Pick’M CCG

[FallingRun84]

Nothing much to say but waiting for the word from ADWB. Like last year the CCG’s picks will determine the winner of Pick’M 2024. Tight race. First game on the slate Fri 12/6 7:00PM. Tie breaker total points scored ISU vs ASU.

Fri 12/6 7:00PM CBSSN WKY vs Jax St
Fri 12/6 8:00PM ABC Tulane vs Army
Fri 12/6 8:00PM FOX UNLV vs BSU
Sat 12/7 Noon ABC ISU vs ASU Pts
Sat 12/7 Noon ESPN Ohio vs M-OH
Sat 12/7 4:00PM ABC UGA vs TX
Sat 12/7 8:00PM ABC Clemson vs SMU
Sat 12/7 8:00PM CBS PSU vs Oregon
Sat 12/7 7:30PM ESPN Marshall vs Louisiana


Seems we have a family reunion going on!! As Chris from WV pointed out I missed, or the Marshall game was not yet listed. Regardless it is added to slate

My Picks:

Jax St over WKY
Tulane over Army
BSU over UNLV
ISU over ASU 46 Pts
M-OH over Ohio
UGA over TX
SMU over Clemson
Oregon over PSU
Louisiana over Marshall

 

[Chris from WV]

Jacksonville State over Western Kentucky
Tulane over Army
Boise State over UNLV
Iowa State over Arizona State (47 points)
Miami over Ohio
Georgia over Texas
Clemson over Southern Methodist
Oregon over Penn State

Marshall over Louisana

 

[WV Cooler]

Nothing much to say but waiting for the word from ADWB. Like last year the CCG’s picks will determine the winner of Pick’M 2024. Tight race. First game on the slate Fri 12/6 7:00PM. Tie breaker total points scored ISU vs ASU.

Fri 12/6 7:00PM CBSSN WKY vs Jax St
Fri 12/6 8:00PM ABC Tulane vs Army
Fri 12/6 8:00PM FOX UNLV vs BSU
Sat 12/7 Noon ABC ISU vs ASU Pts
Sat 12/7 Noon ESPN Ohio vs M-OH
Sat 12/7 4:00PM ABC UGA vs TX
Sat 12/7 8:00PM ABC Clemson vs SMU
Sat 12/7 8:00PM CBS PSU vs Oregon

Jax st
Tulane
BSU
Arizona ST - 45
Miami ohio
Georgia
SMU
Oregon
Louisiana

 

[WESTBGVA]

WK
ARMY
BSU
AZ STATE- 52
MIAMI
GEORGIA
SMU
OREGON
MARSHALL

 

[3xWVUenginEER]

Jacksonville State
Tulane
Boise State
The Great Matt Campbell’s w/Rocco 57
Miami OH and IDK why?
Georgia
SMU
Oregon cause Ducks fly together

 

[MichiganHerd]

Special guest picker:

Jacksonville State over Western Kentucky
Tulane over Army
Boise State over UNLV
Arizona State over Iowa State 53 pts
Miami, Ohio over Ohio U
Texas over Georgia
Clemson over Southern Methodist
Oregon over Penn State
Louisiana over Marshall

 

[WVex-pat in GA]

WK
ARMY
BSU
AZ STATE- 52
MIAMI
GEORGIA
SMU
OREGON

You need the additional Marshall/Louisiana game added late.

 

[WVex-pat in GA]

Jacksonville State
Tulane
Boise State
The Great Matt Campbell’s w/Rocco 57
Miami OH and IDK why?
Georgia
SMU
Oregon cause Ducks fly together

So glad to see you back! The Marshall/Louisiana game was added late, so make your pick.

 

[WVex-pat in GA]

JAX ST

TULANE

BOISE - Our new coach will be available Sunday!

ASU-50

MIAMI OH

TX

SMU

OREGON

ULALA

 

[3xWVUenginEER]

So glad to see you back! The Marshall/Louisiana game was added late, so make your pick.

I will go with the Ragin Cajuns

And thank you.

 

[FallingRun84]

Winners:

Jax St over WKY
Army over Tulane
BSU over UNLV
ASU over ISU 64 Pts
Ohio over M-OH
UGA over TX
Clemson over SMU
Oregon over PSU
Marshall over Louisiana

 

[WVex-pat in GA]

We once again come to the end of another football season and an end of an era of Mountaineer football. The Neal Brown era is done and we'll move on to the next one with a new coach TBD.

Fortunately, the regular season ended with a bang as there were some exciting games over the weekend. Oregon proved to be worthy of their #1 standing, and anyone who beats tOSU and PSU is ok in my book. They'll be my fav in the CFP. SMU also proved they belong even though they were inched out in a comeback with Clemson. UGA is back again in the top spot of the SEC (YAWN!), and Boise State is knocking on the door. In our neck of the woods, ASU goes from PAC12 near demise to Big XII Champs!

For our MMB Pick'M we have @WESTBGVA with the tie-breaker win for the week over @Chris from WV , both with 6 correct picks for the week. Congrats chaps! For the year, with 211 wins and 65.33% correct picks is @FallingRun84 . He beat me out by 1 pick and .31%! Well done and congrats! I blame Texas for not showing up in the second half.

Also, our guest pickers returning after a hiatus are @3xWVUenginEER with 4 correct picks this week and @MichiganHerd with 5 correct picks this week. Welcome back gents! Hope you'll continue to come back and play.

All that is left is the Bowl Challenges and the CFP associated with them. Not sure exactly how we will do this, but I'm sure FallingRun will figure it out. It's almost like picking bowl games with a NCAA Bracket inside it. IDK! Here's the rest of the numbers:

PLAYER NAME	CORRECT WEEK CCG	CORRECTYTD	YTD/WIN %
FALLRUN	5	211	65.33%
EXPAT	4	210	65.02%
CHRISWV	6	203	62.85%
WVCOOLER	5	207	64.09%
WESTBGVA	6	206	63.78%

 

[WVex-pat in GA]

Just for some context; through the 15 weeks of Pick'M there were 323 total picks to be made. 207 correct picks was the average for all players, 211 the high and 203 the low, so this game has always been a very tight competition.
My records show @WV Cooler winning 6 weeks, @WVex-pat in GA with 4, @FallingRun84 and @WESTBGVA with 2 and @Chris from WV with 1 weekly win.

FallingRun is also a repeat winner from 2023, much lower percentage correct this year, but it's a scorecard, not a postcard! 2019 was the last time someone not named FallingRun84 or @MichiganHerd won the Pick'M. I haven't won the year since 2017 . The first year I started keeping the records was 2016 and @3xWVUenginEER won that year as he did the year before in 2015, which I believe was the first year of Pick'M., so this was our 10th year playing this game.

The highest number of players ever was in 2018 with 19 players participating at one time or another; this year's 5 players was the lowest. I am hopeful that a change at the top of the WVU FB program will revitalize both.

If anybody has any questions about the stats, leave a post here and I'll try to see if I have an answer in the records.

 

[Chris from WV]

Thank you for keeping all of the calculations, WVex-pat in GA.

If this were the 'ole Big East, I would be in the position to consistently flap my arms like a Temple Owl - last place for this season. ☹️

As a Temple Owl this pick 'em season, at least we have proud Temple alum Bill Cosby, a city of brotherly love and pleasantries that makes everyone feel welcome, a premier playing surface teams love to play on at the Vet, and plenty of fans in the stands to watch our games.

However, if I work really hard this offseason, maybe I'll progress into the next to last position of the 2025 pick 'em game, otherwise known as the Rutgers Scarlet Knights.