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World Cup Oracle

Badgerboys wins round one!

By Kreg Asay
Women’s World Cup
Paul Giamou Photography Ltd.

Oracle Scoring System:

  • Getting the right result (Team A beats Team B): 1 point
  • Each correct number of goals for either team: 1 point (result was 1-1, and you picked 2-1; gives you 1 correct pick and 1 wrong pick so 1 point).
  • If you picked the correct goal for one team, and the final result (result was 2-0, and you picked 2-1; you get 1 point for the goal, and one for the result so 2 points).

So there is are 0-3 points possible for EVERY game. Bonus games will also be added occasionally with International games, Open Cup and others.

Round one is done! Most of the games were as expected, but there was one major surprise outcome, and a few nail-biters.

Here’s this round’s stats:

ORACLE OF THE ROUND: Badgerboys edges out everyone with 21 points!

  • Participation: 28 players.
  • Game with most points earned: USA’s record setting blowout of Thailand dished out 53 points - everybody got some!
  • Game with least points earned: Italy stunning win over Australia awarded just 9 points with 3 players correctly picking the European win.

Here’s the full scoring spreadsheet, and the survey for next week, which is also at the bottom of this page for some viewers!

Soapbox Oracle Standings

Name Total
Name Total
Zzyzx 83
Tanner WM 62
Stu Pedasol 57
Cmart15 56
Randal 53
Miles Dunn 51
Brandon Wilde 51
Crooks 46
David Ochoa 46
Kurt 44
D_Ash5 42
Joseph Hutchison 41
Dave Cheever 39
Ryan S 37
Pup 33
Frisky Niblet 33
Mr. Pepper 29
Since1996 28
Matthew Haycock 22
I have no idea what I’m supposed to put here. Total of zero? Not sure what it means, but I’ll go with it! 22
KAsay 21
Jared Nethery 13

Next update will be after Round 2, but you can always check the spreadsheet for current status; it is updated daily.

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