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SmootyGator's Pick'em - Week 1

Discussion in 'RayGator's Swamp Gas' started by SmootyGator, Aug 28, 2023.

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  1. Aug 29, 2023 #41
    MRG8R

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  2. Aug 29, 2023 #42
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    My logic exactly
     
  3. Aug 29, 2023 #43
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    I hate them both the same,
     
  4. Aug 31, 2023 #44
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    LSU was going to be my 5-pointer right up until I picked. I remember last year they were favored by about the same amount and I couldn't believe it. I told everyone that LSU was my stone-cold lock of the century... and looked what happened. Screw FSU!
     
  5. Aug 31, 2023 #45
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    My capacity to hate is almost endless being a misanthrope has trained me well.
     
  6. Aug 31, 2023 #46
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    That was LSU’s first game under Kelly and they looked like it. LSU lost and it pretty much will embarrass the sec if they lose this one. Fsu has to be a much better team this year if they are going to win.
     
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  7. Aug 31, 2023 #47
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  8. Aug 31, 2023 #48
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  9. Aug 31, 2023 #49
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  10. Aug 31, 2023 #50
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    If 91 in your name means 1991, then that would explain you putting FSU in front of UGA on the hate meter. Gators from the 80s and before tend to put UGA first.
     
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  11. Aug 31, 2023 #51
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    Hate meter from an 82 grad...
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  12. Aug 31, 2023 #52
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    That would be correct sir. Other than lately I only remember owning the pups. Growing up in the panhandle West of Tally the hate was real. My Uncle Ray Lawrence played for the Gators so we are a Gator family.
     
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  13. Sep 1, 2023 #53
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    33 People in so far. Just about 24 hours left to get in!!!
     
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  14. Sep 1, 2023 #54
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  15. Sep 2, 2023 #55
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    Here is a list of the teams that got picked. Tulane had the highest pick rate with everyone but 2 people picking them. FSU, Northwestern, South Alabama and UTSA were the lowest pick, with only one person picking each.

    California - 25/34
    Fresno St. - 3/34
    FSU - 1/34
    Houston - 19/34
    LSU - 30/34
    North Carolina - 3/34
    North Texas - 2/34
    Northwestern - 1/34
    Purdue - 24/34
    Rutgers - 10/34
    South Alabama - 1/34
    South Carolina - 18/34
    Tulane - 32/34
    UTSA - 1/34
     
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  16. Sep 2, 2023 #56
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    Here is a list of the average points each team was selected for.

    California - 4.04
    Fresno St. - 3.33
    FSU - 3
    Houston - 2.11
    LSU - 2.23
    North Carolina - 1.67
    North Texas - 2.5
    Northwestern - 1
    Purdue - 3.46
    Rutgers - 3
    South Alabama - 3
    South Carolina - 2.89
    Tulane - 3.38
    UTSA - 2
     
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  17. Sep 2, 2023 #57
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    Whoo hoo, I'm one of 3 people to pick Fresno state... and I got that one right so far. Looks like I'm the only one to pick northwestwern, let's see if they can rise to the occasion after the whole coach debacle.
     
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  18. Sep 3, 2023 #58
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    Yes, 24 people had Purdue, so good call on Fresno! I had Purdue, but was fortunate that I had them as my 1-pointer.

    So far, everyone has some points, so no one is getting shut out this week. There are a few people that are still in play for 15 point weeks, yourself included!
     
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  19. Sep 3, 2023 #59
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    Yeah Phat growing from the time I was a jr in high school for the next 20 years we went 18-3 against them. Why would I hate a reliable punching bag? Tough as of late tho. But that’s why they’re #2. East of Tally I didn’t even know a Ga fan growing up.
     
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  20. Sep 3, 2023 #60
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    I understand. But those of us who are older lived with things like fourth and dumb against Georgia.

    The punching bag years were cathartic for us older gator fans. The year Spurrier hung 50 points on UGA on their home field, I was in Colorado visiting my sister and brother-in-law.

    They did not have a television, so my brother-in-law took me to a friend’s house so I could watch the game. Those guys thought the game was very boring with Florida scoring and scoring and scoring, but I made them keep the game on because I was eating it up.
     
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