That's a winner for JORR... I also should mention it is first come, first served when posting tweets -- no reposting of tweets for points.

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"All crowds boycotting football games shouldn't care who sings or takes a knee because they aren't watching." - Nas

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Fare you well, fare you well
I love you more than words can tell
Listen to the river sing sweet songs
To rock my soul

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Power is always in the hands of the masses of men. What oppresses the masses is their own ignorance, their own short-sighted selfishness.
- Henry George

Okay, which one of you douchebags started this DiCaro controversy by jumping in her DMs to request that she tweet out something about a "gerbil" or "Icegirl"?

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The Court will accord substantial deference to the government's immigration policies, particularly those that implicate matters of national security.

Don Tiny bringing the heat!

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I'll be a bit late posting the picks but hope to have them up before the late games. I know we are all distracted anyhow.

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"All crowds boycotting football games shouldn't care who sings or takes a knee because they aren't watching." - Nas

No doubt ... that ancient Greek ship they found in the Black Sea is a huge story.

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Power is always in the hands of the masses of men. What oppresses the masses is their own ignorance, their own short-sighted selfishness.
- Henry George

If we need to get to the bonus points later, I will add them.

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"All crowds boycotting football games shouldn't care who sings or takes a knee because they aren't watching." - Nas

Also just as an FYI, we are not going to do a weekend contest this week because of reasons, and you guys can have more time to come up with voting strategies.

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"All crowds boycotting football games shouldn't care who sings or takes a knee because they aren't watching." - Nas

After much tallying of scores, it looks like Boilermaker Rick is the big winner cashing all 80 of his points. RFDC, Don Tiny, and donspiracy were close but all missed one game. So the voting once again begins, you send your vote to cfmbsurvivor@email.com and no votes can be cast for Boilermaker Rick. We'll put a deadline of Thursday at 8PM for votes. Good luck all!

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"All crowds boycotting football games shouldn't care who sings or takes a knee because they aren't watching." - Nas

CFMB NBA expert Boilermaker Rick.

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You do not talk to me like that! I work too hard to deal with this stuff! I work too hard! I'm an important member of the CSFMB! I drive a Dodge Stratus!

It is that time of the night in which we reveal the votes. Are there any hidden immunity idols to be played? Hearing nothing, I will assume not. As winner of the challenge, all votes against Boilermaker Rick will not count. I will go tally the votes. The first vote is played against Don Tiny. The next vote is also for Don Tiny. The third vote... Don Tiny. Don with three. The fourth vote is cast for Don Tiny. Vote #5 is for IMU. Don with 4, IMU with 1. Vote #6 is for Don Tiny. We are at 5-1 with only 6 votes left... Don will need some IMU votes to stay in the game. Don does hold the tiebreaker from the challenge (65 to 20.) Reading now the seventh vote -- it gets cast for IMU. 5 to 2 now. Next vote is cast for... IMU. The ninth vote is cast for IMU as well. 5 to 4. Three votes to go. Vote #10 is cast for IMU. Tied up at 5 with 2 votes to go. The next vote is... a board member known as... a prominent board member... his board name is... IMU. 6-5 for IMU and he is the next player eliminated. Thanks for playing, you've been a great player IMU! For full disclosure our 12th vote was not cast, and FavreFan is out of the game on strikes.

Next challenge to be posted later tonight, will have a midday Saturday deadline.

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"All crowds boycotting football games shouldn't care who sings or takes a knee because they aren't watching." - Nas

The hell, did everyone get together? Buncha rotten buttholes 'round here. It's because I'm black, I get it. Thank the maker for IMU.

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Power is always in the hands of the masses of men. What oppresses the masses is their own ignorance, their own short-sighted selfishness.
- Henry George

Challenge 7
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This challenge will have a little bit of risk tolerance involved, and will give you a chance to catch up late -- but you need to know multiple sports. Here's how it works. There are four Saturday matchups listed below. Pick a side on each one. Win and you get 3 CFMB$ for each... we'll cover that in a second. Next we have Sunday football matchups. For each 6, you can assign two of them as your 10 point picks, two of them as your 7 point picks, and two of them as your 3 point picks. Again, pick each side. You'll notice that there is also a bonus time deadline... I'll get to that in a second as well. Finally, there is a Monday night matchup which will be worth 10 points. For every side you get correct, you get those points.

With your CFMB$ winnings, you are able to further extend your positions on the Sunday and Monday contests. If you send an email in with each CFMB$ you want to wager on the game, you will get 2 CFMB$s when you are correct. At the end of the challenge, CFMB$s convert to points. This means if you don't want to wager any of them and you win all four games on Saturday, you get 12 bonus points. Wager them all and get them all correct, and you are looking at 24 bonus points. You must wager them on the side you originally selected for the game.

Saturday Picks:
NBA Bulls +6.5 vs Rockets
NHL Blackhawks +1.5 vs Flames
NCAAF N'western + 10.5 vs Notre Dame
NCAAF LSU +14.5 vs Alabama

Sunday Matchups (assign two games 10 points, two games 7 points, and two games 3 points)
NFL Pittsburgh +3.5 vs Baltimore (11:45 AM deadline for bonus)
NFL Buffalo +10.5 vs Chicago (11:45 AM deadline for bonus)
NFL LA Chargers +2.5 vs Seattle (2:45 PM deadline for bonus)
NFL New Orleans +1.5 vs LA Rams (2:45 PM deadline for bonus)
NFL Houston +1.5 vs Denver (2:45 PM deadline for bonus)
NFL Green Bay +5.5 vs New England (6:45 PM deadline for bonus)

Monday Game (worth 10 points)
NFL Tennessee +5.5 vs Dallas (6:30 PM Monday deadline for bonus)

Tie-Break: MNF total points

Challenge Bonus -- Boilermaker Rick won the last contest, so he gets an added bonus. Here are your options:
Team Nullification -- With your submission, send me a team. Anyone who picks that team will be ineligible to win any points, and Boilermaker Rick will get 1 point. The nullified team will be posted with the original posts, so you won't be tricked into gambling your CFMB$s on a team that is not eligible.
Two Point Teaser -- Choose this and all your lines will be teased two points. Seems like an automatic win in the NHL game, and you can make some favorites into underdogs if you'd like. Just include this as your selection with your submission.
CFMB Bucks -- Choose this one, and I will give you 4 CFMB bucks. This could be anywhere from a 4 to 8 point swing... could be very valuable if you play it right.

I will do my very best to update the scores as we go, but they may not be posted before the next deadline occurs, so you might need to do some math on your own. Pick deadlines are by Saturday at 4PM sent to cfmbsurvivor@email.com -- of course, you are able to provide your CFMB bets along the way, as long as you get them in before the matchup deadline. Remember, all participants need to send in an entry! Good luck all, a sample ballot will be posted shortly.

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"All crowds boycotting football games shouldn't care who sings or takes a knee because they aren't watching." - Nas

Sample Ballot

Saturday:
Bulls +6.5
Hawks +1.5
Notre Dame -10.5
Alabama -14.5

Sunday
10 pts - Rams -1.5
10 pts - Chicago -10.5
7 pts - Denver -1.5
7 pts - Seattle -2.5
3 pts - Green Bay +5.5
3 pts - Pittsburgh +3.5

Monday:
Dallas -5.5

TB: 44

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After Saturday, I win on Bulls, Hawks, and ND so I have 9 CFMB bucks to spend. I send an email before 11:45 and spend 4 on the Bears, and then an email at 5:00 and put 3 on the Packers, and then on Monday think what the hell and send an email at noon and spend my last two on the Cowboys.

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"All crowds boycotting football games shouldn't care who sings or takes a knee because they aren't watching." - Nas

I was told there would be no math.

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My Maserati does 186.

Who are you kidding -- you like math.

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"All crowds boycotting football games shouldn't care who sings or takes a knee because they aren't watching." - Nas

Oh, I should mention, if you wager your bucks and you lose, you get 0 bonus points for those (I thought this would be clear from the wagering implication, but I never really said it, so now it is official.)

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"All crowds boycotting football games shouldn't care who sings or takes a knee because they aren't watching." - Nas

Here are your Saturday picks -- pretty much a consensus but not everyone went with every pick the same:

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"All crowds boycotting football games shouldn't care who sings or takes a knee because they aren't watching." - Nas

Big FU Roll Tide sentiment.

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My Maserati does 186.

There is a chance Bama doesn't score 14 points.

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CSFMB: Home of the small minded

Oh g-damnit now I remember.

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Power is always in the hands of the masses of men. What oppresses the masses is their own ignorance, their own short-sighted selfishness.
- Henry George

What the hell. I didn't see this untl just now.

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The Court will accord substantial deference to the government's immigration policies, particularly those that implicate matters of national security.

Don T. and JORR, if you want to submit picks for the Sunday games, just get em in by 11 AM, and I'll count them -- no bonus bucks for you though. I threw off the cadence with the long break.

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"All crowds boycotting football games shouldn't care who sings or takes a knee because they aren't watching." - Nas

I'll wait until after 11 in case the other two put in picks, and then I will reveal the rest of the ballots.

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"All crowds boycotting football games shouldn't care who sings or takes a knee because they aren't watching." - Nas

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"All crowds boycotting football games shouldn't care who sings or takes a knee because they aren't watching." - Nas

My guys looking good.

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I know it'd only be my second strike, but before it gets to voting, I'm going to bow out of competition as of now.

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Power is always in the hands of the masses of men. What oppresses the masses is their own ignorance, their own short-sighted selfishness.
- Henry George

Standings Update:


MMB leading in points, but several people still have CFMB bucks they might wager, and there are 10 points on the line for tomorrow's game.

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"All crowds boycotting football games shouldn't care who sings or takes a knee because they aren't watching." - Nas

How did MMB get 39?

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Be well

GO BEARS!!!