{"id":130,"date":"2012-12-07T08:55:07","date_gmt":"2012-12-07T14:55:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.e-systems.net\/news\/?p=130"},"modified":"2012-12-07T08:55:07","modified_gmt":"2012-12-07T14:55:07","slug":"2012-e-systems-college-football-pool-overall-results","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.e-systems.net\/news\/2012-e-systems-college-football-pool-overall-results\/","title":{"rendered":"2012 e-Systems College Football Pool &#8211; Overall Results"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5\" title=\"e-systems_football_logo\" src=\"http:\/\/www.e-systems.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/e-systems_football_logo.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"108\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Our biggest congratulations go to the winner of the 2012 e-Systems College Football Pool:<\/p>\n<h1 class=\"aligncenter\">maestro<\/h1>\n<p><strong>maestro<\/strong> finished the season with 2,370 points in the &#8220;drop two worst weeks&#8221; format.  <strong>The Tradition<\/strong> finished in second place with 2,349 points, and <strong>jagrag<\/strong> was third with 2,343 points.  Congratulations to all three for their outstanding performances!  All three will receive special prizes for their accomplishment.<\/p>\n<p>If there was a word to describe <strong>maestro<\/strong>&#8216;s performance throughout the season, it was &#8220;consistent&#8221;.  She finished third in the first half of the game, and second in the second half.  She only finished outside of the top ten in a week twice, and one of those was an eleventh-place finish.  At one point, she had five straight top-5 weeks, including three straight weeks at #2.  She also takes first place in the total points category, with 2,551 points.  <strong>The Tradition<\/strong> was again second, with 2,526 points, and <strong>Allison<\/strong> was third with 2,513 points.  Well done!<\/p>\n<p>In number of games picked correctly, <strong>maestro<\/strong> and <strong>The Tradition<\/strong> tied for first with 223 games correct.  <strong>CUtigers<\/strong> finished third, with 219.  Good job!<\/p>\n<p>The first half of the game was won by <strong>Allison<\/strong>, and the second half by <strong>bamaken<\/strong>.  Great work!<\/p>\n<p>There were several multiple-week winners this year.  <strong>The Tradition<\/strong> led the way in this department with victories in weeks 4, 8, and 14.  Two-time weekly winners include <strong>MarylandTwerp<\/strong> (weeks 2 and 3), <strong>bamaken<\/strong> (weeks 6 and 11), and <strong>Big Blue Nation<\/strong> (weeks 10 and 13).  Other weekly winners were <strong>CUtigers<\/strong> (1), <strong>badgerTime<\/strong> (5), <strong>Mark<\/strong> (7), <strong>JustWinAWeek<\/strong> (9), and <strong>BritanniaTex<\/strong> (12).  Congratulations to all of the weekly winners!<\/p>\n<p>Everyone will receive a prize for participating this year!  If you aren&#8217;t sure that we have your current mailing address for shipping, please respond to my e-mail that was sent today and we will update our records.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How Did We All Do?<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Picks: 5,147\/6,691 (76.924%)<\/li>\n<li>Points: 59,496\/70,611 (84.259%)<\/li>\n<li>Best Week as a Group: week 1 (614\/667 &#8211; 92.054%; 7,654\/8,004 points &#8211; 96.002% of possible points)<\/li>\n<li>Five weeks with over 80% of picks correct<\/li>\n<li>Seven weeks with over 85% of possible points gained<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Perfect&#8221; weeks: 9 (all in week one)<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;All But 1 Game Right&#8221; weeks: 17<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>On behalf of all of us at e-Systems, thank you again for participating in our 9<sup>th<\/sup> annual College Football Pool.  College football season is one of the most fun times of the year, and for me, this pool always plays a big part in the excitement.  I hope that all of you will join us again in 2013, when we\u2019ll do it all again!  In the meantime, we hope you think of e-Systems for all your custom application and system needs.  We\u2019re just as much fun to work with!<br \/>\n&#8212;<br \/>\nBrandon German<br \/>\ne-Systems.net, Inc.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our biggest congratulations go to the winner of the 2012 e-Systems College Football Pool: maestro maestro finished the season with 2,370 points in the &#8220;drop two worst weeks&#8221; format. The Tradition finished in second place with 2,349 points, and jagrag was third with 2,343 points. Congratulations to all three for their outstanding performances! 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