Playoff Prediction Games: Round 1 + Rules

by howtheyscored on Jan 1, 2009 5:02 PM PST Comment 100 comments

FOOCH'S NOTE 5:00PM: I'll move this to the top again later on Friday, but I want to make sure everybody who wants to take part in our postseason prediction contest gets their predictions in. There are two games: 1) a postseason free-for-all that EVERYBODY on the site can take part in, even if you didn't take part in the regular season version. There are prizes for the top 2 finishers. 2) The second is our tournament for the top 8 finishers from the regular season. Reminder to them, get your picks to me (ninersnation@gmail.com) before Saturday's kick offs. I've gotten 2 people's picks so far. I'll probably email a reminder later tonight to those who have not emailed me yet.
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IMPORTANT NOTE: PLEASE READ THIS FOR ALL DETAILS ABOUT THE TWO POST-SEASON PREDICTION GAMES, AND ASK FOR CLARIFICATION ABOUT ANYTHING WHATSOEVER IN THE COMMENTS SECTION.

First thing's first, people: There are still plenty of prizes left!

Fooch and I have been corresponding over the last week, and we've worked out how to distribute the prizes. Fooch is breaking it down explicitly for everybody in a comment within this thread. Check it out to learn more.

First: THE FREE-FOR-ALL:

EVERYBODY CAN PLAY THIS GAME!!! The slate is wiped clean and every player begins the sprint for the playoff crown at zero points. Scoring is identical to the regular season, except that perfect predictions count for 5 instead of 10. In a 4-week competition, spotting somebody 10 points is simply unfair. Other than that, the only change is that I will ask you to provide a tiebreaking prediction during the Super Bowl week only, in which you'll be asked to predict the total net yards for the game.

So, for EVERYBODY WHO WANTS TO PLAY, the games for the upcoming week are:

Atlanta @ Arizona - Sat., Jan. 3, 1:30 p.m. PST

Indianapolis @ San Diego - Sat., Jan. 3, 5:00 p.m. PST

Baltimore @ Miami - Sun., Jan. 4, 10:00 a.m. PST

Philadelphia @ Minnesota - Sun., Jan. 4, 1:30 p.m. PST

HEAD-TO-HEAD TOURNAMENT PLAYERS ONLY: When you submit your predictions to Fooch, be sure to make a prediction for the total net yards in the Philadelphia / Minnesota game. This could potentially mean the difference between a win and a loss.

For those playing in the HEAD-TO-HEAD TOURNAMENT, make sure you read past the jump for rules. It's also very important the eight of you consider e-mailing your predictions directly Fooch.

For those eight lucky players who made the head to head tournament, let me remind you who you are:

(8) 49erLou @ (1) Ninerfromacrossthepond

(7) sfgfan @ (2) wjackalope

(6) jtoj @ (3) albertoleecho

(5) Niner Fan Lost in WI @ (4) StrictlyFootball

Now pay attention, because here are the rules:

You can submit your predictions privately by e-mailing Fooch directly, OR you can post your predictions directly into this thread. E-mailing Fooch gives you the advantage of hiding your prediction from your opponent.
There is a series of tiebreakers. As you'll see, it is unlikely to get to a final tiebreak, but in case we need it, for one game a week in the playoffs, you will predict the total net yards. I'll let you know each week what game to do this for.
For games in which one player chooses the winner and one player chooses the loser, the player who chose the winner will receive 1 point.
For games in which both players choose the winner, the player whose predicted score is closer to the actual score, as determined by the same equation we've been using all year, will receive 1 point.
For games in which both players choose the loser, neither player will receive any points.
The player with more points for the round will win the head to head matchup.
In the event that both players have the same number of points at the end of a round, the first tiebreak will go to the player who correctly predicted more winners for the week. If a tie still remains, the tiebreak will go to the player with the lowest total predictive score (the number that our prediction equation spits out). If a tie still remains, the tiebreak will go to the player with the more accurate tiebreak prediction, which I will ask you about shortly. If a tiebreak STILL remains, then god dammit both players deserve to move on and we'll have a nice head to head to head matchup in the next round.

Now, the scoring is simple enough, but my masterful skills for explaining things have understandably made the tiebreak system sound far more complicated than it is. Believe me, it's VERY SIMPLE, contrary to how I make it sound, and more importantly, IT WORKS. Believe me. But if you have any questions, please ask.

Everybody, predict away!

This is a FanPost and does not necessarily reflect the views of Niners Nation's writers or editors. It does reflect the views of this particular fan though, which is as important as the views of Niners Nation's writers or editors.

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Prizes

Here are the 8 prizes available:

1 copy of Blitz the League II for Xbox 360 – courtesy of Ninjames, your friendly link master in the daily Golden Nuggets.
1 copy of Blitz the League II for Xbox 360 – courtesy of Ninjames, your friendly link master in the daily Golden Nuggets.
NFLShop $50 Gift Card – courtesy of Ninjames, your friendly link master in the daily Golden Nuggets.
The Galloping Ghost (a biography of Red Grange – if you don’t know who he is: http://www.chicagobears.com/tradition/hof-grange.asp)
49ers Beanie – courtesy of Ninjames, your friendly link master in the daily Golden Nuggets.
49ers Beanie – courtesy of Ninjames, your friendly link master in the daily Golden Nuggets.
Circuit City Gift Card – $50 (it’s actually two $50 gift cards but I thought I’d combine them for one bigger prize)
Circuit City Gift Card – $25

The way it will work is in a given order people will be able to claim the prize they want. The order is as follows:

1st place Regular Season
1st place Tournament
2nd place Regular Season
2nd place Tournament
1st Place Postseason Free for all
3rd place Regular Season
2nd place Postseason Free for all
3rd place Postseason

Also, and apologies to howtheyscored for springing this change, but I’ve changed my mind and decided the top 3 from the regular season WILL be eligible for any and all prizes. Originally the goal was to try and get prizes to as many people as possible, but what fun is a tournament if conceivably all you’d win is bragging rights? So ninerfromacrossthepond, wjackalop and albertoleecho are all eligible to win additional prizes. Any problems with that, let me know.

Niners Nation - The premier 49ers blog on the Internet!

by Fooch on Dec 29, 2008 11:27 PM PST reply actions 0 recs

I changed the main post just a little bit so that nobody gets confused over this. Your comment is officially the authoritative version of the prize distribution system.

My Dave Righetti is better than your Dave Righetti.

by howtheyscored on Dec 29, 2008 11:41 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

So I could potentially get 3 prizes

the 2nd, 5th, and 6th pick?

If I gotta play, I'm gonna play 'till I win,
Since I gotta be here, I can´t wait to begin

by albertoleecho on Dec 31, 2008 3:14 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Question

So the tourney players can play in the free for all, right?
how will Howie know our predictions?
Will Foochie forward them?

MURS for President!!!!!!!

by jtoj on Dec 30, 2008 4:02 AM PST reply actions 0 recs

Yes, the tourney guys can play in the free-for-all. Once Fooch has the predictions for both players, he’ll post them directly in the thread so everybody can see them.

My Dave Righetti is better than your Dave Righetti.

by howtheyscored on Dec 30, 2008 6:59 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs

ok

so I should post my free for all in this post, and send fooch my tourney picks, or send Fooch both?

Simply by pulling on both ends, Patrick Willis can stretch diamonds back into coal

by 49erLou on Dec 30, 2008 6:52 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

post fail

so I should post my free for all preds in this post? or send it to Fooch?

Simply by pulling on both ends, Patrick Willis can stretch diamonds back into coal

by 49erLou on Dec 30, 2008 6:57 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

picks

Your tourney picks are your free-for-all picks. So just email me those picks.

Niners Nation - The premier 49ers blog on the Internet!

by Fooch on Dec 30, 2008 7:11 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

got ya, sorry my minds still going a little slow

from the back to work blues. I reread everything and it’s all pretty clear.

Simply by pulling on both ends, Patrick Willis can stretch diamonds back into coal

by 49erLou on Dec 30, 2008 9:23 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Atlanta @ Arizona – 27-10, this is gonna be an ugly game

Indianapolis @ San Diego – 23-20, revenge to an early season loss

Baltimore @ Miami – 20-14, miami beats their former head coach

Philadelphia @ Minnesota – 24-21, Andy reid gets to keep his job for 1 more week

by ro128487 on Dec 30, 2008 8:05 AM PST reply actions 0 recs

changing my philly-minnesota game

Philadelphia @ Minnesota – 24-21

by ro128487 on Jan 3, 2009 8:54 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Ouch.

My Dave Righetti is better than your Dave Righetti.

by howtheyscored on Jan 5, 2009 9:30 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Atlanta @ Arizona – 23-42
Indianapolis @ San Diego – 27-23
Baltimore @ Miami – 27-13
Philadelphia @ Minnesota – 30-13

Joe and Steve were under the same system for years... don't expect Smith to be super so soon.

by bayboy on Dec 30, 2008 11:28 AM PST reply actions 0 recs

Atlanta@Arizona 23-14 ATL
Indianapolis@San Diego 27-17 IND
Baltimore@Miami 13-10 BAL
Philadelphia@Minnesota 27-34 MIN

by Dub4lif3 on Dec 30, 2008 11:29 AM PST reply actions 0 recs

Atlanta @ Arizona – 34-24
Indianapolis @ San Diego – 21-27
Baltimore @ Miami – 19-17
Philadelphia @ Minnesota – 28-13

by JerseyNinerFan on Dec 30, 2008 12:54 PM PST reply actions 0 recs

Atlanta @ Arizona – 28-20
Indianapolis @ San Diego – 27-17
Baltimore @ Miami – 20-17
Philadelphia @ Minnesota – 20-17

http://mymindgrapes.wordpress.com

by 408 on Dec 30, 2008 2:35 PM PST reply actions 0 recs

Atlanta @ Arizona – 24-17
Indianapolis @ San Diego – 27-21
Baltimore @ Miami – 13-16
Philadelphia @ Minnesota – 7-17

by shlecko on Dec 30, 2008 4:00 PM PST reply actions 0 recs

Atlanta @ Arizona — 24-17
Indianapolis @ San Diego — 27-31
Baltimore @ Miami — 13-17
Philadelphia @ Minnesota — 27-10

by DiegoAsFan on Dec 30, 2008 10:38 PM PST reply actions 0 recs

Wildcard Weekend

Atlanta @ Arizona — 17-23
Indianapolis @ San Diego — 34-27
Baltimore @ Miami — 17-20
Philadelphia @ Minnesota — 33-30

by J2daZ on Dec 31, 2008 12:41 AM PST reply actions 0 recs

Atlanta @ Arizona 27-21
Indianapolis @ San Diego 31-20
Baltimore @ Miami 17-10
Philadelphia @ Minnesota 21-28

by illini49er on Dec 31, 2008 7:57 AM PST reply actions 0 recs

Atlanta @ Arizona 31-23
Indianapolis@ San Diego 27-31
Baltimore @ Miami 13-16
Philadelphia @ Minnesota 34-20

by DuikeBuike on Dec 31, 2008 10:17 AM PST reply actions 0 recs

Atlanta @ Arizona 34-27
Indianapolis @ San Diego 27-30
Baltimore @ Miami 17-10
Philadelphia @ Minnesota 31-23

by sundaysfinest on Dec 31, 2008 4:28 PM PST reply actions 0 recs

I now have some bets to place on Arizona, Indy, Baltimore, and Minnesota

Atlanta @ Arizona – 27-14
Indianapolis @ San Diego – 24-33
Baltimore @ Miami – 6-16
Philadelphia @ Minnesota – 23-13

GROUGTHINK ALERT

by groug on Jan 1, 2009 1:17 PM PST reply actions 0 recs

For the

EVERYBODY WHO WANTS TO PLAY
category:

Falcons 33 - Cardinals 28

Colts 24 - Chargers 17

Ravens 17 - Dolphins 20

Eagles 21 - Vikings 28

"The voice of the intellect is a soft one, but it does not rest until it has gained a hearing"

by Jeff_Fuller_49 on Jan 1, 2009 2:00 PM PST reply actions 0 recs

0

an o-fer!

"The voice of the intellect is a soft one, but it does not rest until it has gained a hearing"

by Jeff_Fuller_49 on Jan 5, 2009 9:08 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs

post-season free for all

Atlanta @ Arizona: Arizona 34-30
Indianapolis @ San Diego: Indy 28-17
Baltimore @ Miami: Miami 13-10
Philadelphia @ Minnesota : Philly 24-10

by FluLikeSymptoms on Jan 1, 2009 5:43 PM PST reply actions 0 recs

Atlanta @ Arizona: 17-31 ARI
Indy @ San Diego: 24-21 IND
Baltimore @ Miami: 10-13 MIA
Philly @ Minnesota: 27-24 PHI

when will the Kenny Thomas Reign of Terror end?!!??

by diehardkingsfan5 on Jan 1, 2009 6:20 PM PST reply actions 0 recs

Road Warriors

Atlanta @ Arizona – 31 – 17

Indianapolis @ San Diego – 28 – 27

Baltimore @ Miami – 20 – 10

Philadelphia @ Minnesota – 20 – 17

Just an uninspiring and undeserving group of home teams.

When I was a kid I used to pray every night for a new bicycle. Then I realized God doesn’t work that way, so I stole one and prayed for forgiveness. - Emo Philips

Neglectful father of David Quinowski

by marcello on Jan 1, 2009 8:26 PM PST reply actions 0 recs

I like how every higher seed is the underdog

If I gotta play, I'm gonna play 'till I win,
Since I gotta be here, I can´t wait to begin

by albertoleecho on Jan 1, 2009 9:00 PM PST reply actions 0 recs

For the postseason free-for-all category

Atlanta 34 – Arizona 24
Indianapolis 27 – 13
Baltimore 17- Miami 10
Minnesota 23 -Philadelphia 20

by Brendan Scolari on Jan 1, 2009 11:48 PM PST reply actions 0 recs

To clarify to anybody participating, we’ll just assume that any predictions made are being included in the free-for-all. The tourney guys know who they are and what they’re supposed to do. Nobody else has to worry about anything going awry.

My Dave Righetti is better than your Dave Righetti.

by howtheyscored on Jan 1, 2009 11:52 PM PST reply actions 0 recs

Well, there goes my plan to get in the playoffs by claiming to be in the playoffs.

GROUGTHINK ALERT

by groug on Jan 2, 2009 12:40 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Foiled again! This time with 20% more foil!

My Dave Righetti is better than your Dave Righetti.

by howtheyscored on Jan 2, 2009 7:51 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs

lol

by Brendan Scolari on Jan 3, 2009 3:22 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Atlanta 31 – Arizona 16
Indianapolis 28 – San Diego 24
Baltimore 20 – Miami 7
Philadelphia 33 – Minnesota 17

by spenczar on Jan 2, 2009 12:45 AM PST reply actions 0 recs

The Away Sweep

Atlanta @ Arizona – 35-13
Indianapolis @ San Diego – 32-28
Baltimore @ Miami – 27-21
Philadelphia @ Minnesota – 24-18

Blind devotion.

by ProfessorBigelow on Jan 2, 2009 7:33 AM PST reply actions 0 recs

ATL @ ARZ 34 – 31
IND @ SD 27 – 24
BAL @ MIA 10 – 16
PHI @ MIN 13 – 24

If God had intended us not to rosterbate, he would've made our arms shorter.

Padre renuente de Luis Perdomo, porque él es todo el que se deja hasta junio.

by Mike Hawk on Jan 2, 2009 9:50 AM PST reply actions 0 recs

Atlanta @ Arizona – ATL 37-14
Indianapolis @ San Diego – SD 27-24
Baltimore @ Miami – MIA 20-17
Philadelphia @ Minnesota – PHI 29-17

by LoneStranger on Jan 2, 2009 10:09 AM PST reply actions 0 recs

play off predictions

First time I’ve posted so Bonne Année to everybody; got your blogspot from The Guardian blog over the pond and it seems a good one. We’ve been setting out our picks for the play-offs so I’ll pick the same for over there.
Baltimore over Miami by 10
Atlanta over Arizona by 12
Indianaplois over SD by 9
Philadelphia over Minnesota by 10-12
Have great weekend Yanks and hope your teams and/or picks come up.

by francaise on Jan 2, 2009 11:41 AM PST reply actions 0 recs

Welcome

Glad to have you. Do you have a link to the Guardian blog?

Also, this is an on-going contest through the entire playoffs, so make sure you check back each week.

Niners Nation - The premier 49ers blog on the Internet!

by Fooch on Jan 2, 2009 11:49 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs

predictions

Just noticed your predictions. If you want to be part of the contest you need to predict the specific score of each game. Don’t have to nail it exactly (usually) but closest to correct score wins.

Niners Nation - The premier 49ers blog on the Internet!

by Fooch on Jan 2, 2009 12:11 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Mine

Instead of e-mailing my predictions, I’ll just post them here.

Atlanta @ Arizona: 27-24
Indianapolis @ San Diego: 28-27
Baltimore @ Miami: 21-17
Philadelphia @ Minnesota: 24-21, Total yards: 625

by sfgfan on Jan 2, 2009 12:05 PM PST reply actions 0 recs

Man,

Way to give The Jacka an edge.

MURS for President!!!!!!!

by jtoj on Jan 2, 2009 12:41 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

yea

why don’t you post your picks jtoj?

If I gotta play, I'm gonna play 'till I win,
Since I gotta be here, I can´t wait to begin

by albertoleecho on Jan 2, 2009 4:08 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

emailed

Sorry, he already emailed them to me. I’m gonna post everybody else’s tourney picks later tonight.

by Fooch on Jan 2, 2009 4:15 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

good try

MURS for President!!!!!!!

by jtoj on Jan 2, 2009 7:04 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

My Predictions are.........

Atlanta 31 Arizona 28
Colts 28 Chargers 10
Baltimore 17 Miami 7
Philadelphia 24 Minnesota 14, Total yards 479

by 49ersfan29405 on Jan 2, 2009 3:33 PM PST reply actions 0 recs

guardian blog

Salut monsieur fooch and merci for the welcome; the (manchester) guardian has a regular blog on gridiron and attracts about thirtyish posts on its weekly column which concentrates on a particular topic weekly; its a good spot for those of us in europe who follow the game to keep up to date; its been a grand season to follow sadly for me only via the nfl website; terrific playoffs in sight; so, if you’d like to get an idea of the type of post written by paolo baldini here’s the link – i think! -
http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/blog/2009/jan/02/nfl-blog-miami-dolphins-playoffs -
i hope that’ll get you into the blog fingers crossed :-) have a great weekend and enjoy the playoff weekend; speak with you soon best wishes

by francaise on Jan 2, 2009 4:16 PM PST reply actions 0 recs

playoff scores!

get the idea; we’re so unsure on the guardian we only have to pick a winner so being jaunty and sure here’s this weekend’s sure fire scores :>)
Baltimore 26 Miami 16
Atlanta 30 Arizona 18
Indianapolis 35 San Diego 26
Philadelphia 27 Minnesota 16

Ciao!

by francaise on Jan 2, 2009 4:23 PM PST reply actions 0 recs

predictions

Atlanta @ Arizona – 28-24

Indianapolis @ San Diego – 26-24

Baltimore @ Miami – 21-18

Philadelphia @ Minnesota – 24-21

by beecharmer on Jan 2, 2009 5:46 PM PST reply actions 0 recs

welcome

I saw your test comment. You’re active and fine. Welcome to the site…hope you enjoy it. Any questions, comments or concerns, feel free to email me – ninersnation@gmail.com

by Fooch on Jan 2, 2009 6:03 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

#1 Ninerfromacrossthepond vs. #8 49erLou

(1) – Ninerfromacrossthepond

Atlanta @ Arizona – 27-34
Indianapolis @ San Diego – 23-27
Baltimore @ Miami – 20-17
Philadelphia @ Minnesota – 24-20 (Total Net Yards: 760)

(8) – 49er Lou

Atlanta @ Arizona – 24 – 21
Indianapolis @ San Diego – 30 – 19
Philadelphia @ Minnesota – 17 – 20 (Total Net Yards: 577)
Baltimore @ Miami – 17 – 26

by Fooch on Jan 2, 2009 9:45 PM PST reply actions 0 recs

So,just to make sure I have this right

whoever picks the most winners in our matchup goes through – unless we pick 2 winners each.
Then the first tiebreak comes in, please explain to me how that will work in our case as I cannot see it.
To me it looks like it will have to go to the total net yards tiebreak.

by Ninerfromacrossthepond on Jan 3, 2009 10:11 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs

One person will win the arizona game, and one person will win the san diego game. So you’ll either see a split or a sweep there. If it’s a sweep (for the sake of the example, we’ll say you win both games), then there’s no coming back for the 49erLou, because even if he sweeps the other two games in terms of raw score, you’ll win the first tiebreaker (total number of correct winners). However, if you split those two games, then it comes down to the raw score winner in the other two games. Say your raw score is lower in both. Then you get two points and win the round. If you split the last two games in terms of raw score, the score will be 2-2, and you’ll have tied the first tiebreaker (each selecting two correct winners). Then, it would go to the second tiebreaker: lowest total raw score in the games in which you predicted the correct winners. This ensures that the number of games each player gets a raw score from is the same. So, if your predictions overall were closer for the games you got right than the ones 49erLou got right, you’ll win. If it’s still tied after that, it goes to the yards prediction. If it’s still magically tied after all that, it’s called a draw and both players will advance.

To clarify, the raw score is the same exact “closeness” score that we used during the regular season to determine the winners for each game.

My Dave Righetti is better than your Dave Righetti.

by howtheyscored on Jan 3, 2009 10:38 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Whoops. I’d like to completely strike my whole comment. For some reason I thought you two agreed on the Sunday matchups. I see now that was absolutely incorrect, and not even really mistakeable in the first place.

My head must have been somewhere up my butt at the time. I’m just glad nobody listens to me, anyway.

My Dave Righetti is better than your Dave Righetti.

by howtheyscored on Jan 5, 2009 9:43 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Tiebreakers

This is from howtheyscored’s comments above:

In the event that both players have the same number of points at the end of a round, the first tiebreak will go to the player who correctly predicted more winners for the week. If a tie still remains, the tiebreak (second tiebreak) will go to the player with the lowest total predictive score (the number that our prediction equation spits out). If a tie still remains, the tiebreak (third tiebreak) will go to the player with the more accurate tiebreak prediction,

by Fooch on Jan 3, 2009 10:38 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs

wow 1st round FAIL

congrats Ninerfromacrossthepond, you handed my ass to me lol. ill be rooting for you to run the table. good luck.

Simply by pulling on both ends, Patrick Willis can stretch diamonds back into coal

by 49erLou on Jan 4, 2009 6:39 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Cheers 49erLou, means a lot

I think its going to get a lot harder from here on in – I trust you know what I mean lol.

by Ninerfromacrossthepond on Jan 5, 2009 3:12 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

#2 wjackalope vs. #7 sfgfan

(2) – wjackalope

Atlanta @ Arizona – 27-23
Indianapolis @ San Diego – 28-24
Baltimore @ Miami – 21-17
Philadelphia @ Minnesota – 23-20 (Total yards PHI vs MIN: 624)

(7) – sfgfan

Atlanta @ Arizona: 27-24
Indianapolis @ San Diego: 28-27
Baltimore @ Miami: 21-17
Philadelphia @ Minnesota: 24-21, Total yards: 625

by Fooch on Jan 2, 2009 9:46 PM PST reply actions 0 recs

way to completely use you advantage

I especially like the yardage prediction

If I gotta play, I'm gonna play 'till I win,
Since I gotta be here, I can´t wait to begin

by albertoleecho on Jan 3, 2009 8:03 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs

i guess this was bound to happen

wjackalope forced his way to the 2nd round by taking the under on the philly game.

If I gotta play, I'm gonna play 'till I win,
Since I gotta be here, I can´t wait to begin

by albertoleecho on Jan 4, 2009 6:54 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

believe it or not

I didn’t look at sfgfan’s picks until after these games were over. WOW were we close, and WOW am I lucky. Good game sir.

Still defending Rich Aurilia, and the Niners' classic unis

by wjackalope on Jan 5, 2009 8:03 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Luck.

Luck is probably 99.999999% of this game. That’s why I didn’t really care if I had posted my predictions before Fooch did.

In any case, good game.

by sfgfan on Jan 5, 2009 9:04 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs

for sure

Luck is probably 99.999999% of this game

I totally agree. Looking at our picks, we probably used very similar methods to decide what to predict. I just got lucky that I chose a slightly lower score on that one game. In fact, I probably just got a little more lucky than you all season long.

Still defending Rich Aurilia, and the Niners' classic unis

by wjackalope on Jan 5, 2009 9:23 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs

In fact, I probably just got a little more lucky than you all season long.

Hey hey hey, let’s try to keep this clean.

My Dave Righetti is better than your Dave Righetti.

by howtheyscored on Jan 5, 2009 9:49 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs

#3 albertoleecho vs. #6 jtoj

(3) – albertoleecho

Atlanta @ Arizona 27-30
Indianapolis @ San Diego 20-24
Baltimore @ Miami 20-10
Philadelphia @ Minnesota 27-20 (Total Net Yards: 651 yards)

(6) – jtoj

Atlanta @ Arizona 31 -21
Indianapolis @ San Diego 24-20
Baltimore @ Miami 20-9
Philadelphia @ Minnesota 28-13 (Total Net Yards: 475)

by Fooch on Jan 2, 2009 9:47 PM PST reply actions 0 recs

So essentially,

if Baltimore wins and Miami scores more than 10, alberto has this one.
Pure chance has it. Fark it.

MURS for President!!!!!!!

by jtoj on Jan 2, 2009 10:09 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

not necessarily

I don’t have the rules right in front of me, but say the final score was 14-13 Baltimore.

Your total projection is 29 points, his is 30 points and the total actual result is 27. So you get 2 points, albertoleecho gets 3 points.

Your point differential is 11, his is 10, with an actual differential of 1. So you get 10 points and he gets 9 points.

That actually leaves you in a tie with 12 points each (you: 10+2; albertleecho: 9+3) and so it goes to the tiebreaker. That’s just one example.

by Fooch on Jan 2, 2009 10:48 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

i would win if

the total points is 30 or more and the margin is 10 or less

If I gotta play, I'm gonna play 'till I win,
Since I gotta be here, I can´t wait to begin

by albertoleecho on Jan 3, 2009 7:59 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs

dammit

I knew I should have put 476 for total yards

If I gotta play, I'm gonna play 'till I win,
Since I gotta be here, I can´t wait to begin

by albertoleecho on Jan 3, 2009 8:01 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs

come on arizona and chargers

although im not too sure on the chargers, here’s hoping

If I gotta play, I'm gonna play 'till I win,
Since I gotta be here, I can´t wait to begin

by albertoleecho on Jan 3, 2009 8:00 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs

So technically

Today will settle it unless we split.

MURS for President!!!!!!!

by jtoj on Jan 3, 2009 11:41 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Congrats Alberto

Good luck in the next round.

MURS for President!!!!!!!

by jtoj on Jan 3, 2009 8:37 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Thank you, and good luck to you in the free for all

I’d like to thank Darren Sproles, for his Al Michaels orgasm inducing performance, and Ron Winter and his entire crew for calling a great overtime period.

If I gotta play, I'm gonna play 'till I win,
Since I gotta be here, I can´t wait to begin

by albertoleecho on Jan 3, 2009 8:51 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Ron Winter and his entire crew for calling a great overtime period.

I hate it when the refs put the game in their hands.

MURS for President!!!!!!!

by jtoj on Jan 3, 2009 9:06 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

I only like it when it helps me out

At least all of the calls were technically correct.

If I gotta play, I'm gonna play 'till I win,
Since I gotta be here, I can´t wait to begin

by albertoleecho on Jan 3, 2009 9:19 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

they were

but shit like that happens every play and to decide the game like that and kick a team out of the playoffs is horrible.
The Holding/PI one was especially atrocious.

MURS for President!!!!!!!

by jtoj on Jan 3, 2009 9:50 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

elmojad0 picks

He’s a new member who emailed me his picks for the free-for-all.

Atlanta @ Arizona – 24-10
Indianapolis @ San Diego – 27-30
Baltimore @ Miami – 23-26
Philadelphia @ Minnesota – 28-14

by Fooch on Jan 2, 2009 9:49 PM PST reply actions 0 recs

Atlanta@ Arizona- 41-14
Indianapois@ San Diego- 26-14
Baltimore@ Miami- 17-14
Philadelphia@ Minnesota- 28-24

According to the comminsioner of the nfl, 104 people retired last year. 7 due to age, and the rest because of Patrick Willis

by montasmob69 on Jan 2, 2009 10:39 PM PST reply actions 0 recs

Free for All picks

Atlanta @ Arizona — 35-21
Indianapolis @ San Diego — 31-27
Baltimore @ Miami — 24-14
Philadelphia @ Minnesota — 31-24

by mikev on Jan 2, 2009 11:00 PM PST reply actions 0 recs

Atlanta @ Arizona: 24 – 34
Indianapolis @ San Diego: 27 – 21
Baltimore @ Miami: 7 – 21
Philadelphia @ Minnesota: 28 – 16

My Dave Righetti is better than your Dave Righetti.

by howtheyscored on Jan 2, 2009 11:57 PM PST reply actions 0 recs

Playoff Predictions

Atlanta @ Arizona: 34-24
Indianapolis @ San Diego: 27-20
Baltimore @ Miami: 23-17
Philadelphia @ Minnesota: 23-27

by Fooch on Jan 3, 2009 1:57 AM PST reply actions 0 recs

Atlanta @ Arizona 31-24
Indianapolis @ San Diego 17-28
*Baltimore @ Miami 24-13
Philadelphia @ Minnesota 21-16

by Florida Danny on Jan 3, 2009 1:35 PM PST reply actions 0 recs

Niners Fan Lost in WI vs. StrictlyFootball

I haven’t received Niners Fan Lost in WI’s picks yet. He can submit picks for any remaining games so I’m going to hold off posting StrictlyFootball’s picks until I hear from Niners Fan. If he doesn’t get any predictions by the kickoff of Sunday’s second game, then I’ll post StrictlyFootball’s predictions.

by Fooch on Jan 3, 2009 1:36 PM PST reply actions 0 recs