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Congratulations to Leavitt Town for finishing first in this week's V5 Community Protect Your Unit Contest. He or she gets the $10 gift certificate. Remember, you can get your very own custom tees at the Voodoo Five custom store. Leavitt Town, look for a confirmation email with instructions on how to claim your prize.

Now for the big announcment. After 14 long weeks, the winner of the Voodoo Five Community Protect Your Unit Contest is...

The Great Gunsby!

The Great Gunsby was able to pull away from make touchdown jesus cry over the last two weeks and take the title with 166 total points. The Great Gunsby wins a $59 gift certificate from Gameday Depot and an entry in next year's Protect Your Unit contest.

You can view the full standings at the Yahoo! group page.

Thanks to everyone for participating this year.

(DISCLAIMER: This contest is for entertainment purposes only. No actual money is being wagered.)

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I got this e-mail very late Friday night from one of our competitors. You can probably guess which one:

I may be at $0................but it was totally worth it

Yes, WVUIE97 is fake broke, but at least he went down with a win, even though his Mountaineers forgot to cover. He'll get his sudden-death shot this week (probably on tonight's game), and for now he's still in the contest. So you're saying there's a chance, etc.

Here are the complete Excel results, as Chris and Kevin continue to wage what is basically a two-person race. Now here's the short version:

• Chris Lane, The Nova Blog: $1,753.17
• Kevin Meacham, The UConn Blog: $1,681.42
• Scott, Bearcats Blog: $1,231.44
• GarySJ, Voodoo Five: $1,131.90
• Chas Rich, Pitt Blather: $1,108.16
• Jamie DeVriend, Voodoo Five: $811.05
• Hoya Suxa: $185.44
• WVUIE97, The Smoking Musket: $0.00
• Ken DeCelles, Voodoo Five: ELIMINATED

As you can see, it may also be time for Hoya Suxa to make his all-in pick, perhaps on Saturday's potential Beef-off between Syracuse and Pittsburgh.

BEST BET: This goes to Scott, who hit every single one of his fake bets this week, although it didn't cut very much into the gap between him and Chris. I especially liked how he picked Alabama and LSU to cover "because I immediately wanted to bet Arkansas and Auburn and am pulling a Costanza."

WORST BET: I was in good shape. I picked Texas +8.5, and they won outright. I picked Virginia Tech -4.5, and they came up with a humiliating shutout of Virginia. All I had to do was survive Clemson getting four points from South Carolina and I was right back in the hunt with my $99 three-team fake parlay. And then we got a full-on goddamn Clemsoning for the second week in a row. Fuck Clemson. Forever.

MOST DEGENERATE BET: Tie between Gary, who made ten different money-line fake bets and ended up winning a grand total of six fake dollars on them, and Chris, who decided to take advantage of the early lines and win some fake money on Tuesday night MACtion because "my roommate is a Fightin' Roethlisberger and insists they will cover this spread." That's just the kind of year it's been for Chris -- even his most ill-advised fake bets are winning.

FTC disclosure: This contest is sponsored by Gameday Depot and SB Nation.

Congratulations to Leavitt Town for finishing first in this week's V5 Community Protect Your Unit Contest. He or she gets the $10 gift certificate. Remember, you can get your very own custom tees at the Voodoo Five custom store. Leavitt Town, look for a confirmation email with instructions on how to claim your prize. The rest of you, there is one week left to make a push for the $50 gift certificate for finishing first for the entire season.

In the overall competition, its a 2 person race for the championship and the entry into the actual PYU contest next year. The Great Gunsby was able to take a two point lead over Make Touchdown Jesus Cry as we head into the final week. Tankas and K-Rock Da Bull are each 5 points back, but it will take a minor miracle for either to take the crown.

This week's top ten and the season top ten are below the jump. You can view the full standings at the Yahoo! group page.

FTC disclosure: This contest is sponsored by Gameday Depot and SB Nation.

The Great Gunsby arises above the chaos to win this week's V5 Community Protect Your Unit Contest. As a reward for being either absolutely brilliant or extremely lucky, he or she gets the $10 gift certificate. Remember, you can avoid the crowds this Black Friday and get your very own custom tees at the Voodoo Five custom store. The Great Gunsby, look for a confirmation email with instructions on how to claim your prize. The rest of you, remember that there is still a $50 gift certificate up for grabs to whoever finishes first for the entire season, so keep playing.

The yearlong competition has turned into a two horse race as The Great Gunsby and Make Touchdown Jesus Cry is in a dead heat at 144 points with only two weeks to go. K-Rock Da Bull and Tankas are fading fast, each six points behind the leaders.

This week's top ten and the season top ten are below the jump. You can view the full standings at the Yahoo! group page.

(DISCLAIMER: These picks are for entertainment purposes only. No actual wagering is being performed.)

How was everyone's week?

"GOD DAMN YOU SAN DIEGO STATE" - Kevin, on Saturday night

Kevin was speaking of a parlay that just barely missed cashing when the Aztecs scored a pointless touchdown with 15 seconds to go. But it could have been any number of teams, and it didn't even have to be about fake gambling. Kevin still came out ahead about 20 fake dollars, and I did pretty well (thanks again, EcoKat and horrible SEC referees!) Everyone else lost, mostly big.

Here are the updated Excel results, out "early" this week because the lines are being issued this morning so everyone has time to get their picks in before heading wherever they're headed for Thanksgiving. Hey look, no bloggers in basement jokes! We all have jobs and everything!

• Chris Lane, The Nova Blog: $1,621.36
• Kevin Meacham, The UConn Blog: $1,554.15
• GarySJ, Voodoo Five: $1,175.72
• Chas Rich, Pitt Blather: $1,108.16
• Scott, Bearcats Blog: $1,004.18
• Jamie DeVriend, Voodoo Five: $868.24
• Andrew Porter, The UConn Blog: $695.46
• Hoya Suxa: $292.26
• WVUIE97, The Smoking Musket: $188.62
• Ken DeCelles, Voodoo Five: ELIMINATED

It's starting to look like a two-player race for the championship, although anyone could hit a parlay and jump right back in it at any time. On the other hand, looks like a certain WVU blogger is going to have to move all-in this week. (Bet it on the Backyard Brawl! You know you want to.)

BEST BET: For the second week in a row, Chris gets this for not doing anything. He took a bye and dodged a giant bullet, as his lead over everyone except Kevin got much larger. Nearly everyone has to hit a parlay to catch up to him unless he tanks at the end here.

WORST BET: Just a bonanza of disaster and pain this week, but the obvious pick is anyone who put big money on Oklahoma State at Ames. JOE TESSITORE WAS INVOLVED, YOU FOOLS! NEVER FAKE BET A JOE TESSITORE GAME! IT ENDS WITH YOU COVERED IN BLOOD AND WEEPING.

MOST DEGENERATE BET: Anyone who decided, "Sure, it's safe to lay 7.5 points on Clemson in a night game in Raleigh!" Naturally, Clemson ended up Clemsoning. Honorable mention to myself for deciding to trust Oklahoma in a night game in Waco after they had failed in approximately 10000 straight night road games in the Big XII. (And also Joe Tessitore showed up to that game, too, but I didn't know that at the time.)

NOTE FROM JAMIE: I messed up Kevin's score before and said that he lost a fake bet on UL-Lafayette when he actually won it. Corrected scores are below, and the fake bets he made for this week were based on the new total. I'll fix the Excel file when I have some more time.

(DISCLAIMER: This contest is for entertainment purposes only. No actual money is being wagered.)

(We apologize for the fault in the results last week. Those responsible have been sacked.)

Once November arrives, betting habits begin to change. Even though the rules now make it impossible to have gigantic money swings like there were last year, everyone who's more than a couple hundred fake dollars behind starts putting together parlays and giant bets in an attempt to get back into contention before bowl season. Sometimes they work. Sometimes they don't. This was a week where (almost) none of them worked, so all that happened was Chris solidifying his lead and everyone who was trying to pull within striking distance falling even further behind (except for one).

Here are the current standings in Excel format, with everyone's picks. Also, while we were gone last week, Ken's sudden-death bet on USF against Rutgers went bust. He has been eliminated from the game. Sorry about that, Ken.

• Chris Lane, The Nova Blog: $1,621.36
• Kevin Meacham, The UConn Blog: $1,532.34
• GarySJ, Voodoo Five: $1,337.54
• Scott, Bearcats Blog: $1,254.18
• Chas Rich, Pitt Blather: $1,244.53
• Jamie DeVriend, Voodoo Five: $793.70
• Andrew Porter, The UConn Blog: $695.46
• Hoya Suxa: $469.53
• WVUIE97, The Smoking Musket: $434.80
• Ken DeCelles, Voodoo Five: ELIMINATED

BEST BET: Actually, there was no best bet, because (nearly) everyone who tried to make a move got shot down. So in lieu of that, I'm giving this to Chris, who made his best bet by making a bet that didn't count. He couldn't see the lines on his phone so he blindly fake bet UNLV against New Mexico. But there was no line on that game, so I couldn't accept the fake bet. Good thing, too, because the Rebels probably would have been favored and 100 of Chris's fake dollars would have disappeared the minute the Lobos won 21-14.

WORST BET: There really wasn't a worst bet, either, because some of the losses were downright painful. Andrew missed out on a $1200 parlay by one stinking point. My $450 parlay blew up when Southern Miss fumbled on their way to a game-icing score. Kevin finally got burned by the Sun Belt. But maybe this should go to everyone who loaded up on Texas only giving 1.5 points to Missouri, and then had to watch them go up to Columbia and take a Texas-sized crap and only score five points. Screw you, Texas.

MOST DEGENERATE BET: No one actually picked this, but Kevin found what would have been a spectacularly degenerate bet if someone was willing:

Also, my favorite line ever is LSU -41.5 over Western Kentucky, with the O/U 48.5. I dare someone to parlay LSU and the under.

FTC disclosure: This contest is sponsored by Gameday Depot and SB Nation.

Congratulations to LEATHELWEAPONMV for winning this week's V5 Community Protect Your Unit Contest and the $10 gift certificate from Gameday Depot. Be on the lookout for a confirmation email with instructions on how to claim your prize.

There's another $10 gift certificate up for grabs this week and a $50 gift certificate for the entire season, so keep playing.

In the overall standings, we have a new leader as Make Touchdown Jesus Cry uses another strong lead to jump The Great Gunsby. The Great Gunsby and Tankas are only one point away while K-Rock Da Bull is only three points off the pace. BullDozer has effectively eliminated himself after not recording any picks last week.

This week's top ten and the season top ten are below the jump. You can view the full standings at the Yahoo! group page.

FTC disclosure: This contest is sponsored by Gameday Depot and SB Nation.

Congratulations to Ryan M. for winning this week's V5 Community Protect Your Unit Contest and the $10 gift certificate from Gameday Depot. Be on the lookout for a confirmation email with instructions on how to claim your prize.

There's another $10 gift certificate up for grabs this week and a $50 gift certificate for the entire season, so keep playing.

In the overall race, The Great Gunsby's once insurmountable lead is now gone. Make Touchdown Jesus Cry is now only one point behind TGG and Tankas is only two points behind the pace. K-Rock Da Bull and Bull Dozer have each climbed into the race, as they are now only 4 and 5 points respectively behind TGG.

This week's top ten and the season top ten are below the jump. You can view the full standings at the Yahoo! group page.