Michigan Reverse Sheep - a weekly predictions game

Brought to you by the Michigan CFB Risk mod team, this is a Michigan-centric version of last season’s popular r/CFB game.  We welcome everyone to join in on the fun.

 

What is it?

This will be a weekly futures prediction game with an emphasis on Michigan-relevant challenges.  Each week, there will be 5 different challenges relating to the Michigan game that week, other B1G games, and our rivals.  The goal is to come up with answers that are both correct and unique. In other words, you want to pick the least popular answer that is still correct for each challenge.

 

How does scoring work?

If you guess a correct answer, your score will be the number of people who picked that answer in total.  If you pick an incorrect answer, your score for that challenge will be the number of users who picked the most popular correct answer added to the total number of correct answers for that challenge.  The best scenario is to get an “ace”, which happens when you are the only person to correctly pick an answer, giving a score of 1.

 

How about an example?

Let’s say that the challenge is to “Pick the length of a scoring play in the Michigan-Notre Dame game.” and that the following answers end up being correct:

• 1 yard (20 respondents)

• 3 yards (15 respondents)

• 5 yards (12 respondents)

• 12 yards (5 respondents)

• 34 yards (2 respondents)

• 49 yards (1 respondent)

Everyone who successfully picked the length of a scoring play receives a score equal to the total number of respondents to pick that answer.  The person who picked “49 yards” gets an ace (a score of 1 point). Everyone who picked incorrectly gets a score of 26, which is the number of people who picked the most popular correct answer (20) plus the total number of correct answers (6).

 

Sounds fun. How do I play?

1. Join our Michigan Wolverines Discord server.  It’s as easy as clicking a link: https://discord.gg/Gqqsczy

2. Go to reversesheep.michigancfbrisk.com and login with your Discord credentials.

 

We plan to keep our Discord server active during the week and especially on game days.  If you would like to have a place to discuss all things Michigan football with some fellow fans in a non-toxic environment, we welcome you to join us!  If you just sign up to play the game, then that’s cool, too.

 

But why do I have to join your Discord server?

This is the mechanism we are using to authenticate users and to track everyone’s scores.  In an ideal world, you could log into the game website with your mgoblog account. Something like that would require some setup on Brian, Seth, et al.’s part and I’m sure they have much bigger concerns heading into the season.

 

Will there be any awards?

Flair will be rewarded on our Discord each week to the winners and to anyone who gets an ace.  Any other awards/prizes are TBD.

 

I’d like to suggest a challenge or question for a future week.

We welcome any and all suggestions for future weeks.  Post them in this thread or in the #reverse-sheep channel on Discord.

 

All that out of the way, let’s move on to this week’s challenges.

1. Select a Michigan true freshman who will appear in the official box score.

2. Pick a Michigan or Notre Dame player that will record multiple carries or receptions in the box score.

3. Pick a Big Ten team that will win a game by 10 points or more this week.

4. Pick a Big Ten player who will record a fumble recovery or interception in the box score.

5. Pick a Michigan or Notre Dame player who will break a play for at least 10 yards (pass, rush, or reception).

Note: Results are not live.  Scores for the week will be updated a day or two after games are completed for the week.

Week 1 submissions will lock at 6:55 PM EDT on Thursday, August 30th.  This is shortly before the first B1G team (Minnesota) is scheduled to play.