Pick Per Day: 1/5/09

[GopherRock]

Not sure when Snowman is going to get around to this, but I better get this up before we all forget about it. Please keep the same format, so he can ease this along. Home team in caps.

Deadline 5 PM CST.

GEORGE MASON -12.5 Georgia State
DELAWARE -7 Towson State
Old Dominion -3.5 WILLIAM & MARY
NOTRE DAME -2.5 Georgetown
MIAMI (FL) -22 Florida Atlantic
TEMPLE -8 Kent State
NORTHEASTERN -7 Hofstra
JAMES MADISON -4 Drexel
UW MILWAUKEE -7 Valparaiso
SMU -1.5 Colorado
MISSISSIPPI STATE -7.5 Western Kentucky
UW Green Bay -1.5 LOYOLA CHICAGO
UTAH STATE -13.5 Idaho
VA COMMONWEALTH -23 UNC Wilmington
CS NORTHRIDGE -9.5 UC Davis
SAN JOSE ST -2 New Mexico St
NIAGARA -12.5 Loyola Maryland
SOUTH CAROLINA -18.5 Wofford
Manhattan -1.5 CANISIUS
TENNESSEE TECH -8 Eastern Illinois
JACKSONVILLE ST -17 SE Missouri St
AUSTIN PEAY -4.5 Eastern kentucky
TENN MARTIN -2.5 Murray St
TENNESSEE STATE PK Morehead St

And my selection:

GopherRock: SMU -1.5

 

[GopherHarvey]

GopherHarvey: Temple -8

 

[Gopherholefan]

gopherholefan: northeastern -7

 

[SaturnSweater]

SaturnSweater: Temple -8

 

[goldenfuture5]

goldenfuture5: South Carolina -18.5

 

[Jike Spingleton]

Jike Spingleton: Notre Dame -2.5

 

[mhenry41h]

George Mason -12.5

 

[GOLDY1966]

GOLDY1966: Jacksonville State -17

 

[MNSnowman]

Summary of 1/5/09 Picks

Thanks GopherRock ... ran into some difficulties in getting this posted until now.

MNSnowman: Old Dominion -3.5
GopherRock: SMU -1.5
GopherHarvey: Temple -8
gopherholefan: northeastern -7
SaturnSweater: Temple -8
goldenfuture5: South Carolina -18.5
Jike Spingleton: Notre Dame -2.5
GOLDY1966: Jacksonville State -17
TheSportsAce: Georgetown +2.5
gopherfan10: George Mason -12.5
Gopher In Qatar: Notre Dame -2.5
RoyalGO4: UW-Green Bay -1.5
rrjack: NORTHEASTERN -7
Alltimetwinsfan: Utah State -13.5
MadisonRaisedGopherCrazed: UWMilwaukee -7
OSUfan: Georgetown +2.5
The Big L: UNC-Wilmington +23
mom8pop: Georgetown +2.5
Ski U Mah Gopher: Austin Peay -4.5
nemosgold: Georgetown +2.5

 

[MNSnowman]

PPD Standings after 1/4/09 Games

NOTES

• RoyalGO4 picks Cal Riverside -2.5. They win by only 2. I feel your pain, though: happened to me last week.
• Michigan wins a nice game vs Illini
• Portland State noses out Northern Arizona, 92-91 in 4 Ots
• Oregon State beats 11-pt favorite USC by 4 in OT
• Drake beats SIU at SIU -- first win at Carbondale since 1996
• And I didn't even pick Drake ... still nosed ahead of Zales in the Battle for the Bottom

Today's Results

6 - Wins
14 - Losses
0.300 - Winning pctge
20 - Participants
Consensus Pick: Arizona State picked by 10 at -2.5. Lose by 10 to Cal.​

Cumulative Record

529 - Wins
520 - Losses
15 - Pushes
0.504 - Winning pctge
1064 - Number of Picks
49 - Number of Days​

Consensus Picks

37 - Wins
25 - Losses
1 - Pushes
0.597 - Winning pctge​

Individual Standings
Steady Selectors
.. 1 - GopherRock ( 26 - 16 - 1 ) - 0.619
.. 2 - OSUfan ( 23 - 15 - 0 ) - 0.605
.. 3 - USTGopher ( 19 - 13 - 1 ) - 0.594
.. 4 - Goldy 1966 ( 27 - 19 - 0 ) - 0.587
.. 5 - rrjack ( 21 - 17 - 1 ) - 0.553
.. 6 - MinnMarchDTF ( 17 - 16 - 2 ) - 0.515
.. 7 - NemosGold ( 18 - 17 - 0 ) - 0.514
.. 8 - The Big L ( 16 - 16 - 1 ) - 0.500
.. 9 - RoyalGO4 ( 21 - 22 - 2 ) - 0.488
10 - Alltimetwinsfan ( 19 - 21 - 0 ) - 0.475
11 - Gopher In Qatar ( 23 - 26 - 0 ) - 0.469
12 - Ski U Mah Gopher ( 21 - 24 - 0 ) - 0.467
13 - Gopherholefan ( 17 - 22 - 1 ) - 0.436
14 - Jike Spingleton ( 21 - 28 - 0 ) - 0.429
15 - MNSnowman ( 18 - 31 - 0 ) - 0.367
16 - Zales04 ( 16 - 29 - 0 ) - 0.356
Mildly Addicted
.. 1 - GopherJim ( 7 - 1 - 0 ) - 0.875
.. 2 - Gopherlady ( 8 - 3 - 0 ) - 0.727
.. 3 - SaturnSweater ( 21 - 10 - 1 ) - 0.677
.. 4 - MadisonRaisedGopherCrazed ( 17 - 9 - 1 ) - 0.654
.. 5 - GopherHarvey ( 12 - 9 - 0 ) - 0.571
.. 6 - NateDawgUM ( 13 - 10 - 0 ) - 0.565
.. 7 - Gopher07 ( 12 - 10 - 0 ) - 0.545
.. 8 - GoldenFuture5 ( 14 - 12 - 1 ) - 0.538
.. 9 - gopherfan10 ( 14 - 13 - 0 ) - 0.519
10 - mom8pop ( 15 - 14 - 0 ) - 0.517
11 - Ilovethebarn ( 15 - 15 - 0 ) - 0.500
12 - CoolHand ( 7 - 7 - 1 ) - 0.500
13 - TheSportsAce ( 1 - 1 - 1 ) - 0.500
14 - Mikie S ( 11 - 12 - 1 ) - 0.478
15 - soneillumn ( 12 - 14 - 0 ) - 0.462
16 - Xman ( 11 - 15 - 0 ) - 0.423
17 - Alan Shore ( 8 - 11 - 0 ) - 0.421
18 - grunkiejr ( 5 - 9 - 0 ) - 0.357
19 - From the Barn ( 3 - 7 - 0 ) - 0.300
Retired (no picks in last 3-4 weeks) - GopherKev, Howeda7 JMGIII and LloydBraun (0-6-0 collectively)

 

[TheSportsAce]

TheSportsAce: Georgetown +2.5

Go #19 Gophers!

 

[gopherfan10]

gopherfan10: George Mason -12.5

 

[Gopher in Qatar]

Gopher In Qatar: Notre Dame -2.5

 

[RoyalGO4]

RoyalGO4: UW-Green Bay -1.5

 

[rrjackIII]

rrjack: NORTHEASTERN -7

 

[alltimetwinsfan]

Alltimetwinsfan: Utah State -13.5

 

[MadisonRaisedGopherCrazed]

MadisonRaisedGopherCrazed: UWMilwaukee -7

 

[OSUfan]

OSUfan: Georgetown +2.5

 

[The Big L]

The Big L: UNC-Wilmington +23

 

[mom8pop]

mom8pop: Georgetown +2.5

 

[Ski U Mah Gopher]

Ski U Mah Gopher throws a dart:

Ski U Mah Gopher: Austin Peay -4.5

 

[nemosgold]

nemosgold: Georgetown +2.5