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Re: UCLA predictions - lex24 - 09-23-2017

2012 and 2013. The latter was even more impressive. Of course in those games the offense controlled the ball for 38 and 42 minutes.  THAT is the best way to defend an explosive offense. Keep them off the field. I do not think this Stanford team can do that.

(09-23-2017, 04:33 AM)JPRI link Wrote:[quote author=indiancardinal link=topic=17433.msg201928#msg201928 date=1506161579]
Entered in the form...
As psyched as I was for the season to start and see how all our pieces fit together, I fully expected growing pains and some struggle but nowhere like this. I envisioned this season as an extended training camp for our NC run in the 2018 season somewhere in the 9-3 range :) I think we will still get there. Its important for us to lose a few games so we can get the chip back on our collective shoulders and be the underdog world beaters! 8)

I am extremely gloomy now but no matter how bad it gets ... my heart will never let me pick against our beloved Cardinal. Genuinely afraid for the safety of our players - the more we beat down on the nasty Bruins the dirtier they play.

Cardinal 21
Bruins 13

D wins us the game with a pick 6

Do you know something we don't? Like maybe Josh Rosen has decided to sit this one out in protest over NCAA policies, or perhaps because he thinks it would be more fun to spend the weekend in the hot tub with one of his many coed admirers?
Anyway if we hold UCLA to 13 points I will be extremely (pleasantly of course) surprised. Of course, I would have said the same thing about the Ducks and Marcus Mariota in 2012.
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Re: UCLA predictions - Leftcoast - 09-23-2017

Have we seen the prediction game scoreboard since the lamentable SDS game?  Perhaps I missed it?

Speaking of THAT game, I'm hoping to bleach the #%*! thing from my memory and go back to a time when SDS meant Hayden, Rudd and Dohrn rather than Penny and Long. 

Re: UCLA predictions - JJJ - 09-23-2017

Sorry if already noted here but Kyle Kensing of Athlon Sports says 35-27 Stanford.

https://athlonsports.com/college-football/ucla-bruins-vs-stanford-cardinal-preview-and-prediction-2017

Re: UCLA predictions - Langdude - 09-23-2017

Mark Harmon - 24
Mike Boryla - 27

I was actually tempted to pick the Ruins, but don't want to jinx anything.

-m.

Re: UCLA predictions - PalmTree - 09-23-2017

(Probably against better judgement), I call it Stanford 34-31.  If my initial/gut instinct is correct, let's start KC2.0 (Costello) era, e subito....

Entered to the form.


Re: UCLA predictions - CTcard - 09-23-2017

Cute Baby B/ears 34
Mighty Redwoods 24


I think we are in trouble.
I hope that home field shakes us up in the right direction.

Re: UCLA predictions - indiancardinal - 09-24-2017

(09-23-2017, 03:12 AM)indiancardinal link Wrote:Entered in the form...
As psyched as I was for the season to start and see how all our pieces fit together, I fully expected growing pains and some struggle but nowhere like this. I envisioned this season as an extended training camp for our NC run in the 2018 season somewhere in the 9-3 range :) I think we will still get there. Its important for us to lose a few games so we can get the chip back on our collective shoulders and be the underdog world beaters! 8)

I am extremely gloomy now but no matter how bad it gets ... my heart will never let me pick against our beloved Cardinal. Genuinely afraid for the safety of our players - the more we beat down on the nasty Bruins the dirtier they play.

Cardinal 21
Bruins 13

D wins us the game with a pick 6

Well, I would have been top of the table if they didn't play the second half :) :)

Shaw has broken his longest losing streak.
He has a new RS Frosh QB to cure all our offensive woes.
Mora and Rosen still have not beaten Stanford!

All Right Now!!!

GO STANFORD

Re: UCLA predictions - BostonCard - 09-24-2017

Let the record show that Snorlax picked Stanford to score 54.

Nicely done.

BC

Re: UCLA predictions - Snorlax94 - 09-24-2017

LOL, thanks Boston Card. I wish I could take credit, but the more detailed post will reveal that, after being so off the first 3 games, I switched to using the George Costanza Method. If my every instinct was wrong, then the opposite, would have to be right. Which is how I predicted 54 points.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cKUvKE3bQlY

I will say I think it's been difficult this season because it's been so hard to peg things down. Are we good on defense or not? Do we have a prolific offense or not?

Who could've predicted Stanford's offense would be sparked by Costello getting in?

Only George Costanza.

Re: UCLA predictions - CornFed - 09-24-2017

(09-24-2017, 12:57 AM)Boston Card link Wrote:Let the record show that Snorlax picked Stanford to score 54.

Nicely done.

BC

And will that be good enough for him to snag second place?  8)  :P

Re: UCLA predictions - BostonCard - 09-24-2017

(09-24-2017, 07:57 AM)CornFed link Wrote:[quote author=Boston Card link=topic=17433.msg202460#msg202460 date=1506239836]
Let the record show that Snorlax picked Stanford to score 54.

Nicely done.

BC

And will that be good enough for him to snag second place?  8)  :P
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Lol, your 55-34 prediction is looking really good.  Google forms has a histogram function and showed a score in the mid-fifties, so I went through them manually and saw snorlax at 54 and thought, “there couldn’t have been more than one wild eyed optimists in this bunch”.  Well picked, sir.

Re: UCLA predictions - BostonCard - 09-25-2017

Here are the results:

MemberStanfordUCLASpreadAbsolute ErrorSpread + Mean errorPointsBonusFinal tally
Cornfed55342134.554054
Djones493118121253053
goodgrief483810141752052
Snorlax945421331717.551051
pcgoode453871721.550050
murky382018342349049
Papa John382810262748048
JJJ38308242847047
pefloresjr383172328.546046
SUBuddha362610302945045
Mick383532130.544044
Durty Nelly35278303143043
Extra Point35278303143043
81alum36306263143043
Card Fan in OR352872931.540040
Publius342773132.539039
TreesAndBirds342773132.539039
DC 86342773132.539039
martyup34286303336036
BigEasyCard34286303336036
Brannerite34304283434034
Las Vegas Spread32.7526.256.5333434034
Stanfordindians12343132734.532032
Palmtree343132734.532032
shinsengumi353412334.532032
washingtonismoney31238383529029
csfoster312473735.528028
FarmBoy312473735.528028
thunder_chik33312283626026
Leftcoast31274343725025
vataha312833337.524024
vataha312833337.524024
ColoradoTree312833337.524024
SamAtoms198031292323821021
hurlburt88313013138.520020
Cardinal Sagehen282174338.520020
Sea Loon313013138.520020
Griffin7830282343917017
2 for 202828244404016016
Needle26206464115015
82lsju272434141.514014
Cadwallon272434141.514014
Langdude272434141.514014
Indiancardinal21138584511011
CPSteeple23212484610010
winflop3845-73135.5909
qwerty493435-12536.5808
Boston Card2431-73749.5707
Phogge3155-244851606
CTcard2434-103451606
qwerty492435-113551.5404
VFRing982445-214556.5303
bbm2331728-114758.5202
trevmiesterj1442-285270101
Median32.875284.87531.12534.6875
Average32.729.30.529.938.4CORRECTINCORRECT
Actual Scores583424459


Re: UCLA predictions - BostonCard - 09-25-2017

A) Congratulations to cornfed, for not just keeping the faith, but for having an uncannily accurate prediction in a game where Stanford's offense beat the most optimistic projections.

B) Shame upon winflop, qwerty (twice!), myself, TC (AKA Phogge), CTCard,  bbm233, trevmiesterj who picked Stanford to lose and were wrong.  Kudos to Mick, who picked Stanford to lose (correctly as it happened) last time, and then to win (again, correctly) this time.  From now on, he is only allowed to pick wins.

C) Of special note, Phogge got the score almost perfectly right... just got the teams bass-ackwards.  31-55 instead of 58-34.

Thanks everyone for participating.  I will work with BigEasyCard to get the cumulative rankings out later this week.

BC

P.S.  A couple people entered twice.  That's not a problem if the same score was already entered, but a potential problem if two different scores were selected.  Although I am sure these were inadvertent, to prevent attempts at manipulating the system, I suggest we take the less accurate one.

Re: UCLA predictions - pefloresjr - 09-25-2017

Cornfed clearly has a time machine or is performing some other form of wizardry.  He intentionally "missed" the Stanford score by 3 to keep us from surrounding his house with pitchforks, roping him up like a calf, and tossing him into the cow pond to see if he really is a warlock. 

Congrats Cornfed!  Keep up the enchanted enthusiasm. 

Cheers,
Pete F.

Re: UCLA predictions - stupac2 - 09-25-2017

(09-25-2017, 05:41 PM)Boston Card link Wrote:P.S.  A couple people entered twice.  That's not a problem if the same score was already entered, but a potential problem if two different scores were selected.  Although I am sure these were inadvertent, to prevent attempts at manipulating the system, I suggest we take the less accurate one.

I don't play this game so I don't have any stake in it, but I'd say to pick either the first or the last. Maybe just a flip a coin to decide now and then roll with it. I can see justifications for either, and I can also see people forgetting if they entered and doing it again just in case, or wanting to update their thinking based on some news, etc. I dunno, going with the worst one seems unnecessarily harsh to me.

Re: UCLA predictions - qwerty49 - 09-25-2017

LOL I honestly don't remember entering twice. But take the most inaccurate one as I really don't care and I'm very happy to be so wrong! BobK was impersonating me -- that's my story and Im sticking to it!

Re: UCLA predictions - BigEasyCard - 09-25-2017

BC and I have a few duplicate entries to clean up before posting cumulative results.  Currently in third position after four games is long-time Cardinal football fan "Las Vegas Spread".  Watch this space for more details, and

Geaux Cardinal!

Re: UCLA predictions - CornFed - 09-25-2017

(09-25-2017, 05:55 PM)pefloresjr link Wrote:Cornfed clearly has a time machine or is performing some other form of wizardry.  He intentionally "missed" the Stanford score by 3 to keep us from surrounding his house with pitchforks, roping him up like a calf, and tossing him into the cow pond to see if he really is a warlock. 

Congrats Cornfed!  Keep up the enchanted enthusiasm. 

Cheers,
Pete F.

I need to be parsimonious in the use of spells and incantations in order to avoid The Foster's Effect. 

The Foster's Effect

The The Foster's Effect can happen when casting too many spells. With all that energy flying around at the same time, magical paths cross over and cause something known the The Foster's Effect. This reaction causes spells to multiply out of control, and has created all sorts of natural disasters. Using magic for selfish and trivial ends can also cause the The Foster's Effect. The Foster's Effect was discovered by Dr. Foster.

I know it's a little technical for you laypeople, but trust me spell casting can only be used by trained professionals like myself.

Now excuse me.  My newt is calling.

Re: UCLA predictions - CompSci87 - 09-25-2017

(09-25-2017, 06:31 PM)qwerty49 link Wrote:LOL I honestly don't remember entering twice. But take the most inaccurate one as I really don't care and I'm very happy to be so wrong! BobK was impersonating me -- that's my story and Im sticking to it!

Or maybe it's BobK's story?

Re: UCLA predictions - qwerty49 - 09-25-2017

(09-25-2017, 08:42 PM)CompSci87 link Wrote:[quote author=qwerty49 link=topic=17433.msg202888#msg202888 date=1506389514]
LOL I honestly don't remember entering twice. But take the most inaccurate one as I really don't care and I'm very happy to be so wrong! BobK was impersonating me -- that's my story and Im sticking to it!

Or maybe it's BobK's story?
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Well, it is true that we have never been seen in the same room together -- stadiums, final four venues and tailgates don't count!