The Tafnut NCAA Challenge

[tafnut]

T&FN had better have their own NCAA contest (hint, hint - edit: hey it's already Monday afternoon, fellas!), but here’s one too. Deadline for submissions is Tuesday midnight PDT.

Here’s how this game works: Here are the T&FN and TrackWire picks for NCAA gold. If only one name is listed, he/she is the favorite by both. Your job is to beat the experts.

1. If you agree with the consensus pick, do not make a selection.
2. If they disagree, pick one of the two (1 point) or pick someone else (2 points)
3. If you disagree with the consensus, pick someone else (2 points)
4. But . . . if you pick wrong, you get negative points, -1 or -2, as the case may be. If you end up with a negative number, you have LOST to the experts.
5. Person with the most points wins. What do you win? The bragging rights to ‘beating the experts.’

men T&FN TW
100 Scales
200 Mathis
400 Wariner
800 Johnson
1500 Mulvaney S Jefferson
St Desilets
5K Ritz Cheseret
10K Cragg
110H Brown
400H Clement
HJ Manson
PV Skipper
LJ Sands
TJ Sands
SP Myerscgh
DT Hopley
HT Freeman
JT Chaput
Dec Harlan M Smith

women T&FN TW
100 L Wms
200 Moore
400 Richards
800 Bennett
1500 McWms
St Nilsson
5K K Smith
10K Craig
110H S Johnson L Jones
400H Demus
HJ Howard
PV C Johnson
LJ Aduba Fountain
TJ Hill
SP Gerraughty
DT Breisch
HT Scott
JT Doyle Stasiulionte
Hep Fountain


edit: obviously 'edit'ing your post after the deadline invalidates the entry.

[Pego]

Re: The Tafnut NCAA Challenge

<If you end up with a positive number, you have LOST to the experts.>

I think you mean "negative" number. If I understand your rules, the experts are at 0, if you trump them, you are positive.

[tafnut]

Re: The Tafnut NCAA Challenge

oops - right - I made the change. I'll post mine tonight, so y'all can at least beat me. :-)

[EPelle]

Re: The Tafnut NCAA Challenge

Senior Ida Nilsson has set a new Swedish national record in each of the past three NCAA Championships. A fourth, and the facilities goof-up in California will be forgotten.

[DentyCracker]

Re: The Tafnut NCAA Challenge

men T&FN TW
100 Blanton
200 O. Brown
400 Banda
1500 S Jefferson
110H Phillips
Dec M Smith

women T&FN TW
TJ Gallimore

Not too up on NCAA this year

[Kuykendall]

Re: The Tafnut NCAA Challenge

200-Gay; 1500-Myers; 5000--Ritzenhein; HJ-Wilburn; LJ-Moffitt; Dec-Smith; 100H-Jones; LJ-Aduba; TJ-Radevica; JT-Doyle.

Otherwise, the consensus.

[tafnut]

Re: The Tafnut NCAA Challenge

had more than I thought I would:

men
200 - Routt
1500 - G. Robison!
5000 - Luchini
400H - Harris
HJ - Norman
Dec - M Smith

women
100 - Lee
200 - Lee
800 - Schmidt
St - Anderson
100H - McIntosh
400H - S Johnson
LJ - Radevica
TJ - Radevica
JT - Stasiulionte

[Tvarish]

Re: The Tafnut NCAA Challenge

>T&FN had better have their own NCAA contest (hint, hint - edit: hey it's
>already Monday afternoon, fellas!), but here’s one too. Deadline for
>submissions is Tuesday midnight PDT.

Here’s how this game works: Here are
>the T&FN and TrackWire picks for NCAA gold. If only one name is listed, he/she
>is the favorite by both. Your job is to beat the experts.

1. If you agree
>with the consensus pick, do not make a selection.
2. If they disagree, pick
>one of the two (1 point) or pick someone else (2 points)
3. If you disagree
>with the consensus, pick someone else (2 points)
4. But . . . if you pick
>wrong, you get negative points, -1 or -2, as the case may be. If you end up
>with a negative number, you have LOST to the experts.
5. Person with the most
>points wins. What do you win? The bragging rights to ‘beating the
>experts.’

men T&FN TW
100 Scales
200 Mathis
400 Wariner
800 Johnson

>500 Mulvaney S
>Jefferson
St Desilets
5K Ritz Cheseret
10K Cragg
110H Brown
400H Clement
>
HJ Manson
PV Skipper
LJ Sands
TJ Sands
SP Myerscgh
DT Hopley
HT Fr
>eman
JT Chaput
Dec Harlan M Smith

women T&FN TW
100 L
>Wms
200 Moore
400 Richards
800 Bennett
1500 McWms
St Nilsson
5K K
>Smith
10K Craig
110H S Johnson L Jones
400H Demus
HJ Howard
PV C
>Johnson
LJ Aduba Fountain
TJ Hill
SP Gerraughty
DT Breisch
HT Scott
J
>Doyle Stasiulionte
Hep Fountain


edit: obviously 'edit'ing your post
>after the deadline invalidates the entry.


MENS
200-Gay
800-Cross
1500-Sage
5k-Cheseret
HJ-Norman
JV-Smith
Dec-Kilmartin

WOMENS
100-Lee
200-Lee
100H-Jones
400H-Johnson
LJ-Fountain

[tafnut]

Re: The Tafnut NCAA Challenge

c'mon people - deadline tonight. You can't be talking smack if you're not willing to put up and then shut up!. [Yeah - I know - I'll be the one shutting up]

[ycn]

Re: The Tafnut NCAA Challenge

I'll have my entry in before then, but I don't like to show my hand too early.

;^))

[Pego]

Re: The Tafnut NCAA Challenge

MEN
200 Gay
1500 Spiker
5000 Ritz
Shot Taylor

WOMEN
200 Lee
110H Jones
LJ Fountain
JT Stasiulionte

Here it is :-)

[tafnut]

Re: The Tafnut NCAA Challenge

time's running out . . .

edit: just sent in my T&FN entry. First 12 are strong! Next 8 - not so much.

[ycn]

Re: The Tafnut NCAA Challenge

men
200 Spearmon
1500 Sage
10K Gonzales
HJ Lancaster
PV Eshbach
JT Chaput
Dec Harlan

women
100 Lee
200 Dyer
100H Denby
400H McIntosh
LJ Holliness
Hep Wright

[ycn]

Re: The Tafnut NCAA Challenge

Tafnut,

I have no idea why more people aren't excited about the NCAA's, which will probably produce as many or more world-class performances than most Golden meets this year.

We should stay tuned.

(post has been edited)

[mike renfro]

Re: The Tafnut NCAA Challenge

Men
200 Spearmon
1500 G Robinson
5000 Ritzenhein
LJ Moffitt
Dec M Smith

Women
100H S Johnson
LJ Radevica
TJ Radevica
HT Campbell
JT Malone