Big Ten Bloggers Big Ten pick'em contest

by GopherNation on Sep 8, 2010 10:45 AM CDT

For the 4th consecutive year I am running a pick'em pool for members of the Big Ten Bloggers group. This year we have 22 participants and after week 1 below are the standings. For the ffun of it below the standings are the life-to-date standings.

In week 1 four of us were perfect to give ourselves an early lead. But this is a marathon, not a sprint and a lot of points can be made up in the bowl season.

	Standings	Pts
1	Michigan Sports Center	11
1	Sippin on Purple	11
1	The Daily Gopher - GN	11
1	The Daily Gopher - JK	11
5	Boiled Sports	10
5	Bucky's 5th Qtr	10
5	Corn Nation	10
5	Hail to the Orange	10
5	Linebacker-U	10
5	Maize and Blue Nation	10
5	Maize N Brew	10
5	OSU Silver Bullet	10
5	Sparty MSU	10
5	The Buckeye Blog	10
5	The Daily Gopher - BB	10
5	The Only Colors	10
17	Big Red Network	9
17	Buckeye Battle Cry	9
17	Crimson Quary	9
17	Hammer and Rails	9
17	Lake the Posts	9
22	Along the Olentangy	8

Along the Olentangy is new, welcome to the big leagues rook! :)

RULES:

1 point per non-conference correct pick
3 pts per conference game correct pick
5 pts per bowl game correct pick
If you miss more than 2 weeks I don't track your picks

LTD Standings:

	Blog / Blogger	Total Points	Yrs Participated
1	The Daily Gopher - GN	460	3
2	Michigan Sports Center	438	3
3	Lake the Posts	438	3
4	Black Shoes Diaries (RUTS)	427	3
5	Hammer and Rails	397	3
6	Crimson Quary	389	3
7	Buckeye Battle Cry	386	3
8	Linebacker-U	370	3
9	The Buckeye Blog	343	3
10	Happy Hour Valley	307	2
11	Maize and Blue Nation	292	2
12	Boiled Sports	281	2
13	Sparty MSU	280	2
14	Zombie Nation	275	2
15	Maize N Brew	258	2
16	Eleven Warriors	258	2
17	Hawkeye State	232	2
18	The Only Colors	224	2
19	Hail to the Orange	180	1.5
20	OSU Silver Bullet	146	1
21	Bucky's 5th Qtr	140	1
22	Nittany White Out	120	1
23	The Daily Gopher - BB	119	1
24	The Daily Gopher - JK	119	1