2015 Preseason Prediction Thread

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Re: 2015 Preseason Prediction Thread

Postby dtwalrus on Tue Oct 06, 2015 5:28 pm

WEEK 5: DUKE defeats BOSTON COLLEGE (9-7)
Preseason Board Predictions - Only 47% correctly preseason predicted defeat! The board's first loss...cumulatively we stand at 4-1 on the year.
Winners: CorporalFunishment, rktbrkr, EagleDave, HustlinOwl, eagletx, 31southst, eagle9903, 25GeraldRd, eepstein0, TRE, claver, EagleNYC, commavegarage, bcshater, footer20, L35guy, BrooklynEagle, BCMurt09, BCEagles25, twballgame9, hansen and EndlessMike
Losers: The other 53% of us.

WEEK 5 INDIVIDUAL PREDICTION HIGHLIGHTS:
Predictions of the Week:
- rktbrkr with this painful truth: "Not just basketball anymore."
- footer20 with "We just flat out lose. Some people on this board try to convince others that BC is harder to get into than Duke."
- and eepstein0 was generally on track with "Really close, BC might win this game. This Duke team isn't the same team from last year. BC has a lot of success on the ground, but Duke scores a late TD to win. Daz's clock management skills come into question."

Now, for the losers:
- dtwalrus keeps getting halfway there: "Developing swagger. Duke's new QB can't find a receiver and BC's D just absolutely stuffs the run. Defensive grind, but a win." Story of my life...
- Painful "if only" from BCSUPERFAN22: "Think Duke takes step back this year, OL has time to come together with 3 winnable games"
- No, AdamBC, just no: "Duke is on the upswing but Daz has the team ready"
- While also somewhat true, ckoub01, also just no: "Duke is weak this year + lack of home atmosphere makes this similar to a neutral site game."
- Partial credit, tallsy: "Good D line can gum up Cutcliffe's offense"
- I fear AtlEagle is in for more disappointment before this year is through: "F Duke. F Coach K."

The winners who predicted correctly, but probably should not be bragging:
- BCMurt09 with "In store for a huge letdown. BC keeps it close, but this becomes reminiscent of last year's Louisville game."
- Lulz at you, EagleDave: "BC secondary vs. a David Cutcliffe QB/offense? Lulz"
- I don't think so, commavegarage: "They are just better"
- L35guy not so much with "Hard fought game, but Cutcliffe schemes his way to a win."
- Ha, TRE! I watched on MSG+. M.S.G.PLUS!!! "the high school football stadium finds another victim for the devils. sadly, the only way to watch the game will be hitting refresh on the yahoo sports ticker"

And a new category, the prediction that due to injury or unforeseen events now seems most like a fantasy novel:
- hinghameagle with "BC responds with a very nice road victory here, and it is done on the feet of Wade. After a poor game against N. Ill, he scrambles for key first downs as Bc otherwise has a tough time moving the ball. BC holds Duke to mostly FG's and Bc scores late to win. BC 20- Duke 16."

WEEK 5 PRESEASON PREDICTION STANDINGS: Starting to see some separation...
5-0: CorporalFunishment, EagleDav, 31southst, eagle9903, commavegarage, bcshater, footer20, L35guy, BrooklynEagle, hansen and EndlessMike
4-1: rktbrkr, HustlinOwl, eagletx, eepstein0, TRE, claver, EagleNYC, BCMurt09, BCEagles25, twballgame9, gallopingghost, IgnacioA26er, ckoub01, Salzano14, jhiggi02, lawrat, tallsy, AtlEagle, b0mberMan, capecod13 and 2014Eagle
3-2: 25GeraldRd, Iggle, hinghameagle, eagle33, MattTheEagle, DickRosenthal, DavdGordonsFoot, vegasEagle, BCSUPERFAN22, MilitantEagle, AdamBC, and dtwalrus
2-3: StratEagle, mod6A, and durkcal -- 0-3 on the non-FCS games...ouch

WEEK 5 ACTUAL WIN-LOSS vs. PREDICTED WIN-LOSS RECORD
13% Predicted 5-0
36% Predicted 4-1
36% Predicted 3-2
15% Predicted 2-3
0% Predicted 1-4
0% Predicted 0-5
*** Almost half (49%) of the board thought we would have a better record after 5 games. Ugh. ***

WEEK 6 PRESEASON PREDICTION PREVIEW:
Boston College Eagles (3-2, 0-2) vs. Wake Forest Demon Deacons (2-3, 0-2)

100% of participants preseason predicted a BC victory. Godspeed, Flutie (and Smith).

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Re: 2015 Preseason Prediction Thread

Postby dtwalrus on Tue Oct 13, 2015 4:41 pm

WEEK 6: WAKE defeats BOSTON COLLEGE (3-0)
Preseason Board Predictions - 100% confidence, 100% wrong...cumulatively we now stand at 4-2 on the year and I'm not optimistic moving forward.
Winners: No one.
Losers: Everyone

WEEK 6 INDIVIDUAL PREDICTION HIGHLIGHTS:
The Bad:
- mod6A, another nominee for most accurate with "boring game."
- tallsy also on point with "Game will probably be 7-6."
- capecod13 wasn't too far off with "Ugly"
- L35guy was actually right with "Wake blows and our D dominates them all day."

The Worse:
- AdamBC with "Wake is a complete shitshow, another win."
- AtlEagle got our hopes up with "No WTF"
- rktbrkr with "Thank you lord for these perennial punching bags."
- BCEagles25 wins, if only he were referring to BC's offense, with "These guys have the offensive charisma of Gary Tranquill."

And The Ugly:
- DickRosenthal, with "We drop the hammer on the Deacs in front of at least 40K excited fans there to see an Eagle team knocking on the Top 15."
- IgnacioA26er with "too easy"
- CorporalFunishment with "Wake seems to be the worst ACC team by broad consensus."
- EagleDave with "The Deacs are awful. BC cruises."

The Weekly Fantasy Novel Award:
- hinghameagle with "Pound city. Everything works. Offense rolls, Wade looks great. Wake cant get BC off the field and Bc's D locks up WF's O. Game is never close. BC 34- Wake 10. The BC loyalists start getting some crazy thoughts on a 10- win season."

WEEK 6 PRESEASON PREDICTION STANDINGS: Starting to see some separation...
5-1: CorporalFunishment, EagleDav, 31southst, eagle9903, commavegarage, bcshater, footer20, L35guy, BrooklynEagle, hansen and EndlessMike
4-2: rktbrkr, HustlinOwl, eagletx, eepstein0, TRE, claver, EagleNYC, BCMurt09, BCEagles25, twballgame9, gallopingghost, IgnacioA26er, ckoub01, Salzano14, jhiggi02, lawrat, tallsy, AtlEagle, b0mberMan, capecod13 and 2014Eagle
3-3: 25GeraldRd, Iggle, hinghameagle, eagle33, MattTheEagle, DickRosenthal, DavdGordonsFoot, vegasEagle, BCSUPERFAN22, MilitantEagle, AdamBC, and dtwalrus
2-4: StratEagle, mod6A, and durkcal -- 0-4 on the non-FCS games...ouch

WEEK 6 ACTUAL WIN-LOSS vs. PREDICTED WIN-LOSS RECORD
13% Predicted 6-0
36% Predicted 5-1
36% Predicted 4-2
15% Predicted 3-3
0% Predicted 2-4
0% Predicted 1-5
0% Predicted 0-6
*** A whopping 85% of the board -- including some annual wet rags -- thought we would have a better record after 6 games. ***
*** Nobody, not one pessimist on this board, thought we would be worse at this point in the year than we currently are. Rock bottom... ***

WEEK 7 PRESEASON PREDICTION PREVIEW: Boston College Eagles (3-3, 0-3) at Clemson Tigers (5-0, 2-0)
91% preseason predicted a loss to Clemson. I'm sure a current poll would be closer to 1000000%

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I think we need to abandon this and do a "2nd Half Season Prediction Thread" otherwise this is going to get really ugly.
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Re: 2015 Preseason Prediction Thread

Postby StratEagle on Tue Oct 13, 2015 5:35 pm

I think I was a little too optimistic this year.... :whiteflag
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Re: 2015 Preseason Prediction Thread

Postby EagleDave on Tue Oct 13, 2015 5:56 pm

I was half right, so I should get half a point.
Is this the 5 o'clock free crack giveaway?
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Re: 2015 Preseason Prediction Thread

Postby hinghameagle on Wed Oct 14, 2015 6:33 pm

Walrus: I have been in your highlight section 5 weeks in a row. My BC 34 Wake 7 is an all time miss.
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Re: 2015 Preseason Prediction Thread

Postby dtwalrus on Wed Oct 14, 2015 7:17 pm

hinghameagle {l Wrote}:Walrus: I have been in your highlight section 5 weeks in a row. My BC 34 Wake 7 is an all time miss.


Haha, I hadn't even realized that it was you every week. When I do these posts I honestly am just running down the comments column in my excel spreadsheet looking for the good stuff. After I find a quote, the copying and pasting pretty mechanical. Until you posted this I honestly had no idea I was picking on you. Sorry.

Also, now you've probably biased me moving forward...
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Re: 2015 Preseason Prediction Thread

Postby BCEagles25 on Thu Oct 15, 2015 8:36 am

I appreciate the effort you put into these, dt. Thank you.
I like BC basketball.
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Re: 2015 Preseason Prediction Thread

Postby hinghameagle on Thu Oct 15, 2015 10:42 am

I actually like being picked on Walrus. It makes me feel special. Lots of atomic wedgies and stuffed in lockers in high school. My predictions this year are 100% worth of being ridiculed. you do a great job with this.
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Re: 2015 Preseason Prediction Thread

Postby dtwalrus on Wed Oct 21, 2015 2:11 pm

WEEK 7: CLEMSON defeats BOSTON COLLEGE (34-17)
Preseason Board Predictions - Well at least the board won, with 91% preseason predicted a loss....cumulatively up to 5-2 on the year.
Winners: Almost everyone.
Losers: Poor, pathetic, misguided...DickRosenthal, AdamBC, IgnacioA26er and DavidGordonsFoot

WEEK 7 INDIVIDUAL PREDICTION HIGHLIGHTS:
Most Accurate of the Week:
- hinghameagle just about nailed this (except for the FG part, and who could've seen 1/1 coming?!): "Ugly loss. Both sides of ball. Clemson does what they want with an elite qb, and BC's offense gets intimidated and totally overwhelmed. A couple missed fg's and everybody is surly after a terrible showing. Clemson wins 31-10."

Other Winner, of sorts:
- 440 something yards seem to agree with eepstein0, with "DeShaun Watson + BC Secondary = Beatdown."
- EagleNYC with "a thrashing"
- 25GeraldRd mostly on track with "Wade again rattled by Death Valley and Clemson bottles up the offense, Defense can't contain the ACC's best player in Deshaun Watson"
- hansen captures Daz's sentiment at least, with "too much for a young team to win in Death Valley. Maybe next year we win back the old leather helmet"
- BCSUPERFAN22 with, "Clemzon too good and in Death Valley"
- BCMurt with "I want to say Clemson will Clemson since they'll probably be undefeated until now. But they won't."
- tallsy with "Watson will be too good"
- AtlEagle with "I want things to fall apart without Chad Morris, but I don't think we can keep up with them yet."
- L35guy with "An ass whipping. Plain and simple."
- Well, duh, 31southst, "I think Clemson is very good this year."

And The Losers:
- DickRosenthal with "After Notre Dame completely annihilates Clemson on national television in Death Valley, Dabo and company go into a tailspin and good old Backup College reaps the benefits."
- DavidGordonsFoot with "BC is a bad matchup for Clemson. This is the game where BC puts it all together."
- IgnacioA26er with "big shock of the season."
- And we can forgive AdamBC for "I'll be there, so we better fucking win."

Another Installment of The Weekly Fantasy Novel Award:
- 2014Eagle, assuming this game would be coming on the heels of a 5-1 start, offered "BC starts out hot, feeding off the Death Valley energy. Clemson then turns it on and runs away with it in the second Q."

And for the first time, a new award: The-I'm-Not-Really-Sure-What-This-Means-But-I-Don't-Want-My-Post-Hacked-And-Replaced-By-Gay-Porn Award:
- TRE with "limericks touting "rocketship" and "67 second knockout" will pepper the days leading up to the game. it's too early for clemson to clemson this game away so i think its going to be a track meet"

WEEK 7 PRESEASON PREDICTION STANDINGS:
6-1: CorporalFunishment, EagleDav, 31southst, eagle9903, commavegarage, bcshater, footer20, L35guy, BrooklynEagle, hansen and EndlessMike
5-2: rktbrkr, HustlinOwl, eagletx, eepstein0, TRE, claver, EagleNYC, BCMurt09, BCEagles25, twballgame9, gallopingghost, ckoub01, Salzano14, jhiggi02, lawrat, tallsy, AtlEagle, b0mberMan, capecod13 and 2014Eagle
4-3: IgnacioA26er, 25GeraldRd, Iggle, hinghameagle, eagle33, MattTheEagle, vegasEagle, BCSUPERFAN22, MilitantEagle, and dtwalrus
3-4: StratEagle, mod6A, durkcal, (and our Clemson-upset-picking additions to the basement of the rankings) DavdGordonsFoot, DickRosenthal, and AdamBC

WEEK 7 ACTUAL WIN-LOSS vs. PREDICTED WIN-LOSS RECORD
4% Predicted 7-0
11% Predicted 6-1
36% Predicted 5-2
34% Predicted 4-3
15% Predicted 3-4
0% Predicted 2-5
0% Predicted 1-6
0% Predicted 0-6
*** Barely beating the lowest of low preseason expectations...

WEEK 8 PRESEASON PREDICTION PREVIEW: Boston College Eagles (3-4, 0-4) at Louisville Cardinals (2-4, 1-2)
- 87% loss to Louisville. Preseason, this was our 2nd least confident pick. I'm assuming a revised poll would put this a bit higher, surely above FSU, Notre Dame...and Wake

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Re: 2015 Preseason Prediction Thread

Postby MaroonNGold on Thu Oct 22, 2015 3:59 pm

Word from S. Bend is that the ND tremors of fear about the Fenway game have become alarming.
BC once attracted stars like Abrams, Adams, Agbai, Austin, Bagley, Barros, Bell, Curley, Driscoll, Dudley, Eisley, Evans, Huckaby, Jackson, McCready, Murphy, O'Brien, Rice, Smith, Williams, et al.

Those days are gone.

And who is responsible for that?
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Re: 2015 Preseason Prediction Thread

Postby TobaccoRoadEagle on Thu Oct 22, 2015 10:02 pm

MaroonNGold {l Wrote}:Word from S. Bend is that the ND tremors of fear about the Fenway game have become alarming.

shut the fuck up. If you ever post on the football board again, I'll ban the motherfuckingshit out of you
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Re: 2015 Preseason Prediction Thread

Postby hansen on Thu Oct 22, 2015 10:55 pm

MaroonNGold {l Wrote}:Word from S. Bend is that the ND tremors of fear about the Fenway game have become alarming.


Not sure which post is worse: this one or today's post from jhiggi in the Louisville thread.
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Re: 2015 Preseason Prediction Thread

Postby twballgame9 on Fri Oct 23, 2015 8:49 am

TobaccoRoadEagle {l Wrote}:
MaroonNGold {l Wrote}:Word from S. Bend is that the ND tremors of fear about the Fenway game have become alarming.

shut the fuck up. If you ever post on the football board again, I'll ban the motherfuckingshit out of you


I respect this level of vehemence in message board moderation.
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Re: 2015 Preseason Prediction Thread

Postby TobaccoRoadEagle on Fri Oct 23, 2015 7:52 pm

twballgame9 {l Wrote}:
TobaccoRoadEagle {l Wrote}:
MaroonNGold {l Wrote}:Word from S. Bend is that the ND tremors of fear about the Fenway game have become alarming.

shut the fuck up. If you ever post on the football board again, I'll ban the motherfuckingshit out of you


I respect this level of vehemence in message board moderation.

My moderating goal is to be tough but fair so I'll not ban the motherfuckingshit out of him for posting in the fr hanrahan thread
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Re: 2015 Preseason Prediction Thread

Postby dtwalrus on Wed Oct 28, 2015 11:20 am

WEEK 8: LOUISVILLE defeats BOSTON COLLEGE (17-14)
Blah. This thread is becoming a chore. A miserable reminder of just how disappointing this season is.
Preseason Board Predictions - 87% correctly preseason predicted a loss....cumulatively we're now at 6-2 on predictions for the year.
Winners: Almost everyone.
Losers: galloppingghost, lawrat, DickRosenthal, BCMurt09, 25GeraldRd...and dtwalrus.

WEEK 8 INDIVIDUAL PREDICTION HIGHLIGHTS:
Most Accurate Posts of the Week:
- capecod13 with "closer then this board seems to think"
- DavidGordonsFood with "The 'Ville's defensive front is going to eat up this young O-Line."

Other Winners, of sorts:
- eepstein with "See NIU game. Mobile QB plus their DE Fields exploit our weaknesses."
- AdamBC with "I want to beat them, but the illiterate criminals win"
- BCSUPERFAN22 with "Ville returns good defense, will be low scoring game, Cards pull away late at home"
- I don't even know or care if EagleNYC was right with "we cover but lose"
- ckoub01 with "Our second annual L’ville beating"
- CorporalFunishment with "sold soul by hiring Petrino, these are the good times before the collapse"
- TRE with "better ingredients, better pizza"

And The Losers:
- dtwalrus with "Sgt. Slaughter rallies the lines and the defense causes nightmares for Louisville's rookie QB. This time it's BC forcing the INT's and walking away with an easy one." (goddamnit I keep getting so close with this predictions, except for the whole getting it completely wrong thing)
- BCMurt09 with "We will probably lose, but fuck Bobby Petrino."
- 25GeraldRd with the if-only post of the week: "D rebounds with a staunch showing, and Wade's passing and offensive command grows with each game; our RB stable carries us to a needed road upset."

Another Installment of The Weekly Fantasy Novel Award:
- DickRosenthal with "Bobbie Petrino gets caught fucking a ball girl on an ATV after he crashes and is paralyzed for life. We beat a program in disarray."

WEEK 8 PRESEASON PREDICTION STANDINGS:
7-1: CorporalFunishment, EagleDav, 31southst, eagle9903, commavegarage, bcshater, footer20, L35guy, BrooklynEagle, hansen and EndlessMike
6-2: rktbrkr, HustlinOwl, eagletx, eepstein0, TRE, claver, EagleNYC, BCEagles25, twballgame9, ckoub01, Salzano14, jhiggi02, tallsy, AtlEagle, b0mberMan, capecod13 and 2014Eagle
5-3: gallopingghost, lawrat, BCMurt09, IgnacioA26er, Iggle, hinghameagle, eagle33, MattTheEagle, vegasEagle, BCSUPERFAN22, MilitantEagle,
4-4: 25GeraldRd, StratEagle, mod6A, durkcal, DavdGordonsFoot, AdamBC...and dtwalrus
3-5: DickRosenthal -- FINALLY SOME CLEAR SEPARATION OF SOMEBODY!!! WE HAVE A CLEAR LAST PLACE!!!

WEEK 8 ACTUAL WIN-LOSS vs. PREDICTED WIN-LOSS RECORD
2% Predicted 8-0 (guess who...)
4% Predicted 7-1
13% Predicted 6-2
32% Predicted 5-3
32% Predicted 4-4
14% Predicted 3-5
0% Predicted 2-6
0% Predicted 1-6
0% Predicted 0-6

WEEK 9 PRESEASON PREDICTION PREVIEW: Virginia Tech Hokies at Boston College Eagles (3-5, 0-5)
64% preseason predicted a BC win over VPI. Of our 47 submissions, only 7 correctly had BC's record at 3-5 at this point in the season. Of those 7, 4 have BC winning over VT. Which means that if BC does in fact lose this week -- which is very, very possible -- we will be at the point where only 3 of our 47 posters predicted BC would struggle this much. Just sad...

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Re: 2015 PRESEASON PREDICTION THREAD

Postby TobaccoRoadEagle on Wed Oct 28, 2015 11:25 am

hansen {l Wrote}:
TobaccoRoadEagle {l Wrote}:
eepstein0 {l Wrote}:The overrating of Duke Football on here is absurd. They are in for a major step back this year.

so are we


it's a good thing you don't like sports or I would have to take umbrage with your suggestion that we are headed for a down year.

where's your umbrage now, shutupski?
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Re: 2015 PRESEASON PREDICTION THREAD

Postby hansen on Wed Oct 28, 2015 12:48 pm

TobaccoRoadEagle {l Wrote}:
hansen {l Wrote}:
TobaccoRoadEagle {l Wrote}:
eepstein0 {l Wrote}:The overrating of Duke Football on here is absurd. They are in for a major step back this year.

so are we


it's a good thing you don't like sports or I would have to take umbrage with your suggestion that we are headed for a down year.

where's your umbrage now, shutupski?


There's still time to turn it around.. The Shreveport steamer still has not sunk.
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Re: 2015 Preseason Prediction Thread

Postby dtwalrus on Tue Nov 03, 2015 6:04 pm

WEEK 9: VIRGINIA TECH defeats BOSTON COLLEGE (26-10)
Preseason Board Predictions - 64% erroneously preseason predicted a BC win over VPI....dropping our cumulative record to 6-3 on predictions for the year.
Winners: dtwalrus, mod6A, gallopingghost, lawrat, Salzano14, jhiggi02, 2014Eagle, ckoub, CorporalFunishment, 31southst, eagle9903, DavidGordonsFoot, IggIe, eagle33, HustlinOwl, eagle5x and BCEagles25.
Losers: The other 64% of the board.

WEEK 9 INDIVIDUAL PREDICTION HIGHLIGHTS:
Most Accurate Posts of the Week:
- Nobody. Honestly, nobody really captured this one.

Other Winners, of Sorts:
- Partial credit to me! "I don't think VT is going to be great this year, let alone even better than BC, but this game is a defensive slop-fest and has all the makings of a letdown a la FSU in '07. A few turnovers/special teams play cost us a close one."
- Partial credit, gallopinggost: "VT finally snaps the losing streak against us and doubts about a bowl appearance are gaining legitimacy"
- I mean, ok, ckoub: "BC scores more than they should against a top-5 D, but drops the game in the final minutes"
- Now we're kind of getting somewhere with mod6A's "season seemed so awesome now looks like its going down the tubes."
- Ha, only partial credit DavidGordonsFoot: "Another tough defensive front and I don't think Beamer is done."

And The Losers:
- DickRosenthal with "Frank Beamer has passed the Bobbie Bowden/JoePa/Woody Hayes point of perpetual confusion"
- It's not just ACCCG's anymore, AdamBC: "We can beat them with nothing on the line."
- BCSUPERFAN22 with "BC win at home, VT offense is still major question mark"
- IgnacioA26er is correct, but apparently this has no relevance against BC, "Beamer should have retired after the Matty Ice Miracle."
- same to you, tallsy: "Beamer's unraveled"
- 25GeraldRd with "the "Fire Beamer" chorus grows louder as BC D dominates another weak VA Tech O"

Another Installment of The Weekly Fantasy Novel Award:
- hinghameagle with "Turning point of season. Dazz gets the kids to regroup and they play exceptionally well defensively. Pass rush is dominant for BC. Hilliman breaks one big run and it is enough. BC wins 16-13."

WEEK 9 PRESEASON PREDICTION STANDINGS:
8-1: 31southst, CorporalFunishment, eagle9903 -- separation at last as the peckerhead cynics get their due --
7-2: 2014Eagle, BCEagles25, bcshater, BrooklynEagle, ckoub01, commavegarage, EagleDav, eagletx, EndlessMike, footer20, hansen,HustlinOwl, jhiggi02, L35guy, and Salzano14
6-3: AtlEagle, b0mberMan, capecod13, claver, eagle33, EagleNYC, eepstein0, gallopingghost, Iggle, lawrat, rktbrkr, tallsy, TRE, and twballgame9
5-4: BCMurt09, BCSUPERFAN22, DavdGordonsFoot, hinghameagle, IgnacioA26er, MattTheEagle, MilitantEagle, mod6A, vegasEagle, ...and dtwalrus
4-5: 25GeraldRd, AdamBC, durkcal, and StratEagle
3-6: DickRosenthal -- continued separation at the bottom --

WEEK 9 ACTUAL WIN-LOSS vs. PREDICTED WIN-LOSS RECORD
2% Predicted 9-0 (guess who...)
2% Predicted 8-1
13% Predicted 7-2
23% Predicted 6-3
34% Predicted 5-4
19% Predicted 4-5
6% Predicted 3-6 - BCEagles25, eagletx, HustlinOwl
0% Predicted 2-7
0% Predicted 1-8
0% Predicted 0-9

2015 PRESEASON PPREDICTION THREAD CHAMPIONSHIP SCENARIOS: (based on correct predictions, not predicted record)
1) L, L, L = CorporalFunishment
2) L, L, W = CorporalFunishment
3) L, W, L = CorporalFunishment, 2014Eagle, and hansen
4) L, W, W = CorporalFunishment
5) W, L, L = 31southst, eagle9903, and HustlinOwl
6) W, L, W = 31southst and eagle9903
7) W, W, L = 2014Eagle and hansen
8) W, W, W = 31southst, eagle9903, BCEagles25 and EndlessMike

WEEK 10 PRESEASON PREDICTION PREVIEW: North Carolina State Wolfpack at Boston College Eagles (3-6, 0-6)
*sigh* Remember those warm summer days when a heady 79% preseason predicted a BC win over the Wolfies this year...
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Re: 2015 Preseason Prediction Thread

Postby dtwalrus on Tue Nov 03, 2015 6:12 pm

Oh, just for fun, 75% of us preseason predicted BC to finish the year by winning at least 2 of these last 3 against NCST, ND and 'Cuse. 75%...
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Re: 2015 Preseason Prediction Thread

Postby Corporal Funishment on Tue Nov 03, 2015 7:31 pm

dtwalrus {l Wrote}:2015 PRESEASON PPREDICTION THREAD CHAMPIONSHIP SCENARIOS: (based on correct predictions, not predicted record)
1) L, L, L = CorporalFunishment


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Re: 2015 Preseason Prediction Thread

Postby dtwalrus on Wed Nov 25, 2015 2:35 pm

WEEK 10: NORTH CAROLINA STATE defeats BOSTON COLLEGE (24-8)
Preseason Board Predictions - 79% erroneously preseason predicted a BC win....dropping our cumulative record even further to 6-4 for the year.
Winners: durkcal, BCMurt09, capecod13, IgnacioA26er, hinghameagle, rktbrkr, gallopingghost, IggIe, EagleDave and Corporal Funishment
Losers: 4/5 predictors.

WEEK 10 INDIVIDUAL PREDICTION HIGHLIGHTS:
Most Accurate Posts of the Week:
- Nobody.

The Winners' Rationales:
- IgnacioA26er predicted the wrong kind of annual game, with "The annual shoot yourself in the foot game"
- Oh, hinghameagle: "A high scoring affair. Bc's kicking woes are the difference as Nc St scores late to beat BC 34-31. Very difficult loss. NC State wins 9 games on the season. Wade plays very well. (6-4, 4-3)"
- EagleDave at least had the appropriate Daz-blame: "The now annual "turtle shell" game for Daz. BC coughs up late lead to Brissett, now needs to split to maybe be bowl eligible."

And The Losers:
- We've suffered enough without the shame.

Another Installment of The Weekly Fantasy Novel Award:
- - BCMurt wins this week! "I needed to find another loss so that I wasn't predicting a 10-2 season"

WEEK 10 PRESEASON PREDICTION STANDINGS:
9-1: CorporalFunishment
8-2: 31southst, eagle9903, EagleDav
7-3: 2014Eagle, BCEagles25, bcshater, BrooklynEagle, capecod13, ckoub01, commavegarage, eagletx, EndlessMike, footer20, gallopingghost, hansen, HustlinOwl, Iggle, jhiggi02, L35guy, rktbrkr, and Salzano14
6-4: AtlEagle, BCMurt09, b0mberMan, claver, eagle33, EagleNYC, eepstein0, hinghameagle, IgnacioA26er, lawrat, tallsy, TRE, and twballgame9
5-5: BCSUPERFAN22, DavdGordonsFoot, durkcal, MattTheEagle, MilitantEagle, mod6A, vegasEagle, ...and dtwalrus
4-6: 25GeraldRd, AdamBC, and StratEagle
3-7: DickRosenthal -- continued separation at the bottom --

2015 PRESEASON PPREDICTION THREAD CHAMPIONSHIP SCENARIOS: (based on correct predictions, not predicted record)
1) L, L, L = CorporalFunishment
2) L, L, W = CorporalFunishment
3) L, W, L = CorporalFunishment, 2014Eagle, and hansen
4) L, W, W = CorporalFunishment

WEEK 11 PRESEASON PREDICTION PREVIEW: Boston College Eagles (3-7, 0-7) "@" #4 Notre Dame Fighting Irish (9-1)
Well, at least there's a chance to turn around this board losing street: 68% predicted a BC loss. I wonder how this turns out...

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Re: 2015 Preseason Prediction Thread

Postby dtwalrus on Wed Nov 25, 2015 4:05 pm

WEEK 12: NOTRE DAME defeats BOSTON COLLEGE (19-16)
Preseason Board Predictions - 68% correctly preseason predicted a ND win....improving our cumulative record to 7-4 for the year.
Winners: The smart 68% of the board.
Losers: AdamBC, BCSUPERFAN22, MilitantEagle, vegasEagle, dtwalrus, mod6A, twballgame9, EndlessMike, BCEagles25, DavidGordonsFoot, hansen, 2014Eagle, durkcal, BCMurt, and capecod13

WEEK 12 INDIVIDUAL PREDICTION HIGHLIGHTS:
Posts of the Week:
- DickRosenthal with "I was there the last time an undefeated BC team played an Top 10 ND team and the result will be the same, ND 54 BC 7. Congratulations to the 2015 National Champions"
- AdamBC so far off with "This is our city, not Sully from Southie's city"

The Winners:
- CorporalFunishment with "ND is better than us."
- 31southst with "Close game but they have a lot of talent."
- EagleDave with "Starter Jackets rejoice."
- commavegarage with "come up just short in our super bowl"
- not so fast, footer20, "Sorry, but blowout."
- blah, L35guy: "We lead most of the game, but ND's WRs prove to be too much and we choke in the 4th"
- Ok, ckoub01: "ND wins by 14 but it feels closer. Tickets scalp for $150 outside"
- AtlEagle with "The Irish are tempting the gods with their green unis and playing in Fenway, but I still think they win."
- take your accurate prediction and ignore the rationale tallsy "I want to predict a win but I don't think this is a 9-3 team."
- EagleNYC with "lots of anger."-
- 25GeraldRd with "ND gets the "home field" calls and wins in a controversial nail-biter"

And The Losers:
- capecod13 with "team rebounds to crush the frauds"
- hansen with "all the starter jacket wearing nd fans from southie go home unhappy"
- 2014Eagle with "BC comes out roaring in the throwbacks and pummels ND in the road game just 5 mi away from campus"
- BCSUPERFAN22 with "Sully's and Fitzy's spend 6 months salary on tickets and go back to Southie sad"

Another Installment of The Weekly Fantasy Novel Award:
- hinghameagle wins again, with "Dazz has these guys sky high like the USC game last year. Bc plays very well and this game is nip and tuck all the way. ND comes in ranked in the top 10. Bc lets a winnable game get away with some costly mistakes. ND wins 23-17."
- runner-up to dtwalrus "The bye week is a blessing and BC's theme of "Finishing" kicks into high gear. BC runs away with it. Blow out at Fenway!"

WEEK 12 PRESEASON PREDICTION STANDINGS:
10-1: CorporalFunishment
9-2: 31southst, eagle9903, EagleDav
8-3: bcshater, BrooklynEagle, ckoub01, commavegarage, eagletx, footer20, gallopingghost, HustlinOwl, Iggle, jhiggi02, L35guy, rktbrkr, and Salzano14
7-4: 2014Eagle, AtlEagle, BCEagles25, b0mberMan, capecod13, claver, eagle33, EagleNYC, eepstein0, EndlessMike, hansen, hinghameagle, IgnacioA26er, lawrat, tallsy, TRE
6-5: BCMurt09, BCSUPERFAN22, MattTheEagle, MilitantEagle, and twballgame9
5-6: 25GeraldRd, AdamBC, DavdGordonsFoot, durkcal, mod6A, StratEagle, vegasEagle...and dtwalrus
4-7: DickRosenthal -- DICK NOT ALONE IN LAST PLACE! --

2015 PRESEASON PREDICTION THREAD CHAMPIONSHIP SCENARIOS: (based on correct predictions, not predicted record)
Congratulations to CorporalFunishment, who clinched the championship!!!

2015 PRESEASON PREDICTION THREAD LAST PLACE LOSER SCENARIOS: (based on correct predictions, not predicted record)
Win over Syracuse: DickRosenthal
Loss to Syracuse: Massive Tie Amongst Optimists DickRosenthal, AdamBC, vegasEagle, StratEagle, 25GeraldRd, mod6A, durkcal, and (yours truly) dtwalrus

WEEK 12 ACTUAL WIN-LOSS vs. PREDICTED WIN-LOSS RECORD
0% Predicted 11-0
2% Predicted 10-1 (DickRosenthal)
6% Predicted 9-2
6% Predicted 8-3
32% Predicted 7-4
30% Predicted 6-5
13% Predicted 5-6
11% Predicted 4-7
0% Predicted 3-8 --- That's right! ZERO percent of the board preseason predicted a season this bad! ---
0% Predicted 2-9
0% Predicted 1-10
0% Predicted 0-11

WEEK 13 PRESEASON PREDICTION PREVIEW: Boston College Eagles (3-7, 0-7) @ Syracuse Orange (3-7, 1-6)
Ha! 89% predicted a win over Syracuse...

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Re: 2015 Preseason Prediction Thread

Postby mod6A on Wed Nov 25, 2015 5:37 pm

dtwalrus {l Wrote}:Loss to Syracuse: Massive Tie Amongst Optimists DickRosenthal, AdamBC, vegasEagle, StratEagle, 25GeraldRd, mod6A, durkcal, and (yours truly) dtwalrus

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Re: 2015 Preseason Prediction Thread

Postby dtwalrus on Thu Dec 03, 2015 12:28 pm

WEEK 13: SYRACUSE defeats BOSTON COLLEGE (20-17)
Preseason Board Predictions - 89% wrong. We finished at 7-5 for the year.
"Winners": HustlinOwl, DickRosenthal, hansen, 2014Eagle and DavidGordonsFoot
Losers: Everyone, really.

WEEK 13 INDIVIDUAL PREDICTION HIGHLIGHTS:
Fuck this shit.

FINAL PRESEASON PREDICTION STANDINGS:
THE REST OF THE PACK:
9-3 31southst, eagle9903, EagleDav, HustlinOwl,
8-4: 2014Eagle, bcshater, BrooklynEagle, ckoub01, commavegarage, eagletx, footer20, gallopingghost, hansen, Iggle, jhiggi02, L35guy, rktbrkr, and Salzano14
7-5: AtlEagle, BCEagles25, b0mberMan, capecod13, claver, eagle33, EagleNYC, eepstein0, EndlessMike, hinghameagle, IgnacioA26er, lawrat, tallsy, TRE
6-6: BCMurt09, BCSUPERFAN22, DavdGordonsFoot, MattTheEagle, MilitantEagle, and twballgame9

FINAL ACTUAL WIN-LOSS vs. PREDICTED WIN-LOSS RECORD
0% Predicted 12-0
0% Predicted 11-1
9% Predicted 10-2
6 Predicted 9-3
26% Predicted 8-4
36% Predicted 7-5
13% Predicted 6-6
9% Predicted 5-7
2% Predicted 4-8
0% Predicted 3-9 --- That's right! ZERO percent of the board preseason predicted a season this bad! ---
0% Predicted 2-10
0% Predicted 1-11
0% Predicted 0-12

2015 PRESEASON PREDICTION THREAD AWARDS
- GAME PREDICTION CHAMPION: CorporalFunishment, going 10-2 in game-by-game predictions.
- WIN-LOSS TOTAL CHAMPION: HustlinOwl, predicting a 4-8 season.
- GAME PREDICTIONS TEAM OF SHAME: 25GeraldRd, AdamBC, DickRosenthal, durkcal, mod6A, StratEagle, vegasEagle...and dtwalrus , going 5-7 in game-by-game predictions.
- WIN-LOSS TOTAL SHAME AWARDS: AdamBC, DickRosenthal, dtwalrus, and vegasEagle, predicting 10-2 seasons.

BOWL SEASON PREVIEW
Further shaming to come...

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Re: 2015 Preseason Prediction Thread

Postby rktbrkr on Sun Jan 17, 2016 9:27 am

Walrus, Great recap

In defense of everybody (100%) who were over optimistic about the season, probably nobody realized that there was only one QB on the roster ready to play the position in college. A difficult to imagine situation for a team in a major college conference. Says tons about Sgt Slaughter's ability to evaluate and develop college QBs.

Towles should give the Sarge another stay of execution like Murphy. BC would have a new coach now if Murphy hadn't saved the 2014 season. We're finding out the Sarge has no clothes. Another head coach whiff by BC.
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Re: 2015 Preseason Prediction Thread

Postby angrychicken on Sun Jan 17, 2016 10:42 am

rktbrkr {l Wrote}:In defense of everybody (100%) who were over optimistic about the season, probably nobody realized that there was only one QB on the roster ready to play the position in college. A difficult to imagine situation for a team in a major college conference.

In 2008, they didn't even have one QB who was ready to play the position, yet they went to the ACCCG.
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Re: 2015 Preseason Prediction Thread

Postby eepstein0 on Sun Jan 17, 2016 10:59 am

rktbrkr {l Wrote}:Walrus, Great recap

In defense of everybody (100%) who were over optimistic about the season, probably nobody realized that there was only one QB on the roster ready to play the position in college. A difficult to imagine situation for a team in a major college conference. Says tons about Sgt Slaughter's ability to evaluate and develop college QBs.

Towles should give the Sarge another stay of execution like Murphy. BC would have a new coach now if Murphy hadn't saved the 2014 season. We're finding out the Sarge has no clothes. Another head coach whiff by BC.


Being smart and getting a 5th year = bad coach?

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Re: 2015 Preseason Prediction Thread

Postby BCSUPERFAN22 on Sun Feb 21, 2016 8:15 pm

angrychicken {l Wrote}:
rktbrkr {l Wrote}:In defense of everybody (100%) who were over optimistic about the season, probably nobody realized that there was only one QB on the roster ready to play the position in college. A difficult to imagine situation for a team in a major college conference.

In 2008, they didn't even have one QB who was ready to play the position, yet they went to the ACCCG.


He had been in the program for 4 years, not a true freshman read option qb
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Re: 2015 Preseason Prediction Thread

Postby DomingoOrtiz on Sun Feb 21, 2016 9:22 pm

angrychicken {l Wrote}:
rktbrkr {l Wrote}:In defense of everybody (100%) who were over optimistic about the season, probably nobody realized that there was only one QB on the roster ready to play the position in college. A difficult to imagine situation for a team in a major college conference.

In 2008, they didn't even have one QB who was ready to play the position, yet they went to the ACCCG.



Wade was more ready to play than Crane? This is an eepstienOlike opinion. Have you showered with the team?
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Re: 2015 Preseason Prediction Thread

Postby angrychicken on Sun Feb 21, 2016 9:53 pm

DomingoOrtiz {l Wrote}:
angrychicken {l Wrote}:
rktbrkr {l Wrote}:In defense of everybody (100%) who were over optimistic about the season, probably nobody realized that there was only one QB on the roster ready to play the position in college. A difficult to imagine situation for a team in a major college conference.

In 2008, they didn't even have one QB who was ready to play the position, yet they went to the ACCCG.



Wade was more ready to play than Crane? This is an eepstienOlike opinion. Have you showered with the team?

Did I say that? Didn't think so.
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