Too bad the year cannot go longer since the results were so close. Congrats to Crew Chuck for being back to back winner of the Grouchy Prediction poll. Results below. If you want to know which you got points on let me know. I have it all in an excel. People scoring 0 were not included, except cbus3. He gets a shoutout for going 0-18 in predictions. GR VO Poster % Correct 14 40 Crew Chuck35 35% 13 42 Crewster 31% 13 40 Pauncho 33% 13 34 Nostradumass 38% 13 34 POdinCowtown 38% 12 40 JayFunkeyFresh 30% 11 37 foozer 30% 11 34 crewdust 32% 11 31 TrueCrew 35% 10 42 Tycoon5 24% 10 42 odave 24% 10 40 kgilbert78 25% 10 40 NUFC Fan 25% 10 36 KCBus 28% 10 32 crewfan_in_columbus 31% 10 30 eboe 33% 10 29 OSCrew 34% 9 41 zman31 22% 9 41 chr1st 22% 9 38 machque 24% 8 42 jackmann 19% 8 41 HardHatMike 20% 8 37 Skeleton Crew 22% 8 31 WALSCH 26% 8 25 cam5fc 32% 8 24 Aaron d 33% 8 24 HbaldSguyH 33% 8 22 crewvillain 36% 7 40 stanger 18% 7 40 Psycho_Derek 18% 7 37 jairadballerina 19% 7 35 nb_cc2009 20% 7 33 west ham sandwich 21% 7 32 FMcManus 22% 7 30 zipsix 23% 7 27 Kryptonite 26% 7 21 CrewMak 33% 6 30 American Brummie 20% 6 24 tomwilhelm 25% 6 24 JB the First 25% 6 23 Robbiegoal 26% 6 20 crewcrazy17 30% 6 19 Lt. Dan's New Legs 32% 5 31 CrewBeat 16% 5 25 DrunkandDisorderly 20% 5 25 cyates74 20% 5 19 mfoam99 26% 5 18 Big J 0526 28% 5 18 bloodyhand 28% 5 15 DGA57 33% 5 14 Jim Bach 36% 5 12 YeahMorgan 42% 4 40 naas 10% 4 38 Missionary 11% 4 22 110toyourleft 18% 4 21 cleazer 19% 4 10 CrewV Man 40% 4 8 Tongpu12 50% 3 35 Chad is Dead 9% 3 22 ThreeC 14% 3 19 Crew317 16% 3 16 bob.os 19% 3 16 davidc707 19% 3 16 xb1srw2 19% 3 15 Reno14 20% 3 15 KHT_Crew 20% 3 14 eclipse02 21% 3 14 Hamburgler03 21% 3 12 KillerCanary 25% 3 11 djtrinidad 27% 3 9 CrewMich 33% 3 8 AndyC 38% 3 7 Micheluzzo 43% 3 5 macgruber 60% 2 32 pastor 6% 2 19 DAFCrew 11% 2 18 nkycrew 11% 2 18 scornflakes 11% 2 14 Mclip_66 14% 2 12 patbills88 17% 2 10 wildebeast 20% 2 6 soccerusa517 33% 2 6 TheUltra 33% 2 3 ericcrew 67% 1 19 B-M-T 5% 1 15 soccerfolife88 7% 1 14 WSU_Raider 7% 1 14 C-bus 7% 1 10 Captaincbus 10% 1 10 Sweet Jesus 10% 1 9 WTAMUCrew 11% 1 8 ForzaGialloneri 13% 1 7 swellster 14% 1 7 HSH_b 14% 1 7 CrewFan1000 14% 1 7 jefbal99 14% 1 6 DK021 17% 1 6 american_one 17% 1 6 DAK77 17% 1 5 TimD 20% 1 5 jtotheb 20% 1 4 Sagz 25% 1 4 markxinger 25% 1 4 invalid 25% 1 4 Minnman 25% 1 4 mmradio13 25% 1 4 Clutz 25% 1 4 LTA141 25% 1 3 buckeyes1130 33% 1 3 Draghignazzo 33% 1 3 crewfan#1 33% 1 3 Crewguy1 33% 1 3 CrewNoob 33% 1 2 Crewed 50% 1 2 btp674 50% 1 2 apierce61 50% 1 2 kakkers 50% 1 2 NC Soccer United 50% 1 2 FC TDG 50% 1 2 Tyneside4life 50% 1 2 electrickeeper 50% 1 2 djsmitty82 50% 1 1 bergbros 100% 1 1 andrewbash 100% 1 1 BayernWake 100% 1 1 malackym 100% 1 1 SecretWalrus 100% 1 1 Goooooaaalll Kick 100% 1 1 Juankatzelman 100% 1 1 K1K3 100% 1 1 captiancbus 100% 1 1 Coach Dad 100% 1 1 ericrew 100% 1 1 Sykotyk 100% 1 1 Coupe 100% 1 1 HardestWorkingZip 100% 1 1 PSHSSoccerDog3 100% 0 18 cbus3 For 2012 I will include the Goal scoring predictions and conference place again along with the games. If there are additional polls you'd like to see (Grouchy used to have a ton of them) let me know. Mike feel free to move this to the sub-thread if you feel it belongs there. I just thought a day in the main thread would be appropriate.
I'm Ok with this being here for the time being. In fact, as a two-time champion myself, I'd like to be the first to extend my hand to Crew Chuck35 and say... Bite me, you rat bastard.
Let's say that my glass half full win by two predictions ended about July, I slowly rose from the basement after that switch in game plan.
Thank you, thank you, thank you...You are all too kind. Id like to thank my wife and son who mean the world to me. Of course Id like to thank God, without whom none of this would be possible. Id like to thank Robert Warzycha. Your coaching made it quite easy to predict when and how wed lose a number of times. Id like to thank.... Im sorry, Im getting a little choked up here...promised myself I wasnt going to do this. Id like to thank Grouchy for whom this contest is named after. Never met you, you might be a happy guy. But thanks for the naming rights nevertheless. You know last year I thought, man what a great year of predicting Crew failures. To be able to do it again the next year, well it leaves me with just one thing to say KISS MY AMERICAN ASS LOSERS!!!! HA HA HA HA
And I think you ranked ahead of everyone who picked "Lose by 1" or "Tie" the whole season long. That's worse.
I was expecting to see myself way lower than I ended up.. I think next season I will make sure to do way more of them, since my percentage was fairly high (33%) maybe I can increase it even a bit... and the grouchy points is the only place where I don't want Bob replaced cause his complacency helps us earn points lol - but any of us would trade all of our grouchy points for a Cup or a Shield!
I sucked because I was way to optomistic. I could not bring myself to vote for a Crew loss and rarely voted even for a tie.
Nostradumass and I should make sure to vote every time. We finished 1 correct guess back but didn't vote as often as CrewChuck. As a former winner I lacked the burning desire to get back to the top of the mountain and bask in the adulation of Crew fans.
I'd like to think of myself as the Mendoza of meaningless internet contests. I'll deliver results, but without giving a consistent effort. I also consider myself a cold mother******.
Now, I tied for second just by being cautious, prudent and sensible. You know, boring. It's probably for the best I didn't get another point, because then I'd develop delusions of adequacy.
Many thanks to NUFC Fan for carrying on the tradition and doing all the work. What started as a joke and something to help soothe the ailing Crew fan base during the painful Andrulis to Schmid transitional period has turned into an annual event that added value to each match, gave a select few Internet bragging right equal in value to a coupon for 30 cents off dinner at Denny's, and was important enough to be copied by TFC. Though wagering ended abruptly this season, ... just remember there will always be a new season of wagering on games, when Warzycha will be fired, when our DP will be outgrow the "he's your DP?, really?, you're kidding, right?" label, when the stadium will get a roof, when O'Rourke will get the first red card of the season, when Cunningham will trade in his Hyundai, and which PSL team will bounce us from the Open Cup. Unless someone wants to open a wager on when the team will be moved to Las Vegas...
Any time you want to retake your rightful place... just say the word. Although it's no where near as complex anymore.