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Armchair Prediction League: Preseason Week 1 Results

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by Manny Freeking Stiles

Results from Week 1 - feel free to check my math, ya bastages!

The Inaugural Season of APL runs through the Super Bowl and Playoffs conclude with the March Madness Invitational in April 2008. If you cannot commit to the entire season - DON'T JOIN!!!
The Inaugural Season of APL runs through the Super Bowl and Playoffs conclude with the March Madness Invitational in April 2008. If you cannot commit to the entire season - DON'T JOIN!!!
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Here's the answer key:

SD 33 v. ARI 31

TAM 31 v. MIA 28

NYJ 20 v. NYG 12

SF 28 v. CHI 31

BAL 7 v. WAS 13

MIN 13 v. SEA 30

CLE 17 v. DEN 16

DAL 16 v. HOU 28

DET 10 v. IND 37

PHI 13 v. PIT 27


San Diego Padres - 14-3, 4-3 2-14 = 20-20, but San Diego wins tie breaker as they won more games. Now you know why Manny Stiles declares tie breakers.

Joseph Addai was taken #4 (while this guy took Frank Gore at #5!

And the golfers who would have yielded you points: Dennis Watson, Joe Ozaki, Craig Stadler, Gil Morgan, R.W. Eaks, Dana Quigley and/or David Eger.

So how'd everyone do? Well it's pre-season, so who cares!

Preseason Week 1 shakes down like this:

The .44 Magnums: 11.71 (+.o1 for maintaining custodial duties and calling your incorporating 'The' into your team name, also as kickback from our crooked organization)

Enraged Midgets: Drunk and Ready for Business: 11.7099 (+.099 for incorporating a colon and drunk, hard working midgets into your team name - I wanna see the logo?)

The King of Who Cares: 11.6 (picked a golfer correctly)

Raining Champs (My Seattle Seahawks term): 10.70000099 (+.00000099 for explaining what your team name meant and listing the SEA prediction first but with only 2 pt value...)

British Lions: 9.725 (+.025 for making predictions that I have no possible idea of the outcome - well done)

Davis21wylie's Militant Pigskin Fighters: 9.70

Confused But Intrigued: 8.7125 (+.0125 for being the only person to italicize your team name)

Veronica Corningstone's Sex Panthers: 8.005 (+.005 for being the first predictor to get a golfer right!!)

'Long Balls' - 7.6009 (+.0009 for using apostrophes as 'quotations')

John Cocktosin and the Underhills: 7.60

Jut's Muts: 5.05 (+.05 for barely beating me this week in a weird kharmic twist)

Manny Stiles' Gang of Weird Shift Buttons: 4.60

Yes, that's right!

The Commissioner was the only one who understood the rules. You bozos weren't supposed to get as many right as you could! It's PRE SEASON!!!

Now that I know how you each predict things, you're going to be my personal toast to butter. Better get an ashtray, because y'all are about to get smoked!!!

Guess what, freeks and wannabes? YOU can STILL JOIN!!!

It might seem like I'm a real prick and somewhat of a jerk, but if you were too overwhelmed by the fascination the first time and - now that you see how stupidly easy it is YOU WANT IN?!?!?!?

Lucky you! Add your team name in comments and prepare to start predicting...


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JuTMSY4Legend
809 days ago
Score 3+-
Manny...shhhhhh....shhhhhhh....
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Manny StilesMajor Leaguer
809 days ago
Score 2+-
yeah, like no one has tried the Shhhhhhh method on me before!
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Silencer76AAA-er
809 days ago
Score 2+-
Yep, get used to that one folks, The .44 Magnums at the top of the food chain, because as Harry Callahan says, "A man's got to know his limitations." For the rest of you, that is second and below.  :D
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Manny StilesMajor Leaguer
809 days ago
Score 1+-
now that's why I named you deputy!
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Silencer76AAA-er
809 days ago
Score 1+-
I was going to save this, but I will post this Callahan quote as a reminder to people that don't live up to their obligations: "Do you know the emergency phone number for San Francisco General? Well, why don't you call them right now and have them send down an ambulance. Tell them there's two sorry-looking assholes here with multiple contusions and various abrasions and broken bones. "
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Manny StilesMajor Leaguer
809 days ago
Score 0+-
save nothing!!!
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DwalbertVarsity Captain
808 days ago
Score 0+-
Maybe I'll pick up that extra .01 to tie you next time if I incorportate more grammatical elements into my team names.
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DwalbertVarsity Captain
808 days ago
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here is my temporary logo manny. Ill change it whenever I can get a hold of whomever has it or make a new one.


http://www.a...WDevito3.jpg
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Alex HolowczakHall of Famer
809 days ago
Score 1+-
Hold on a moment Mr Manny... I predicted:
  • Lewis Hamilton would be leading the World Championship after Turkey
  • Nicki Pedersen would win the Speedway Grand Prix of Latvia

Now Hamilton is 5 ahead of Alonso in the World Championship, read this - on the right hand side of the page, towards the bottom - that is the official Formula One website.

Secondly, this is the Number 1 Speedway website on the Internet. It shows that the winner was not Nicki Pedersen, but in fact, it was Leigh Adams. Pedersen came second.

Does the Hamilton pick earn me > 0.025 since I got it right? I know I got Pedersen wrong, but ignore that... I want to know what benefit the Hamilton pick gets me (if any)?
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JuTMSY4Legend
809 days ago
Score 2+-
I think he just gave you the points because he had no idea...
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Manny StilesMajor Leaguer
809 days ago
Score 2+-
he just explained it to me and I still have no idea...
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Alex HolowczakHall of Famer
809 days ago
Score 1+-
Yeah... So I'm giving him an idea, and hoping therefore that:
  • It happens to give me more points than it does now
  • He will be grateful for my proving the picks (and my honesty with Pedersen), therefore earning more points
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Manny StilesMajor Leaguer
809 days ago
Score 1+-
Ok, 1,000 points for you! (You do realize this is preseason, right?)
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Alex HolowczakHall of Famer
809 days ago
Score 0+-
Simplification:
  • If Hamilton is in first on this, I was right.
  • I lose Pedersen, so forget that one...
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    Alex HolowczakHall of Famer
    809 days ago
    Score 0+-
    I still want to win! :P When does the "regular season" start? And come to think of it, when does the regular season end?
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    Manny StilesMajor Leaguer
    809 days ago
    Score 0+-
    Is there a person around who can translate what I'm saying into English?
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    Alex HolowczakHall of Famer
    809 days ago
    Score 1+-
    Nope...
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    Alex HolowczakHall of Famer
    809 days ago
    Score 1+-
    Also, when do we make Week 2 Predictions?
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    Manny StilesMajor Leaguer
    809 days ago
    Score 2+-
    later tonight or tomorrow. I won't let you miss it... It's always gonna be on a Tuesday/Wednesday time fram with predictions based on that weekend's events, so you won't be rushed!
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    Manny StilesMajor Leaguer
    809 days ago
    Score 2+-
    my favorite "time fram" is the mesozoic period
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    JuTMSY4Legend
    809 days ago
    Score 1+-
    I prefer the oil filter...
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    Manny StilesMajor Leaguer
    809 days ago
    Score 1+-
    ...they got to you, too eh? Now I know who not to turn my back on!
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    JuTMSY4Legend
    809 days ago
    Score 1+-
    Does it matter...i don't even own a car
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    Alex HolowczakHall of Famer
    809 days ago
    Score 1+-
    Absolutely right.
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    Alex HolowczakHall of Famer
    809 days ago
    Score 1+-
    I sent that before JuT's oil comment... Took about 4 minutes to send... :s
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