ROTB Survival Pick'em League
by Andrew602 on Sep 12, 2009 8:43 PM MDT
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PrintOne more bump: With the remainder of week one's games vastly approaching, I wanted to give anybody else who hasn't picked a team a chance to join. Submit your pick before kick off if you want to qualify, otherwise you'll have to wait till next week. This is the last bump and next week we start getting back on schedule with these segments being posted on Tuesdays. Thanks guys.
If you haven't seen already RotB already has a Pick'em League which just finished its preseason run. Another segment we'd like to start for the regular season is a Survival Pick'em League. If you're not familiar with it, it can actually be quite fun yet challenging. The rules of the league are simple:
- You pick ONE team to win each week. You don't pick every game, just one team that will win each week out of one game. If you pick a team and they fail to win, you are eliminated, with no chance to join again (it's a thrill-ride I know).
- Another determining factor in the survival pick em league is that you cannot select a team more then once in the season. Therefore, you cannot ride out the Patriots hoping they go undefeated again.
- The guidelines aren't as strict...the winner of the league needs to have the longest stretch of games picked correct. You can start your picks late, depending on a favorable match up that starts later, but be careful you don't start too late or end too early, or somebody could pass your stretch.
- So if Bezekira picks week 1 through week 11 correct, then Bezekira has lasted through 64% of the season. If Hawk doesn't start till week 3, then picks through week 17 correct, he lasted %88 of the season, and Hawk would win. You cannot skip a week once you start the streak, and if you do, then you are eliminated.
- The process is simple, post your ONE pick every week, starting on Tuesday's. I'll check your post the following the week, posting who's still alive. The only deadline is to submit your pick, before that game's opening kick off time.
| Thursday, SEP 10 | Time(ET) | Favorite |
| Tennessee at Pittsburgh | 8:30 PM | Pittsburgh |
| Sunday, SEP 13 | Time(ET) | Favorite |
| Miami at Atlanta | 1:00 PM | Atlanta |
| Denver at Cincinnati | 1:00 PM | Cincinnati |
| Minnesota at Cleveland | 1:00 PM | Minnesota |
| Jacksonville at Indianapolis | 1:00 PM | Indianapolis |
| Detroit at New Orleans | 1:00 PM | New Orleans |
| Dallas at Tampa Bay | 1:00 PM | Dallas |
| Philadelphia at Carolina | 1:00 PM | Carolina |
| Kansas City at Baltimore | 1:00 PM | Baltimore |
| NY Jets at Houston | 1:00 PM | Houston |
| Washington at NY Giants | 4:15 PM | Giants |
| San Francisco at Arizona | 4:15 PM | Arizona |
| St. Louis at Seattle | 4:15 PM | Seattle |
| Chicago at Green Bay | 8:20 PM | Green Bay |
| Monday, SEP 14 | Time(ET) | Favorite |
| Buffalo at New England | 7:00 PM | New England |
| San Diego at Oakland | 10:15 PM | San Diego |
I'm posting this now just to give everybody a head start. It should be an interesting year, and hopefully we will see some impressive streaks. The prize will be some Cardinals merchandise, located at my nearest mall (I'll make the prizes useful/interesting). If you're unsure about how the league works or have any questions, make sure you ask me before it's too late.
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New England
I may as well get the wife’s team out of the way in Week 1.
We all leave footprints in the sands of time, just watch out for the discarded fish hooks!
Im going with you on this one Hawk
New England. LOCK
Hey, hey, hey hey hey, watch the language, ok? I have a family.
Revenge of the Birds
K I'm updating mine
Didn’t notice the San Diego and Oakland game, I’ll take the Chargers.
Hey, hey, hey hey hey, watch the language, ok? I have a family.
Revenge of the Birds
We all can't pick the Pats can we?
Lock.
Life's too short. Be a fan. Orlando Magic, Arizona Cardinals,Tampa Bay Rays and of course "the U"! What a winning combo.
by hevchv on Sep 6, 2009 3:40 PM MDT via mobile reply actions
If you want to.
Looks like a lock this week, along with New Orleans.
Hey, hey, hey hey hey, watch the language, ok? I have a family.
Revenge of the Birds
Probably wont last long
I will take Baltimore
AYFK
by Desert_Bird_Watcher on Sep 6, 2009 11:02 PM MDT reply actions
The hawks
Seahawks – may it be their only win of the year!
Welcome to RotB.
Life's too short. Be a fan. Orlando Magic, Arizona Cardinals,Tampa Bay Rays and of course "the U"! What a winning combo.
Cardinals!
They have to play better than the pre-season…don’t they??
"There are preachermen on TV in a suit and a tie, they tell you to send your money to the Lord, but they give you their address" Hank Williams Jr.
SD
cant possibly lose against the Raiders right?
1st time playing this as well as the pick em'
These pools usually are decided by picking against the worst teams rather than picking the better ones.
I’ll go with New Orleans to crush Detroit
by Cuckoo for Coco Puffs on Sep 7, 2009 6:13 PM MDT reply actions
I'll wait till later on the in year to burn a good team
HOUSTON
Be careful....to a hammer, everything looks like a nail.
oh that's juicy
Might be a great pick if Denver still doesn’t have Grossman. I’ve got Palmer in a fantasy league so I’ll be rooting for them.
Be careful....to a hammer, everything looks like a nail.
while I’ve never done this, I’m trying to think about taking questionable teams and saving the good teams.
Grossman?
San Diego
Which of course in German means A Whale’s Vagina
Section 135, Row 35
by AJ BirdWatcher on Sep 9, 2009 2:58 PM MDT reply actions 1 recs
Seattle
But I’d like to clarify that I think the Supersonics could come back from the dead and beat the Rams.
Minnesota
First time playing in a survivor league, but I think I’m just going to go ahead and ride whoever’s facing the Browns for the entire year. >_>
Lets Go With The New Orleans Saints
Brees is gonna put up close to 500 yards passing in this one!
Good pick
What other week would you feel comfortable picking them right?
Section 135, Row 35
by AJ BirdWatcher on Sep 12, 2009 12:23 PM MDT up reply actions
My thoughts
Exactly.
It’s easy to pick NE in week one. I’d rather pick them when I’m out of slacker teams :p
by SenSurround on Sep 14, 2009 11:54 AM MDT up reply actions
Good Luck and Let's go Cards!!!
But I’ll go with New England in week 1….Easy
Week 1
Seattle Seahawks
My dream is buried in the second page of a forum...
Oh well, I'll soon get over it... And try to fulfill it by myself...
Can I pick the Monday night game???
If so I want Whales Vagina I mean San Diego…
Who would win in a fight, Whisenhunt or a Hurricane?
Hold on, hold on, what if the Hurricanes name was Whisenhunt?
Daaaaaaaaaa Cards, Da Cards Da Cards Da Cards Da Cards!!!
As long as you're picking a game before it's kick-off you're fine.
We all leave footprints in the sands of time, just watch out for the discarded fish hooks!
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