Blake from Vancouver, Canada has been a member since Aug 16, 2007

When does NFL start up on here? Exhibition games have started... I hope this site is still alive, I love doing this!

Hey Blake-I didn't get to do many picks last year because I had computer issues-so I'm ready for this year-when do we start or do you know?

I have created a Facebook page. I would like to invite you to add me to your friends list if you are on Facebook. I am listed as "Ralph Grunz". Hope to see you on FB :)
BTW I have added link to FY on my page and am encouraging others to add it too.. Maybe we can grow this some?

Hi Blake, you suck.

Love ted

Hey Blake, How's it hanging?

I talked to you last year (maybe the year before) about rewarding a winning pick with a nominal amount of points. The scoring system is presently set up so that we can only get points with a win AND being within 10 points of the actual score. We get nothing with a win if we're outside the 10 point range.

Hell man, that's the same as picking the other team in the first place!

The Viking

Hey Blake, look forward to kicking your supposedly-informed ass with my nfl picks this season. Teddy

Welcome to Football 2009
Thanks Blake for providing such a great site...
Good Luck to all... now let the games begin...

Blake, sorry, would have loved to do those but I had to leave for the weekend, and didn't see them up before I had to bounce. I'll try to get this week's up, the tough part about college is there's so many games, if you do miss that week you're pretty much screwed.... Oh well, I'll give it a try this week.

thanks blake, yep, i'm doin the college football picks for sure.

Are you guys doing college football this year?

ncaaf picking not ready? games start thursday...

Browser...what is that? I'm not sure what it is...it is all the same as last year except the company I'm getting my internet through.

Hello All! We think there is an issue with the slider and scores, etc, that should only be affecting those using Internet Explorer 8. If you can, try a different browser and see if that works. We will have it fixed soon.

Slider bar dont work and cant e-mail from fanyard

My slider bar still isn't there-maybe I can go over my sister-in-laws house and use her computer-my sis-in-law is Tamara here on fanyard.

Blake....I'm back!!! Football season is around the corner and that's exciting! You guys should add some soccer!!! Especially the English Premier League...it just started this weekend. You should definitely see me in here!

Also, what do you think about Michael Vick?

Hey Blake-thanks for another year of football-I'm having issues with my computer-it won't show the bar to slide to make my picks so I haven't been able to pick but I am still here!!! Hope I can get this straightened out soon!

Just wanted to say hello. Looking forward to another NFL season.

No Blake... I fortunately can not get CFL games in Atlatna LOL.... This Sunday is NFL preason Hall Of Fame game.... When do you plan to put up games in NFL?

Hey Blake, Just a TY for bringing us a great NBA Season. The New Blog is Awesome, Keep up the great work and Thanks again.

Naw, Not yet at least;) (as far as the B.C. bud =)
But Oregon is Good! Hawaii is nice too;)
Walsh and the 49ers, nice bro

Thanks bud... all fixed; life is good ;)

Sausages'll be cooking by noon, cheerleaders on from two o'clock. BYOB:-)

I heard we are all invited to your place for super bowl party... what time?

Thank you Blake... I am hoping that I can add a couple more in basketball ;) I was hoping to catch Chirs (GG) in NCAA football, but he was just too tough for me.. He is doing very well too.... Thanks so much for this site... I LOVE IT

We will have the Leaderboard up at some point for Week 17, but it will take take a bit of time to fix. We hope to have it ready soon.

In the meantime, you can easily calculate your totals (or anyone's) by going to your Pick History and adding the scores you received for the games on December 28th.

Hope the playoffs are treating everyone well!

Happy New Year to all!

Why is week 17 leaderboard not posted? Or the top 10 for week 17?

Merry Christmas Blake... I hope you have a great Holiday and hope Santa is real good to you ;)

Hey man you dont think bama can beat florida? I think if they run the ball and and keep floridas offense off the field then they have a fair shot at winning.

Looks like you have NCAA BB fixed... thank you Blake

We are aware of issues with NCAAB and we are trying to determine the cause(s). Sorry for the inconvenience!

ty hope my cowboys have a miracle 4th quarter comeback

Thanks Blake!!!

http://blog.thefanyard.com/football/nfl-predictions-redskins-17-1-in-us-elections-29253.html

NBA is LIVE!

yea hopefully i will make the top10 for this week

http://blog.thefanyard.com/football/monday-night-football-predictions-colts-at-titans-75428.html

cowboys pull it off this week

my cowboys have not been doing well.

12 of 13, now that's a good day - regardless of points and whatnot - on this weekend 12 of 13 gets some applause from me (clap, clap, clap - not THE clap of course)

you r nice lookin at the top. :)) ;)
Way to go Blake !!!

Nice! The 100th NFL game of the season almost gave us the first tie game since 2002. Nice kick, Janikowski!

Nope... it has always been the same.

My best advice, pick the same teams you would have picked if Week 6 never happened - that's the only way to do it. Good luck.

Wow!!! You won just 5 games total this week - but you still had a pretty solid week. Not a bad overall total for going 5-11... That's for sure. Nice work. Maybe I'll get you next week.

You kicked my ASS in fantasy football today!! Guess i am batting at .500 again, not too bad.

now the only thing that will make me happy is if the pats get dominated

yea sucks

Thank you Blake. good website

You are still 100 points up, and I've hit 6 games right on the button - I hope it comes down to the wire. I like some games next week, I'm hoping to move up a bit.

yup probably my best week so far

hey man, i mentioned the fanyard a little - i don't know if this helps but here it is... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XOBGFAmIbvY

Today is my one year anniversary with Fanyard.... I have had so much fun on here for the past year. I just want to thank you and your staff.... THANK YOU

yea that bears pick was a last minute change i had eagles but to try and get ahead of my dad in the standings I switched and it seems like it worked.

sucks the cowboys lost

felix jones is becoming a star for his rookie year

school is going okay and cowboys remain undefeated

I didn't watch the Miami/NE but it must have been exciting, quite and upset. I guess it's finally show what a force Brady was on that team.

good luck this week on picks

I think following each other's picks is a fun part of this site.. ;)

Hi Blake, How do I add a friend? I can add follow; remove friend, but can't seem to find way to add friend. Thanks for your help

Thank you! ^___^ I still can't believe that I actually drew it though..

Thanks Blake, now I see.

Blake how do you get points??? For example I picked the Titans by 5 they won by 17 and I got no points.

ok, I get it now!! Thanks

YAY!

so much fun... ok I made some picks.. AND i got a picture... a pretty sweet one if I may say so myself

ttys Mel

Thanks man - ha - sometimes I'll put something good in there. Everyone makes mistakes, some guys just have all the luck and they turn out funny. Thanks for reading.

Hey Blake, Picking NFL is HARD... I feel like Forest Gump on his first shrimp boat trip LOL

Hello Blake can you by chance help me with my pool at work my email is pokemaster629@aol.com send me a message there ty

Hi Blake, why don't you have a choice for favorite player??? I want to pick my favorite one.

Hello Blake ty for the welcome i was told to ask you if you can help me with my football pool at work.We pick every week just the games with the point spreads can you help me each week my picks have to be in on thursday mornings i will appreciate this very much an i promise i wont use these picks on here.My email is pokemaster629@aol.com or you can send your picks to me in here TY so much if you will help me.If you send to my aol email in subject put Blake ty again

It won't for the regular season totals. There's just a coding issue with changing the Score Cards.

Blake...I thought that preseason pick wasn't going to hurt my %...lol

Troy at LSU has also been postponed due to Hurricane Gustav: http://www.thefanyard.com/competitions/11881/Troy/LSU

Just thought I'd stop by and say good luck this year... Gotta love the joy of opening day :) Oooh Happy Day!

wats gud blake..thanks 4 the welcome and gud luck on ur season

LSU-Troy was also postponed

Yes, that game has been postponed:
http://www.lcsun-news.com/ci_10343112

thx Blake..did I just see where Nic. and New Mex. cancelled their gm?

If this site gets any fancier I'll have to put on a tie just to make my plays ;) KUDO's to you and your staff... your enhancements are excellent...

This is absolutely beautimus!

Hey Blake....Mighty fancy all the new links in FanYard this year...I like it very much, congratulation to ALL involved...looking forward to cross the 'Line of Departure' in this new football season 2008....good luck to all members!!....GG

Yeah Brock, still sounds like a little girl lol.

Yeah, so I just found out someone from my high school, Jayson Foster signed onto the Dolphins, he's a multi-threat, he ran as a QB 80 yards for a touchdown, then agian it was against the Citadel.

He can be quarterback, wide reciever, and special teams kick returner (took a 94 yard return for a TD, setting a record at Georgia Southern.)

He won the Walter Payton award for 2007 too, so this might be a guy to watch out possibly, Parcells called him personally during the draft and thinks he is better than McFadden. So he might be someone to watch out for.

Yeah, I love the GSP fight. It was great. Fitch did really well, and what about Brock Lesner? Actually looked good in the fight, he looked better than his first fight.

So Blake, what do you think about Brett Farve last night?

nice run

Damn Blake,
you are on FYRE !!!

Hey Blake. How are things going over here in the non-football time?

These are the dog days, people -- I mean look at yourselves, betting NBA first halves and teams named VooDoo...

September fourth can't seem to come soon enough...

Hey Blake. Doing well. Still trying to adapt to the whole Europe thing. Go Georgia Force!

Great choice adding AFL! Thanks!!!

Blake, here a website you can check out
http://www.arenafootball.com/

Both the Colts and Cowboys out???? Now what do I do???

i am a fan of your yard.

I love the new view options for viewing picks and points won... it's excellent... props to the engineers ;)

Blake, Happy New Year

Love the new yardstick! Have a HAPPY NEW YEAR.

Blake, I saw you note about accuracy coming back in your note to kirk.

Blake , I agree with Hatfield I miss the win-loss percentage on the scorecard

Hi Blake, love the new system but what happened to my accuracy on my scorecard?? I look at that to keep track of how well I'm doing. Also, is direct hits the amount of times that I've been right on? Thanks buddy.

I LOVE the addition of points won to the site.... Thats wonderful......thanks..... Have a great Christmas, catch you later

blake, i got a idea for the yardstick for the home team you can have the points in red and the away team in blue instead of one colour . Some people may have a hard time seeing what direction they put their points on or get comfused what team they put their points on and by puting colours on the point stick will help people out better .

I think I found a bug Blake. When I replied to Lester, my reply got listed as a new comment.

Oh Blake, Oh Blake...how are thou?

Thy new FanYard is
Amazingly awesome and
Sleek like a wet seal.

That was a haiku for you. Of course they all don't make sense.

oh ya, check this out: http://radio.betus.com I think you will likey.

Blake. MMA pickem. hmmmmm.

Blake, when you start up the new device sat. will it still have the % for the home and away picks. I like to see you keep the % for the home and away picks.

Good job with the new picking aplication. Much much easier to use especialy for an old guy like me. When will this go live?

Blake, it is hard to go for accuracy when you want to the person with the most points to be on the top of the leaderboard .

Blake , I would say fannation and fanyard is two best sports websites at the momment !

I love the new black uniforms for Georgia. I hope they start introducing them into games next year. I'm sure they will next year with Mark Richt.

Thank you, I'm all good now..;)

Lets say 4 people have the same amount of points, how do they decide which one would be on top ?

I cracked the top 10, baby!!!

I been a steelers fan since 74 when the dolphins went undefeated . The steelers could have beat miami that year in the playoff, they were ahead then miami use a fake punt to defeat the steelers that year. I'm really a Steelers fan , I only follow the patriots because they are our local team .

how do you become friends with someone

Thanks for the email Blake. I will make my picks for Thursday's game seeing as the Dallas Cowboys are going to kick ass!

"It's called...'Gung-Ho' in the Marines....work in harmony...I like your entire setup...I have fun in here...like on machine-gun nite outpost...2 sets of eyes are way better than one...you have great patience, Blake, a very enduring character trait...:-)....Semper Fi

I just watched that Colts game...wow! Enjoying it in Belgium, now I'm in Germany for a school for 6 weeks. I love this site. I'm trying to get up there to number one in the NFL side, then I'd lead the NCAAF and NFL. LOL. Kidding.

I'm just glad to be able to watch some football here.

Thanks Blake, it's been crazy over here. Working really hard, now I'm headed to Germany for about two months. That Georgia game was great yesterday...and those uniforms...first time in black for the Dawgs...pretty sweet!

Hey all...there is an issue with the data for NCAAB right now, but it is being looked into and will be fixed, retroactively, ASAP. Thanks again for your patience!

Note to everyone on here...Blake is the man!

Hi Blake. Good site. I have an idea. It would be good if I got an email telling me when my friends are here picking so that I don't forget. Like facebook.

My 62% dropped to 49%, still a good showing though. So over to baseball....who are you in for the Sox or the Rockies?

Hey Big Daddy, thanks for taking the time to inquire about this. I know it can be a bit confusing. For the Lions game, the Yardstick was 2 for the Lions and you picked the Lions by 2. That is worth 100 points. For every point you would have picked higher than the Yardstick, but closer to the actual winning margin (without going over), you would have received ten points on top of that 100. So, they won by 7 points. Had you picked them to win by 7, you would have received 150 points. (Forget the whole subtracting thing I mentioned before - there were issues with scoring games that way that arose that made that method illogical mathematically). Now, for the 49ers game, you picked the G-men by 4, the Yardstick was at 7, and they won by 18. You received 70 points for that pick for picking the correct team minus ten points per point you were below the Yardstick. Had you picked Giants by 7, you would have received 100 points. Had you picked NYG by 18, you would have received 210 points. Sorry about the confusion, and please feel free to ask me about any other games or whatever you wish. I am putting this on your Chalkboard as well. Thanks again, Blake.

Blake
I still am confused about the scoring system and the yardstick. let me give you some todays games and you tell me what I scored please.
I picked the Bucks & Lions for the Lions to win by 2. The yardstick was 2. I won the game by 7 points so I think I get 100 points for the win and 50 points for the 5 points over the yardstick. Is that right??
Next took 49ers& NY Giants picking Giants by 4 points. The yardstick was 7 and I won the game by 18 points less 7 = 11 points times 10 =110. should have received 210 points. Right??
I loose a game by not picking the winning team so I get 0 points. Right.
I see understanding this is important for gaining points. It would effect how conservative or open you make your choice on picks.
Thanks for your help.

Hey Blake, made it Belgium and got to pick a few picks yesterday! Awesome to see a contest is going on. I hope you can bring a bunch of people to the website, and maybe get some other sports in to get more users possibly. I love this site though, check it out everyday. Good luck this week on the NFL side of the house.

Well wasn't that a squeeker last night. They have got to do something about the time out being called 2 seconds before the snap with 20 sec on the clock. Didn't that happen in the Raider's game 2 weeks ago?

Ah now I understand. The Cowboys are hot right now. Yeah!!!!! No problem on the suggestions, I'm sure you've already thought of them. Have a great turkey day!

Why is it so damn hard to pick NFL scores? Of all these people, the best have just over 50%. Sometimes I think just flipping a coin would be easier. O well, that's what makes it so fun I guess. Anyway, keep rocking out on the site - it looks better everytime I come here!!!

The Vols are killing. They had a week off last week, so that definitely helps, and playing at Rocky Top is always hard on teams.

There should defintely be a chat to talk about the games like right now. That would be great. Yeah, Georgia hoepfully is going to get the ball back, still have plenty of time, is Tenn can score 28 in the first half, Georgia can in the second half. Not giving up on them yet.

I definitely agree about the Texas game, i got texas as the winner, and it's looking good for me. To bad my Dawgs are not looking well right now. They're looking horrible!

brilliant idea......awsome site, alot of fun..........thanks

Hey Blake, can I make a couple of suggestions? Any chance of using the team logos beside the names? I'm sure you would have to get approval first. I kind of find it frustrating when I pick each game having to go back to the main page etc. Is there any way you can create an optional spread sheet with all the games, who you pick and points with option to comment all on one page? Just some thoughts....have a good weekend.

Oh yes, definitely use the AP poll, until the BCS rankings come out during week 8.

Thanks for the props. I appreciate it.

Nice placement...at the top of course. Good for you!

Yeah, it would be nice to be able to see Jay play again, but unfortunately, I don't ever see that happening.

ya i went to the game...the superdome can be a pretty crazy place, especially when wearing Titan colors

Hey POG, that is a very good suggestion. What we have done at this point is make it so you can, in the Leaderboard, use the sortables drop-down menu at the top right of the board to sort by week in both NFL and NCAAF. Nice pick on the Titans tonight! What is up with the Saints??

Hey Blake, what about having a weekly leaderboard, since some people sign on midseason?

hey whats going on yeah i like the colts and the cowboys

Hey Blake ,
Nice going , you even got ahead of the Sheriff

Hey Blake how about that Cowboy win tonight. Nice picks off of Grossman tonight!

Blake, think of TFY as in terms of being Wa lMart, your like the Door Greeter/Welcomer, lol.

In case anyone was unaware, you can make predictions for games well into the future. For example, why not get the competitive juices and commentary flowing by picking now on the Week 9 game between the Patriots and the Colts, as well as others. You know you wanna. You can always change your pick up until the time listed on the game, so why wait?

Same with college games!

Blake....Thx for the welcome aboard and suggestions....good luck.

Blake > What do you think about the over 39 on tonighs game? I picked the Eagles by 7 I think but am having second thoughts as Washington is not bad on offence there self.

i haven't been a Fan of Senior Seau for a while now. And i jsut gotta laugh at teams (like the pates) who see him as a benefit to their team now... hehehe... we sapped the best years of his career and he inspired us during (one of) our best seasons... but there was no ring, there was pissy attitudes, there was desertion, so now there's contempt and grudges. no love.

Thanks Blake, you were close I'm at 50%. Going to try an additional strategy this week.Go Dallas!!!

Thanks for your patience with the NCAA yesterday! Good luck with your NFL predictions and enjoy the games!

Hey all, we are having a bit of an issue with the NCAA scoring and scheduling today, but should have it taken care of shortly. Ahhh, the joys of learning as you go:-)

ya if manning shows up to play its a done deal...but Vince is still superman so i guess anything can happen

Awesome! That's the goal. I got lucky with Air Force, CP. Had a feeling they would be playing hard this week.

Hey it's your bro. Well the weekend is getting near. Gonna try and climb up a few notches on the leaderboard.
Everyone around here that has joined the site thinks it is getting better and better.

Hey I see you bumped me down a notch in NCAAF. Goods picks.

I agree with the invite thing. That way we could get more people involved on the site. Being able to invite people that aren't involved yet by sending them an e-mail from the site asking them to join us.

Cool Blake, this chalkboard is decent.

63% pretty decent. I was surprised at my 40%, I was expecting about 20%.

Jeremy, we are working on an invite system and we expect to have it finished within a couple of weeks. Thanks for using FanYard! Any feedback is always welcome.

How about some sort of invite system, where you can invite friends, and they are automatically added to your friends list?

Blake, are you the owner? You are on everyone's Yard page. Anyway, great job with the site. I've been waiting for something like this for years (and I remember a time before the Internet).

Blakey Blake Blake. Word up.

nice site man!

Hey now you can write a message on someone's "Chalkboard"