Big Ten Football OTR Survivor Pool - Week 12

In a sign that BoilerUp89 should not be trusted to run the survivor pool next season (seriously, someone please take it away from me), I completely blanked on posting week 11's article.

Now winless had already won the survivor pool, so there isn't too much harm done, but I still want to apologize to the four participants that were still alive attempting to complete a perfect season or win - is win the right word? - the loser's pool.

It's just the four of you, so feel free to do whatever you would like, but my suggestion (should you take it), will be to go with either option A or option B. Completely your choice.

Option A: Tell us who you would have picked in week 11. We will use the honor system.

Option B: Make an additional pick in weeks 12-14.

Big Ten Football OTR Survivor Pool - Week 10

I’m late getting this out... again. Rules are as follows: There are 2 brackets, Winners and Losers. Everyone starts in the Winners bracket and continues in the Winners’ bracket until you lose. If you are eliminated from the Winners bracket you will have a second chance to continue making picks

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Rules are as follows:

There are 2 brackets, Winners and Losers. Everyone starts in the Winners bracket and continues in the Winners' bracket until you lose. If you are eliminated from the Winners bracket you will have a second chance to continue making picks in the Losers' bracket (more on that later).

The Winners' Bracket rules:

The rules for the game are pretty simple, and follow most standard Survivor/Eliminator pools. You pick one* B1G team each week to win. If that team wins, you move on to the next week, but cannot pick that team again for the rest of the season. If your pick loses, you're out. The goal is to correctly pick each team in the conference once each to win a game over the course of the season. Since there are 15 weeks in the B1G season (including championship week), you´ll have to reserve your presumed champion for week 15 if you wish to complete a perfect season. *And since the Big Ten has expanded to 18 teams, three times during the season you will have to make an additional pick in a week.

You must get both picks correct to advance to the next week.

We will partition these extra picks into thirds of the season. So in weeks 1-5 you will make one pick each week excepting one week of your choosing over that span where you choose to roll the dice and make an extra pick. Same thing in weeks 6-10 and weeks 11-15 (noting there is only one game in week 15). You will again have to make an extra pick during those periods. Please note that if you want to feast on cupcakes, you should make your first additional pick early before conference play starts. If you fail to make a pick in any particular week you will be eliminated.

If you fail to make 6 picks by the end of week 5, or 12 picks by the end of week 10, or 17 picks by the end of week 14 you will be eliminated. You may only pick against any particular team a maximum of 3 times. So as you are picking a team to win each week... those teams you are picking have opponents. Once you have divined that Michigan State would lose to your picks three times, for example, you may not make another pick where your winning pick would once again vanquish the Spartans.

If all remaining players get eliminated the same week, the tiebreaker rules are as follows (same as previous years): 1. Most combined wins of B1G teams you haven't used 2. Strength of Victory (Total combined wins of your picks opponents) If you pick against a team 3 times, that teams season wins count for you 3 times. Non FBS teams' records get converted to 0-for 3. Whomever got their losing pick in first

Please be mindful of dates and kickoff times as the deadline for making your pick is the announced kickoff time of the game you choose to pick.

The Losers' Bracket rules:

If you get knocked out of the Winners' bracket you'll get a second chance, if you wish, to continue making picks in the Losers' bracket. The idea is much the same as the Winners bracket except contestants in the Losers' bracket pick pick a Big Ten team each week* to lose their football game. If your pick wins, you are out. You may not pick any team you have picked before; this includes ALL picks you made in the Winners' bracket. The goal remains to pick each B1G once over the course of the season and championship game (you would need to pick the loser of the conference championship game to get a correct pick in week 15).

winless picked Minnesota in week 10.

winless, should you choose to continue, let me know who you would have picked in week 11 or make two additional picks in weeks 12-14. You may not make any additional picks against MSU.

Just three losers remain. 

IUinVA and IWasSayingBooUrns, please let me know who you would have taken in week 11 or make 2 additional picks in weeks 12-14.

WhersMyElephant took Iowa in week 11. Please make 1 additional pick in weeks 12-14.

Week 11 Games

Ohio State at Purdue

Indiana at Penn State

Oregon at Iowa

Washington at Wisconsin - if you retroactively pick this one, you are required to explain your reasoning for why you believe the Badgers were going to win and a jury of your peers in the comment section will be allowed to vote on its merit.

Maryland at Rutgers

Nebraska at UCLA

Week 12 Games

Friday, November 14
Minnesota at 9 Oregon, 9 ET, FOX

Saturday, November 15
Wisconsin at 2 Indiana, Noon ET, BTN

21 Michigan at Northwestern, Noon ET, FOX

20 Iowa at 19 USC, 3:30 ET, BTN

Penn State at Michigan State, 3:30 ET, CBS

Maryland at Illinois, 3:30 ET, FS1

Purdue at Washington, 7 ET, FS1

UCLA at 1 Ohio State, 7:30 ET, NBC