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EdCollins
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January 3rd, 2016 at 5:20:45 PM permalink
Thank you.

And yes, it was a "strategy move" to take my bye this week, which could just as easily have backfired. I had to sweat out several games.

An yes, I noticed earlier this week that if I did sit out, Midwest and Babs would have to have a perfect week to surpass me. (And Midwest almost was!)

It's always been hard for me to pick games in Week 17, with all of players that are either injured or are just resting up for next week, etc. And since I couldn't find five picks I liked, that helped me decide to sit out completely.

Final standings will be posted soon after tonight's game.
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January 3rd, 2016 at 5:38:26 PM permalink
I think I wrapped up last place!!!!!!!!!
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EdCollins
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January 3rd, 2016 at 8:40:42 PM permalink
Unofficial Final Results and Standings

Mission146 (4-2)
Jacksonville+6.5-CONFIDENCE (loss)
Bills +2.5 (win)
Raiders +7 (win)
Lions PK (win)
Ravens +9.5 (win)

Johnzimbo (3-3)
Bears under 46 (win)
Giants under 51 Confidence (loss)
Packers under 45.5 (win)
Broncos under 41 (loss)
Cardinals under 47 (win)

Wizard (3-3)
Bills (+2.5) (win)
Raiders (+7) (win)
Eagles (+3.5) (win)
Packers (-3) -- confidence (loss)
Rams (-3) (loss)

10DollarBri (2-4)
Bills +2.5 (win)
Dolphins +10 (win)
Browns +10.5 (loss)
Cowboys -4 confidence (loss)
Bears Pk (loss)

Aluisio (3-3)
Steelers over (confidence) (loss)
Chiefs under (win)
Jets under (win)
Falcons under (win)
Panthers under (loss)

MidwestAP (4-2)
Bills +2.5 (win)
Dolphins +10 (win)
Texans -6.5 (win)
Lions PK (win)
Rams -3 - Confidence (loss)

Ten2Win (4-2)
Bills +2.5 (win)
Buccaneers +10.5 (loss)
Texans -6.5-Confidence (win)
Redskins +4 (win)
Giants -3.5 (loss)

Steeldco (4-2)
Houston -6.5 Confidence Pick (win)
Dallas -4.0 (loss)
New York Giants -3.5 (loss)
Oakland +7 (win)
San Francisco +3 (win)

FourFiveFace (5-1)
Saints +5.5-Confidence (win)
Jaguars +6.5 (loss)
Raiders +7 (win)
Lions PK (win)
Chargers +9 (win)

Genwyzgy (2-4)
Panthers OVER 46 (win)
Jaguars OVER 45.5 CONFIDENCE (loss)
Chiefs -7 (loss)
Redskins +4 (win)
Cardinals OVER 47 (loss)

AyeCarumba (1-4)
Jets -2.5 (loss)
Giants -3.5 (loss)
Falcons -5.5 (loss)
Packers -3 (loss)
Raiders +7 (win)

Miplet (1-5)
Jets -2.5 (loss)
Lions PK (win)
Giants -3.5-confidence (loss)
Broncos -9 (loss)
Rams -3 (loss)

Terapined (3-2)
Tampa +10.5 (loss)
Dolphins +10 (win)
Ravens +9.5 (win)
Browns +10.5 (loss)
Chargers +9 (win)

BeachBumBabs (2-4)
NY Jets -2.5 Confidence (loss)
Chiefs -7 (loss)
Texans - 6.5 (win)
Dolphins +10 (win)
Browns +10.5 (loss)

JML24 (2-4)
Buccaneers +10.5 (loss)
Browns +10.5-Confidence (loss)
Lions (win)
Eagles +3.5 (win)
Packers -3 (loss)

JW17 (2-4)
Broncos -9 confidence (loss)
Falcons -5.5 (loss)
Vikings +3 (win)
Cardinals -6.5 (loss)
Bills +2.5 (win)



Name Wins Losses % Owes Winner
EdCollins 49 34 59.04%-
MidwestAP 55 40 57.89%$1.14
Genwyzgy 51 38 57.30%$1.73
BeachBumBabs 56 44 56.00%$3.04
FourFiveFace 51 42 54.84%$4.20
Mission146 50 42 54.35%$50.00
JML24 47 40 54.02%$5.01
Terapined 45 39 53.57%$5.46
JW17 46 42 52.27%$6.76
Wizard 51 47 52.04%$7.00
Miplet 48 46 51.06%$7.97
Steeldco 50 49 50.51%$8.53
SOOPOO 47 47 50.00%$9.04
JohnZimbo 47 49 48.96%$10.08
10Dollarbri 40 42 48.78%$10.26
RDW4Potus (out) 19 20 48.72%$10.32
Aluisio 42 47 47.19%$11.85
Ten2Win 41 52 44.09%$14.95
Paradigm 36 46 43.90%$15.13
AyeCarumba 38 49 43.68%$15.36
WizardofNothing 36 57 38.71%$20.33
Knuckleball3 (out) 17 27 38.64%$20.40
Totals 962 939 50.60%$238.55


SOOPOO wins the 'Most Average' Consolation Prize.
WizardofNothing wins the 'You Suck' Consolation Prize.
EdCollins
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January 3rd, 2016 at 8:43:29 PM permalink
My spreadsheet with everyone's weekly results can be found here:

http://www.edcollins.com/wov_nfl_football_contest_calculator_version_3.0.xlsb
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January 3rd, 2016 at 8:49:20 PM permalink
Quote: EdCollins

My spreadsheet with everyone's weekly results can be found here:

http://www.edcollins.com/wov_nfl_football_contest_calculator_version_3.0.xlsb



Congrats, Ed! It was fun to be in the mix at the end. Thanks very much for all the scoring work!

Condolences to Genwyg and MAP. (I can't remember if this is winner-take-all).

I take very small comfort in having the most overall wins (meaningless, I know).
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EdCollins
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January 3rd, 2016 at 8:53:19 PM permalink
Thanks. And yes, thanks to everyone for playing. Thanks to Mission for hosting again.

I wasn't involved in any weekly office pools this year, so this contest helped to make the weekend games a bit more enjoyable than they otherwise would have been.

Two years ago my final percentage in this contest was terrible. I did a little better last year... a bit above .500 as I recall. So it was nice to redeem myself a bit this year.
EdCollins
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January 3rd, 2016 at 9:00:26 PM permalink
After the results are confirmed, payment to me via PayPal is preferred. (Ideally, when paying via PayPal, use the "Send Money To Friends or Family" link, which is perfectly okay, so that PayPal doesn't deduct any fees at my end.)

My PayPal address/account is edwardcollins@yahoo.com (I don't have a problem posting it in an open forum. It's been posted all over my website too, for the past 18 years, so what's the difference?)

PM me if you don't have a PayPal account and we can work on an alternative method of payment.
SOOPOO
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January 4th, 2016 at 5:18:04 AM permalink
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Count me in. I naturally am the favorite for Mr. Average.....



Clairvoyant.......
SOOPOO
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January 4th, 2016 at 5:21:20 AM permalink
Quote: EdCollins

After the results are confirmed, payment to me via PayPal is preferred. (Ideally, when paying via PayPal, use the "Send Money To Friends or Family" link, which is perfectly okay, so that PayPal doesn't deduct any fees at my end.)

My PayPal address/account is edwardcollins@yahoo.com (I don't have a problem posting it in an open forum. It's been posted all over my website too, for the past 18 years, so what's the difference?)

PM me if you don't have a PayPal account and we can work on an alternative method of payment.



If I remember correctly Mission will forward you the $9.04 I owe you and take it out of my Mr. Mediocre prize. Congrats!
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January 4th, 2016 at 6:12:50 AM permalink
Are there any stats like the records of all confidence picks? Or overall record of picks not taking the extra confidence point in to consideration? Just curious how the forum did as a whole.
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January 4th, 2016 at 6:33:38 AM permalink
Congratulations Ed! I'd be interested to know your strategy.

Quote: GWAE

Are there any stats like the records of all confidence picks? Or overall record of picks not taking the extra confidence point in to consideration? Just curious how the forum did as a whole.



I'd also be interested to know how the results would look if there were no extra point for the confidence picks. Seems to me that I did just awful on my confidence picks this season.
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MidwestAP
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January 4th, 2016 at 7:19:31 AM permalink
Looking at the spreadsheet that EdCollins linked, it appears as if regular picks went 734-719 and confidence picks went 114-110 for the year.

What I don't know is if the 16 forfeit picks are included in these totals? RDWPotus had 1 on week 4, Knuckleball took 5 on week 7, Aluisio took 5 on week 14, and Paradigm took 5 on week 15. If these are included in the total, they would need to be backed out to get real sense of how the group collectively picked.
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January 4th, 2016 at 7:22:59 AM permalink
Quote: Wizard

I'd also be interested to know how the results would look if there were no extra point for the confidence picks. Seems to me that I did just awful on my confidence picks this season.



Looks like you went 6-10-1 on your confidence picks.
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January 4th, 2016 at 7:29:26 AM permalink
Quote: EdCollins

Thank you.

And yes, it was a "strategy move" to take my bye this week, which could just as easily have backfired. I had to sweat out several games.

An yes, I noticed earlier this week that if I did sit out, Midwest and Babs would have to have a perfect week to surpass me. (And Midwest almost was!)



It's funny the contest came down to a seemingly meaningless Rams vs Niners game that went into overtime. I bet not too many people had an eye on that game, but I was sure paying attention. Congrats once again!
Last edited by: MidwestAP on Jan 4, 2016
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January 4th, 2016 at 10:15:20 AM permalink
Congratulations Ed! A well deserved win!

Also, thanks to Mission for putting up the numbers and picks each week, as well as generously sponsoring the multiple prizes. I appreciate your work and generosity!
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January 4th, 2016 at 10:36:14 AM permalink
Quote: Wizard

Congratulations Ed! I'd be interested to know your strategy.



I'd also be interested to know how the results would look if there were no extra point for the confidence picks. Seems to me that I did just awful on my confidence picks this season.



I was 3-5 on my confidence picks. In past years I did not make any confidence picks at the start, preferring to stay conservative until I needed to go for bigger swings later in the year. This year I decided to start right out making them and lost my confidence pick each of the first two weeks. If we do the game next year I will try to avoid them again.
EdCollins
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January 4th, 2016 at 10:49:54 AM permalink
Quote: MidwestAP

Looking at the spreadsheet that EdCollins linked, it appears as if regular picks went 734-719 and confidence picks went 114-110 for the year.

What I don't know is if the 16 forfeit picks are included in these totals? RDWPotus had 1 on week 4, Knuckleball took 5 on week 7, Aluisio took 5 on week 14, and Paradigm took 5 on week 15. If these are included in the total, they would need to be backed out to get real sense of how the group collectively picked.

Good eye. Yes, these 16 forfeits are indeed included in the total, and do need to be backed out.

Backing them out, it seems as a group this year we had...

734 regular pick wins against 703 regular pick losses.
114 confidence pick wins against 110 confidence pick losses.
EdCollins
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January 4th, 2016 at 10:55:54 AM permalink
Quote: Wizard

Congratulations Ed! I'd be interested to know your strategy.

Alas, I didn't really have any strategy from week to week. Sorry. I just picked the teams that I liked. Sometimes I'd like the dogs and sometimes I like the favorites.
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January 4th, 2016 at 1:17:14 PM permalink
Congrats from one Ed to another Ed :-)
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EdCollins
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January 4th, 2016 at 1:27:54 PM permalink
Quote: terapined

Congrats from one Ed to another Ed :-)
Are the results official?

Thanks.

I would say no, not yet, but if for some reason I'm not the winner, I'll be doing some refunding to those who have already paid me. :)
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January 4th, 2016 at 2:16:27 PM permalink
Congrats Ed! Very well done!
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January 4th, 2016 at 4:09:02 PM permalink
My strategy was to bet the dead opposite of what I bet big money on in the sports book-
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January 4th, 2016 at 5:57:39 PM permalink
Quote: Wizardofnothing

My strategy was to bet the dead opposite of what I bet big money on in the sports book-



If that's the case, then you must have cleaned up this year! ;-)
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January 5th, 2016 at 6:15:55 PM permalink
Greetings!

The first thing that I would like to do is congratulate EdCollins on his victory in this year's WoV Picks Game!

As everyone knows, I am making the payouts within thirty (30) days of the Super Bowl being played and that is because someone to whom I owe money could also conceivably win the $25 prize of the WoV Playoff Picks Game:

https://wizardofvegas.com/forum/gambling/sports/24693-2015-wov-playoff-picks-game/#post507469

However, here are the monies I owe:

I owe $50.00 to EdCollins on direct.

Congratulations to SOOPOO who won the, "Most Average," prize this year. As a result of his win, I will be paying the $9.04 owed to EdCollins his behalf and shall pay him the difference of $15.96.

Finally, Congratulations to WizardofNothing who sucks and has won the, "You Suck," prize for this year. As a result of his win, I will be paying the $20.33 owed to EdCollins on his behalf and shall pay him the difference of $4.67.

Congratulations again to EdCollins, as well as my gratitude for posting the Weekly Results. Also, congratulations to both of our consolation prize winners, thank you to everyone for playing, and please remember to play the Playoff Picks game!
https://wizardofvegas.com/forum/off-topic/gripes/11182-pet-peeves/120/#post815219
EdCollins
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January 6th, 2016 at 7:02:47 PM permalink
Thank you to everyone who congratulated me and thank you to for everyone who has paid me so far.

It's only been three days but so far I've received payment from Wizard, BeachBumBabs, MidwestAP, AyaCarumba, Genwyzgy, JML24, 10Dollarbri, JW17, Miplet, JohnZimbo, and Terapined.

I'll send out a PM to the others at the end of this weekend, if I don't hear from then by then.
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