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Yahoo Sports Fantasy,

Pick'em: Group ID# 10750, Password Seahawkswin.

Survival: Group ID# 6712, Password Seahawkswin.

c_hawkbob wrote:Yahoo Sports Fantasy,

Pick'em: Group ID# 10750, Password Seahawkswin.

Survival: Group ID# 6712, Password Seahawkswin.

I just got the email to re-up and I already have all my picks in. Thanks again for doing this, Cbob!

This has become a family thing for me as my daughter (Lady Hawk) and son-in-law (Cooper Bowl) participated last year and got one helluva lot of enjoyment of kicking the old man's a$$. I'll send them a reminder.

You're welcome!

Almost forgot this year, thank Vegas for the reminder!

I truly suck at both pick ‘em & survivor, but it’s something that I really enjoy. I guess I’m a glutton for punishment.

I was able to join the Pick 'Em league, but I keep getting "incorrect password" for survival.

Can you confirm its group ID 6712 and password is Seahawkswin?

Irish Greg 2.0 wrote:I was able to join the Pick 'Em league, but I keep getting "incorrect password" for survival.

Can you confirm its group ID 6712 and password is Seahawkswin?

Welcome to Yahoo Sports Survival Football.

You have created the Private Group called Hawkshack Survival League and the Pick Set called c_bob in that group. To allow other people to join this group send them the Group ID# (6712) and the Password (Seahawkswin). Remember, it is the Group ID#, not the group name, that other people must use to join your group.

You are now ready to play Survival Football. Your goal is to predict winner(s) each week. Win, advance to the next week. Get it wrong and you could be out.

Thanks for joining and good luck!

ObS had the same problem last year, never did get in ... hope you have better luck!

And we're off!

Week one has Bad picks kicking everyone's butt at 129 points and 15-1 straight up!

*edit: Almost forgot, Agent 86 and Brian's Brilliant Pick Set got their first strikes in the Survival league!

Good luck in week 2!

What a week 2 eh? There always seems to be a heavy upset week but this one was exceptional, underdogs went 8-8!

Vegas won both pools in week 2 with 78 points and going 10-6 straight up!
On the year he now leads with 194 points and is is tied with 12th Lady for the lead strait up at 23-9!

Bloodbath in the Survival League!
ObS is now the only one in the Survival pool without at least 1 strike and Agent 86 & Brian's Bogus Pick Set are both eliminated in week 2!

Good luck in week 3!

Boy week 3 was another brutal one wasn't it? Maybe that's the new normal...

For the week Riv won with 72 points and was tied with 12th Lady and 3 Brain Problem straight up at 9-7!

on the season Bad picks leads with 255 points while 12th Lady is winning straight up at 32-16!

In the Survival league only ObS and Randall S's Super Pick Set remain, each with one strike already as the rest us were all eliminated in weeks 2 and 3!

Good luck in week 4!

I don't think that I've ever made it past week 3 in the survival league. Thank goodness there's no money involved!

I've never seen the Survival league shed players this fast!

In week 4 Yours Truly survived a Monday bagel to win the week with 105 points and tied Cold Beer straight up at 11-5!

On the season Bad picks reigns in both categories with 358 points and a 41-23 mark!

Congratulations to ObS for winning the Survival Championship!

Good luck in week 5 y'all!

Week 5 saw Cold Beer winning with 80 Points and tying with 3 Brain Problem and Vegas straight up at 10-4!

For the season now Bad picks retains the points lead with 415 points and Riv is leading straight up at 49-29!

Good luck in week 6!

12th Lady won a tight week 6 with 102 points and tied 3 Brain Problem and Riv straight up at 13-1!

On the year now Bad picks retains the points lead with 516 points and Riv still leads straight up at 62-30!

Good luck in week 7 y'all!

Week 7 had Yours Truly winning the week with 114 points and tied with ObS and IrishGreg straight up at 13-2!

For the year now 3 Brain Problem has taken the points lead with 602 points and Riv, 12th Lady and IrishGreg share the lead straight up at 71-36!

Good luck in week 8!

Week 8 has our first tie breaker victory for Riv over Bad picks at 109 points!

Bad picks however wins straight up at 13-3! and retains his season lead with 709 points! He is now tied for the season lead straight up with riv and 12th Lady at 83-40!

Good luck in week 9 everyone!

Riv won week 9 with 107 points while Vegas won straight up at 13-2!

On the season now Riv took the lead with 802 points and 12th Lady is alone at the top straight up at 96-42!

Good luck in week 10 y'all!

Week 10 has Agent 86 winning with 86 Points and tying with IrishGreg, 12th Lady and Cold beer straight up at 10-4!

For the season now Riv takes the points lead with 884 points and 12th Lady is still leading straight up at 104-48!

Good luck in week 11!

c_hawkbob wrote:Week 10 has Agent 86 winning with 86 Points and tying with IrishGreg, 12th Lady and Cold beer straight up at 10-4!

For the season now Riv takes the points lead with 884 points and 12th Lady is still leading straight up at 104-48!

Good luck in week 6!

Week 6?

River Dog wrote:
Week 6?

LOL, oops!

Week 11 had ObS winning with 94 Points and tying with Yours Truly, Bad picks, 12th Lady and Riv straight up at 12-2!

For the season now Riv still has the points lead with 969 points and 12th Lady is still leading straight up at 118-48!

Good luck in week 12!

In week 12 IrishGreg won with 75 points and tied with half the board; Yours truly, Riv, The Cooper Bowl, 12th Lady, and Vegas straight up at 10-3! BTW, I cant recall ever seeing so many, 5 of us, with exactly the same picks top to bottom, as we had this week! Are we rubbing off on each other?

For the season Riv still has the points lead with 1037 points and 12th Lady is still leading straight up at 128-51! BTW #2; NFL Pickwatch has the 2 best prognosticators in the country tied with 127 correct! Well done M'Lady!

Good luck in week 13 and Happy Thanksgiving y'all!

Anyone know if ObS is OK? He didn't make any picks las week and none so far this week and he was doing pretty well so I don't think he dropped out as some do when their cause becomes lost ... hope he's just gotten busy.

c_hawkbob wrote:Anyone know if ObS is OK? He didn't make any picks las week and none so far this week and he was doing pretty well so I don't think he dropped out as some do when their cause becomes lost ... hope he's just gotten busy.

I used to have an email address for him, but it might have been from an old account of mine. I'll do a little research. You're right, it's not like him to quit on a game like that. He doesn't post as often as he used to, but he's participated in all of our pick'um leagues.

c_hawkbob wrote:Anyone know if ObS is OK? He didn't make any picks las week and none so far this week and he was doing pretty well so I don't think he dropped out as some do when their cause becomes lost ... hope he's just gotten busy.

River Dog wrote:I used to have an email address for him, but it might have been from an old account of mine. I'll do a little research. You're right, it's not like him to quit on a game like that. He doesn't post as often as he used to, but he's participated in all of our pick'um leagues.

FYI I did have an email address for ObS and sent him a message to him expressing our concern. The message didn't bounce back as undeliverable, so I assume it went to the correct address and that the account is still active. But given how old the account is, who knows how often he checks it, if my message ended up in his junk folder, etc. Unfortunately, we don't have any friends in common that I could reach out to.

c_hawkbob wrote:Anyone know if ObS is OK? He didn't make any picks las week and none so far this week and he was doing pretty well so I don't think he dropped out as some do when their cause becomes lost ... hope he's just gotten busy.

I woke up this AM and found an email from ObS, and he's still getting older and slower! He had some computer issues that prevented him from making his picks. I had feared the worst.

c_hawkbob wrote:Anyone know if ObS is OK? He didn't make any picks las week and none so far this week and he was doing pretty well so I don't think he dropped out as some do when their cause becomes lost ... hope he's just gotten busy.

River Dog wrote:I woke up this AM and found an email from ObS, and he's still getting older and slower! He had some computer issues that prevented him from making his picks. I had feared the worst.

Thanks for the update, I had been fearing the worst myself, glad it just technical issues!

Because I do not speak computer, I sometimes get flummoxed. Plus,as River said, I'm older and slower (81 and creeping).

Old but Slow wrote:Because I do not speak computer, I sometimes get flummoxed. Plus,as River said, I'm older and slower (81 and creeping).

Well glad you're OK bud, having a disagreement with the gremlin behind the computer screen is better'n a plethora of other reasons you coulda had for missin' picks!

Old but Slow wrote:Because I do not speak computer, I sometimes get flummoxed. Plus,as River said, I'm older and slower (81 and creeping).

Yeah, I feel your pain. Our generation was born with a belly button on our stomachs, not a USB port.

Glad you're OK, but I'd personally like it if you dropped in here for more than just a cup of coffee. Merry Christmas, young man!

Bad picks won week 13 with a very rare Perfect sheet!!136 points and 16-0 straight up!

(Almost makes you feel sorry for Riv and Agent 86 who each only had 1 wrong for minus 1 and 2 points respectively...)

On the season now Riv still leads with 1172 points and has taken the lead straight up at 141-54, which would tie him for the lead on NFL Pickwatch .com!

Good luck in week 14 y'all!

For week 14 ObS made it back from a couple week computer gremlin hiatus to remind us all how it's done winning the week with 81 points and tying with Yours Truly, Agent 86 and Riv straight up at 11-2!

On the season now Riv still leads with 1243 points and straight up at 152-56, which would have him leading all of the experts on NFL Pickwatch .com by a game!

Good luck in week 15!

12th Lady won week 15 with 124 points and tied Vegas and 3 Brain Problem with a 13-3 mark straight up!

On the season now Riv still leads both pools with 1351 points and a 164-60 mark straight up!

Good luck in week 16 y'all!

Just a note as to how much fun this Pick'em league can be. My daughter is "12th Lady" and my son-in-law is "Cooper Bowl." The contest gives us bragging rights. During Thanksgiving, my daughter was beating me on the W/L side of the game, and don't think that I didn't hear about it. But the cream finally rose to the top and now I'm leading her, a point which I will emphasize when we drive up to Spokane for Christmas next week....assuming I hold my own in Week 16.

Anyhow, it's a lot of fun that I think a lot of people would enjoy. It gives you a vested interest in every game.

River Dog wrote:Just a note as to how much fun this Pick'em league can be. My daughter is "12th Lady" and my son-in-law is "Cooper Bowl." The contest gives us bragging rights. During Thanksgiving, my daughter was beating me on the W/L side of the game, and don't think that I didn't hear about it. But the cream finally rose to the top and now I'm leading her, a point which I will emphasize when we drive up to Spokane for Christmas next week....assuming I hold my own in Week 16.

Anyhow, it's a lot of fun that I think a lot of people would enjoy. It gives you a vested interest in every game.

Awesome!

Even after my blunder, I still enjoy it.

Yours Truly won week 16 with 115 points and a 13-3 mark straight up!

On the season now Riv still leads both pools with 1458 points and a 176-64 mark straight up!

Good luck in week 17 and have a Merry Christmas y'all!

c_hawkbob wrote:Yours Truly won week 16 with 115 points and a 13-3 mark straight up!

On the season now Riv still leads both pools with 1458 points and a 176-64 mark straight up!

Good luck in week 17 and have a Merry Christmas y'all!

Pretty gutsy call that you made on that Philly-Washington game. Were you sticking pins into your Jalen Hurts voodoo doll and cause his injury?

It's the same 3 point (well 3.5 in this case) home dog thing that bit me with the Seahawks game. If I finish my picks and it just feels to vanilla I'll go back and look at the 3 point or less home dogs to see if I can't spice my sheet up a bit. The Seahawks and Commanders were both revised picks so I woulda placed the same without extra spice this week.

c_hawkbob wrote:It's the same 3 point (well 3.5 in this case) home dog thing that bit me with the Seahawks game. If I finish my picks and it just feels to vanilla I'll go back and look at the 3 point or less home dogs to see if I can't spice my sheet up a bit. The Seahawks and Commanders were both revised picks so I woulda placed the same without extra spice this week.

I'm not nearly as analytical as you are, but it sure worked well for you.

As far as point spreads go, I don't pay a whole lot of attention to them. They are a reflection of betting activity, or the popularity of the team. The Cowboys are invariably given a more favorable point spread than they deserve because they have the largest fan base and draw more casual betting, so the bookies have to adjust the point spread to account for them.

And your HFA comment was interesting. I watched some of the Washington-Philly game, and it appeared to me as if there were a lot of Eagles fans in the crowd, both by visual observations as well as the sound level when Philly was on defense. Heck, it's only a little over a 2-hour drive between the two stadiums. We had the same problem last week against the Packers.

Anyhow, good job last week. I'm going to have to put a hex on you to protect my narrow lead.