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Offline Drew

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Are You Smarter Than a Monkey?
« on: April 12, 2007, 05:12:32 PM »
As many of you may know, for the past three or so years TSN SportsCentre brings in a monkey named Maggie at playoff time to predict the matchups in each round (by spinning a wheel of course, she isn't a talking monkey after all).  TSN.ca tells me that she went 9-6 last year and now I want to see if I, or we, can do any better.

As such, I will post Maggie's First Round predictions as well as my own and when the Second Rounds starts it will be updated, and so on.  Everyone else is welcome to place their predictions as well and if anyone does I will tally everyone at the end of each round to see how we are stacking up each round against each other, and against the monkey.  I recognize that last night there were already four games but I assure you that I will still post my original predictions without being influenced by last nights games (which should be evident by my picks, three of which are down one game already).

If anyone else puts in predictions I would urge you to do so sometime today before the games and to try not to be influenced by last nights games if at all possible.  Remember, if you have to cheat to beat the monkey it is arguable that the monkey still wins.

So without further ado, here are Maggie's picks followed by my own.  And yes I realize that the formatting sort of blows, but this friggin board doesn't like all those spaces apparently and the indent is a pain in the ass to use.

Series  Maggie  Andrew

DET/CGY__DET___CGY
ANA/MIN__MIN___ANA
VAN/DAL__VAN___DAL
NAS/SJ____NAS__SJ
BUF/NYI___BUF___BUF
NJ/TB_____NJ____TB
ATL/NYR___ATL___NYR
OTT/PIT___PIT___PIT
« Last Edit: April 12, 2007, 05:25:20 PM by Drew »
Now if you'll excuse me, I have some death to defy.

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Are You Smarter Than a Monkey?
« Reply #1 on: April 12, 2007, 11:56:52 PM »
DET/CGY__CGY
ANA/MIN__MIN
VAN/DAL__VAN
NAS/SJ____SJ
BUF/NYI___BUF
NJ/TB_____NJ
ATL/NYR___NYR
OTT/PIT___OTT

These are pre-first game picks too, Jami can verify that.
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« Reply #2 on: April 13, 2007, 01:51:53 AM »
Umm Bob, you have different picks there than the ones you gave me. You are a scammer.
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Are You Smarter Than a Monkey?
« Reply #3 on: April 13, 2007, 02:42:30 AM »
We'll beat that monkey.  We'll beat her good.
Now if you'll excuse me, I have some death to defy.

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« Reply #4 on: April 16, 2007, 01:37:36 AM »
My predictions from the get-go.
DET/CGY__CGY
ANA/MIN__ANA
VAN/DAL__VAN
NAS/SJ____SJ
BUF/NYI___BUF
NJ/TB_____TB
ATL/NYR___NYR
OTT/PIT___OTT
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Are You Smarter Than a Monkey?
« Reply #5 on: April 16, 2007, 03:20:12 AM »
Thought I'd update the list now, once again I have no fix for the shit formatting at the moment.  Or I'm too lazy to try.  I believe Steve's late picks because he picked Calgary who is down by two games now.  Though we all know they will come back anyway.

Series Maggie     Andrew     Bob     Steve

DET/CGY___DET___CGY___CGY__CGY
ANA/MIN___MIN___ANA___MIN__ANA
VAN/DAL___VAN___DAL___VAN__VAN
NAS/SJ____NAS___SJ____SJ____SJ
BUF/NYI___BUF___BUF___BUF__BUF
NJ/TB_____NJ____TB____NJ____TB
ATL/NYR___ATL___NYR___NYR__NYR
OTT/PIT___PIT___PIT___OTT__OTT
Now if you'll excuse me, I have some death to defy.

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« Reply #6 on: April 24, 2007, 03:56:48 AM »
Thought I'd do a quick update after the Canucks game.  After Maggie has made the second round picks I'll post them as well as my own and you guys can update for round two.  So far, unless my math is wrong, I am just as smart as the monkey whereas Bob and Steve are smarter.

Maggie:  4/8
Andrew:  4/8
Bob:  6/8
Steve:  6/8
Now if you'll excuse me, I have some death to defy.

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« Reply #7 on: April 25, 2007, 02:15:04 AM »
OTT/NJ     - my picks=    OTT
BUF/NYR                        BUF
DET/SJ                          SJ
ANA/VAN                       ANA

yay, smarter than a monkey.
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« Reply #8 on: April 25, 2007, 04:33:23 AM »
OTT/NJ = OTT in 6
BUF/NYR = BUF in 7
DET/SJ = DET in 6
ANA/VAN = VAN in 7

Fucking monkey.
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« Reply #9 on: April 25, 2007, 06:56:32 PM »
Just waiting on Bob and me and of course the monkey.

For me:

NJ
BUF
SJ
ANA

When Bob posts and I figure out the monkey I'll reshittyformat it.
Now if you'll excuse me, I have some death to defy.

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« Reply #10 on: April 25, 2007, 07:38:51 PM »
Bob's picks are:

BUF
OTT
SJ
ANA
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« Reply #11 on: April 25, 2007, 08:04:41 PM »
I will currently assume that Jami is not lying and I will now place all the picks in one convenient form.  If later it turns out that Jami is a liar (likely) I will change Bob's picks.

Series Maggie Andrew Bob Steve Mike

OTT/NJ___OTT___NJ___OTT__OTT__OTT
BUF/NYR__BUF___BUF__BUF__BUF__BUF
DET/SJ___DET___SJ___SJ___SJ____DET
ANA/VAN_VAN___ANA__ANA__ANA__VAN

PS: Mike starts at 0 for 8.  That monkey is kicking his ass.
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« Reply #12 on: April 25, 2007, 08:52:58 PM »
Because I love procrastinating and hate studying, I am going to defend myself.

I am not lying! Bob is in a tight competition with my brothers and dad so I collected his picks last night... I even know the number of games in which he thinks they will win in.

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« Reply #13 on: April 25, 2007, 11:52:58 PM »
liar...
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« Reply #14 on: April 26, 2007, 04:22:19 PM »
I will reveal if Jami is lying or not next week.
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