Skyd Expert Picks: Open Division 2012
By Skyd Magazine
Its time for another round of Skyd Staff Picks: Open Club Championships 2012 Edition. We’ve assembled the best and brightest here at Skyd to take a stab at predicting the future. We used crystal balls, bubbling cauldrons, magical all-seeing eyes and educated guessing to figure out who’d come out on top. Feel free to add your own picks in the comments section. Here’s the format:
Day 1- Pool winners. Upset pick.
Day 2- Power Pool winners. Play in games.
Day 3- Quarters. Semis.
Day 4- Finals score.
Good luck to all the teams competing in Sarasota this week.
Jimmy Leppert, Open Correspondent:
Day 1- Ironside, Revolver, Sockeye, Doublewide. Upset: PoNY over Truck
Day 2- Ironside, Revolver. Play-In: Ring over GOAT, Chain over Machine
Day 3- Qtrs: Ironside, Rhino, Revolver, Sockeye. Semis: Ironside over Rhino, Sockeye over Revolver
Day 4- Ironside over Sockeye 15-12
Bryan Jones, Coverage Director:
Day 1- Ironside Revolver, Sockeye, Doublewide. Upset: Ring over Machine, GOAT over Sub
Day 2- Ironside, Doublewide. Play-In: GOAT over Furious, Ring over Rhino
Day 3- Qtrs: Ironside, Revolver, Doublewide, Sockeye. Semis: Ironside over Sockeye, Doublewide over Revolver
Day 4- Ironside over Doublewide 15-12
Elliot Trotter, Editor-in-Chief:
Day 1 – Ironside, Sockeye, Revolver, Doublewide. Upset: Ring over Machine, GOAT over Sub
Day 2 – Ironside, Revolver. Play-In: Chain over Truckstop, GOAT over Ring
Day 3 – Qtrs: Ironside, Revolver, Sockeye, Doublewide. Semis: Revolver over Ironside, Doublewide over Sockeye
Day 4 – Revolver over Doublewide 15-11
Gene Buonaccorsi, Open Correspondent:
Day 1- Ironside, Revolver, Sockeye, Johnny Bravo. Upset: Ring over Machine
Day 2- Ironside, Doublewide. Play-In: Rhino over Truckstop, GOAT over Ring
Day 3- Qtrs: Ironside, Chain, Doublewide, Sockeye. Semis: Ironside over Chain, Doublewide over Sockeye
Day 4- Ironside over Doublewide 15-11
Keith Raynor, Open Correspondent:
Day 1- Ironside, Revolver, Sockeye, Doublewide. Upset: Truck over Bravo, GOAT over Sub Zero
Day 2- Ironside, Revolver. Play-In: Bravo over Rhino, Furious over Machine
Day 3- Qtrs: Ironside, Chain, Doublewide, Sockeye. Semis: Ironside over Chain, Sockeye over Doublewide
Day 4- Sockeye over Ironside 15-13
Shayne Flaherty, Open Correspondent:
Day 1- Ironside, Revolver, Chain, Bravo. Upset: Chain over Sockeye, Rhino over Furious
Day 2- Sockeye, Revolver. Play-In: Sub Zero over Machine, Rhino over Ring
Day 3- Qtrs: Sockeye, Chain, Revolver, Ironside. Semis: Ironside over Revolver, Sockeye over Chain.
Day 4- Sockeye over Ironside 15-12
Zack Smith, Lead Open Correspondent:
Day 1- Ironside, Sockeye, Revolver, Johnny Bravo. Upset: Ring over Machine, PoNY over Truck
Day 2- Ironside, Revolver. Play-In: Ring of Fire over GOAT, Rhino over Machine
Day 3- Qtrs: Ironside, Bravo, Revolver, Sockeye. Semis: Ironside over Bravo, Sockeye over Revolver
Day 4- Sockeye over Ironside 15-12
Mike Houston, Open Correspondent:
Day 1- Ironside, Revolver, Chain Lightning, Bravo. Upset: Sub Zero over Sockeye
Day 2- Ironside, Bravo. Play-In: Sockeye over Machine, Ring over Sub Zero
Day 3: Qtrs: Ironside, Revolver, Doublewide, Bravo. Semis: Ironside over Revolver, Bravo over Doublewide
Day 4: Ironside over Bravo 15-12
Total picks for finals: Ironside (7), Sockeye (4), Doublewide (3), Revolver (1), Bravo (1)
Totals picks for championship: Ironside (4), Sockeye (3), Revolver (1)
