Pokerdonk gave me an entry, so he will be safe and continue in the game.

The 3 remaining players: amorak, sjurat, shlog3131 will compete in a makeup challenge on Monday/Tuesday.  However, the lowest 2 players will both be eliminated since I'm giving you guys a 2nd chance.

Here is the challenge, I'm going to give you a mathematical equation that you can fill in with whatever values you think will be correct.  All I'm looking for is the FINAL ANSWER.  Closest wins, other two are eliminated. 

Here is your equation:

Number of rushing yards for Cleveland Browns on Monday night
+
Number of strikes throw by the starting pitchers in the Cin/STL MLB game on Monday night
/
Number of walks thrown by all pitchers in the LAA/BOS MLB game on Tuesday night
+
Number of hits in all LLWS games on played on Tuesday
*
Number of triples hit in all MLB games played on Tuesday
-
Number of penalty yards in the WAS/CLE game on Monday.

TB1 is  number of passing yards by Johnny Football
TB2 is order received.

Deadline is Monday at 8pm EST.

Additionally all other players have a couple of things they can do if they choose.

1) Make a guess at that challenge.  Closest overall gets a MAJOR ADVANTAGE in the next challenge.
2) Send the hosts a letter about the game up to this point.  You can talk about whatever you want, but hit on the following things:
How the game is going for you so far?
Are you working with anyone overall, or just going challenge to challenge?
Does the teams being scrambled make the game more or less exciting?
How confident are you in making to the end?
Who do you think is the biggest threat left in the game?

Ooooooooooh fun!!!

The challenge should be submitted based on the sequence I listed, not real mathematical rules.

Posted by csudak on 8/18/2014 5:53:00 PM (view original):
The challenge should be submitted based on the sequence I listed, not real mathematical rules.

How do you make that determination - should we pretend that gravity doesn't exist tonight too?

140 penalty yards in the 1st half --- the final # will be negative

Shlog3131 is eliminated, he didn't submit.

Here are the two entries:

amorak: 44.625  TB1: 137
sjurat:  0  no tiebreaker


Other contestants fighting for an advantage:
dublinuf: -53
gmc_sierra: 3
pokerdonk: 72
tropicana: -65

I think the key number is the # of triples hits tomorrow night to determine if it will be a negative number or not.

Right now:

100
+
123
/
Walks
+
Hits
*
Triples
-
154

I apologize for the lack of power play clues, life has been absolutely crazy the past week. I am sending them now.

Update: Clues have been sent and we'll be including more power play clues in the future challenges.

The Pixies

The math problem comes out to like 185 and change because of 4 triples

There were 5 triples, so the correct answer is:

270.286

Sjurat has been eliminated.

Pokerdonk gets an advantage on the next challenge which will be posted later today.

Horvie78 will be posting the challenge this evening.

Pokerdonk received the following advantage:

For this challenge, the teams will be split into 3 teams of 4. You actually will get 2 advantages:

#1: You get to sit this challenge out
#2: You get to pick the 3 teams

So he picked the following teams:

Team 1:
gmc_sierra
2legit
primetime
amorak

Team 2:
dublinuf
redraider68
stevedotdec
ghutton9

Team 3:
nyaggie
bobprobert
thebish
tropicana

Pre-Season Week 3 Fantasy Football Challenge

Submission Deadline: Saturday by 4pm EST (submitted by captain). Kill Picks submitted by everybody except Pokerdonk.

Each team will be using Saturday and Sunday’s NFL games (there are 8 games on Saturday and 2 games on Sunday) to create a fantasy football roster consisting of the following:
1 QB
2 RB
2 WR
1 TE
1 Flex (RB, WR, or TE)
1 K
1 Defense

In an effort to prevent all 3 teams from having the same roster, there will be multipliers based upon the number of teams who select each player.
-If only 1 team selects a player, then that player earns 3x the points
-If 2 teams select a player, then that player earns 2x the points
-If all 3 teams select a player, then that player earns 1x the points

Scoring System:
Passing TDs: 4 points
Rushing or Receiving TDs: 6 points
Pass, Rush, or Receiving 2-point conversions: 2 points
Every 25 yards passing: 1 point
Every 10 yards rushing or receiving: 1 point
Kicker PATs: 1 point
Kicker FGs: 3 points
Defensive Sacks: 1 point
Defensive Turnovers: 2 points
Defensive TDs: 6 points
Defense – Shutout: 10 points
Defense – 1 to 6 points allowed: 7 points
Defense – 7 to 13 points allowed: 4 points
Defense – 14 to 21 points allowed: 2 points
*Note: QB’s can earn points for rush yards, RB’s can earn points for receiving yards, etc.

Kill Picks:
KP1: Pick 8 of the NFL teams and put them in order from highest scoring to lowest scoring. You get 1 point for the first team listed. If the second team’s point total is less than or equal to the first team, you get another point….and so on. I will continue down your list until a team’s point total is higher than the previous team...and then no more points can be earned.
KP2: Total combined passing yards for Robert Griffin III (Was) and Joe Flacco (Balt)