Miners-Aggies Official Prediction Thread Winner:

[utep-piggy]

UTEP 30 NMSU 3

MinerFanatico wins the first OPT of the season based on the winner determination and tie breaker rules cited below.
MinerFanatico has earned the awesome privilege of starting the OPT against Bethune-Cookman. Congratulations!

UTEP PIGGY 35-14
JeeberD 24-20
NoNCAAWins 37-14
utep2step 28-25
nattybry 31-21
kickballpro 48-13
minerrecliner 23-13
TxRdKiller 17-13
MinerInWisconsin 38-17
MinerFanatico 30-14
miner1liner 34-20
MinerManiac 27-14
MinerInVegas 31-23
Minerforlife 49-14
JCorona 42-24
Rot 34-10
UTEPMiners8106 10-6
groundrounds 31-10
mikesarabia 31-7
Vegasminer 62-9
Roy_Bigwood_05 28-17
NeptunianEmp 28-30
FiliUTEP 35-5
develman 24-15
Dmanminer 35-17




Rule #
1 Pick the winning team correctly

2 Smallest Differential. The difference in actual score and predicted score for each team. The absolute value of the difference is taken. Then the two absolute value differences are added together.
(For example, Kyyote predicts UTEP to score 61, UTEP actual score is 65: Differential of 4 or -4 depending on how you look at it. Take the absolute value and it is positive 4. He also predicts the opponent to score 58, actual score 56: Differential of -2 or 2, absolute value of 2. Total Differential: 4 + 2 = 6.)

3 1st Tie Breaker: Total Predicted Score and Actual Total Score differential. Smallest differential wins.

4 2nd Tie Breaker: Closest differential of total score prediction with actual total score without exceeding the total score.

5 3rd Tie Breaker: Closest predicted score of winning team

6 4th Tie Breaker: I don't know but we'll come up with something good.

7 Nobody picks the correct winning team: Follows rules 2 through 6 to determine a winner from those who picked the losing team.

8 3 points will be awarded for the correct pick (1st Place), 2 points for the 2nd best prediction and 1 point for the third best. Tiebreaker rules will be applied in case of a tie.

9. If the OPT winner (1st Place) predicts the exact winning score, they will be awarded 1 additional point. In case of a tie for first when more than one person predicted the exact winning score, only the person who first predicted it will be awarded the extra point in addition to 3 points for 1st place.

These rules were plagiarized from another UTEP forum which shall not be named.

 

[nattybry]

Miners 38 The Fighting Cookman's 13

 

[NoNCAAWinsSince1992]

UTEP 30 NMSU 3

MinerFanatico wins the first OPT of the season based on the winner determination and tie breaker rules cited below.
MinerFanatico has earned the awesome privilege of starting the OPT against Bethune-Cookman. Congratulations!

UTEP PIGGY 35-14
JeeberD 24-20
NoNCAAWins 37-14
utep2step 28-25
nattybry 31-21
kickballpro 48-13
minerrecliner 23-13
TxRdKiller 17-13
MinerInWisconsin 38-17
MinerFanatico 30-14
miner1liner 34-20
MinerManiac 27-14
MinerInVegas 31-23
Minerforlife 49-14
JCorona 42-24
Rot 34-10
UTEPMiners8106 10-6
groundrounds 31-10
mikesarabia 31-7
Vegasminer 62-9
Roy_Bigwood_05 28-17
NeptunianEmp 28-30
FiliUTEP 35-5
develman 24-15
Dmanminer 35-17




Rule #
1 Pick the winning team correctly

2 Smallest Differential. The difference in actual score and predicted score for each team. The absolute value of the difference is taken. Then the two absolute value differences are added together.
(For example, Kyyote predicts UTEP to score 61, UTEP actual score is 65: Differential of 4 or -4 depending on how you look at it. Take the absolute value and it is positive 4. He also predicts the opponent to score 58, actual score 56: Differential of -2 or 2, absolute value of 2. Total Differential: 4 + 2 = 6.)

3 1st Tie Breaker: Total Predicted Score and Actual Total Score differential. Smallest differential wins.

4 2nd Tie Breaker: Closest differential of total score prediction with actual total score without exceeding the total score.

5 3rd Tie Breaker: Closest predicted score of winning team

6 4th Tie Breaker: I don't know but we'll come up with something good.

7 Nobody picks the correct winning team: Follows rules 2 through 6 to determine a winner from those who picked the losing team.

8 3 points will be awarded for the correct pick (1st Place), 2 points for the 2nd best prediction and 1 point for the third best. Tiebreaker rules will be applied in case of a tie.

9. If the OPT winner (1st Place) predicts the exact winning score, they will be awarded 1 additional point. In case of a tie for first when more than one person predicted the exact winning score, only the person who first predicted it will be awarded the extra point in addition to 3 points for 1st place.

These rules were plagiarized from another UTEP forum which shall not be named.

By these rules, can you explain how Fanatico is the winner over Sarabia?

 

[NoNCAAWinsSince1992]

Miners 45
BCU 13

 

[utep-piggy]

By these rules, can you explain how Fanatico is the winner over Sarabia?

MinerFanatico was the only participant who accurately predicted the score of the winning team. If two or more participants had guessed the score of the winning team then I would have implemented rule #2 as a tie breaker.

 

[axingfools1]

UTEP 30 NMSU 3

MinerFanatico wins the first OPT of the season based on the winner determination and tie breaker rules cited below.
MinerFanatico has earned the awesome privilege of starting the OPT against Bethune-Cookman. Congratulations!

UTEP PIGGY 35-14
JeeberD 24-20
NoNCAAWins 37-14
utep2step 28-25
nattybry 31-21
kickballpro 48-13
minerrecliner 23-13
TxRdKiller 17-13
MinerInWisconsin 38-17
MinerFanatico 30-14
miner1liner 34-20
MinerManiac 27-14
MinerInVegas 31-23
Minerforlife 49-14
JCorona 42-24
Rot 34-10
UTEPMiners8106 10-6
groundrounds 31-10
mikesarabia 31-7
Vegasminer 62-9
Roy_Bigwood_05 28-17
NeptunianEmp 28-30
FiliUTEP 35-5
develman 24-15
Dmanminer 35-17




Rule #
1 Pick the winning team correctly

2 Smallest Differential. The difference in actual score and predicted score for each team. The absolute value of the difference is taken. Then the two absolute value differences are added together.
(For example, Kyyote predicts UTEP to score 61, UTEP actual score is 65: Differential of 4 or -4 depending on how you look at it. Take the absolute value and it is positive 4. He also predicts the opponent to score 58, actual score 56: Differential of -2 or 2, absolute value of 2. Total Differential: 4 + 2 = 6.)

3 1st Tie Breaker: Total Predicted Score and Actual Total Score differential. Smallest differential wins.

4 2nd Tie Breaker: Closest differential of total score prediction with actual total score without exceeding the total score.

5 3rd Tie Breaker: Closest predicted score of winning team

6 4th Tie Breaker: I don't know but we'll come up with something good.

7 Nobody picks the correct winning team: Follows rules 2 through 6 to determine a winner from those who picked the losing team.

8 3 points will be awarded for the correct pick (1st Place), 2 points for the 2nd best prediction and 1 point for the third best. Tiebreaker rules will be applied in case of a tie.

9. If the OPT winner (1st Place) predicts the exact winning score, they will be awarded 1 additional point. In case of a tie for first when more than one person predicted the exact winning score, only the person who first predicted it will be awarded the extra point in addition to 3 points for 1st place.

These rules were plagiarized from another UTEP forum which shall not be named.

Can you break down the predictions between Fanatico vs Sarabia with the actual numbers please?

 

[axingfools1]

Can you break down the predictions between Fanatico vs Sarabia with the actual numbers please?

I see...nevermind

 

[NoNCAAWinsSince1992]

MinerFanatico was the only participant who accurately predicted the score of the winning team. If two or more participants had guessed the score of the winning team then I would have implemented rule #2 as a tie breaker.

Rule #1 is predict the winning team. It does not include score. I have never seen a prediction rule where the first winner is someone who predicts the winning teams score first.
Rule #2 is the absolute value.

 

[MineroFanatico]

I thought sarabia won. Rule number 2, in addition to picking the winning team, is what we’ve used to determine the winner in the past.

My vote, if we’re counting, goes to the criteria used in the past. So sarabia would win in that case.

Just my 2 cents.

 

[utep-piggy]

Rule #1 is predict the winning team. It does not include score. I have never seen a prediction rule where the first winner is someone who predicts the winning teams score first.
Rule #2 is the absolute value.

Okay I got it. So let me do the math and determine who the correct winner is.

 

[Rot]

UTEP - 42
BCU -13

 

[Dmanminer]

Utep 34
Bcu 10

 

[groundrounds]

UTEP 30
BCU 3

 

[FiliUTEP]

UTEP 70
BCU 2


i changed my pick

 

[utep2step]

 

[mikesarabia]

UTEP 49 BCU 7

 

[miner1liner]

The Guys in Orange. 34
Cookers. 13

 

[JeeberD]

Miners 38
Cats 10

 

[axingfools1]

Well if this is the thread I will give it a try...
45-3 Miners

Any word on Hankins? Hope he's OK, but if he's out I think Wadley and Awatt run roughshod.

 

[MineroFanatico]

UTEP - 35
BCU - 7

 

[FiliUTEP]

UTEP 49 BCU 7

real nice of you

 

[FiliUTEP]

Well if this is the thread I will give it a try...
45-3 Miners

Any word on Hankins? Hope he's OK, but if he's out I think Wadley and Awatt run roughshod.

another nice guy here

 

[develman]

Bad guys(because those the rules) 17

Good guys (without a gun) 46

 

[TxRdKiller]

This last week's OPT has continued into this week:

UTEP - 24
BCU - 37

 

[kickballpro]

This last week's OPT has continued into this week:

UTEP - 24
BCU - 37

So no new thread for Bethune Cookman?

UTEP 48
BCU 13

 

[Dmanminer]

Does it deserve its own tread?

 

[TxRdKiller]

Does it deserve its own tread?

Oh, my. Curious misspelling resulting in a fine definition of UTEP football. Our Miners have certainly been a tread for everyone else to walk all over.

 

[utep-piggy]

UTEP 35
BC 31

 

[Randaddy Miner]

UTEP 27
BC 10

 

[Roy_Bigwood_05]

Miners 37 The Cookmen 7

 

[Hollywoodminer]

This should be another 21 + victory for the Miners.
Its time to show our pride and get loud...

 

[MinerInWisconsin]

Odd that we don't have a separate thread for this game.

UTEP 38 B-C 17

 

[JCorona]

I guess I'll put my prediction here.

UTEP 31
BCU 10

 

[utep2step]