Richmond Region Pickems' Week 8

[CRF4Dan]

There were two games that tripped up several of us this week, Varina-Hanover and Matoaca-Meadowbrook... That said, one man and one man alone did not get tripped and that would be maroons1 who went a perfect 16-0! Well done sir! As a result of his stellar week, he now holds a 1-game lead over myself in the picks.

This Week:
16-0 maroons1
15-1 kw85
14-2 CRF4Dan, msquared, Bleedingnavy, Checkmate
13-3 gen4ever, Dinwiddieproud

Season:
118-22 maroons1
117-23 CRF4Dan, kw85
115-25 msquared
114-26 Bleedingnavy
113-27 gen4ever, Dinwiddieproud
107-33 Checkmate

Week 8 Games:
Glen Allen v. Thomas Jefferson
Armstrong v. Varina
Clover Hill v. Manchester
Cosby v. James River
Dinwiddie v. Colonial Heights
Douglas Freeman v. Deep Run
George Wythe v. LC Bird
Henrico v. Highland Springs
John Marshall v. JR Tucker
Lee-Davis v. Hanover
Matoaca v. Hopewell
Meadowbrook v. Thomas Dale
Mills Godwin v. Hermitage
Monacan v. Midlothian
Patrick Henry v. Atlee
Petersburg v. Prince George

 

[DinwiddieProud]

I'm hanging back to be with checkmate. He looked lonely down here!

 

[maroons1]

Thomas Jefferson
Varina
Manchester
Cosby
Dinwiddie
Douglas Freeman
LC Bird
Highland Springs
JR Tucker
Hanover
Matoaca
Thomas Dale
Hermitage
Monacan
Atlee
Prince George

 

[m-squared]

Thomas Jefferson
Varina
Manchester
James River
Dinwiddie
Douglas Freeman
LC Bird
Highland Springs
JR Tucker
Lee-Davis
Hopewell
Thomas Dale
Hermitage
Monacan
Atlee
Prince George

 

[DinwiddieProud]

TJ
Varina
Manchester
Dinwiddie
James River
DF
Bird
HS
Tucker
Hanover
Matoaca
Dale
Hermitage
Monacan
Atlee
PG

 

[kw85]

Glen Allen (just win baby)
Varina
Manchester
Cosby
Dinwiddie
Freeman
Bird
H. Springs
J.R. Tucker
Hanover
Matoaca
T. Dale
Hermitage
Monacan
Atlee
Prince George

 

[BleedingNavy]

TJ
Varina
Manchester
Cosby
Dinwiddie
DF
Bird
H. Springs
Tucker
Hanover
Hopewell (got to try, need wins)
TD
Hermitage
Monacan
Atlee
PG

 

[gen4ever]

There were two games that tripped up several of us this week, Varina-Hanover and Matoaca-Meadowbrook... That said, one man and one man alone did not get tripped and that would be maroons1 who went a perfect 16-0! Well done sir! As a result of his stellar week, he now holds a 1-game lead over myself in the picks.

This Week:
16-0 maroons1
15-1 kw85
14-2 CRF4Dan, msquared, Bleedingnavy, Checkmate
13-3 gen4ever, Dinwiddieproud

Season:
118-22 maroons1
117-23 CRF4Dan, kw85
115-25 msquared
114-26 Bleedingnavy
113-27 gen4ever, Dinwiddieproud
107-33 Checkmate

Week 8 Games:
Glen Allen v. Thomas Jefferson
Armstrong v. Varina
Clover Hill v. Manchester
Cosby v. James River
Dinwiddie v. Colonial Heights
Douglas Freeman v. Deep Run
George Wythe v. LC Bird
Henrico v. Highland Springs
John Marshall v. JR Tucker
Lee-Davis v. Hanover
Matoaca v. Hopewell
Meadowbrook v. Thomas Dale
Mills Godwin v. Hermitage
Monacan v. Midlothian
Patrick Henry v. Atlee
Petersburg v. Prince George

TJ
Varina
Manchester
Cosby
Din
Freeman
Bird
Springers
Tucker
LD
Mat
TD
Herm
Monacan
Atlee
Petersburg

 

[BleedingNavy]

TJ
Varina
Manchester
Cosby
Din
Freeman
Bird
Springers
Tucker
LD
Mat
TD
Herm
Monacan
Atlee
Petersburg

You may be on to something with the Petersburg vs. PG game. Thought about going that way myself. Should be a close game.

 

[GilliamRatings]

I'm not really playing, but here's the computer's picks:
TJ 25-21 over GA (This one will probably be a lot of fun)
Var 46-10 over Arm (What in the world happened at Armstrong this year?)
Man 46-16 over CH (Clover Hill outclassed in this one)
Cosby 34-23 of JR (Battle for fourth best team in district)
Din 48-6 over CH (Colonials can't hang with a mediocre Dinwiddie squad)
DF 39-3 over DR (Freeman good enough to have some hope of winning district)
LCB 100-0 over GW (first time ever my computer has picked a team to win by 100 or more--I don't expect this to happen, because Bedwell wouldn't let it).
HS 34-3 over Hen (Springers have passed Bird in Gilliam Ratings)
JRT 34-23 over JM (Tucker not great, but better than Justices)
LD 23-21 over Han (best game of week)
Mat 38-37 (OT) over Hope (ok, this is the best game of week)
TD 23-12 over Mead (TD is going to make a deep playoff run in 6A-they are quietly putting together a great season)
Herm 50-3 over MG (bring a book to this game)
Monacan 51-8 over Midlo (Monacan wins battle of the rich kids--that's what we called when I was in high school)
Atlee 36-30 over PH (Raiders need this one to salvage season)
Petersburg 28-27 over PG (A bounce of the ball could decide this one--Crimson Wave probably has more to play for right now).

Computer so far this year for all VHSL games:

0-1 Week 0
74-32 Week 1
91-43 Week 2
106-26 Week 3
100-29 Week 4
118-19 Week 5
99-23 Week 6
125-20 Week 7
123-20 Week 8

80% on year
83% since week 3 (when I tell people to start believing in ratings)
85% since week 5 (actually a little better than usual-computer usually settles in hitting around 83% down the line).

Anticipated Record this week (yes computer can make a prediction about how good its predictions are): 122-22. This would be 85%

 

[GilliamRatings]

Chance of a win for George Wythe is 1 in 1 billion this week. I'd be willing to put a penny on the Bulldogs for those odds.

 

[CRF4Dan]

I'm not really playing, but here's the computer's picks:
TJ 25-21 over GA (This one will probably be a lot of fun)
Var 46-10 over Arm (What in the world happened at Armstrong this year?)
Man 46-16 over CH (Clover Hill outclassed in this one)
Cosby 34-23 of JR (Battle for fourth best team in district)
Din 48-6 over CH (Colonials can't hang with a mediocre Dinwiddie squad)
DF 39-3 over DR (Freeman good enough to have some hope of winning district)
LCB 100-0 over GW (first time ever my computer has picked a team to win by 100 or more--I don't expect this to happen, because Bedwell wouldn't let it).
HS 34-3 over Hen (Springers have passed Bird in Gilliam Ratings)
JRT 34-23 over JM (Tucker not great, but better than Justices)
LD 23-21 over Han (best game of week)
Mat 38-37 (OT) over Hope (ok, this is the best game of week)
TD 23-12 over Mead (TD is going to make a deep playoff run in 6A-they are quietly putting together a great season)
Herm 50-3 over MG (bring a book to this game)
Monacan 51-8 over Midlo (Monacan wins battle of the rich kids--that's what we called when I was in high school)
Atlee 36-30 over PH (Raiders need this one to salvage season)
Petersburg 28-27 over PG (A bounce of the ball could decide this one--Crimson Wave probably has more to play for right now).

Computer so far this year for all VHSL games:

0-1 Week 0
74-32 Week 1
91-43 Week 2
106-26 Week 3
100-29 Week 4
118-19 Week 5
99-23 Week 6
125-20 Week 7
123-20 Week 8

80% on year
83% since week 3 (when I tell people to start believing in ratings)
85% since week 5 (actually a little better than usual-computer usually settles in hitting around 83% down the line).

Anticipated Record this week (yes computer can make a prediction about how good its predictions are): 122-22. This would be 85%

Next year you should compete with us. Like the comments to your picks.

 

[GilliamRatings]

I'd get clobbered in the first two weeks. Then I feel like the computer would have with everyone pretty well.

 

[Imahokie]

Well Matt, your computer went 12-4 tonight

 

[DinwiddieProud]

Next year you should compete with us. Like the comments to your picks.

Give it a go next year. It will be interesting to see how it plays out. Since it's all for fun anyway, I would like to see you use nothing but your computer pics from the start, to demonstrate how accumulated information changes the pics week by week.

I know this information on your site anyway, but it would be interesting for us to just view the Richmond area games. And it also may send you a little more traffic.