High School Football Forum: Gridiron Pick'em Week 1

Posted by BuckMajor on Tue, Aug 15, 2017, at 11:54 AM:

Gridiron Pick’em season 5 is upon us! Can you believe it is already mid-August? We’ve been going strong for four straight football seasons, with participation growing every year. I think this year can be even better! We have some exciting area teams to watch this year.

Again, I want to thank everyone who plays this game and takes the time to participate! I really enjoy putting it together, and I think it gives us a great reason to follow other area teams that may not be our own, and root for other teams and players. This format also gives us a list of top games to follow each week. . I appreciate each and every one of you that takes the time to play along with the pick’em, and have helped it to grow to over 100 participates last year.

As I do at the beginning of every year, for those who don’t know how the pick’em works, I will take a brief moment to explain. Each week I list a few games, of which you will comment and pick the winners, and you receive points for every game that you get correct. After the games have concluded, I will tally the results and post those on Semoball on their own results thread with a running tally. Please feel free to have football related discussions on these threads as well if you so choose but abide by Semoball rules please. Just like last year the winner will receive a $25 Walmart gift card. I hope everyone enjoys the Gridiron Pick’em, good luck, and thanks for participating!

Our defending champion is Butkus. Let’s see if he can go back-to-back. He had a great season of picking last year!

Also don’t forget to follow our twitter page @BuckMajor3 or search BuckMajor Sports! Certain things like results and updates may be posted on there.

First a few rules:

The picks have to be in by the time the game starts.

If you pick an upset, and you are the only one that picks that team to win and they win, you will receive a 2 point bonus. If two people pick it you split the bonus.

The winner each week receives a two point bonus

So without further ado, here are this week’s games:

- Since this is the first week, I’ve noticed it takes people a bit to get into the swing of things. Therefore there will not be as many games this week, and points won’t be as high, so those that get started late, or miss the first week are not way behind in points. This will be a good week to get everyone into the swing of things.

FRIDAY, AUG 18th

1. Portageville vs. Caruthersville (1 point)

2. Malden vs. NMCC ( 1 point)

3. Charleston vs. Sikeston (1 point)

4. Ste Genevieve vs. Dexter (1 point)

5. Thayer vs. Hayti (1 point)

GAME OF THE WEEK (Please pick winner and final score for a tiebreaker)

6. Mt. View Liberty vs. Cape Central (2 points)

Replies (106)

Caruthersville

Malden

Sikeston

Ste. Gen

Hayti

MVL 42-24

-- Posted by WWE Guru on Tue, Aug 15, 2017, at 12:21 PM
Cville

Malden

Sikeston

SG

Thayer

Mtn View 42-28

-- Posted by Bleed Green OG on Tue, Aug 15, 2017, at 12:21 PM
Caruthersville

Malden

Sikeston

Ste Genevieve

Hayti

Cape Central 24-20

-- Posted by zachattack II on Tue, Aug 15, 2017, at 1:05 PM
Caruthersville

Malden

Sikeston

Ste Genevieve

Thayer

Mt. View Liberty 28-14

-- Posted by dex623 on Tue, Aug 15, 2017, at 1:15 PM
Caruthersville

Malden

Sikeston

Ste. Gen

Thayer

Mtn View Liberty 35-24

-- Posted by SHS BUM 21 on Tue, Aug 15, 2017, at 1:16 PM
Caruthersville (big)

Malden (big)

Sikeston

Ste Gen

Thayer

MVL 44 - 26

-- Posted by PimpDaddyTaddy on Tue, Aug 15, 2017, at 1:20 PM
Cville

Malden

Sikeston

St. Gen

Thayer

Cape 35-28

-- Posted by BleedRedBlack on Tue, Aug 15, 2017, at 1:22 PM
Caruthersville

Malden

Sikeston

Ste. Genevieve

Thayer

Mtn View 28-7

-- Posted by CatDad on Tue, Aug 15, 2017, at 1:34 PM
C-ville

Malden

Sikeston

Ste Genn

Thayer

Cape Central 42-13

-- Posted by Bigdaddy34 on Tue, Aug 15, 2017, at 1:56 PM
Caruthersville

Malden

Sikeston

St Gen

Hayti

MVL 32 CC18

-- Posted by haytiroyalty on Tue, Aug 15, 2017, at 2:28 PM
Caruthersville

Malden

Sikeston

Ste Genevieve

Hayti

Mt. View Liberty 35-28

-- Posted by sm0723 on Tue, Aug 15, 2017, at 3:01 PM
Caruthersville

Malden

Sikeston

Ste. Gen

Hayti

Mtn View Liberty 27-21

-- Posted by rebels2014 on Tue, Aug 15, 2017, at 3:47 PM
1. Portageville vs. Caruthersville (1 point)

CARUTHERVILLE

2. Malden vs. NMCC ( 1 point)

MALDEN

3. Charleston vs. Sikeston (1 point)

SIKESTON

4. Ste Genevieve vs. Dexter (1 point)

STE. GEN

5. Thayer vs. Hayti (1 point)

HAYTI

GAME OF THE WEEK (Please pick winner and final score for a tiebreaker)

6. Mt. View Liberty vs. Cape Central (2 points)

MT. VIEW LIBERTY 42-20

-- Posted by FAN24 on Tue, Aug 15, 2017, at 3:57 PM
C'Ville

Malden

Sikeston

Ste Gen

Hayti

MVL 35 to 24

-- Posted by gregbrown80 on Tue, Aug 15, 2017, at 4:10 PM
Carutherville

Malden

Sikeston

Ste Genevieve

Hayti

Mt. View Liberty 45-18

-- Posted by SEMO_WARRIOR on Tue, Aug 15, 2017, at 6:11 PM
Caruthersville

Malden

Sikeston

St Gen

Thayer

Mt View. 37-24

-- Posted by pj1972 on Tue, Aug 15, 2017, at 7:22 PM
1. Caruthersville

2. Malden

3. Sikeston

4. Ste Genevieve

5. Thayer

6. Mt. View Liberty 30-24

-- Posted by Moose76 on Tue, Aug 15, 2017, at 7:42 PM
1. Caruthersville

2. Malden

3. Sikeston

4. Ste. Genevieve

5. Thayer

6. Cape Central 32-20

-- Posted by doniphandon on Tue, Aug 15, 2017, at 8:20 PM
1. Cville

2. Malden

3. Sikeston

4. SG

5. Thayer

6. Cape 24 MVL 14

-- Posted by Forrest Gump on Tue, Aug 15, 2017, at 8:34 PM
Cville

Malden

Sikeston

Ste Gen

Hayti

MVL 28-14

-- Posted by ESPN05 on Tue, Aug 15, 2017, at 8:52 PM
Caruthersville

Malden

Sikeston

St Gen

Hayti

MVL 26 CC 20

-- Posted by Abbadabba82 on Tue, Aug 15, 2017, at 9:22 PM
Cville

Malden

Sikeston

St gen

Hayti

Cape 21-17 (upset)

Battle 54-0

Go Tigers Go Spartans

-- Posted by cvilletger on Tue, Aug 15, 2017, at 9:35 PM
Caruthersville

Malden

Sikeston

Ste. Gen

Thayer

MVL 42 Cape 13

-- Posted by mule67 on Tue, Aug 15, 2017, at 9:46 PM
Cville

Malden

Sikeston

St gen

Thayer

Mvl 31 cape 20

-- Posted by Murphdogg on Tue, Aug 15, 2017, at 10:28 PM
Cville

Malden

Sikeston

St Gen

Hayti

Cape 38-28

-- Posted by indian73 on Tue, Aug 15, 2017, at 10:30 PM
Caruthersville

Malden

Sikeston

Ste Genevieve

Thayer

Mt. View Liberty - 35

Cape Central - 24

-- Posted by cardinalnation on Tue, Aug 15, 2017, at 10:30 PM
Cville

Malden

Sikeston

Ste Gen

Hayti

Mt View Liberty. 28-21

-- Posted by Kennett fan on Tue, Aug 15, 2017, at 11:09 PM
1. Portageville vs. Caruthersville (1 point)

Caruthersville

2. Malden vs. NMCC ( 1 point)

Malden

3. Charleston vs. Sikeston (1 point)

Sikeston

4. Ste Genevieve vs. Dexter (1 point)

St Gen

5. Thayer vs. Hayti (1 point)

Thayer

GAME OF THE WEEK (Please pick winner and final score for a tiebreaker)

6. Mt. View Liberty vs. Cape Central (2 points)

Mt View 35 Cape 13

-- Posted by JustSpeakingTheTruth on Tue, Aug 15, 2017, at 11:31 PM
Caruthersville

Malden

Sikeston

Ste. Gen

Hayti

Mt View 34 Cape 27

-- Posted by phi365 on Tue, Aug 15, 2017, at 11:36 PM
Caruthersville

Malden

Sikeston

Ste. Gen

Hayti

Mt. View Liberty 35-27

-- Posted by semo501 on Wed, Aug 16, 2017, at 2:00 AM
caruthersville

malden

sikeston

thayer

mtvl 34-20

-- Posted by chsfan185 on Wed, Aug 16, 2017, at 5:31 AM
C'VILLE

MALDEN

SIKESTON

ST.GEN

HAYTI

MVL-36

CAPE-20

-- Posted by JustLoveTheGame on Wed, Aug 16, 2017, at 7:02 AM
C'ville

Malden

Sikeston

Ste. Gen

Thayer

Mt. View 30, Cape 21

-- Posted by watchitall on Wed, Aug 16, 2017, at 8:12 AM
Caruthersville

Malden

Sikeston

She. Gen

Hayti

Mtn view 56 cape central 21

-- Posted by Indian1 on Wed, Aug 16, 2017, at 10:03 AM
Caruthersville

Malden

Ste. Gen.

Thayer

Mt View Liberty 34-20

-- Posted by Bogey Man on Wed, Aug 16, 2017, at 11:21 AM
Forgot one...

Caruthersville

Malden

Sikeston

Ste. Gen.

Thayer

Mt. View Liberty 34-20

-- Posted by Bogey Man on Wed, Aug 16, 2017, at 11:23 AM
FRIDAY, AUG 18th

1. Portageville vs. Caruthersville - Caruthersville

2. Malden vs. NMCC - Malden

3. Charleston vs. Sikeston - Sikeston

4. Ste Genevieve vs. Dexter - SG

5. Thayer vs. Hayti - Thayer

GAME OF THE WEEK (Please pick winner and final score for a tiebreaker)

6. Mt. View Liberty vs. Cape Central - MVL 35 - Cape 28

-- Posted by mojo3 on Wed, Aug 16, 2017, at 11:54 AM
Hayti wins 34-28

SG wins 45-6

Sikeston wins 24-13

Cville wins 48-12

Malden wins 67-7

MVL wins 54-37

-- Posted by Cheesehead. on Wed, Aug 16, 2017, at 12:47 PM
Caruthersville

Malden

Sikeston

Ste Genevieve

Thayer

Mt. View Liberty 42-35

-- Posted by PapaJohns on Wed, Aug 16, 2017, at 4:46 PM
1. Caruthersville

2. Malden

3. Sikeston

4. Ste. Genevieve

5. Hayti

6. GOTW: Mt. View Liberty 35, Cape Central 21.

-- Posted by Preacher Man Fan on Wed, Aug 16, 2017, at 4:59 PM
Guess I'll come back this year.

Caruthersville

Malden

Sikeston

Ste. Gen.

Thayer

MV-L 38-28

-- Posted by ThadCastle on Wed, Aug 16, 2017, at 7:33 PM
Cville

Malden

Sikeston

St gen

Thayer

MVL 42-21

-- Posted by The WizKid on Wed, Aug 16, 2017, at 9:19 PM
CVILLE

MALDEN

SIKESTON

SG

THAYER

MTVL 42-14

-- Posted by Jesco White on Wed, Aug 16, 2017, at 10:01 PM
C'ville

Malden

Sikeston

SG

Hayti

MVL 33-18

-- Posted by hb1025 on Thu, Aug 17, 2017, at 2:48 PM
Caruthersville

Malden

Sikeston

Ste Genevieve

Hayti

MVL 55 Cape 20

-- Posted by Grumpy Cat on Thu, Aug 17, 2017, at 6:40 PM
Cvill

Malden

Sikeston

St GEN

Hayti

MVL 49. Cape 13

-- Posted by dog2167 on Thu, Aug 17, 2017, at 7:09 PM
CVille

Malden

Sikeston

St Gen

Thayer

MVL 30-21

-- Posted by yaeger on Thu, Aug 17, 2017, at 8:41 PM
Cheesehead can answer this question? Does MVL travel well? Going to the game, I normally sit on the visitor side. Just trying to gage on the time I need to get there.

Thanks,

Greg

-- Posted by gregbrown80 on Thu, Aug 17, 2017, at 8:55 PM
Caruthersville

Malden

Sikeston

Ste. Genevieve

Thayer

MVL 36 Cape 21

-- Posted by Cabby55! on Thu, Aug 17, 2017, at 10:04 PM
Caruthersville

Malden

Sikeston

Ste Genevieve

Hayti

MVL 48 Cape 13

-- Posted by ChiefsKingdom on Fri, Aug 18, 2017, at 1:43 AM
Carutherville

Malden

Sikeston

Ste Genevieve

Hayti

Mt. View Liberty 31-14

And Jackson will win.

-- Posted by CoachKent on Fri, Aug 18, 2017, at 5:11 AM
C'VILLE

MALDEN

SIKESTON

ST. GEN

THAYER

MT. V 42 CAPE C 12

-- Posted by ROLLWAVE on Fri, Aug 18, 2017, at 6:46 AM
1. Portageville vs. Caruthersville (1 point)

Caruthersville

2. Malden vs. NMCC ( 1 point)

Malden

3. Charleston vs. Sikeston (1 point)

Charleston

4. Ste Genevieve vs. Dexter (1 point)

Ste Gen

5. Thayer vs. Hayti (1 point)

Thayer

GAME OF THE WEEK (Please pick winner and final score for a tiebreaker)

6. Mt. View Liberty vs. Cape Central (2 points)

MT. View 35-24

-- Posted by mz259 on Fri, Aug 18, 2017, at 7:50 AM
C-ville

Malden

Sikeston

Ste Gen

Hayti

Cape Central 35-28

-- Posted by towerswest1211 on Fri, Aug 18, 2017, at 8:39 AM
First day of the season! Last day to get picks in. Thanks for all the participation so far!

-- Posted by BuckMajor on Fri, Aug 18, 2017, at 10:27 AM
Hey Buck, which thread for this week is the "official" Pick 'Ems thread? This one or the other one that doesn't include Thayer vs. Hayti?

-- Posted by WWE Guru on Fri, Aug 18, 2017, at 10:29 AM
This one. The other says 2016

-- Posted by BuckMajor on Fri, Aug 18, 2017, at 10:32 AM
Yes GregB, we usually travel pretty well. Usually 100-150. More than the 20 Cape brought to our place last year! LOL

-- Posted by libertyeaglefan on Fri, Aug 18, 2017, at 11:23 AM
Caruthersville

Malden

Sikeston

St. Gen

Thayer

Cape Central over Liberty 35-21

-- Posted by ozzyandharriet on Fri, Aug 18, 2017, at 11:41 AM
Buck,

Thanks for the contest. Good luck to everyone tonight. Stay safe and have fun!

-- Posted by mojo3 on Fri, Aug 18, 2017, at 11:51 AM
Caruthersville

Malden

Sikeston

Ste Genevieve

Thayer

Mt. View Liberty 32-20

-- Posted by doubleplay on Fri, Aug 18, 2017, at 11:55 AM
Tigers

Green wave

Dawgs

Dragons

Natives

Tigers 34-14

-- Posted by Bill Shakespeare on Fri, Aug 18, 2017, at 12:42 PM
Caruthersville

Malden

Sikeston

St. Gen

Thayer

Mt View 31

Cape 26

-- Posted by longer 85 on Fri, Aug 18, 2017, at 12:44 PM
1. Caruthersville

2. Malden

3. Sikeston

4. Ste Genevieve

5. Hayti

6. Cape Central 35-22

-- Posted by SportsMediaInformant on Fri, Aug 18, 2017, at 1:54 PM
Caruthersville, Malden, Sikeston, Ste. Gen., Hayti, Cape Central 21-20

-- Posted by theprof on Fri, Aug 18, 2017, at 1:59 PM
Caruthersville

Malden

Sikeston

Ste.Genevieve

Thayer

Mt. View Liberty 48-37

-- Posted by butkus on Fri, Aug 18, 2017, at 2:34 PM
1. Caruthersville

2. Malden

3. Sikeston

4. Ste Genevieve

5. Mt. View Liberty 34 - Cape Central 20

-- Posted by sportsfan89 on Fri, Aug 18, 2017, at 2:55 PM
Add Haiti to my picks on other thread, thanks!

-- Posted by cirithungol17 on Fri, Aug 18, 2017, at 4:44 PM
Cville

Malden

Sikeston

STG

MVL 28-24

-- Posted by BuckMajor on Fri, Aug 18, 2017, at 7:04 PM
Looking like two huge Pick'em upsets brewing

-- Posted by BuckMajor on Fri, Aug 18, 2017, at 9:16 PM
Could be 3

-- Posted by BuckMajor on Fri, Aug 18, 2017, at 9:33 PM
Bet Dexter gets a little more love later!

-- Posted by semo7178 on Fri, Aug 18, 2017, at 9:41 PM
Cape handles MVL. big GOTW upset

-- Posted by BuckMajor on Fri, Aug 18, 2017, at 9:48 PM
Charleston and Sikeston heading to overtime. 1st week fun so far!

-- Posted by BuckMajor on Fri, Aug 18, 2017, at 9:51 PM
Is there somewhere on here to view updated scores?

-- Posted by F.O.P on Fri, Aug 18, 2017, at 9:56 PM
FOP I'm on an iPad so don't know what your screen looks like, but under the "Semoball" title at the top is a running area in grey with updated scores

-- Posted by BuckMajor on Fri, Aug 18, 2017, at 9:59 PM
Dexter defeats St. Gen. another big statistical upset

-- Posted by BuckMajor on Fri, Aug 18, 2017, at 10:02 PM
Sikeston defeats Charleston. So two big upsets this first week

-- Posted by BuckMajor on Fri, Aug 18, 2017, at 10:03 PM
Just left the Hillsboro game so I've been viewing on my phone. I'm not seeing the option. Thank you for the information. Would love to be watching that Charleston-Sikeston matchup. Looks like HS football is well represented in SEMO!

-- Posted by F.O.P on Fri, Aug 18, 2017, at 10:05 PM
Good to see Charleston playing tough. It wasn't that long ago it was being said that they shouldn't play Sikeston.

-- Posted by F.O.P on Fri, Aug 18, 2017, at 10:08 PM
Buck Sikeston winning wasn't an upset like you said. I think everyone voted for Sikeston but Charleston came close

-- Posted by TFA on Fri, Aug 18, 2017, at 10:27 PM
Oh forget it you meant that could of been number 3 duh!

-- Posted by TFA on Fri, Aug 18, 2017, at 10:28 PM
Sorry SG folks, I was really pulling for ya!

(Yes, even though I'm a hardcore Central Rebel fan!)

-- Posted by zachattack II on Fri, Aug 18, 2017, at 10:31 PM
Great job by Dexter and heck of an effort by Charleston.

-- Posted by WWE Guru on Fri, Aug 18, 2017, at 10:57 PM
Ste Gen is looking at 0-5 or 1-4 start to the season. Ouch

-- Posted by Coachken on Sat, Aug 19, 2017, at 7:55 AM
SG might win maybe 2 games this year

-- Posted by hb1025 on Sat, Aug 19, 2017, at 7:57 AM
Where is the dude thats always talking smack about St. Gen. I would like to hear his insight on this game.

-- Posted by tribe man on Sat, Aug 19, 2017, at 8:24 AM
Is St Gen bad or is Dexter better than what people thought?

-- Posted by cardinalnation on Sat, Aug 19, 2017, at 9:28 AM
Tribe Man, that would be Bleed Green and he is a stand-up guy no matter what else you may think of him. He won't make any excuses for Ste. Gen.

Congrats to Dexter on the big win! I was never so happy to be wrong about one of my picks.

-- Posted by Preacher Man Fan on Sat, Aug 19, 2017, at 10:57 AM
Preach didn't Dexter bring back a lot of people this year? So I'm thinking they will be pretty good

-- Posted by TFA on Sat, Aug 19, 2017, at 12:38 PM
Charleston better than expected or Sikeston not very good??

-- Posted by bball79 on Sat, Aug 19, 2017, at 1:27 PM
What little I saw was that dexter runs a pair of big backs at you, both 6 feet and over 200 pounds

-- Posted by tribe man on Sat, Aug 19, 2017, at 1:49 PM
No disrespect to Dexter but SG isn't very good

-- Posted by hb1025 on Sat, Aug 19, 2017, at 3:11 PM
I know they got beat last night but I was impressed with New Madrids line

-- Posted by Ramfanman on Sat, Aug 19, 2017, at 7:25 PM
Our line is probably at the best that it's been in a number of years. Finically some kids with size, and creating a brand new weight lifting facility have helped tremendously. Finally kids are excited about getting back in the weight room. And it's young kids we are talking about at NMCC. They have to have so many freshmen and sophomores contributing and starting that they aren't able to fill out a JV team this year. But the freshmen class is very promising and will get varsity experience all year.

-- Posted by BuckMajor on Sat, Aug 19, 2017, at 7:30 PM
A lot of people will see that score and underestimate that line and they will surprise some teams.

-- Posted by Ramfanman on Sat, Aug 19, 2017, at 7:45 PM
The season is NOT as fun when SG is not doing very well. Honestly.

-- Posted by zachattack II on Sat, Aug 19, 2017, at 9:43 PM
TFA, Dexter did return a lot of starters, but coming off a 2-9 season where we were giving up 35 points per game? But glad to see the Bearcats step up Friday night. That was our first win over Ste. Gen in 5 years! Huge district win too!

-- Posted by Preacher Man Fan on Sat, Aug 19, 2017, at 10:42 PM
Well we lost our biggest threat in Faulkner he moved to Florida so I don't know what to expect from Sikeston but football isn't my game so I don't go to very many games. I may go to the Dexter game but I know I won't go anywhere near the Jackson game.

-- Posted by TFA on Sun, Aug 20, 2017, at 7:15 AM
Sad to hear that Faulkner isn't playing for Sikeston anymore. He really was a gamechanger when he was on the field.

-- Posted by 5Ws on Sun, Aug 20, 2017, at 8:16 AM
Looking like its going to be a fun season of football, more parity than usual. How did Kennett look any body see them

-- Posted by tribe man on Sun, Aug 20, 2017, at 3:07 PM
C'mon TFA. We would love to see you at the Jackson game!😊

-- Posted by IndianPride on Sun, Aug 20, 2017, at 10:33 PM
IP I don't even want to know the score on that game.

-- Posted by TFA on Mon, Aug 21, 2017, at 4:24 AM
You never know TFA...

-- Posted by IndianPride on Mon, Aug 21, 2017, at 7:57 AM
IP, With Jax beating Sikeston the past four years of a combined score of 174-7, it is understandable that there wasn't much for TFA to cheer about. Jax did not, and will not, run up the score due to the respect for Sikeston's excellent head coach being a Jax graduate and resident.

-- Posted by theprof on Tue, Aug 22, 2017, at 9:21 AM
Tribe man, Kennett came out Friday night a bit flat in my opinion and took some time to get going. Skills play was good, but they are better on the ground than in the air overall. The big men on the line played really well and should be key to more Indian victories this season. Good luck!

-- Posted by mojo3 on Tue, Aug 22, 2017, at 11:25 AM

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