Congrats to Dr Don -- Winner of "Predict the Score" vs NU

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Sorry this is delayed ... had to go watch a nephew play hockey tonight after the NU game and just got home.

Dr Don wins tonight's "Predict the Score" versus Northwestern with a prediction of 67-51, 11 points off the actual 72-45 score. Here's the top five positions:
1st Place: Dr Don - 15 pts awarded; variance of 11 points from actual score.
2nd Place (tie): Kindofgreen and What Up Guy- 10 pts awarded; variance of 13 points from actual score.
3rd Place (tie): Gold Rush, Gopher In Qatar, Roy Christensen and SelectionSunday - 7 pts awarded; variance of 14 points from actual score.
4th Place: RW+RW=Our W's - 5 pts awarded; variance of 15 points from actual score.
5th Place (tie): minimax and runningopher - 3 pts awarded; variance of 17 points from actual score.
Also I need to give KindOfGreen public credit -- especially after making light of his prediction of 80-50 and thinking there was no way we'd have a 30-point margin.

Others who predicted a Gopher win and secured one Participation Point include: Big Play, Blizzard, book, book, Burton34, Charlesbenjamin, ChemEGopher, DrGopher, gopher1more, Gopher737 , Mikie S, MilesTones, MillionMoves, MNSnowman, mom8pop, oldlodgeskins, row19gopher , SanDiegoPete, Ski U Mah, skoalvikings, Smokey Pearl, The Big L, XMan and Zales04.

These three unfortunates predicted a Wildcat win: Monsonville, gopherbadgerman and MadisonRaisedGopherCrazed. They get zero points. Nada. Zilch. Bupkus. The big goose-egg.

And here's the 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
1-11-09 - Penn State: Steer53
1-15-09 - Wisconsin: markymark98
1-18-09 - Northwestern: GopherCrazy
1-22-09 - Purdue: Gold Rush
1-25-09 - Indiana: Big Play
1-29-09 - Illinois: MillionMoves
2-04-09 - Michigan State: Mom8Pop
2-07-09 - the Ohio State University: TheBigL
2-10-09 - Indiana University: Gopher737
2-14-09 - Penn State: CharlesBenjamin
2-19-09 - Michigan: XMan
2-22-09 - Northwestern: Dr Don
 

"Predict the Score" Season Standings after 2/22 NU Game

First time this season we haven't had any new participants ... still holding at 108 participants since this season began. The lead for first has tightened up with GoldRush only four points behind CharlesBenjamin.

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1 ... 106 pts. …... Charlesbenjamin
.. 2 …. 102 pts. …... Gold Rush
.. 3 …... 86 pts. …... mom8pop
.. 4 …... 74 pts. …... HopHead
.. 5 …... 70 pts. …... Anderson8284
.. 6 …... 66 pts. …... book
.. 7 …... 64 pts. …... Ski U Mah Gopher
.. 8 …... 63 pts. …... Gopher737
.. 9 …... 59 pts. …... Blizzard
10 …... 58 pts. …... Mikie S

11 …... 52 pts. …... The Big L and Zales04
13 …... 47 pts. …... Runext07
14 …... 46 pts. …... MNSnowman
15 …... 45 pts. …... gopher1more and Gopherholefan
17 …... 43 pts. …... Gopher In Qatar
18 …... 42 pts. …... Roy Christensen
19 …... 41 pts. …... DrDon
20 …... 38 pts. …... Big Play, MillionMoves and TheBarn
23 …... 37 pts. …... XMan
24 …... 35 pts. …... Warrior04 and Whogoofed
26 …... 32 pts. …... What Up Guy
27 …... 30 pts. …... ChemEGopher, Kindofgreen and SanDiegoPete
30 …... 29 pts. …... GoBigGold and MadisonRaisedGopherCrazed

32 …... 28 pts. …... gophermanic
33 …... 27 pts. …... BayfieldGopher and maliksealy
35 …... 26 pts. …... ron456 and SelectionSunday
37 …... 25 pts. …... row19gopher and USTGopher
39 …... 24 pts. …... gopherbadgerman, runningopher and skoalvikings

42 …... 22 pts. …... GopherCrazy
43 …... 20 pts. …... ilovethebarn
44 …... 19 pts. …... Figi
45 …... 19 pts. …... RW+RW=Our W's
46 …... 18 pts. …... Steer53
47 …... 17 pts. …... MilesTones and minimax
49 …... 15 pts. …... bruster, Evergreenst8 and markymark98

52 …... 13 pts. …... burton34
53 …... 11 pts. …... Tubtastic
54 …... 10 pts. …... monsonville, Technogopher and WadeHokenson
57 …... 9 pts. …... Boondoggle, GopherKev and GopherMike
60 …... 8 pts. …... Gopher07 and gortonsfisherman011

62 …... 7 pts. …... oldlodgeskins
63 …... 6 pts. …... Cheeseheadgophfan and Gopherinphilly
65 …... 5 pts. …... Dampshoe, DiehardGopher, Indiana Gopher, kramer, Nysparty and Wiscbearsfan17
…...
71 …... 4 pts. …... OSUfan and rosevillegopher
73 …... 3 pts. …... fluffhead and Goldengopher
75 …... 2 pts. …... AzNGoPheR, goldenfuture5, Smokey pearl, stevenmgr, TubbyTime2009 and TubbytownUSA

81 …... 1 pt. …... 6Gophers Minnesota, BarnBoy, BUGuy, cncmin, DevOJoe5 , DrGopher, FiveStarFan, GILBball, Golden Shower, gopher7, Gopherthewin, Jeshurun, RomaGopher , SoMplsHawkI, thebarnisback, TheHofferette, TWeber, youngstowngopher

100 …... 0 pts. …... chiefilliniwek, FairfaxGopher , go4holer, GoGoGophers, GOLDY1966 , gophengolder, GVBadger, jamiche, PigAxeJug, sec105, ulmer, WestBank08
 

It is indeed an honor to become a member of the Predict the Score Roll of Honor. I became another example of the fact that "No amount of skill will ever replace dumb luck."
 

Snowman,

I think I should've gotten a point yesterday as well. I predicted a Gophers win and posted it at 10:00 AM yesterday.. Not a big deal, but me and another guy on here got a little bet on who finishes higher in this thing!!!

Thanks
 

Snowman,

I think I should've gotten a point yesterday as well. I predicted a Gophers win and posted it at 10:00 AM yesterday.. Not a big deal, but me and another guy on here got a little bet on who finishes higher in this thing!!!

Thanks
I went back and checked. Your prediction didn't get counted because your moniker wasn't in the body of the message ... just the scores. I know that requiring the moniker in the body sounds a bit picky but the macro won't work without it and can't pull the moniker from the heading of each post.

I'll add a point to your total which will show up in the next standings.
 


Snowman, you are so easy. I predicted the exact score of the very first game, but forgot to send it, does that count??? LOL!!!! (just kidding)
 

Snowman are you going to be doing the predict the score during the Big Ten Tournament??
 

Yep, "Predict the Score" will continue

Snowman are you going to be doing the predict the score during the Big Ten Tournament??
...through the B10 tournament and all post-season games that the Gophers play (NCAAs or NITs).

There will also be a NCAA tournament competition -- we've used Yahoo to collect predictions once the brackets get filled out. And I'll have a similar competition for predicting who wins the B10 tournament once we know the seeding.
 

How do we enter for the Yahoo thing??
 








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