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ESPN just posted it's Eliminator football game (formerly called Survivor), and I've created a group for TDMMC:

Game front page:  http://games.espn.go.com/eliminator/en/frontpage
Group name (for search purposes): TDMMC Eliminator
Password: marino

http://games.espn.go.com/eliminator/en/group?groupID=659&entryID=9757

Game on!!

'Stroke

ok i'm in

Count me in!!!!!

signed in!

I'm in.

I'm in, and you will now all lose.

Is this one and done, or three strikes you're out?

You can keep going even after you lose a bunch. The only thing that actually gets eliminated is your chance of winning the overall. A win in this group will be whoever has the most wins in the 17 weeks of the game.

So its not truly "eliminator" then? 

^^^ I'll pass along your semantic concerns to the PTB at ESPN... ;)

That's annoying. Completely different game.

That's a win in this group.  Meaning, it's used to settle tiebreakers among TDMMC.

If you actually don't get eliminated, you are in the running to win the overall Eliminator Challenge for the entirety of ESPN.com.

I'm in

I'm in, too.  Don't forget to make your picks everyone.

I'm in.

Suddenly, I care who wins the Cards/Rams game.

Note that you can set your picks for future weeks in this game. You can always change your pick(s) later, so there's no downside to picking for the next few weeks RIGHT NOW.

that's how i rolled last year, just incase my dumbass forgot

What the F is up with ESPN these days*? Their math in the Eliminator game is... dubious...

Check the win percentages in the league page: http://games.espn.go.com/eliminator/en/group?groupID=659

(http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g221/fyodor_/eliminator.jpg)

The 3 out of 4 win teams all have a 66.8% win percentage. That's close to 2 out of 3, so maybe ESPN just hasn't gotten around to including the last game (it's only early Monday, after all). The .8 is pretty odd, though... 2/3 would be 66.666666.... rounded as 66.7%.

Any semblance of sanity breaks down when we get to Fau and his 2-win team: 42.8%...



* This is only one of a string of recent brain farts by ESPN. Another weird one that caught me off balance was their switch to a new URL for their NFL page. It used to be sports.espn.go.com/nfl/ -- but they've now dropped the sports. No problem as such, but when you decide NOT to point the old address at the new one, not inform visitors that the content has moved and proceed to update the old "site" semi-regularly, it's just plain stupid and bound to catch out anyone using the old URL (bookmark or suggested link in browser).

http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/
http://espn.go.com/nfl/

This is sports.espn.go.com/nfl/ right now:

(http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g221/fyodor_/espn-old.jpg)

Bears win on late field goal? Uhmmm... not yesterday they didn't.

Love the blur-out there...too funny.

*shrug*

I'd prefer if ESPN didn't force/coerce users into using Real Names and then displaying them everywhere. That's just bad form. I'm certainly not going to perpetuate it by reproducing the names here.

I think that percentage is not "winning percentage" but "percentile in the community"

Meaning Fau's 2 out of 4 puts his entry better than only 42% of the ESPN community participants

That's what I suspect anyway.

That might make sense (even though pct is not a standard/accepted abbreviation for percentile)...

It looks like the top 7 of us were really sweating out our picks wins yesterday!  I know I was.  Looks like all of us picked close ones.

I'm so happy Nate Clements is a 49er this morning.  Had he just fallen down when he intercepted the ball, SF wins and mecadonzilla loses...but... ::)

^^^ As the board's resident 49ers fan...fuck you very much! ;)

^^ speak for yourself, Houston kicked the crap out of the Raiders.

Houston barely held on for the win.  I watched a good portion of that game.  Oakland could have easily tied that thing up...had they not been the Raiders.

A 7 point victory does not a blow out make.

goddamn saints knocked me out of the TDMMC league AND my ESPN league :-(


last nite they said they were starting the rookie over anderson - that game was the lock of the week!!!   >:-(

The Saints looks like they're working through some problems as the defending champs.  I imagine they blew it for a lot of folks on that game.

I'm still mad at myself that I didn't pick the Lions.  I was dead certain the Lions were going to win, but couldn't bring myself to lay it on the line for the winless Lions.  Instead I went with the Colts who struggled mightily win KC.  I'd love to have that Lions win in the bag and use Indy later down the stretch.

Chargers did the same to me... How in the world could they get beaten by the Raiders?

Mind = Boggled

When I said the Saints were overrated in the Power 10, people laughed at me.

That's the great thing about the Power 10.  It works itself out over time.

I never laughed at you, btw.  I just felt the defending champs needed some respect until proven otherwise.  Proof is now in the pudding.   Any team that gets beaten by the Cards this year is on notice...of sucking hardcore.

^^ Then again, I picked the Bengals to beat the Bucs this week.  The Bengals are so bad, for all that talent to be so terrible...

And then there were 3...

Freaking Chargers. 

The Chargers are frauds.  The most overrated teams in the league are the Chargers, Saints, and Colts.

Knowing the fraudulent nature of the Saints, I still picked them to beat the Browns.  It's halftime and the Saints are getting throttled.  I felt sick as soon as I clicked the button to pick them.

I decided to play it safe this week and go with the Ravens... yeah, that was a powerful, dominating win...

Nearly half the remaining 100% players on ESPN got knocked out this week (42k to 22k). Actually a bit surprising to me since the most popular pick of the week was Baltimore (30+%).

Over 90% of ESPN players have at least 1 wrong pick now.

I only have 1 wrong pick because I forgot to pick in week 2 :-(

Not me. ;D

That was my problem in week 3 I think. I thought I had put my pick in but it would appear that I did not.

With StL stumbling last week (thanks Jets!), that Chiefs overtime win made me the last 100% team in our little league. Just to pat myself on the back ;)

Freaking Jets can't win when I want them to and don't lose when I want them to either.

The Pats -- what a bunch of bums.  Never has it felt so good to be so wrong.

I give up, I've got 3 wrong in a row.  I apparently suck at this.

Reminding everyone there is a Thursday night game this week.

I locked in all 17 weeks prior to the season starting, so I'm actually a bit surprised that I only have one loss so far. Pretty skittish about my pick this week though...Tampa over Carolina.

^^ that's the only lock on the schedule.

I did the same pick.  The Giants are the best pick this week but I already used them.

I hate second-guessing my picks. I've pretty much gone with my picks as I locked them in before week 1, although (needless to say) Dallas has been scratched (although that is an upcoming week). I had the Jets this week, though, and Cleveland has me a bit scared.

And, no, I can't believe I just said that.

I'm picking the Steelers this week.  I think that Oakland will give the trouble (if not beat them outright), but this is a big name team that I'll need to use eventually.  I figure Oakland is as good a shot as any.

And the last surviving entry...fyo...survives no more. Congrat's to fyo for outlasting TDMMC in this year's game. Hopefully everyone will play it out...just to see who ends with the most correct weekly picks.

Argh.  3rd loss of the season for me today as I picked the Raiders over the Fins.  Oh well.  Maybe if I keep picking against them, Miami will keep on winning.  Think I'm picking Cleveland next week to test this theory. :P

Congratulations Sunstroke.  I'm still kicking myself over the homer pick.