Don't worry, be happy! ... I mean, don't worry, this post is still rated G despite the title. Well, maybe PG - nearly everything on this blog should probably be read with supervision, just to keep the kiddos from going [brain dead]. 😄So anyway, back to that title... my wildest fantasy... season. Well, maybe not so much "fantasy season" (my NFL Fantasy teams are only so-so this year) but more "ESPN College Pick'em" season. Let's go.
So, each year a group of us are in this ESPN College Pick'em battle, where you predict the outcome of a slate of NCAA football games. Our group is in "confidence mode," which means you don’t just pick winners - you also rank each game from 1 to 10 in confidence, and earn that many points when your pick is correct. Usually I do mid-pack at best, often falling way down the list. One year I started off really strong, claiming the #3 spot after the first week or two, but a couple of weeks later I'd dropped almost to the bottom after some really lousy weeks of picks. And that's typically where I finish - somewhere near the bottom of the list, never more than mid-way up the group board.
This year... that has changed. I'm not sure what's different, but I'm leading our group (maybe the teams are playing as badly as I usually pick? maybe it's my changing my team name from "Tony's lousy picks" to "Mr T's Hit Squad"? see the logo to the right - used for both the college Pick'em and my NFL fantasy teams).
With one week left to play, I'm currently sitting in first in our group with a 17-point lead over second place. (I suppose that means I have one week left to bomb this thing and fall off a cliff to the bottom of the pile, but hopefully that's not in the cards this year.) Not only that, I'm currently ranked 66th nationally in the confidence mode entries! (Yeah, ok, probably tied for 66th, but still!) At one point recently I was ranked as highly as #28, although that was mid-slate (middle of Saturday, still several games to play) and had dropped by the end of the week's games. However, at a point earlier in the season, I actually finished the week in the top 50 and showed up on the overall confidence leaderboard. I don't think I'll make it back onto the leaderboard at the end of this week's championship games, but I'm still pretty proud of how I've fared this season.One week to go. One more week to try to get it right. Only 9 games this week (all the championships), and I've already made my selections. I'll revisit again before the weekend, but likely won't make many changes. Fingers crossed a few folks at the top fumble (ha!) and I can surge back into the top 50, with my team showing up on the final leaderboard, but regardless of how it ends, it’s been a fun (and amazingly unexpected) ride this year. Here's to college football! Roll Tide!
And in case you don't believe me, here are a few screenshots (you might need to click them to view a larger version), including a showing of my team on the confidence mode top-50 leaderboard (earlier this season) and my current standings (ranked 66th overall and leading the group by 17). Maybe we'll see you in a future Pick'em!
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