Another TFP Sports Contest - Enter Now! - Tilted Forum Project Discussion Community

gov135 · 05-29-2003, 06:24 AM

To enter: Pick a winner in each of the ten events listed
below. Entries must be in by Friday, 7:05 p.m. EST. Entries
will be recorded then, so noone can sneak in late. What is the
prize? Recognition in this space and the adulation of TFP folk.

Take a shot at it! I've picked events that anyone can win, and
some events many don't know too much about. Links are provided for each contest, but luck probably plays more of a factor than sports acumen, cause anyone can win these events.

Every event should be easy to pick, the F1 race you pick a driver,
not a team. Please be sure to include the tiebreak along with
your picks, as the winner last time needed the tiebreak to prevail.

Speaking of the last winner - smarm. Congrats to smarm. All hail
smarm.

Finally, this weekend is not great for this contest. I did my
best with the events, but I couldn't use NBA finals or French Open
for the weekend cause we don't know who is playing yet! Even the MLB pitching matchups are boring - with the definite exception of Maddox vs Glavine. So, we have some women's events, along with two soccer games.

Take your best shot. Winner will be announced Monday!

UPDATE
It was a bit of a strange contest that included one tie (everyone got credit) and two contests noone picked correctly (F1 and WNBA).

And the winner is.... ME! My mother always told me I was a winner. Honorable mentions go to crfpilot, Reacharound, and jmf1234. Congrats to all.

Friday, May 30th

MLB
Atlanta vs. New York Mets
Atl - Maddux (3-5, 4.99 ERA) NYM - Glavine (5-4, 4.05 ERA)
http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/player...e?statsId=3933
http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/player...e?statsId=4122

MLB
Pittsburgh vs. St. Louis
Pit - Suppan (4-5, 3.92 ERA) StL - Stephenson (3-3, 4.18 ERA)
http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/player...e?statsId=5454
http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/player...e?statsId=5663

CBB (Men's College Baseball Championship Series)
at Olsen Field, College Station, Texas
Game 1 - (2) Alabama (37-22) vs. (3) Houston (32-27),
http://espn.go.com/ncaa/rank/baseball.html

Saturday, May 31st

NHL Finals, Game 3
New Jersey vs. Anaheim
http://sports.espn.go.com/nhl/playof...=njd&teamb=ana

WNBA
New York vs. Cleveland
http://sports.espn.go.com/wnba/teamsched?team=NY
http://sports.espn.go.com/wnba/teamsched?team=CLE

USA Major League Soccer
New England vs. Kansas City
http://soccernet.espn.go.com/team?id=189&cc=5901
http://soccernet.espn.go.com/team?id=186&cc=5901

Sunday, June 1st

MLB
Boston vs. Toronto
Bos - Wakefield (5-2, 4.57 ERA) Tor - Halladay (6-2, 4.00 ERA)
http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/player...e?statsId=4906
http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/player...e?statsId=6134

MLB
Montreal vs. Philadelphia
Mon - Hernandez (4-3, 3.56 ERA) Phi - Wolf (5-3, 3.34 ERA)
http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/player...e?statsId=5734
http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/player...e?statsId=6248

Spanish Primera Liga
Barcelona vs. Malaga
http://soccernet.espn.go.com/team?id=83&cc=5901
http://soccernet.espn.go.com/team?id=99&cc=5901

F1
Monaco Grand Prix
http://www.f1.com/race/grandprix/24.html
http://www.f1.com/team/

TIEBREAK: Combined score of Friday's Atlanta/NY Mets MLB matchup, without going over. If both contestants go over, closest one wins

gov135 · 05-29-2003, 06:28 AM

I'll take New York, Pittsburgh, Alabama, Anaheim, New York, New England, Toronto, Philadelphia, Barcelona, Michael Schumacher, tiebreak: 7

crfpilot · 05-29-2003, 07:25 AM

Thanks gov.

Atlanta
Pitt
Alabama
Anaheim
NY, by a flip of a coin
New England
Boston
Montreal
Barcelona
Jenson Button

Tie breaker 9

Reacharound · 05-29-2003, 11:16 AM

Atlanta
Pittsburgh
Houston
New Jersey
New York
KC
Toronto
Phily
Barcelona
Schumacher
Tiebreaker = 5

I assume most people are picking randomly, but if you follow WNBA, College baseball, MLS then you are some kind of superhuman

duhgravy · 05-29-2003, 12:05 PM

Atlanta
St. Louis
Alabama
Anehiem
New York
New England
Boston
Phily
Malaga
Schumaker

Tie Breaker: 6

crfpilot · 05-29-2003, 12:39 PM

you gotta be more specific with Shumacher

jmf1234 · 05-29-2003, 03:57 PM

Friday

Atlanta
St. Louis (hate to have to predict that a pittsburgh team will lose)
'Bama

Saturday

Anaheim
New York
Cleveland

Sunday

Boston
Philly
Barcelona
Micheal Shumacher

Tiebreaker: 8

Gov, you kick ass

meanSpleen · 05-30-2003, 08:25 AM

New York Mets, Pittsburgh, Alabama, Anaheim, New York, Kansas City, Boston, Barcelona!!!, Kimi Räikkönen

Tie Break: 3

HeyAgain · 05-30-2003, 08:50 AM

Friday, May 30th

MLB

Atlanta
Pittsburgh

College Basketball
Houston

Saturday, May 31st

NHL Finals, Game 3
New Jersey

WNBA
New York

USA Major League Soccer
Kansas City

Sunday, June 1st

MLB
Toronto
Montreal

Spanish Primera Liga
Barcelona

F1
Monaco Grand Prix
David Coulthard

TIEBREAK: 5

Mondak · 06-01-2003, 03:45 PM

Sheist - I was too late. Good luck to all the rest of you.

gov135 · 06-01-2003, 04:01 PM

UPDATED above.

Thanks for playing everyone. Get you next time, Mondak. We'll do it again soon.

crfpilot · 06-01-2003, 08:12 PM

yeah I was off to a helluva start with Atlanta, Pitt, Alabama, and Anaheim, then went to shit after that. Oh well there's always next time.

05-29-2003, 06:24 AM	#1 (permalink)
gov135 Junkie Location: Midwest	Another TFP Sports Contest - Enter Now! To enter: Pick a winner in each of the ten events listed below. Entries must be in by Friday, 7:05 p.m. EST. Entries will be recorded then, so noone can sneak in late. What is the prize? Recognition in this space and the adulation of TFP folk. Take a shot at it! I've picked events that anyone can win, and some events many don't know too much about. Links are provided for each contest, but luck probably plays more of a factor than sports acumen, cause anyone can win these events. Every event should be easy to pick, the F1 race you pick a driver, not a team. Please be sure to include the tiebreak along with your picks, as the winner last time needed the tiebreak to prevail. Speaking of the last winner - smarm. Congrats to smarm. All hail smarm. Finally, this weekend is not great for this contest. I did my best with the events, but I couldn't use NBA finals or French Open for the weekend cause we don't know who is playing yet! Even the MLB pitching matchups are boring - with the definite exception of Maddox vs Glavine. So, we have some women's events, along with two soccer games. Take your best shot. Winner will be announced Monday! UPDATE It was a bit of a strange contest that included one tie (everyone got credit) and two contests noone picked correctly (F1 and WNBA). And the winner is.... ME! My mother always told me I was a winner. Honorable mentions go to crfpilot, Reacharound, and jmf1234. Congrats to all. Friday, May 30th MLB Atlanta vs. New York Mets Atl - Maddux (3-5, 4.99 ERA) NYM - Glavine (5-4, 4.05 ERA) http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/player...e?statsId=3933 http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/player...e?statsId=4122 MLB Pittsburgh vs. St. Louis Pit - Suppan (4-5, 3.92 ERA) StL - Stephenson (3-3, 4.18 ERA) http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/player...e?statsId=5454 http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/player...e?statsId=5663 CBB (Men's College Baseball Championship Series) at Olsen Field, College Station, Texas Game 1 - (2) Alabama (37-22) vs. (3) Houston (32-27), http://espn.go.com/ncaa/rank/baseball.html Saturday, May 31st NHL Finals, Game 3 New Jersey vs. Anaheim http://sports.espn.go.com/nhl/playof...=njd&teamb=ana WNBA New York vs. Cleveland http://sports.espn.go.com/wnba/teamsched?team=NY http://sports.espn.go.com/wnba/teamsched?team=CLE USA Major League Soccer New England vs. Kansas City http://soccernet.espn.go.com/team?id=189&cc=5901 http://soccernet.espn.go.com/team?id=186&cc=5901 Sunday, June 1st MLB Boston vs. Toronto Bos - Wakefield (5-2, 4.57 ERA) Tor - Halladay (6-2, 4.00 ERA) http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/player...e?statsId=4906 http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/player...e?statsId=6134 MLB Montreal vs. Philadelphia Mon - Hernandez (4-3, 3.56 ERA) Phi - Wolf (5-3, 3.34 ERA) http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/player...e?statsId=5734 http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/player...e?statsId=6248 Spanish Primera Liga Barcelona vs. Malaga http://soccernet.espn.go.com/team?id=83&cc=5901 http://soccernet.espn.go.com/team?id=99&cc=5901 F1 Monaco Grand Prix http://www.f1.com/race/grandprix/24.html http://www.f1.com/team/ TIEBREAK: Combined score of Friday's Atlanta/NY Mets MLB matchup, without going over. If both contestants go over, closest one wins Last edited by gov135; 06-01-2003 at 04:00 PM..

05-29-2003, 03:57 PM	#7 (permalink)
jmf1234 Insane Location: Steel City ( the 'Burgh)	Friday Atlanta St. Louis (hate to have to predict that a pittsburgh team will lose) 'Bama Saturday Anaheim New York Cleveland Sunday Boston Philly Barcelona Micheal Shumacher Tiebreaker: 8 Gov, you kick ass __________________ Let's go Pitt, we're set for victory Sex is like bridge: If you don't have a good partner, you better have a good hand. -- Charles Pierce

05-30-2003, 08:25 AM	#8 (permalink)
meanSpleen Squid hat! Location: A Few Miles Away From Halx	New York Mets, Pittsburgh, Alabama, Anaheim, New York, Kansas City, Boston, Barcelona!!!, Kimi Räikkönen Tie Break: 3 __________________ Like TFP? Donate To Keep It Alive!!

05-30-2003, 08:50 AM	#9 (permalink)
HeyAgain Psycho	Re: Another TFP Sports Contest - Enter Now! Friday, May 30th MLB Atlanta Pittsburgh College Basketball Houston Saturday, May 31st NHL Finals, Game 3 New Jersey WNBA New York USA Major League Soccer Kansas City Sunday, June 1st MLB Toronto Montreal Spanish Primera Liga Barcelona F1 Monaco Grand Prix David Coulthard TIEBREAK: 5

06-01-2003, 03:45 PM	#10 (permalink)
Mondak Industrialist Location: Southern California	Sheist - I was too late. Good luck to all the rest of you. __________________ All truth passes through three stages: First it is ridiculed Second, it is violently opposed and Third, it is accepted as self-evident. ARTHUR SCHOPENHAUER (1788-1860)

05-29-2003, 06:28 AM	#2 (permalink)
gov135 Junkie Location: Midwest	I'll take New York, Pittsburgh, Alabama, Anaheim, New York, New England, Toronto, Philadelphia, Barcelona, Michael Schumacher, tiebreak: 7

05-29-2003, 07:25 AM	#3 (permalink)
crfpilot Punk In Drublic Location: So Cal	Thanks gov. Atlanta Pitt Alabama Anaheim NY, by a flip of a coin New England Boston Montreal Barcelona Jenson Button Tie breaker 9

05-29-2003, 11:16 AM	#4 (permalink)
Reacharound Upright	Atlanta Pittsburgh Houston New Jersey New York KC Toronto Phily Barcelona Schumacher Tiebreaker = 5 I assume most people are picking randomly, but if you follow WNBA, College baseball, MLS then you are some kind of superhuman

05-29-2003, 12:05 PM	#5 (permalink)
duhgravy Upright	Atlanta St. Louis Alabama Anehiem New York New England Boston Phily Malaga Schumaker Tie Breaker: 6

05-29-2003, 12:39 PM	#6 (permalink)
crfpilot Punk In Drublic Location: So Cal	you gotta be more specific with Shumacher

06-01-2003, 04:01 PM	#11 (permalink)
gov135 Junkie Location: Midwest	UPDATED above. Thanks for playing everyone. Get you next time, Mondak. We'll do it again soon.

06-01-2003, 08:12 PM	#12 (permalink)
crfpilot Punk In Drublic Location: So Cal	yeah I was off to a helluva start with Atlanta, Pitt, Alabama, and Anaheim, then went to shit after that. Oh well there's always next time.