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*** Official CatsIllustrated Kentucky vs Ball State Prediction Contest ***

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Welcome to the Official Kentucky vs Ball State Prediction Contest!

Follow the rules below and make your prediction. I'll publish the results after the game. You can put any comment you would like below your score prediction (put '***' after your prediction to make it easier to separate the comments) but try not to put anything above your prediction as my scripts may not be able to find your prediction.

The rules are simple. Whoever predicts the correct winner with the score closest to the actual score wins. The method of determining your score is to take the absolute value of the difference of your guess of the Kentucky score and the actual plus the absolute value of the difference of your guess of the opponent score and the actual. You now don't have to have the correct winner to make the list but you incur a penalty of the worst score of those who picked the correct winner. In case of a tie, the tiebreaker is used. In case of a tie in the tiebreaker, we have more than one winner.

I will be awarding points for the first 10 places and including a bonus of 3 additional points for making a perfect prediction. I will track cumulative point totals and the number of games you make the top 10. This contest will end after the bowl season.

Your post should look something really close to what is between the lines below. Remember the ":"s and the word "Tiebreaker:"! Do not!! use a "-" as a separator because some of our tiebreakers can be negative.

This week's tiebreaker is Kentucky Passing Offense.

Kentucky vs Ball State game:

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Kentucky: 34
Ball State: 13

Tiebreaker: 228
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Just cut and paste everything between the lines above into your reply and then modify the scores and tiebreaker as you see fit. If you don't know how to do that, type very carefully. Remember to type in the word "Tiebreaker:" so that I can find it. Anything my scripts can't figure out will not count.

Don't edit your post or try to post a score after the game has started.

BTW I really would prefer exact names for the teams, but whenever we play Ball State, I'll make an effort to accept any name you can think of that is not obscene.
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Previous Football Prediction Champions
2010: jsyeag with 32 points, cat tat2 scored in 6 contests
2011: sckysportsink and UKwannabe with 24 points, pappy52 scored in 5 contests
2012: On_track_4_8 with 36 points; On_track_4_8, pappy52, sckysportsink, and warrior_SW scored in 5 contests
2013: Roe07 with 31 points; ORCAT and ukmonty2001 scored in 5 contests
2014: Nuke99m, SWVA WildcatFan, and ukfan79 all scored 27 points; docholiday51, GrandePdre, and ukfan79 scored in 5 contests
2015: Nuke99m with 15 points; Blueisbest, Gabewcat, KyMaster, and Nuke99m scored in 2 contests
2016: minjo with 35 points; *CatinIL*, Bilrus61, and chesterfield1 scored in 5 contests
2017: Kooky Kats with 31 points; *CatinIL*, Kooky Kats, maysvilleky scored in 6 contests
2018: ThreeHogNight with 44 points; CatOnRockyTop, Freetaxreturn scored in 6 contests
2019: pappy52 with 46 points; *CatinIL*, AsianPICat, Cat4life_, number8please scored in 6 contests
2020: SpeedisEverything with 42 points; SpeedisEverything scored in 6 contests
2021: docholiday51 with 44 points; docholiday51 scored in 7 contests
2022: SpeedisEverything with 31 points; kywildcatsfannumber1, maysvilleky, number8please, pappy52, SpeedisEverything, and waste24 scored in 4 contests
 
Kentucky vs Ball State game:

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Kentucky: 41
Ball State: 9

Tiebreaker: 337
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Kentucky: 37
Ball State: 17

Tiebreaker: 328
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Kentucky: 41
Ball State: 10

Tiebreaker: 302

***Ball State was sub-500 last year as I recall. We're adding a lot of new talent and depth to the roster and a much improved OL. Looking forward to some Big Blue control of both lines, strong D, balanced offense, and a nice win to start the season.

GBB!
 
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