So it looks like a pattern is beginning to emerge; the people that write for Who Gives a Hoot are more knowledgeable than those that talk on Who Gives a Hoot. Rich (who took “all or nothing” to heart last week) and I have already lapped Luke and Ben, and Ryan is not able to shake off Liam because it is in the stars that Liam will hit at least one exacto each week.
By the way, what do we think of ‘exacto‘? It’s the term that we’ve been using for exact predictions. I’m not sure I’m a fan of it, but the term has been used whenever somebody hits one on the nose. We don’t know what term everyone uses, obviously, because Ben and Luke have yet to hit one exact. Stay tuned.
Will any of us be on an island this week? Last week, we had three examples of what we’re referring to as “island picks”, where one person is alone in a general result (not just a specific score). We’ve had eight island picks so far this year, and my selection of Madison beating North Carolina is the only one to hit so far. Four matches only to select from this weekend, so here we go.
Here is last week’s recap:
| Ben | Jon | Liam | Luke | Rich | Riley | Ryan | |
| New England II 0-1 Omaha | 1 pt | 0 pts | 1 pt | 0 pts | 3 pts | 3 pts | 1 pt |
| Madison 1-0 North Carolina | 0 pts | 1 pt | 0 pts | 0 pts | 0 pts | 0 pts | 0 pts |
| Greenville 1-1 Omaha | 0 pts | 2 pts | 3 pts | 0 pts | 3 pts | 0 pts | 3 pts |
| North Texas 2-1 Tormenta | 0 pts | 1 pt | 1 pt | 1 pt | 3 pts | 0 pts | 0 pts |
| Fort Lauderdale 5-1 Tucson | 1 pt | 1 pt | 0 pts | 0 pts | 0 pts | 0 pts | 1 pt |
| New England II 2-2 Chattanooga | 0 pts | 0 pts | 0 pts | 0 pts | 0 pts | 0 pts | 0 pts |
| Total | 2 pts | 5 pts | 5 pts | 1 pt | 9 pts | 3 pts | 5 pts |
| Record | Points | |
| Rich | 11-9 | 19 |
| Jon | 11-9 | 16 |
| Ryan | 10-10 | 14 |
| Liam | 8-12 | 14 |
| Riley | 8-12 | 10 |
| Ben | 7-13 | 7 |
| Luke | 7-13 | 7 |
Here are the predictions for week 7:
| Ben | Jon | Liam | Luke | Rich | Riley | Ryan | |
| Richmond Kickers v. North Carolina FC (Saturday, 18:30) | 2-0 | 1-1 | 2-1 | 1-0 | 2-0 | 1-1 | 2-0 |
| Chattanooga Red Wolves v. Fort Lauderdale CF (Saturday, 19:00) | 1-2 | 2-1 | 1-2 | 1-2 | 1-2 | 2-1 | 2-1 |
| South Georgia Tormenta v. Greenville Triumph (Saturday, 19:00) | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-2 | 0-2 | 1-1 | 0-1 |
| Toronto FC II v. North Texas SC (Saturday, 22:00) | 2-2 | 1-2 | 0-3 | 1-3 | 1-2 | 1-2 | 0-3 |
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