Annual Home Stretch Contest: 2017 Edition

[Trotsky]

Predict the result of the 15 remaining ECAC games.  W, L or T: 1 point for each exact match (so while ties are valid, you'd better be sure...)

My prediction for template:

Trotsky

W @Prn
L @Qpc
W Clk
W SLU
W Hvd
L Drt
L @Uni
W @RPI
W Cgt
W Yal
W Brn
L @SLU
L @Clk
W Uni
W RPI

Ties broken by stepping backwards from game 22, 21, etc...

[andyw2100]

W @Prn
W @Qpc
W Clk
W SLU
W Hvd
W Drt
W @Uni
W @RPI
W Cgt
W Yal
W Brn
W @SLU
W @Clk
W Uni
W RPI

Call me an optimist!

[Beeeej]

W @Prn
L @Qpc
W Clk
W SLU
L Hvd
W Drt
W @Uni
W @RPI
W Cgt
W Yal
W Brn
W @SLU
W @Clk
W Uni
W RPI

Just so I have a slightly better shot than Andy. ::whistle::

[Jim Hyla]

I'll go with Andy's. I hate to bet against teams that I'm rooting for. (But then I also don't bet for them either, I just don't bet.) It seems awkward to pick a loss and root for a win.

[Beeeej]

I'll go with Andy's. I hate to bet against teams that I'm rooting for. (But then I also don't bet for them either, I just don't bet.) It seems awkward to pick a loss and root for a win.

I can't imagine why. It's a prediction contest, not a wish list. I hope for Cornell to beat Hahvahd, but logically I believe they will lose. If picking Cornell over Hahvahd loses me the contest when I otherwise would've won, that seems awkward to me.

[Jim Hyla]

I'll go with Andy's. I hate to bet against teams that I'm rooting for. (But then I also don't bet for them either, I just don't bet.) It seems awkward to pick a loss and root for a win.

I can't imagine why. It's a prediction contest, not a wish list. I hope for Cornell to beat Hahvahd, but logically I believe they will lose. If picking Cornell over Hahvahd loses me the contest when I otherwise would've won, that seems awkward to me.

I would hope that you could imagine why, but maybe I wasn't clear enough. Yes this is a contest and I assume if I play, I'd like to win. On the other hand, I don't want to win by hoping that CU will lose. Therefore, since I'm going to be rooting and hoping that CU wins all their games, that's the only way I want to win.

Now if it were simply a prediction, such as is done at the beginning of the season when we predict where we think the team will be at the end, then I can easily say I don't think CU will be first in the ECAC. However I'm still rooting for that, and I don't lose if I'm wrong.

Maybe you still can't imagine why, but that's okay.

[Trotsky]

For the record, though I predict 10-5 I will be rooting for 15-0.  If that was unclear.

[RichH]

Only on eLynah can this sort of thing create debate.

L @Prn
T @Qpc
W Clk
T SLU
T Hvd
W Drt
W @Uni
W @RPI
W Cgt
W Yal
W Brn
L @SLU
T @Clk
L Uni
W RPI

[Tcl123]

L @Prn
W @Qpc
L Clk
W SLU
L Hvd
W Drt
L @Uni
W @RPI
W Cgt
W Yal
W Brn
L @SLU
L @Clk
W Uni
W RPI

[Beeeej]

I'll go with Andy's. I hate to bet against teams that I'm rooting for. (But then I also don't bet for them either, I just don't bet.) It seems awkward to pick a loss and root for a win.

I can't imagine why. It's a prediction contest, not a wish list. I hope for Cornell to beat Hahvahd, but logically I believe they will lose. If picking Cornell over Hahvahd loses me the contest when I otherwise would've won, that seems awkward to me.

I would hope that you could imagine why, but maybe I wasn't clear enough. Yes this is a contest and I assume if I play, I'd like to win. On the other hand, I don't want to win by hoping that CU will lose. Therefore, since I'm going to be rooting and hoping that CU wins all their games, that's the only way I want to win.

Now if it were simply a prediction, such as is done at the beginning of the season when we predict where we think the team will be at the end, then I can easily say I don't think CU will be first in the ECAC. However I'm still rooting for that, and I don't lose if I'm wrong.

Maybe you still can't imagine why, but that's okay.

Perhaps you think that because I believe Cornell will lose to Hahvahd, and because I therefore picked Hahvahd, I am not rooting for Cornell - or even worse, that I am actively rooting for Hahvahd. You would be mistaken. I don't believe it is the least bit inconsistent to root for Cornell to win and yet accept winning the contest as a distant consolation.

Not to mention the fact that I could still win the contest even if Cornell wins that game.

[Dafatone]

I always forget to do these!

T @Prn
L @Qpc
W Clk
W SLU
W Hvd
L Drt
W @Uni
W @RPI
W Cgt
T Yal
W Brn
T @SLU
L @Clk
W Uni
W RPI

[TimV]

Looks like 9-5-1 to me.


W @Prn  
L @Qpc
W Clk
W SLU
L Hvd
W Drt
L @Uni
W @RPI
T Cgt
W Yal
W Brn
L @SLU
W @Clk
L Uni
W RPI

[ugarte]

I'll go with Andy's. I hate to bet against teams that I'm rooting for. (But then I also don't bet for them either, I just don't bet.) It seems awkward to pick a loss and root for a win.

I can't imagine why. It's a prediction contest, not a wish list. I hope for Cornell to beat Hahvahd, but logically I believe they will lose. If picking Cornell over Hahvahd loses me the contest when I otherwise would've won, that seems awkward to me.

I would hope that you could imagine why, but maybe I wasn't clear enough. Yes this is a contest and I assume if I play, I'd like to win. On the other hand, I don't want to win by hoping that CU will lose. Therefore, since I'm going to be rooting and hoping that CU wins all their games, that's the only way I want to win.

Now if it were simply a prediction, such as is done at the beginning of the season when we predict where we think the team will be at the end, then I can easily say I don't think CU will be first in the ECAC. However I'm still rooting for that, and I don't lose if I'm wrong.

Maybe you still can't imagine why, but that's okay.

Perhaps you think that because I believe Cornell will lose to Hahvahd, and because I therefore picked Hahvahd, I am not rooting for Cornell - or even worse, that I am actively rooting for Hahvahd. You would be mistaken. I don't believe it is the least bit inconsistent to root for Cornell to win and yet accept winning the contest as a distant consolation.

Just accept that some people don't want to do a silly contest please. You even admit that a Harvard win that matches your prediction will provide distant consolation which, I think we can all agree, is morally grotesque on a scale usually reserved for despots.

[Jim Hyla]

I'll go with Andy's. I hate to bet against teams that I'm rooting for. (But then I also don't bet for them either, I just don't bet.) It seems awkward to pick a loss and root for a win.

I can't imagine why. It's a prediction contest, not a wish list. I hope for Cornell to beat Hahvahd, but logically I believe they will lose. If picking Cornell over Hahvahd loses me the contest when I otherwise would've won, that seems awkward to me.

I would hope that you could imagine why, but maybe I wasn't clear enough. Yes this is a contest and I assume if I play, I'd like to win. On the other hand, I don't want to win by hoping that CU will lose. Therefore, since I'm going to be rooting and hoping that CU wins all their games, that's the only way I want to win.

Now if it were simply a prediction, such as is done at the beginning of the season when we predict where we think the team will be at the end, then I can easily say I don't think CU will be first in the ECAC. However I'm still rooting for that, and I don't lose if I'm wrong.

Maybe you still can't imagine why, but that's okay.

Perhaps you think that because I believe Cornell will lose to Hahvahd, and because I therefore picked Hahvahd, I am not rooting for Cornell - or even worse, that I am actively rooting for Hahvahd. You would be mistaken. I don't believe it is the least bit inconsistent to root for Cornell to win and yet accept winning the contest as a distant consolation.

Not to mention the fact that I could still win the contest even if Cornell wins that game.

I don't know why you'd think that I'd believe that you'd root against CU. I never had any comment about you, other than you're not understanding of my position.

You can have any position you want. I'd just hope you'd be willing to understand that others have differing positions and that maybe you'd try and understand why.

[Beeeej]

I'll go with Andy's. I hate to bet against teams that I'm rooting for. (But then I also don't bet for them either, I just don't bet.) It seems awkward to pick a loss and root for a win.

I can't imagine why. It's a prediction contest, not a wish list. I hope for Cornell to beat Hahvahd, but logically I believe they will lose. If picking Cornell over Hahvahd loses me the contest when I otherwise would've won, that seems awkward to me.

I would hope that you could imagine why, but maybe I wasn't clear enough. Yes this is a contest and I assume if I play, I'd like to win. On the other hand, I don't want to win by hoping that CU will lose. Therefore, since I'm going to be rooting and hoping that CU wins all their games, that's the only way I want to win.

Now if it were simply a prediction, such as is done at the beginning of the season when we predict where we think the team will be at the end, then I can easily say I don't think CU will be first in the ECAC. However I'm still rooting for that, and I don't lose if I'm wrong.

Maybe you still can't imagine why, but that's okay.

Perhaps you think that because I believe Cornell will lose to Hahvahd, and because I therefore picked Hahvahd, I am not rooting for Cornell - or even worse, that I am actively rooting for Hahvahd. You would be mistaken. I don't believe it is the least bit inconsistent to root for Cornell to win and yet accept winning the contest as a distant consolation.

Not to mention the fact that I could still win the contest even if Cornell wins that game.

I don't know why you'd think that I'd believe that you'd root against CU. I never had any comment about you, other than you're not understanding of my position.

See your comments above in bold.