Packer Pickem

[wpony]

Hi I know its early and I dont do very good at it any way LOL but are we going to do a Packer Pickem this yr? I dont have time or the memory to do it I know we have plenty of time yet Thanks

[pbmax]

Woodbuck hasn't been around to set it up, but feel free to do it. I am sure the usual suspects would join.

[Radagast]

I'm in a Pick-em in another forum, but would be pleased to play here as well this season . I'm not a Programmer/Geek and would only be a player. I will be looking for the PackerRats Pick-em and will be ready to compete against this forums members this fall .

:glug:

[Patler]

Not being a participant at all in fantasy football, sports betting, sports pools, or anything similar (if that is even what this is), can some explain what a "Pickem" league or what ever is?

[ThunderDan]

It was Jimx29 who sets up the Pick'Em league. Haven't seen him around for a while.

[pbmax]

Not being a participant at all in fantasy football, sports betting, sports pools, or anything similar (if that is even what this is), can some explain what a "Pickem" league or what ever is?

I think its a regular old, pre-fantasy football, betting pool on the week's pro football action. Each week you get (nominally) 16 games and you pick a winner and rank your certainty of the pick (1-16, 16 being surest bet).

If you pick right, you get the points associated with the rank. If you lose, you get bupkus. Add them up and highest point total wins the week and the money.

At Yahoo, I assume the contest is not for money and its played over the entire season.

[Radagast]

Yahoo site / entire season / free / champion gets bragging rights .

[Patler]

I think its a regular old, pre-fantasy football, betting pool on the week's pro football action. Each week you get (nominally) 16 games and you pick a winner and rank your certainty of the pick (1-16, 16 being surest bet).

If you pick right, you get the points associated with the rank. If you lose, you get bupkus. Add them up and highest point total wins the week and the money.

At Yahoo, I assume the contest is not for money and its played over the entire season.

Thanks pb. That actually sounds kind of interesting.

[wpony]

Depending how you have it set upyou can have it single or double eleminationdepending how many people played you pick every week and the person with the worse score goes homein double u get to loose 2 so it does doublue yore chances :)t is fun I enjoy it but dont think yhis bis my yr. lol

[wpony]

Sorry about that last message meds were really kicking in but PB was right I will crawl off and read messages again

[superfan]

I'm a fan of the Pick'Em and want to see it continue so I went ahead and set it up:

http://football.fantasysports.yahoo.com/pickem/23160
Group Name: PackerRats
Group ID# 23160
Password: superbowl

Group Settings:

Confidence Points Yes
Spread No
Tiebreakers No
Start Week 1
Drop Scores No, use all weeks
Deadline 5 minutes before each game
Playoffs Yes

This is just for fun, no money, come one come all. You will need a Yahoo account to join, to join go here:

http://football.fantasysports.yahoo.com/pickem

Click "Join a Group", and enter the group ID# and pw shown above.

[Radagast]

First, I must complement you on your Avatar.

Next, does this Pickem have one overall winner at the end of the Regular Season or lots of weekly Winners or Both ?

Can this thread be made Sticky to Allow the greatest access to the most players ?

Sounds Solid so far as I can observe . I shall visit and see for myself though .

[Radagast]

OK, been there done that it's good !

Don't forget the GROUP # 23160
and the Password : superbowl

It was easy for me as I already had a Yahoo account , but that is also easy to do if you don't already have one .

[Radagast]

I'm a fan of the Pick'Em and want to see it continue so I went ahead and set it up:

http://football.fantasysports.yahoo.com/pickem/23160
Group Name: PackerRats
Group ID# 23160
Password: superbowl

Group Settings:

Confidence Points Yes
Spread No
Tiebreakers No
Start Week 1
Drop Scores No, use all weeks
Deadline 5 minutes before each game
Playoffs Yes

This is just for fun, no money, come one come all. You will need a Yahoo account to join, to join go here:

http://football.fantasysports.yahoo.com/pickem

Click "Join a Group", and enter the group ID# and pw shown above.

Looks good, join today !

[King Friday]

I'm a fan of the Pick'Em and want to see it continue so I went ahead and set it up:

http://football.fantasysports.yahoo.com/pickem/23160
Group Name: PackerRats
Group ID# 23160
Password: superbowl


IN

[superfan]

Next, does this Pickem have one overall winner at the end of the Regular Season or lots of weekly Winners or Both ?

One overall winner but it does show weekly results, so you can give yourself a nice pat on the back any time you do the best in a given week.

Also I set it to continue through the playoffs, but that's an option that can be changed. If enough people prefer to end it at the end of the regular season I can change it.

[Rutnstrut]

I'm in. Thanks superfan for setting it up.

[Radagast]

I'm a fan of the Pick'Em and want to see it continue so I went ahead and set it up:

http://football.fantasysports.yahoo.com/pickem/23160
Group Name: PackerRats
Group ID# 23160
Password: superbowl

Group Settings:

Confidence Points Yes
Spread No
Tiebreakers No
Start Week 1
Drop Scores No, use all weeks
Deadline 5 minutes before each game
Playoffs Yes

This is just for fun, no money, come one come all. You will need a Yahoo account to join, to join go here:

http://football.fantasysports.yahoo.com/pickem

Click "Join a Group", and enter the group ID# and pw shown above.

Pickem recruiting has gone well, maybe this post will help it continue .

[woodbuck27]

Thanks superfan for setting up this years Pro Pickem. I managed to get signed up using the slowest WiFi Connection on the Planet..LOL.

It's always been the case to award the Season's Championship based 'only' on the Regular Season's games. To receive recognition by Yahoo Sports one must continue the Pro Pickem throughout the playoffs.

Good Luck everyone.

[Cheesehead Craig]

Took a break from this for a few years. I'll give it a whirl this year.

[Radagast]

Only 9 Pickem players so far, it's nice but far short of a full house . Give it a whirl, 30 or 40 pickers can get very competitive and is great fun .

:beat:

[Radagast]

I'm a fan of the Pick'Em and want to see it continue so I went ahead and set it up:

http://football.fantasysports.yahoo.com/pickem/23160
Group Name: PackerRats
Group ID# 23160
Password: superbowl

Group Settings:

Confidence Points Yes
Spread No
Tiebreakers No
Start Week 1
Drop Scores No, use all weeks
Deadline 5 minutes before each game
Playoffs Yes

This is just for fun, no money, come one come all. You will need a Yahoo account to join, to join go here:

http://football.fantasysports.yahoo.com/pickem

Click "Join a Group", and enter the group ID# and pw shown above.

Time is running out ! 12 members have already joined , where are you ?

Use the quoted information and ACT TODAY !

:glug:

[Bossman641]

I'm in, back for another year

[Cheesehead Craig]

Don't forget that the first game is tonight.

[MadScientist]

I'm in.

[HarveyWallbangers]

I just noticed this now, so I gave everybody a one game head start, but it looks like only three people took advantage.

[pbmax]

You can join late? OK, I am in.

[pbmax]

Thanks pb. That actually sounds kind of interesting.

You can still join. Only a one game handicap!

[HarveyWallbangers]

Got all 9 early games correct. Only loss is the game I missed picking. Good start to the year.
:)

[pbmax]

All hail the victors!

Thunder Dan (9), pbmax (8), Cheesehead Craig (3), KYPack (8) and Mad Scientist (5) pick Belichicks in Pro Pickem despite starting a QB named after a cooking utensil tonight versus the JJWatts.

Though Cheese did blow the curve on confidence points.

[Cheesehead Craig]

All hail the victors!

Thunder Dan (9), pbmax (8), Cheesehead Craig (3), KYPack (8) and Mad Scientist (5) pick Belichicks in Pro Pickem despite starting a QB named after a cooking utensil tonight versus the JJWatts.

Though Cheese did blow the curve on confidence points.

Since I picked Texas with 1 confidence point, I'm in the camp that blew it. Get your glasses fixed pb.

[pbmax]

Since I picked Texas with 1 confidence point, I'm in the camp that blew it. Get your glasses fixed pb.

My bad. It was Cali Cheese with the win.

Motorcycles in the desert for the win.

[woodbuck27]

We're into Week Ten and a difficult week it is.

Good Luck all.

[woodbuck27]

I will get this thread updated:

Here @ Packerrats we always declare the Pro Pickem Champion based on the schedule of games through to and end and the Regular Schedule games in Week 17.

This 2016 Season our Champion was The Green Bay Status Quo (aka mmmdk) or Euro Rat and he has been a member of Packerrats since May 2006.

Congratulations mmmdk ! You competed strong this season and your consistency paid off.

We had a total of 18 Packerrats enter the Pro Pickem Contest this season and below are the Final Top Ten Standings for the Regular Season:

Standings

Rank ... Pick Set Name ...Total CPs ... W-L Record

1 The Green Bay Status Quo 1457 163-91

2 Harvey Wallbangers 1434 159-95

3 esoxx 1424 159-95

4 ThunderDan 1423 155-99

5 Bert Bosch 1416 164-90

6 KYP 1398 158-96

7 MadScientist 1387 166-88

8 wpony 1376 153-101

9 FFG-55 1315 157-97

10 superfan 1230 136-118

I want to congratulate every Packerrat that entered and contributed to this interesting competition. Without all of you the Pro Pickem @ Packerrats would be much less.

Every season since this competition first began here or in the 2006 Season I have had the pleasure of competing with some very knowledgeable football people like KYP, esoxx, MadScientist, superfan, ThunderDan etc. and I hope you all will agree that the Pro Pickem is a solid means of staying better informed and the NFL. I want to thank every one of you that return year after year to the Packerrats Pro Pickem.

A special congratulation I extend to wpony. You are growing every season Packer fan. Your more than just :pack:

Finally I want to thank all the new members that competed this season. I was personally pleased with the new blood; please return next season because you deserve to be our next 2017 Season Champion.

Woody

[woodbuck27]

Standings Going To The Super Bowl Game.

Rank ... Pick Set Name ...Total CPs ... W-L Record

1 The Green Bay Status Quo 1553 171-93

2 Bert Bosch 1512 173-91

3 esoxx 1512 167-97

4 ThunderDan 1511 163-101

5 Harvey Wallbangers 1502 164-100

6 MadScientist 1475 174-90

7 wpony 1472 162-102

8 KYP 1462 164-100

9 FFG-55 1387 163-101

Only Ten CPs separate positions 2 through 5 with just the results of the Super Bowl remaining.

Good Luck all !

Woody

[pbmax]

bump for Woodbuck

[MadScientist]

So I'm guaranteed to at least tied for the best win-loss record, but towards the bottom of those of us who stuck it out to the end in points.

[woodbuck27]

So I'm guaranteed to at least tied for the best win-loss record, but towards the bottom of those of us who stuck it out to the end in points.

Yes MadScientist you and I ended tied with the best W-L Records @ 174 W - 91 L

I will have the Official Yahoo Final Results posted here tomorrow AM or Monday Feb.6. 2017.

Congratulations for hanging in there.

Woody (aka Bert Bosch)

[woodbuck27]

bump for Woodbuck

Thank You pbmax. :-)

[woodbuck27]

Here are our Final Standings for the 2016 Season Pro Pickem:

Final Standings 2016 Season and Super Bowl

Rank ... Pick Set Name ... CPs ... W-L Record

1. The Green Bay Status Quo 1553 171-94

2. Bert Bosch 1528 174-91

3. esoxx 1528 168-97


4. ThunderDan 1511 163-102

5. Harvey Wallbangers 1502 164-101

*** 6. wpony 1488 163-102 ***

7. MadScientist 1475 174-91

8. KYP 1462 164-101

9. FFG-55 1387 163-102

10. superfan 1230 136-129

11. pbmax Haughty Communications 1067 123-142

12. Cheesehead Craig 771 92-173

13. King Friday's Proclamations 577 70-195

14. Bossman641 512 56-209

15. CaliforniaCheez 363 39-226

16. texaspackerbacker 222 23-242

17. Rutnstrut 192 57-208

18. Radagast 101 26-239

Well another Packerrats Pro Pickem is final with the New England Patriots coming back (25 points down) to win the Super Bowl; and in that process demonstrate to every NFL fan (well everyone) the meaning of the word determination.

*** I want to congratulate one of our members, wpony set up our Pro Pickem this Season and Thank You. wpony I hope you will do the same next season as you did a fine job. Also wpony persevered and if I have this correct had his best ever finish (a 6th place). Congratulations for that wpony..

The Pro Pickem is an interesting challenge and IMO it is about a lot more than being the winner.

I want to congratulate you all for signing up for our Pro Pickem and Especially thank those Packerrats that tried this contest for the first time. I hope to see you all back here slugging away next season.

Finally I want to again extend congratulations to our 2016 Season Champion mmmdk (aka The Green Bay Status Quo )

Again...I hope to see you all back here next season and even more members give this challenge a chance. It is in many ways a rewarding challenge.

Thanks Packerrats, Woody (aka Bert Bosch)