2024 Circa/Westgate roll call

Woodrow Wilson

EOG Dedicated
Woodrow, how did you do in your contests after week 1?

p.s., (like me) I see you took Texas St last night too :(

I've become more like Squarepants via avoiding the distraction. There are plenty of haters and air bettors here. We know this for your 5 year contest, with a 10% being added bonus, drew far less than 20 players.

I read a post from TEXED (in bold below) last week in the Grand Challenge thread, that nailed it.

Might as well get this one out of the way now, since I just violated it yesterday.

DON'T TELL OTHER PEOPLE YOUR PROBLEMS

90% DON'T CARE and THE OTHER 10% ARE GLAD YOU'VE GOT THEM.


What I select in point spread contests and what's in my pocket, generally aren't correlated.

It's a long season and I'm confident I'll earn overall.
 

mrbowling300

EOG Dedicated
I've become more like Squarepants via avoiding the distraction. There are plenty of haters and air bettors here. We know this for your 5 year contest, with a 10% being added bonus, drew far less than 20 players.

I read a post from TEXED (in bold below) last week in the Grand Challenge thread, that nailed it.

Might as well get this one out of the way now, since I just violated it yesterday.

DON'T TELL OTHER PEOPLE YOUR PROBLEMS

90% DON'T CARE and THE OTHER 10% ARE GLAD YOU'VE GOT THEM.


What I select in point spread contests and what's in my pocket, generally aren't correlated.

Iit's a long season and I'm confident I'll earn overall.
And you've proved that time and time again!!!!

And I agree, a shame not to see greater participation in the contests we have.
 
VSiN@VSiNLive

With 8,702 entries entering Week 2, here are the most popular selections for the @CircaSports
Survivor, announced by @JeffreyBenson12 on The Football Contest Show (9-10 p.m. ET):

Ravens 2,304 (26.5%)
Texans 2,049 (23.6%)
Chargers 1,276 (14.7%)

22 no entries / 23 teams selected

TNF: 5 eliminated on Dolphins, 2 advance on Bills

Circa Contest Hub: https://bit.ly/47hYUXz

6:17 PM · Sep 14, 2024

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[Not sure if I'm the best role model, WW, lol, but, yeah, I like playing the cards close to the vest and staying focused.]
 
VSiN@VSiNLive

The most popular selections for Week 2 of the @CircaSports Million, announced by @JeffreyBenson12 on The Football Contest Show (9-10 p.m. ET) with hosts @MattBrownM2
& @Somobomb18

Top 5

Texans (-6.5 vs. Bears) 1,925
Chiefs (-5.5 vs. Bengals) 1,604
Colts (-2.5 vs. Packers) 1,559
Ravens (-8 vs. Raiders) 1,467
Jags (-3 vs. Browns 1,462

Circa Contest Hub: https://bit.ly/47hYUXz
6:04 PM · Sep 14, 2024
 

ComptrBob

EOG Master
Circa Survivor: 5 of Top 8 go down with Hou and Phil left to be decided, only LAC in Top 8 survives.

Week 2: 3995 out + 22 No Picks. 1695 survive, 2990 pending. Equity per entry now $3,045.04

.
 

dogball

EOG Master
Circa Survivor: 5 of Top 8 go down with Hou and Phil left to be decided, only LAC in Top 8 survives.

Week 2: 3995 out + 22 No Picks. 1695 survive, 2990 pending. Equity per entry now $3,045.04

.
that was fast, maybe this can end before Christmas !!
 

Woodrow Wilson

EOG Dedicated
I'm not so sure the Thanksgiving extra pick doesn't keep more players in the contest.

How many more would have had either Detroit and/or Dallas today?
 

railbird

EOG Master
VSiN@VSiNLive

With 8,702 entries entering Week 2, here are the most popular selections for the @CircaSports
Survivor, announced by @JeffreyBenson12 on The Football Contest Show (9-10 p.m. ET):

Ravens 2,304 (26.5%)
Texans 2,049 (23.6%)
Chargers 1,276 (14.7%)

22 no entries / 23 teams selected

TNF: 5 eliminated on Dolphins, 2 advance on Bills

Circa Contest Hub: https://bit.ly/47hYUXz

6:17 PM · Sep 14, 2024

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[Not sure if I'm the best role model, WW, lol, but, yeah, I like playing the cards close to the vest and staying focused.]
good to see scum eat it on ravens
 

homie1975

EOG Veteran
VSiN@VSiNLive

The most popular selections for Week 2 of the @CircaSports Million, announced by @JeffreyBenson12 on The Football Contest Show (9-10 p.m. ET) with hosts @MattBrownM2
& @Somobomb18

Top 5

Texans (-6.5 vs. Bears) 1,925
Chiefs (-5.5 vs. Bengals) 1,604
Colts (-2.5 vs. Packers) 1,559
Ravens (-8 vs. Raiders) 1,467
Jags (-3 vs. Browns 1,462

Circa Contest Hub: https://bit.ly/47hYUXz
6:04 PM · Sep 14, 2024

3 losers so far. and Chef Boyardee losing
 

dogball

EOG Master
good to see scum eat it on ravens

holy overreaction !!
don't see it like that and wishful thinking anyway 14k plus entries down to under 5000 in two weeks with another 2k plus on Houston tonight. Next week looks tough and the top two picks have fallen each week so far. Christmas wasn't arbitrary, if by some miracle I made it that far however unlikely the games look brutal to pick. Gl with your entry
 

homie1975

EOG Veteran
don't see it like that and wishful thinking anyway 14k plus entries down to under 5000 in two weeks with another 2k plus on Houston tonight. Next week looks tough and the top two picks have fallen each week so far. Christmas wasn't arbitrary, if by some miracle I made it that far however unlikely the games look brutal to pick. Gl with your entry

every entry still alive means they have not selected:

-Baltimore
-Cincy
-Indy
-Tenn
-Jax
-Den
-NYG
-Caro
-LA Rams

that is a lot of teams to choose from.

this thing goes past Christmas.
 

railbird

EOG Master
"I dub thee 'The Survivor Mini-Contest.'"

Maybe they can take - another - page from the SuperBook contest playbook and do a Survivor Reboot for the second half of the season.
no, do a college point spread survivor. do you have any range at all? i doubt it
 

homie1975

EOG Veteran
don't see it like that and wishful thinking anyway 14k plus entries down to under 5000 in two weeks with another 2k plus on Houston tonight. Next week looks tough and the top two picks have fallen each week so far. Christmas wasn't arbitrary, if by some miracle I made it that far however unlikely the games look brutal to pick. Gl with your entry
I am not in it but it is fun to follow.

i have a crazy full schedule. no time to cap.
 
VSiN@VSiNLive

With 3,877 entries coming into Week 3, here are the most popular selections in the @CircaSports
Survivor, announced by @JeffreyBenson12 & @derekJstevens on The Football Contest Show (9-10 p.m. ET) with hosts @MattBrownM2
& @Somobomb18

Bengals 988
Browns 931
Bucs 667
Raiders 515
Jets (W) 445

Only 3 no shows!

Circa Contest Hub: https://bit.ly/47hYUXz

[Not enough entries left anymore for even a decent number of no shows, lol.]
 
VSiN@VSiNLive

The most popular selections for Week 3 of the @CircaSports Million, announced by @JeffreyBenson12 & @DerekJStevens
on The Football Contest Show (9-10 p.m. ET) with hosts @MattBrownM2 & @Somobomb18:

Steelers -1.5 vs. Chargers (1,756)
Titans -2 vs. Packers (1,614)
Ravens -1 vs. Cowboys (1,539)
Falcons +3.5 vs. Eagles (1,392)
Eagles +3 vs. Saints (1,307)

Circa Contest Hub: https://bit.ly/47hYUXz


[Should be Falcons +3.5 v. CHIEFS]
 
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winkyduck

TYVM Morgan William!!!
VSiN@VSiNLive

With 3,877 entries coming into Week 3, here are the most popular selections in the @CircaSports
Survivor, announced by @JeffreyBenson12 & @derekJstevens on The Football Contest Show (9-10 p.m. ET) with hosts @MattBrownM2
& @Somobomb18

Bengals 988
Browns 931
Bucs 667
Raiders 515
Jets (W) 445

Only 3 no shows!

Circa Contest Hub: https://bit.ly/47hYUXz

[Not enough entries left anymore for even a decent number of no shows, lol.]

$70,000!

70 no picks so far in 3 weeks is how much people have watsed!

UNREAL!
 
Well, hopefully it was "easy come, . . ." money.

I've never had any of that, including contest prize money.

In the Survivor this week, the selection counts out past the Top 5 listed above all are equal to or less than 78 selections (Seahawks).

So, the only "oh the humanity" carnage today would come from the top 4, with the Jets game already played.
 

ComptrBob

EOG Master
Only 3 no shows!

[Not enough entries left anymore for even a decent number of no shows, lol.]

There is a substantial drop-off in the No Picks percentage of entries because of the increase in equity level (ofc the raw # also depends on # entries alive).

Last year only 1 "No Pick" after Week 10 (609 survivors, equity $38,349).

This year (equity $3,679), "No pick" % has dropped from 0.32% (45, Week 1) to 0.25% (22, Week 2) to 0.08% (3, Week 3). probably won't exceed 5 in any week going forward.
 

ComptrBob

EOG Master
Circa Survivor: 2 of Top 5 go down with Raiders and Bengals left to be decided.

Week 3: 1660 out + 3 No Picks. 478 survive, 1736 pending. Equity per entry now $6,443.54
 

ComptrBob

EOG Master
Circa Survivor Update: 3 of Top 5 go down with the Bengals left to be decided.

Week 3: 2175 out + 3 No Picks. 636 survived, 1063 pending. Equity per entry now $8,396.70
 

ComptrBob

EOG Master
Circa Survivor, Top 4 selections all lost:

Week 3: 3232 out + 3 No Picks. 642 survived (4.50% of starting entries). Equity per entry now $22,221.18
 
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