have. Not sure if there would be an advantage either way, so that’s why I made the rule that at least one of each needs to be included.

This is the only major change from last season. If these scoring/rules for the playoff week are unclear or need more explaining, let me know and I will do so.

**Added note, Bye-week teams are seeds 1-4. Also, on a funny aside... kind of hilarious that in my initial post I said that teams that have bye-weeks are typically the better teams... certainly doesn't appear to be the case !

From my calculations, the max score would be 38 points, but that is based on two Non-Bye teams reaching the finals, which is doubtful. I'm guessing 30 points will be tough to get. (Feel free to check my math/logic on that one)

So, long story short. Pick 3 teams, at least one bye (Seeds 1-4), at least one non-bye (Seeds 5-12). Rank them like you always have, and let's see how this thing shakes out.

***Picks due at 8:00PM Friday December 20th.

Here are the playoff contenders:

Seed Team
01 Oregon
02 Georgia
03 Boise State
04 Arizona State
05 Texas
06 Penn State
07 Notre Dame
08 Ohio State
09 Tennessee
10 Indiana
11 SMU
12 Clemson

Good luck to all, and to all: GO GATORS!!!!
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Bazza · Dec 20, 2024 at 10:17 AM

Guess I'm not as high on Texas making it. Now this.....might be a good thing though....hard to tell.....

eastowest · Dec 20, 2024 at 10:24 AM

Texas
Tennessee
Uga

kes · Dec 20, 2024 at 10:55 AM

Oregon
Penn State
Texas

Thx!

obone · Dec 20, 2024 at 11:50 AM

Oregon
Georgia
Texas

gatormonk · Dec 20, 2024 at 12:20 PM

Georgia
Oregon
Texas

gator_n_sc · Dec 20, 2024 at 2:46 PM

Bazza said: ↑

FYI: if you read the rules on post #1....you are required to choose at least 1 bye week team.
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Thank you Bazza! I fixed it.

tommyvee · Dec 20, 2024 at 7:26 PM

gator_n_sc said: ↑

Thank you Bazza! I fixed it.
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Damn it @Bazza

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