Big Ten Football OTR Survivor Pool - Week 8

Two challengers remain, but only one can be the champion of the 2025 OTR Big Ten football survivor pool! Good luck to WhersMyElephant and winless.

Week 7 nearly saw us crown a champion. AlmaOtter, BobS, and IUinVA were all eliminated by putting their trust in James Franklin's Penn State squad. They got their revenge when they orchestrated his firing the following day.

IUinVA actually lost twice on Saturday at they had tried to sneak in a double pick by also picking Michigan State. Should have known not to pick a game involving UCLA. Not only did IUinVA get that game wrong, but it also eliminated Louis Street who decided to poke the bear. Don't poke the bear, folks. Run away.

WhersMyElephant survived thanks to Purdue shooting themselves in the foot repeatedly. Somehow I don't think WhersMyElephant will have much issue advancing this week.

In the loser's pool, our numbers were drastically cut. Glassjawed and MiddlewestAverage opted out. Cericjo and IronMonkee thought Death Star Jr. would lose. SeeJayBee thought James Franklin would surely bounce back and defeat Northwestern. Nothsa forgot it wasn't September anymore and figured Nebraska would lose to Maryland. The games left us just four remaining losers, but our numbers bounced back thanks to the relegation from the main survivor pool.

Oh, and Rubber_Duck. Your attempt to enter the survivor pool in week 7 went poorly. The good news is that you pick games badly enough to be a writer. Pick up your badge and laptop from AlmaOtter at security.

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).

Big Ten Football OTR Survivor Pool - Week 7

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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).

WhersMyElephant has already picked Indiana. They still need to have a double pick week prior to the end of week 10 while winless has already completed their double pick week for the weeks 6-10 period. Picks can be changed until kickoff.

RockyMtnBlue, BobS, and Louis Street all need to still make a second pick sometime in the next three weeks.

Week 8 Games

Friday, October 17

Nebraska at Minnesota

Saturday, October 18

Washington at Michigan

Purdue at Northwestern

Ohio State at Wisconsin

Michigan State at Indiana

Oregon at Rutgers

Penn State at Iowa

Maryland at UCLA

USC at Notre Dame

Before I forget, BoilerUp89 will take USC to lose. Hope I'm eliminated from the losers' pool