Mano-A-Mano - You against Pablo and RKPI

[The Bofa on the Sofa]

For those of you who participate in the pick the winners, here is how you have done compared to Pablo and RKPI in those weeks where you have participated. The table shows your total in those weeks, and how RKPI did over the same period. A positive difference means you have done better than RKPI

Name	Your total	RKPI Total	Difference
publius	145	132	13
vbobsessed	139	132	7
primopik	122	115	7
O_RLY	38	31	7
2c	138	132	6
aaronic	138	132	6
dcoach	136	132	4
Miss Hitball	119	115	4
freeballer2	83	80	3
nowheretotheend	35	32	3
scorpianraider	134	132	2
littlegeneral	33	31	2
parrothead	51	49	2
Texasvb	133	132	1
gobows	46	45	1
mdogg56	132	132	0
14u2nv	32	32	0
(R)uffda	131	132	-1
SaltNPepper	131	132	-1
HoosierMan	131	132	-1
joelantagne	117	118	-1
bearwatch	47	48	-1
FUBAR	29	30	-1
edburby	81	83	-2
jr67	129	132	-3
Husky VB Fan	112	115	-3
TDCincy	46	49	-3
stberry50	128	132	-4
tito99	128	132	-4
FatsDom69	62	66	-4
Sandvb	44	48	-4
Mulcahy	31	35	-4
cbrown1709	127	132	-5
comic	127	132	-5
IdahoBoy	127	132	-5
wiscvball	93	98	-5
bruinmoz	110	116	-6
ooreo46	93	99	-6
likeXXX14	60	66	-6
gorf	125	132	-7
ruder	108	115	-7
earl	24	31	-7
Gobows808	123	132	-9
Rus Socoli	123	132	-9
Husker_Fan_in_VA	123	132	-9
Alberta	106	115	-9
beachvball	89	98	-9
Im.A.Badger	87	98	-11
nutter	119	132	-13
gobears	71	84	-13
gatorboy	118	132	-14
vbconsumed	103	117	-14
wayfat	118	132	-14

[The Bofa on the Sofa]

Here are your results against Pablo.

Name	Your Total	Pablo's Total	Difference
publius	188	178	10
2c	179	178	1
O_RLY	38	37	1
nowheretotheend	35	34	1
parrothead	51	51	0
vbobsessed	155	156	-1
mauricciobal	15	16	-1
primopik	144	146	-2
littlegeneral	73	75	-2
luigi689	15	17	-2
stuffU	20	22	-2
joelantagne	158	161	-3
freeballer2	83	86	-3
tgopher	14	17	-3
(R)uffda	174	178	-4
dcoach	136	140	-4
Mulcahy	31	35	-4
Miss Hitball	119	124	-5
bearwatch	64	69	-5
FUBAR	29	34	-5
cougarize	33	38	-5
aaronic	156	162	-6
scorpianraider	149	156	-7
mervinswerved	15	22	-7
TDCincy	85	93	-8
Sandvb	61	69	-8
gobows	59	67	-8
14u2nv	65	73	-8
RKPI	132	140	-8
Texasvb	168	178	-10
SaltNPepper	168	178	-10
likeXXX14	99	109	-10
earl	24	34	-10
mdogg56	167	178	-11
comic	145	156	-11
edburby	115	126	-11
tito99	166	178	-12
cbrown1709	166	178	-12
wiscvball	131	143	-12
FatsDom69	97	109	-12
Gobows808	165	178	-13
stberry50	164	178	-14
jr67	164	178	-14
Rus Socoli	164	178	-14
beachvball	107	121	-14
ooreo46	93	107	-14
bruinmoz	146	161	-15
IdahoBoy	162	178	-16
Husky VB Fan	146	162	-16
ruder	108	124	-16
gobears	111	127	-16
HoosierMan	161	178	-17
Im.A.Badger	87	104	-17
gorf	160	178	-18
vbconsumed	121	139	-18
Alberta	142	161	-19
Husker_Fan_in_VA	157	178	-21
gatorboy	135	156	-21
nutter	152	178	-26
wayfat	135	162	-27

[BearClause]

BTW - doesn't mano a mano literally mean "hand to hand" as in a fistfight?

[The Bofa on the Sofa]

Something like that. I usually consider it as "one on one"

[cdizzle]

How does Publius do it?

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He cheats. I still haven't figured out how.

Seriously, though, he makes the safe picks AND seems to know when an "upset" is in the making. That is difficult to maintain over the course of a season. You'd actually think he knows what he's doing...

[The Bofa on the Sofa]

I can tell you a little bit about Publius. 9 of that 10 game difference came in weeks 4 and 5. Since then, as you can see, it has been essentially even between Publius and Pablo (Publius +1). However, in that same time, the next best has been basically a -4, so Publius has still done better in that stretch than the other pickers.

I remember back in the old days of pick the winners on Rich Kern, before Pablo became a household name, that there wasn't anyone who could outpick Pablo over more than a two week period, and there were only 1 or two who could keep up with Pablo over two weeks. I think having Pablo accessible has actually made the pick the winners more competitive because the goal is to find the upsets, as opposed to picking based solely on wins and losses.

[BearClause]

pablo said:

Something like that. I usually consider it as "one on one"

I'm thinking of the "Dos Manos" burritos at Baja Fresh, which are supposedly so big that they have to be held with two hands.

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cdizzle said:

How does Publius do it?

As I told Alix when we chatted last week , I have to give credit where credit is due: receiving my degree from Stanford.

[SaltNPepper]

Isn't this like the third year in a row that publius has come out on top?

I think he should be banded from the contest next year just to make it fair for everyone else. . . . but still require him to run it and do all the work that he does every week.