pico: espn streak for cash picks thread.

[yisman]

flabbergasted. gobsmacked.

best game of the day by far and VY came up aces on that final drive.

Biggest miracle on SftC that's gone in my favor. No contest.

[SamsNCharge99]

streak of 4, going w/ Ravens, have to w/ the odds

Ravens are -8 or something like that, -9..so have to go w/ them on ML

[losturmarbles]

good finish by tenn. britt redeemed himself after losing the fumble on the previous drive.

[yisman]

two lucky wins for me to complete a 3/3 NFL Sunday. This is my fifth W11 or better. After a putrid start to November, my recent winning streaks have pushed me to where my monthly winning percentage is almost exactly the same as my overall percentage.

because everyone jumped on the Ravens (not exactly surprising when you have an NFL primetime game with one team favored by 8.5), the game was a classic lose-lose.

If Pittsburgh wins, I probably don't get back to double digits and my chances of getting to 30 are even slimmer than they currently are (and they're less than 5% now).

If Baltimore wins, almost the whole freaking leaderboard advances by a game and it makes it even more impossible to crack the streak 7.

Ah well, at least I have a decent chance of getting a t-shirt this way.

leaderboard streaks on the Ravens:

the 31 didn't take it because no one has put the pressure on him

but...

three 28s
two 24s
22
three 20s
two 18s
five 17s
eight 16s
six 15s
four listed 14s


nine of the top 13 active streaks picked it (31, 26, 25, 20 not picking)

34 leaderboard streaks overall, out of 54. So I was pretty close with my prediction.

what's amazing is that there are two leaderboard streaks who picked tonight who didn't take the Ravens.

15 on Marquette
15 on FSU

[yisman]

streak of 4, going w/ Ravens, have to w/ the odds

Ravens are -8 or something like that, -9..so have to go w/ them on ML

it says you took San Jose.

[SamsNCharge99]

yea, Yisman, I forgot to pick Ravens last night, went to bar/restaurant to eat w/ some people, so went w/ San Jose. both won, so it's all good.

Streak of 5, going w/ Buffalo

[yisman]

nothing looked good when I checked last night, but I'll check again later.

[losturmarbles]

nothing looked good when I checked last night, but I'll check again later.

blackpool


they just scored 1 minute in.

damn i probably just jinxed them...

[yisman]

Blackpool

19
18
17
16
15

nice symmetry, but also reckless. If I had to pick it, I would've taken Blackpool (I took them to start the week in the other sftc-style game I play), but it's hardly worth a W4, let alone a W15+.

I know people are feeling the pressure, but there are better picks than this.

I don't even understand what got these people to put their streaks on Blackpool instead of the other side. Are they suddenly a big name?


By the way, I'm tied with 52 monthly wins with the two S.Pacellis (Sammy and his brother). I'll probably lose the race because my streak is up there.

[losturmarbles]

no worries yis. you have luck on your side. if you had picked blackpool, they wouldve won. now that you didn't, they will probably lose.

[SamsNCharge99]

Sammy and Shane yisman

[MexicanStallion]

Streak W5

Sabres

[yisman]

I missed it, but virginia-penn state locked at 7-4 virginia

some big streaks got it in late, including a W29

http://streak.espn.go.com/entryStats?entryID=1294988

^ takes every cheap pick

[SamsNCharge99]

gambling and going w/. Golden State, don't want to, but sort of have to force some picks at this pt,

Streak of 6 if Buffalo holds 2-0 lead in middle 3rd, going w/. Golden State

[SamsNCharge99]

only 6 days left I guess, so I need 3 picks for next 6 days and still I'd only have 25 wins, so I need some luck here

Going w/ Man U, Boston, then something late

current streak of 7

[losturmarbles]

do work sammy

yis you need to step on it like sams, no time to contemplate picks just to win a t-shirt. go for the streak-7.

[yisman]

Taking NC State tonight.

Sammy, it's over. You have no shot at the streak 7. Neither do I.

I got to 11 wins Sunday night. That left seven days. I'd have to get 19 more wins without a loss in seven days.

the only thing left to try for is the monthly and I guess the 100 points from the ESPN store.

Today was the sixth to last day left. As it happens, I did pick two games correctly on a new account I started to try for the monthly. I've never really gone for the monthly before, so I figured I'd give it a shot in December, with nothing else left to play for.

Have to make every possible pick and hit at least 57%, I figure. That's damn difficult.

[losturmarbles]

yis i wonder if espn will make you forfeit any winnings if you have dual accounts running etc. i have some family members i play fantasy football with, and they use to have me make their changes and stuff, i have their passwords saved and i opened them an entry for sftc and made a couple of picks and then realized that it might not even be worth it, since espn is going to say that i just created mulitple accounts even though they do log in on their own now at their house (not local). but they don't mess with anything but the fantasy football. so i figure its probably not even worth it, since espn will know that i'm making the picks for them unless i use a proxy. i dunno, there's probably something in the tos about it.

[yisman]

they might.

Anyway, W12 on NC State.

Also like Montreal, and I might've taken them had NC State not been available.

Boston is a trap, IMO.

[yisman]

http://atdhe.net/10260/watch-northwestern-vs-nc-state

About 80% of the leaderboard is on Boston or NC State. I'm not typing it all out.

Celtics

two 25s
24
three 21s
20

NC State

25

[losturmarbles]

lol yeah i actually made a wager on charlotte moneyline, forgot i picked celtics on sftc earlier. can't change it now...

[yisman]

three W12s
two W11s
one W10
never a W13
Comes crashing down again here.

[yisman]

ended in time for Michigan State/UNC, but I'll pass and take one of the other three.

[SamsNCharge99]

got my first 2 on Day #1 of last 6, need to get 4 or even 5 one of these days...lol

streak of 9 baby

going w/ Gasol to score more pts

[SamsNCharge99]

West got 3 fouls in under 4 minutes in 1st quarter

Gasol is easily gonna win this matchup, about to get streak of 10 baby

[yisman]

lol golf is 18 holes tomorrow morning. I likely would've taken soccer anyway, but seriously. Anyone who takes golf has a good chance of missing the 1 PM pick.

Plus it's Q School, and I don't see odds posted for it.

Leaning Catania win.

[SamsNCharge99]

Shano and I both have streaks of 10, my guess is that Shane will go w/ % on most but since I am gambler, I go w/ some odds here

going w/ Catania WIN in soccer at favorite over almost -135 or around there, pretty big fav for soccer

w/ classes and work in afternoon, only can choose 1 soccer in afternoon...looking at Chelsea to win by 2 or more...idk

late Clemson, then probably Baron Davis

[yisman]

it ended up being almost a toss-up in terms of odds. Catania -106 or -110. Line movement.

Either Shane or Sammy will be at 11, and the other will be at 0.

[SamsNCharge99]

Catania is up 1-0....I cannot decide at all in the afternoon picks

100% going w/ Clemson at 715
Hoping to get Clemson gm in, in time to pick DUKE at 915, if not IDK what to pick late night

Still need Catania to finish this gm up

Need some help in afternoon....leaning Chelsea and UNDER, can be swayed to either of the 4 picks though

[SamsNCharge99]

streak of 11...let's DO WORK BABY

gotta go w/ odds here...going w/ UNDER

[SamsNCharge99]

alrdy 1-0 goal in 6th minute

COME ON, no more goals in 1st half

[yisman]

argh, I went to sleep and couldn't get up in time for the 1 PM pick. Would've taken the under.

[yisman]

http://streak.espn.go.com/entryStats?entryID=163158

[SamsNCharge99]

Under is going to hit unless something stupid happens...will have streak of 12.

Have gone baxk n forthall day on chelsea n blackburn. Have to stay away bc i cant decide.

Going with Clemson tonight for lucky 13 and that SFTC Tshirt if im top 10,000 to get streak of 13 lol.

[SamsNCharge99]

Is picosamuel one of us??