Point Update 12-23

Hey,  last update before Christmas.  I wanted to get points in before all the NFL regular season predictions end yesterday and things get whacky again.

The biggest point change of the week was the 40 points I got from absolutely obliterating Gary's fantasy team in the finals. Gary's team did so poorly that if you doubled his point total, he would have beaten me by five points.  Such an ass kicking.

Anyway enough bragging.  In the world of prediction a couple of predictions came through.  Dallas won the NFC East.  John was the only person to have them winning that.

In Top 3 draft pick news, Tampa Bay and Tennessee are mathematically guaranteed to end up #1 and #2 in the 2015 draft.  So, Joe, Rob, and Jim each score 15 points for having  Tampa, and Geiss for having Tennessee.

The bowl pick'em predictions have started too.  Joe's a perfect 6 for 6 so far, and we have a long way to go.

Pro Pick'em

With one week left in the pro pick'em Rob has a one point lead over Gary.  Realistically, the only person else that has a shot to win that is probably Geiss, who currently sits three points back.

In the meantime, here are the point updates.

1. Joe 679
2. Gary  654
3. Rob  649
4. Adam 630
5. Colin  581
6. Geiss 578
7. Munez 573
8. Andrew 566
9. Jim 557
10. Shawn 538
11. Folden 524
12. John 280

Merry Christmas.  I'll be back next Monday with the last big point update of the year.

Point Update 12-19

Hey, this is going to be short and sweet, like my dong.

Joe, Colin, Rob each got the 5 point bonus for pro pick'em last week.

Everyone got 60 points for having Indi, New England, and Denver winning their divisions.

Gary and I each got 20 points for winning our fantasy football semi finals matchups.

Gary and I play for 40 points this weekend in the big fantasy football championship game.  4 seed vs 6 seed.

Here are your point totals.

1. Joe 664
2. Gary 648
3. Rob 637
4. Colin 583
5. Adam 582
6. Andrew 569
7. Munez 567
8. Geiss 557
9. Jim 534
10. Shawn 532
11. Folden 520
12. John 276

That's it for this week guys.  Very busy so can't give you too much sugar.  Merry Christmas.

Football God points update 12-11

Hey, so the college predictions are in!  Some people fared pretty well and some did not.  Let's start by looking at the four team playoff

Ohio State
Alabama
Florida St
Oregon

The only person get all four teams correct was me.  Five other people got 3 of the 4 teams.  The other 6 people got 2 or 1.  Nobody got shut out.

Gary and Joe were the big winners in the College Predictions.  They each correctly predicted 3 of the 4 championship teams and 7 of the ten conference champions.

Also, all the individual awards are in, and only one award was correctly predicted.  Me, Jim, and Munez all picked Melvin Gordon to win the Doak Walker award.  That was it.  The winners of the other awards are.

Coach of the Year, AP: Gary Patterson
Chuck Bednarik Award: Scooby Wright III
Fred Biletnikoff Award: Amari Cooper
Jim Thorpe Award: Gerod Hollimon
Butkis Award Winner: Erik Kendricks

The Heisman is going to be awarded on Saturday and 8 of the 12 people have him.  So, I assume that's going to change the points here soon.


The point breakdown went as follows.

Joe 215
Gary 215
Andrew 195
Munez 190
Adam 180
Rob 175
Jim 155
Folden 150
Colin 150
Shawn 130
Geiss 125
John 105

There are still a few people who still have the ability to get the winner and loser of the NCAA playoff.

Rob has Oregon over Alabama, Folden, Joe, Andrew, and Gary have Florida State over Alabama.


PICK'EM

So, officially Folden has officially won the College Pick'em and earned the 40 bonus points. In the Pro Pick'em Rob and Munez are now tied for first place, while Gary, Andrew, and Shawn remain within 5 points, Jim and Dan are 6 points behind.

Totals on the College Pick'em for the year are


1. Folden 176
2. Andrew 129
3. Jim 127
4. Shawn 125
5. Gary 125
6. Joe 125
7. Colin 123
8. Dan 122
9. Adam 120
10. Munez 119
11. Rob 109
12. John 32

Pro Pick'em

1. Rob 108
2. Munez 108
3. Gary 104
4. Andrew 103
5. Shawn 103
6. Jim 102
7. Dan 102
8. Joe 99
9. Folden 97
10. Colin 95
11. Adam 86
12. John 39

BONUS

In Week 15 Folden and Jim pulled out the 10 point bonus.  The rest of the way we will be doing 5 point bonus's.

Total bonus's this year.

Dan 30 pts, Joe 30 pts, Munez 30 pts, Rob 20 pts, Shawn 20 pts, Jim 20 pts, Gary 15 pts, Andrew 10 pts, Folden 10 pts.

FANTASY FOOTBALL

In our two quarterfinals games last week, I beat Geiss in a barn burner where both of us put up at least 130 points.

Also, Gary beat Joe.  Gary's team put up a respectable number, while Joe's team...well...it's a team...82 points for Joe's team.  Gary and I each gained 20 fantasy points.

So now in the semi finals, it's Rob vs Me, and Gary vs Colin with a trip to the finals on the line.

Final Scores.

Check your scores.  As always, double check that you I didn't fuck up on the individual awards for your team.

Predictions + College pick'em + Pro pick'em + Fantasy Football + Bonus = Total

Joe 215+125+100+99+30=569
Gary 215+125+100+104+15=559
Andrew 195+129+50+103+10=487
Rob 175+109+130+108+20=542
Munez 190+119+60+108+30=507
Adam 180+120+110+86=496
Folden 150+176+20+97+10=453
Colin 150+123+120+95=488
Jim 155+127+50+102+20=454
Shawn 130+125+70+103+20=448
Geiss 125+122+90+102+30=469
John 105+32+20+39=196

Rankings

1. Joe 569 (+1)
2. Gary 559 (+3)
3. Rob 542 (-2)
4. Munez 507 (+3)
5. Adam 496 (+3)
6. Colin 488 (-2)
7. Andrew 487 (+2)
8. Geiss 469 (-5)
9. Jim 454 (+1)
10. Folden 453 (+1)
11. Shawn 448 (-5)
12. John 196

So obviously a LOT of change this week.  Geiss and Shawn had the biggest drop off in rank, each dropping 5 spots.  Me, Munez, and Gary each jumped 3 spots with the biggest leap.

Truthfully though the difference between 4th and 11th is only 59 points.  Joe, Gary, and Rob have a little cushion over the pack, but as more predictions come in that can change.

Until next time, laters on the manjay!

Football God Point Update. The last before shit hits the fan

Hey, happy December.  Hope everyone had a nice thanksgiving.  This update may take some time so we're going to get into it.

Fantasy Football:

The playoffs are set.  The six teams in the playoffs are

1. Rob (bye)
2. Colin (bye)

3. Joe VS
6. Gary

4. Adam VS
5. Geiss

The way the fantasy points go, everyone gets a 10 point bonus for making the playoffs.  Also, Rob and Colin receive a 20 point bonus for getting the first round bye.

The winners of this weekends games will receive 20 points.  The winners of the semi-finals get the same and the champion gets 40 points

Total Fantasy Points so far.

Rob 130 pts
Colin 120 pts
Joe 100 pts
Adam 90 pts
Geiss 90 pts
Gary 80 pts
Shawn 70 pts
Munez 60 pts
Jim 50 pts
Andrew 50 pts
Folden 20 pts
John 20 pts

A special shout out to Shawn's team.  Sucks to have the 2nd most points in the league and miss out on the playoffs.

College Pick'em

As far as this pick'em goes, it's pretty much a forgone conclusion that Folden is going to be taking the 40 point bonus.  He has a 6 point lead over Andrew and we are only picking 8 games this weekend.  It would take something crazy for Andrew to catch him.

College pick 'em points.

Folden 130
Andrew 124
Joe 123
Gary 122
Jim 122
Shawn 121
Colin 119
Geiss 118
Munez 115
Adam 115
Rob 106
John 32.

Good season on the pick'ems John.  Proud of you.

Pro Pick'em

The Pro Pick'em is much much tighter. There are four weeks remaining and Munez is holding onto a razor thin one point lead over Rob and a two point lead over Shawn.  Geiss is only 4 back, Andrew and Gary 5 back.

Totals as of beginning of Week 14

Munez 99
Rob 98
Shawn 97
Geiss 95
Andrew 94
Gary 94
Joe 91
Jim 91
Folden 87
Colin 87
Adam 82
John 39

Pick'em Bonus

This is the last week where a 10 point bonus is given.  Starting next week it'll be a 5 point bonus.

Week 13 bonus belongs to Joe who had a massive 25 combined point week.
Week 14 belongs to Munez for posting 21 points combined, scoring the most in Pros and tying for most in College last week.

Total Bonus points by person

Munez 30 pts
Joe 30 pts
Dan 30 pts
Rob 20 pts
Shawn 20 pts
Gary 15 pts
Andrew 10 pts
Jim 10 pts
Adam 0
Folden 0
Colin 0
John 0

Pre Season Predictions

1st prediction of the year in.  Georgia Southern won the Sun Belt in their first year in Division 1A.  For this, they don't get to play in a bowl game!  For no reason.  Other than a dumb NCAA rule.  Throw it on the pile of other shit the NCAA does that makes no sense.

Obviously nobody got this prediction correct.

So, one last week of normal point updates.  Next week all the Conference champions will be factored in so expect some big swings.

Fantasy points + College Pick'em + Pro Pick'em + bonus

Rob 130+106+98+20=354
Colin 120+119+87=326
Joe 100+123+91+30=344
Adam 90+115+82=287
Geiss 90+118+95+30=333
Gary 80+122+94+15=311
Shawn 70+121+97+20=308
Munez 60+115+99+30=304
Andrew 50+124+94+10=278
Jim 50+122+91+10=273
Folden 20+130+87=237
John 20+32+39=91

Rankings

1. Rob 354
2. Joe 344 (-1)
3. Geiss 333
4. Colin 326 (+3)
5. Gary 311 (+1)
6. Shawn 308 (-2)
7. Munez 304 (-2)
8. Adam 287
9. Andrew 278 (+1)
10. Jim 273 (-1)
11. Folden 237
12. John 91

The plus and minus indicate a rising or falling in the rankings.  Joe fell out of his first place tie, which is now held by Rob . Colin had the biggest jump, three, while Shawn and Munez both dropped two spots.

One more fun fact.  John has had the same exact point total since the 10/27 update.  Sadly, once the predictions are in he will have triple digits.

Until next week, double check your point totals, and hide your no reason boners.

Football God Update 11/18

Another week in the bag.  More updates to cover.  We're going to start with our Pick'em Bonus

Week 10 Gary
Week 11 Munez
Week 12 Shawn

Here's where it stands on the season, with how many bonus points each person has accumalated.

Dan 30 pts
Rob 20 pts
Joe 20 pts
Munez 20 pts
Shawn 20 pts
Gary 15 pts
Andrew 10 pts
Jim 10 pts

So with 6 weeks of pro football left, Munez leads the pro pick'em with 86 pts.  In striking distance of him right now are Rob and Shawn at 83 pts, Gary at 82, and Dan at 81.

In college pick'em Folden has continued to hold his lead with 108 points.  With only 3 weeks to play in that, it's likely that Jim (102 pts) and Andrew (101 pts) are the only two people who have a shot to catch him.

PREDICTIONS

As far as predictions go, there are a few things that are definite at this point.

Florida State has clinched their side of the ACC to play in the title game.  They will play either Georgia Tech or Duke.

Marshall and Lousiana Tech will almost certianly play for th Conference USA title.

Bowling Green will play for the MAC title.

Oregon will be playing for the PAC 10 title.  They are still waiting on an opponent.

In the NFL I haven't the slighest idea what the fuck's going to happen.  Arizona is 9-1 and has a 3 game lead on the playoffs, while New England is 8-2 and only has a two game lead.  Will probably be a few more weeks before we have anything clear up.

FANTASY FOOTBALL

Our fantasy season is AMAZING

There are two weeks left to play and we still have 9 teams vying for a playoff spot.

What's even more impressive is that Joe and Rob are 8-3 and still aren't guarenteed a playoff spot.

Usually, in a situation like this, the fringe playoff teams will play one another head to head and knock each other out.  However, Gary, Shawn, Dan, and Munez are all 6-5 and do not play one another at all in the next two weeks.

Next week

#1 Rob plays #9 Jim
#2 Joe plays #7 Dan
#3 Colin plays #6 Voyten
#4 Adam plays #5 Gary
#8 Munez plays #12 Folden
#10 Andrew plays #11 John

So, if Munez, Gary, Voyten, Dan, and Jim were all able to win this week, we would go into the last game of the season with these standings

Rob 8-4
Joe 8-4
Colin 7-5
Adam 7-5
Gary 7-5
Shawn 7-5
Dan 7-5
Munez 7-5
Jim 6-6

I realize that I'm speculating about 5 of 6 games going in a certain direction, but the fact that this is a possibility with two weeks left is very cool.

Of course, if Rob, Joe, Colin, myself, and Folden all win, We'll have four teams clinch the playoffs this weekend.

OVERALL POINTS


Rob 80+91+83+(20)=274
Joe 80+98+76+(20)=274
Colin 70+96+74=240
Adam 70+98+71=239
Gary 60+98+82+(15)=255
Shawn 60+99+83+(20)=262
Dan 60+95+81+(30)=266
Munez 60+93+86+(20)=259
Jim 50+102+73+(10)=235
Andrew 40+101+78+(10)=229
John 20+32+39=91
Folden 10+108+72=190


Standings

t1. Rob 274
t1. Joe 274
3. Dan 266
4. Shawn 262
5. Munez 259
6. Gary 255
7. Colin 240
8. Adam 239
9. Jim 235
10. Andrew 229
11. Folden 190
12. John 91

So, still very close.  In about three weeks, once conference champions are crowned, we will see a big influx of prediction points.  This may be the closest our points have been ever.  Still very much anyone's game (except John)

I will do one more point update, after the playoff participants are known, before the conference championship games.

Fantasy Football Week 10 News and Nuts

Week 10 is starting tomorrow and it looks like we have another casualty to the potential playoff race.  John lost his 5th game in a row to drop to 2-7.  That almost certainly drops him out of potential playoff contention.

So, with 4 games left to play we are down to 10 people fighting for playoff spots.  Let's see what the deal is this week.

John (2-7) vs Jim (3-6)

Jim is in a win out or be done situation.  Lucky for him, he has the aforementioned John on the schedule this week.  This is the last easy game for Jim though.  He has Colin, Rob, and Shawn down the stretch, and those are all difficult wins.

Andrew (3-6) vs Munez (4-5)

Andrew is in a similar situaiton to Jim.  Needs 4 wins down the stretch to feel comfortable about a playoff birth.  Munez is nearing that bubble too.  He started 4-2 this year before dropping the last three games.  Someone's going to breath life into their season after this game.

Joe (7-2) vs Shawn (5-4)
Big game between two playoff contenders here.  Joe can pretty much wrap up a playoff birth with another win, and this would be a good spot for him to do it.  Shawn is sitting at 5th right now, and needs a win to build a bridge between himself and being out of the playoffs

Adam (5-4) vs Folden (1-8)
The rough season for Folden continues.  I got into the playoff picture last week with my 3rd straight win.  Nothing notable here.  Folden's out of the playoffs.  If I win I improve my playoff situation.

Colin (7-2) vs Rob (7-2)
#1 vs #2 again.  One of these two will be pretty much locking up a playoff spot this weekend.  If not technically than it's only a matter of time.  Time for these two to try to get that first round bye.

Game of the week

Gary (5-4) vs Dan (5-4)
Dan and Gary are the game of the week this week, becdause of the implication.  Gary's in 4th and Dan's in 7th.  If Dan wins this he and Gary could potentially flip flop.  This is the game with the biggest playoff implication of all this week.

That's it this week.  Until next week, Hang low, sweet chariot.

Point Update 10-28

Yo, sorry the point updates haven't been as fast and furious as you're used to.  Life gets busier and I get lazier as I get older.  Let's start with some meat sticks.

Pick'ems

Since our last check in we have some more bonus winners.  All of these are 10 point bonus's.

Week 6: Andrew
Week 7: Munez and Geiss
Week 8: Joe
Week 9: Geiss

We will be hitting the halfway point in the pro pick'em this weekend, so if you're behind it's time to pick up the old slack.

Currently the leader board in the pro pick'em is a log jam.  Geiss, Rob, Andrew, Munez, Shawn, and Jim all a couple points from the top.  Should be a tight race down the stretch.

On the college side, we are past the halfway point and the down slope.  Folden holds a 2 point lead on Jim, a three point lead over Jim, and a 5 point lead over Andrew and myself.  Gary and Dan are right behind the two of us.  Everyone below us has a lot of ground to make up on a lot of people, but they aren't out of it yet.  A very hot finish would be needed though.

FANTASY FOOTBALL

It's not often I'm able to write the fantasy results before Monday Night Football with complete confidence in the results.  However, this is one of those rare days.

Colin has moved into 1st place overall beating Joe.  Joe, by way of tie breakers, has fallen to third place with Rob moving up to 2nd by way of beating John.

Geiss has moved into 4th all on his own.  This was coupled with his defeat of Folden's lowly team, and by Gary and Munez losing.  Munez has dropped two in a row now, while Gary's winning streak has ended.

Munez has dropped all the way from 5th to 8th with the loss, while Gary only drops to 5th.  Shawn holds down the final playoff postion with his high scoring win over Gary.

Below him is me in 7th, who beat Andrew in the annual Johnson bowl.  Andrew falls to 9th at 3-5, while Jim is at 3-5 as well.  Jim started the season 0-4 and has won 3 of his last four to get back into contention.

In the cellar is John at 2-6 and Folden at 1-7.

Preseason Predictions

There are only a few weeks left until predictions are still coming in.  So I'll use today to speak of Conference predictions that absolutely are not going to happen.

SEC Champion
South Carolina, Geiss and Shawn.
In Final Four - Geiss and Shawn
National Runner Up- Shawn

NOT A CHANCE IN HELL

Pac 12 Champion & Final Four team UCLA, Munez, Colin, Folden, John

Reallllly unlikely to happen

Ok, I got bored with this quickly.  Let's wait a couple more weeks on these.


Total Points as of 10/28

AS ALWAYS DOUBLE CHECK YOUR POINTS.  MAKE SURE I HAVE THE RIGHT POINTS FOR YOU IN THE PICK'EMS AND FANTASY.

10 pts per fantasy win + college pick'em score+ pro pick'em score + (bonus)

Colin 60+71+52=183
Rob 60+71+61+(20)=212
Joe 60+ 78+53+(20)=211
Dan 50+74+61+ (30)=215
Gary 40+75+56+(5)=176
Voyten 40+70+59+(10)=179
Adam 40+76+50=166
Munez 40+70+62+(10)=182
Andrew 30+76+61+(10)=177
Jim 30+79+57+(10)=176
John 20+ 32+39+=91
Folden 10+81+50=141

Standings

1. Dan (Geiss) 215
2. Rob 212
3. Joe 211
4. Colin 183
5. Munez 182
6. Voyten 179
7. Andrew 177
t8. Gary 176
t8. Jim 176
10. Adam 166
11. Folden 141
12. John 91

Next week, John may even break into triple digits!!!