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BottomLine

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    BottomLine reacted to HoosierCoop in Prediction League RESULTS Thread   
    No longer will I predict a blowout win this season.  I thought we would come in more jacked than what was displayed on Saturday.
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    BottomLine got a reaction from thebigweave in 2022-23 Prediction League - Game 28 at Michigan St Tue 2/21/23 9pm ESPN   
    I need someone to explain to me the last three IU games.  Yes, we won 2 of the 3 but all 3 efforts were dull.  The relentless defense that pushed us to a mid-season winning streak has disappeared.  Maybe we are starting to wear down from the short bench.  Whatever the reason I figure that defense must return for the Hoosiers to take this one.
    We have fallen off the pace for a Big 10 title and are solidly in the tournament.  MSU has much more to play for here.  They are defending their home court, where they are 12-4.  We are on the road, where we are 4-7 away from Bloomington, the worst road record of any top 25 team.  We average giving up 71 points on the road, while scoring 67.  MSU scores 69 at home, while only giving up an average of 60.
    That is a recipe for more offensive and defensive struggles.  IU still desperately needs a reliable third option on offense if we are going to improve beyond where we are now.
    Close ugly game but I give the edge to the Spartans.
    IU    66
    MSU    69
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    BottomLine reacted to Dave from Dayton in 2022-23 Prediction League - Game 28 at Michigan St Tue 2/21/23 9pm ESPN   
    Hoosiers                                                                           70
    Spartans                                                                           65
    I hope.
    Heartfelt sympathy to those who were killed or injured and survivors and friends...
  4. Haha
    BottomLine got a reaction from Home Jersey in Prediction League RESULTS Thread   
    How can you tell I'm retired and I have way to much time on my hands?
    Just for yucks - the Prediction League win. place and show standings for the first five years.
    17-18    Hoosier Aloha, fwgreenway, IU Safety
    18-19    LilHoosier, Class of 66 Old Fart, fwgreenway
    19-20    fwgreenway, MoyeNeeded, Bobman1
    20-21    Class of 66 Old Fart, Josh, DChoosier
    21-22    Naturalhoosier, MoyeNeeded, Johnsoniu
     
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    BottomLine got a reaction from Napleshoosier in 2022-23 Prediction League - Game 27 vs Illinois Sat 2/18/23 Noon ESPN   
    IU has only lost at home once all year, and that was a 1 point loss to NW.  We are playing a team that gave us one of our rare road wins.  The Hoosiers should take this one.  I'm more worried about the next two.
    Hoosiers   73
    Illini    69
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    BottomLine got a reaction from Home Jersey in Prediction League RESULTS Thread   
    How can you tell I'm retired and I have way to much time on my hands?
    Just for yucks - the Prediction League win. place and show standings for the first five years.
    17-18    Hoosier Aloha, fwgreenway, IU Safety
    18-19    LilHoosier, Class of 66 Old Fart, fwgreenway
    19-20    fwgreenway, MoyeNeeded, Bobman1
    20-21    Class of 66 Old Fart, Josh, DChoosier
    21-22    Naturalhoosier, MoyeNeeded, Johnsoniu
     
  7. Haha
    BottomLine got a reaction from Home Jersey in Prediction League RESULTS Thread   
    How can you tell I'm retired and I have way to much time on my hands?
    Just for yucks - the Prediction League win. place and show standings for the first five years.
    17-18    Hoosier Aloha, fwgreenway, IU Safety
    18-19    LilHoosier, Class of 66 Old Fart, fwgreenway
    19-20    fwgreenway, MoyeNeeded, Bobman1
    20-21    Class of 66 Old Fart, Josh, DChoosier
    21-22    Naturalhoosier, MoyeNeeded, Johnsoniu
     
  8. Haha
    BottomLine got a reaction from Home Jersey in Prediction League RESULTS Thread   
    How can you tell I'm retired and I have way to much time on my hands?
    Just for yucks - the Prediction League win. place and show standings for the first five years.
    17-18    Hoosier Aloha, fwgreenway, IU Safety
    18-19    LilHoosier, Class of 66 Old Fart, fwgreenway
    19-20    fwgreenway, MoyeNeeded, Bobman1
    20-21    Class of 66 Old Fart, Josh, DChoosier
    21-22    Naturalhoosier, MoyeNeeded, Johnsoniu
     
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    BottomLine reacted to Stuhoo in Prediction League RESULTS Thread   
    It's like the AP poll if I barely beat Minnesota, but a bunch of teams ahead of me lost! lol
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    BottomLine reacted to LIHoosier in Prediction League RESULTS Thread   
    Look at the points, not the place. You gained 52 on who was 5th overall, 38 on who was 7th, and 44 on who was 8th.
    This game shook the standings a lot and these projected 50/50 road games the rest of the way are gonna make things even crazier.
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    BottomLine reacted to HoosierHoopster in Prediction League RESULTS Thread   
    Right there with you, picked IU to win, somehow finished 22nd, and moved up from 13 to 10th. 
    However, my confusion evaporated the second I noticed that @Josh finished dead last. 
    :)
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    BottomLine got a reaction from HoosierHoopster in Prediction League RESULTS Thread   
    The way this league is organized we have a three tier scoring system.  Most importantly you need to pick the winner.  Every time you pick the winner you get a 50 point kick over those who picked a loser.  I'm currently in second place because I've been very good this year at picking the winner.  I'm currently 21-4 in straight up picking.  If I had picked Michigan I would have fallen to eighth.  Secondly, we have the pick the scores segment.  I have done poorly in that segment.  My highest score this year has been 116.  But that 50 point kick for picking the winner has kept me high in the standings.  rcs29 has had an excellent run at predicting scores, which has allowed him to open a lead on the pack.  Finally, in the third segment we have the bonus of 10 points for picking a score.  Out of 50 chances I have failed to hit a single score this year.  I think you will find that most of the people near the top of the standings have been able to pick up bonus points along the way.  An extra 10 or 20 points here and there can cause a significant shift in the standings.  You are very correct that with a number of pick 'em games on the horizon, we could see some drastic shifts in the standings.  Nobody has a lock on winning this year and most of the members are close enough to the top to have the potential for significant rise.  Good luck to everyone.  Let the games continue.
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    BottomLine reacted to Hovadipo in IUBB @ Michigan - Saturday, 2/11/23 @ 6:00 on ESPN   
    Shoutout Miller Kopp, man. What a defensive possession (and game) on a really tough cover. 
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    BottomLine reacted to LIHoosier in Prediction League RESULTS Thread   
    @hper50 and @Scotty R tie for the win with 111. Rookie @TeeterInNJ and @Joe_hoopsier both got Maryland's score right. 
    @rcs29 keeps a slim overall lead.
      Overall       Game 22   Rank 2022-23 IUBB Points   Rank IU/Maryland Points 1 rcs29 2113   1 hper50 111 2 BottomLine 2110   2 IU Scott 111 3 Class of '66 Old Fart 2097   3 Josh 110 4 Rico 2058   4 BottomLine 107 5 LamarCheeks 2057   5 rcs29 107 6 muttcs66 2049   6 monskisprodigy 103 7 WayneFleekHoosier 2031   7 Naturalhoosier 102 8 HoosierCoop 2024   8 Class of '66 Old Fart 98 9 Naturalhoosier 2021   9 HoosierCoop 98 10 tkbbn 2019   10 muttcs66 98 11 Redcamaro 2019   11 WayneFleekHoosier 98 12 LIHoosier 2010   12 LamarCheeks 96 13 HoosierHoopster 2007   13 Crazy About IU 86 14 Napleshoosier 1997   14 TeeterInNJ 69 15 Josh 1997   15 Joe_hoopsier 63 16 craigyv88 1995   16 craigyv88 62 17 Stuhoo 1990   17 johnsoniu 59 18 johnsoniu 1987   18 HoosierHoopster 58 19 IU Scott 1982   19 LIHoosier 58 20 Demo 1976   20 choosierred1 57 21 RaceToTheTop 1972   21 DChoosier 56 22 Joe_hoopsier 1962   22 HoosierHoops1 56 23 DWB 1952   23 mamasa 56 24 choosierred1 1944   24 RaceToTheTop 55 25 HoosierHoops1 1932   25 incrediboy 54 26 Dave from Dayton 1931   26 Dave from Dayton 53 27 Henryville Hoosier 1924   27 Rico 53 28 DChoosier 1919   28 Demo 51 29 IU - Kaulie 1907   29 Redcamaro 51 30 incrediboy 1905   30 IU - Kaulie 50 31 thebigweave 1890   31 Henryville Hoosier 48 32 mamasa 1888   32 thebigweave 48 33 hper50 1856   33 Napleshoosier 47 34 Crazy About IU 1836   34 tkbbn 47 35 coonhounds 1783   35 DWB 45 36 ALASKA HOOSIER 1472   36 Stuhoo 38 37 Honkyman 1409   37 coonhounds 36 38 Hovadipo 1341   38 ALASKA HOOSIER 21 39 BGVille Hoosierfan 1306         40 IUc2016 1305         41 killerbeezer 1246         42 Schreckbagger 1088         43 HoosierTrav 845         44 Old Friend 838         45 HoosierFan1994 728         46 Tasmanian Devil 649         47 Loaded Chicken Sandwich 616         48 patrickmorriso9 566         49 monskisprodigy 483         50 Str8Hoosiers 469         51 realTomCrean 429         52 Hoosierfan1901 422         53 OGIUAndy 297         54 IUsafety 217         55 AKHoosier 147         56 Southside 113         57 Woodson1980 107         58 bmitch 104         59 jepwatso 104         60 hoosierrebel1620 101         61 cthomas 100         62 TTT 96         63 Hoosierfanyuh 93         64 TeeterInNJ 69         65 Barrel Rick 58         66 IUFootballEndlessMisery 51         67 ray 51         68 bigrod 29         69 Uspshoosier -10        
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    BottomLine got a reaction from Dave from Dayton in 2022-23 Prediction League - Game 21 at Maryland Tue 1/31/23 9pm ESPN2   
    If I pick this one with my heart I go for the Hoosiers.  If I pick this one with my head I go with Maryland.  Maryland is 13-2 at home this year.  The Hoosiers are 3-5 on the road.  It is very hard to win on the road in the Big10.
    Hoosiers   68
    Maryland  71
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    BottomLine reacted to Class of '66 Old Fart in Prediction League RESULTS Thread   
    @Josh I wore out the roller on my mouse scrolling down so far to find you in the standings!   
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    BottomLine reacted to rcbowla in Prediction League RESULTS Thread   
    I think we've had enough of this. Let's just fold this one up for the year and I guess just give the title to the guy currently leading. Whomever that may be.

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    BottomLine reacted to Hovadipo in Prediction League RESULTS Thread   
    Hey guys not sure if you heard but this is 5 straight wins since I retired from PL. I absolutely hate to take credit for the win streak but it’s my cross to bear. 
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    BottomLine got a reaction from Dave from Dayton in Prediction League RESULTS Thread   
    Thump thump thump!  That is the sound of the heal of my hand striking my forehead.  I changed my score prediction about 30 minutes before tipoff.  That cost me 10 points and a move back into the lead.  Add that to the 55 points it cost me when I switched from Rutgers to Indiana, and I've thrown away 65 points.  I swear I will never make a last second change again - so help me Bobby Knight.  Now on to Ohio State.
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    BottomLine got a reaction from HoosierHoopster in 2022-23 Prediction League - Game 21 vs Ohio St Sat 1/28/23 8pm FOX   
    The Hoosiers are 11-1 at home.  Ohio State is 2-7 on the road.  Hoosiers got a wakeup scare at Minnesota and should be back into form.  Still worried about Hood-Schfino's shooting wrist.  We need at least TWO solid scorers behind Jackson-Davis. It helps a ton if Hood-Schfino is a solid #2 and then we will take whoever has a good game from the rest.  At Minnesota we were missing that critical #2.
    I will not change me pick - I will not change my pick - I will not change my pick.  On the other hand there is always the possibility that ..........   Fingers in ears and humming.  I'm not listening to myself.  I will not change my pick.
    Hoosiers   74
    Buckeyes   71
     
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    BottomLine got a reaction from HoosierHoopster in 2022-23 Prediction League - Game 21 vs Ohio St Sat 1/28/23 8pm FOX   
    The Hoosiers are 11-1 at home.  Ohio State is 2-7 on the road.  Hoosiers got a wakeup scare at Minnesota and should be back into form.  Still worried about Hood-Schfino's shooting wrist.  We need at least TWO solid scorers behind Jackson-Davis. It helps a ton if Hood-Schfino is a solid #2 and then we will take whoever has a good game from the rest.  At Minnesota we were missing that critical #2.
    I will not change me pick - I will not change my pick - I will not change my pick.  On the other hand there is always the possibility that ..........   Fingers in ears and humming.  I'm not listening to myself.  I will not change my pick.
    Hoosiers   74
    Buckeyes   71
     
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    BottomLine got a reaction from Dave from Dayton in Prediction League RESULTS Thread   
    Thump thump thump!  That is the sound of the heal of my hand striking my forehead.  I changed my score prediction about 30 minutes before tipoff.  That cost me 10 points and a move back into the lead.  Add that to the 55 points it cost me when I switched from Rutgers to Indiana, and I've thrown away 65 points.  I swear I will never make a last second change again - so help me Bobby Knight.  Now on to Ohio State.
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    BottomLine got a reaction from Dave from Dayton in Prediction League RESULTS Thread   
    Thump thump thump!  That is the sound of the heal of my hand striking my forehead.  I changed my score prediction about 30 minutes before tipoff.  That cost me 10 points and a move back into the lead.  Add that to the 55 points it cost me when I switched from Rutgers to Indiana, and I've thrown away 65 points.  I swear I will never make a last second change again - so help me Bobby Knight.  Now on to Ohio State.
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    BottomLine got a reaction from Dave from Dayton in Prediction League RESULTS Thread   
    Thump thump thump!  That is the sound of the heal of my hand striking my forehead.  I changed my score prediction about 30 minutes before tipoff.  That cost me 10 points and a move back into the lead.  Add that to the 55 points it cost me when I switched from Rutgers to Indiana, and I've thrown away 65 points.  I swear I will never make a last second change again - so help me Bobby Knight.  Now on to Ohio State.
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    BottomLine got a reaction from ALASKA HOOSIER in 2022-23 Prediction League - Game 20 at Minnesota Wed 1/25/23 9pm BTN   
    Indiana needs to be careful here.  After three strong efforts this could be a bounce game.  Mix a bit of over confidence with a road game isn't a good recipe.  Also worried about Hood-Schfino's left (shooting) wrist.  After falling on the wrist in the first half of the Illinois game, he has scored only two points total in his last three halves.  So far others have stepped up to cover the deficit.  Geronimo, Bates and Galloway have filled in the scoring nicely.  Hope this continues.  Maybe it is Kopp's turn again.  To win consistently IU need a couple of reliable scorers behind Jackson-Davis.
     Hoosiers   73
    Golden Gophers  64
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