(Editor’s note: This is a guest blog from the folks at Pickmoto, a fantasy sports mobile app.)
We were sorta mean to the ESPNers last week. We ridiculed their lack
of insight and mocked their label “Experts”. One week later, we have
to give credit where credit’s due. The Experts (no quotation marks)
killed it in Week 7.
On average, they went 11-2 and gained 29 points in Pickmoto. Among the
highlights, Seth Wickersham and Mike Golic were a perfect 13-0! Mark
Schlereth, Mike Ditka(!!), and Cris Carter went 12-1. Even Tom Jackson
picked up 9 points with a 9-4 week.
Now that we’ve duly doled out credit, we’re going to temper the
plaudits lest anyone thinks they’ve earned their title.
Picking well in a week with no real upsets is about as easy as it
gets. It’s not like they bucked conventional wisdom and were proven
prescient. They stuck to conventional wisdom and for one week looked
good. They only disagreed on a few games – Titans v. Bills, Browns v.
Colts, Steelers v. Bengals – none of which were premier matchups.
To really earn our respect (as if it’s worth earning), they need to
rally behind an underdog or call an evenly matched game between two
strong opponents e.g. 49ers-Bears. In other words, to earn their title
they need to demonstrate a level of insight beyond that of the
football fan public.
Til then, we’ll continue to give props to Wickersham, Mort, Keyshawn,
and Schefter. Everyone else had a good Week 7, but they’re a long way
from earning their label.
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ESPN Week 7 Leaderboard
-All players start with 300 points.
Seth Wickersham – 599
Chris Mortensen – 593
Keyshawn Johnson – 362
Adam Schefter – 336
Ron Jaworski – 255
Merrill Hoge – 251
Cris Carter – 246
Mike Golic – 217
Mark Schlereth – 216
Eric Allen – 199
Mike Ditka – 188
Tom Jackson – 129
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Pickmoto is recreating the fantasy sports
experience on mobile. Its first app for the 2012 NFL season is free
for iPhone and iPad. Pickmoto asks the most basic question in sports –
which teams will win. There is a crowdsourced scoring system that
rewards correct picks based on their popularity – the less popular,
the more points.
New! Pickmoto’s 2nd app for NBA hit the AppStore today.
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