As Minnie Pearl would say, “Well, how-dee!†and welcome to the
2019-2020 Yahoo! College Football Pick’em Challenge!We’re only five (5) days away from opening kickoff (
Miami-Fla vs
Florida on
Saturday, August 24th) and I’m sure y’all have been wondering, “What’s the delay???â€
You want the truth?
YOU CAN'T HANDLE THE TRUTH!!!
Well, truth be known, I’ve been trying to figure out just what went wrong last season.
I mean, I successfully predicted three (3) out of the four (4) playoff teams (stupid
Notre Dame), but predicted my beloved
Crimson Tide to win all the marbles (stupid
Clemson).
Besides
the luck of the Irish, I just couldn’t figure out what happened!
Then, I remembered the equation…
(ignoring the aberration in 2014 with
Ohio State winning), the formula goes like this:
2015:
Alabama2016:
Clemson2017:
Alabama2018:
ClemsonSo, we all know what that means!
It’s OUR turn again!!!
Roll Tide!So, to reiterate: The 2019/2020 season belongs to:
Ala-Freakin-Bama!!!My
Bama Boys are so eager for vengeance, they’re gonna make the Avengers look like a bunch of powder puffs!
Sorry to be anticlimactic, but now that you know
the University of Alabama (
#WhereLegendsAreMade) is gonna win it all, here are my predictions* for this season’s College Football Playoffs:
Bama, of course;
Clemson University, as defending champs;
the University of Michigan; and
the University of Oklahoma.
People, it might as well be set in stone, the
Crimson Tide WILL be your
2019/2020 National Champions!That there calls for a
Roll Tide!Face it:
It’s all over, but the crying!And, since your dreadfully appalling team has 0% chance of defeating my
Crimson Tide, you might as well attempt to beat me at the Yahoo! College Football Pick’em Challenge…
To take your shot, visit
http://football.fantasysports.yahoo.com/college to join one (or preferably both) of the challenge groups:
PB I: Group ID
#5423; password:
nola (all lower case)
It doesn’t take a lot to compete in this group, as even weak, little nerds and frail, little old ladies can supposedly pick a winner. This group is for cheese Balls and weenies. Simply choose the game winners…straight up and use confidence points based on how strongly you feel your prediction will come true. The higher your confidence, the higher the points you should use.
PB II: Group ID
#5424; password:
nola (again, all lower case)
This is the group for manly men and strong women. It requires using confidence points
AND picking against the spread. With this group, you not only use confidence points, but you do so against “the line†as determined by the Vegas odds-makers. Here, you use your confidence points based on how strongly you feel a team will (or will not) cover “the spread.â€
If there is no line or the line is “
Off,†it becomes just like
PB I…just pick the winner & choose how many points to assign.
If the “favorite†team wins over the “underdog†by exactly the line set by Vegas, it’s called a “
push†and no one gets any points. (Sorry, that’s the “house†playing the odds.)
Again, this is uncomplicated enough that even
ABUURN fans can figure it out! (That’s
Auburn fans for those spelling-challenged individuals.)
As always, if you have any questions, contact me at: dallastide at g mail dot com (without any spaces or underscores).
Roll Tide!* As a bonus, and FWIW,
the University of Georgia is looking stout and, although I doubt it, they could present a challenge to my beloved
Crimson Tide. Also, should
Michigan and/or
Oklahoma fall late, I believe it’s possible
the Boise State Broncos could sneak in, as the CFP Committee is desperate to get a Group of Five team in…but we shall see; we shall see.
Be sure to invite other college football fans to join us.
Roll Tide, Roll!