So, I'm writing this late night update as a congrats.
ALL THREE 1-4 TEAMS WON THIS WEEK.
Also, Jim beat me for THE FIRST TIME EVER.
This is a big week in fantasy football, mainly because it brings everybody back into contention, and keeps anybody from falling behind....
In Pick 'em news. I won the pick 'em bonus of 10 points this week with 20 points overall. I crushed in college pick'em and held everyone off in Pro pick'em. So let's get to overall scores.
College pick'em + Pro pick'em + fantasy wins + (bonus)= total.
Adam 79+39+40+(20)=178
Shawn 79+44+20+(35)=178
Joe 64+38+40+(10)=153
Munez 83+33+20+(15)=151
Jim 82+29+40=151
John 57+38+50=145
Colin 74+40+30=144
Folden 79+40+20=139
Andrew 68+38+20=126
Rob 63+41+20=124
So, things have changed a bit in the score, but WHAT'S MORE IMPORTANT, is that last week the difference between first place and last place was 62 points. The difference this week is 54 points. So, overall things have tightened up. Shawn and I have a 25 point lead right now over everyone else. But the difference between 3rd and 10th is a mere 29 points.
Here are our current trends in the rankings.
t1. Adam 178 (+1)
t1. Shawn 178 (=)
3. Joe 153 (+1)
t4. Munez 151 (-1)
t4. Jim 151(+2)
6. John 145(+1)
7. Colin 144 (-1)
8. Folden 139 (+1)
9. Andrew 126 (=)
10. Rob 124 (-1)
What's even more interesting to look at is that with the current college projections, Andrew & Rob, who are in 9th and 10th, are in really good shape. And, Munez, who's in 4th, is in even better shape.
When College projections are added in, Folden is in worse shape than the totals lead on, and John is in MUCH worse shape.
So, next week I'll give you guys a Pro Prediction projection, and also give you guys a Lou Holtz pep talk on next weeks match ups. Until, stay classy.
Monday, October 15, 2012
Sunday, October 14, 2012
Football God Update: College Projections
So, I know it's still early in the college Conference play season, but I figured. It is halfway through the season in general, so why not take a look at where we are for each conference.
I won't be covering the PAC 10 or the MAC, because we all have USC & Boise St. I also won't be covering the WAC, because they have only played one conference game so far.
Otherwise, we'll start from the alphabetical top. I'll be putting their conference record in there, not their overall. Also, if you're wondering why some teams are listed in red, that's not a good thing. It means they are bad and so are you for picking them.
ACC: Teams picked to win. Fl St, Clemson, & VA TEch
FL State 3-1 (Everyone else)
Clemson 2-1 (Shawn & Joe)
VA Tech 2-1 (Adam & Folden)
If the season ended today, it would actually be Maryland & Miami in the ACC Championship game. VA Tech is 4-3 overall, and although they have pretty much control their own destiny, they also went 0-2 against Big East teams this year, so I wouldn't really hold my breath. The only thing that VA Tech has going for it is a pretty bad coastal conference that they play in, and a tendency to play well down the stretch in recent years.
On Clemson & FL St's side of the conference, Maryland has taken an early lead in the conference. After the next three weeks, they could be 5-0, based off of some below average competition. However, this is a little misleading, because their final three games of the season are against clemson, fl st, and north carolina, easily 3 of the best teams in the ACC this year.
Most likely, it's going to end up with FL St & Clemson both tied at the top of the conference, with FL St holding the tie break.
Current ACC projection: FL St vs Below average Coastal Team
Big 12 Conference
Texas: 1-2 (shawn, joe, john)
WVU 2-1 (Jim, Adam, Folden)
Oklahoma 2-1 (Andrew, Colin, Rob, Munez)
The Big 12 is filled with lots of 1 loss teams right now, but the only team that's undefeated in the Conference is Kansas St. Nobody had them winning the conference; however, Folden did have them in a BCS bowl.
It's early still, but it's pretty safe to say that Texas is not going to win the Big 12. As of right now the projection is simple. If Kansas St wins this weekend against WVU, you may be able to close the Big 12 down for the season.
Current Projection: Kansas St
Big 10
Michigan St (John)
Wisconsin (Adam & Andrew)
Michigan (everyone else)
Well Michigan St is 1-2 in the Big 10 so it's pretty safe to say they're out of it now. Sorry John.
Wisconsin has a loss in the Big 10, however, their conference is kind of a gimmie. Penn St & Ohio St aren't allowed to play in the post season. Their remaining competition of Purdue, Indiana, and Illinois are a combined 0-8 in conference play. It's pretty safe to say we'll see them in the Big 10 championship game. Michigan plays Iowa at home. Iowa avoids Oh St this year in the schedule, Michigan does not.
Current Projection: Iowa vs Wisconsin
Big East
Rutgers 3-0 (nobody)
Louisville 1-0 (everyone else)
Cinci 1-0 (Shawn & Colin)
South Florida 0-2 (John)
Pittsburgh 0-3 (Folden)
It's so early in the Big East season it's hard to project out who is going to win the conference. It's important to note though that Folden's Pitt pick and John's South Florida pick are looking like they aren't going to work out. Louisville, Cinci, and Rutgers are all undefeated, they all play each other, but the big difference is that Rutgers is 3-0 in confrence play. They've taken care of business against the lesser than's in their conference and only have the good teamss left. So...for now
Current Project: Rutgers
Conference U.S.A
Tulsa 4-0 (Colin)
UCF 2-0 (Jim, Rob, Adam)
Houston 2-0 (Andrew & Munez)
SMU 1-1 (Shawn, Folden)
Marshall 1-1 (Joe, John)
Year in and year out this is my favorite conference to watch. Not only is it always a cluster fuck until the last week or two of the season, but it also always has the biggest disparity between each of us.
Current Projection: I shit my pants and sit in it all day, I have no fucking idea
SEC
Florida 5-0 (nobody)
Alabama 3-0 (Rob & Colin)
Georgia 3-1 (Adam & John)
LSU 2-1 (everyone else)
Arkansas 2-2 (Folden)
Look dude, I dunno. lots of teams left, I'll revisit this one in a couple weeks, after Florida has played Georgia and SC.
Current Projection: Alabama vs Georgia/SC/Florida
Sun Belt Conference
Louisiana Lafayette 2-0 (Shawn)
FIU 0-3 (Adam, Jim, Colin,John)
Arkansas St 2-1 (Folden, Joe, Rob, Munez
Projection...It's hard to say here. There are 5 teams that are either unbeaten or have one loss in conference play right now. I'll shoot here with Louisiana Monroe, since they were so good in non conference play
Louisiana Monroe.
Last but not least, the MAC
Western Michigan 1-2 (Shawn, Adam)
Ohio 3-0 (everyone else)
Projection Ohio vs Toledo/Nor Ill
Overall Projection:
Overall, If I look from top to bottom at who has the best predictions so far, so far as the Championship game and all the conference winners goes. Andrew, Rob, and Munez have the most consistent looking predictions so far. None of their picks have worked their way out of contention yet. I'll revisit this in three weeks and see where we are down the stretch. Hope you enjoyed this.
I won't be covering the PAC 10 or the MAC, because we all have USC & Boise St. I also won't be covering the WAC, because they have only played one conference game so far.
Otherwise, we'll start from the alphabetical top. I'll be putting their conference record in there, not their overall. Also, if you're wondering why some teams are listed in red, that's not a good thing. It means they are bad and so are you for picking them.
ACC: Teams picked to win. Fl St, Clemson, & VA TEch
FL State 3-1 (Everyone else)
Clemson 2-1 (Shawn & Joe)
VA Tech 2-1 (Adam & Folden)
If the season ended today, it would actually be Maryland & Miami in the ACC Championship game. VA Tech is 4-3 overall, and although they have pretty much control their own destiny, they also went 0-2 against Big East teams this year, so I wouldn't really hold my breath. The only thing that VA Tech has going for it is a pretty bad coastal conference that they play in, and a tendency to play well down the stretch in recent years.
On Clemson & FL St's side of the conference, Maryland has taken an early lead in the conference. After the next three weeks, they could be 5-0, based off of some below average competition. However, this is a little misleading, because their final three games of the season are against clemson, fl st, and north carolina, easily 3 of the best teams in the ACC this year.
Most likely, it's going to end up with FL St & Clemson both tied at the top of the conference, with FL St holding the tie break.
Current ACC projection: FL St vs Below average Coastal Team
Big 12 Conference
Texas: 1-2 (shawn, joe, john)
WVU 2-1 (Jim, Adam, Folden)
Oklahoma 2-1 (Andrew, Colin, Rob, Munez)
The Big 12 is filled with lots of 1 loss teams right now, but the only team that's undefeated in the Conference is Kansas St. Nobody had them winning the conference; however, Folden did have them in a BCS bowl.
It's early still, but it's pretty safe to say that Texas is not going to win the Big 12. As of right now the projection is simple. If Kansas St wins this weekend against WVU, you may be able to close the Big 12 down for the season.
Current Projection: Kansas St
Big 10
Michigan St (John)
Wisconsin (Adam & Andrew)
Michigan (everyone else)
Well Michigan St is 1-2 in the Big 10 so it's pretty safe to say they're out of it now. Sorry John.
Wisconsin has a loss in the Big 10, however, their conference is kind of a gimmie. Penn St & Ohio St aren't allowed to play in the post season. Their remaining competition of Purdue, Indiana, and Illinois are a combined 0-8 in conference play. It's pretty safe to say we'll see them in the Big 10 championship game. Michigan plays Iowa at home. Iowa avoids Oh St this year in the schedule, Michigan does not.
Current Projection: Iowa vs Wisconsin
Big East
Rutgers 3-0 (nobody)
Louisville 1-0 (everyone else)
Cinci 1-0 (Shawn & Colin)
South Florida 0-2 (John)
Pittsburgh 0-3 (Folden)
It's so early in the Big East season it's hard to project out who is going to win the conference. It's important to note though that Folden's Pitt pick and John's South Florida pick are looking like they aren't going to work out. Louisville, Cinci, and Rutgers are all undefeated, they all play each other, but the big difference is that Rutgers is 3-0 in confrence play. They've taken care of business against the lesser than's in their conference and only have the good teamss left. So...for now
Current Project: Rutgers
Conference U.S.A
Tulsa 4-0 (Colin)
UCF 2-0 (Jim, Rob, Adam)
Houston 2-0 (Andrew & Munez)
SMU 1-1 (Shawn, Folden)
Marshall 1-1 (Joe, John)
Year in and year out this is my favorite conference to watch. Not only is it always a cluster fuck until the last week or two of the season, but it also always has the biggest disparity between each of us.
Current Projection: I shit my pants and sit in it all day, I have no fucking idea
SEC
Florida 5-0 (nobody)
Alabama 3-0 (Rob & Colin)
Georgia 3-1 (Adam & John)
LSU 2-1 (everyone else)
Arkansas 2-2 (Folden)
Look dude, I dunno. lots of teams left, I'll revisit this one in a couple weeks, after Florida has played Georgia and SC.
Current Projection: Alabama vs Georgia/SC/Florida
Sun Belt Conference
Louisiana Lafayette 2-0 (Shawn)
FIU 0-3 (Adam, Jim, Colin,John)
Arkansas St 2-1 (Folden, Joe, Rob, Munez
Projection...It's hard to say here. There are 5 teams that are either unbeaten or have one loss in conference play right now. I'll shoot here with Louisiana Monroe, since they were so good in non conference play
Louisiana Monroe.
Last but not least, the MAC
Western Michigan 1-2 (Shawn, Adam)
Ohio 3-0 (everyone else)
Projection Ohio vs Toledo/Nor Ill
Overall Projection:
Overall, If I look from top to bottom at who has the best predictions so far, so far as the Championship game and all the conference winners goes. Andrew, Rob, and Munez have the most consistent looking predictions so far. None of their picks have worked their way out of contention yet. I'll revisit this in three weeks and see where we are down the stretch. Hope you enjoyed this.
Wednesday, October 10, 2012
Football God Update Week 6
Hey friends. We are officially into the MEAT of all of football season right now. I want to start today, by making a point about our preseason college pick 'em.
Colin is the only person in our league to still have an unbeaten team in the championship. He has Alabama, who is also ranked #1 overall. If they make the championship game, that would be a huge help to Colin in the standings. As for the rest of us. USC, Arkansas, Georgia, and LSU have all shit themselves. They all (with the exception of Arkanss) could still fight their way back up, but it would be difficult.
Also, in how sad it is, Andrew's fantasy football team took another difficult defeat. Andrew's opponents have put up 141 points a game this year on average. The next closest is me at 119 points a game against. That's an absurd difference. When you look at the complete other end of the spectrum, John's team is seeing opposition at the rate of 92 points per game. So, essentially, it's been relatively easy for John so far, and down right shitty for Andrew.
I'm naming Andrew my official underdog of the year that I wanna see turn it around. Much like Munez last year and Folden in 2009. It's fun to have someone to watch for and think to yourself, if I don't win it, I hope that miserable bastard does.
So, with that being said, let's look at the rest of Fantasy Football.
Jim's team put up 192 points this week, beating Voyten by more than 100 points.
John's beat Folden after a dismal effort by Folden's team. They only put up about 50 points.
ROB eeked out a win against Munez, giving him his first win of the season.
I beat Colin in a back and forth match up that wasn't decided until the last few minutes of his last player's game.
And, as was stated before, Andrew lost to Joe by 5 points. Andrew had a 7 point lead going into the Monday night game, with Joe's kicker left to play and Ben tate to play for Andrew. Tate didn't play and Andrew is left to cry in his own pile of shit again.
So, 5 weeks into the fantasy season, here's where things stand:
Adam 4-1
John 4-1
Joe 4-1
Jim 3-2
Colin 3-2
Munez 2-3
Shawn 2-3
Andrew 1-4
Folden 1-4
Rob 1-4
Next week's matchups
Munez (2-3) vs John (4-1)
Munez better be on watch out, because John's opponents tend to shit the bed when they play him. John's duo of A.J Green and Arian Foster has been pretty unstoppable this year. If one of them has a shitty week, Munez could pull it out. Assuming that he can avoid the John Curse.
Colin 3-2 vs Folden 1-4
Colin has dropped two in a row, while Folden's team has struggled. Colin is projected to beat Folden by 20 this week, but I feel like Folden is going to rebound after last week's performance. I'm going to put this in as my UPSET OF THE WEEK.
Joe (4-1) vs Rob (1-4)
Joe and Rob's seasons are almost complete opposites. And considering that Rob's current flex player is predicted to score 0 points this week, it's a good bet that Joe will win. This WOULD BE my Lock of the Week, except for...
Adam (4-1) vs Jim (3-2)
The fact that Jim has never beaten me in Fantasy Football. This is our 5th year playing together, and in 7 previous matchups he has never beatin me. One year I went 3-12. Two of my wins were against Jim. Also, Jim's best QB, RB, and WR are all on bye this week. Seems like a perfect storm, that's built to my LOCK OF THE WEEK
GAME OF THE WEEK
Andrew (1-4) vs Shawn (2-3)
I like this game a lot this week. It's a good matchup between 2 hard luck teams. Andrew's luck has been stated earlier, and Shawn's team has given up the 3rd most points. What this means is that one of these two is going to win, and the final score will probably be around 180-175. Who doesn't love a good shoot out?
College Pick 'Em & Pro Pick 'em
I'll start by going over the bonus's for the past two weeks.
In week 5 Joe and I each put up 17 points making us the winners of the ten point bonus
In week 6 Shawn scored 20 combined points, with the next closest person to him scoring 16. Quite the ass beating.
I also want to point out that Joe got exactly 1 game right in the pro pick'em this week. If you guessed at random with your eyes shut, chances are you would get 50 percent of the games right. Amazing.
Overall Munez is leading college with 73 in the college pick'em with Shawn & Jim close behind.
Pros is led by Shawn and Rob with 38. Interestingly, those are the only two people who have a winning record in pro pick'em this year, and it's only by 2 games.
Overall Scores:
Fantasy Football Score + College Pick'em + Pro Pick'em + (bonus) = Total points
Shawn 20+71+38+(35)= 164
Adam 40+65+33+(10)=148
Munez 20+73+30+(15)=138
Joe 40+54+32+(10)=136
Colin 30+63+34=127
Jim 30+71+25=126
John 40+47+34=121
Rob 10+55+38=103
Folden 10+59+33=102
Andrew 10+58+34=102
As the point totals indicate, fantasy football is the main factor in the standings right now. The only other difference is the bonus's. The 4 people who have obtained bonus's are the top 4 spots right now.
So here are your places, with also a trending indicator in whether the person is rising or falling in the standings.
1. Shawn (+1)
2. Adam (+1)
3. Munez (-2)
4. Joe (+1)
5. Colin (-1)
6. Jim (=)
7. John (+1)
8. Rob (+1)
t9. Andrew (-2)
t9. Folden (+1)
So, I'm going to start doing a regular weekly column in probably 2 weeks.
Next week, I'm going to do a prediction update, based on indicators of how people are doing with their predictions. As always, check your own score, I HAVE fucked up before. And take care.
Colin is the only person in our league to still have an unbeaten team in the championship. He has Alabama, who is also ranked #1 overall. If they make the championship game, that would be a huge help to Colin in the standings. As for the rest of us. USC, Arkansas, Georgia, and LSU have all shit themselves. They all (with the exception of Arkanss) could still fight their way back up, but it would be difficult.
Also, in how sad it is, Andrew's fantasy football team took another difficult defeat. Andrew's opponents have put up 141 points a game this year on average. The next closest is me at 119 points a game against. That's an absurd difference. When you look at the complete other end of the spectrum, John's team is seeing opposition at the rate of 92 points per game. So, essentially, it's been relatively easy for John so far, and down right shitty for Andrew.
I'm naming Andrew my official underdog of the year that I wanna see turn it around. Much like Munez last year and Folden in 2009. It's fun to have someone to watch for and think to yourself, if I don't win it, I hope that miserable bastard does.
So, with that being said, let's look at the rest of Fantasy Football.
Jim's team put up 192 points this week, beating Voyten by more than 100 points.
John's beat Folden after a dismal effort by Folden's team. They only put up about 50 points.
ROB eeked out a win against Munez, giving him his first win of the season.
I beat Colin in a back and forth match up that wasn't decided until the last few minutes of his last player's game.
And, as was stated before, Andrew lost to Joe by 5 points. Andrew had a 7 point lead going into the Monday night game, with Joe's kicker left to play and Ben tate to play for Andrew. Tate didn't play and Andrew is left to cry in his own pile of shit again.
So, 5 weeks into the fantasy season, here's where things stand:
Adam 4-1
John 4-1
Joe 4-1
Jim 3-2
Colin 3-2
Munez 2-3
Shawn 2-3
Andrew 1-4
Folden 1-4
Rob 1-4
Next week's matchups
Munez (2-3) vs John (4-1)
Munez better be on watch out, because John's opponents tend to shit the bed when they play him. John's duo of A.J Green and Arian Foster has been pretty unstoppable this year. If one of them has a shitty week, Munez could pull it out. Assuming that he can avoid the John Curse.
Colin 3-2 vs Folden 1-4
Colin has dropped two in a row, while Folden's team has struggled. Colin is projected to beat Folden by 20 this week, but I feel like Folden is going to rebound after last week's performance. I'm going to put this in as my UPSET OF THE WEEK.
Joe (4-1) vs Rob (1-4)
Joe and Rob's seasons are almost complete opposites. And considering that Rob's current flex player is predicted to score 0 points this week, it's a good bet that Joe will win. This WOULD BE my Lock of the Week, except for...
Adam (4-1) vs Jim (3-2)
The fact that Jim has never beaten me in Fantasy Football. This is our 5th year playing together, and in 7 previous matchups he has never beatin me. One year I went 3-12. Two of my wins were against Jim. Also, Jim's best QB, RB, and WR are all on bye this week. Seems like a perfect storm, that's built to my LOCK OF THE WEEK
GAME OF THE WEEK
Andrew (1-4) vs Shawn (2-3)
I like this game a lot this week. It's a good matchup between 2 hard luck teams. Andrew's luck has been stated earlier, and Shawn's team has given up the 3rd most points. What this means is that one of these two is going to win, and the final score will probably be around 180-175. Who doesn't love a good shoot out?
College Pick 'Em & Pro Pick 'em
I'll start by going over the bonus's for the past two weeks.
In week 5 Joe and I each put up 17 points making us the winners of the ten point bonus
In week 6 Shawn scored 20 combined points, with the next closest person to him scoring 16. Quite the ass beating.
I also want to point out that Joe got exactly 1 game right in the pro pick'em this week. If you guessed at random with your eyes shut, chances are you would get 50 percent of the games right. Amazing.
Overall Munez is leading college with 73 in the college pick'em with Shawn & Jim close behind.
Pros is led by Shawn and Rob with 38. Interestingly, those are the only two people who have a winning record in pro pick'em this year, and it's only by 2 games.
Overall Scores:
Fantasy Football Score + College Pick'em + Pro Pick'em + (bonus) = Total points
Shawn 20+71+38+(35)= 164
Adam 40+65+33+(10)=148
Munez 20+73+30+(15)=138
Joe 40+54+32+(10)=136
Colin 30+63+34=127
Jim 30+71+25=126
John 40+47+34=121
Rob 10+55+38=103
Folden 10+59+33=102
Andrew 10+58+34=102
As the point totals indicate, fantasy football is the main factor in the standings right now. The only other difference is the bonus's. The 4 people who have obtained bonus's are the top 4 spots right now.
So here are your places, with also a trending indicator in whether the person is rising or falling in the standings.
1. Shawn (+1)
2. Adam (+1)
3. Munez (-2)
4. Joe (+1)
5. Colin (-1)
6. Jim (=)
7. John (+1)
8. Rob (+1)
t9. Andrew (-2)
t9. Folden (+1)
So, I'm going to start doing a regular weekly column in probably 2 weeks.
Next week, I'm going to do a prediction update, based on indicators of how people are doing with their predictions. As always, check your own score, I HAVE fucked up before. And take care.
Thursday, September 27, 2012
Football God Week 4 Update
What up my nerds. We're 4 weeks into Football God 5, and things are developing slowly. I'm going to start today by talking about a few suprises in regards to our predictions.
Early in the college season, Arkansas completely imploded and USC has an early loss, which does not bode well for all of us. However, in our championship game losers, all of us (other than Folden) are having good luck with our teams. LSU, Fl St, Georgia, and Alabama are all undefeated and in the top 5.
First red out of the year.
So if you guys look at the preseason predictions at the end of the year, I use red to show a prediction you did not get correct. I update these throughout the year whenever I'm bored. Not suprisingly, Folden's pick of Arkansas to win the National Championship is the first red out of the year.
On another side, Folden's the only person to pick Kansas St in a BCS game. Admittedly, the Big 12 season is just starting, but after a win on the road against Oklahoma, that pick is looking pretty good.
In the NFL, there aren't too many picks that are looking bad so far. NE, GB & Pittsburgh are out to 1-2 starts, and Buffalo & Minnesota are out to 2-1 starts. The Arizona Cardinals are the best team on the planet, and the Falcons are looking pretty unstoppable. Those are out of character, but there is a ton of season left to play.
My New Orleans pick to make the NFC championship is the only one that's truly looking worrisome so far. They have started 0-3 and play the Packers on the Road this week. They could easily be looking at 0-4 this time next week.
Fantasy Football
3 weeks into the fantasy season and we are down to 2 undefeated teams; Colin and myself. John, Joe, and Munez are both at 2-1. Jim, Andrew, and Shawn are 1-2. Rob and Anthony are both 0-3. For those of you at 0-3 you shouldn't lose hope. After what turned out being an oversight by me, 6 teams will be making the playoffs this year, with the top 2 teams having a first round bye.
Hard luck fantasy player of the year so far.
I know it's easier to pick someone who is 0-3, but I'm giving it to Andrew so far. Andrew's opponents have scored, on average, 30 points more a week than the next closest person to him. His opponents are averaging 138 points a week against him, while Me, the next closest person to him is having only 112 put up against him a week.
Our week 4 match ups show some interesting match ups.
Jim (1-2) vs Andrew (1-2)
Might as well start with Andrew to start. Andrew and Jim are both trying to get to .500. Andrew is predicted to beat Jim right now by about 20 points. With Andrew's luck so far, Drew Brees and Colston will probably hook up for about 300 yards and 4 td's between the 2 of them for Jim.
Folden (0-3) vs Rob (0-3)
This game is the first road of recovery for one person and what could be a nail of sorts for another. Remember, last year, I started 0-5 and fought only to be out of contention for the playoffs in the last game of the regular season.
Munez (2-1) vs Joe (2-1)
Great game to see which of these two is going to make an early push for supremacy. If it's anything like the time they played beer pong together, the game will last 6 hours and their livers will equally lose.
Voyten (1-2) vs Colin (3-0)
Colin is cruising and Voyten is losing. I think this is the closest thing to a lock we have this week. Colin is scoring nearly 40 points more a week than Shawn right now.
GAME OF THE WEEK
Adam (3-0) vs John (2-1)
This is an EXTREMELY even match up this week. My team has scored exactly 1 point more than John's has this season. If he and I had played last week, I would have beat him by 18/100ths of a point. If things go as they are now, this should be a crazy game.
College Pick 'em
Week 3 Pick 'em results.
Munez jumped out an impressive 16 correct in college that week and followed it up with getting 3 out of 16 in pros. Didn't get it done. Shawn scored 14 in college and 10 in the NFL giving him 24 points and the 10 point bonus for week 3.
In week 4, Shawn put up 11 in college and 9 in the NFL giving him another 10 point bonus. 4 weeks into the Pick'em season and only 2 players have accrued any bonus points. Shawn has taken down 25 and Munez 15.
Overall total scores below
(Pro + College + Fantasy +(bonus))
1. Munez 17+57+ 20+ (15)=109
2. Shawn 23+52+ 10 +(25) = 108
3. Adam 18+48+30=96
4. Colin 20+45+30=95
5. Joe 24+34+20=78
6. Jim 14+54+10=78
7. Andrew 22+45+10=77
8. John 21+30+20 =71
9. Rob 25+41=66
10.Folden 18+44=62
Early in the college season, Arkansas completely imploded and USC has an early loss, which does not bode well for all of us. However, in our championship game losers, all of us (other than Folden) are having good luck with our teams. LSU, Fl St, Georgia, and Alabama are all undefeated and in the top 5.
First red out of the year.
So if you guys look at the preseason predictions at the end of the year, I use red to show a prediction you did not get correct. I update these throughout the year whenever I'm bored. Not suprisingly, Folden's pick of Arkansas to win the National Championship is the first red out of the year.
On another side, Folden's the only person to pick Kansas St in a BCS game. Admittedly, the Big 12 season is just starting, but after a win on the road against Oklahoma, that pick is looking pretty good.
In the NFL, there aren't too many picks that are looking bad so far. NE, GB & Pittsburgh are out to 1-2 starts, and Buffalo & Minnesota are out to 2-1 starts. The Arizona Cardinals are the best team on the planet, and the Falcons are looking pretty unstoppable. Those are out of character, but there is a ton of season left to play.
My New Orleans pick to make the NFC championship is the only one that's truly looking worrisome so far. They have started 0-3 and play the Packers on the Road this week. They could easily be looking at 0-4 this time next week.
Fantasy Football
3 weeks into the fantasy season and we are down to 2 undefeated teams; Colin and myself. John, Joe, and Munez are both at 2-1. Jim, Andrew, and Shawn are 1-2. Rob and Anthony are both 0-3. For those of you at 0-3 you shouldn't lose hope. After what turned out being an oversight by me, 6 teams will be making the playoffs this year, with the top 2 teams having a first round bye.
Hard luck fantasy player of the year so far.
I know it's easier to pick someone who is 0-3, but I'm giving it to Andrew so far. Andrew's opponents have scored, on average, 30 points more a week than the next closest person to him. His opponents are averaging 138 points a week against him, while Me, the next closest person to him is having only 112 put up against him a week.
Our week 4 match ups show some interesting match ups.
Jim (1-2) vs Andrew (1-2)
Might as well start with Andrew to start. Andrew and Jim are both trying to get to .500. Andrew is predicted to beat Jim right now by about 20 points. With Andrew's luck so far, Drew Brees and Colston will probably hook up for about 300 yards and 4 td's between the 2 of them for Jim.
Folden (0-3) vs Rob (0-3)
This game is the first road of recovery for one person and what could be a nail of sorts for another. Remember, last year, I started 0-5 and fought only to be out of contention for the playoffs in the last game of the regular season.
Munez (2-1) vs Joe (2-1)
Great game to see which of these two is going to make an early push for supremacy. If it's anything like the time they played beer pong together, the game will last 6 hours and their livers will equally lose.
Voyten (1-2) vs Colin (3-0)
Colin is cruising and Voyten is losing. I think this is the closest thing to a lock we have this week. Colin is scoring nearly 40 points more a week than Shawn right now.
GAME OF THE WEEK
Adam (3-0) vs John (2-1)
This is an EXTREMELY even match up this week. My team has scored exactly 1 point more than John's has this season. If he and I had played last week, I would have beat him by 18/100ths of a point. If things go as they are now, this should be a crazy game.
College Pick 'em
Week 3 Pick 'em results.
Munez jumped out an impressive 16 correct in college that week and followed it up with getting 3 out of 16 in pros. Didn't get it done. Shawn scored 14 in college and 10 in the NFL giving him 24 points and the 10 point bonus for week 3.
In week 4, Shawn put up 11 in college and 9 in the NFL giving him another 10 point bonus. 4 weeks into the Pick'em season and only 2 players have accrued any bonus points. Shawn has taken down 25 and Munez 15.
Overall total scores below
(Pro + College + Fantasy +(bonus))
1. Munez 17+57+ 20+ (15)=109
2. Shawn 23+52+ 10 +(25) = 108
3. Adam 18+48+30=96
4. Colin 20+45+30=95
5. Joe 24+34+20=78
6. Jim 14+54+10=78
7. Andrew 22+45+10=77
8. John 21+30+20 =71
9. Rob 25+41=66
10.Folden 18+44=62
That's our scores so far, we're only four weeks into what abouts to a 21 or 22 week season so don't get discouraged. Colin was our leader through most of the year last year, but fell off hard when his predictions ended up being eatin asshole.
Until next week.
Tuesday, September 11, 2012
FOOTBALL GOD 2012 Prediction Show
FIRST: THE CHAMPIONS
Defending Football God Champion Shawn Voyten
Previous Football Gods
2009: 2 of 10
2010: 8 of 9
2011: 1 of 12
2012 Prediction 8 of 10
2 Time Champion - Anthony Folden
Folden won both the inaugural season of Football God, as well as the 2010 season. He sandwiched a 3rd place finish in the 2009 season.
Previous Football Gods
2008 - 1 of 4
2009 - 3 of 10
2010 - 1 of 9
Folden won both the inaugural season of Football God, as well as the 2010 season. He sandwiched a 3rd place finish in the 2009 season.
Previous Football Gods
2008 - 1 of 4
2009 - 3 of 10
2010 - 1 of 9
2011 - 9 of 12
2012 prediction - I think it will be a bounce back year for Folden, who has always done well in Football God. I don't think he's going to make it in the money though, just outside of it.
5 of 10.
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2009 Football God Champ - Adam Johnson
Previous Football Gods
2008: 4 of 4
2009: 1 of 10
2010: 2 of 9
2011: 8 of 12
Previous Football Gods
2008: 4 of 4
2009: 1 of 10
2010: 2 of 9
2011: 8 of 12
I usually either hit big or finish small. Last year felt like a down year for me, but this year feels like a better one for me. I like close to the money, but not quite
2012 prediction: 4 of 10.
Now, the best of the rest.
2011 Runner UP: Joe McLane
Previous Football Gods
2009 - 5th of 10
2010 - 5th of 9
2011 - 2nd of 12
2012 Prediction
I don't think Joe has it this year. Missed picks already, got killed in fantasy football. I'm going to put him a little low this year. 8 of 10.
Jim Rowing
Previous Football God's2008: 3 of 4
2009: 6 of 10
2010: 4 of 9
2011: 3 of 12
2012 Prediction: I gotta be honest. Jim has been building towards a money season for years. He made his money back last year, but this year I think he takes it one step forward...just not the ultimate step
2 of 10
John McLane
Previous Football Gods
2010 - 6 of 9
2011- 12 of 12
Last year, I predicted everyone's finishing spot, and I predicted 3 of the 12 people. Not great. But John's was the easiest one to pick. I knew he wouldn't do all of his picks, and he has started off this year the same way. So, until things change...
2012 Prediction 10 of 10
Previous Football Gods
2009 8 of 10
2010 7 of 9
2011: 4 of 12
Fuck, it. This year he finally didn't put in a weird thing like USC for national championship when they had a bowl ban or pick Darren Mcfadden for his National championship. And trust me, growing up with the guy; he wins games.
2012 Prediction: 1 of 10.
Chris Coldsmith
So here it is. The idiot I think will win this year. I don't know why.
2009: 4 of 10
2011: 11 of 12
I had him predicted at #1 last year. I just forgot to put an extra 1 in there. Munez has told me repeatedly that he is gonna win this year. But I'm gonna play it safe based off of last year.
I had him predicted at #1 last year. I just forgot to put an extra 1 in there. Munez has told me repeatedly that he is gonna win this year. But I'm gonna play it safe based off of last year.
2012 Prediction 9 of 10
Rob Klingensmith
Previous Football God
2010 9 of 9
Rob will do ok, but needs to get back into it a little slowly. I see him coming in at 69.
2012 Prediction 6 of 9
Previous Football Gods2009 - 9 of 10
2011 - 10 of 12
2012 Prediction - Colin could really use a good year. I've looked over his team and his predictions and I feel like this may be his year. I have him coming in at
3 of 10.
So those are my predictions for the year guys. Payouts this year will be
1st $400
2nd $100
3rd $50
2012 Predictions
1. Andrew
2. Jim
3. Colin
4. Adam
5. Folden
6. Joe
7. Munez
8. Shawn
9. Rob
10. John
Football God first update 2012
Hey guys, I've decided that for the first part of the season, I'm not going to write updates every week. I appreciate that most of you guys read it every week, so I'm going to still do a point update most weeks, but I won't be doing a long update every week until we're about half way through the college season. So, for now, let's start with a couple of updates.
Arkansas lost this weekend to Division 1AA Louisiana Monroe, which is Folden's national champion pick. It's unusal for us to have a national championship pick taken out of the running this early in the year. Folden will probably be hoping for a team outside of USC & LSU to win the national championship this year. As it's shown in the past, picking the national champ doesn't always make the difference between the winner or losers.
Other than that, everybody is looking good in Predictions, given that it's only the 2nd week of the Football God season
PICK 'EM
Week 1 of College Pick 'em ended with Shawn & Munez tying for the most points that week. That gives them each a 5 point bonus for week 1.
In Week 2. Here's a rundown
Munez scored 22 points to earn a 10 point bonus to go along with his 5 point bonus from week 1.
Jim put up a huge 16 points in college and only scored 3 in pros.
Joe & John proved themselves to be the kind of twins with ESP by both not making ANY PICS FOR THE WEEK IN COLLEGE.
ENOUGH OF THAT SHIT
Fantasy Football
Last year was legitimately the best year of fantasy football I've ever played in my life. 12 teams last year and nobody was out of it with still 2 weeks to go in the season. This year we have 10 teams, and I really hope it's as fun and interesting as it was last year.
So for this week.
Munez scored the most posts this week beating defending champion Voyten. This has been a great start for Munez this year.
Andrew took it to Rob, keeping alive his tradition of making draft picks that I have no understanding of, however he always ends up in the championship game or at least the playoffs.
Jim beat John, starting off the year on the right track, two teams who made the playoffs last year.
I beat Folden, the person who has beaten me the most over the last few years, finally got a win over him.
And, Colin put a royal beat down on last year's runner up Joe.
CURRENT STANDINGS
Munez 62 (15 bonus points)
Jim 43
Adam 42
Andrew 41
Colin 41
Shawn 36 (5 bonus points)
Rob 30
Folden 29
Joe 20
John 17
Arkansas lost this weekend to Division 1AA Louisiana Monroe, which is Folden's national champion pick. It's unusal for us to have a national championship pick taken out of the running this early in the year. Folden will probably be hoping for a team outside of USC & LSU to win the national championship this year. As it's shown in the past, picking the national champ doesn't always make the difference between the winner or losers.
Other than that, everybody is looking good in Predictions, given that it's only the 2nd week of the Football God season
PICK 'EM
Week 1 of College Pick 'em ended with Shawn & Munez tying for the most points that week. That gives them each a 5 point bonus for week 1.
In Week 2. Here's a rundown
Munez scored 22 points to earn a 10 point bonus to go along with his 5 point bonus from week 1.
Jim put up a huge 16 points in college and only scored 3 in pros.
Joe & John proved themselves to be the kind of twins with ESP by both not making ANY PICS FOR THE WEEK IN COLLEGE.
ENOUGH OF THAT SHIT
Fantasy Football
Last year was legitimately the best year of fantasy football I've ever played in my life. 12 teams last year and nobody was out of it with still 2 weeks to go in the season. This year we have 10 teams, and I really hope it's as fun and interesting as it was last year.
So for this week.
Munez scored the most posts this week beating defending champion Voyten. This has been a great start for Munez this year.
Andrew took it to Rob, keeping alive his tradition of making draft picks that I have no understanding of, however he always ends up in the championship game or at least the playoffs.
Jim beat John, starting off the year on the right track, two teams who made the playoffs last year.
I beat Folden, the person who has beaten me the most over the last few years, finally got a win over him.
And, Colin put a royal beat down on last year's runner up Joe.
CURRENT STANDINGS
Munez 62 (15 bonus points)
Jim 43
Adam 42
Andrew 41
Colin 41
Shawn 36 (5 bonus points)
Rob 30
Folden 29
Joe 20
John 17
Wednesday, August 29, 2012
College Preseason Pics Analysis
To start off I want to welcome everyone back this year. Geiss & Simon have left us, and my good friend Rob Klingensmith has joined us. Rob played the second year of Football God, so we welcome him back gladly. The other people are
Shawn Voyten - returning champion, finishing his masters this fall.
Joe Mclane, last season's runner up & defending fantasy champ. In the last year, Joe has gotten engaged.
Jim Rowing, high school teacher going into his 2nd year as a teacher, and 5th in football god.
Colin Reilly, in the last year, Colin has done poorly at football god, and also fathered a son.
Chris 'Munez' Coldsmith, father of two, 3rd year in football god, just bought his first home.
Andrew Johnson, my brother, runner up in fantasy last year, writer on a very well regarded wrestling blog.
John McLane, successful lawyer, trying to make a worst to first jump this year.
Anthony Folden, newly married, 2 time champion, trying to redeem his slip last year
Rob Klingensmith - 2nd year in football god, just graduated from law school
Me - I am now an insurance agent, and finally getting my shit together. One time champ, going for #2.
Onto your Preseason Pics.
Spoiler Alert! People think USC is going to win the National Championship this year. It's actually alarming how many people think this, to the point that if they don't, it's essentially a wash on National Championship points for the season.
9 of the 10 of us have USC winning the National Championship this season. Pretty stunning considering the SEC has won something like 130 championships in a row. The lone ranger in this is Folden, who took...take a guess. Alabama? NO. LSU? No. Anthony took the Arkansas Razorbacks as his National Champion. So. In review, If USC wins it all, the only person hurt is Folden. If Arizona wins, Folden's the only one who benefits. If anyone else wins it, it doesn't matter.
National Championship games are a slightly different story, however. All 10 of us have USC in the championship game this season. 5 people have them playing LSU. The people who don't are as follows.
Folden has them playing Arkansas, Rob has them playing Florida St, Colin has them playing Alabama, and John & I have them playing Georgia. Good to have a little bit of difference.
The WAC is chalk all the way through, except Folden taking Utah, and Munez taking New Mexico St. The rest of us took Louisiana Tech.
ACC - Most people took FSU to win the ACC. The differences were Joe & Shawn had Clemson winning it, and I had VA Tech.
The Big East is clustery fuckery as usual. With Cinci, Louisville, Pitt, and South Florida all getting nods between the 4 of us.
The SEC has more differences than it has in the past couple of years. It's usually between two teams. This year we have 4. We have plenty of LSU, but also some Arkansas, Georgia, and Alabama.
The PAC 10 is a waste of our time this year. So is the Mountain West. We all have USC and Boise St, so nobody gains or loses there.
Big 12 is a bit of fun and has the most split in it. Myself, Folden, and Jim have WVU winning it. Shawn, Joe, and John have Texas, and everyone else has Oklahoma.
8 people took Western Mich to win the MAC with Shawn and myself taking Western Michigan.
The Sun belt is mostly Florida International and Arkansas St, except for Shawn who put 3 teams from Louisiana winning Conferences this year. He went for Louisiana Lafayette.
And, as usual, Conference USA is well represented with 5 different teams getting some gusto.
BALLSIEST PICK
I have to give it up to Folden, who put Kansas St in a BCS game. Meaning that Folden has 2 teams from the Big 12 in the BCS, neither of which is Texas or Oklahoma. The individual awards you can look at in your email. I'm sending out an email, which will have a breakdown of everybody's picks. Good luck on the college side this year, and make sure you make your pics in the weekly pick 'em
Shawn Voyten - returning champion, finishing his masters this fall.
Joe Mclane, last season's runner up & defending fantasy champ. In the last year, Joe has gotten engaged.
Jim Rowing, high school teacher going into his 2nd year as a teacher, and 5th in football god.
Colin Reilly, in the last year, Colin has done poorly at football god, and also fathered a son.
Chris 'Munez' Coldsmith, father of two, 3rd year in football god, just bought his first home.
Andrew Johnson, my brother, runner up in fantasy last year, writer on a very well regarded wrestling blog.
John McLane, successful lawyer, trying to make a worst to first jump this year.
Anthony Folden, newly married, 2 time champion, trying to redeem his slip last year
Rob Klingensmith - 2nd year in football god, just graduated from law school
Me - I am now an insurance agent, and finally getting my shit together. One time champ, going for #2.
Onto your Preseason Pics.
Spoiler Alert! People think USC is going to win the National Championship this year. It's actually alarming how many people think this, to the point that if they don't, it's essentially a wash on National Championship points for the season.
9 of the 10 of us have USC winning the National Championship this season. Pretty stunning considering the SEC has won something like 130 championships in a row. The lone ranger in this is Folden, who took...take a guess. Alabama? NO. LSU? No. Anthony took the Arkansas Razorbacks as his National Champion. So. In review, If USC wins it all, the only person hurt is Folden. If Arizona wins, Folden's the only one who benefits. If anyone else wins it, it doesn't matter.
National Championship games are a slightly different story, however. All 10 of us have USC in the championship game this season. 5 people have them playing LSU. The people who don't are as follows.
Folden has them playing Arkansas, Rob has them playing Florida St, Colin has them playing Alabama, and John & I have them playing Georgia. Good to have a little bit of difference.
The WAC is chalk all the way through, except Folden taking Utah, and Munez taking New Mexico St. The rest of us took Louisiana Tech.
ACC - Most people took FSU to win the ACC. The differences were Joe & Shawn had Clemson winning it, and I had VA Tech.
The Big East is clustery fuckery as usual. With Cinci, Louisville, Pitt, and South Florida all getting nods between the 4 of us.
The SEC has more differences than it has in the past couple of years. It's usually between two teams. This year we have 4. We have plenty of LSU, but also some Arkansas, Georgia, and Alabama.
The PAC 10 is a waste of our time this year. So is the Mountain West. We all have USC and Boise St, so nobody gains or loses there.
Big 12 is a bit of fun and has the most split in it. Myself, Folden, and Jim have WVU winning it. Shawn, Joe, and John have Texas, and everyone else has Oklahoma.
8 people took Western Mich to win the MAC with Shawn and myself taking Western Michigan.
The Sun belt is mostly Florida International and Arkansas St, except for Shawn who put 3 teams from Louisiana winning Conferences this year. He went for Louisiana Lafayette.
And, as usual, Conference USA is well represented with 5 different teams getting some gusto.
BALLSIEST PICK
I have to give it up to Folden, who put Kansas St in a BCS game. Meaning that Folden has 2 teams from the Big 12 in the BCS, neither of which is Texas or Oklahoma. The individual awards you can look at in your email. I'm sending out an email, which will have a breakdown of everybody's picks. Good luck on the college side this year, and make sure you make your pics in the weekly pick 'em
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