hey guys- this idea came up at Go Big Red!!'s message forum, and i thought it was definitely worth a go, and thought it would be fun to do. there's a *small* algarve cup pool game at go big red!! for everybody to give a go if they wish!! you get points by "predicting" various outcomes of the tourney (very simple and basic) and the person who accumulates the most points at the end of the tourney will win the prize...an autograph team canada poster. (this is, after all at a team canada website! lol) join in if you wish!!! i'm interested to see how this goes... http://www.gobigred.ca/algarve.html deadline for entries is march 13th @ midnight (ET) elaine
np! heehee...and think about it...if you win the autograph poster, you'll have to be a team canada fan now! lol (ok...maybe after the USWNT...but atlanta does have two canucks! lol) elaine
Yes I'm actually a big fan of Team Canada! I love Charmaine and Shar and KK and Nicci and Sinclair and I love how they play. But USWNT does come first!!
That obviously took a lot of work! I hope that there is a lot of entries, so {ahem} whoever wins really has something to crow about.
Very Nice Thanks for the little pool. I came up with Norway, China, USA, France, and Canada in that order... Sorry Canada, but goal differential plays big this time and the team definitely has a shot at the top 3 spots. If war starts, it *will* bother the Americans and they could drop drop from the 3rd place game down to 5th or even the 7th place game. This always seems to be Norway's tournament, save for 2001 when they went 5th and the US went 6th.
so far... Got US/Canada exact also... Not so well with Norway/Sweden or even the rest of today's games. And what's the deal with moody China??? Great team one month, and then there's nothing left.
current leaders... hey guys- i just tabbed out the scores for everyone...below are the top 15 scorers...if you don't see your name, and still want to know your score, just let me know, and i can pass it along to you: please keep in mind that i might have made an error in tabbing the points, but i'm gonna go over them right now to be sure etc...those should be right... moving on to sunday now! elaine
Next to "abysmal" in the dictionary is my list of picks from Friday. I hope Elaine got them via e-mail 'cause I did a tad better today.
nsa- could you send me your picks again? when you c/p your picks, i did not get any of the actual data...sorry about that. elaine
updated leaders hey- here's the updated top 15 point-getters through the 2nd set of game... AB1 is on a roll! lol elaine
Man, I thought that I did a good job that second round, only to see Sharie keep her 17 point lead on me, and Paul creep further ahead of me... sigh
hey- below are the updated top 15 point getters after group play and placement games predictions... getting towards the end of the "competition" now... elaine ps- if you don't see your name up there at the top 15 and still want to know where you stand in terms of points, just let me know and i can pass that along to you!
And there I was, tied for 12th and heading for glory ... and then I crashed and burned like Michael Schumacher with a .024 BAC. Sigh.
Ireland losing is gonna really mess up my late round predictions! And I need Hanna to get some more goals!
Group C really messed me up, too. The pool was a great reason to focus on some games that I may normally have ignored. Good job, Elaine!
I bet you $100 that I'm the only one on these boards that knows exactly where Hahira, GA is, knows how to get there and knows about the Honey Bee (or was it just Honey?) festival that happens there every year. Bizarre. In my former, much more happy life I used to live in Pavo and worked in Valdosta. Hahira was on the way for me to work.