PythonFanPA Posted August 21, 2013 Share Posted August 21, 2013 For any member on the site who loves college football, and with the inspiration coming from lilg740's fantasy hockey thread, I've taken the liberty to create a pick'em group for anyone who wants to play. For the signup information, people who are basic S4GRU Sponsor level or higher, you may click here for details: http://s4gru.com/index.php?/topic/4507-s4gru-member-yahoo-college-football-pickem-group-signup-info/ If you are not yet a Sponsor, send me a private message through the site, and I'll be happy to send you the signup information that way. I can't force everyone to do this, but I request that you please use your S4GRU member nickname when you sign up so everyone knows who everyone else is.The parameters I've setup the group with are:(a.) straight up picks(b.) confidence points are used(c.) Everyone's two worst weeks are thrown out in the total calcs(d.) Both Yahoo game picks and AP 25 top are used each weekIf anyone has any issues with these parameters, feel free to bring up your issues for debate amongst those who play in the thread here. We have a week until the season starts, so there's time to change if the majority rules differently.As an added incentive to play for those who are either newer members or have contributed some but haven't made it to Premier status yet: Whoever wins, I will personally donate $50 to the site at the end of the year in the name of the winner. If Robert wins, well....I suppose he can buy an extra bucket of chicken if he wants. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nickel Posted August 21, 2013 Share Posted August 21, 2013 [edited to remove the old group details] I'll definitely do it, but I always prefer picking against the spread, it seems more fun that way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nickel Posted August 21, 2013 Share Posted August 21, 2013 Also, the password isn't working for me even when I copy/paste it right into the field. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PythonFanPA Posted August 21, 2013 Author Share Posted August 21, 2013 Sorry about that... I'll check it when I'm home after work. I personally don't care for the spread at all, but in terms of more strategy/complexity that's why we've always used confidence points instead of going purely on straight up wins/losses. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WiWavelength Posted August 21, 2013 Share Posted August 21, 2013 Also, the password isn't working for me even when I copy/paste it right into the field. That is probably because Robert loves fried chicken does not mean he loves KFC. AJ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nickel Posted August 21, 2013 Share Posted August 21, 2013 Sorry about that... I'll check it when I'm home after work. I personally don't care for the spread at all, but in terms of more strategy/complexity that's why we've always used confidence points instead of going purely on straight up wins/losses. As far as confidence points go, I end up just throwing the picks around and hoping for the best because I'm usually not confident at all. That is probably because Robert loves fried chicken does not mean he loves KFC. AJ I'm more of a Popeyes fan, myself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PythonFanPA Posted August 21, 2013 Author Share Posted August 21, 2013 AJ, I tried using chicken instead of kfc initially, but unfortunately Yahoo didn't care to cater to passwords beyond a certain length. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WiWavelength Posted August 21, 2013 Share Posted August 21, 2013 AJ, I tried using chicken instead of kfc initially, but unfortunately Yahoo didn't care to cater to passwords beyond a certain length. I guess too long equals too much security. Ha! Speaking of security, should we move this thread behind the curtain of the sponsor section? If not, then search engines will index this thread, including the group ID and password. AJ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PythonFanPA Posted August 21, 2013 Author Share Posted August 21, 2013 Ok, managed to change the password via my phone, see OP for the change. 'No moar chikn', and apologies to Robert if he actually hates KFC. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PythonFanPA Posted August 21, 2013 Author Share Posted August 21, 2013 That's logical on the one hand, but would restrict non-sponsors from being able to participate. When I get home, I'll edit the post, create a secondary in the highest level sponsor forum with the login info, and direct non-sponsors to PM me for login details. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nickel Posted August 21, 2013 Share Posted August 21, 2013 Ok, managed to change the password via my phone, see OP for the change. 'No moar chikn', and apologies to Robert if he actually hates KFC. I got in now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PythonFanPA Posted August 21, 2013 Author Share Posted August 21, 2013 Thread is updated now and signup specific info has been moved to the basic Sponsor forum, with both posts crosslinked to each other. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpenceSouth Posted August 21, 2013 Share Posted August 21, 2013 Awesome, I'm in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pokefan02 Posted August 22, 2013 Share Posted August 22, 2013 I'm in on done for week 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lordsutch Posted August 22, 2013 Share Posted August 22, 2013 I'm on board. Hotty toddy! Sent from my Nexus 7 using Tapatalk 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
my94rt Posted August 22, 2013 Share Posted August 22, 2013 All signed up! Sent from my SPH-L710 using Tapatalk 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PythonFanPA Posted August 22, 2013 Author Share Posted August 22, 2013 Up to 8 people so far, and just to toss it out there, the first game on the Week 1 slate starts at 7 EDT/6CDT/4PDT....I'd originally thought one of the games might be one of the Thursday night games, but the first game is a Friday night game. So still a little more than a week to go. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CAREND Posted August 22, 2013 Share Posted August 22, 2013 Is this like a football pool or what? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PythonFanPA Posted August 22, 2013 Author Share Posted August 22, 2013 Its just a pick'em group. You try and predict the outcome of the games each week and assign confidence points from the picks you're more confident in to least confident in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PythonFanPA Posted August 24, 2013 Author Share Posted August 24, 2013 A little over 6 days to go folks. To reiterate, aside from the fun of playing with fellow members here, for anyone who hasn't yet attained Sponsor or Premier membership status, you have double incentive to sign up and play should you win! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S4GRU Posted August 24, 2013 Share Posted August 24, 2013 Me and my darling wife Christina (MommaCici) have joined. We have our own NFL Fantasy Football League we do on Yahoo Sports, so it was easy to join this one too. Robert 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PythonFanPA Posted August 24, 2013 Author Share Posted August 24, 2013 Me and my darling wife Christina (MommaCici) have joined. We have our own NFL Fantasy Football League we do on Yahoo Sports, so it was easy to join this one too. Robert Awesome, glad to see you on board Robert! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PythonFanPA Posted August 26, 2013 Author Share Posted August 26, 2013 4 days and 4 hours left as of this posting for the Week 1 deadline. We're up to 15 participants thus far including myself, but I know there's surely many more who love college football on this site given the overall membership size, and surely several who aren't yet Premier members as well who could potentially stand to benefit beyond bragging rights if they should win! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PythonFanPA Posted August 28, 2013 Author Share Posted August 28, 2013 2 days and a little over 4 hours from the time of this posting left folks....sign up while you still have time! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nickel Posted August 29, 2013 Share Posted August 29, 2013 Anyone else get an email about not having your picks set even though they already were? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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