2016 Yahoo Pickem and Survivor groups

[Arky]

One of the older truisms in picking football winners was to take the underdog in the last two weeks of the season. Teams that have already clinched are in rest-up mode and let's-just-stay-healthy mode and not inclined to give 100% effort. The books have gotten wise to this and have adjusted accordingly these days but it still holds true, just not as definitive as it used to be. There is a certain amount of easing up that is going to take place over the next 2 weeks. One has to be very selective when implementing this strategy as there will still be favorites that cover....

Some teams will still be fighting for the playoffs and need a win badly - this is not a good reason to pick a team. There's a saying that goes (paraphrasing), "if a team needs to win, then they must not be very good in the first place". In other words, if they were good, they would have already wrapped up a playoff spot. Happens every year - a team badly needs a win to advance to the playoffs and they inexplicably lose to a lesser team.......

[Nconroe]

Nice to see underdogs like Cleveland, Jacksonville, and San Francisco win for Christmas weekend.

[HPF Bob]

Originally Posted by Nconroe

Nice to see underdogs like Cleveland, Jacksonville, and San Francisco win for Christmas weekend.

That was probably the NFLPA cashing in at Vegas.

[chuck]

Originally Posted by HPF Bob

That was probably the NFLPA cashing in at Vegas.

Bobbarino, armchair union buster.

If I had enough disinfectant I might wander over your way to see what kind of abuse you necks are heaping on Cionel Perez.

[Arky]

Anyone else having trouble with their picks saving? Let me know....

[Foo'ball Fool]

Arky, I just put my picks in for the pick'em leagues. Everything took okay.

O/T: Thanks for keeping up with all of the games again this year.

[Arky]

Originally Posted by Foo'ball Fool

Arky, I just put my picks in for the pick'em leagues. Everything took okay.

O/T: Thanks for keeping up with all of the games again this year.

Sure, no problem. I just set it (the groups) up in September and it pretty much takes care of itself after that. ESPN has something similar but as far as I can tell, they don't have post season play and you can't do the 3-strikes thing in Survivor. Both Pickem and Survivor have already ended at ESPN. So, reckon we'll stick with Yahoo unless someone hears of a better way....

I had a complaint of disappearing picks and was just wondering if it was happening to anyone else. Looking like you're going to win Pickem (well done) but I'm going to give it another weekend to confirm mathematically....