Pick Six returns! Now on Mgoblog
Although we may despise Notre Dame there have been some valuable contributions by Notre Dame football blogs. One of the best was the Pick Six contest that the now defunct Notre Dame blog Blue-Gray Sky used to operate. Before the season you pick 5 ranked teams and one unranked team that you think will end the season with the highest rankings after the bowls are done.
I enjoyed entering the contest when Blue-Gray Sky was still around so with Brian's approval we're bringing Pick Six to MGoBlog.
- A: Oklahoma, Alabama, Oregon, LSU, Boise State
- B: Florida State, Stanford, Texas A&M, Oklahoma State, Nebraska
- C: Wisconsin, South Carolina, Virginia Tech, TCU, Arkansas
- D: Notre Dame, Michigan State, Ohio State, Georgia, Mississippi State
- E: Missouri, Florida, Auburn, West Virginia, Southern Cal
August 23rd, 2011 at 11:38 PM ^
absolutely awesome.
August 23rd, 2011 at 11:41 PM ^
That was quick! It's going to be a fun contest this year.
August 24th, 2011 at 7:28 PM ^
When can we see the list with everyone's picks and standings? Thanks!
August 23rd, 2011 at 11:42 PM ^
A. Alabama
B. Texas A&M
C. South Carolina
D. Georgia
E. Southern Cal
Unranked: What the hell, I'll take us. MICHIGAN
August 23rd, 2011 at 11:43 PM ^
August 23rd, 2011 at 11:59 PM ^
August 24th, 2011 at 12:15 AM ^
I think so too, and for a few MGoPoints, why not?
August 23rd, 2011 at 11:49 PM ^
This is a great contest. I know I am hoping for supremacy in the MGoBlogosphere. I'm willing to be that whoever wins this thing posts a pretty darn good score . . . .
August 23rd, 2011 at 11:50 PM ^
A. Oregon
B. Stanford
C. South Carolina
D. Georgia
E. Missouri
Unranked: Miami, FL
August 24th, 2011 at 8:05 AM ^
I respect your balls
August 24th, 2011 at 11:31 AM ^
They deserve respect.
August 23rd, 2011 at 11:51 PM ^
A. Alabama
B. Texas A&M
C. TCU
D. Georgia
E. Florida
Unranked: Michigan
August 23rd, 2011 at 11:52 PM ^
A. Alabama
B. Florida State
C. TCU
D. Notre Dame
E. West Virginia
Unranked: Michigan
August 23rd, 2011 at 11:55 PM ^
Well, I finally quit lurking and created an account just for this.
August 24th, 2011 at 10:03 AM ^
I did, too. I've not had anything of substance to add to the conversation.
1. Alabama
2. Stanford
3. Wisconsin
4. Georgia
5. Missouri
6. Michigan
If I am not mistaken, this should prevent any head-to-heads among my picks. That should help.
August 25th, 2011 at 6:51 AM ^
Wisconsin vs. Michigan in B1G championship game.
August 25th, 2011 at 9:20 AM ^
I have only been lurking for about 7 months but finally decided to make a name and throw my hat into the ring. Who wouldn't want a free shirt?!
Also, I don't even remember who I picked.....hah. Maybe there will be somewhere we can look up our picks/how we are doing/current leader board/etc?
August 24th, 2011 at 12:06 AM ^
A. Alabama
B. Stanford
C. TCU
D. Notre Dame
E. Florida
Unranked: Texas
August 24th, 2011 at 12:09 AM ^
Fuck it, I'm gonna take all the teams I hate, just to see what the football gods do with this.
- Alabama
- Florida State
- Virginia Tech
- Michigan State
- USC
- Boston College
OK, I don't hate Boston College. I just felt like being contrary and think they'll have a good season.
August 24th, 2011 at 12:11 AM ^
That's a great strategy. If those teams win you can say to yourself, "At least it helps my Pick 6 contest." If they lose, well that's probably worth more than Pick 6.
August 24th, 2011 at 9:05 AM ^
Every year I do a "Fuck My March" bracket. Last year it set up poorly with WVU and OSU in the same regional, but it did get to a Final Four of OSU, Duke, ND and MSU. Thankfully it didn't play out that way (I also pick my teams losing in the first round, so that's part of it too).
August 24th, 2011 at 12:47 AM ^
So you hate MSU more than TSIO? Interesting.
August 24th, 2011 at 9:59 AM ^
It's more like: I would rather see OSU ranked higher because they belong higher. So I picked MSU on the theme of "it would piss me off the most if these were the teams that did the best."
August 24th, 2011 at 12:31 AM ^
I hope you have some automated program that will let you update the scores at the end of each week because this seems like a lot of number crunching.
Obviously Excel would be plausible as I know it supports some lower level logic (IF THEN statements) but I am fairly certain it doesn't work well with strings (words-as in team names).
I might suggest getting an MgoNERD to write a program in Matlab that will allow you to only have to update the weekly rankings and press a button each week. The output would be the updated Pick Six user scores in an excel spreadsheet.
Let me know if this is something you might be interested in because it should be pretty easy to write up.
August 24th, 2011 at 1:09 AM ^
Interesting idea. I was just going to print out everyone's ballot and update the scores by hand every week.
In all seriousness, thanks for your offer but I have it taken care of in Excel. It can be a little tough to learn some of their functions but you can do quite a lot with a low amount of work. The key here is using a lookup table (which is why I made the unranked team a list instead of a text box -- so that everyone will have the same spelling).
OT but since you mention Matlab, I should take this opportunity to plug an open-source competitor called Sage. It uses python as a base language, so programming in it is very easy.
August 24th, 2011 at 1:32 AM ^
Words to the wise from software architect Juval Lowy.
Applies to girls, and just about all aspects of life.
August 24th, 2011 at 12:39 AM ^
A: Boise St
B: Stanford
C: Wisconsin
D: Mississippi State
E: Missouri
Unranked: Michigan
August 24th, 2011 at 12:41 AM ^
A) Alabama
B) OKL ST
C) TCU
D) Georgia
E) Florida
F) Michigan
August 24th, 2011 at 12:45 AM ^
A: Alabama
B: Florida State
C: TCU
D: Notre Dame (hope I'm wrong)
E: Florida
Unranked: Texas
August 24th, 2011 at 12:51 AM ^
1) Boise St.
2) Stanford
3) South Carolina
4) Mississippi State
5) West Virginia
6) Michigan
August 24th, 2011 at 12:51 AM ^
A: Oklahoma
B: Florida State
C: Wisconsin
D: Notre Dame
E: West Virginia
Unranked: Texas
August 24th, 2011 at 12:56 AM ^
1. Oklahoma
2. FSU
3. Wisconsin
4.Mississippi State
5. Southern Cal
Unranked: Arizona State
August 24th, 2011 at 1:07 AM ^
A: Alabama
B: Florida State
C: Wisconsin
D: Georgia
E: Florida
Unranked: Texas
August 24th, 2011 at 1:20 AM ^
1) LSU
2) FSU
3) Wisconsin
4) Georgia
5) Florida
6) Texas
August 24th, 2011 at 1:25 AM ^
A: Alabama
B: Stanford
C: TCU
D:ND
E: USC
unranked: Texas
August 24th, 2011 at 2:09 AM ^
Alabama
Stanford
TCU
Georgia
Auburn
Texas
August 24th, 2011 at 2:19 AM ^
Boise State
Oklohoma State
TCU
Mississippi State
Southern Cal
Houston
August 24th, 2011 at 2:28 AM ^
A. Oklahoma
B. Nebraska
C. Wisconsin
D. Michigan State
E. Auburn
F. Toledo
August 24th, 2011 at 3:05 AM ^
A) Alabama
B) Florida State (weak conference IMO, good shot to run the in-conference table)
C) South Carolina
D) Georgia
E) Southern Cal
Unranked: peer pressure= Michigan
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