Lost in the sause

OK so in the Noles Pick'em you have the 2 teams and the spread of points. I pick the right team to win but some dont cover the points. Is there a way to pick a team but not have them cover the spread. I never undersood how this all works. I know Im not doing that bad because Im ranked #6 in the polls but I want to win.

11 months ago Desman 7 comments 0 recs |

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its not about picking winners

the spread is all that matters

by tdchrisdavis on Sep 20, 2009 9:38 PM EDT reply actions

What if I dont think a team can win the spread

Am is to take the other team then. thats what I dont understand. I thought I have to take one or the other to cover the spread is there a way to take a team and say they are not going to make the spread.

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by Desman on Sep 21, 2009 10:35 AM EDT up reply actions

No. Do what I do.

Pick the ones you’re really sure of (the ones you’d bet in real life), then base the rest off biases, superstitions, and who you want to win regardless of the reality of the match-up. Umm… don’t expect to be better than 39th though. On second thought, stick with what you’re doing.

by TRMNole on Sep 21, 2009 11:22 AM EDT up reply actions

ha ha ha on the ones I cant pick I have my wife guesses.

She goes by is the team from NC, the uniforms, and if she has ever heard of the school( shes from NC so it better have a good B-ball team) then I pick the opposit team from her.

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by Desman on Sep 21, 2009 1:45 PM EDT up reply actions

Have her look at the little helmets and which ever one is cuter is the team to pick.

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by FrankDNole on Sep 21, 2009 2:14 PM EDT up reply actions

Just some rudimentary explanations here

I’ll use the FSU/USF game from this week to illustrate:

FSU is favoured by 14.5 points (as of this writing)

If you think FSU will win by >14.5 points, pick FSU.

If you think FSU will win by <14.5 points, pick USF.

If you think USF will win outright, pick USF.

Hope this helps.

by RishiM on Sep 21, 2009 7:33 PM EDT up reply actions

I only picked 2 games last week (GT/UM and FSU/BYU) because

I planned to go back on Fri or Sat and finish picking. When I finally remembered, it was a little after 12 noon on Saturday, I was locked out, and the system defaulted to all the home teams as my picks.

I wound up 20-21 for the week, and if I had picked UM over GT I would have been over .500.

What’s my point?

I don’t have one, just something I found interesting that I wound up at nearly .500 with the computer picking all the home teams for me.

>-----:----:------>Spear 'em then Scalp 'em

by FrankDNole on Sep 21, 2009 2:13 PM EDT reply actions