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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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Duval Street

Legacy Members
3 hours ago, blacklab said:

You can't see others picks till after the game has started.

You can, just select ISU in standings.

Modessit

Legacy Members
You can't see others picks till after the game has started.
You can, just select ISU in standings.
Yep. You can see what people have already entered.

DDD Dad

Certifiably Surly

What idiot programmed this thing anyway?

Fozzz

banned

Lmao Baylor is going to rape us. 

Gil Bang

Certifiably Surly

I've lost interest in this team to the extent that I've forgotten picks for the last couple of weeks. 

Modessit

Legacy Members

I guess since the season is pretty much over we're no longer updating the contest page? Still not showing the ISU score for me.

 

 

NorthLoop

Legacy Members
10 hours ago, Modessit said:

I guess since the season is pretty much over we're no longer updating the contest page? Still not showing the ISU score for me.

 

 

They'll explain their reasoning for that on the next Surly podcast

Sgt Hulk

Legacy Members
24 minutes ago, NorthLoop said:

They'll explain their reasoning for that on the next Surly podcast

I miss those last year 

B00M

Burnt Ends

I assume the score will be in before Texas loses again?

Domedriver

Legacy Members

If they don’t post the scores does that mean I can change my prediction?  Kidding... my prediction was so off that I need lube just to deal with the morning. 😭😱🤘

Viper

Certifiably Surly

really wishing I'd spent money on this now.

Domedriver

Legacy Members

While I did not wage money and I would have lost because I am a homer 🤘. I thank all those involved for the opportunity to play.

Sgt Hulk

Legacy Members
5 hours ago, Viper said:

really wishing I'd spent money on this now.

Ummm yeah I’ve been top 2 all year 

bolverk

Legacy Members
59 minutes ago, Sgt Hulk said:

Ummm yeah I’ve been top 2 all year 

Curses! You will rue the day you took my spot.

B00M

Burnt Ends

This game is more fun when the score gets updated

perfectchaos007

Legacy Members
(edited)

edit: wrong thread

Edited by perfectchaos007

DougO

Legacy Members
(edited)

Lots of disapoint.

Edited by DougO

bolverk

Legacy Members

Gotdammit. Just missed the deadline to get my score in - not that it matters since we might not be assigning points anymore anyway.

perfectchaos007

Legacy Members

Why are the score updates 2 weeks behind? Who's in charge here?

DDD Dad

Certifiably Surly

A computer programmer who occasionally spends a day in jail.

EZ$

Legacy Members

We lost. 

DDD Dad

Certifiably Surly
Jesus, you impatient fucks.
 

Give the guy a break. He’s been in the big house.

Modessit

Legacy Members
Being on the run from Johnny law ain't no trip to Cleveland.
Blacklab is Baker Mayfield? Or Johnny Manziel? Who else do we know who knows what both are like to compare?

EZ$

Legacy Members

Making up ground slowly. I’m going to have to get creative for the bowl to make up the gap. 

BigOrange1

Burnt Ends

fuck, we have to do the bowl game too???

 

B00M

Burnt Ends
13 hours ago, BigOrange1 said:

fuck, we have to do the bowl game too???

 

Yeah! This is where i complete my Turtle Tom Choke Job (TM) and fall from 2nd to 4th

JBJ

Legacy Members
2 hours ago, B00M said:

Yeah! This is where i complete my Turtle Tom Choke Job (TM) and fall from 2nd to 4th

What's wrong with 4th? 🙎‍♂️

Sgt Hulk

Legacy Members

damn i knew i should have paid

Sgt. Slaughter

Legacy Members
On 12/1/2019 at 11:27 AM, B00M said:

Yeah! This is where i complete my Turtle Tom Choke Job (TM) and fall from 2nd to 4th

Here’s hoping 🍻

SDG

Certifiably Surly
(edited)

OU backs their way in and gets blown out.  Groundhogs day.... 

 

wrong thread. Go home SDG you’re drunk...

Edited by SDG

Knoxtnhorn

Certifiably Surly

@blacklab

@Huckleberry

Perhaps I'm doing something wrong, but could y'all check on the software?  When I log in and put a score for the bowl game, it seems to disappear when I go back to check it.  I've put in a score twice, logged out, logged back in, and the score is not there.  Just trying to save y'all some grief ahead of time if something is awry.

Knoxtnhorn

Certifiably Surly
16 minutes ago, blacklab said:

try it now

Works now.  Thx.

77horn

Legacy Members

All my prior predictions are gone.  My score is still there but all prior Predictions are missing

NeverMarryAStripper

New Members

Probably because they sucked, or maybe because you touch yourself.

77horn

Legacy Members
1 hour ago, NeverMarryAStripper said:

Probably because they sucked, or maybe because you touch yourself.

I'm in 2nd place , so it must be the latter

kopp0e

Legacy Members

Can I bet on a bowl game, (after the fact) that I didn't notice was played yesterday.?? Meh, Merry Christmas folks...

wood

Certifiably Surly

Nice screen call Yrrrrrrcich.

Modessit

Legacy Members

Damn prediction site wouldn't let me log in and now won't let me put in a score.

Texas 27
Utah 23

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