Pigskin Pick'em 08 Wrap

Here's where we stood about halfway through the season:

Weeks 1-7
Mark: 54-48 = Up $120
Sports Guy: 52-47-3 = Up $100
Sports Gal: 50-49-3 = Up $20
Dave: 50-52 = Down $40

Here's how we finished down the stretch:

Weeks 8-17
Sports Guy 80-69-6 = Up $220
Sports Gal 78-71-5 = Up $140
Dave 61-58 = Up $60
Mark 59-57 = Up $40

which means...

2008 Season
Sports Guy: 132-116-8 = Up $320
Sports Gal: 128-120-8 = Up $160
Mark 113-105 = Up $160
Dave 111-110 = Up $20

So Mark finished with the same record as the Sports Gal, truly a noble feat. And I barely eeked out a positive record.

So would the Sports Guy's advice actually win you money with a Vegas commission?

Putting $20 on every game, you would win $2399.76. And you'd lose $2320.
So after betting every game of the NFL season, you'd come out about 80 bucks ahead. Sweet.

As for me, even though I was right more often than not, I would have lost $180 this year, due to commission.

Pigskin Pick'em

Mark and are using ESPN's Pigskin Pick'em to pick all the games against the spread. And he's actually doing better in this format than ever before. Here's a quick check in before week 8. We've played 102 games.

On the Season
Dave: 50-52 = Down $40
Mark: 54-48 = Up $120
Sports Guy: 52-47-3 = Up $100
Sports Gal: 50-49-3 = Up $20

I'm not worried. Starting in week 5, I've increased my total each week by 2. This week: 10.

08 Picks Recap

This year Mark and I are submitting are picks via Pigskin Pickem, still against the spread. It does the math for me.




Week 1
Dave: 7-9 = Down $40
Mark: 10-6 = Up $80
Sports Guy: 6-10 = Down $80
Sports Gal: 7-9 = Down $40

It appears the new format is good for Mark. (As always, $20 per game, no Vegas commission)