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 | Best curry house in NOLA? - xavierTIGER on 3/27/13 at 10:45 am So a couple of Mondays ago the gf and I set out looking to find a good chicken curry dinner in the NOLA area. Apparently, it was either an Indian holiday or they just don't make curry on Mondays because we drove to La Thai on Prytania, Nirvana on Magazine, and then down the street to SukhoThai and t...
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 | and the 2012/13 EPL Survivor Contest part II winner is... - xavierTIGER on 3/14/13 at 8:12 pm rojotiger!!! Congratulations sir. I must say, that was an impressive come from behind victory. Two weeks ago NOTORIOUSD had a mulligan in hand with some solid clubs left to choose from. And then he got Redknapped, picking against a surging QPR side twice consecutively. What most of you probably didn...
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 | 2012/13 EPL Survivor Contest Part II Week 10 - xavierTIGER on 3/5/13 at 3:01 am Due to the Everton v Arsenal match being postponed, there are only 9 matches to choose from this week. Also, NOTORIOUSD used his mulligan this week (everyone point and laugh for losing a mulligan for Southampton) so there are no remaining mulligans this season.
The rules are as follows:
- Selec...
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 | 2012/13 EPL Survivor Contest Part II Week 9 - xavierTIGER on 2/25/13 at 4:47 pm After 8 weeks, we're down to the final 4...and if it weren't for Gareth Bale we'd be down to the final 3. Good luck boys.
The rules are as follows:
- Select a team from the matches listed for that week.
- Home wins and away draws provide immunity to the next round. Home losses, away losses an...
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 | 2012/13 EPL Survivor Contest Part II Week 8 - xavierTIGER on 2/13/13 at 9:34 pm The Liverpool v Swansea match this Sunday was originally scheduled for Sunday, February 24th but was rescheduled due to Swansea’s participation in the League Cup. So, I’m including it in week 8 of our contest even though the other 9 matches will not be played until the 23rd-25th.
The rules are as...
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 | 2012/13 EPL Survivor Contest Part II Week 7 - xavierTIGER on 2/5/13 at 7:06 pm No sense writing anything here since you people don’t read it anyway.
The rules are as follows:
- Select a team from the matches listed for that week.
- Home wins and away draws provide immunity to the next round. Home losses, away losses and home draws result in elimination.
- Each team ma...
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 | 2012/13 EPL Survivor Contest Part II Week 6 - xavierTIGER on 1/31/13 at 12:28 pm Ok, quick turnaround for this weekend boys. Oddly enough, I was the only one eliminated last week. :banghead:
The rules are as follows:
- Select a team from the matches listed for that week.
- Home wins and away draws provide immunity to the next round. Home losses, away losses and home draws...
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 | 2012/13 EPL Survivor Contest Part II Week 5 - xavierTIGER on 1/23/13 at 4:50 pm Ok, a couple of quick notes boys and girls…first off, most of you probably saw the discussion in last week’s thread about altering the way the mulligans work next year. I am rather happy with the way they work currently; with the number of people who have started participating, the mulligans stretch...
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 | 2012/13 EPL Survivor Contest Part II Week 4 - xavierTIGER on 1/16/13 at 8:54 am Alright boys, games up again. Only 5 gents with mulligans left. Pick with your heads, not your hearts.
The rules are as follows:
- Select a team from the matches listed for that week.
- Home wins and away draws provide immunity to the next round. Home losses, away losses and home draws resul...
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 | 2012/13 EPL Survivor Contest Part II Week 3 - xavierTIGER on 1/8/13 at 5:56 pm Welcome back from the holiday break boys…I hope everybody had a safe and happy New Year’s celebration. I thank God every day for soccer because it gives me something to take my mind off of how infuriating LSU football can be. And then we had a break for the FA competition so hopefully everyone is re...
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 | 2012/13 EPL Survivor Contest Part II Week 2 - xavierTIGER on 12/27/12 at 4:03 pm Sorry for the quick turn around with another round of picks. The midweek games complicate things. Congratulations to the 7 people who didn’t pick either selection correctly and therefore didn’t make it past week 1.
The rules are as follows:
- Select a team from the matches listed for that week....
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 | 2012/13 EPL Survivor Contest Week 1 (Part II) - xavierTIGER on 12/18/12 at 4:48 pm Welcome back everyone to Part II of the Soccer Board's 2012/13 EPL Survivor contest. Our week 1 begins with the matches on Dec. 22nd. The midweek matches played on Wednesday, Dec. 26th will serve as the mulligan round. If you choose incorrectly in week one you can survive by choosing correctly on We...
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 | and the 2012/13 EPL Survivor Contest part I winner is... - xavierTIGER on 12/12/12 at 5:31 pm [b]Jumbeauxlaya[/b]!!! In the most anticlimactic finish in the short history of our contest, Jumbeauxlaya outlasted the entire field of contestants on his way to a finale against rojotiger. After facing off as the last two in week 13, the two returned week 14 for a finale rematch...or at least that ...
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 | 2012/13 EPL Survivor Contest Week 14 (FINAL 2 again) - xavierTIGER on 12/6/12 at 4:42 am Ok gentlemen, we're back again with the final two. Good luck boys , but somebody please just win it already. :lol:
The rules are as follows:
- Select a team from the matches listed each week.
- Home wins and away wins or draws secure survival until the next week.
- Each team may only be sele...
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 | 2012/13 EPL Survivor Contest Week 13 (FINAL 2) - xavierTIGER on 11/27/12 at 7:13 pm And we're down to the final two at last. Again, we are skipping the matches from today and tomorrow for the purpose of this competition. The matches listed below are for the weekend. Good luck to each of you gentlemen...there are plenty of people rooting for one of you to fail. :cheers:
The rules...
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 | 2012/13 EPL Survivor Contest Week 12 - xavierTIGER on 11/23/12 at 1:04 pm Happy Thanksgiving...we're down to the final 3. I hope you've done your research this week, the picks keep getting harder. Also, we will ignore the midweek games next week and resume the contest the following weekend if necessary. Good luck boys.
The rules are as follows:
- Select a team from th...
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 | 2012/13 EPL Survivor Contest Week 11 - xavierTIGER on 11/13/12 at 11:33 pm I’d like to say an extra special thanks to Wait For It… for picking up my slack last week and getting the contest posted before the weekend. I’d much prefer to keep it going rather than taking weeks off; everybody was able to make a selection in time and fortunately for me, nobody was eliminated las...
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 | 2012/13 EPL Survivor Contest Week 10 - xavierTIGER on 11/1/12 at 3:10 am Sorry for getting this up late, gentlemen…Halloween had me a little distracted. If anyone doesn’t make it on time, let me know and we can try to work something out. And we’re down to 11.
The rules are as follows:
- Select a team from the matches listed each week.
- Home wins and away wins or...
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 | 2012/13 EPL Survivor Contest Week 9 - xavierTIGER on 10/23/12 at 1:17 am Thanks to Norwich’s improbable win against Arsenal, we are down six posters (and one mulligan) from last week. And most people have used the big guns to make it this far so it should get interesting from here on out.
The rules are as follows:
- Select a team from the matches listed each week.
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 | 2012/13 EPL Survivor Contest Week 8 - xavierTIGER on 10/17/12 at 3:23 am Welcome back from the second international break. I trust everyone’s vacations went well; I don’t follow the USMNT that closely, but apparently there is reason to celebrate today. There were no eliminations in week 7, well done boys. So now, on to week 8.
The rules are as follows:
- Select a tea...
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 | 2012/13 EPL Survivor Contest Week 7 - xavierTIGER on 10/3/12 at 1:15 pm I’m in a rush to get this up, so no house keeping today.
The rules are as follows:
- Select a team from the matches listed each week.
- Home wins and away wins or draws secure survival until the next week.
- Each team may only be selected once in the competition (not including the mulligan c...
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 | 2012/13 EPL Survivor Contest Week 6 - xavierTIGER on 9/26/12 at 1:51 pm And we're back (well most of you, I think we lost 4 posters from last week). There are a few Sunday matches and even a Monday match this weekend so everyone should have a chance to get a pick in. I'll try to bump the thread on Friday just so everyone can see it. As for now, I'm off to Finn's to watc...
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 | 2012/13 EPL Survivor Contest Week 5 - xavierTIGER on 9/19/12 at 1:49 pm Sorry for getting this out in the middle of the week guys...I intended to do it yesterday, however I somehow ended up at Finn's watching the CL matches and 1 pint turned into a lot of pints and a long nap. With a full slate of games on Sunday, hopefully it will give everyone left a chance to make a ...
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 | 2012/13 EPL Survivor Contest Week 4 - xavierTIGER on 9/11/12 at 8:55 pm Welcome back from the first International break, we lost a lot of posters in week 3 so hopefully most of you that are still alive will keep this going as long as possible. Also, we only have 7 people left with mulligans so if this contest looks destined to die a premature death, I may be inclined to...
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 | 2012/13 EPL Survivor Contest Week 3 - xavierTIGER on 8/28/12 at 12:42 am Welcome back to week 3 of the 2012/13 EPL Survivor Contest, the “we will not be moved by a hurricane” version. After the first week of eliminations, several people are already dipping into the mulligan well. But, before we get to that, I need to do some house keeping. There was discussion in last w...
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 | 2012/13 EPL Survivor Contest Week 2 - xavierTIGER on 8/21/12 at 10:50 pm Alright ladies, the warm ups are over and the fun is ready to begin. Thanks to City’s come from behind victory against newly promoted Southampton, 31 posters received mulligans. The complete list of everyone receiving mulligans this past weekend is as follows:
LSUSOBEAST1, BraveTiger225, Jumbeau...
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 | 2012/13 EPL Survivor Contest Week 1 - xavierTIGER on 8/14/12 at 1:01 pm Welcome back SB fairies to the first half of the second annual EPL Survivor Contest. It's been a long summer and Saturday can't get here soon enough. Because we may have some newcomers and due to the popularity of the mulligan last year, this weeks matches (week 1) will not be an elimination round. ...
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 | 2012 EPL Survivor Contest WINNER!!! - xavierTIGER on 3/22/12 at 2:36 pm Congratulations [b]chalmetteowl[/b] on outlasting 29 other fairies on the SB to become champion of the Second bi-annual (hopefully) SB EPL Survivor Contest. It only took Liverpool, while leading 2-0, surrendering 3 goals in the last 13 minutes against relegation fodder QPR to knock Vicks Kennel Club...
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 | 2012 EPL Survivor Contest Week 8 (Mar 17-Mar 21) - xavierTIGER on 3/13/12 at 8:52 pm And then there were two...congratulations to both of the finalists. As there are only two of you left, if both of you chose correctly or incorrectly, we will replay again next week with the teams you pick this week becoming ineligible going forward. Otherwise, the rules remain the same. Good luck ge...
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 | 2012 EPL Survivor Contest Week 7 (Mar 10-Mar 12) - xavierTIGER on 3/7/12 at 11:22 am Sorry gents for not getting this up til Wed, I meant to do it last night but went to the baseball game instead. We lost 2 more posters this past weekend, although, I have a feeling Sheep quit a while back and just neglected to inform us. Final Four bitches.
Eliminated:
Week 1: Goose, NOTORIOUSD...
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