Got all the ones below actually picking the winner of the game, missed that.
2014-2015 Sowal College Football Pick'em
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Got all the ones below actually picking the winner of the game, missed that.
What is ATS
Against The Spread
Example:
OHST+7.5 vs. OR
Means lines-makers have set the "spread" on the game at 7.5 points
OR " wins the game " by >7.5 points, that pick wins
OHST either " wins the game" outright, or loses by <7.5 points, that pick wins
In the event the game ends with EXACTLY a 7.5 point differential where favored team " wins" by EXACTLY 7.5 points, and underdog " loses" by the EXACT 7.5 point differential, it's a TIE, and neither side wins...
( we have actually been playing a few games a week this way...)
Making picks " Against The Spread" is more difficult than just picking the winners....
And as for the I LOVE ALABAMA t-shirt example, the whole White Elephant thing is like a game of " musical chairs"...the object being to not end up with something you really don't want at the end of the season...
Against The Spread
Example:
OHST+7.5 vs. OR
Means lines-makers have set the "spread" on the game at 7.5 points
OR " wins the game " by >7.5 points, that pick wins
OHST either " wins the game" outright, or loses by <7.5 points, that pick wins
In the event the game ends with EXACTLY a 7.5 point differential where favored team " wins" by EXACTLY 7.5 points, and underdog " loses" by the EXACT 7.5 point differential, it's a TIE, and neither side wins...
( we have actually been playing a few games a week this way...)
Making picks " Against The Spread" is more difficult than just picking the winners....
And as for the I LOVE ALABAMA t-shirt example, the whole White Elephant thing is like a game of " musical chairs"...the object being to not end up with something you really don't want at the end of the season...
thanks for all your hard work and late Saturday nights and early Sunday mornings...it was my first year and gave me a reason to watch a lot of different games in non SEC conferences...even late on Saturday nights. Again thanks I for one really enjoyed......
Okay, so we need to have a get-together for all of the pickers to celebrate steel1man's impressive overall win and my bowl win. Let me know when you're available, steel1man, plus the rest of you. I'm not sure of my schedule because our son-in-law finished his Ph.D. in electrical engineering at GT two weeks ago and accepted a position at NASA's Jet Propulsion Lab at Cal Tech in the LA area (no, not in Louisiana). I'm not sure when they are moving, and I know they'll need my help. So shoot me an email at beachrunner32459@gmail.com to give me some potential dates for celebrating steel1man's major win.
Shouldn't steel1man make the call? I'd buy him a beer.
Local Catch? Red Bar? Bowery?
