Thursday morning buffet

Short line, but tasty.

• Josh Harvey-Clemons has a metabolism problem.  I hate him for that.
• More Aaron Murray stat trivia.
• Aw, shucks.
• “That is going to blow a lot of phones up.”
• Check out this fun exercise over at the College Football Matrix blog winnowing out the eleven teams that are most likely to play for a national title this season.
• Non-football, but if there’s a funnier punchline in a recent crime story than “Sebring Police Cmdr. Steve Carr said police did not arrest the dog…”, I haven’t seen it.

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Adios for a couple of days

I’m heading out the door to go to the Amelia Island Concours, so posting will be light to non-existent for the next couple of days.  Try not to tear the place up too much while I’m gone.

34 degrees of separation

Blogging definitely has its rewards.  One neat thing about GTP is that over the years it’s managed to put me in touch with all sorts of folks who have a connection with the football program.  But I’d have to say that this story from one of my best friends, a fellow law school grad with whom I’ve shared season tickets for three decades, is the topper:

Last night I went to a UGA Business School function in which Herschel spoke for about 45 minutes and took 30 minutes of questions.  Overall a great night.  Before he spoke, we were able to stand in line and talk to him briefly.  Then a picture was taken.  I’m standing in line for a little while trying to figure out what to say to Herschel.  I decided to say something to see his response.  When I got to him, I shook hands and welcomed him to DC.  I told him I was still a season ticket holder and that my tickets were on the 34-yard line.  Then I said that I had tickets with the Georgia blogger Senator Blutarsky.  He smiled and said, “Really.”  I said yes then asked if he knew about the Senator.  Herschel said “I sure do!  That’s something.”

Herschel thinks it’s something?  You remember as a kid if you met somebody famous, shook their hand and then swore you wouldn’t wash your hand that did the shaking?  I’m trying to figure out what the virtual equivalent of that is.

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UPDATE:  Here’s a link to some pics from the event, if you’re interested.

Fabris Invitation bowl pick ‘em results

Congrats to ImOpen!, who took first place honors with a 24-11 record.

Bowl Game Standings
Rank	Selection	Edit Points	Enter Picks	W-L	Pts	Tie Breaker AL-ND 42-14	Tie Breaker Winner
1	ImOpen!’s picks		Edit Picks	24-11	24	24-17
2	Fitzdawg’s picks		Edit Picks	23-12	23	45-17
2	wilcodawg’s picks		Edit Picks	23-12	23	28-14
4	wtjoyner’s picks		Edit Picks	22-13	22	42-14
4	Chunky A’s picks		Edit Picks	22-13	22	42-7
4	Dawgfan0000′s picks		Edit Picks	22-13	22	41-13
4	SCarolinaDawg’s picks		Edit Picks	22-13	22	35-14
4	DawgBiscuit’s picks		Edit Picks	22-13	22	31-14
4	Sweet D’s picks		Edit Picks	22-13	22	31-17
4	Biggen’s picks		Edit Picks	22-13	22	28-17
4	Ugadawgz80′s picks		Edit Picks	22-13	22	24-13
4	reeldawg’s picks		Edit Picks	22-13	22	24-17
4	What’s The Good Word’s picks		Edit Picks	22-13	22	24-10
4	Milldawg’s picks		Edit Picks	22-13	22	23-10

I finished 30th. January 1st was not a happy day for me. I got killed, going 0-6.

We had 295 participants, so I doubt I’m going out on a limb by assuming that y’all want to do this again next season.

GTP’s 2012 in review

The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2012 annual report for this blog.  I thought some of you might find it of interest.

Here’s an excerpt:

About 55,000 tourists visit Liechtenstein every year. This blog was viewed about 3,900,000 times in 2012. If it were Liechtenstein, it would take about 71 years for that many people to see it. Your blog had more visits than a small country in Europe!

Click here to see the complete report.

Here’s to a well-trafficked 2013.

Fabris Invitational bowl pick ‘em news

You should have received an e-mail from me yesterday letting you know that the bowl pick ‘em is up.  As of this morning, all of the spreads are listed with the exception of the Navy-ASU game.  You can make picks by kickoff for each game until December 26, when the board locks down.

The first two games on the slate are a week from Saturday, so don’t miss those.

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UPDATE:  To those who have asked if they can join despite not playing in the regular season pool, the answer is yes, since they’re being run separately.  Here’s the link to sign up.

Fabris Invitational, season finale results and standings

All hail 4boysbrew, winner of the inaugural Jon Fabris Invitational CFB Pool!

Overall Standings Through Week 14
Rank	Selection	W-L	Pts	Tie Breaker Winner
1	4boysbrew’s picks	89-51	89
2	DawgRocker hates the spread	84-56	84
2	Ross Oglesby	84-56	84
4	SCarolinaDawg’s picks	83-57	83
4	ImOpen!’s picks	83-57	83
4	uganewt’s picks	83-57	83

This week’s winner posted a 9-1 record.

Standings for Week 14
Rank	Selection	Adj Scores	Picks Edit	W-L	Pts	Tie Breaker TX – KSU 24 – 42	Tie Breaker Winner
1	blake20′s picks			9-1	9	14-32
2	tl’s picks			8-2	8	31-42
2	jadams4148′s picks			8-2	8	17-45
2	RocknRollExpress’s picks			8-2	8	31-45
2	reeldawg’s picks			8-2	8	24-38
2	pdhood’s picks			8-2	8	21-38
2	revdawg’s picks			8-2	8	20-35
2	Geezus’s picks			8-2	8	17-35
2	SCarolinaDawg’s picks			8-2	8	14-35
2	Sanford222view’s picks			8-2	8	17-34
2	wilcodawg’s picks			8-2	8	14-28
2	uganewt’s picks			8-2	8	45-31

I finished respectably, but that’s about it.

There will be a bowl pool.  Based on your feedback, it’ll be a spread-based format for all 35 games.  I’ll have things set up in the next few days and will keep you posted.

I hope everyone’s enjoyed this as much as I have.

You say it’s your birthday.

WordPress just reminded me that GTP turns six years old today.  Yay!

A sincere thanks to all who have stuck around for the ride so far.  It’s been a gas and it wouldn’t be the same without you.

Fabris Invitational inquiry

As I’m sure you’ve already surmised, this week marks the last regular season set of games for the pick ‘em.

The good news is that there will be a pick ‘em for the bowls.  My question to you guys is how big a bowl pick ‘em pool do you want?  Limit it to ten games as we’ve done?  Put the whole 35-game shooting match out there?  Something between those?

I’m pretty agnostic on this, so if there’s a clear majority on a particular number, I’ll go with it.  Let me know in the comments.

Fabris Invitational results and standings, Week 13

Another perfect week for somebody.

Standings for Week 13
Rank	Selection	Adj Scores	Picks Edit	W-L	Pts	Tie Breaker UF – FSU 37 – 26	Tie Breaker Winner
1	By Georgia we did it’s picks			10-0	10	20-21
2	zachda’s picks			9-1	9	38-34
2	Double Dawg’s picks			9-1	9	34-17
2	RocknRollExpress’s picks			9-1	9	24-21
2	Cojones’s picks			9-1	9	21-20
2	Loran’s Locks			9-1	9	21-17
2	i blame Blutarsky			9-1	9	20-17
2	wtjoyner’s picks			9-1	9	9-6
2	BulldogBry’s picks			9-1	9	20-24
2	Biggen’s picks			9-1	9	21-42

And the standings lead narrowed a wee bit. But with only one week to go, it’ll be tough to catch the leader.

Overall Standings Through Week 13
Rank	Selection	W-L	Pts	Tie Breaker Winner
1	4boysbrew’s picks	82-48	82
2	UGA-DAWG-in-TN’s picks	78-52	78
3	Ross Oglesby	77-53	77
3	ImOpen!’s picks	77-53	77
3	DawgRocker hates the spread	77-53	77
6	Moore Determined	76-54	76
6	rmj4uga’s picks	76-54	76

As for me, it looks like I picked the wrong week to give up making good picks. Ah, hell.