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| CJ | Sep 18 2012, 01:45 AM Post #31 |
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Let's bring this back, with more Twenty20 cricket . Tomorrow (19th September), two matches will be played in the ICC World Twenty20. They are: India v Afghanistan ![]() Australia v Ireland *Try to predict the winner of each match, as well as the top scorer. The prize structure is the same as in PL's previous round on Twenty20. Here's a link to a list of all of the players from each squad: http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/cricket/18872163 Here are my predictions: Match 1: India wins, with Virender Sehwag top scorerMatch 2: Australia wins, with Shane Watson top scorerGood luck! *I'm aware that the 'Ireland' team represents both Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland, and so uses a different flag, but I don't have that on here, so I have to stick with the flag of the Republic of Ireland. |
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| Pyrite | Sep 18 2012, 01:15 PM Post #32 |
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Match 1: India win, with Virat Kholi top scoring.Match 2: Ireland win, with Kevin O'Brien top scoring.I'm going for a shock result in match 2. |
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| CJ | Sep 20 2012, 11:41 AM Post #33 |
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The results were: Match 1: India won, with Virat Kohli top scorerMatch 2: Australia won, with Shane Watson top scorerGrrr....I came annoyingly close to getting the first Yellow Ribbon of this contest! Oh, well. |
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| Pyrite | Sep 20 2012, 12:26 PM Post #34 |
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We could have tag teamed and got the ribbon as a joint award .That's about as close as anyone's come (except maybe the first football round). |
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| Hedgehog121 | Sep 20 2012, 11:24 PM Post #35 |
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COLLEGE FOOTBALL Okay so here's a real challenge for those of you who don't follow football. I have 6 college football match-ups for you to predict. All you have to do is predict the winner and you get it right. ![]() If you guess all the outcomes right you will be awarded 100 posts and a ribbon. If you guess the most right (over everyone else) you will be awarded 75 posts. If someone guesses them all right, the person with the next best predictions will be awarded 50 posts. The games are: Florida Atlantic Owls v. Alabama Crimson Tide (1)FAU V. ALABAMA ESPN Michigan Wolverines (18) v. Notre Dame Fighting Irish (11)MICHIGAN V. ND ESPN Clemson Tigers (10) v. Florida State Seminoles (4)CLEMSON V. FSU ESPN Missouri Tigers v. South Carolina Gamecocks (7)MSU V. SC ESPN Kansas State Wildcats (15) v. Oklahoma Sooners (6)KSU V. OKLAHOMA ESPN LSU [Fighting] Tigers (2) v. Auburn Tigers LSU V. AUB ESPN My predictions are: Florida Atlantic Owls v. Alabama Crimson Tide (1) Michigan Wolverines (18) v. Notre Dame Fighting Irish (11) Clemson Tigers (10) v. Florida State Seminoles (4) Missouri Tigers v. South Carolina Gamecocks (7) (Upset) Kansas State Wildcats (15) v. Oklahoma Sooners (6) LSU [Fighting] Tigers (2) v. Auburn Tigers If you don't know, my favorite team is LSU. So hopefully they win.
Edited by Hedgehog121, Sep 21 2012, 12:07 AM.
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| CJ | Sep 20 2012, 11:31 PM Post #36 |
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My predictions: Alabama wins against FAU Michigan wins against Notre Dame Clemson wins against Florida State South Carolina wins against Missouri Oklahoma wins against Kansas State LSU wins against Auburn I had to include a couple of upsets - just going with the highest-ranked game in each case would be boring
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| Pyrite | Sep 20 2012, 11:47 PM Post #37 |
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Florida Atlantic Owls v. Alabama Crimson Tide (1) Michigan Wolverines (18) v. Notre Dame Fighting Irish (11) Clemson Tigers (10) v. Florida State Seminoles (4) Missouri Tigers v. South Carolina Gamecocks (7) Kansas State Wildcats (15) v. Oklahoma Sooners (6) LSU [Fighting] Tigers (2) v. Auburn Tigers Since I have no knowledge of this sport whatsoever, I've just gone with the lowest ranked team in every match .
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| Hedgehog121 | Sep 21 2012, 12:03 AM Post #38 |
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I like Dani's way of showing predictions, editing my post now. |
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| Eric | Sep 21 2012, 01:03 AM Post #39 |
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Florida Atlantic Owls v. Alabama Crimson Tide (1) Michigan Wolverines (18) v. Notre Dame Fighting Irish (11) Clemson Tigers (10) v. Florida State Seminoles (4) Missouri Tigers v. South Carolina Gamecocks (7) Kansas State Wildcats (15) v. Oklahoma Sooners (6) LSU [Fighting] Tigers (2) v. Auburn Tigers |
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| Hedgehog121 | Sep 21 2012, 01:18 AM Post #40 |
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You guys are all choosing Clemson over FSU. o-o FSU has the #1 defence in the country. XD |
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| Eric | Sep 21 2012, 01:24 AM Post #41 |
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I chose it because I only had 1 other prediction that went against the rankings.
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| CJ | Sep 21 2012, 01:52 AM Post #42 |
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Well, we'll have to see how that works out for us XD |
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| Hedgehog121 | Sep 21 2012, 02:03 AM Post #43 |
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It's gonna be some good games. Maybe you guys should watch it. ![]() I think ESPN has live coverage of some of their games. |
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| CJ | Sep 21 2012, 09:37 PM Post #44 |
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If it's available in the UK, I might watch some of it. |
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| Hedgehog121 | Sep 22 2012, 07:40 PM Post #45 |
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Missouri at South Carolina now starting on CBS and CBSsports.com Final results: Florida Atlantic Owls v. Alabama Crimson Tide (1) --- [40-7] Michigan Wolverines (18) v. Notre Dame Fighting Irish (11) --- [13-6] Clemson Tigers (10) v. Florida State Seminoles (4) --- [49-37] Missouri Tigers v. South Carolina Gamecocks (7) --- [31-10] Kansas State Wildcats (15) v. Oklahoma Sooners (6) --- [24-19] (Upset) LSU [Fighting] Tigers (2) v. Auburn Tigers --- [12-10] Final tallies: Katie: 4 out of 6 predicted correctly (1st place) CJ: 3 out of 6 predicted correctly (2nd place) Eric: 3 out of 6 predicted correctly (2nd place) Daniel: 1 out of 6 predicted correctly (3rd place) No one predicted them all correctly so 1st place (Katie/Kit Kat) shall be awarded with 75 posts.
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| CJ | Sep 23 2012, 11:56 AM Post #46 |
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Congrats - 75 posts awarded .You also win the right to host the next round, if you want to. |
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| Pyrite | Sep 23 2012, 12:21 PM Post #47 |
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Congratulations. I'm surprised I got 1 result correct .
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| CJ | Sep 23 2012, 12:24 PM Post #48 |
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Well, you predicted upsets for all of them, and I think it was always very likely that there would have been at least one upset .
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| Hedgehog121 | Sep 23 2012, 03:26 PM Post #49 |
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Someone else can do it.
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| CJ | Sep 27 2012, 04:30 PM Post #50 |
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The Ryder Cup matches will be played over the next three days. For anybody who's as clueless about golf as I am, it's between a European team and a US team. There are 28 matches in total, with each match worth one point (so, 28 points are available in total). A score of 14½ or greater is required to win the Cup; if it finishes 14-14, the defending champion (in this case, Europe) retains the Cup. Simply guess what the final score will be. The prizes will be awarded as follows: 5 posts - within 3 points of actual score 10 posts - within 2 points of actual score 15 posts - within 1 point of actual score 25 posts - within ½ point of actual score 50 posts - Exact score Yellow Ribbon - Being the first person to predict the exact score correctly. (So, you can copy someone else's guess if you want, but doing so puts you out of contention for a ribbon).Also, I'm going to close this round when the first match starts. No point in "postdicting" instead of predicting; we can all do that If it helps, here are the team profiles: Team Europe | Team USA Here's my prediction (which is based on no knowledge of golf whatsoever): 16½ - 11½
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| Pyrite | Sep 27 2012, 04:33 PM Post #51 |
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My prediction: 14 - 14
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| CJ | Sep 30 2012, 10:35 PM Post #52 |
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The final score was as follows: 14½-13½ ![]() Quite an amazing comeback for Europe, who were 10-6 down at one point! It also means that Daniel came closest, so he gets to host the next round if he wants. Nobody won the ribbon on this occasion, though. Better luck next time! |
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| CJ | Oct 11 2012, 02:38 PM Post #53 |
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Let's have a tennis round now, since we haven't had one of those yet. The quarter-finals of the Shanghai Rolex Masters men's singles will be as follows (seeded plays are indicated): Roger Federer (1) vs. Marin Čilić (10) Andy Murray (3) vs. Radek Štěpánek Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (5) vs. Tomáš Berdych (4) Tommy Haas vs. Novak Djokovic (2)But, what about the Yellow Ribbon? Well, each match is the best of 3 sets, so I'd like you to predict whether each one will be won in straight sets, or will go to the full three sets. If you get at least three of these predictions right (plus all four of the main predictions), you win the ribbon. My predictions: Match 1: Federer in straight sets.Match 2: Murray in straight sets.Match 3: Tsonga in three sets.Match 4: Djokovic in straight sets.
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| Pyrite | Oct 11 2012, 02:55 PM Post #54 |
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Match 1: Federer in straight sets.Match 2: Murray in straight sets.Match 3: Berdych in three sets.Match 4: Haas in three sets.Pretty tough to choose between Berdych and Tsonga (and the last one, though the fact that I could back "Somebody" to win made it easier to choose ).
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| CJ | Oct 11 2012, 05:53 PM Post #55 |
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And now that you've said that, Haas has won . I've edited my post to reflect this. |
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| Pyrite | Oct 11 2012, 06:03 PM Post #56 |
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Well, that's one wrong prediction already .
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| CJ | Oct 11 2012, 06:05 PM Post #57 |
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Well, fortunately, it doesn't count towards the contest .
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| CJ | Oct 12 2012, 10:38 PM Post #58 |
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Here are the results: Match 1: Federer in straight setsMatch 2: Murray in three setsMatch 3: Berdych in straight setsMatch 4: Djokovic in straight sets. Each of us got three outcomes right; I got two bonuses, while Daniel got one. I guess this means I get to do the next one . Slightly short notice, but it's Formula 1 again - this time, the Korean Grand Prix. The rules and prize structure are the same as for the opening post. My prediction is as follows: 1st place: Lewis Hamilton2nd place: Sebastian Vettel3rd place: Jenson Button
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| Pyrite | Oct 12 2012, 10:49 PM Post #59 |
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1st Place: Sebastian Vettel2nd Place: Fernando Alonso3rd Place: Jenson Button
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| CJ | Oct 12 2012, 10:51 PM Post #60 |
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What of Hamilton? Will he qualify poorly and get Grosjean'd? Or survive the start, only to get Maldonado'd ?
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India v Afghanistan 
Australia v Ireland
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COLLEGE FOOTBALL 
Florida Atlantic Owls v.
Alabama Crimson Tide (1)
Michigan Wolverines (18) v.
Notre Dame Fighting Irish (11)
Clemson Tigers (10) v.
Florida State Seminoles (4)
Missouri Tigers v.
South Carolina Gamecocks (7)
Kansas State Wildcats (15) v.
Oklahoma Sooners (6)
LSU [Fighting] Tigers (2) v.
Auburn Tigers


Yellow Ribbon - Being the first person to predict the exact score correctly. (So, you can copy someone else's guess if you want, but doing so puts you out of contention for a ribbon).
16½ - 11½
Roger Federer (1) vs.
Marin Čilić (10)
Andy Murray (3) vs.
Radek Štěpánek
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (5) vs.
Tommy Haas vs.
Novak Djokovic (2)
Fernando Alonso
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