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  • #16
    Originally posted by LiveCoug View Post
    I vote to take the victory away from the douger and giving it to parrothead.
    Originally posted by Jeff Lebowski View Post
    Seconded!

    Seriously, PH should NOT lose by picking BYU over Utah. That is messed up.
    Originally posted by Topper View Post
    According to the Roberts Rules of Order, a motion has been duly made. Vote, all in favor, say aye.

    Aye.
    The_Douger wins

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    • #17
      Originally posted by Jeff Lebowski View Post
      Seconded!

      Seriously, PH should NOT lose by picking BYU over Utah. That is messed up.
      Call them co-champions.
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      • #18
        Originally posted by hostile View Post
        Call them co-champions.
        Haha. Touché.
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        • #19
          Originally posted by Topper View Post
          Ok. Now post the more reliable sources (multiple) that say it is fine, and probably more common today.
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          • #20
            Originally posted by Donuthole View Post
            Ok. Now post the more reliable sources (multiple) that say it is fine, and probably more common today.
            You said it was "preferable." Whereas it is gaining ground except in formal situations. As one author noted, it is weird, as we don't use "luck" for leaked.

            http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/us..._english/sneak

            The traditional standard past form of sneak is sneaked ( she sneaked around the corner). An alternative past form, snuck ( she snuck past me), arose in the US in the 19th century. Until very recently, snuck was confined to US dialect use and was regarded as nonstandard. However, in the last few decades, its use has spread in the US, where it is now regarded as a standard alternative to sneaked in all but the most formal contexts. In the Oxford English Corpus, there are now more US citations for snuck than there are for sneaked, and there is evidence of snuck gaining ground in British English as well.
            http://daggle.com/sneaked-versus-snu...-participle-73

            More importantly, "snuck" sounds like shit.
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            • #21
              Originally posted by Topper View Post
              You said it was "preferable." Whereas it is gaining ground except in formal situations. As one author noted, it is weird, as we don't use "luck" for leaked.

              http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/us..._english/sneak



              http://daggle.com/sneaked-versus-snu...-participle-73

              More importantly, "snuck" sounds like shit.

              As I said, it is preferable. Also, snuck doesn't sound anything like shit.
              Prepare to put mustard on those words, for you will soon be consuming them, along with this slice of humble pie that comes direct from the oven of shame set at gas mark “egg on your face”! -- Moss

              There's three rules that I live by: never get less than twelve hours sleep; never play cards with a guy who's got the same first name as a city; and never go near a lady's got a tattoo of a dagger on her body. Now you stick to that, everything else is cream cheese. --Coach Finstock

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              • #22
                Originally posted by Donuthole View Post

                As I said, it is preferable. Also, snuck doesn't sound anything like shit.
                Find me a source that says it is "preferable," instead of allowable.
                "Guitar groups are on their way out, Mr Epstein."

                Upon rejecting the Beatles, Dick Rowe told Brian Epstein of the January 1, 1962 audition for Decca, which signed Brian Poole and the Tremeloes instead.

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                • #23
                  A disappointing win, to say the least. Just kidding. It's always better to win!

                  I picked BYU to beat UCLA against my better judgement, so the only way I could win was to choose BYU to lose to Utah.

                  As usual, Bronco's gang disappointed, and now I am the winner.
                  Will donate kidney for B12 membership.

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                  • #24
                    Originally posted by Jeff Lebowski View Post
                    Good news and bad news for The_Douger:

                    You beat parrothead. That is a remarkable accomplishment.

                    You beat him by picking Utah. Choke on it, buddy.
                    In all seriousness, isn't he the one who wins this every year? I think he's won it at least a couple times since I've been posting here.
                    Will donate kidney for B12 membership.

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                    • #25
                      Didn't PH pick BYU to lose to UCLA?
                      Prepare to put mustard on those words, for you will soon be consuming them, along with this slice of humble pie that comes direct from the oven of shame set at gas mark “egg on your face”! -- Moss

                      There's three rules that I live by: never get less than twelve hours sleep; never play cards with a guy who's got the same first name as a city; and never go near a lady's got a tattoo of a dagger on her body. Now you stick to that, everything else is cream cheese. --Coach Finstock

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                      • #26
                        Originally posted by The_Douger View Post
                        In all seriousness, isn't he the one who wins this every year? I think he's won it at least a couple times since I've been posting here.
                        Let's sort the list against the last two years.

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                        • #27
                          Originally posted by Bo Diddley View Post
                          Let's sort the list against the last two years.
                          So you will be resorting? Don't forget the hyphen.
                          PLesa excuse the tpyos.

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                          • #28
                            Originally posted by pelagius View Post
                            A very big upset; The_Douger picks Utah to win and it pays off. He overtook Parrot Head.

                            Overall standings:




                            Results for the Utah game:

                            Not that it would have any bearing on the winner, but am I reading that graph right that I scored zero on the Utah game? I nailed BYU's score and slightly underestimated Utah's:

                            http://www.cougarstadium.com/showthr...=1#post1234389

                            Did I screw up the pipe delimiters or something?
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                            • #29
                              Originally posted by Pelado View Post
                              Not that it would have any bearing on the winner, but am I reading that graph right that I scored zero on the Utah game? I nailed BYU's score and slightly underestimated Utah's:

                              http://www.cougarstadium.com/showthr...=1#post1234389

                              Did I screw up the pipe delimiters or something?
                              Nope, you got zero points. There are three components:

                              Winner: 0 points, Utah Won but you picked BYU
                              MOV: 0 points, Your MOV = 11 but actual MOV = -7 so you were off by 18 (not close)
                              Distance: 0 points, the distance between 28,35 and 28,17 as if they were points on a Cartesian plane (once again, not close).

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                              • #30
                                Originally posted by pelagius View Post
                                Nope, you got zero points. There are three components:

                                Winner: 0 points, Utah Won but you picked BYU
                                MOV: 0 points, Your MOV = 11 but actual MOV = -7 so you were off by 18 (not close)
                                Distance: 0 points, the distance between 28,35 and 28,17 as if they were points on a Cartesian plane (once again, not close).
                                Ouch. Can I withdraw the question?
                                "I think it was King Benjamin who said 'you sorry ass shitbags who have no skills that the market values also have an obligation to have the attitude that if one day you do in fact win the PowerBall Lottery that you will then impart of your substance to those without.'"
                                - Goatnapper'96

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