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  • UNI Football Confidence Picks Game

    Would anyone like to play a game that uses confidence points for predictions of UNI’s football season? We played it last year and it was fun (more fun for some of us than others). Essentially, think of it as a UNI football season version of a confidence picks game for predicting the winners of bowl games.
    Here is how the Confidence Picks game works:
    1. Before the kickoff of the UNI/Montana game, pick whether UNI wins or loses in each of game.
    2. Assign confidence points for each pick (1 through 11 with 11 being the pick for which you are the most confident).
    3. Sit back and watch. Or change your confidence picks for games that haven’t started and confidence points that haven’t been used. If you make changes, do so with a reply post which I will check, not an edited post which I would probably never see.
    4. If your prediction for the game was correct, then you get the points. If your prediction was incorrect, then you lose the points. This gives us a big range of +66 to -66 points for the season.
    5. I will post standings after each weekend.
    If you are still interested, go on to the next post to see an example of how it works.

  • #2
    Example. Here is a set of confidence picks by a diehard Panther fan who thinks UNI will win every game! He has assigned confidence points in descending order (11 points for beating Montana, 10 Iowa, etc.) So, if they actually win nine games (losing only to SDSU and WIU), here is how the scoring would work:
    • Montana. UNI wins, so he earns 11 Confidence Points. +11.
    • Iowa. UNI wins, so he earns 10 Confidence Points. +21.
    • Hampton. UNI wins, so he earns 9 Confidence Points. +30.
    • Indiana State. UNI wins, so he earns 8 Confidence Points. +38.
    • North Dakota State. UNI wins, so he earns 7 Confidence Points. +45.
    • South Dakota. UNI wins, so he earns 6 Confidence Points. +51.
    • South Dakota State. UNI loses, so he loses 5 Confidence Points. +46.
    • Western Illinois. UNI loses, so he loses 4 Confidence Points. +42.
    • Illinois State. UNI wins, so he earns 3 Confidence Points. +45.
    • Youngstown State. UNI wins, so he earns 2 Confidence Points. +47.
    • Missouri State. UNI wins, so he earns 1 Confidence Point. +48.
    Last year final scores ranged from 12 to 46.

    Next, I will post my picks. If you wish, you can cut, paste, and edit for your picks.

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    • #3
      Here are my actual picks.
      • At Montana. Loss. 5 confidence points.
      • At Iowa. Loss. 2 confidence points.
      • Hampton. Win. 11 confidence points.
      • At Indiana State. Win. 6 confidence points.
      • North Dakota State. Loss. 8 confidence points.
      • At South Dakota. Loss. 4 confidence points.
      • South Dakota State. Win. 3 confidence points.
      • At Western Illinois. Win. 7 confidence points.
      • Illinois State. Win. 10 confidence points.
      • At Youngstown State. Win. 1 confidence points.
      • Missouri State. Win. 9 confidence points.
      Feel free to cut-and-paste-and-edit to make your picks.

      As the season draws closer, I will make a spreadsheet to track and display our picks (and to give current scores after each game).

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      • #4
        @Montana L- 2 points
        @Iowa L- 11 points
        Hampton W- 10 points
        @ Indiana State W- 8 points
        NDSU L- 4 points
        @ South Dakota W- 5 points
        SDSU W- 1 point
        @ Western Illinois W- 3 points
        Illinois State W- 7 points
        @ Youngstown State W- 6 points
        Missouri State W- 9 points
        #MACtion

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        • #5
          @Montana W - 4 points
          @Iowa L- 11 points
          Hampton W- 9 points
          @ Indiana State W- 8 points
          NDSU L- 7 points
          @ South Dakota W- 5 points
          SDSU W - 2 points
          @ Western Illinois W- 6 points
          Illinois State W- 1 points
          @ Youngstown State W- 3 points
          Missouri State W- 10 points

          Give us a yell, HO! The purple and the gold
          Victory for U-N-I!

          Find out what the other team wants to do, then take it away from them.
          - George Halas

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          • #6
            IN! Love this game, I was champ two years ago need to bring it back home

            At Montana: L, 3 points
            At Iowa: L, 11 points
            Hampton: W, 10 points
            At Indiana State: W, 6 points
            North Dakota State: L, 4 points
            At South Dakota: W, 5 points
            South Dakota State: L, 1 point
            At Western Illinois: W, 8 points
            Illinois State: W, 7 points
            AtYoungstown State: W, 2 points
            Missouri State: W, 9 points

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            • #7
              Originally posted by BCPanther View Post
              @Montana L- 2 points
              @Iowa L- 11 points
              Hampton W- 10 points
              @ Indiana State W- 8 points
              NDSU L- 4 points
              @ South Dakota W- 5 points
              SDSU W- 1 point
              @ Western Illinois W- 3 points
              Illinois State W- 7 points
              @ Youngstown State W- 6 points
              Missouri State W- 9 points

              BC, I'm keeping my eye on you. I don't want any of that tie-business this year.

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              • #8
                Originally posted by DomeIsHome View Post
                IN! Love this game, I was champ two years ago need to bring it back home

                Glad you enjoy it. I do too.

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                • #9
                  Bump for the weekend crowd.

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                  • #10
                    At Montana: W, 1 points
                    At Iowa: W, 2 points
                    Hampton: W, 10 points
                    At Indiana State: W, 8 points
                    North Dakota State: W, 4 points
                    At South Dakota: W, 6 points
                    South Dakota State: W, 3 point
                    At Western Illinois: W, 8 points
                    Illinois State: W, 7 points
                    AtYoungstown State: W, 5 points
                    Missouri State: W, 9 points

                    I always play these with all wins.

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                    • #11
                      At Montana - W, 4
                      At Iowa - L, 9
                      Hampton - W, 11
                      At Indiana State - W, 8
                      NDSU - W, 3
                      At South Dakota - W, 7
                      SDSU - W, 5
                      At Western Illinois - L, 1
                      Illinois State - W, 6
                      At Youngstown St - L, 2
                      Missouri State - W, 10
                      Winning is more fun than losing.

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                      • #12
                        Originally posted by sivert View Post
                        At Montana: W, 1 points
                        At Iowa: W, 2 points
                        Hampton: W, 10 points
                        At Indiana State: W, 8 points
                        North Dakota State: W, 4 points
                        At South Dakota: W, 6 points
                        South Dakota State: W, 3 point
                        At Western Illinois: W, 8 points
                        Illinois State: W, 7 points
                        AtYoungstown State: W, 5 points
                        Missouri State: W, 9 points

                        I always play these with all wins.

                        I hope you win!

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                        • #13
                          I was originally going to skip this and just wager on games like a normal member of society, but apparently no sites let you wager on FCS games. As it is, I'll give this another spin. I think I was mediocre last year, so time to separate myself from the pack (in one direction or another):

                          At Montana: L, 2 points
                          At Iowa: L, 1 points
                          Hampton: W, 11 points
                          At Indiana State: W, 10 points
                          North Dakota State: W, 3 points
                          At South Dakota: W, 6 points
                          South Dakota State: L, 4 point
                          At Western Illinois: W, 8 points
                          Illinois State: W, 5 points
                          At Youngstown State: W, 7 points
                          Missouri State: W, 9 points

                          For what it's worth, I genuinely feel that way about the confidence. I honestly think that the Iowa game is 50/50. I got a really good feeling that we're going to ruin their season this year.

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                          • #14
                            Originally posted by sevelev711 View Post
                            For what it's worth, I genuinely feel that way about the confidence. I honestly think that the Iowa game is 50/50. I got a really good feeling that we're going to ruin their season this year.
                            Fortunately for you, they will have betting on that game.

                            And, I really love your belief in the quality of our program. If that were to occur my nephew’s baptism the next day will have a few hungover and very happy uncles. That is if we don’t get arrested in Iowa City after a few celebratory beverages.

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                            • #15
                              @Montana L - 4 points
                              @Iowa L - 8 points
                              Hampton W- 10 points
                              @ Indiana State W - 6 points
                              NDSU W - 2 points
                              @ South Dakota L - 1 points
                              SDSU W - 5 points
                              @ Western Illinois W - 7 points
                              Illinois State W - 9 points
                              @ Youngstown State W - 3 points
                              Missouri State W- 11 points

                              I've got a good feeling about this team, better than I have in a while. I'm not picking winning every game again this year, gonna try to win this thing. Still it's hard to pick them to lose any game. Going with the usual slow start, the usual strong finish, and the let down and injury plagued loss after the big win over NDSU. Bringing the conference title back where it belongs, getting a first round bye and winning the next two at home. After that I'll have to wait and see what the rest of the playoffs look like to predict any further.

                              I wouldn't trade any of the wins I've picked for one over Iowa, but I sure would like to see it.

                              GO PANTHERS!

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