Greetings Coaches and SmashMouth fans, Jim Pepe here. Going forward, here's where you'll find all things SmashMouth, including weekly SmashMouth NFL activity, score updates and scintillating commentary. Ready, set, OMAHA!
Predicting the NFL in the first couple weeks of the season is like the guy who said, "I really think you're going to enjoy this play, Mr. Lincoln!" Regardless, we're set to have more than a few barn-burners tonight entering Monday Night Football's IND-PHI game.
Scores entering MNF are listed below. More detail is avail via this link:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0ArAgFGL4FCTmdG83eGRFOUlSbzRuVmVKU2NSRzdtZWc#gid=23
DANNY WILDE (1 - 0) -- 163
GLENN ARONOW (1 - 0) -- 171
Danny v Glenn
Josh McNary IND LB v LeSean McCoy PHI RB
IND ST v Cody Parkey PHI K
ROB TALLIA (0 - 1) -- 132
KEVIN CARTER (0 - 1) -- 148
Rob v Kevin
Nate Allen PHI S v Andrew Luck IND QB
Josh McNary IND LB v LeSean McCoy PHI RB
LISA CALITRI (0 - 1) -- 190
MICHAEL WILLIAMS (0 - 1) -- 125
Lisa v Michael
LeSean McCoy PHI RB v D'Qwell Jackson IND LB
IND ST v Cody Parkey PHI K
QUENTIN WALKER (0 - 1) -- 145
BILL ROARK (1 - 0) -- 193
Quentin v Bill
LeSean McCoy PHI RB v D'Qwell Jackson IND LB
Cary Wiliams PHI CB v TY Hilton IND WR
JAMIE BURTON (1 - 0) -- 139
CHARLIE ALDRICH (0 - 1) -- 187
Jamie v Charlie
Jeremy Maclin PHI WR v Vontae Davis IND CB
Trent Cole PHI LB v Trent Richardson IND RB
RICHARD BROWNE (1 - 0) -- 142
LEE FINKEL (0 - 1) -- 134
Richard v Lee
Nick Foles PHI QB v LaRon Landry IND S
Malcolm Jenkins PHI S v Andrew Luck IND QB
JIM PEPE (1 - 0) -- 138
CHUCK ROSS (0 - 1) -- 192
Jim v Chuck
Nick Foles PHI QB v LaRon Landry IND S
Cary Williams PHI CB v Reggie Wayne IND WR
BILL CRONE (0 - 1) -- 177
DeLANDIS BROOKS (1 - 0) -- 148
Bill v DeLandis
D'Qwell Jackson IND LB v LeSean McCoy PHI RB
IND ST v Cody Parkey PHI K
VINCE CALITRI (0 - 1) -- 145
TOM MAIDEN (0 - 1) -- 190
Vince v Tom
Andrew Luck IND QB v Malcolm Jenkins PHI S
D'Qwell Jackson IND LB v LeSean McCoy PHI RB
TONY D'AMATO (0 - 1) -- 127
BRUCE WILLIAMS (1 - 0) -- 175
Tony v Bruce
LeSean McCoy PHI RB v Josh McNary IND LB
Vontae Davis IND CB v Jeremy Maclin PHI WR
CRAIG ROSENBAUM (1 - 0) -- 160
ROB BAILEY (1 - 0) -- 162
Craig v Rob
Andrew Luck IND QB v Malcolm Jenkins PHI S
LeSean McCoy PHI RB v Josh McNary IND LB
JIM GARDNER (0 - 1) -- 174
TONY BEDINI (0 - 1) -- 137
Jim v Tony
Andrew Luck IND QB v Nate Allen PHI S
Josh McNary IND LB v LeSean McCoy PHI RB
CHRIS PALUMBO (1 - 0) -- 167
MARIO HENRY (1 - 0) -- 147
Chris v Mario
D'Qwell Jackson IND LB v LeSean McCoy PHI RB
IND ST v Cody Parkey PHI K
JEFF NIGRO (0 - 1) -- 123
JOE HENDERSON (1 - 0) -- 146
Jeff v Joe
LeSean McCoy PHI RB v D'Qwell Jackson IND LB
Malcolm Jenkins PHI S v Andrew Luck IND QB
JOHN INCANTALUPO (1 - 0) -- 144
GARY LAZARUS (0 - 1) -- 158
John v Gary
Andrew Luck IND QB v Malcolm Jenkins PHI S
Erik Walden IND LB v LeSean McCoy PHI RB
SmashMatch Of The Week:
KEVIN KRUEGER (1 - 0) -- 146
ANTHONY ANNESE (1 - 0) -- 164
Kevin v Anthony
LeSean McCoy PHI RB v Josh McNary IND LB
Nate Allen PHI S v Andrew Luck IND QB
Final scores will be posted here tomorrow!
Unique Pick should come from the pool of Smash picks and not be awarded for a Forced pick. If no winner then money carries forward to following week. This change could impact strategy in an interesting way.
ReplyDeleteI disagree for the following reasons, particularly since the league is still run manually.
ReplyDelete1) It's impossible for me to determine whether a pick is Force or Smash without specific input from Coaches.
2) There is a wide range of technological savvy amongst all the Coaches. There still remain many Luddites who have enough difficulty in simply filling out a template provided every single week, let alone get their lineups in on time, such that I can't expect them to accurately deliver more detailed information without creating additional problems.
3) All picks are interconnected and dependent variables. Force Picks are both a by-product of prior Smash Picks and also the gambit of the opponent's Smash Pick vs. other options. In many cases, there are options within a Force Pick that can lead to varying results (such as taking a particular LB, CB, WR, TE over another amongst those available).
Some of the above goes away with the app (such as labor of sending lineups and the difficulty in tracking Smash vs. Force). I'm ok with instituting change once the app is in place, but while manual, unless someone else wants to administrate the identification of Smash or Force, I'd prefer to just leave it alone given the hours it takes me to deliver manually what I do every single week. To date, nobody's complained anyway going back to all last season.
It would certainly require an S or and F to be placed before each pick. Higher math :)
DeleteAnyway, it's all good. Just seems wrong when it gets backed into like this week where Earl Thomas was surely the Smash and the winner was forced to take Rivers.
I actually like the idea that a busted saddle can lead to Unique Pick. Also, you'd be surprised at how challenging putting a simple S or F can be for some folks. Really surprised lol
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