And, now, the moment you've all been waiting for, Southern Scuffle KYPSW.
KYPSW Southern Scuffle Style
The Southern Scuffle is January 1st and 2nd. For KYPSW purposes, it is a stand-alone tournament. Points from this tournament do not count towards your season KYPSW score, but 8 podium positions will be determined for board bragging purposes. After all, who doesn’t want to say, “I was Southern Scuffle Champion.” Well, maybe all of those teams that are running to South Beach.
Penn State is expected to have 15 wrestlers competing at the Scuffle. For each of those wrestlers:
(1) Pick where you believe the wrestler will place (1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, or "Outside Top 8"); and
(2) Pick how many total bonus points the wrestler will score throughout the tournament.
You will be awarded "placement points" with respect to #1 above, as follows:
- 6 points for picking a wrestler's finish exactly, provided the wrestler places 1st-8th;
- 4 points for missing the wrestler's finish by one place, provided the wrestler places 1st-8th;
- 3 points for missing the wrestler's finish by two places, provided the wrestler places 1st-8th;
- 3 points for picking a wrestler to finish Outside Top 8, and he does, indeed, place outside the Top 8;
- 2 points for missing the wrestler's finish by three places, provided the wrestler places 1st-8th;
- 1 point for missing the wrestler's finish by four places, provided the wrestler places 1st-8th;
- 0 points for picking a wrestler to finish 1st-8th, but he actually finishes outside the Top 8.
- 0 points for picking a wrestler to finish Outside Top 8, but he actually finishes in the Top 8.
Then, you will be docked "take-away points" with respect to #2 above, as follows:
- 1 point subtracted for every bonus point by which your prediction differs from what the wrestler actually scores.
Addendum 1: Bonus points include points earned from a medical forfeit.
Addendum 2: If you fail to pick placement for any wrestler, you will score zero points for placement, minus the number of bonus points that wrestler earns.
A few specific examples to further illustrate the scoring:
Wrestler A
- You pick Wrestler A to finish 2nd and score a total of 3 bonus points during the tournament;
- Wrestler A does exactly that;
- You get 6 placement points, minus 0 take-away points, for a total of 6 points for your Wrestler A pick.
Wrestler B
- You pick Wrestler B to finish 1st and score a total of 3 bonus points;
- Wrestler B finishes 5th and scores 2 bonus points;
- You get 1 placement point, minus 1 take-away point, for a total of 0 points for your Wrestler B pick.
Wrestler C
- You pick Wrestler C to finish 8th and score 0 bonus points;
- Wrestler C finishes outside the Top 8 and scores 2 bonus points;
- You get 0 placement points, minus 2 take-away points, for a total of -2 points for your Wrestler C pick.
Wrestler D
- You pick Wrestler D to finish Outside Top 8 and score 1 bonus point;
- Wrestler D finishes outside the Top 8 and scores 0 bonus points;
- You get 3 placement points, minus 1 take-away point, for a total of 2 points for your Wrestler D pick.
As you can see under the Wrestler C example, it is possible to finish with a negative point total for a given wrestler. Remember, if you do not correctly predict someone's total bonus points exactly, the difference will be deducted from your score.
This contest should prove to be fairly challenging. Here are the tiebreaker criteria: (1) most placement points, (2) most FOS/BWI posts.
All picks must be posted in this thread prior to the start of the tournament, which is 10:00 Eastern time Tuesday, January 1.
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