Its that time again..survival game is on! Note the rules changes

[Doc]

Elimination (or Survival) game: Each week you pick ONE SEC team to win. Its that simple. There are no points, no spreads. Just pick the winner. HOWEVER in the following weeks you can not re-use a team. So if you pick FL to win in week 1 then you can not use FL in week 2 or 3 or 4 or 5 etc. If you pick Alabama in week 2 you can not use FL or Bama in weeks 3 or 4 or 5 or 6. Note rule change 1- we will only be playing INTRACONFERENCE GAMES. Thus we wont start until week 3 due to a lack of games. If the team you pick loses then you get a strike. Three strikes and you are out of the game. This game requires you to play from week three (and if you miss a week you get an automatic strike) or take a strike. The last person standing wins. As we get later in the year I might modify the game a bit to get to a single overall winner but fear not, after about 8 weeks it gets hard and by week 10 I don't expect too many to be surviving. We may do a redux midway thru the year if we get lots of folks flunking out early. Rule change 2- since we are skipping weekd 1 and 2, we will be double playing weeks 6, 7 and 11. This also means EVERY TEAM WILL BE USED. If we have more than one person finish with less than 3 strikes we will use the bowls tie breaker as we have in the past.

So now is the time to ask question or suggest game modifications.

[Yeager49]

Elimination (or Survival) game: Each week you pick ONE SEC team to win. Its that simple. There are no points, no spreads. Just pick the winner. HOWEVER in the following weeks you can not re-use a team. So if you pick FL to win in week 1 then you can not use FL in week 2 or 3 or 4 or 5 etc. If you pick Alabama in week 2 you can not use FL or Bama in weeks 3 or 4 or 5 or 6. Note rule change 1- we will only be playing INTRACONFERENCE GAMES. Thus we wont start until week 3 due to a lack of games. If the team you pick loses then you get a strike. Three strikes and you are out of the game. This game requires you to play from week three (and if you miss a week you get an automatic strike) or take a strike. The last person standing wins. As we get later in the year I might modify the game a bit to get to a single overall winner but fear not, after about 8 weeks it gets hard and by week 10 I don't expect too many to be surviving. We may do a redux midway thru the year if we get lots of folks flunking out early. Rule change 2- since we are skipping weekd 1 and 2, we will be double playing weeks 6, 7 and 11. This also means EVERY TEAM WILL BE USED. If we have more than one person finish with less than 3 strikes we will use the bowls tie breaker as we have in the past.

So now is the time to ask question or suggest game modifications.

Doc,
This is confusing to me. I understand the SEC only concept, but, if we start week 3, is that week 1 in your e-mail? There are 13 weeks in the season and I assume you are finishing on Week 13 (Thanksgiving Weekend 11/25). Is this correct? Is so, does that mean the double-up weeks of the contest are 8,9 and 13 of the season, (Oct 21, Oct 28 and Nov 25) even though they are weeks 6,7 and 11 of the contest, or are the double-up weeks actually week 6,7 and 11 of the season (Oct 7, Oct 14 and Nov 11)?

[Doc]

We start week 3 (UK vs S. Carolina week).....which is the first week of the game. We will double play weeks 6,7 and 11 ( weeks UK plays MO, off and Vandy). Final week is week UK plays UL but that is not an eligible game (so dont have UK as your last unused team). It comes out to 14 games and there are 14 teams in the SEC. When I said cant use in week 2 or 3 etc I mean the weeks of the game. Basically once you use a team, you can not use it again

[Yeager49]

Thanks, Got it.

[Catfan73]

Just spitballin' here Doc, but how about a way to "buy back" into the game? My suggestion would be that once you get that third strike you can attempt to get one strike erased by picking several right the next week--3 or 4 or all of them or something. If successful you'd have to make an extra pick the next week to catch up with the remaining players. I love the game but once I'm out I always get a little envious of the ones still in the game.

[Yeager49]

If you are ready to accept picks, I will take LSU for week 1

[kingcat]

Just spitballin' here Doc, but how about a way to "buy back" into the game? My suggestion would be that once you get that third strike you can attempt to get one strike erased by picking several right the next week--3 or 4 or all of them or something. If successful you'd have to make an extra pick the next week to catch up with the remaining players. I love the game but once I'm out I always get a little envious of the ones still in the game.

I love the game the way Doc has it. Some survive...some don't

But since we're on the subject, maybe in a future contest we could assign points to each weeks games. One point for week one, two for week two and so on. That would enable folks to stay in the game

[Doc]

Week 1 of game (week 3 of season)

KY at USC
LSU at MSST
TN at FL

CF73 KY
Dar FL
Doc LSU
Flo LSU
J96 SC
KC LSU
MITH KY
TCF LSU
Yea LSU

[Doc]

If you get knocked out on strikes, there is no reason you cant continue to play. You just not title eligible

[UKFlounder]

LSU

[Darrell KSR]

Florida, for a change of pace!

[Catfan73]

Yikes just three games to pick from...What the hay...Kentucky!

[truecatsfan]

LSU

[kingcat]

LSU

[jareds96svt@hotmail.com]

SOUTH CAROLINA

[Catfan73]

Well at least one of us is about to get a strike! Lol

[MickintheHam]

Kentucky

[Doc]

I believe 6 strikes is a record.....

[Doc]

Week two games:

FL @ KY
AR @ aTm
AL @ VU
MSU @ GA
AU @ MO

CF73 KY, AR
Dar FL, AU
Doc LSU, AU
Flo LSU, AU
J96 SC
KC LSU, AU
MITH KY, AU
TCF LSU, AU
Yea LSU, GA

[Catfan73]

Week 2: Arkansas.

[Darrell KSR]

Auburn

[Yeager49]

Georgia

[kingcat]

Auburn

[MickintheHam]

Aubie

[Doc]

Something to consider now, as we get to the end, you want to be sure you have teams playing in eligible games. For example, don't save UK for the final week as UK vs UL isn't an eligible game. Fortunately there are 5 eligible games the final week (10 teams) but that means 4 team won't and if you have one of those teams as your only unused team, you are screwed. Keep that in mind.

I will say that NOBODY will make it all the way through. Won't happen once you try to get your year planned out. Between the double weeks and having to use every team, its a bitch! Of course that is the challenge.

[Catfan73]

I've tried to sit down and plot out everyone's schedule but something always comes up. Gotta quit winging it though obviously.

[Catfan73]

Was just looking at some schedules and discovered something I'd never really thought about before...that game UF and UGa play in Jacksonville every year counts as an away game for BOTH of them. For some reason I'd always just assumed they took turns with it as a home game but they each have 4 other home games. So they each actually only have 3 true away games on opponents' fields.

Edit....I take it all back. Looks like last year it was a home game for each of them.

[Catfan73]

Weekly schedules at a glance: http://www.secsports.com/article/17538190/sec-releases-2017-football-schedule

[Darrell KSR]

Something to consider now, as we get to the end, you want to be sure you have teams playing in eligible games. For example, don't save UK for the final week as UK vs UL isn't an eligible game. Fortunately there are 5 eligible games the final week (10 teams) but that means 4 team won't and if you have one of those teams as your only unused team, you are screwed. Keep that in mind.

I will say that NOBODY will make it all the way through. Won't happen once you try to get your year planned out. Between the double weeks and having to use every team, its a bitch! Of course that is the challenge.

I haven't planned anything yet. Guess I ought to start looking!

Last couple of years I plotted each and every week. Printed a spreadsheet of the games, made lists where I "knew" a team would win/lose, and used that confidently. I think I've been one of the first out both times. So this year I thought I'd just wing it week by week.

But even winging it, you're right, need to make sure you have eligible teams remaining. I'll take a look soon.

[truecatsfan]

Auburn

[Doc]

I haven't planned anything yet. Guess I ought to start looking!

Last couple of years I plotted each and every week. Printed a spreadsheet of the games, made lists where I "knew" a team would win/lose, and used that confidently. I think I've been one of the first out both times. So this year I thought I'd just wing it week by week.

But even winging it, you're right, need to make sure you have eligible teams remaining. I'll take a look soon.

I never plotted aout ahead until week 9 or 10 just to be sure I did have likely losers left the last weeek, like whoever was playing Bama, or a team on a bye week. I really like the use them all. However one glitch I did not address was the missed week. If you miss a week then you get a strike, however you didnt use a team, which gives you an advantage in the last week you have a choice of two teams whereas everybody else has one. So I think in fairness, on missed weeks the player gets a strike but still must pick one team for his used list

[UKFlounder]

Auburn

[Doc]

Week three games:

VU @ FL
GA @ TN
MSU @ AU
SC @ aTm
MS @ AL

CF73 KY, AR, aTm
Dar FL, AU, GA
Doc LSU, AU, aTm
Flo LSU, AU, AL
J96 SC, ##
KC LSU, AU, FL
MITH KY, AU, FL
TCF LSU, AU, aTm
Yea LSU, GA, FL

NEXT WEEK IS DOUBLE PLAY WEEK

[kingcat]

Florida

[UKFlounder]

Alabama

[Yeager49]

Florida

[MickintheHam]

FloRIDA

[Darrell KSR]

Gawja

[Catfan73]

Texas A&M

[truecatsfan]

Texas AM

[Yeager49]

Give me Auburn (vs. Ole Miss) and Kentucky (vs. Mizzou) on the first Double Play week, please

[Doc]

No strikes this week but several were sweating out the TX AM game

[Doc]

MO at KY
GA at VU
MS at AU
LSU at FL
ARK at SC
AL at aTm


CF73 KY, AR, aTm, AU, FL
Dar FL, AU, GA, KY, AL
Doc LSU, AU, aTm, KY, SC
Flo LSU, AU, AL, KY, AU
KC LSU, AU, FL, KY, AL
MITH KY, AU, FL, SC, LSU
TCF LSU, AU, aTm, KY, AU
Yea LSU, GA, FL, AU, KY

DOUBLE PLAY WEEK

[Darrell KSR]

Kentucky and Alabama, the best two teams in the SEC!

[MickintheHam]

USCjr
LSU

[UKFlounder]

KY
Auburn

[Catfan73]

Auburn & Florida

[truecatsfan]

Kentucky
Auburn

[kingcat]

I realize I had forgotten all about this but my wife has had surgery and my thoughts have been elsewhere.
my picks would have mirrored Darrells' however with UK and Bama, if you'd like to put an asterisk beside my picks.

Either way I'm fine with.

Donna is fine by the way, sporting her new knee

[Doc]

one strike dished out last week, although a couple people were sweating it out...

double play again in play

aTm at FL
SC at TN
Ark at AL
AU at LSU
VU at MS
MO at GA

CF73 KY, AR, aTm, AU, FL, AL, GA
Dar FL, AU, GA, KY, AL, SC, MS
Doc LSU, AU, aTm, KY, SC, GA, AL
Flo LSU, AU, AL, KY, AU, GA, MS
KC LSU, AU, FL, KY, AL, TN, GA
MITH KY, AU, FL, SC, LSU, VU, aTm
TCF LSU, AU, aTm, KY, AU, SC, GA
Yea LSU, GA, FL, AU, KY. AL, TN

DOUBLE PLAY WEEK

Also this marks the half way point. 1/2 of the teams will have been used.

[kingcat]

Tenn.
Ga.

[Catfan73]

I was going to pick UT and Vandy this week but the subsets of who I still have available and who I think might actually win are not meshing very well lol. Think I’ll just play it safe this week and hopefully live to see another day.

Alabama & Georgia.

[Darrell KSR]

SC and Ole Miss. Ugh.

[Yeager49]

Alabama and Tennessee (The dumpster fire gets temporarily righted and Butch gets a reprieve)

[MickintheHam]

VU
aTm

[UKFlounder]

GA
MS

[MickintheHam]

I was going to pick UT and Vandy this week but the subsets of who I still have available and who I think might actually win are not meshing very well lol. Think I’ll just play it safe this week and hopefully live to see another day.

Alabama & Georgia.

The good news is you have two sure things. You can rest easy.

[truecatsfan]

USC
Georiga

[Doc]

Got some red this week. Vandy and TN so far

[Doc]

going to be a tough week, limited options. Auburn not in play since everybody has used them. Ditto for Kentucky. Means only 6 options available.

KY at MSU
TN at AL
LSU at MS
AU at AR

#CF73 KY, AR, aTm, AU, FL, AL, GA
#Dar FL, AU, GA, KY, AL, SC, MS
Doc LSU, AU, aTm, KY, SC, GA, AL, MS
#Flo LSU, AU, AL, KY, AU, GA, MS
#KC LSU, AU, FL, KY, AL, TN, GA
#MITH KY, AU, FL, SC, LSU, VU, aTm
#TCF LSU, AU, aTm, KY, AU, SC, GA
#Yea LSU, GA, FL, AU, KY. AL, TN

[Catfan73]

Ugh. LSU.

[Darrell KSR]

Not happy with this.....Miss. State. Hope I get my first miss.

[Doc]

going to be a tough week, limited options. Auburn not in play since everybody has used them. Ditto for Kentucky. Means only 6 options available.

KY at MSU
TN at AL
LSU at MS
AU at AR

CF73 KY, AR, aTm, AU, FL, AL, GA, LSU
Dar FL, AU, GA, KY, AL, SC, MS, MSU
Doc LSU, AU, aTm, KY, SC, GA, AL, MS
Flo LSU, AU, AL, KY, AU, GA, MS, MSU
KC LSU, AU, FL, KY, AL, TN, GA. AL
MITH KY, AU, FL, SC, LSU, VU, aTm, AL
TCF LSU, AU, aTm, KY, AU, SC, GA, AL
Yea LSU, GA, FL, AU, KY. AL, TN, MSU

[UKFlounder]

MSU
AR

[Doc]

MSU
AR

This is single play week

[UKFlounder]

My bad.
MSU alone then

[Yeager49]

MSU (I hope that is strike 3, though)

[truecatsfan]

Alabama

[MickintheHam]

Ala

[kingcat]

Bama

[Doc]

Single play week so pick one. Be sure its an avaible team.

TN at KY
AR at MS
GA at FL
VU at SC
MSU at aTm

CF73 KY, AR, aTm, AU, FL, AL, GA, LSU, SC
Dar FL, AU, GA, KY, AL, SC, MS, MSU, aTm
Doc LSU, AU, aTm, KY, SC, GA, AL, MS, MSU
Flo LSU, AU, AL, KY, AU, GA, MS, MSU, aTm
KC LSU, AU, FL, KY, AL, TN, GA. AL, SC
MITH KY, AU, FL, SC, LSU, VU, aTm, AL, AR
TCF LSU, AU, aTm, KY, AU, SC, GA, AL, AR
Yea LSU, GA, FL, AU, KY. AL, TN, MSU, AR

[kingcat]

SC

[Darrell KSR]

A&M

[UKFlounder]

aTm

[Catfan73]

SC

[Yeager49]

ARKANSAS

[Darrell KSR]

Doc, I pinned the standings of Field Goal Frenzy and Stupid Underdog Picks in separate threads (just the standings, not the game)--and then I initially pinned this thread, too, but I'm not sure if that wouldn't confuse the matter.

Do you want this thread pinned, or do you want it to float?

[MickintheHam]

Arkansas

[truecatsfan]

Arkansas

[Yeager49]

Doc, I'm gonna be traveling this week and might not get to post, so give me Missouri over Florida for Nov. 3rd, please.

[Doc]

This weeks slate is

MS at KY
FL at MO
AU at aTm
SC at GA
LSU at AL

CF73 KY, AR, aTm, AU, FL, AL, GA, LSU, SC. MO
Dar FL, AU, GA, KY, AL, SC, MS, MSU, aTm. MO
Doc LSU, AU, aTm, KY, SC, GA, AL, MS, MSU. FL
Flo LSU, AU, AL, KY, AU, GA, MS, MSU, aTm. FL
KC LSU, AU, FL, KY, AL, TN, GA. AL, SC, FL
MITH KY, AU, FL, SC, LSU, VU, aTm, AL, AR, MO
TCF LSU, AU, aTm, KY, AU, SC, GA, AL, AR, FL
Yea LSU, GA, FL, AU, KY. AL, TN, MSU, AR, MO

[Darrell KSR]

MO

[UKFlounder]

FL

[Catfan73]

Missouri

[kingcat]

Florida

[MickintheHam]

MO

[truecatsfan]

Florida

[Catfan73]

Looks like if Florida wins, me and Yeager are done but if Missouri wins, sayonara Doc, Flounder, and Kingcat. Tough game.

[Doc]

Looks like if Florida wins, me and Yeager are done but if Missouri wins, sayonara Doc, Flounder, and Kingcat. Tough game.

Definately thinning the herd this week

[Doc]

Looks like if Florida wins, me and Yeager are done but if Missouri wins, sayonara Doc, Flounder, and Kingcat. Tough game.

Kingcat, flounder and myself are out. I'll update tomorrow. And this week is a double pick weekend

[Catfan73]

So I have to pick two from Tennessee (Missouri), Miss. State (Bama), and Vandy (UK)? Great. They all three look like losers. Well you never know with UK.

Give me UT and Vandy.

[Yeager49]

This is single pick weekend, though...right. November 18 is double pick?

If it is single pick, give me South Carolina only
If it is double pick, give me South Carolina and Vanderbilt

[Doc]

Pick 2 of

KY at Vandy
FL at SC
Ar at LSU
GA at Auburn
AL at MSU
TN at MO


CF73 KY, AR, aTm, AU, FL, AL, GA, LSU, SC. MO, TN, VU-- (MSU, MS)
Dar FL, AU, GA, KY, AL, SC, MS, MSU, aTm. MO...(AR, LSU, TN, VU), LSU, VU
Doc LSU, AU, aTm, KY, SC, GA, AL, MS, MSU. FL
Flo LSU, AU, AL, KY, AU, GA, MS, MSU, aTm. FL
KC LSU, AU, FL, KY, AL, TN, GA. AL, SC, FL
MITH KY, AU, FL, SC, LSU, VU, aTm, AL, AR, MO, GA, TN..(MS, MSU)
TCF LSU, AU, aTm, KY, AU, SC, GA, AL, AR, FL, VU, MO, MSU..(MS, TN)
Yea LSU, GA, FL, AU, KY. AL, TN, MSU, AR, MO, SC, VU...(MS, aTm)

[Doc]

This is single pick weekend, though...right. November 18 is double pick?

If it is single pick, give me South Carolina only
If it is double pick, give me South Carolina and Vanderbilt

No, this is double week. Have 6 games to choose from where as next week only has 5 (I picked the weeks with the most intraconference games)

[Doc]

'Truecatfan used Auburn twice (week 2 and the first week of double play). I failed to note, nor did anybody else. Means he has to PICK THREE this week.... sorry that's the penalty and I'm going Roger Godell

your teams in play are
MS ST, MS, MO, TN and Vandy

[truecatsfan]

I should be out then Doc, never even noticed.

[Doc]

I should be out then Doc, never even noticed.

Nah, its a game...just triple pick this week. It will be tough since one is 2 teams against.each other.and one.plays bama.

PS..I didnt notice either until I was figuring out what teams people bad keft and you had 5. Had to go back and be sure I didnt screw up

[truecatsfan]

Vandy
Mo
Miss. St.

[MickintheHam]

Jarja
Tennessee

[Darrell KSR]

LSU
Vandy (hope--and think--I will miss this one.)

[Catfan73]

Welp I’m done. Good game!

[Doc]

Everybody might be out, who knows.

[Yeager49]

I think Darrell hung in there with 2 and everybody else has at least 3.

[Yeager49]

What about calling Darrell the winner but lets play it out the last two weeks to get everybody's final tally???

[Doc]

CF73 KY, AR, aTm, AU, FL, AL, GA, LSU, SC. MO, TN, VU-- (MSU, MS)
Dar FL, AU, GA, KY, AL, SC, MS, MSU, aTm. MO, LSU, vu...(AR, TN)
MITH KY, AU, FL, SC, LSU, VU, aTm, AL, AR, MO, GA, TN..(MS, MSU)
TCF LSU, AU, aTm, KY, AU, SC, GA, AL, AR, FL, VU, MO, MSU..(MS, TN)
Yea LSU, GA, FL, AU, KY. AL, TN, MSU, AR, MO, SC, VU...(MS, aTm)

I can't red text but everybody struck out except Darrell. All have 3 strike except D who just has 2 so congrats

[Doc]

What about calling Darrell the winner but lets play it out the last two weeks to get everybody's final tally???

No problem doing that.

[Darrell KSR]

Sweet! I've never won this before.

I suspect I'll lose the rest of the way, too.

[Catfan73]

:unworthy:

[Doc]

Ive a few changes for next year as the game evolves. Will allow player to choose what weeks they double play rather than me determine, and play from the week that the first intraconference game even if its just one game.

[Yeager49]

If we're gonna keep playing, give me TA&M this week and Ole Miss in the last week..

Thanks again for doing this, Doc.

Congrats Darrell

[Doc]

#CF73 KY, AR, aTm, AU, FL, AL, GA, LSU, SC. MO, TN, VU-- (MSU, MS)
#Dar FL, AU, GA, KY, AL, SC, MS, MSU, aTm. MO, LSU, vu...(AR, TN)
#MITH KY, AU, FL, SC, LSU, VU, aTm, AL, AR, MO, GA, TN..(MS, MSU)
#TCF LSU, AU, aTm, KY, AU, SC, GA, AL, AR, FL, VU, MO, MSU..(MS, TN)
Yea LSU, GA, FL, AU, KY. AL, TN, MSU, AR, MO, SC, VU, aTm, MS

[Catfan73]

Ole Miss then Miss. St. in the Egg Bowl.

[MickintheHam]

Mississippi

[Darrell KSR]

I"m returning to earth quickly the last two weeks! Guaranteed two straight losses.

I'll take.....

Arkansas this week
Tennessee next week