Confidence Picks Game for Fall 2021

[UNIdad]

Anybody want to make any switches to your picks during the "bye break?" You can change your choices of Wins or Losses, as well as your assignment of Confidence Points (just make sure that you are usually all and only your remaining confidence point options).

[clenz]

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

• Game 1. At Iowa State. Loss. 11 confidence points.
• Game 2. At Sacramento State. Win. 7 confidence points.
• Game 3. St. Thomas. Win. 6 confidence points.
• Game 4. Youngstown State. Win. 2 confidence points.
• Game 5. At North Dakota State. Loss. 10 confidence points.
• Game 6. South Dakota. Loss. 1 confidence points.
• Game 7. At South Dakota State. Loss. 9 confidence points.
• Game 8. Southern Illinois. Loss. 8 confidence points.
• Game 9. At Illinois State. Loss. 3 confidence points.
• Game 10. At Missouri State. Loss. 4 confidence points.
• Game 11. Western Illinois. Win. 5 confidence points.

Sorry, but I think this is going to be a frustrating year for the Panthers.

Enjoy this coming week eveyone.

Apparently we have 6 straight losses coming and will finish 10th place in the Valley with the worst conference record UNI has ever had.

[UNIdad]

hamalot takes the lead with 38 points, followed closely by Down and AFan with 37 and panthergirl with 36. Going for 9 points against Y-town was a good play (and me going for 2 was indeed very dumb).

Points	UNIdad	BCPanther	OnMcleod9	DownGoesKansas	95UNIGRAD	FOTY	DomeIsHome	UNI4Life	Purple member	achrist70	hamalot	iron panther	panthergirl123	A Fan in Lean Years
Iowa State	11	8	10	11	11	11	-1	11	11	9	10	11	11	11
at Sac State	7	6	-3	7	-3	-5	-3	5	8	8	8	1	8	7
St. Thomas	9	11	11	10	10	10	11	10	10	10	11	9	10	10
Youngstown	2	9	7	9	4	4	8	7	4	7	9	5	7	9
	29	34	25	37	22	20	15	33	33	34	38	26	36	37

[hamalot]

I will gladly concede a few points this week for a panther win

[clenz]

It's the week that the fun stops. 6 straight losses are incoming.

[UNIdad]

I will be delighted to come in last in the game this year! Indeed, the team has been doing better than I expected, so I might make a few changes based on what I have been seeing. Go Panthers. I'm cheering for a 7+ game winning streak!

[sivert]

You know, I usually do this every year and choose UNI FTW in every game. This year I didn't bother... I'm going to pretend I did with a 1 pt error in Ames.

[UNIdad]

You know, I usually do this every year and choose UNI FTW in every game. This year I didn't bother... I'm going to pretend I did with a 1 pt error in Ames.

If you want to give me a set of confidence points picks, I will add them to the spreadsheet. Just "be honest" and try to do it like you would have pre-season. We will have a separate "optimist" league!

[UNIdad]

DownGoesKansas and AFan jump out to an imposing lead this week with 45 points. Followed a ways back by hamalot with 40 and yours truly, achrist, and panthergirl with 39, and purple with 38.

	UNIdad	BCPanther	OnMcleod9	DownGoesKansas	95UNIGRAD	FOTY	DomeIsHome	UNI4Life	Purple member	achrist70	hamalot	iron panther	panthergirl123	A Fan in Lean Years
Iowa State	11	8	10	11	11	11	-1	11	11	9	10	11	11	11
at Sac State	7	6	-3	7	-3	-5	-3	5	8	8	8	1	8	7
St. Thomas	9	11	11	10	10	10	11	10	10	10	11	9	10	10
Youngstown	2	9	7	9	4	4	8	7	4	7	9	5	7	9
at NDSU	10	-1	2	8	8	9	4	1	5	5	2	10	3	8
	39	33	27	45	30	29	19	34	38	39	40	36	39	45

I'm seriously thinking about changed some of my picks and/or points. Our guys looked much better this week than I expected. It's nice to be wrong. Not as nice as if we had won, but better than I expected to be feeling after a game at the home of the Bicen.

[UNIdad]

The contest tightened up a bit this week. DGK is still in the lead with 44. AFILY is close with 43. Yours truly pulled up (or more accurately, didn't drop) with 40. And these three will stay in relative position as they all made the same picks for SDSU.

	UNIdad	BCPanther	OnMcleod9	DownGK	95UNIGRAD	FOTY	DomeIsHome	UNI4Life	Purple member	achrist70	hamalot	iron panther	panthergirl123	A Fan ILY
Iowa State	11	8	10	11	11	11	-1	11	11	9	10	11	11	11
at Sac State	7	6	-3	7	-3	-5	-3	5	8	8	8	1	8	7
St. Thomas	9	11	11	10	10	10	11	10	10	10	11	9	10	10
Youngstown	2	9	7	9	4	4	8	7	4	7	9	5	7	9
at NDSU	10	-1	2	8	8	9	4	1	5	5	2	10	3	8
South Dakota	1	-7	-8	-1	-6	-1	-10	-3	-7	-4	-5	-7	-5	-2
	40	26	19	44	24	28	9	31	31	35	35	29	34	43

[UNIdad]

The news from this week is the subtle emergence of achrist70 in the top 3 by zigging for a win while most of us were zagging for a loss. DGK remains in the lead with 38, AFILY with 37, and achrist70 with 36.
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	UNIdad	BCPanther	OnMcleod9	DownGoesKansas	95UNIGRAD	FOTY	DomeIsHome	UNI4Life	Purple member	achrist70	hamalot	iron panther	panthergirl123	A Fan in Lean Years
Iowa State	11	8	10	11	11	11	-1	11	11	9	10	11	11	11
at Sac State	7	6	-3	7	-3	-5	-3	5	8	8	8	1	8	7
St. Thomas	9	11	11	10	10	10	11	10	10	10	11	9	10	10
Youngstown	2	9	7	9	4	4	8	7	4	7	9	5	7	9
at NDSU	10	-1	2	8	8	9	4	1	5	5	2	10	3	8
South Dakota	1	-7	-8	-1	-6	-1	-10	-3	-7	-4	-5	-7	-5	-2
at SDSU	-6	2	-4	-6	-7	-7	-2	-8	-6	1	-4	-3	-2	-6
	34	28	15	38	17	21	7	23	25	36	31	26	32	37

[UNIdad]

Top 3 remain the same, albeit with separation from much of the crowd. DGK 42, AFILY 40, achrist 39.

	UNIdad	BCPanther	OnMcleod9	DownGoes Kansas	95UNIGRAD	FOTY	DomeIs Home	UNI4Life	Purple member	achrist70	hamalot	iron panther	panthergirl123	A Fan in Lean Years
Iowa State	11	8	10	11	11	11	-1	11	11	9	10	11	11	11
at Sac State	7	6	-3	7	-3	-5	-3	5	8	8	8	1	8	7
St. Thomas	9	11	11	10	10	10	11	10	10	10	11	9	10	10
Youngstown	2	9	7	9	4	4	8	7	4	7	9	5	7	9
at NDSU	10	-1	2	8	8	9	4	1	5	5	2	10	3	8
South Dakota	1	-7	-8	-1	-6	-1	-10	-3	-7	-4	-5	-7	-5	-2
at SDSU	-6	2	-4	-6	-7	-7	-2	-8	-6	1	-4	-3	-2	-6
S. Illinois	-8	4	6	4	5	-2	-5	6	2	3	3	6	4	3
	26	32	21	42	22	19	2	29	27	39	34	32	36	40

[UNIdad]

DGK (39), AFILY (36), and achrist (33) lost points but still seem to be firm in their top positions. Quite a bit of shuffling underneath them. Iron and Panthergirl tied for 4th with 30. BC and yours truly in striking distance (of 3rd place) with 29. Ham, 4Life, and FOTY hanging around with 28, 27, and 25.

	UNIdad	BCPanther	OnMcleod9	DownGoesKansas	95UNIGRAD	FOTY	DomeIsHome	UNI4Life	Purple member	achrist70	hamalot	iron panther	panthergirl123	A Fan in Lean Years
Iowa State	11	8	10	11	11	11	-1	11	11	9	10	11	11	11
at Sac State	7	6	-3	7	-3	-5	-3	5	8	8	8	1	8	7
St. Thomas	9	11	11	10	10	10	11	10	10	10	11	9	10	10
Youngstown	2	9	7	9	4	4	8	7	4	7	9	5	7	9
at NDSU	10	-1	2	8	8	9	4	1	5	5	2	10	3	8
South Dakota	1	-7	-8	-1	-6	-1	-10	-3	-7	-4	-5	-7	-5	-2
at SDSU	-6	2	-4	-6	-7	-7	-2	-8	-6	1	-4	-3	-2	-6
S. Illinois	-8	4	6	4	5	-2	-5	6	2	3	3	6	4	3
at Illinois St	3	-3	-5	-3	-2	6	-6	-2	-3	-6	-6	-2	-6	-4
	29	29	16	39	20	25	-4	27	24	33	28	30	30	36

[UNIdad]

Anybody want to make any strategic moves before the last two games? If so, post them in a new comment. Don't edit a previously posted comment.

I'm switching my points picks:

at Mo. State	Loss 5
W. Illinois	Win 4

[UNIdad]

Running Totals	UNIdad	BCPanther	OnMcleod9	DownGoesKansas	95UNIGRAD	FOTY	DomeIsHome	UNI4Life	Purple member	achrist70	hamalot	iron panther	panthergirl123	A Fan in Lean Years
Iowa State	11	8	10	11	11	11	-1	11	11	9	10	11	11	11
at Sac State	7	6	-3	7	-3	-5	-3	5	8	8	8	1	8	7
St. Thomas	9	11	11	10	10	10	11	10	10	10	11	9	10	10
Youngstown	2	9	7	9	4	4	8	7	4	7	9	5	7	9
at NDSU	10	-1	2	8	8	9	4	1	5	5	2	10	3	8
South Dakota	1	-7	-8	-1	-6	-1	-10	-3	-7	-4	-5	-7	-5	-2
at SDSU	-6	2	-4	-6	-7	-7	-2	-8	-6	1	-4	-3	-2	-6
S. Illinois	-8	4	6	4	5	-2	-5	6	2	3	3	6	4	3
at Illinois St	3	-3	-5	-3	-2	6	-6	-2	-3	-6	-6	-2	-6	-4
at Mo. State	5	-5	-1	-2	-1	-3	-7	-4	-1	-2	-1	-8	-1	-1
	34	24	15	37	19	22	-11	23	23	31	27	22	29	35

DWK in the lead with 37. Followed by AFIL with 35, yours truly with 34, and achrist with 31.

Should be interesting next week with range of confidence points taken for the UNI win. The game could end with a big bunch of folks very close together.