Pick 'em '12 Week 25 Atlanta AdvoCare 500

Terry's Peeps · **Posted:** Mon Sep 03, 2012 9:56 am

Hatchetman wrote:

How the hell do you ever dig out of this hole? I tried reasonably hard this year to make educated picks, but when you start so far down, it seems damn near impossible to move up.

I started at the bottom.

donspiracy · **Posted:** Mon Sep 03, 2012 9:57 am

Hatchetman wrote:

How the hell do you ever dig out of this hole? I tried reasonably hard this year to make educated picks, but when you start so far down, it seems damn near impossible to move up.

Here are the standing from Week 6. viewtopic.php?f=124&t=68662
spanky and Terry's Peeps were in the back of the field, made their way to the top 12.

Moving up requires getting Top 5's and Top 10's weekly.

Peoria Matt · **Posted:** Mon Sep 03, 2012 10:06 am

I have to give myself credit. I was consistently below average all year.

donspiracy · **Posted:** Mon Sep 03, 2012 10:09 am

If you picked on average the 14th place driver every week, so far you'd have 750 points. Enough to be in the Top 12. Pick another Top 14 and that gets total to at least 780 points. That is how to move up the standings, get about 30 points a week. It is tough to be picking from the back of the B-tier to get a driver.

Nobody picked Denny Hamlin and he won last week. Paul Menard was available to everybody this week and finished 8th. Sam Hornish Jr., Jeff Burton, Kurt Busch, and Regan Smith all scored 30 points this week. Look back through the weekly results, their are bottom half of the standings that get Top 5 or 10 drivers.

Peoria Matt · **Posted:** Mon Sep 03, 2012 10:51 am

Rock Hudson and Liberace wrote:

I started at the bottom.

Hatchetman · **Posted:** Mon Sep 03, 2012 11:37 am

well, anything is possible, but 8 of the top 10 from week six are still in the top ten!

That's fine though. Maybe in 3-4 more years I can work my way up to contention. :lol:

Gloopan Kuratz · **Posted:** Tue Sep 04, 2012 7:56 am

Holy crap fell all the way out??!!??!

doug - evergreen park · **Posted:** Tue Sep 04, 2012 8:00 am

Hatchetman wrote:

well, anything is possible, but 8 of the top 10 from week six are still in the top ten!

That's fine though. Maybe in 3-4 more years I can work my way up to contention. :lol:

It's nearly impossible to climb out of the hole...

donspiracy · **Posted:** Tue Sep 04, 2012 2:47 pm

Gloopan Kuratz wrote:

Holy crap fell all the way out??!!??!

Bad week to come in 36th.

newper · **Posted:** Tue Sep 04, 2012 3:46 pm

Hatchetman wrote:

How the hell do you ever dig out of this hole? I tried reasonably hard this year to make educated picks, but when you start so far down, it seems damn near impossible to move up.

One way is to make a pick as soon as the thread gets put up. If you are far down the list, you'll hopefully have someone "steal" him from you... you want your first guy stolen so you can lock in with a second.
You can also partner up with someone who is ahead of you (or behind) so that the person in the lead will tell the person behind who they want and it can help them catch up.

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