Protect Your Unit Week 11 Results Thread

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

Let’s start with the standings. Leader speruche falls back about $460 this week, taking a small loss while McIntyre2K7 made one huge bet on the Virginia-Georgia Tech over, winning $368.03 fake dollars.

Don’t forget, you have to make three different bets each week, including one involving an AAC game, or you have to spend a bye week.

Unless you’re below $250, in which case you can make one big bet. BullsOnParade96 staked his last $62.84 on USF to beat Temple and hit the over, neither of which happened. He is now down to $0, and can make a Sudden Death Bet, as per Rule 11. He must pick one AAC game, against the spread, which he must win, No pushes, no over/under plays. If successful, he will get another $500 to play with (though his total will still reflect the lost $1000). I will put $1 fake dollar into his account to make this play.

Note also that BullsOnParade96 has two futures bets that are still alive: Cincinnati to win the AAC ($225) and Oregon to make the four-team playoff ($400). If a player runs out of money, but wins some later from futures betting, he may re-enter the contest. The Sudden Death Bet is still available either way, but you have to take it the week after you go broke.

Also dropping below $250 and into the all-in zone are defdans (210.26) and ULhothot (141.74). They may bet their entire remaining amount on one bet if desired, or make 3 bets/1 AAC bet as usual. Andrewpina had a good enough to climb out of the all-in zone, winning $113.40 to get over $290.

As is always the case when USF loses, we lost our shirts on the Temple game: -$362.27 on 6 straight bets. Beyond that, the action was pretty spread out among a lot of games; no game had much action, so no game won or lost that much. Some players found a little success on the money line:

Yes, I picked Central Florida to crap their pants in Tulsa. And it feels damn good. Let me just see that one more time:

Aaaaaaaaaaaaah. The world is ever-so-slightly returning to normal.

This week’s Degenerate Bet Award goes to anthonyvito for being the only one to call Western Kentucky’s surprisingly easy win over Arkansas. The funny part? WKU was led by Ty Storey, Arkansas’ former starting quarterback. That must have felt good. It also must have felt weird beating Arkansas but losing to Central Arkansas. I imagine Chad Morris was reminded of that as he was being shown out the door.

I also liked julmisteforheisman betting on UConn to beat Cincinnati outright at +2800. Hey, you’ve got to take a shot sometimes.

Let’s look at this week’s winning parlays:

Last year’s PYU winner jrjs went 4 for 15 on three-way parlays, to get into third place at $1,561.85. Leader speruche wasn’t up to his usual standards, hitting only 1 of 7, but had a couple money line wins that limited his weekly loss to only $82.23. Still a plenty big lead, just over $1,000 fake dollars.

Week 12 National games of note: Oklahoma-Baylor looks like the Big XII Championship Game preview. Georgia-Auburn is an important SEC game. The Big Ten has Minnesota-Iowa (don’t laugh, the Gophers are ranked #7); Indiana-Penn State (don’t laugh, the Hoosiers are ranked #24); and #2 Ohio State is at Rutgers (okay, laugh).

The other matchup between Top 25 teams is: Navy-Notre Dame! The Midshipmen are very much a contender for the Group of Five’s NY6 bowl slot. They have the toughest remaining schedule: at Notre Dame, at SMU, vs Army, and a potential AAC Championship Game against Cincinnati. If they win all those, I don’t think there’d be any doubt about it.

Other AAC games are Tulane-Temple, Cincinnati-USF, and Memphis-Houston. All are on Saturday. Connecticut, East Carolina, SMU, Tulsa, and Central Florida, are all off.

OKAY JUST ONE MORE TIME.

The first lines are already up. We’ve got a full week of MACtion starting Tuesday, so you can already start getting your picks in.