Guess the Score, Win Stuff: Seer Accuse
They're the "ORANGE" not the "ORANGEMEN". That was changed because to Irish Catholics the latter sounds the same way "South Carolina Klansmen" sounds to you. To clarify, it's a oft-told myth that the school was named for the right-wing fraternal order. The two actually have nothing to do with each other; the school name came from the school color being orange, kinda like how the Cincinnati Reds were so named because the original pro team wore red socks, but they still sometimes get grouped in among teams with offensive Native American monikers.
The way they picked orange is kinda funny. If you go back and look at the original official colors of a lot of schools, pink was a fashionable choice, however 'cuse had adopted "rose pink and pea green" as theirs. When they took the field against Hamilton College in 1889 the Syracuse fans were derided for, well, let me teambuild that:
So to get everyone to stop pointing and laughing the students said "let's be orange." Good change. It's a good change.
How it works:
- I put up a winnable prize that consists of a desirable good.
- You guess the final scores of the designated game, and put it in the comments, preferably in the format of [M's Score]-[Opponent's Score]. First person to post a particular score has it.
- If you guess either game correctly, we contact you. If not, go to (5)
- The desirable good arrives at the address you give us.
- Non-winners can acquire the same desirable good by trading currency for it.
- Seriously, you don't have to actually guess a basketball score to get this shirt. You can buy it.
About Last Time:
It was 87-85 in one OT, but this one guy pretty much predicted we'd have subs:
It was crazy!
This Week's Game:
#4 seed Michigan versus #4 seed Syracuse. Winner is a basketball game away from the championship.
And the Prize: Three Goggles!
Nothing says "Nothing but nylon!" like a 100% cotton tee. Sometimes when you're on…
Fine print: One entry per user. First user to choose a set of scores wins, determined by the timestamp of your entry (make it easy on me and write your score in digits with a hyphen between them. Deadline for entries is sometime within 24 hours before the start of the game—whenever I can get online in that time and lock the thread. MGoEmployees and Moderators exempt from winning because you can change scores. We did not invent the algorithm. The algorithm consistently finds Jesus. The algorithm is banned in China. The algorithm is from Jersey. The algorithm is not just a shooter. The algorithm always fouls Cody Zeller. The algorithm can’t explain why Big Ten officials think it’s their duty to help Bo Ryan. The algorithm spent 10 years as the Indiana of basketball, if that makes sense. This is not the algorithm. This is close.
Michigan 59
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go buy the fucking T-shirt! Michigan 67 sad Orange 59
Go Blue!
go buy the fucking T-shirt! Michigan 67 sad Orange 59
Go Blue!
go buy the fucking T-shirt! Michigan 67 sad Orange 59
Go Blue!
oh fuck .... Mods please delete 2 of these .....
70-61 Michigan
53-56 Fightin' Melos
Michigan 67
Cuse 63
65-59 Michigan
62-58 U OF M
62 - 57 Michigan
M 54
Cuse 53
64-57 Michigan
Michigan!
So...am I the only one that sees that shirt, and the general hand posture on the chest and thinks nipple tweaking? Sure the anatomy wouldn't work, but without context it's easy to come to that conclusion...
When I first saw that shirt, I thought of Kate Upton wearing it.
62-54 Michigan!!
I'm glad The_Knowledge isn't involving himself in these contests...wouldn't seem fair.
63 - 56.
Michigan over the Orange.
You didn't indicate a winner, but that would be either the greatest or worst night ever, if true.
Michigan 71, Syracuse 55
Michigan 67 - 61 Syracuse
64-59 M
71 Michigan - 64 Syracuse
Syracuse 60 - 51 Michigan
69-63 Michigan
74-57 Michigan
76-72 Michigan
Michigan heads to the championship by defeating the 2-3 zone en route to a 64-56 win.
71-54
MIchigan 64 Syracuse 62
66-59, Miiiiiichigan!
Is that you, Nostradamus?
M 69-59
Since Syracuse is just a little bit lower than Florida at Defense, and several spots lower at Offense. Go Blue! Beat citrus!
65-56 M
58-53 michigan wins
75-70 Michigan.
70-58 Michigan, and it's not even that close!
61-58 Cuse
SUBS!!!
78-71 Michigan
Michigan
52-51
66-62 Michigan wins. If anything, I expect the margin of victory to be bigger. Syracuse doesn't seem like the kind of team that we'd come back against last second, but I could see them hanging around and making a futile push at the end to cut it to 4 or so.
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