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[quote author=garvin link=topic=10428.msg95268#msg95268 date=1409075303]
Not to be pessimistic, but Gauss hasn't posted here since March. I say we make Publius do it and to hell with his "family" and "life" and "job." We have needs.

Worst case, if Gauss doesn't show up, I'll do it - as long as everybody promises not to complain if when I'm not punctual about posting results or that it does not look as slick as Gauss's python generated tables.  Mine will look like I used Karel The Robot to generate the tables.

Where have you gone Gauss?  Our message board turns its lonely eyes to you.

Can somebody confirm that PLF's recollection of the scoring system is correct?  The system worked pretty well so let's stick to it.  Whatever it was.

If I remember correctly, we ended up following this formula: [Stanford predicted score - Stanford actual score] + [Opponent predicted score - Opponent actual score] = margin of error. The total number of points awarded is based on the number of players entering in a prediction for that week...i.e. 20 predictions, the person with the smallest margin of error gets 20 points, 2nd place gets 19 points, etc. There was a 10(?) point bonus if your score prediction was perfect and a 5(?) point penalty for picking against Stanford with the result being a Stanford win. Your weekly score would be added to the season-to-date totals.

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Thank you!

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[quote author=garvin link=topic=10428.msg95268#msg95268 date=1409075303]
Not to be pessimistic, but Gauss hasn't posted here since March. I say we make Publius do it and to hell with his "family" and "life" and "job." We have needs.

Worst case, if Gauss doesn't show up, I'll do it - as long as everybody promises not to complain if when I'm not punctual about posting results or that it does not look as slick as Gauss's python generated tables.  Mine will look like I used Karel The Robot to generate the tables.

Where have you gone Gauss?  Our message board turns its lonely eyes to you.

Can somebody confirm that PLF's recollection of the scoring system is correct?  The system worked pretty well so let's stick to it.  Whatever it was.

If I remember correctly, we ended up following this formula: [Stanford predicted score - Stanford actual score] + [Opponent predicted score - Opponent actual score] = margin of error. The total number of points awarded is based on the number of players entering in a prediction for that week...i.e. 20 predictions, the person with the smallest margin of error gets 20 points, 2nd place gets 19 points, etc. There was a 10(?) point bonus if your score prediction was perfect and a 5(?) point penalty for picking against Stanford with the result being a Stanford win. Your weekly score would be added to the season-to-date totals.

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Thank you!