Ok, let's have some fun with this year's playoffs, at least up here in the NOVA area. I will run a weekly playoff pick'em contest among the 16 teams in Region C and Region D, with the contest running through the State Semifinal round on 2 Dec 17. That is a total of 15 games. If it is tied at the end of the contest the winner will be determined by whomever comes closest to the points scored by the winning team in the State Semifinal.
To make it a bit more interesting I have come up with a spread. This is something I derived by comparing each teams points for and points allowed, then adding in a "fudge factor" based on the difficulty of each team's regular season schedule. There is no scientific formula. I did not use anyone's process. It is strictly what I think; whether or not you agree or disagree is immaterial, as this is for fun. But that is what we will go with for this contest.
In case you want to know, I get to play too. Predictions must be posted by 7:00 pm on game day. In the event that all the games are not played on the same day, predictions must be in NLT the start of the first game for that week of the playoffs.
Winner gets nothing but the satisfaction of being a bit better at guessing the outcome of a bunch of high school football games. Good luck!
Week 1
Region D
Battlefield at Westfield (-7)
Yorktown at South Lakes (-27)
Madison at Centreville (-6)
Patriot (-10) at Marshall
Region C
South County at Freedom (PW) (-24)
Mount Vernon at Woodbridge (-7)
TC Williams at Lake Braddock (-6)
CD Hylton (-13) at Hayfield
To make it a bit more interesting I have come up with a spread. This is something I derived by comparing each teams points for and points allowed, then adding in a "fudge factor" based on the difficulty of each team's regular season schedule. There is no scientific formula. I did not use anyone's process. It is strictly what I think; whether or not you agree or disagree is immaterial, as this is for fun. But that is what we will go with for this contest.
In case you want to know, I get to play too. Predictions must be posted by 7:00 pm on game day. In the event that all the games are not played on the same day, predictions must be in NLT the start of the first game for that week of the playoffs.
Winner gets nothing but the satisfaction of being a bit better at guessing the outcome of a bunch of high school football games. Good luck!
Week 1
Region D
Battlefield at Westfield (-7)
Yorktown at South Lakes (-27)
Madison at Centreville (-6)
Patriot (-10) at Marshall
Region C
South County at Freedom (PW) (-24)
Mount Vernon at Woodbridge (-7)
TC Williams at Lake Braddock (-6)
CD Hylton (-13) at Hayfield