[lex24]

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.

[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.
[/quote]

[lex24]

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.

[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.
[/quote]

[Leftcoast]

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. 

[Leftcoast]

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. 

[JJJ]

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

https://athlonsports.com/college-footbal...ction-2017

[JJJ]

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

https://athlonsports.com/college-footbal...ction-2017

[Langdude]

Mark Harmon - 24
Mike Boryla - 27

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

-m.

[Langdude]

Mark Harmon - 24
Mike Boryla - 27

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

-m.

[PalmTree]

(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.

[PalmTree]

(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.

[CTcard]

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.

[CTcard]

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.

[indiancardinal]

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

[indiancardinal]

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

[BostonCard]

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

Nicely done.

BC

[BostonCard]

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

Nicely done.

BC

[Snorlax94]

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.

[Snorlax94]

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.

[CornFed]

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

[CornFed]

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

[BostonCard]

[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
[/quote]

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.

[BostonCard]

[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
[/quote]

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.

[BostonCard]

Here are the results:

Member	Stanford	UCLA	Spread	Absolute Error	Spread + Mean error	Points	Bonus	Final tally
Cornfed	55	34	21	3	4.5	54	0	54
Djones	49	31	18	12	12	53	0	53
goodgrief	48	38	10	14	17	52	0	52
Snorlax94	54	21	33	17	17.5	51	0	51
pcgoode	45	38	7	17	21.5	50	0	50
murky	38	20	18	34	23	49	0	49
Papa John	38	28	10	26	27	48	0	48
JJJ	38	30	8	24	28	47	0	47
pefloresjr	38	31	7	23	28.5	46	0	46
SUBuddha	36	26	10	30	29	45	0	45
Mick	38	35	3	21	30.5	44	0	44
Durty Nelly	35	27	8	30	31	43	0	43
Extra Point	35	27	8	30	31	43	0	43
81alum	36	30	6	26	31	43	0	43
Card Fan in OR	35	28	7	29	31.5	40	0	40
Publius	34	27	7	31	32.5	39	0	39
TreesAndBirds	34	27	7	31	32.5	39	0	39
DC 86	34	27	7	31	32.5	39	0	39
martyup	34	28	6	30	33	36	0	36
BigEasyCard	34	28	6	30	33	36	0	36
Brannerite	34	30	4	28	34	34	0	34
Las Vegas Spread	32.75	26.25	6.5	33	34	34	0	34
Stanfordindians12	34	31	3	27	34.5	32	0	32
Palmtree	34	31	3	27	34.5	32	0	32
shinsengumi	35	34	1	23	34.5	32	0	32
washingtonismoney	31	23	8	38	35	29	0	29
csfoster	31	24	7	37	35.5	28	0	28
FarmBoy	31	24	7	37	35.5	28	0	28
thunder_chik	33	31	2	28	36	26	0	26
Leftcoast	31	27	4	34	37	25	0	25
vataha	31	28	3	33	37.5	24	0	24
vataha	31	28	3	33	37.5	24	0	24
ColoradoTree	31	28	3	33	37.5	24	0	24
SamAtoms1980	31	29	2	32	38	21	0	21
hurlburt88	31	30	1	31	38.5	20	0	20
Cardinal Sagehen	28	21	7	43	38.5	20	0	20
Sea Loon	31	30	1	31	38.5	20	0	20
Griffin78	30	28	2	34	39	17	0	17
2 for 2028	28	24	4	40	40	16	0	16
Needle	26	20	6	46	41	15	0	15
82lsju	27	24	3	41	41.5	14	0	14
Cadwallon	27	24	3	41	41.5	14	0	14
Langdude	27	24	3	41	41.5	14	0	14
Indiancardinal	21	13	8	58	45	11	0	11
CPSteeple	23	21	2	48	46	10	0	10
winflop	38	45	-7	31	35.5	9	0	9
qwerty49	34	35	-1	25	36.5	8	0	8
Boston Card	24	31	-7	37	49.5	7	0	7
Phogge	31	55	-24	48	51	6	0	6
CTcard	24	34	-10	34	51	6	0	6
qwerty49	24	35	-11	35	51.5	4	0	4
VFRing98	24	45	-21	45	56.5	3	0	3
bbm233	17	28	-11	47	58.5	2	0	2
trevmiesterj	14	42	-28	52	70	1	0	1
Median	32.875	28	4.875	31.125	34.6875
Average	32.7	29.3	0.5	29.9	38.4	CORRECT	INCORRECT
Actual Scores	58	34	24			45	9

[BostonCard]

Here are the results:

Member	Stanford	UCLA	Spread	Absolute Error	Spread + Mean error	Points	Bonus	Final tally
Cornfed	55	34	21	3	4.5	54	0	54
Djones	49	31	18	12	12	53	0	53
goodgrief	48	38	10	14	17	52	0	52
Snorlax94	54	21	33	17	17.5	51	0	51
pcgoode	45	38	7	17	21.5	50	0	50
murky	38	20	18	34	23	49	0	49
Papa John	38	28	10	26	27	48	0	48
JJJ	38	30	8	24	28	47	0	47
pefloresjr	38	31	7	23	28.5	46	0	46
SUBuddha	36	26	10	30	29	45	0	45
Mick	38	35	3	21	30.5	44	0	44
Durty Nelly	35	27	8	30	31	43	0	43
Extra Point	35	27	8	30	31	43	0	43
81alum	36	30	6	26	31	43	0	43
Card Fan in OR	35	28	7	29	31.5	40	0	40
Publius	34	27	7	31	32.5	39	0	39
TreesAndBirds	34	27	7	31	32.5	39	0	39
DC 86	34	27	7	31	32.5	39	0	39
martyup	34	28	6	30	33	36	0	36
BigEasyCard	34	28	6	30	33	36	0	36
Brannerite	34	30	4	28	34	34	0	34
Las Vegas Spread	32.75	26.25	6.5	33	34	34	0	34
Stanfordindians12	34	31	3	27	34.5	32	0	32
Palmtree	34	31	3	27	34.5	32	0	32
shinsengumi	35	34	1	23	34.5	32	0	32
washingtonismoney	31	23	8	38	35	29	0	29
csfoster	31	24	7	37	35.5	28	0	28
FarmBoy	31	24	7	37	35.5	28	0	28
thunder_chik	33	31	2	28	36	26	0	26
Leftcoast	31	27	4	34	37	25	0	25
vataha	31	28	3	33	37.5	24	0	24
vataha	31	28	3	33	37.5	24	0	24
ColoradoTree	31	28	3	33	37.5	24	0	24
SamAtoms1980	31	29	2	32	38	21	0	21
hurlburt88	31	30	1	31	38.5	20	0	20
Cardinal Sagehen	28	21	7	43	38.5	20	0	20
Sea Loon	31	30	1	31	38.5	20	0	20
Griffin78	30	28	2	34	39	17	0	17
2 for 2028	28	24	4	40	40	16	0	16
Needle	26	20	6	46	41	15	0	15
82lsju	27	24	3	41	41.5	14	0	14
Cadwallon	27	24	3	41	41.5	14	0	14
Langdude	27	24	3	41	41.5	14	0	14
Indiancardinal	21	13	8	58	45	11	0	11
CPSteeple	23	21	2	48	46	10	0	10
winflop	38	45	-7	31	35.5	9	0	9
qwerty49	34	35	-1	25	36.5	8	0	8
Boston Card	24	31	-7	37	49.5	7	0	7
Phogge	31	55	-24	48	51	6	0	6
CTcard	24	34	-10	34	51	6	0	6
qwerty49	24	35	-11	35	51.5	4	0	4
VFRing98	24	45	-21	45	56.5	3	0	3
bbm233	17	28	-11	47	58.5	2	0	2
trevmiesterj	14	42	-28	52	70	1	0	1
Median	32.875	28	4.875	31.125	34.6875
Average	32.7	29.3	0.5	29.9	38.4	CORRECT	INCORRECT
Actual Scores	58	34	24			45	9

[BostonCard]

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.

[BostonCard]

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.

[pefloresjr]

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.

[pefloresjr]

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.

[stupac2]

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.

[stupac2]

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.

[qwerty49]

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!

[qwerty49]

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!

[BigEasyCard]

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!

[BigEasyCard]

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!

[CornFed]

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.

[CornFed]

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.

[CompSci87]

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?

[CompSci87]

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?

[qwerty49]

[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?
[/quote]

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

[qwerty49]

[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?
[/quote]

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