Tag: Confidence Pool

What a S-T-R-A-N-G-E week.  RIGHT ? It was like FRIDAY the 13th extended from Thursday to Monday. Any of you have a better explanation. I know I had my worst week in 20 years.  By the way, HOW WAS YOUR WEEK? We saw 3 games with a single point margin.  And one of those was a really late come back by the Mighty Patriots.  They were, what like, 4 and 10, which they converted to get them to FG position.  They were somehow able to get that much needed yardage.  Luck, Skill, or a combination.  I think it was a COMBINATION.  And much more of the time than we like to admit,  THAT is the difference between a W or L. The big QUESTION this week is……HAS PEYTON MANNING PLAYED HIS LAST GAME???  I think not.  Do you think if he does come back it will be in a back up postition.  NOT ME.  Face it he has nothing to prove.  He holds so  many records.  But having played sports myself,  You always have that little voice saying ” ONE more Year”.    But if you will remember; I thought Manning should retire before he left for Denver.  I’m sure he will do a lot of thinking from now until next year.  I really don’t expect an answer to be quickly made.  BUT, I am sure if he decides he has not enough to contribute, to be competitive.  He will make the choice to retire.  But with all his knowledge, SOME ONE will want to add him to their coaching staff.   He would be good on any level,  Pro, College, High School, whatever level he wants to be.   For those of you who do not know how confidence ranking goes, let me explain. If we were playing an office pool,(which we ARE NOT).  The object is to score the most points. To obtain the score YOU rank the teams by how confident you are a team will win its game.  EXAMPLE:  Say this week we have 16 games.  The team you are most confident will win you would assign the number 16 and follow down to the team you are least confident in and assign that number 1.   We use the Monday night game as a TIE BREAKER.  The tie is broke by the closest to the total (that is the COMBINED score of the two participating tams) final score, without going over. If we were playing this is how my sheet would look;  My pick will be in bold Capital letters.  you can use circling, underlining, or highlighting.  I will show my correct points in Bold YOU can adopt the scoring  described above.  Or, the optional method.  A  negative score for missed games.  We will continue to get a positive score for correct predictions.  EXAMPLE:   if you scored 1 pt on the first game and you had 15 pt on the second game and lost you would still have a Positive 1.  HOWEVER. with the same scenario new scoring system would result with a -14 score. I will fill in my picks Thursday.  Until then feel free to: Just copy and paste for your own Fun Pool Use.  Or to see if you can beat me. IF YOU SEE I MADE A MISS COPY OF THE GAMES AND TIMES FEEL  FREE TO EMAIL ME AND TELL ME I GOOFED. I had some requests from the people who copy and paste, for their own pool to move the network out of the score column.  I aim to please.  So I hope this is better GOOD LUCK TO ALL. BYE WEEK:  Cleveland Browns, N.O. Saints, N.Y. Giants, Pittsburgh Steelers All Times All Times EST GAME VISITOR SCORE   HOME SCORE CONFIDENCE RUNNING SCORE THURSDAY 11/19/15 20::25   1 NFL TN. Titans  13  @ J’VILLE JAGUARS  19  5  5/5     SUNDAY 11/22/15 13:00  2 CBS OAK. RAIDERS 13 @ Det. Lions 18 2  5/3  3 CBS Indy Colts  24  @ ATL. FALCONS  21 11 5/8  4 CBS N.Y. JETS 17  @  Hou. Texans 24  4 5/12  5 CBS T.B. Buccaneers 45 @ PHI. EAGLES  17 10  5/22  6 FOX Den. Broncos  17  @ CHI. BEARS 15  8  5/30 7 FOX  G.B. Packers  30 @ MIN. VIKINGS 13  1 5/31 8 FOX St.L Rams  13 @ BAL. RAVENS  16  3 8/28  9 FOX Dal. Cowboys 24 @ MIA. DOLPHINS  14  7  8/35 10 FOX WA. Redskins 16 CAR. PANTHERS  44  13  21/22   SUNDAY 11/22/15   16:05    11 CBS Cin. Bengals  31 AZ. CARDINALS 34 9  30/13  SUNDAY 11/22/15 16:25   12FOX S.F. 49’ers 13  @ STL. SEAHAWKS  29  14  44/1 SUNDAY 11/22/15 20:30 13 NBC K.C. CHIEFS  33  @ S.D. Chargers  3  6  50/7     MONDAY 11/23/2015 20:30 14 ESPN  Buf. Bills  13  @ N.E. PATRIOTS 20  12  62/19 Tie Breaker (Monday 2 team total last game)  48  44%/18% Actual Score 33 Points Off -15 Possible Points 105 Views: 86

This week we saw 2 OT games.  I separated by a mere point, and 5 by a field goal; or less. My week was a wash out, only getting 61% of the games correct.  However we did get a good opportunity to compare the two scoring options.  With the POSITIVE  system I scored a mere 52 points.  But if you notice with the POSITIVE/NEGATIVE system I only scored 9 points. In conclusion I must say the POSITIVE/NEGATIVE system seems to be a really more competitive system. Which do you prefer? For those of you who do not know how confidence ranking goes, let me explain. If we were playing an office pool,(which we ARE NOT).  The object is to score the most points. To obtain the score YOU rank the teams by how confident you are a team will win its game.  EXAMPLE:  Say this week we have 16 games.  The team you are most confident will win you would assign the number 16 and follow down to the team you are least confident in and assign that number 1.   We use the Monday night game as a TIE BREAKER.  The tie is broke by the closest to the total (that is the COMBINED score of the two participating tams) final score, without going over. If we were playing this is how my sheet would look;  My pick will be in bold Capital letters.  you can use circling, underlining, or highlighting.  I will show my correct points in Bold YOU can adopt the scoring  described above.  Or, the optional method.  A  negative score for missed games.  We will continue to get a positive score for correct predictions.  EXAMPLE:   if you scored 1 pt on the first game and you had 15 pt on the second game and lost you would still have a Positive 1.  HOWEVER. with the same scenario new scoring system would result with a -14 score. I will fill in my picks Thursday.  Until then feel free to: Just copy and paste for your own Fun Pool Use.  Or to see if you can beat me. IF YOU SEE I MADE A MISS COPY OF THE GAMES AND TIMES FEEL  FREE TO EMAIL ME AND TELL ME I GOOFED. I had some requests from the people who copy and paste, for their own pool to move the network out of the score column.  I aim to please.  So I hope this is better GOOD LUCK TO ALL. BYE WEEK:  Atl. Falcons, Indy Colts,  S.D Chargers, S.F. 49’ers All Times All Times EST 2-GAME VISITOR SCORE   HOME SCORE CONFIDENCE RUNNING SCORE THURSDAY 11/12/15 20::25   1 NFL Buf. Bills  22  @ N.Y. JETS  17 3 0/3     SUNDAY 11/15/15 13:00  2 FOX Det. Lions 18 @ G.B. PACKERS  16  13  0/16  3 FOX  Dal. Cowboys  6  @ T.B. BUCCANEERS 10 2  2/14  4 FOX CAR. PANTHERS 27  @  TN . Titans 10 7 9/7  5 FOX  Chi Bears  37 @ ST. L. RAMS  13  12 9/19  6 FOX  N.O. SAINTS 14  @ WA. Redskins 47  1 9/20 7 CBS  Mia. Dolphins  20 @ PHI. EAGLES  19 10 9/30 8 CBS Cle. Browns 9 @ PIT. STEELERS 30  6  15/24  9 CBS J’ville Panthers 22 @ BAL. RAVENS 20 8  15/32   SUNDAY 11/15/15 16:05       10 FOX Min. Vikings  30 @ OAK. RAIDERS 14  4 15/36 SUNDAY 11/15/15 16:25  11 CBS N.E. PATRIOTS 27  @ N.Y. Giants  26  11  26/25 12 CBS K.C. Chiefs 29  @ DEN. BRONCOS 13 9 26/16 SUNDAY 10/11/15 20:30 13 NBC AZ. Cardinals 39  @ STL. SEAHAWKS 32 5 26/21     MONDAY 09/21/2015 20:30 14 ESPN  Hou. Texans  10  @ CIN. BENGALS  6 14  26/35 Tie Breaker (Monday 2 team total last game)  47  25%/33% Actual Score 16 Points Off -35 Possible Points 105 Views: 99