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CarolinaHuddle Pick'em - Week 3 (READ ME)

UpstatePanther

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Hey everyone! 

So the first two weeks have brought up some issues I didn't consider beforehand, and I was slack and didn't post the thread early enough either week. I won't go over last week's results, because I'm gonna reset the pool this week. Think of the past two weeks as a "preseason" for our Pick'em while I figured out what kind of rules and processes to abide by. 

1) I will try to have this posted by Tuesday morning at the latest every week. Hopefully by Monday night after each MNF. 

2) This thread will be locked after kickoff of the first game of the week. No further entries will be allowed. Edits will be allowed until the thread is locked.

3) I will take a screenshot of every entry, every week. Editing after the thread is locked will result in disqualification that week. Because I want to participate too, I will post my own picks in a separate comment in case I need to edit the OP for any reason. 

4) Because we've had two game ties in as many weeks, I've tried to think of a way for ties to not count against people. Instead of marking it wrong like I did the past two weeks, I'll count it as half-right much like the NFL counts a tie as half a win. Chances are I won't have to worry about this at all the rest of the season, but I wanted to establish the provision regardless. Oh, if you correctly pick a tie you will also receive a Power Point just like the Weekly Winner. Kudos for correctly picking a tie!

5) I will still do the "winner take all" Power Point each week. I think it adds an interesting twist, and could help avoid ties in the Huddle Pick'em standings at the end of the season. Rule is simple: you win the week, you get an extra win added your ratio at the end of the season.  If there is no clear winner, no Power Point will be awarded that week. The best way to compete for this Power Point is to provide a Monday Night line. Tell me how many points will be scored in MNF. Power Points can accrue so there's incentive to be a winner each week ;)

6) I'm sorry but I cannot accept new participants after this week. I do NOT care if 60 Huddlers get in on the action this week. I can handle it. Get your picks in while you can. Keep up with it. See the next bullet for WHY you should keep up with it each week. What I can't do is allow people to hop in whenever they like and not post whenever they like. It's not fair to those who DO participate every week if I allow new participants each week. And I'm putting my own skin in the game, so I have to ensure this is fair:

8) To drum up interest, I will personally hand the winner of this little friendly competition a $50 Amazon Gift Card. 

9) Instead of a playoff, we'll just go to the end of the actual playoffs and let the results do the talking. 

10) I need a volunteer to help me verify the picks every week. I'm a fallible human being and for fairness, I just want an extra set of eyes on the results. Someone willing to help?

Alrighty, if y'all think of other tweaks do let me know. I'm always open to suggestions!

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I'm in for this. My picks - 

CIN @ CAR: CAR

NYJ @ CLE: CLE

NO @ ATL: NO

DEN @ BAL: DEN

NYG @ HOU: HOU

TEN @ JAX: JAX

SF @ KC: KC

OAK @ MIA: MIA

BUF @ MIN: MIN

IND @ PHI: PHI

GB @ WAS: GB

LAC @ LAR: LAR

CHI @ AZ: CHI

DAL @ SEA: DAL

NE @ DET: NE

PIT @ TB: TB

MNF Score: 27-21 TB-PIT. Total score: 48

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On 9/17/2018 at 11:45 PM, UpstatePanther said:

LTC's picks

 

CIN @ CAR: CAR

NYJ @ CLE: CLE

NO @ ATL: NO

DEN @ BAL: DEN

NYG @ HOU: NYG

TEN @ JAX: JAX

SF @ KC: KC

OAK @ MIA: OAK

BUF @ MIN: MIN

IND @ PHI: PHI

GB @ WAS: GB

LAC @ LAR: LAR

CHI @ AZ: CHI

DAL @ SEA: DAL

NE @ DET: NE

PIT @ TB: TB (WTF Right? #FITZmagic)  Total points scored 43

 

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^ @L-TownCat bro dont quote her post that makes it really confusing, just copy and paste it. also if you lock a thread can you edit post's after its locked? if so then you will have to actually screenshot the picks because someone could pull a quick one. Going to do mine now but will be editing a couple times until kick off Thursday.

 

CIN @ CAR: CAR

NYJ @ CLE: NYJ

NO @ ATL: NO

DEN @ BAL: DEN

NYG @ HOU: HOU

TEN @ JAX: JAX

SF @ KC: KC

OAK @ MIA: MIA

BUF @ MIN: MIN

IND @ PHI: IND

GB @ WAS: GB

LAC @ LAR: LAR

CHI @ AZ: CHI

DAL @ SEA: SEA

NE @ DET: NE

PIT @ TB: TB

MNF score PIT: 27 TB:30

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5 hours ago, Kevin Greene said:

Do we need a tie breaker?

Total Monday Night score= 65

Hmm... I like the idea. Let's do it. 

3 hours ago, luke nukem said:

^ @L-TownCat bro dont quote his post that makes it really confusing, just copy and paste it. also if you lock a thread can you edit post's after its locked? if so then you will have to actually screenshot the picks because someone could pull a quick one. 

I believe you can still edit posts. I'm not sure though. Mod wanna weigh in?

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CIN @ CAR: CAR

NYJ @ CLE: CLE

NO @ ATL: ATL

DEN @ BAL: DEN

NYG @ HOU: NYG

TEN @ JAX: JAX

SF @ KC: KC

OAK @ MIA: MIA

BUF @ MIN: MIN

IND @ PHI: PHI

GB @ WAS: GB

LAC @ LAR: LAC

CHI @ AZ:  CHI

DAL @ SEA: DAL

NE @ DET: NE

PIT @ TB: TB

Total points for Monday night : 85

A shootout with Beardpatrick.

 

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