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Hi All,

We D's blessing, I thought we'd do something fun on Lionbackers. Let's face it, the Lions are a real crap shoot this season (let's hope the emphasis WON'T be on the word 'crap'). With all the rookies and new faces, they could either go on a long winning streak....or (God forbid) losing. All the new players combined with the competitiveness of the West Division, makes this a challenging exercise.

The contest though is simple. Give us your prediction for the club's regular season win-loss record. If you want to guess final standing and post-season, that's fine, but the contest is based on wins and losses (and ties?) in the regular season.

Since there are likely to be several Lionbackers with the same prediction, the tiebreaker will go to the closest (high or low) to POINTS FOR, so be sure to include that in your post (helpful hint: last year, the club scored 431 points for).

In the interests of fairness, entries will be accepted until July 4 at 4:00PST. (kick-off).

Entries will be compiled and at the end of the season, I will send the winner a 5-pack of DVD movies (they'll be hot titles and current releases).

I am disqualifying myself but I will start things off: I am saying that after a slow start the club will finish with a 11-7 record with 505 points for.

Good luck!

DH

Cool..
10-8... 486 points for

13 wins vs 5 losses 524 points for this year......

12 wins - 6 losses. 493 points for.

10 - 8 485 points (gel just in time for the playoffs)

I say 10-8 with 497 points for

Great idea!!

8 - 10, thankful for the two games vs the Argos.

Edit: 524 pts

Put me down for 9-9 with 494 PF.

Don't worry, if the team exceeds expectations, I won't be rooting for us to lose just for the prize.

Rammer wrote:8 - 10, thankful for the two games vs the Argos.

You forgot the "points for" component, Rammer. Mind you, with THAT prediction, I hardly think the tiebreaker will be necessary.

Interesting too, that you have 8-10 in this thread and 9-9 in another. I think if we wait another day, we might be able to get it up to 10-8.

DH

9 - 9 ... 495 points for (27.5 per game)

I think our record could be anywhere from 11 - 7 down to 7 - 11. Depending on the whims of fate, and a few other variables. We could go to the Grey Cup or the Out House.

David wrote:

Rammer wrote:8 - 10, thankful for the two games vs the Argos.

You forgot the "points for" component, Rammer. Mind you, with THAT prediction, I hardly think the tiebreaker will be necessary.

Interesting too, that you have 8-10 in this thread and 9-9 in another. I think if we wait another day, we might be able to get it up to 10-8.

DH

My cup was half full at that time, not anymore.

Actually, the other thread was left open to being lower. After rethinking the OL situation and the reluctance for JC to run the ball, or move the pocket, I am siding on the below 500 mark. Heck 8 wins may be a lot to ask for, but with the double or potentially triple QB depth, we may get a couple of wins if other teams get an injury on the starting QB's. Remember LFitQ isn't posting much, someone has to pick up the slack.

As is the case, if we do better, I will be the happiest guy around here to be wrong.

11-7 and the Lions get 521 points. I like the sounds of the so-called 'attitude adjustment' being talked about by Players/Coaches... lets see how it plays out on gamedays.

11-7 with 538 points

9 - 8 - 1, with 450 points.

Sure, I know a tie is even more improbable this year with the 'must-go-for-two' rule. But hell, Printers is our new quarterback and we're putting a retractable roof on our stadium. We're all about improbable!

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