States Agenda

So just some announcements on the plan for the week. Today and tomorrow I will release my official predictions for states. I'm trying out a new format for this year called Jarrett Felix v. etrain (v. The fans) predictions. Jarrett's predictions will be made with a safer, more logical flair and etrain will follow his instincts and be a little crazier with his predictions. I hope you enjoy seeing both sides of my predicting process in action.

But also I want you guys to be involved. So post up a top 25 prediction attached to any post this week for the contest (probably a good idea to include some type of code name so we can praise you for your great work) and then it will be scored based on how close you are to the actual results.

For example, say I predict Galen Rupp to finish 6th, but he fades in the final straightaway and finished 18th. For Rupp I would have a score of 12. When you add up my score for all my top 25 predictions I have a total score. The lowest total score wins. For fairness I have also imposed a 40 point max. So if Rupp ends up finishing 55th, that's only 40 points instead of 49. This way one fluke performance doesn't destroy your predictions.

We also will be holding yet another states fantasy draft! I think these are really fun and hopefully lots of people will get involved. We usually do the draft through Facebook because it is easiest but we can hide all identities when posting results to the blog. Get in contact with me or Forrest if you want to be involved. We are still a couple guys short of a full league.

Lastly, I've got some other plans for this week. I may do a podcast or two but we have been having some technical difficulties of late that have been a problem. I will, however, have a fan forum later this week. That means I'll be standing by live to answer post comments, emails or tweets about the state championship and my predictions. It's an opportunity to get in some final questions and discussion. If we have a ton of people online at the same time, I'm sure we can get some really cool debates going. More details on this later.

If you have another idea for something you would like to see this week, let me know and I'll be happy to see what I can do.

Thanks, I'll be back with predictions sometime tonight.