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What's up, assholes? Welcome to the 2019 Football Season Game Prediction Contest. I did this a long time ago on HornFans, then for the first time on shaggy in 2014, and now we are here at surly. Thanks to blacklab we are now (again) moving the prediction contest into the automated age.

Do not put your entry in this thread.
Click on the link below to enter your prediction:

CONTEST LINK

2014 winner - laga4
2015 winner - EZ$
2016 winner - knoxtnhorn
2017 winner - EZ$
2018 winner - mdmost

 

Rules:

1. An exactly correct prediction gets 200 points. 2 points are deducted for every point you miss the margin by and 1 point is deducted for every point you miss the total by. 25 points are deducted for not predicting the correct winner (pick a tie and you're automatically docked 25 points). Minimum score is zero. So go ahead and make smartass predictions, no sweat off my back.

Example: You guess Texas 31, Louisiana Tech 13. Final score is Texas 41, Louisiana Tech 7. Your score is 200-2*(34-18)-(48-44)=164.

2. Entries close at 5 minutes before listed gametime on the TexasSports.com team schedule page.

3. All your scores are added up for the season long contest.

4. Tiebreaker for each game is order of entry. The prediction post that is first in the thread among the tied entries wins the tiebreaker.

5. Tiebreaker for season long contest is placement for the final game of the season prediction. Doesn't matter if it's a bowl game, a national semifinal, a national championship game, or the Texas Tech game if we don't make a bowl. Whatever the final game played is, that's the tiebreaker.

That's it. Keep in mind that the tiebreaker and other rules are from last year and they may be tweaked based on the needs for blacklab's coding. Any other necessary rules or rule changes will be made up on the fly. Good luck. Overall season winner gets jack shit from me, but...

6. Optional Prize Money - Posters may choose to pay the $25 entry fee but are not required to do so. Each week the top-ranked poster of those who are in the prize pool will receive $25. At the end of the season the top three overall finishers will receive 50%, 30%, and 20% respectively of the remaining pool.

To enter the paid version paypal $25 to bob at tanmutt.com.
Once you've done that send blacklab a PM so he can mark you as paid in the software.
Please put your surly username in the note at PayPal, probably best to mention the prediction contest as well.

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Hizzaz Mahdoud

Legacy Members

Well, crap. I won the week. The one and only time I wanted to be wrong. So sad.

Oh, well. "Take the win, pussy." /Surly, probably.

scheiss you need an abs in there

you predicted 38 - 35, a margin of Texas +3, Texas lost by 7. The difference between +3 and -7 is 10   (+3 - -7) = 3 + 7 = 10

200 - 2 x 10 - 12 - 25 = 143

Scheiss Meister

Certifiably Surly

Ah, I see now.  Thanks for straightening that out for me.  And for doing these.  They are ultimately meaningless, but I enjoy the heck out of them.

Well, they do give me a nice interest free short term loan, so I wouldn't say they are completely meaningless.

Domedriver

Legacy Members
(edited)

So to my glory!  I have reached the glorious peak of #40 on the Surly Prediction Score!   It is amazing and a moment of personal glory! Being here and reaching this moment, as a life long Texas fan since my father retired from the Navy, Happy Birthday, in 1967 and gaining employment at UT, to my graduation in 1984, to seeing Dawson’s kick, getting an autograph from Randy Peschal as a Cub Scout, parking and ushering in the ‘70’s, to 14 Texas -OUs, watching Sims melt down against CU Ricky’s run on Aggie,and VY in the Rose Bowl, and all the shit that has followed,...

I can predict score and be in the top 40 of all you sons of a ... 🤪

I am calling t out now.  We win shit beat the out Kansas and Hook’em up!

so frustrated, if my score had flipped it would have been spot on, we would have won and we would have again beaten those bag of dickeating, mobile home sister fucking meth consuming...

oh well.

we will slaughter Kansas! 🤘

Texas!

Oh and thanks Hauck and Sir Blacklab.

 

Edited by Domedriver

mdmost

Certifiably Surly

I really nailed that Texas score! Missed the OU one by 10. 

Sgt. Slaughter

Legacy Members
5 hours ago, Hizzaz Mahdoud said:

Well, crap. I won the week. The one and only time I wanted to be wrong. So sad.

Oh, well. "Put some money in, pussy." /Surly, probably.

Fixed.

Coach pop a bitch

Legacy Members

Anybody else not being allowed to put a score in this week? Showing that today's game is at 11am 

Dnaguy

Certifiably Surly

@blacklab

 

we can’t edit / put in scores for the Kansas game.... 

bolverk

Legacy Members
2 hours ago, Coach pop a bitch said:

Anybody else not being allowed to put a score in this week? Showing that today's game is at 11am 

 

2 hours ago, Mother mopar said:

Same problem

 

1 hour ago, ShowmeyourTDs said:

Can’t put the score in either.

 

1 hour ago, Chief21 said:

Me neither

 

59 minutes ago, Dnaguy said:

@blacklab

 

we can’t edit / put in scores for the Kansas game.... 

This is a problem.

@Huckleberry

@hayden_horn

@immamac

@blacklab

Modessit

Legacy Members
fixed, you should be able to change your score till 5pm now
I'm sure you meant 5:50 since we're supposed to have until 10 minutes before kickoff? I hope so since I just put mine in at 5:16. Just in case - 41-17 us.

B00M

Burnt Ends

My least accurate guess of the year, 100 whole points. I wish I'd updated it pregame, I would've given KU at least a TD over my stale 45-13 prediction. Still clinging to the final money spot, but DDD is on my shit. 

Kevin O’Shea

Legacy Members

Have mercy K State there’s Oklahoman children watching 

Assman

Certifiably Surly

So who won the Ok St week?

RomaVicta

Certifiably Surly

I want to thank the dozen people keeping me from the very bottom. My guess is that you were actually striving to be worst while I, alas, come by it naturally.

Lidig8r

Certifiably Surly

Well fuck me... I forgot my flippin password.

Modessit

Legacy Members
Well fuck me... I forgot my flippin password.
Same as here so reset this one and that one should also, right?

Lidig8r

Certifiably Surly
3 hours ago, blacklab said:

Its a different password

you should be able to reregister

I found out.  Thanks Hombre

mdmost

Certifiably Surly

You’re welcome

TexMexBuddha

Certifiably Surly

Another 200 point game for me on a called illegal formation. Ha!

B00M

Burnt Ends

Changed from a several week old 31-17 prediction to 31-24 pregame... Illegal formation cost me the exact prediction. Oh well, I'll take it.

Modessit

Legacy Members

Score still not posted?

Wally Pryor

Legacy Members
(edited)

Idoit 2

Edited by Wally Pryor

Wally Pryor

Legacy Members
(edited)

Idoit

Edited by Wally Pryor

NeverMarryAStripper

New Members

I think when he tried to put in the score the system wouldn't accept it because it didn't believe that UT won

bolverk

Legacy Members
2 hours ago, NeverMarryAStripper said:

I think when he tried to put in the score the system wouldn't accept it because it didn't believe that UT won

Hey man, at least some of us made the right call. 🙂

B00M

Burnt Ends

Final was 27-24... How is 31-28 a better prediction than 31-24? Conceptually, not mathematically. 

 

Modessit

Legacy Members

I guess jofus won?f628634c3517e62f250673fb0da1c3d2.jpg

 

 

TornACL

Legacy Members

I think the program found that prediction highly amusing and just wanted everyone to see it. The program is becoming sentient. 

BigOrange1

Burnt Ends

this is becoming more and more nerve wracking by the week.  i know i'm gonna fuck this up somehow.

B00M

Burnt Ends
3 hours ago, BigOrange1 said:

this is becoming more and more nerve wracking by the week.  i know i'm gonna fuck this up somehow.

You predicting a win vs ISU?

Modessit

Legacy Members
this is becoming more and more nerve wracking by the week.  i know i'm gonna fuck this up somehow.
Just wait until the last minute to put in your score, check to see what your closest competition predicted, then choose similarly to avoid them closing the gap.

JBJ

Legacy Members

192 and no movement.  I need you guys above me to start tanking.

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