NFL

[Gorgoroth 13,189]

Eagles with a big win over the niners, certainly put a smile on this Rams supporters face.

But seriously how horrible is the NFC East.... 

[Go the Biff 3,474]

On 10/4/2020 at 5:56 PM, DeeSpencer said:

Time to pause the season for 2 weeks, pack the NFL up and move it to Australia and New Zealand.

The Rugby League and Rugby Union stadiums and facilities are perfect to host NFL teams and games.

South and West (later time zones and warmer weather) 1 division per city in:
- Adelaide, Brisbane, Gold Coast, Sydney with games possible in Perth and Melbourne as restrictions ease. Teams can also choose to relocate to Carins, Townsville, Newcastle, Gosford etc if they wish.

North and East (earlier time zones, colder weather) 1 division per city in 
- Auckland, Wellington, Dunedin and Christchurch

Start a small  number of early games in NZ at say 9am local time which is 4pm US. Play the bulk of games around 6:30 US time and then keep a later spot.

Would inject a lot of money in to the Aus and NZ economy whilst saving the NFL season and letting the players live normal lives and play games infront of (some) crowds.

Logistics & supply issues. Not sure that we as a nation have sufficient stocks of weed & handguns to pull this off

[Gorgoroth 13,189]

Packers roll on, how good can they be with their best two receivers?

[Macca 17,120]

Leaderboard Tipping Comp

4 - Gorgoroth,  Clintosaurus,  Go the Biff,  titan_uranus,  DeeSpencer

2 - Dee Zephyr,  DemonDave,  Macca

1 - Layzie,  JV7,  Dr. Gonzo

We haven't seen Dappa as yet but everyone else is off the mark.  Been an easy start to the season with regards to tipping road winners but that can and almost certainly will change.  Everyone got a point this week which must be a first ... 2 points on offer coming up in week 5

I'll post up the games tomorrow night but Friday's game sees the Bucs @ Chicago.  That could be a real interesting game.  Foles vs Brady again unless the Bears switch their QB

[Macca 17,120]

 

2 points on offer this week (as well as every odd numbered week for the rest of the season ... save for week 16 which is worth 2 points & week 17 which is worth 3 points

 

Leaderboard Tipping Comp

4 - Gorgoroth,  Clintosaurus,  Go the Biff,  titan_uranus,  DeeSpencer

2 - Dee Zephyr,  DemonDave,  Macca

1 - Layzie,  JV7,  Dr. Gonzo

 

Edited October 7, 2020 by Macca

[Gorgoroth 13,189]

Rams, cards, Bills.

[JV7 2,375]

Bucs, Bills, Cardinals 

[Macca 17,120]

With regards to the comp we are going to need a contingency plan if a game or games are called off at the last minute (due to COVID-19 or other such variables)

The cancelled or postponed games are an obvious no result for that week but how will that no result count towards picking 3 road winners?

I'm in favour of counting a cancelled or postponed game as a WIN (putting aside that the game will almost certainly be played at a later date)

If we go the other way do we allow people to re-do their tips?  And does everyone get that option?  What if people have to re-do their tips again and again?

Becomes a bit cumbersome especially if there are multiple cancelled games on different days

As previously stated above,  I'm in favour of counting a cancelled/postponed game as a win

What do others think?

 

Edited October 8, 2020 by Macca

[Go the Biff 3,474]

How about @Macca as competition head honcho, you nominate a sub. Like in the daily double. So if one of my tips is scratched and I'm unaware & don't adjust my initial tips, I get the sub tip that you nominated.

[Go the Biff 3,474]

Bucs, Rams, Cards

[Macca 17,120]

38 minutes ago, Go the Biff said:

How about @Macca as competition head honcho, you nominate a sub. Like in the daily double. So if one of my tips is scratched and I'm unaware & don't adjust my initial tips, I get the sub tip that you nominated.

As if my sub tip would have any chance of saluting GtB!!  Not a bad idea though

Whatever we do decide to do we'll need to stick to it.  I'm a stickler for fairness and I'd hate to see people miss out completely on a postponed game.  The virus is out of control in the States so the games are almost certainly going to be effected

Getting a win for a cancelled game won't mean that a point is assured either ... we all know how difficult it can be to get 3 road winners.

My view rewards a bit of luck and us being all Demon fans,  we could do with some luck

But I'll go with the majority view or the consensus. 

By the way,  I reckon there is a trap game amongst the heavily favoured teams this week ... just don't ask me which one!

 

[Gorgoroth 13,189]

@Macca maybe make the Monday night game away team the default team?

[Macca 17,120]

1 hour ago, Gorgoroth said:

@Macca maybe make the Monday night game away team the default team?

The issue might be that someone might have already included the Monday night game in their tips.  Then we'd need another default game and maybe even a 3rd game

The key is to make it as simple as possible ... one thing we do know is that the virus can or could hit a team on the day of the match or the day before so it's better to be prepared.

And we very nearly got caught out with the Saints game in the just completed week. 

The other issue is that not everyone is always here so we can't assume that anyone will have the time to re-do their tips. 

And the other thing is that I don't want to spend any more time here than necessary running the comp

At the moment the comp basically runs itself,  is really low maintenance and I don't need any more than about 15 minutes per week to run it.  It's simplicity is it's strength

From my point if view I'm looking for the simplest possible solution. 

 

[Gorgoroth 13,189]

Next away game on the list.
Ie this weeks game has buffalo vs Tennessee,

if that game is delayed, it’s the next game on the list being the raiders, if that game was chosen by that person then move down etc. 

[Gorgoroth 13,189]

Or, award .5 if they got the other two right or one on a double week.

[Macca 17,120]

35 minutes ago, Gorgoroth said:

Or, award .5 if they got the other two right or one on a double week.

The 0.5  I can get my head around .... that can work.  The leaderboard wouldn't take any more time to do and the half points makes a point of difference as well.  If 2 games are cancelled the half point can still apply (?) (or 1 point when 2 points are on offer)

You've got my vote Gorg

From my point of view a tipping comp such as the one we have serves a purpose of keeping the thread ticking over ... and it has achieved that over time.  I don't run it for any other reason

A lot of the other sports threads are dormant or dead but not this one.

So in orded to keep the tipping comp going we can't over complicate the process for the participants.  It's easy to moderate and easy to play.  So if we keep it that way,  I'm all in.

[DemonDave 1,099]

Bills, Cardinals, Rams

[layzie 34,405]

Rams, Bills, Cards

[layzie 34,405]

I was going to say giving a win would be fine but I like the 0.5 idea as well.

Whatever makes it easier for the tipsters to set and forget but also whatever makes it easier to moderate. 

Edited October 8, 2020 by layzie

[Macca 17,120]

A postponed game that is played a few days later can still be counted but there are a number of other variables

For instance,  a game played in week 17 could be postponed for at least 2 weeks if the game is COVID-19 effected ... in that situation we could still wait around for the result.

 

[Clintosaurus 7,936]

Bucs, Cards, Rams

[Clintosaurus 7,936]

Bills/Titans will be played Tuesday if no more positive tests at the Titans. Also means Bills/Chiefs next Thursday will be moved to Saturday.

[DemonDave 1,099]

Lol, Tom Brady forgot how to count to 4 in the last minute of today's game. 

Not a great game,  but how on earth can someone like Tom Brady lose count of the snap count?  Must be his old age. 

Massive result to put a not really that convincing Chicago at 4-1. 

[Gorgoroth 13,189]

41 minutes ago, DemonDave said:

Lol, Tom Brady forgot how to count to 4 in the last minute of today's game. 

Not a great game,  but how on earth can someone like Tom Brady lose count of the snap count?  Must be his old age. 

Massive result to put a not really that convincing Chicago at 4-1. 

Agree both teams don’t look great. Bears D keeps them in it, Buccs run stoppage also helps them so much.

Brady is still decent but is looking his age.

[Dr. Gonzo 24,460]

On 10/3/2020 at 7:23 AM, Gorgoroth said:

I think the Jets will come good in a few weeks, lots of injuries and unfortunately got a few more, but Crowder was back and instantly a jet, Bell should be back soon, problem is it will prob be too late for a play off run.

Nah we are a dumpster fire. If we couldn't beat the Broncos with a 3rd string QB we've got no hope and our schedule only gets harder after the next two weeks. We've got Cards and Chargers and then have Miami x2, Pats X2, Bills, Seahawks, Chiefs, Rams, Raiders & Browns for the rest of the schedule.

Darnold is inactive this week (not that it would make much difference) so we've got Flacco starting. Our D was always our weapon but now we're not even that strong defensively especially since the Jamal Adams trade. We lost our best receiver Robbie Anderson last year, Gase is an [censored] and hates Bell, our Oline is trash and now Bekton is injured after we put him in injured against the Broncos

The entire organisation is an absolute shambles, they need to blow the whole thing up and start again. Bekton, Maye, Mosely (opted out this season), Crowder and Bell probably the only 5 you would hate to lose. Blow up the rest, sack Gase, tank for Trevor and pray Joe Douglas knows what he is doing.

Edited October 9, 2020 by Dr. Gonzo