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Well I started the season playing against Peyton Manning last night. Lucky Me!!!!

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Its a good thing the scoring had changed this year or he would have put up about 150 pts:sl:sl:sl

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That's too bad lol!!

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The pass went out on its way to sunny CA this afternoon. Have fun with it!

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I escaped Peyton Mannings wrath!

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Soo....what was different about the touchdown that Victor Cruz just caught and the Calvin Johnson incompletion earlier today??? Just thought that, even though it helped my fantasy team and the Vikings, it was a terrible call. The rule makes sense that you have to control the ball to the ground on a touchdown catch...but if you catch the ball then dive towards the end zone and cross the plane that's a touchdown. Rant complete.

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It started out so good on Thursday and went downhill fast after that!

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I saw the Cruz catch. I just hunted up the Megatron catch.
Cruz had full control of the ball, made a "football move", crossed the plane, and the ground kicked the ball out.
Since he had control the whole time, it was a td when he broke the plane.
Now, in the Calvin video, they said he didn't have control. If you don't have control all the way to the ground, and ALSO retain control once you hit the ground, it's not a td.
At full speed it sure looked like Megatron had all kinds of control, but I'm looking at a grainy video with no replay.
The issue between the two plays is control and what constitutes it.
Cruz definitely had control, Megatron supposedly didn't.

Now, there's sort of a second part to this rule. Or maybe another way of looking at part of it.
A wide receiver must complete the catch after breaking the goal line for a touchdown to count, but a running back doesn't have to complete the run for it to count as a score. He just needs to break the plane.
That goes a step further.
Once a WR has made the catch in the field of play, he's now a runner, and for all intents and purposes (regarding this rule), a running back.
Same thing here. Cruz had control in the field of play, turned into a runner, crossed the plane, play done, td. The ground doesn't come in play.
Calvin just plain didn't have control all the way to and including the ground (again, supposedly cause I can't see it), so his catch isn't affected by this part of the rule at all. It's just an incomplete pass.

Lots of words for an incomplete pass, eh? :)
Hope that helps, Matt!!! :tu

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I agree with Matt on this one. Watching it in slow mo, Calvin caught the ball with both hands and dove for the end zone. Pretty much exactly the same as Cruz. The ball bobbled a bit upon touching the ground (after crossing the goal line), but remained in his possession, whereas Cruz completely lost possession of the ball upon contact with ground. As a Vikes fan, I was happy to accept it as an incomplete pass at the time. As a fan of football in general, it was a terrible call. Especially given that the same exact situation was called the opposite way later in the day.

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Week 1 bet results:
Mike vs. Matt- Mike owes 5
Mike vs. Mark- Mike owes 5
Mike vs. Shilala- Mike owes 5
Mike vs. Scott- Mike owes 5
Mike vs. Cole- Cole owes 5
Mark vs. Tony- Mark owes 5
Cole vs. Shilala- Cole owes 10

At final tally for week one, we have Mike paying up 20 troop stick, Cole paying 15, and Mark paying 5.

Let me know if I'm missing anything!

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That's what I come up with too Matt.

And here are the betting balances to date:

Shilala has 125 sticks betting balance
Cole owes 9 sticks
Sofaman has 24 sticks betting balance
Matt has 69 sticks betting balance
Mark has 9 sticks betting balance
Malakai has 35 sticks betting balance
Tony has 21 sticks betting balance
Travis has 2 sticks betting balance
Coach owes 20 sticks
Jarrod has 0 betting balance

Still need entry sticks from:
Matt (Prize entry only)
Jarrod (Prize and Troops)
Coach (Prize and Troops)

Just so everyone knows...when you sent me your entry smokes, I deducted 6 troops sticks from however many you sent to denote as "troops entry" and then used your balance as "betting sticks" So that is how I came up with the above.

Note* Matt, just so you remember, you owed 25 from last year, so that's why your's is at 69 and not 94.

I have an excel spreadsheet if anyone wants to audit me :D :tu

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Thanks, Cole. I need to pick up a new printer cartridge to print the usps label to get my entry sticks to you. Should be able to get it done tomorrow.

Shilala...how about 10 troop sticks on this weeks matchup?

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Let me know if these work...

Takes -- LFD Oro Tubo, OSOK Ecuador Chingon, '02 HdM coronation, '99 Punch RS12, HU Mag 46 '09, Punch Punch '07, '09 Boli GM
http://i1173.photobucket.com/albums/...ps0e28637d.jpg

Puts NC -- Tat Brown Lancero, Tat Cojonu 12, La Aroma Mi Amor, LP T52 Toro, LP 9 Cornoa Doble, LFD Double Ligero
http://i1173.photobucket.com/albums/...pseeab9913.jpg

Puts CC -- '12 Cohiba Piramides Extra, '89 Punch PC, '12 San Cristobal El Principe, '11 HdM Short Piramide EL, '07 Boli Belicoso Finos

http://i1173.photobucket.com/albums/...ps9343872d.jpg

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Looks good John!

Others weigh in...

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Looks good to me!

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Thanks Gents! I'll wait for a couple more to chime in then send off.

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Looks good to me

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Looks good to me also!!!

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There ya have it...send 'er off to Tony when you get a chance

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Packaged up and will be dropped for shipping this afternoon.

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Absolutely, my man. I was just trolling through the thread looking for bets. :D
Anyone else want to make a bet? I'm feeling good after rubbing Cole's nose. Again. :D

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Awesome puts and takes, John!!! :tu
It looks like you marked up your finger bags with any necessary info, that's awesome, too. It really helps Cole keep track, and he does an insanely good job of keeping track of the pass sticks. :tu

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Hey Jarrod, you want to go in for a troop 5er on this week's matchup?

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Yes this is true...well the part about it helping me keep track :D ...it helps to have the info written on the packaging if you guys have the time to do that, if not no worries! :tu

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Hey Cole, let's bet!!! My 20 to your 10. High points for the week or highest single player points, or highest combined RB points, or whatever. You make something up.
If we go head to head I'll even give you points!!! :tu

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What's wrong, you only bet guys you know you can whoop up on?!? :r

Sure thing...how about this one:

Your Best QB and WR combined score against my best QB and WR combined score?

Those two look pretty even.

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You got it. :tu
Actually I just wanna give you a chance to win. :D

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You've done that 5 times now...and haven't succeeded yet! :gary

If you keep betting me, then in about 16 weeks I'll be sending you back all your troop smokes!

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Just to even out the undue strain I'm putting on Cole, I'll take bets from some of you other scared girls.

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My prayers may soon be answered that another savior would come and allow Shilala to rape him of Troops Sticks too!!! :sl

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That made me lol for real, Cole. :D

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Alright Shilala...looks like we may need to talk this over :D

My bet said "your BEST QB and WR combined score, against my BEST QB and WR combined score"

Well...that means this could go two ways:
1. Your Best Starters
QB (Wilson) 10.98 + WR (Jackson) 42.30 = 53.28

1. My Best Starters
QB (Vick) 41.22 + WR (Jackson) 12.7 = 53.92

I win scenario #1 by the hair on my chinny chin chin

2. You Best Overall (including bench)
QB (Cutler, Bench) 18.50 + WR (Jackson) = 60.8

2. My Best Overall (including bench)
QB (Vick) 41.22 + WR (Decker, bench) 17.70 = 58.92

You win scenario #2 by a few hairs on your chinny chin chin

So...since I didn't clarify as to starters or not when saying "best"...I would have to say, I lost to you yet again :sl

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Hey all, want to apologize that I have been gone for the last few weeks. In that time I got married, went on the honeymoon, so I've been completely out of the loop. I look forward to get some bets going this upcoming week.

Sending my sticks out this week + added troop smokes!

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Congrats Jarrod!

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Got married!!! No wonder you stayed away from some of us married men :r we would have given you a nice :sl and advised otherwise :D

Nah, congrats brother, glad to hear everything is going well, we were starting to worry about you. Thanks for touching base and good luck with the bets...steer clear of Shilala though, I think he is cheating :gary

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Congrats, Jarrod!

Looks like I lost 10 to Shilala...Cole you can figure out who won your bet with Scott...:D

It's week 3! Historically, I've bet everyone this week so I guess I'll do it again. You're all on. 5 of my troop sticks vs. 0 of yours. I pay 5 for anyone who outscores me this week. Good luck to all! (No need to "take" this bet...you can't lose)

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Cole, I thought what you did. I'm gonna let you win this one, but only if you bet me 10 troop sticks this coming week, bet of your choice. Deal?

Sorry about the ass-whoopin, Matt. I wish I'd have saved some of that for our Super Bowl this year!!! :lr

I'll take all comers, bet-wise.
Mark, I'll bet you 10 sticks and spot you 11 points. That's roughly the difference in the week's projection, so we'll have an even slate. Anyone who wouldn't cover that bet needs to rush in for a mammogram.

On other bets, I really dig bizarre stuff. Cole's bet last week was cool. Heck, we could pick any two kickers in the league and highest combined score wins. Anything, and I mean, ANYTHING is cool with me. The more bizarre the better. :D

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Scott, I'll bet you this week....here's the bet:

10 Troop Sticks
-I bet that the NFC will throw more interceptions this week than the AFC throws this week.

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Scott, I'll take your bet straight up. No points. My mammogram came back clean. Speaking of mammograms... Did you accept the Fantasy Baseball bet for this week's playoff matchup between us?

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Fed Ex attempted to deliver the pass to me today but they got here 10 minutes before I got home. Hopefully I'm home when they try tomorrow.

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Which is why I use UPS! :D jk

If you leave a note for them attached to the slip, with your signature and printed name they may leave it...that has worked for me a couple times in the past when signature was required.

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New pass order...PLEASE TAKE NOTE!

Shilala - Done
Chaase321 - Done
Mattso3000 - Done
MkArnold1 - Done
Malakai - Done
Tjarv - Receiving today (hopefully)
Jenks Anejo -
Beeradvocate - Please skip this round
Coach deg
Sofaman

So Jarrod, you will send to Coach in Florida. I will send a PM as well to make sure we get that. Travis needed to skip this round, but will hopefully join back up next round :tu Thanks guys! This is going well!!!!

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I'm leaving work early today to make sure I can get it. I'm leaving town tomorrow and want to make sure I get it back out.

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Deal. :tu

Never saw it, Mark. Send me a pm, will ya?
I haven't made a bet one over there, so I'll probably say no, but I'll take your bet here.
Edit:
I looked for your bet at the Yahoo league page and didn't find anything.
Then I looked for our FB thread here and couldn't find the thread.
I have now given up. Go ahead and send me a pm, will ya? You do realize you're kicking my ass royally, right? :lr


I sure hope he won't leave it without a signature, not with insurance on it.
That'd be a crazy silly risk for Tony to take.
On the other hand, they'll deliver it to a neighbor that's home. I did UPS for awhile and we delivered Dell computers every single day. They all needed signature release. We left lots and lots at the old lady's house next door and left a note with the folks that bought it.
Leaving them outside for any reason, even a pre-sign, was not an option, even though UPS allows you to presign.
There's only 3 things we couldn't leave that over-rode the presign. Jewelry, Guns, and computers. Crazy, huh?

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Yeah I wasn't really thinking when I wrote that...totally wasn't thinking about the pass, was just thinking about a package at the time. early morning drowsiness! :tu

I sure hope they wouldn't leave it when insurance is required on it. Way to :sl me straight Scott!

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Yeah my gf told me to just leave a note but I don't want to risk it

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It was easy for me...working for UPS I called the center delivering the pass to me and told them my garage door was open for the driver. The pass was in the entryway just inside the door from the garage to the house.

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Ok, next time I'll PM you instead of bumping a thread from 5 months ago:r
I wouldn't expect you to take the bet now with the :sl you're getting. There's plenty of time left for a comeback though.

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Alright I think I've got everything lined out, let me know if there's any objections.

NC takes:
http://i1171.photobucket.com/albums/...psd3ecab90.jpg

NC puts:
http://i1171.photobucket.com/albums/...pseb5f46ef.jpg

CC takes:
http://i1171.photobucket.com/albums/...ps4d5862cc.jpg

CC puts:
http://i1171.photobucket.com/albums/...ps3e2faad3.jpg

Extras: The DPG is from 2007 and is amazing
http://i1171.photobucket.com/albums/...ps29ec2866.jpg

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Everything looks great with the exception of the mow puro. Not sure if it meets the pass criteria. I love those things but iirc they are only about 4 bucks a pop.