2021 AGS Survival Pool, Week 2

[Chalupa Batman]

Week 2 of the inaugural AGS Survivor Pool. The next two posts will list the past weeks results along with who each poster has picked up to this point, followed by the list of games to be picked from.


A reminder of the rules, including a new one that deals with cancellations/postponements in case you missed it in the Week 1 thread:

1. Only FCS vs. FCS games will be eligible to make picks from. I will start a new thread every Sunday with a list of games to pick from, along with the results from the previous week and who each player has picked to that point. If you notice a game that shouldn’t be included, or I omitted one that should be included, let me know.

2. This contest will run into the playoffs, so keep that in mind when making your picks. If you pick a team to win during the regular season you will not be able to pick that team in the playoffs.

3. All picks must be made in the weekly thread, do not message them to me.

4. Once you make a pick, it can be changed as long as that game hasn’t started. All changes must also be posted in the weekly thread. Any pick must be made before that game starts, so the only hard deadline to make your pick is the last game of each week.

5. Participants will pick 1 game per week. If you pick correctly you carry on to the next week. If you pick incorrectly or forget to make a pick you are eliminated.

6. The one twist is that for each game you are picking both the winner AND the loser, and once you pick a team you cannot pick that team again for the rest of the season. For example, if I pick NDSU to beat Western Illinois, I cannot pick NDSU to win for the rest of the season. I also cannot pick another team to beat Western Illinois for the rest of the season. I could however pick NDSU to lose a game or Western Illinois to win a game later in the season.

7. The pool will run until only 1 player remains. If multiple players remain until the championship game, a score prediction will be included for a tie-breaker.

8. Any game that is cancelled or postponed for any reason is no longer eligible to be picked. I will update the thread with any announcements as I become aware of them. If you have picked a game that is cancelled/postponed you will need to pick another game (I will notify you in the thread and send a PM). If the announcement is made at least 1 day prior to the game that is enough time to change your pick, failure to do so will result in being eliminated. If the announcement comes the same day as the game you picked you should change your pick if you can, but because of the short notice you won’t be eliminated if you don’t. In that case you will be required to make 2 picks the following week to stay in the pool.

[Chalupa Batman]

There were a couple of close calls, but all 37 people who entered picked correctly to move on to week 2. Here’s who’s still alive (everyone duh!) and who they have used so far. I can see already this post will get quite lengthy as the season goes on so I’ll be working on setting up a Google document, but for this week here it is.


Picked winners are in green and picked losers in red.



Anthony215
Sacred Heart

Bucknell








bobcathpdevil56
Rhode Island

Bryant








bonarae
NDSU

Albany








CappinHard
Murray State

Mississippi Valley State








caribbeanhen
Murray State

Mississippi Valley State








Catbooster
Illinois State

Butler








CenMEBlackBearFan
Rhode Island

Bryant








Chalupa Batman
Rhode Island

Bryant








Cocky
Prairie View A&M

Texas Southern








crusader11
Villanova

Lehigh








Daytripper
Murray State

Mississippi Valley State








dewey
Illinois State

Butler








grizband
Murray State

Mississippi Valley State








Hambone
Illinois State

Butler








hoidOfYolen
Villanova

Lehigh








JSUSoutherner
Murray State

Mississippi Valley State








Katfan
Richmond

Howard








knit35
Richmond

Howard








KPSUL
Rhode Island

Bryant








Libertine
NDSU

Albany








McNeese75
Sacramento State

Dixie State








melloware13
Villanova

Lehigh








MikeyLoBets
Murray State

Mississippi Valley State








MR. CHICKEN
Richmond

Howard








MSUBobcat
Richmond

Howard








MTfan4Life
Illinois State

Butler








NY Crusader 2010
Illinois State

Butler








OhioHen
Sacred Heart

Bucknell








Pitz
Towson

Morgan State








POD Knows
Rhode Island

Bryant








Preferred Walk On
Rhode Island

Bryant








Puddin Tane
Sacramento State

Dixie State








Roamingriz
Murray State

Mississippi Valley State








SFA 93
Alabama A&M

South Carolina State








SonovaHenx2
Southeast Louisiana

North Alabama








The Yo Show
Youngstown State

Incarnate Word








TheValleyRaider
Illinois State

Butler

[Libertine]

Richmond over Lehigh

[Chalupa Batman]

This weeks games. I found last week that the people that mentioned both teams in their picks were a great help to me so if you can do that going forward I would appreciate it! (See my pick for an example)

Saturday, September 11
Northwestern State @ Alcorn State
Stony Brook @ Colgate
Eastern Illinois @ Dayton
Northern Arizona @ South Dakota
Charleston Southern @ The Citadel
Lehigh @ Richmond
Georgetown @ Delaware State
Merrimack @ Holy Cross
Furman @ Tennessee Tech
Central Connecticut @ Wagner
Valparaiso @ North Dakota State
UC Davis @ San Diego
Maine @ James Madison
Elon @ Campbell
St. Francis (PA) @ Delaware
Towson @ New Hampshire
Bucknell @ Villanova
Lafayette @ William & Mary
Monmouth @ Fordham
Southeast Missouri State @ Sam Houston
Northern Colorado @ Houston Baptist
Chattanooga @ North Alabama
Rhode Island @ Albany
Samford @ UT Martin
Sacred Heart @ Bryant
Tennessee State vs. Jackson State
Central Arkansas @ Missouri State
Drake @ Montana State
Western Illinois @ Montana
Prairie View A&M @ Incarnate Word
Northern Iowa @ Sacramento State
Weber State @ Dixie State

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Richmond over Lehigh

[bonarae]

UC Davis for now.


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[Daytripper]

Villanova over Bucknell

[knit35]

Holy Cross over Merrimack

[caribbeanhen]

Richmond over Lehigh

[NY Crusader 2010]

Villanova over Bucknell

[KPSUL]

Stony Brook over Colgate

[caribbeanhen]

Stony Brook over Colgate

bad over worse

[Puddin Tane]

UIW over Prairie View

[Daytripper]

UIW over Prairie View

PVAMU may take this one.

[KPSUL]

bad over worse

Playing the long game, picking teams to win who I don't expect to win a lot in conference play. Why pick a Holy Cross to win now vs, Merrimack when they are likely to win all or most of their conference games. If I crash and burn early so be it, but no one who uses up all the conference favorites playing OOC mismatches the first few weeks are going to be around week 10.

[MR. CHICKEN]

Playing the long game, picking teams to win who I don't expect to win a lot in conference play. Why pick a Holy Cross to win now vs, Merrimack when they are likely to win all or most of their conference games. If I crash and burn early so be it, but no one who uses up all the conference favorites playing OOC mismatches the first few weeks are going to be around week 10.

32086........YAH.........AH'M SAVIN'......JMU......FO' UH RAINY DAY......xnodx.................AWK!

[caribbeanhen]

Playing the long game, picking teams to win who I don't expect to win a lot in conference play. Why pick a Holy Cross to win now vs, Merrimack when they are likely to win all or most of their conference games. If I crash and burn early so be it, but no one who uses up all the conference favorites playing OOC mismatches the first few weeks are going to be around week 10.

I get that, I just think Stony Brook is a bad team

bad over worse means your alright this week

[MR. CHICKEN]

Playing the long game, picking teams to win who I don't expect to win a lot in conference play. Why pick a Holy Cross to win now vs, Merrimack when they are likely to win all or most of their conference games. If I crash and burn early so be it, but no one who uses up all the conference favorites playing OOC mismatches the first few weeks are going to be around week 10.


.....PLEASE KEEP DEESE DEEP THOUGHTS....TO YA-SELF........O'...PRETTY SOON......ONE UH DUH NIMRODS.............WILL GET DUH TROPHY..............BUK BUK...........BRAWK!

[JSUSoutherner]

I'll take Sacred Heart over Bryant please.

[Preferred Walk-On]

Villanova over Bucknell

[Katfan]

Villanova over Bucknell

[POD Knows]

Merrimack @ Holy Cross

[MTfan4life]

Richmond over Lehigh

[SFA 93]

Alcorn State over Northwestern State

[caribbeanhen]

Alcorn State over Northwestern State

enjoy the rest of the season

[The Yo Show]

Lehigh @ Richmond

Winner pick in bold. Loser in regular text.

[MR. CHICKEN]

MONTANA STATE over DRAKE

[OhioHen]

Holy Cross over Merrimack

[bobcathpdevil56]

Villanova over Bucknell

[melloware13]

William & Mary over Lafayette

[CenMEBlackBearFan]

Stony Brook over Colgate

[SonuvaHenx2]

Villanova over Bucknell

[CappinHard]

Holy Cross over Merrimack

[Katfan]

Does this run through the playoffs?

[TheValleyRaider]

Montana State over Drake

[Chalupa Batman]

Does this run through the playoffs?

Yes, it's rule #2 in the 1st post.

[Katfan]

Yes, it's rule #2 in the 1st post.
Ok thanks I thought so!

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Yes, it's rule #2 in the 1st post.
Ok thanks I thought so!

[Anthony215]

Montana over Western Illiniois

[MSUBobcat]

Stony Brook over Colgate

[crusader11]

Delaware over St. Francis

[McNeese75]

Holy Cross over Merrimack

[caribbeanhen]

Stony Brook over Colgate

This pick is very tempting but I’m thinking Stony Brook is not a good football team and maybe even worse than Colgate

[Katfan]

Why are people picking potential playoff teams this early? Am I missing something?

[MikeyLoBets]

South Dakota over Northern Arizona

[Katfan]

South Dakota over Northern Arizona
This may cost you!

[dewey]

Holy Cross over Merrimack

Dewey

[Hambone]

Richmond over Lehigh

[Roamingriz]

Villanova over Bucknell

[Catbooster]

Richmond over Lehigh

[MSUBobcat]

This pick is very tempting but I’m thinking Stony Brook is not a good football team and maybe even worse than Colgate

You're welcome to your own strategery. xdrunkyx I'm thinking this may be one of the few games where Stony could pull a W.

[Chalupa Batman]

Friendly reminder for a few posters who have not submitted picks yet this week.

Cocky
Grizband
hoidOfYolen
Pitz

[Preferred Walk-On]

Why are people picking potential playoff teams this early? Am I missing something?

For the playoffs, you really only need 5 teams you think are locks (one each round and the champion). One of these picks is going to be a 9-24 team. So really, you need to keep about 6-8 teams (so, top 8?) in your back pocket for the playoffs. Also, you really need not worry about their playoff opponents having been picked during the season, since if they are good enough to be in the playoffs, you likely will not have picked against them anyway (using up a losing team in this game). If you think Villanova, Richmond, or Montana State are going to be in the semis (top 4), then yes, you probably should not pick them this early. If you don't believe they will be in the semis, then it probably does not matter picking them whenever you want. Of course, this is the opinion of someone that has never won a competition put forth on AGS, so...

[grizband]

Friendly reminder for a few posters who have not submitted picks yet this week.

Cocky
Grizband
hoidOfYolen
PitzI'll submit picks tonight

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[Chalupa Batman]

I'll submit picks tonight

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No problem, didn’t want you to miss out.

You can make your pick as late as you’d like, as long as that game hasn’t kicked off yet.

[grizband]

Holy Cross over Merrimack

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[Cocky]

EIU

[Pitz]

If I’m not too late...

Incarnate Word over Prairie View A&M

[SpreadTheWord]

Richmond over Lehigh

[Chalupa Batman]

If I’m not too late...

Incarnate Word over Prairie View A&M

As long as it hasn’t kicked off yet you’re good. [emoji106]

Richmond over Lehigh

I don’t think you were in last week. If no one objects I’ll let you make 2 picks this week. Just make sure the other one hasn’t started yet.

[POD Knows]

JFC Holy Cross. Pull your heads out of your asses

[Chalupa Batman]

JFC Holy Cross. Pull your heads out of your asses

Just think how much more time you have now for all of your hobbies. [emoji16]

[POD Knows]

Just think how much more time you have now for all of your hobbies. [emoji16]:D Yea, I can focus on my descent to the bottom of the MVFC Pick 'em and the other one I am in. Freaking HC, I can't to vote these clowns out of my poll.

[Puddin Tane]

PVAMU may take this one.


Or not.

they should stay in the shallow water, play Lamar.

[CenMEBlackBearFan]

Think I counted 7 Holy Cross picks, holy crapxlolx

[Daytripper]

Think I counted 7 Holy Cross picks, holy crapxlolx

I almost took HC, but luckily chose Villanova.

[JSUSoutherner]

You guys are tilted about Holy Cross?

SACRED HEART GOT TRASHED BY BUCKNELL.

What the hell?

What happened to the team that took the Hens to the wire in the spring?

[Chalupa Batman]

You guys are tilted about Holy Cross?

SACRED HEART GOT TRASHED BY BUCKNELL.

What the hell?

What happened to the team that took the Hens to the wire in the spring?

I looked at the box score last night and it looks like Chestnut didn’t play.

[JSUSoutherner]

I looked at the box score last night and it looks like Chestnut didn’t play.

Whyhyhyhyhhhyhyhyhyhy.

[caribbeanhen]

You guys are tilted about Holy Cross?

SACRED HEART GOT TRASHED BY BUCKNELL.

What the hell?

What happened to the team that took the Hens to the wire in the spring?

I don't think Julias Chestnut played, at least he was not in game when I saw a few minutes of it

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:D Yea, I can focus on my descent to the bottom of the MVFC Pick 'em and the other one I am in. Freaking HC, I can't to vote these clowns out of my poll.

just like investing, past performance is no guarantee of future results in these games

[Katfan]

Or not.

they should stay in the shallow water, play Lamar.
That would be a good bad game!

[Puddin Tane]

That would be a good bad game!

ha. We play em next year! Im surprised we asked em back. Last time they came, we got up on em and they had a brawl between their own fans. Their own security guards were spraying em down with pepper spray. Twas classic. I gotta find the pic.

[Katfan]

ha. We play em next year! Im surprised we asked em back. Last time they came, we got up on em and they had a brawl between their own fans. Their own security guards were spraying em down with pepper spray. Twas classic. I gotta find the pic.
Was panther 88 involved?

[KPSUL]

Think I counted 7 Holy Cross picks, holy crapxlolx

I warned ya all about Holy Cross.

[Preferred Walk-On]

I warned ya all about Holy Cross.

Yes, but nobody warned us about Merrimack… ;)


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[MR. CHICKEN]

You guys are tilted about Holy Cross?

SACRED HEART GOT TRASHED BY BUCKNELL.

What the hell?

What happened to the team that took the Hens to the wire in the spring?


32107


.....SACRED HEART.......GOT......"TRASHED".......BAH BRYANT........17-6...??

[Roamingriz]

Well I'll have more time for the foraging season this fall but I gave an optimistic swing. Good on NoCo, shouldn't judge historically sometimes and got caught