November 15, 2006

CFL Pick 'Em, Grey Cup Edition: It's here! It's here! It's finally here!

posted by DrJohnEvans to fantasy at 03:08 PM - 26 comments

Toronto stayed true to form in not being consistent enough to put up enough points over Montreal, although I understand a controversial fumble call didn't help their cause (I wasn't able to watch the game, dammit). B.C. stayed true to form in absolutely decimating the Roughriders. So much for the upset pick.

TOR @ MTLSSK @ BC
ResultMontreal by 9B.C. by 27
Margin of Error6 to 1219 to 35
The upside meant that we had some actual movement in the standings. Ying Yang Mafia was the big story of the week, hitting a four-pointer to jump from last place into almost first. Almost. Oh, and nobody got within 5 yards of the Super Bonus (which was Dickenson's 274 yards), so I just left it off the table.
SpoFiteTOR @ MTLS SSK @ BCS Bonus PointsTotal Points
owlhouseMontreal7B.C. 35
skydivemom 9B.C. Dickenson 35
Ying Yang MafiaMontreal10B.C.21 44
apoch B.C. 13
grum@work B.C. 13
gspmMontreal B.C. Dickenson 33
The_Black_Hand B.C. 13
WeedyMcSmokey B.C. 13
MrFrisbyMontreal B.C. 22
DrJohnEvans 01
Folkways 00
Spitztengle 00
94th Grey Cup: Montreal vs. B.C. (Sunday, November 19, 5:00 PM Eastern) I've said about all I can. You know the teams, you know the odds, you know the total unpredictability of football. Good luck! Over/Under Bonus The Over/Under on total points scored is set at 54.5. Pick whether the actual total points scored will be over or under that number. Overtime counts. MVP Bonus Pick the Grey Cup MVP. Possible points: 5. 3 for the game + Over/Under Bonus + MVP Bonus. Watching the game The upside to the favourites winning in the finals is that we should see a pretty damn good Grey Cup on Sunday. For any Grey Cup newbies, be assured that it's usually the most entertaining football game played annually in North America (I offer last year's game thread as proof). In Canada, it's CBC of course. In the US, it's available on a bunch of Comcast networks, DISH, NESN, Cox Sports, and a few other networks: here's the complete US broadcast schedule (PDF). Hope you'll get a chance to see some of it.

posted by DrJohnEvans at 03:09 PM on November 15, 2006

Ying Yang Mafia was the big story of the week, hitting a four-pointer to jump from last place into almost first. This must be a dream. Must be. Either that or all the good vibes MrFrisby is sending me in the H2H hockey league are going to the wrong place.

posted by Ying Yang Mafia at 04:16 PM on November 15, 2006

B.C. by 7 Under Dickenson

posted by grum@work at 04:50 PM on November 15, 2006

Montreal by 18 Over/Under Bonus Over MVP Bonus Spitztengle erm... D. Butler

posted by Folkways at 06:35 PM on November 15, 2006

BC by 11 Over Whoever the BC quarterback is. I can't possibly win this, as well as the World Series Pick 'Em, can I? If I do, there is no justice.

posted by owlhouse at 07:17 PM on November 15, 2006

BC by 4 Under Dave Dickenson

posted by WeedyMcSmokey at 08:48 AM on November 16, 2006

Way to go there, YYM. Put on some Marky Mark and let the good vibes land where ever they may. BC by 13 Over Geroy Simon

posted by MrFrisby at 08:57 AM on November 16, 2006

Montreal by 9 Under Ben Cahoon

posted by gspm at 09:36 AM on November 16, 2006

Let's do this. BC by 16 Over BC Quarterback

posted by Ying Yang Mafia at 09:42 AM on November 16, 2006

BC - 10 over Dickenson

posted by skydivemom at 10:06 PM on November 16, 2006

BC by 21 Over Geroy Simon

posted by apoch at 02:18 AM on November 17, 2006

Someone is giong to make a game thread like last year right? I so wish I could watch it, unfortunately I'll be at work. And it won't be broadcast in my area anyway. Next season I'm definitely catching some games. You'd think the CFL would be trying to build a fanbase, so why they charge to follow games live online (a la ESPN gametracker style) is beyond me.

posted by apoch at 04:12 AM on November 18, 2006

Lions by 7 Over Paris Jackson (with Folkways a close runner-up)

posted by Spitztengle at 01:53 AM on November 19, 2006

B.C. by 1 (OT?) Jason Clermont Over! Over! Over! I would post a game thread, apoch, but I'm probably not going to be at a computer during the game. If I am, though, I'll post.

posted by DrJohnEvans at 01:41 PM on November 19, 2006

16-3 at the half. Unless the scoring explodes in the second half, it looks like the Unders'll have it.

posted by apoch at 06:27 PM on November 19, 2006

Yeah, it's been a bit of a dud so far. Man. Calvillo in particular looks pretty terrible.

posted by DrJohnEvans at 06:46 PM on November 19, 2006

I hate the lack of (free) internet coverage online. The best I've found is the CBC which doesn't even break down the play by play. Just every score or every couple of minutes updates the time left.

posted by apoch at 06:52 PM on November 19, 2006

Looks like everbody should have picked McCallum, unless Montreal pulls off a miracle comeback.

posted by apoch at 08:01 PM on November 19, 2006

So it looks like a tie between owlhouse and skydivemom. Owlhouse SHOULD win because he managed to pick the EXACT spread, while skydivemom was off by (only) 1 point. Owlhouse is making us North Americans look REALLY bad...

posted by grum@work at 08:41 PM on November 19, 2006

If it works the same way it did during the regular season, Owlhouse gets an three points for picking the exact spread and winner, and skydivemom only gets two.

posted by apoch at 08:53 PM on November 19, 2006

I don't understand apoch and grum - in the last set of picks I was right on the spread and owlhouse was off by 2 but we both got the same points. Could I have a little more clarification on this please?

posted by skydivemom at 09:01 PM on November 19, 2006

You get one point for picking the winner, one point for picking within a certain margin of victory. If you get the winner and the exact spread you get an extra point for 3 instead of just two. So tonight you got one point for the winner and one for being with the margin of victory. owlhouse got the spread exactly plus the winner, so that's three points.

posted by apoch at 09:07 PM on November 19, 2006

Oh well - second place is pretty good for me. Guess I didn't understand the point system when I joined this little pool.

posted by skydivemom at 09:21 PM on November 19, 2006

There is a good chance of revenge in the Ashes contest, skydivemom - you've picked a very strong bunch of players. Again, I can't believe any of this. And I didn't even consult the famous Carrie from Edmonton, either.

posted by owlhouse at 05:22 PM on November 20, 2006

skydivemom, here's how you and owlhouse got the same number of points last round: owlhouse: 1 point - picked MTL winner 1 point - picked MTL-TOR spread within margin 1 point - picked BC winner 3 points total skydivemom: 1 point - nailed MTL-TOR spread but didn't pick winner 1 point - picked BC winner 1 point - picked Bonus 3 points total Hope that clears things up. Also, here's a complete breakdown of the scoring system.

posted by DrJohnEvans at 01:05 PM on November 21, 2006

Thanks DrJE, much appreciated.

posted by skydivemom at 06:30 PM on November 21, 2006

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