2021 COAS Pigskin Pick 'Em: Week 18

And so it all comes down to this. Or at least, that's what I wish I could say as we get ready for the final week of the regular season.

Instead, while I wasn't paying super close attention to our scores for the week I got a gloating text from Adam asking if I knew what 0/6 meant. Obviously, he swept our six disputed games last week and I find myself likely needing to cheat if I have any hope of catching him.

Odd year magic means another win for Adam. I'm content with where I'm at, but at this point my goal is to finish in second. On the plus side, I'm guaranteed to finish no worse than .500 for the season. If we were betting money on every game, I'd be about breaking even for the year. Not too shabby.

You can view how the coalition has picked in relation to each other here. As we make our picks for the final time in the 2021 regular season, Adam and I disagree on seven games out of 16. I think at this point, I can safely say: congratulations to our 2021 Pigskin Pick 'Em champion. Let's get to the picks.

2021 Death to the BCS Playoffs: Semifinals

And then there were four.

We had a pretty thrilling second round that got unveiled yesterday and we have a pair of intriguing matchups on the docket today.

On one side of the bracket we have a preview of the upcoming College Football Playoff title game, and a game that I think everyone who saw this bracket had circled as the likely matchup for this round. And then on the other side, we saw chaos play out and we'll have a first time participant in the Death to the BCS title game no matter what.

So as we get ready to go with this, as a refresher, I'm trying to go by active depth charts based on what I can dig up about injuries and what have you. Weather conditions from the game sites is being taken into account in an attempt to make this as realistic as possible.

All simulations are provided by WhatIfSports.com. Let's play some football!

2021 Death to the BCS Playoffs: Quarterfinals

Eight games are down, seven to go as we advance to the second round of the Death to the BCS Playoffs!

The first round was largely chalk-based as we only had one road team advance from the first batch of games. But the matchups get tougher the further along we get, especially on one side of the bracket as we have a pair of regular season rematches forthcoming in this round. The other side of the bracket seems to be setting a collision course for what would be a rematch as well as a pseudo-preview of the upcoming College Football Playoff title game.

Like with the first round, I'm trying to update depth charts to make sure no one who's hurt gets in (though one guy with a torn ACL somehow recorded one catch last week; I did all I could). Weather conditions from the host sites are taken into account.

All simulations are provided by WhatIfSports.com. Let's play some football!

2021 Death to the BCS Playoffs: First Round

We're not too terribly far behind, but with the College Football Playoff championship coming up, I need to catch up.

A few weeks ago, I unveiled the 2021 Death to the BCS Playoff bracket. Unfortunately, when the time for the first round rolled around, my usual simulator wasn't available quite yet. Now that we've rolled around into the new year, it is. I'm going to try and do a post a day for each of the first three rounds, bearing in mind of course that our national title matchup in the College Football Playoff would be a semifinal matchup in this tournament.

I'm going to try and look back through box scores to make sure that depth charts for teams are as close to real as possible. Weather conditions from the host cities will be taken into account, also in an attempt to make this as realistic as possible.

All simulations are provided by WhatIfSports.com. Let's get to it!

2021 COAS Pigskin Pick 'Em: Week 17

I have to get used to the fact that this is not the end and that there's one more week.

I'm actually kind of glad though, because as the coalition returns for the penultimate week of the 2021 campaign, I still have a little work to do.

We went podcast this past week, and while I took three of five from Adam, five of seven from Joe, and Adam took five of eight from Joe, Adam still maintains a five game lead in the group with 32 to play. You can view how we've all picked in relation to each other here.

The lack of a Thursday night game means we got to push back the schedule a little bit compared to normal, so this went live on a Friday. Poor Adam noted with his picks that he was so looking forward to a crappy Thursday night game and now he's got nothing.

As we get set to make our picks for the final time in 2021, Adam and I disagree on six games. Joe unfortunately didn't get his picks in on Thursday night at editing time, but I'll add his in after the fact if they come in.

From all of us here at Confessions of a Sportscaster, have a safe and happy New Year! Let's get to the picks.

2021 COAS Pigskin Pick 'Em: Week 16

The coalition is back at it as we have just three weeks left in the NFL season!

It was a great showing for Adam this past week as he took four of five disputed games from me, four of six from Joe, and Joe took three of five from me. You can view how we've all picked in relation to each other here.

Given that we're approaching Christmas, Adam happened to be in town. Since he's in town, and schedules happened to align where Joe was also free... our Week 16 picks were done in podcast form. You can find that after the jump.

From all of us here at Confessions of a Sportscaster, have a safe and Merry Christmas!

2021 COAS Pigskin Pick 'Em: Week 15

Just four weeks remain, and the coalition is tightening up in our quest to pick NFL games against the spread.

Adam maintains his three game lead through 14 weeks as we split our four disputed games; Joe took three of five from me and four of seven from Adam. But it was Jim who was the big mover this week with a dominant Sunday effort, only missing on that Niners-Jags overtime game, and then on Monday night. He's now in a tie for third, but Adam and I have a few games' worth of cushion at the top. You can view how we've picked in relation to each other here.

With COVID ravaging professional sports, we decided that for this week, mulligans are free if a team has a key player announced out due to protocol that would have one of us change our pick. I haven't used one yet this year; Adam has used a couple.

This week, byes are done, so we're back to the full 16 game slate. Adam and I disagree on five games, Joe and I on six, and Joe and Adam on seven. Let's get to it!