Congrats to CharlesBenjamin -- winner of tonight's Predict the Score vs Iowa

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For the third time this season, CharlesBenjamin is the outright winner of tonigh'ts Predict the Score competition. CB predicted a 56-41 score, just six points off of the actual 52-49 score.

While we had a record number of participants, the variance between predicted and actual scores was relatively high, ranging from CB's six point variance to a high of 57 point variation (a prediction of 84-74).

The top five finishers were:

1st Place: Charlesbenjamin - 15 pts awarded; variance of 6 points from actual score.
2nd Place: Blizzard - 10 pts awarded; variance of 11 points from actual score.
3rd Place: skoalvikings - 7 pts awarded; variance of 12 points from actual score.
4th Place: Dampshoe - 5 pts awarded; variance of 13 points from actual score.
5th Place: Ski U Mah Gopher - 3 pts awarded; variance of 14 points from actual score.

And 33 more received one Participation Point for at least predicting a Gopher victory: Anderson8284, Big Play, book, ChemEGopher, figi, FiveStarFan, Gopher In Qatar, Gopher07, gopher1more, Gopher737 , GopherCrazy, Gopherholefan, Gopherinphilly, gophermanic, Gopherthewin, HopHead, ilovethebarn , Kindofgreen, MadisonRaisedGopherCrazed, maliksealy, Mikie S, MNSnowman, mom8pop, Roy Christensen, runningopher, technogopher, The Big L, Tubtastic, WadeHokenson, Warrior04, whogoofed, XMan and Zales04

Six G'holers scored 0 points as a result of picking the Iowegians to win: Bayfieldgopher, Dr Don, Freshtrout, MillionMoves, minimax and SoMplsHawkI

Finally, as noted, CharlesBenjamin has his name placed on today's Predict the Score Roll of Honor:

Predict The Score Roll of Honor
11-14-08 - Concordia (St Paul): CharlesBenjamin
11-15-08 - Bowling Green: CottageGrove 12 (now Gold Rush)
11-16-08 - Georgia State: Anderson 8284
11-22-08 - Colorado State: Gold Rush
11-26-08 - Eastern Washington: Runext07 (on the button)
11-29-08 - North Dakota State University: CharlesBenjamin
12-02-08 - Virginia: MikieS
12-06-08 - Cornell: GopherHoleFan
12-10-08 - SDSU: Mom8Pop
12-20-08 - Louisville: WhoGoofed
12-23-08 - Southeastern Louisiana: book
12-28-08 - High Point: book
12-31-08 - Michigan State at Williams: The Barn
1-03-09 - the Ohio State University: Ski-U-Mah Gopher
1-08-09 - University of Iowa: CharlesBenjamin
 

Hey I should get one point for my pick.......I chose the Gophers yeaterday at 6:30......you can check in the post...
 

I got an absolute 0 points tonight, and I deserve it, but I told everyone that Hawkeye/Carver is the absolutely coldest place to play basketball. Tonight it was the absolutly coldest place outside of Moorhead/Fargo....But we still won. I got no points, but I am still happy, because both MenGophers and LadyGophers WON!!!!!!!!! YES!!!!!!! GO GOPHERS!!!!!!!!!!
 

Predict the Score Standings thru Iowa game (1/8/09)

We now have 79 who have participated. CharlesBenjamin has extended his lead nicely but there's still time for folks to catch up.

Here are the standings in the season-long competition:


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1 …... 76 pts. …... Charlesbenjamin
.. 2 …... 61 pts. …... HopHead
.. 3 …... 56 pts. …... Gold Rush (corrected points for pick made but not originally included)
.. 4 …... 53 pts. …... mom8pop
.. 5 …... 51 pts. …... book
.. 6 …... 49 pts. …... Mikie S
.. 7 …... 48 pts. …... Anderson8284
.. 8 …... 47 pts. …... Blizzard
.. 9 …... 40 pts. …... Whogoofed
10 …... 37 pts. …... MNSnowman and TheBarn

12 …... 36 pts. …... Runext07
13 …... 35 pts. …... Ski U Mah Gopher
14 …... 34 pts. …... Gopherholefan
15 …... 31 pts. …... Gopher In Qatar, gopher1more, Roy Christensen and Warrior04
19 …... 27 pts. …... gophermanic
20 …... 25 pts. …... USTGopher

21 …... 24 pts. …... The Big L
22 …... 23 pts. …... Gopher737, SanDiegoPete and Zales04
25 …... 22 pts. …... ron456
26 …... 21 pts. …... What Up Guy
27 …... 20 pts. …... DrDon
28 …... 19 pts. …... ChemEGopher
29 …... 18 pts. …... Figi and MadisonRaisedGopherCrazed

31 …... 16 pts. …... XMan
32 …... 15 pts. …... bruster and Evergreenst8
34 …... 14 pts. …... skoalvikings
35 …... 13 pts. …... Freshtrout
36 …... 12 pts. …... ilovethebarn
37 …... 9 pts. …... GopherKev, GopherMike, Kindofgreen and WadeHokenson

41 …... 8 pts. …... Boondoggle, gortonsfisherman011, maliksealy, Technogopher and Tubtastic
46 …... 7 pts. …... Gopher07 and GopherCrazy
48 …... 6 pts. …... Cheeseheadgophfan
49 …... 5 pts. …... Dampshoe, Gopherinphilly, Indiana Gopher, Nysparty and Wiscbearsfan17
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54 …... 4 pt. …... OSUfan and runningopher
56 …... 2 pt. …... AzNGoPheR, Big Play, goldenfuture5 and stevenmgr
..
60 …... 1 pt. …... burton34, cncmin, DevOJoe5 , FiveStarFan, Goldengopher, Golden Shower, Gopherthewin, Jeshurun, MillionMoves, RomaGopher , thebarnisback, TubbytownUSA, TheHofferette and youngstowngopher

74 …... 0 pts. …... BayfieldGopher, jamiche, minimax, sec105, SelectionSunday and SoMplsHawk
 

Hey...I suggest that CharlesBenjamin be ineligible for awhile. Give us a chance!~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ok???????????
 


By the way, MNSnowman...A sincere thank you to you for all the work and time you put into this. YOU make it fun. Thanks again. GO GOPHERS!!!!!
 

Gold Rush

picked up your prediction and added the one point ... but it didn't affect your standing tonight.
 




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