Division Champion Community Predictions Review

by marcello on Mar 20, 2008 3:14 PM PDT Comment 2 comments

This was a topic created by Braekneck way back in August:

http://www.ninersnation.com/story/2007/8/8/20841/18440

I am bored at work, and remembered it, so I thought it would be a good time to review picks. I'm only going to analyze my own predictions, but I encourage everyone else to analyze anyone's, in addition to their own (if you made predictions). Here's how I had it playing out:

AFCE: Pats. Easy win, hardly counts.

AFCN: Steelers. I'm fairly happy with this prediction as I nailed both Pittsburgh and Baltimore.

AFCS: Colts. Another easy one.

AFCW: Broncos. Whoops, I let my hatred for Norv guide me here. It's not surprising that following personal dislikes led me astray.

NFCE: Philly. Ouch. I have to say, I think they were really unlucky, but that doesn't matter too much now. I definitely whiffed big predicting a Romo collapse.

NFCN: Bears. Fook Mi. Where to start: 1) I claimed this was an easy pick. 2) I predicted improvement for Grossman. 3) I laughed in the face of Green Bay, Brett Farve, and anyone who predicted them to win the division. 4) My Superbowl winner was the Bears. I suck, everyone point and laugh.

NFCS: Saints. The surprise team from 2006 surprised again by tanking in 2007. This division sucked balls, so I don't really care that I missed on Tampa.

NFCW: Niners. Everyone knows how this went, but I'm still happy with this pick. The O-line and QB health issues were impossible to see in advance. I'm giving myself a moral incomplete for this until the 2008 season plays out.

Superbowl: Chicago over Pittsburgh. Vegas has not contacted me to learn the secret art of predicting.

All-in-all, I went 3-5. 3 of 4 in the AFC, but two were the Pats and Colts. I'm sort of amazed at how badly I missed on the NFC, since you would think I would know that conference better. Oh well, I'll do better next year.

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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I didn't make any picks. :(

I was active in that thread, but I didn't make any picks. What was I thinking? Not in a bar in California, that's for sure....

Alright, so awkward references aside and I'll go ahead and say the bright side of all this is that I don't have to look like a moron today for having picked SF, MIN, PHI, NO, DEN, and CIN (which I think pretty assuredly would have been my call at the time... ouch).

I keep reliving the moment when Steve Young almost fell down... over and over....

by howtheyscored on Mar 20, 2008 3:21 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs