Protect Your Unit Week 6 Results Thread

(DISCLAIMER: This game is for entertainment purposes only. No actual money is being wagered.)

Here’s a touchdown you don’t see every day:

Despite that special teams breakdown, and Tulsa leading the game 30-9 going into the fourth quarter, SMU rallied to win 43-37 in triple overtime. This wasn’t good news for our players, many of whom had SMU to cover two touchdowns. This game broke two parlays, including a huge one:

Yup, that would have been $1,500 fake dollars for big better BullsOnParade96 (actually a gain of $1,750, since he wouldn’t have lost the $250) that would have put him back into first place with over $2,500 fake dollars. Other players also missed a big payday on one game: Defdans ($1200, Auburn-Florida), Snafu13 ($800, also Auburn-Florida), lrdnorman ($573 on three different parlays that each missed by one game), McIntyre2K7 ($480, Michigan State-Ohio State), HerdCountry941 ($240 on Pittsburgh-Duke), and Oak1787 ($180, Arkansas State-Georgia State under), E-dogg42 ($150, also the Arkansas State-Georgia State under), and briank19 ($90, Iowa-Michigan).

Parlay bets that did come in:

Now, in this week’s Picks Thread, UndercoverBull blamed his picks on a brand of gin he’d been sampling. I told him he had to tell us the brand name if he won. His parlay hit for $520 fake dollars, and he went 3 of 5 on his other picks, so please do us all the public service of inform us which brand imbues you with such superpowers. I’m still a gin rickey man myself. Needless to say, this play wins the Floyd’s Money Team Degenerate Bet of the Week.

It seems like I talk about parlay results a lot, but that’s what’s driving the overall standings. People make big leaps up and down the table. But this was also a great week for single bets; four different players got every single bet right this week:

That’s pretty impressive. Don’t feel bad if you’re not on that list; some players prefer to make more bets, or play parlays, or take longshots. In the end, money (or fake money) is how we measure success. But if you’re going 4-for-4 or better, you’re probably doing something right.

Speaking of SMU, we are close to having our first winning Futures bet:

The Mustangs have six wins already, and need only one more. This will put $6 more fake dollars into camweed12’s stack. (I didn’t say it was a big winner, but historically relevant nonetheless.) He has Tulane to win 5 and a half, which looks likely also.

Other games of note:

• Several of you went for a middle on Florida +6/Auburn -3. It didn’t come in, but a three-point difference in what looked like a close, low-scoring game was a pretty good opportunity for one.
• I will award Randolph & Mortimer Spite Bet of the Week to bullsonparade96 who put 4.10 on Cincinnati, in honor of C.’s imperfect won-loss record. Sad, isn’t it, that indicating UCF’s 4-1 record now qualifies as an insult. For us, that would be a triumph right now.

Standings:

Weekly winners are Danj725, undercoverbull, and dsidwell31. Those three and anthonyvito get the gem accomplishment for winning more than $227 in a week. Winning more than $100 were mcgies852, mmmmsnouts, carlzee, and HerdCountry941. Making a profit were jrjs and speruche.

Week seven preview: Wednesday Night Fun Belt starts with Louisiana at Appalachian State. There are also two Thursday and three Friday games, none of which are AAC. The week’s top game is probably another battle of SEC unbeatens, Florida at LSU. Oklahoma-Texas is also on. #1 Alabama goes to Texas A&M; #2 Clemson hosts Florida State; Penn State is at Iowa.

In the AAC, BYU at USF is the only non-conference game, and Navy-Tulsa is the only intradivisional game. Memphis is at Temple; UConn goes to Tulane; and Cincinnati is at Houston. SMU, ECU, and Central Florida are off.