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*** Official CatsIllustrated Kentucky vs Iowa Prediction Contest ***

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Welcome to the Official Kentucky vs Iowa 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 Iowa 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 Rushing Offense.

Kentucky vs Iowa game:

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Kentucky: 27
Iowa: 21

Tiebreaker: 148
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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 Iowa, I'll make an effort to accept any name you can think of that is not obscene.
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Football Prediction Scores - Kentucky @ Louisville (tiebreaker was 11 Malik Cunningham Rush Attempts):
10 1 . docholiday51 : 6 points, tiebreaker=22
9 2 . southindycat : 10 points, tiebreaker=12
8 3 . SpeedisEverything : 11 points, tiebreaker=11
7 4 . Glenn's take : 12 points, tiebreaker=10
6 5 . Bigbluecaleb : 12 points, tiebreaker=17
5 6 . Cobb4uk : 13 points, tiebreaker=18
4 7 . BigBlueFanGA : 14 points, tiebreaker=16
3 8 . Roe07 : 15 points, tiebreaker=19
2 9 . 19jhadams : 16 points, tiebreaker=12
1 10 . TOMCATS1990 : 16 points, tiebreaker=16
.. 11 . GrandePdre : 16 points, tiebreaker=19
.. 12 . Littlefeller : 17 points, tiebreaker=12
.. 13 . TheBlueCat : 17 points, tiebreaker=15
.. 13 . SWVA WildcatFan : 17 points, tiebreaker=15
.. 13 . cat888 : 17 points, tiebreaker=15
.. 16 . Freetaxreturn : 17 points, tiebreaker=17
.. 16 . pappy52 : 17 points, tiebreaker=17
.. 18 . BlueInTheBoro : 17 points, tiebreaker=19
.. 19 . TuckyFB : 17 points, tiebreaker=21
.. 20 . sieken : 17 points, tiebreaker=22
.. 20 . RocknRollCats : 17 points, tiebreaker=22
.. 20 . UK Cats1 : 17 points, tiebreaker=22
.. 23 . jsyeag : 18 points, tiebreaker=12
.. 24 . NavyCat88 : 20 points, tiebreaker=13
.. 25 . yes_takeaside : 20 points, tiebreaker=16
.. 26 . CatOnRockyTop : 20 points, tiebreaker=19
.. 26 . ILiveBlue-GoCats : 20 points, tiebreaker=19
.. 28 . kywildcat41086 : 20 points, tiebreaker=24
.. 29 . warrior-cat : 21 points, tiebreaker=15
.. 30 . dynastydreamuk : 21 points, tiebreaker=16
.. 30 . number8please : 21 points, tiebreaker=16
.. 32 . ORCAT : 21 points, tiebreaker=18
.. 33 . Kampus Korner : 21 points, tiebreaker=19
.. 34 . CatInCanuckLand : 22 points, tiebreaker=14
.. 35 . straykat : 23 points, tiebreaker=19
.. 36 . Bigblueincincy : 24 points, tiebreaker=14
.. 37 . august-west : 24 points, tiebreaker=16
.. 38 . Old_Red : 24 points, tiebreaker=17
.. 39 . Horhay961 : 24 points, tiebreaker=18
.. 40 . Hang_Time_2 : 24 points, tiebreaker=19
.. 41 . jameslee32 : 25 points, tiebreaker=15
.. 42 . ukalum1988 : 25 points, tiebreaker=19
.. 42 . Kycatspaws : 25 points, tiebreaker=19
.. 44 . CatCall : 25 points, tiebreaker=20
.. 45 . LordEggForgotHisPassword: 26 points, tiebreaker=19
.. 46 . jbalasquide : 27 points, tiebreaker=12
.. 47 . Jazzycat : 27 points, tiebreaker=15
.. 48 . Madcat62 : 27 points, tiebreaker=20
.. 49 . Blueisbest : 27 points, tiebreaker=22
.. 50 . On_track_4_8 : 28 points, tiebreaker=15
.. 51 . cwcat : 29 points, tiebreaker=11
.. 52 . maysvilleky : 30 points, tiebreaker=18
.. 53 . Chad Rock : 30 points, tiebreaker=19
.. 54 . UK Widget : 64 points, tiebreaker=16
.. 55 . ThreeHogNight : 64 points, tiebreaker=18
.. 56 . *CatinIL* : 65 points, tiebreaker=16
.. 57 . AsianPICat : 65 points, tiebreaker=17
.. 58 . Bilrus61 : 65 points, tiebreaker=20
.. 59 . Blueworld_3.0 : 67 points, tiebreaker=18
.. 60 . oldsports_ : 68 points, tiebreaker=25
.. 61 . rockycard : 72 points, tiebreaker=14
.. 62 . Nuke99m : 72 points, tiebreaker=21
.. 63 . howercat : 75 points, tiebreaker=16
.. 64 . cewsmith : 75 points, tiebreaker=18

Football Prediction Contest Leader Board:

44 : docholiday51
26 : WalterTheHippo
24 : SpeedisEverything
23 : Kampus Korner
19 : august-west
19 : Kycatspaws
19 : TuckyFB
17 : UK Cats1
17 : wildcatbd21
16 : Old_Red
15 : Glenn's take
14 : Bigblueincincy
14 : Blueworld_3.0
14 : catsfanbgky
14 : Littlefeller
13 : *CatinIL*
13 : Nuke99m
13 : RocknRollCats
13 : U Go UK
13 : UK Widget
12 : Jazzycat
12 : jbalasquide
12 : southindycat
11 : CatInCanuckLand
11 : Chad Rock
11 : kywildcat41086
11 : pappy52
11 : WildcatStu1
10 : Blueisbest
10 : BlueWorldOrder74
10 : BurgLife
10 : Caveman Catfan
10 : GrandePdre
10 : number8please
9 : ArtLaibsGhost
9 : AsianPICat
9 : Bilrus61
9 : LordEggForgotHisPassword
9 : On_track_4_8
9 : warrior-cat
8 : BoulderCat
8 : cat888
8 : satcheluk
8 : straykat
8 : THE_HOOK
8 : ukalum1988
7 : Bigbluecaleb
7 : Cat4life_
7 : CatOnRockyTop
7 : Deli owl
7 : Freetaxreturn
7 : Hang_Time_2
7 : TNCatfanforever
7 : waste24
6 : CatCall
6 : ThreeHogNight
5 : Cobb4uk
5 : jayhovah
4 : BigBlueFanGA
4 : GoB!gBlue
4 : Horhay961
4 : jauk11
4 : Kai Slater
4 : yes_takeaside
3 : 19jhadams
3 : GoBigBlue37
3 : ORCAT
3 : Roe07
3 : rye48
3 : Short-Dawg-69
2 : GridCats
2 : Madcat62
1 : TheBlueCat
1 : TOMCATS1990


Players Who've Made the Top Ten at Least Once:

7 : docholiday51
4 : Glenn's take
4 : Kampus Korner
4 : Kycatspaws
3 : *CatinIL*
3 : Freetaxreturn
3 : GrandePdre
3 : Littlefeller
3 : SpeedisEverything
3 : TuckyFB
3 : UK Widget
3 : WalterTheHippo
3 : wildcatbd21
2 : 19jhadams
2 : AsianPICat
2 : august-west
2 : Bigbluecaleb
2 : Bigblueincincy
2 : Blueworld_3.0
2 : BurgLife
2 : Cat4life_
2 : cat888
2 : CatInCanuckLand
2 : catsfanbgky
2 : Chad Rock
2 : Deli owl
2 : Jazzycat
2 : jbalasquide
2 : kywildcat41086
2 : Nuke99m
2 : Old_Red
2 : ORCAT
2 : pappy52
2 : RocknRollCats
2 : southindycat
2 : ThreeHogNight
2 : UK Cats1
2 : ukalum1988
2 : warrior-cat
1 : ArtLaibsGhost
1 : BigBlueFanGA
1 : Bilrus61
1 : Blueisbest
1 : BlueWorldOrder74
1 : BoulderCat
1 : CatCall
1 : CatOnRockyTop
1 : Caveman Catfan
1 : Cobb4uk
1 : GoB!gBlue
1 : GoBigBlue37
1 : GridCats
1 : Hang_Time_2
1 : Horhay961
1 : jauk11
1 : jayhovah
1 : Kai Slater
1 : LordEggForgotHisPassword
1 : Madcat62
1 : number8please
1 : On_track_4_8
1 : Roe07
1 : rye48
1 : satcheluk
1 : Short-Dawg-69
1 : straykat
1 : TheBlueCat
1 : THE_HOOK
1 : TNCatfanforever
1 : TOMCATS1990
1 : U Go UK
1 : waste24
1 : WildcatStu1
1 : yes_takeaside


Total Players:
Kentucky vs Louisiana Monroe : 101
Kentucky vs Missouri : 106
Kentucky vs UT Chattanooga : 79
Kentucky @ South Carolina : 90
Kentucky vs Florida : 88
Kentucky vs LSU : 82
Kentucky vs Georgia : 83
Tennessee vs Alabama : 58
Kentucky vs Mississippi State : 77
Kentucky vs Tennessee : 68
Kentucky @ Vanderbilt : 62
Kentucky vs New Mexico State : 51
Kentucky @ Louisville : 64

Season Average for Players: 77.6


Football Prediction Champs:
Kentucky vs Louisiana Monroe : U Go UK: 0
Kentucky vs Missouri : catsfanbgky: 2
Kentucky vs UT Chattanooga : Jazzycat: 19
Kentucky @ South Carolina : Caveman Catfan: 4
Kentucky vs Florida : kywildcat41086: 5
Kentucky vs LSU : BlueWorldOrder74: 8
Kentucky vs Georgia : Old_Red: 1
Tennessee vs Alabama : docholiday51: 3
Kentucky vs Mississippi State : Kampus Korner: 3
Kentucky vs Tennessee : number8please: 23
Kentucky @ Vanderbilt : Blueisbest: 1
Kentucky vs New Mexico State : Chad Rock: 5
Kentucky @ Louisville : docholiday51: 6
 
Kentucky: 31
Iowa: 17

Tiebreaker: 191

*** Went back and watched a couple of Iowa games this year. They're not that good.
 
You can’t pick twice. You said in OP it’d be 27-21. Why try to cheat? :mad:
Are you serious? The pick in the OP is an example and has NEVER EVER been my prediction. Same thing in the SUP. I don't always pick Purdue as my SUP.
 
Iowa fan here:

Kentucky 20
Iowa 16


I think it will be a close game with two teams coached by two guys (Ferentz and Stoops) with nearly the identical coaching philosophy.

Will be rock 'em sock 'em ball that's likely low scoring. I might even be high on my prediction total points scored (36).

In the end, I think UK's QB leads them to enough points to barely outdistance Iowa. I have such little faith in arguably one of the worst offenses in college football this year. Well, statistically it just about is.

I don't think Iowa's resident homer fan @cidsports has predicted yet so if you don't mind, I'll make his prediction because we've all come to find out how he thinks in this past week he's appeared on this board:

Iowa 53
Kentucky 5
 
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