[BostonCard]

Code:

    Stanford    UCLA    Difference
GoodGrief    42    10    32
Mick    48    24    24
FarmBoy    41    17    24
fullmetal    41    20    21
FarmDad.01    38    17    21
el mono    42    21    21
Papa John    38    17    21
SUBuddha    45    24    21
vataha    45    24    21
BigEasyCard    45    24    21
Hank 91    38    17    21
PrinceLightfoot    45    27    18
CornFed    38    20    18
Kathy    41    24    17
amartinsu13    41    24    17
pefloresjr    41    24    17
82lsju    35    20    15
pcgoode    42    27    15
81alum    42    27    15
SeattleTree    41    27    14
JJJ    42    28    14
indiancardinal    34    20    14
martyup    38    24    14
garvin    38    24    14
Big Brother    30    17    13
washingtonismoney    37    24    13
CowboyIndian    41    29    12
CTcard    35    24    11
winflop    41    31    10
leftcoast    34    24    10
CrazedZooChimp    34    24    10
Treebound    40    30    10
StanfordIndians1    27    17    10
Renaissance Man    35    27    8
thunder_chik    35    28    7
SamAtoms1980    33    26    7
Las Vegas Spread    31    24    7
Extra Point    27    20    7
MSmith23    34    28    6
Publius    30    24    6
2 for 2028    32    26    6
oman    35    30    5
NYCCardinalFan    31    27    4
Ted Miller    28    24    4
61_Shasta    28    24    4
hurlburt88    34    31    3
Boston Card    41    38    3
Kyle Bonagura    27    24    3
Kevin Gemmell    27    24    3
Chantel Jennings    27    24    3
David Lombardi    27    24    3
Opposing Blogger    26    27    -1
median    37.5    24    12.5
average    36.3    24.1    12.3

Here's hoping GoodGrief is right!

BC

[BostonCard]

Code:

    Stanford    UCLA    Difference
GoodGrief    42    10    32
Mick    48    24    24
FarmBoy    41    17    24
fullmetal    41    20    21
FarmDad.01    38    17    21
el mono    42    21    21
Papa John    38    17    21
SUBuddha    45    24    21
vataha    45    24    21
BigEasyCard    45    24    21
Hank 91    38    17    21
PrinceLightfoot    45    27    18
CornFed    38    20    18
Kathy    41    24    17
amartinsu13    41    24    17
pefloresjr    41    24    17
82lsju    35    20    15
pcgoode    42    27    15
81alum    42    27    15
SeattleTree    41    27    14
JJJ    42    28    14
indiancardinal    34    20    14
martyup    38    24    14
garvin    38    24    14
Big Brother    30    17    13
washingtonismoney    37    24    13
CowboyIndian    41    29    12
CTcard    35    24    11
winflop    41    31    10
leftcoast    34    24    10
CrazedZooChimp    34    24    10
Treebound    40    30    10
StanfordIndians1    27    17    10
Renaissance Man    35    27    8
thunder_chik    35    28    7
SamAtoms1980    33    26    7
Las Vegas Spread    31    24    7
Extra Point    27    20    7
MSmith23    34    28    6
Publius    30    24    6
2 for 2028    32    26    6
oman    35    30    5
NYCCardinalFan    31    27    4
Ted Miller    28    24    4
61_Shasta    28    24    4
hurlburt88    34    31    3
Boston Card    41    38    3
Kyle Bonagura    27    24    3
Kevin Gemmell    27    24    3
Chantel Jennings    27    24    3
David Lombardi    27    24    3
Opposing Blogger    26    27    -1
median    37.5    24    12.5
average    36.3    24.1    12.3

Here's hoping GoodGrief is right!

BC

[BostonCard]

By the way, in that post, speaking of the upcoming $C coaching hire, Wilner states,
"The best way to judge the hire is by the reaction in the 11 other football offices throughout the conference. Sarkisian-to-Under Stanford Control did not cause knots in stomachs."

I suppose that might be true ... if you had any way to know the real reaction in the football offices. While it seems likely to be true, I am pretty sure Wilner is just making up that little factoid about stomach knots.

Obviously Wilner is just projecting what front offices would feel like.  That being said, I think he's right, at least to the extent that fans reflect the feelings of football offices throughout the conferences.  I don't recall a lot of hand wringing about the possibility of USC regaining its dominance when that coaching move was announced.  And, in Washington, the mood was almost celebratory, and that was before they found out they hired Petersen.  It was similar to the mood in Pitt when we hired Walt Harris, which, in retrospect, should have told us something.

BC

[BostonCard]

By the way, in that post, speaking of the upcoming $C coaching hire, Wilner states,
"The best way to judge the hire is by the reaction in the 11 other football offices throughout the conference. Sarkisian-to-Under Stanford Control did not cause knots in stomachs."

I suppose that might be true ... if you had any way to know the real reaction in the football offices. While it seems likely to be true, I am pretty sure Wilner is just making up that little factoid about stomach knots.

Obviously Wilner is just projecting what front offices would feel like.  That being said, I think he's right, at least to the extent that fans reflect the feelings of football offices throughout the conferences.  I don't recall a lot of hand wringing about the possibility of USC regaining its dominance when that coaching move was announced.  And, in Washington, the mood was almost celebratory, and that was before they found out they hired Petersen.  It was similar to the mood in Pitt when we hired Walt Harris, which, in retrospect, should have told us something.

BC

[Brannerite]

Stanford
-28
(0-8) after '08
  -18

[Brannerite]

Stanford
-28
(0-8) after '08
  -18

[Rally]

Breaking my timeout.  Fretted all week over this.  But, it is absolutely pouring rain now, in the low desert, in early October.  Love the rain but a bad omen for trends.  My heart says don't do this but

UCLA 31
Stanford 28

😢

[Rally]

Breaking my timeout.  Fretted all week over this.  But, it is absolutely pouring rain now, in the low desert, in early October.  Love the rain but a bad omen for trends.  My heart says don't do this but

UCLA 31
Stanford 28

😢

[amartinsu13]

My predictions... not bad!
Stanford 41
UCLA 24

Stanford runs for more than 300 yards.
We hold Perkins to under 100 yards.
Rosen throws more than 35 times, but only completes 55%.
We win the possession battle 38min to 22min.
We finally force a turnover in a game...

=====
Stanford 56
UCLA 35

Stanford ran for 310
Perkins got 104.  Fail.
Rosen threw 42 times, and completed 22.  52%
We won the possession battle 34 to 26.
We finally got a big turnover!

[amartinsu13]

My predictions... not bad!
Stanford 41
UCLA 24

Stanford runs for more than 300 yards.
We hold Perkins to under 100 yards.
Rosen throws more than 35 times, but only completes 55%.
We win the possession battle 38min to 22min.
We finally force a turnover in a game...

=====
Stanford 56
UCLA 35

Stanford ran for 310
Perkins got 104.  Fail.
Rosen threw 42 times, and completed 22.  52%
We won the possession battle 34 to 26.
We finally got a big turnover!

[CrazedZooChimp]

Well, my 45-28 prediction would have been pretty good without that last garbage time TD.  And, you know, all our touchdowns...

Differential was almost spot on!

[CrazedZooChimp]

Well, my 45-28 prediction would have been pretty good without that last garbage time TD.  And, you know, all our touchdowns...

Differential was almost spot on!

[martyup]

Breaking my timeout.  Fretted all week over this.  But, it is absolutely pouring rain now, in the low desert, in early October.  Love the rain but a bad omen for trends.  My heart says don't do this but

UCLA 31
Stanford 28

😢

[martyup]

Breaking my timeout.  Fretted all week over this.  But, it is absolutely pouring rain now, in the low desert, in early October.  Love the rain but a bad omen for trends.  My heart says don't do this but

UCLA 31
Stanford 28

😢

[Rally]

[quote author=ferrari link=topic=13129.msg134780#msg134780 date=1444960113]
Breaking my timeout.  Fretted all week over this.  But, it is absolutely pouring rain now, in the low desert, in early October.  Love the rain but a bad omen for trends.  My heart says don't do this but

UCLA 31
Stanford 28

😢

[/quote]

Yep.  I own that :(

[Rally]

[quote author=ferrari link=topic=13129.msg134780#msg134780 date=1444960113]
Breaking my timeout.  Fretted all week over this.  But, it is absolutely pouring rain now, in the low desert, in early October.  Love the rain but a bad omen for trends.  My heart says don't do this but

UCLA 31
Stanford 28

😢

[/quote]

Yep.  I own that :(

[BostonCard]

This week, we have a three-way tie for first place between SUBuddha, vataha, and BigEasyCard, who each picked a 45-24 and nailed the spread even if they (along with everyone else) underestimated our offensive firepower.  Congrats to the winners.

Two people picked UCLA to win: the UCLA blogger (understandable) and Ferrari (who martyup already called out perfectly).

Code:

    Stanford    UCLA    Difference    Error    Modified Error    Points    Penalty/Bonus    Points
SUBuddha    45    24    21    22    11    54    0    54
vataha    45    24    21    22    11    54    0    54
BigEasyCard    45    24    21    22    11    54    0    54
Mick    48    24    24    19    12.5    51    0    51
PrinceLightfoot    45    27    18    19    12.5    51    0    51
el mono    42    21    21    28    14    49    0    49
fullmetal    41    20    21    30    15    48    0    48
Kathy    41    24    17    26    17    47    0    47
amartinsu13    41    24    17    26    17    47    0    47
pefloresjr    41    24    17    26    17    47    0    47
pcgoode    42    27    15    22    17    47    0    47
81alum    42    27    15    22    17    47    0    47
JJJ    42    28    14    21    17.5    42    0    42
FarmDad.01    38    17    21    36    18    41    0    41
Papa John    38    17    21    36    18    41    0    41
Hank 91    38    17    21    36    18    41    0    41
SeattleTree    41    27    14    23    18.5    38    0    38
FarmBoy    41    17    24    33    19.5    37    0    37
CornFed    38    20    18    33    19.5    37    0    37
CowboyIndian    41    29    12    21    19.5    37    0    37
winflop    41    31    10    19    20.5    34    0    34
martyup    38    24    14    29    21.5    33    0    33
garvin    38    24    14    29    21.5    33    0    33
Treebound    40    30    10    21    21.5    33    0    33
washingtonismoney    37    24    13    30    23    30    0    30
82lsju    35    20    15    36    24    29    0    29
Boston Card    41    38    3    18    24    29    0    29
indiancardinal    34    20    14    37    25.5    27    0    27
CTcard    35    24    11    32    26    26    0    26
leftcoast    34    24    10    33    27.5    25    0    25
CrazedZooChimp    34    24    10    33    27.5    25    0    25
Renaissance Man    35    27    8    29    27.5    25    0    25
thunder_chik    35    28    7    28    28    22    0    22
oman    35    30    5    26    29    21    0    21
MSmith23    34    28    6    29    29.5    20    0    20
Big Brother    30    17    13    44    30    19    0    19
SamAtoms1980    33    26    7    32    30    19    0    19
GoodGrief    42    10    32    39    30.5    17    0    17
hurlburt88    34    31    3    26    31    16    0    16
2 for 2028    32    26    6    33    31.5    15    0    15
Las Vegas Spread    31    24    7    36    32    14    0    14
Publius    30    24    6    37    33.5    13    0    13
NYCCardinalFan    31    27    4    33    33.5    13    0    13
Brannerite    28    18    10    45    33.5    13    0    13
StanfordIndians1    27    17    10    47    34.5    10    0    10
Extra Point    27    20    7    44    36    9    0    9
Ted Miller    28    24    4    39    36.5    8    0    8
61_Shasta    28    24    4    39    36.5    8    0    8
Kyle Bonagura    27    24    3    40    38    6    0    6
Kevin Gemmell    27    24    3    40    38    6    0    6
Chantel Jennings    27    24    3    40    38    6    0    6
David Lombardi    27    24    3    40    38    6    0    6
Ferrari    28    31    -3    32    40    2    -10    -8
Opposing Blogger    26    27    -1    38    41    1    -10    -9
median    36    24    11.5                    
average    36.0    24.1    11.9                    
Final Score    56    35

BC

[BostonCard]

This week, we have a three-way tie for first place between SUBuddha, vataha, and BigEasyCard, who each picked a 45-24 and nailed the spread even if they (along with everyone else) underestimated our offensive firepower.  Congrats to the winners.

Two people picked UCLA to win: the UCLA blogger (understandable) and Ferrari (who martyup already called out perfectly).

Code:

    Stanford    UCLA    Difference    Error    Modified Error    Points    Penalty/Bonus    Points
SUBuddha    45    24    21    22    11    54    0    54
vataha    45    24    21    22    11    54    0    54
BigEasyCard    45    24    21    22    11    54    0    54
Mick    48    24    24    19    12.5    51    0    51
PrinceLightfoot    45    27    18    19    12.5    51    0    51
el mono    42    21    21    28    14    49    0    49
fullmetal    41    20    21    30    15    48    0    48
Kathy    41    24    17    26    17    47    0    47
amartinsu13    41    24    17    26    17    47    0    47
pefloresjr    41    24    17    26    17    47    0    47
pcgoode    42    27    15    22    17    47    0    47
81alum    42    27    15    22    17    47    0    47
JJJ    42    28    14    21    17.5    42    0    42
FarmDad.01    38    17    21    36    18    41    0    41
Papa John    38    17    21    36    18    41    0    41
Hank 91    38    17    21    36    18    41    0    41
SeattleTree    41    27    14    23    18.5    38    0    38
FarmBoy    41    17    24    33    19.5    37    0    37
CornFed    38    20    18    33    19.5    37    0    37
CowboyIndian    41    29    12    21    19.5    37    0    37
winflop    41    31    10    19    20.5    34    0    34
martyup    38    24    14    29    21.5    33    0    33
garvin    38    24    14    29    21.5    33    0    33
Treebound    40    30    10    21    21.5    33    0    33
washingtonismoney    37    24    13    30    23    30    0    30
82lsju    35    20    15    36    24    29    0    29
Boston Card    41    38    3    18    24    29    0    29
indiancardinal    34    20    14    37    25.5    27    0    27
CTcard    35    24    11    32    26    26    0    26
leftcoast    34    24    10    33    27.5    25    0    25
CrazedZooChimp    34    24    10    33    27.5    25    0    25
Renaissance Man    35    27    8    29    27.5    25    0    25
thunder_chik    35    28    7    28    28    22    0    22
oman    35    30    5    26    29    21    0    21
MSmith23    34    28    6    29    29.5    20    0    20
Big Brother    30    17    13    44    30    19    0    19
SamAtoms1980    33    26    7    32    30    19    0    19
GoodGrief    42    10    32    39    30.5    17    0    17
hurlburt88    34    31    3    26    31    16    0    16
2 for 2028    32    26    6    33    31.5    15    0    15
Las Vegas Spread    31    24    7    36    32    14    0    14
Publius    30    24    6    37    33.5    13    0    13
NYCCardinalFan    31    27    4    33    33.5    13    0    13
Brannerite    28    18    10    45    33.5    13    0    13
StanfordIndians1    27    17    10    47    34.5    10    0    10
Extra Point    27    20    7    44    36    9    0    9
Ted Miller    28    24    4    39    36.5    8    0    8
61_Shasta    28    24    4    39    36.5    8    0    8
Kyle Bonagura    27    24    3    40    38    6    0    6
Kevin Gemmell    27    24    3    40    38    6    0    6
Chantel Jennings    27    24    3    40    38    6    0    6
David Lombardi    27    24    3    40    38    6    0    6
Ferrari    28    31    -3    32    40    2    -10    -8
Opposing Blogger    26    27    -1    38    41    1    -10    -9
median    36    24    11.5                    
average    36.0    24.1    11.9                    
Final Score    56    35

BC

[SUBuddha]

Wooohooo!!!!!

[SUBuddha]

Wooohooo!!!!!