dweedle All American 77386 Posts user info edit post |
2 brackets
is womanish 3/16/2007 4:40:08 PM |
simonn best gottfriend 28968 Posts user info edit post |
Quote : | "Basically yeah its ok to fill out multiple brackets, but those people get no sorta oh my bracket is doing awesome" |
i abide.3/16/2007 4:40:21 PM |
TreeTwista10 minisoldr 148441 Posts user info edit post |
this thread is the perfect example of a woman whining 3/16/2007 4:41:18 PM |
rwoody Save TWW 37695 Posts user info edit post |
Quote : | "on espn you can win shit for having the best bracket
not using all 5 is idiotic
it is like someone saying "here, have 5 free lottery tickets" and you saying "oh, no, i'll just take 1"" |
i mean, i only stuck one in the tdub group, but why would you not fill out all 5???3/16/2007 4:41:44 PM |
Ernie All American 45943 Posts user info edit post |
my espn.com username is
MyNameIsTylerAndIHateESPN.comFantasyGames 3/16/2007 4:43:10 PM |
ncsuapex SpaceForRent 37776 Posts user info edit post |
I've got 4 going but only 2 are ones I paid to enter and I only care if I win one of those, it's the biggest pay out. So I'll only really brag about that one. In all 4 I pretty much have the same final 4, I just made some changes in the first 2 rounds of games that I thought would be upsets but I didn't want to count on them in my 2 main brackets. Oh and if I win the tww espn bracket I'll brag about that one of course.. haha 3/17/2007 4:44:40 PM |
Dammit100 All American 17605 Posts user info edit post |
I have my "master bracket" that I use for office pools and bragging rights w/friends. In public leagues like the other 4 yahoo and espn ones I can make, I don't give a fuck if they suck, but if I can win money, why not have more opportunities to do so? 3/17/2007 4:52:42 PM |
eleusis All American 24527 Posts user info edit post |
if I filled out two brackets, I would have all the same winners but change the total score of the final game. one for a low-scoring game and one for a fast paced double-overtime thriller. 3/17/2007 5:03:09 PM |
TreeTwista10 minisoldr 148441 Posts user info edit post |
Isn't Ernie a girl's name? 3/17/2007 7:06:03 PM |
treznor All American 5218 Posts user info edit post |
Quote : | "If NC State is playing I always fill out a bracket with us winning, and another with more logical choices." | I do this too I do have multiple brackets on ESPN, Yahoo, etc... but they are also about the same except for an upset here or there and not remembering exactly who I had picked winning certain games. My Final Four was mainly the same and so was my winner. 3/17/2007 9:16:17 PM |
dweedle All American 77386 Posts user info edit post |
3/17/2007 9:17:30 PM |
ncsuftw1 BEAP BEAP 15126 Posts user info edit post |
bttt for ernie 3/16/2008 3:50:11 PM |
zebranky All American 1668 Posts user info edit post |
filling out brackets (and sports betting) encourage bandwagonism. you can
a) fill out your bracket with the most likely winners and root for them because it makes you look smarter
b) fill out your bracket with the most likely winners and root for your favorite teams but inside you really want the team you chose to win so you don't look so dumb, or
c) fill out your bracket with your favorite teams and look like a total chump when they all lose to carolina
now while my ideas may be intriguing to you, i regret to inform you that i do not have a newsletter 3/16/2008 4:28:25 PM |
DoeoJ has 7062 Posts user info edit post |
i "have" one bracket. then make one with college hoops 2k8 and one with march madness. 3/16/2008 4:32:12 PM |
Ernie All American 45943 Posts user info edit post |
SHEET OF INTEGRITY 3/16/2008 5:24:53 PM |
Talage All American 5093 Posts user info edit post |
Does anyone else feel like this thread belongs in chit chat? 3/16/2008 5:28:25 PM |
Ernie All American 45943 Posts user info edit post |
Does anyone else feel like you should go suck a dick? 3/16/2008 5:31:02 PM |
goalielax All American 11252 Posts user info edit post |
i usually have two...one with state winning it all and one with my "real" picks
of course, I've only had one the past two years 3/16/2008 5:46:06 PM |
Commie1985 Starting Lineup 77 Posts user info edit post |
I usually do multiple brackets to test out formula ratings and also against history:
1. My real picks 2. RPI bracket (This year's RPI champion, UNC) 3. Pomeroy 4. my formula bracket 5. my historical bracket, where it tests against the history of each conference in the tournament.
Guess which one ALWAYS does the worst? That's right, the RPI! 3/16/2008 6:26:49 PM |
jtmartin All American 4116 Posts user info edit post |
sometimes i make my bracket have UNC win it all. Then when they go far I get a lot right, and if they lose earlier I have NO PROBLEM with my bracket being screwed up, b/c they lost 3/16/2008 8:07:33 PM |
ncsuftw1 BEAP BEAP 15126 Posts user info edit post |
bump requested 3/18/2009 3:56:07 PM |
TreeTwista10 minisoldr 148441 Posts user info edit post |
fuck multiple brackets
if you're doing some ESPN win a million dollars thing and you can use more than one, thats ok
but as far as just an office pool or pool with your buddies...fuck that shit 3/18/2009 3:57:09 PM |
Ernie All American 45943 Posts user info edit post |
I'm glad you finally realized what this thread is all about, Twista
Quote : | "TreeTwista10 BILLY MAYS 74967 Posts user info edit post
I GET REALLY BOTHERED WHEN PEOPLE FILL OUT MORE THAN ONE BRACKET
3/16/2007 2:52:52 PM
TreeTwista10 BILLY MAYS 74969 Posts user info edit post
this thread is the perfect example of a woman whining
3/16/2007 4:41:18 PM" |
[Edited on March 18, 2009 at 4:01 PM. Reason : ]3/18/2009 4:00:38 PM |
jocristian All American 7527 Posts user info edit post |
Quote : | "if you fill out multiple brackets to hedge your bets, then thats ok.
but you better not get on here bragging about how you are an awesome picker because on 1 of your 5 brackets you picked VCU to win." |
3/18/2009 4:03:16 PM |
TreeTwista10 minisoldr 148441 Posts user info edit post |
^^i didnt intentionally fill out multiple different brackets, but that year i filled out brackets on a bunch of different sites and accidentally had a few different early round picks 3/18/2009 4:04:00 PM |
tailsock Suspended 1616 Posts user info edit post |
if you don't have Radford winning it all then you are a woman 3/18/2009 4:15:13 PM |
Brass Monkey All American 13560 Posts user info edit post |
When we are in the tournament I will fill out two. One real bracket and one where State wins it all. Hopefully those two brackets will merge sometime in the future, and I can predict State winning it all and have it a real possibility of happening. 3/18/2009 5:09:27 PM |
Big4Country All American 11914 Posts user info edit post |
I don't play in any sort of betting pool. did an online bracket contest one time and it took the fun out of the tournament. I just like pulling for my favorite teams and the underdog. If you really want to win then you have to pick teams you don't like most of the time to win. 3/18/2009 6:03:46 PM |
thegoodlife3 All American 39304 Posts user info edit post |
you couldn't be any lamer if you tried 3/18/2009 6:27:30 PM |
Ernie All American 45943 Posts user info edit post |
I've often heard that gambling takes the fun out of spectator sports. 3/18/2009 6:30:46 PM |
thegoodlife3 All American 39304 Posts user info edit post |
i think i've finally realized what his deal is
i think he has a bad case of the peter pan syndrome 3/18/2009 6:33:18 PM |
OopsPowSrprs All American 8383 Posts user info edit post |
I have 5 brackets in 3 different pools. If one wins, I will then brag and say that I am THE college basketball expert. I have a penis. 3/18/2009 9:23:11 PM |
marko Tom Joad 72828 Posts user info edit post |
i do what i do every year
i've got an all-acc final four
ACC POWER 3/18/2009 9:24:51 PM |
Mr Grace All American 12412 Posts user info edit post |
i only do them when we are in it, and then i pick us to win it all
which shows you how much i care 3/18/2009 9:35:59 PM |
marko Tom Joad 72828 Posts user info edit post |
My elite eight
Wake Forest Boston College UConn Maryland Florida St Duke UNC Clemson
winners in bold 3/18/2009 9:44:25 PM |
ncsu919 All American 1067 Posts user info edit post |
THE ACC IS OVERRATED AS SHIT. I bet you no one from the ACC makes it to the final four. 3/18/2009 10:20:24 PM |
Ernie All American 45943 Posts user info edit post |
Hey marko, where's that picture of the cats playing ping pong? 3/18/2009 10:21:14 PM |
Matlock All American 1255 Posts user info edit post |
I don't have any acc schools getting past the sweet 16 (I got Butler beating unc in the second round). 3/18/2009 10:23:15 PM |
tailsock Suspended 1616 Posts user info edit post |
^the only thing that would be sweeter than that would be Hansbrough fouling out 3 minutes before Butler pulls off the upset. Maybe then we could get some nice closeups complete w/ towel on head
[Edited on March 18, 2009 at 10:30 PM. Reason : .] 3/18/2009 10:29:22 PM |
Woodfoot All American 60354 Posts user info edit post |
i did not realize this thread was 2 years old
and i was wondering just how much basketball i'd missed 3/18/2009 11:15:52 PM |
jprince11 All American 14181 Posts user info edit post |
I get in this argument every year, I just say I have one bracket that I actually expected to happen and the rest just for the hell of it/increase my chances 3/19/2009 12:48:54 AM |
marko Tom Joad 72828 Posts user info edit post |
Quote : | "Hey marko, where's that picture of the cats playing ping pong?" |
http://tinyurl.com/cfkrks3/19/2009 8:45:22 AM |
ncsuREMY9 All American 1805 Posts user info edit post |
Quote : | "i did not realize this thread was 2 years old
and i was wondering just how much basketball i'd missed" |
3/19/2009 9:02:50 AM |
BobbyDigital Thots and Prayers 41777 Posts user info edit post |
I'm in three bracket pools
1 with a group of friends 1 with a group of coworkers 1 with a group of 800 people that I don't know, but is for a lot of money.
so go ahead and whine. 3/19/2009 9:11:17 AM |
Ragged All American 23473 Posts user info edit post |
i have 6 brackets.
they are all the same. in different places 3/19/2009 10:26:06 AM |
ssjamind All American 30102 Posts user info edit post |
or i just have multiple groups of friends,
or that i find hedging strategies valuable,
or i'm just that much of a gamer when it comes to risk-reward analyses,
or i don't really give a fuck, save an internet post, that many you need to compensate for the size of your manhood by making "definitive" statements out here on the brave intarweb
oh noes trolling successful - I responded!
yeah, you forgot this was the internet didn't you... 3/19/2009 11:28:04 AM |
Ernie All American 45943 Posts user info edit post |
Quote : | "I'm in three bracket pools
1 with a group of friends 1 with a group of coworkers 1 with a group of 800 people that I don't know, but is for a lot of money.
so go ahead and whine." |
I think you missed my point...3/19/2009 11:45:50 AM |