Playoff Prediction Games: Round 2

by howtheyscored on Jan 10, 2009 9:57 AM PST Comment 56 comments

FOOCH'S NOTE 2:56PM: Don't forget to get your picks in. Even if you were knocked out of the playoffs, you can still take part in the free-for-all.

I think a lot of people were underwhelmed by the matchups of the Wild Card Round. The difference between the top two seeds in each conference and the bottom four was just so great that it felt more like a warmup for the real playoffs than it actually felt like playoff football.

Well, now we're into the REAL playoffs, where we'll see real teams like the Steelers, Titans, Giants, and Panthers. Anybody have the balls to pick the upsets? It almost seems foolish to even take the gambles, doesn't it?

REMEMBER: EVERYBODY CAN PLAY AND THE SCORES ARE STILL CLOSE.

Baltimore @ Tennessee - Sat., Jan 10, 1:30 p.m. PST

Arizona @ Carolina - Sat., Jan. 10, 5:15 p.m. PST

Philadelphia @ New York Giants - Sun., Jan. 11, 10:00 a.m. PST

San Diego @ Pittsburgh - Sun., Jan. 11, 1:45 p.m. PST

Enjoy round two everybody!

For the details on the Head-to-Head matchup, including the tiebreaker prediction, read after the jump:

HEAD-to-HEAD TOURNEY:

There're your matchups. As a simple reminder, you can expect an e-mail from Fooch. To get your scores in, you can either e-mail them to Fooch or post them directly into the thread. Either way is fine. Whatever you do, don't forget to make your "ultimate" tiebreaker prediction.

This weeks' ultimate tiebreaker is: NET YARDS IN THE SAN DIEGO - PITTSBURGH MATCHUP.

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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Baltimore @ Tennessee: 20-14 BAL
Arizona @ Carolina: 17-34 CAR
Philadelphia @ New York Giants: 24-27 NYG
San Diego @ Pittsburgh: 16-24 PIT

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

by diehardkingsfan5 on Jan 6, 2009 12:07 AM PST reply actions 0 recs

Get in early to avoid the rush!

Baltimore @ Tennessee – 9-20
Arizona @ Carolina – 14-30
Philadelphia @ New York Giants – 27-20
San Diego @ Pittsburgh – 20-17

GROUGTHINK ALERT

by groug on Jan 6, 2009 12:10 AM PST reply actions 0 recs

It almost seems foolish to even make the gambles, doesn’t it?

Well I’m taking half of them, so it probably is pretty stupid.

GROUGTHINK ALERT

by groug on Jan 6, 2009 12:10 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs

0-for-2 so far!

I’m pretty excited to see if I can pull off the clean sweep.

GROUGTHINK ALERT

by groug on Jan 10, 2009 9:11 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Baltimore @ Tennessee 20-13
Arizona @ Carolina 17-34
Philadelphia @ New York Giants 17-20
San Diego @ Pittsburgh 13-17

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

by bayboy on Jan 6, 2009 7:33 AM PST reply actions 0 recs

Baltimore @ Tennessee 17-10
Arizona @ Carolina 24-30
Philadelphia @ New York Giants 14-31
San Diego @ Pittsburgh 21-17

by JerseyNinerFan on Jan 6, 2009 7:54 AM PST reply actions 0 recs

Baltimore @ Tennessee 14-20
Arizona @ Carolina 21-24
Philadelphia @ NY Giants 20-26
San Diego @ Pittsburgh 17-28

by illini49er on Jan 6, 2009 8:41 AM PST reply actions 0 recs

One "upset"

Baltimore @ Tennessee – 17 – 16
Arizona @ Carolina - 13 – 24
Philadelphia @ New York Giants – 20 – 27
San Diego @ Pittsburgh - 12 – 21

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 6, 2009 11:05 AM PST reply actions 0 recs

Hopefully better than last week

Baltimore @ Tennessee: 17-14 BAL
Arizona @ Carolina: 17-24 CAR
Philadelphia @ New York Giants: 23-24 NYG
San Diego @ Pittsburgh: 17-13 SD

by DiegoAsFan on Jan 6, 2009 11:48 AM PST reply actions 0 recs

OK, trying again here.

Baltimore @ Tennessee: 21-17 Ravens
Arizona @ Carolina: 34-24 Panthers
Philadelphia @ New York Giants: 28-20 Giants
San Diego @ Pittsburgh: 35-28 Steelers

by mikev on Jan 6, 2009 1:39 PM PST reply actions 0 recs

Baltimore @ Tennessee – 24-17
Arizona @ Carolina – 24-21
Philadelphia @ New York Giants – 34-24
San Diego @ Pittsburgh – 24-20

by ro128487 on Jan 6, 2009 1:41 PM PST reply actions 0 recs

WOW...

0-4

by ro128487 on Jan 11, 2009 5:04 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Baltimore@Tennessee 20-10 Ravens
Arizona@Carolina 17-41 Carolina
Philadelphia@NY Giants 31-20 Eagles
San Diego@Pittsburgh 24-17 SD

by Dub4lif3 on Jan 6, 2009 2:29 PM PST reply actions 0 recs

it should look like this after the weekend.

PHI over NYG- 31-24

SD over PIT 20-13

CAR over ARZ 28-17

BAL over TEN 17-10

by onexmanxshow49 on Jan 6, 2009 4:00 PM PST reply actions 0 recs

Baltimore ~~@ Tennessee~~

by DuikeBuike on Jan 6, 2009 9:08 PM PST reply actions 0 recs

oops... ill try again

Baltimore @ Tennessee: Balt 16-10
Arizona @ Carolina: Car 28-17
Philadelphia @ Ny Giants: PHI 24-20
San Diego @ Pittsburgh: SD 20-16

by DuikeBuike on Jan 6, 2009 9:14 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Baltimore @ Tennessee – 23-16 Titans

Arizona @ Carolina – 31-17 Panthers

Philadelphia @ New York Giants – 28-17 Giants

San Diego @ Pittsburgh – 20-13 Steelers

by Number22Drew on Jan 6, 2009 9:19 PM PST reply actions 0 recs

away teams win

Baltimore @ Tennessee – 20-17

Arizona @ Carolina – 28-24

Philadelphia @ New York Giants – 33-21

San Diego @ Pittsburgh – 27-21

by J2daZ on Jan 7, 2009 12:29 PM PST reply actions 0 recs

damn

the away teams are doing their thing right now.

by J2daZ on Jan 11, 2009 2:03 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

play off predictions

Two home wins and two aways for me:
Baltimore 23 @ Tennessee 13
Arizona 16 @ Carolina 34
Philadelphia 24 @ New York 17
San Diego 13 @ Pittsburgh 27

by francaise on Jan 7, 2009 2:46 PM PST reply actions 0 recs

Baltimore @ Tennessee – 24-13

Arizona @ Carolina – 34-17

Philadelphia @ New York Giants – 27-26

San Diego @ Pittsburgh – 31-16

Blind devotion.

by ProfessorBigelow on Jan 7, 2009 3:21 PM PST reply actions 0 recs

baltimore @ tennessee- BAL 20-9
arizona @ carolina- CAR 30-20
philadelphia @ new york giants- NYG 23-17
san diego @ pittsburgh- SD 20-17

by sundaysfinest on Jan 7, 2009 3:51 PM PST reply actions 0 recs

Baltimore @ Tennessee – TEN 17-13
Arizona @ Carolina – CAR 28-21
Philadelphia @ New York Giants – NYG 30-24
San Diego @ Pittsburgh – PIT 27-24

by LoneStranger on Jan 9, 2009 8:38 AM PST reply actions 0 recs

My Preds

Baltimore @ Tennessee 20-17
Arizona @ Carolina 24-31
Philadelphia @ New York Giants 23-21
San Diego @ Pittsburgh 13-24

MURS for President!!!!!!!

by jtoj on Jan 9, 2009 12:51 PM PST reply actions 0 recs

im assuming im still eligible despite the beat down i received last week so here goes

Baltimore @ Tennessee – 23 – 20
Arizona @ Carolina – 10 – 31
Philadelphia @ New York Giants – 31 – 35
San Diego @ Pittsburgh – 13 – 17

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

by 49erLou on Jan 9, 2009 6:01 PM PST reply actions 0 recs

Eligible and welcome, as always.

My Dave Righetti is better than your Dave Righetti.

by howtheyscored on Jan 9, 2009 6:42 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

thanks

i hope i do better this weekend

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

by 49erLou on Jan 9, 2009 7:48 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Picks

Baltimore @ Tennessee – 21-17
Arizona @ Carolina – 18-28
Philadelphia @ New York Giants – 20-24
San Diego @ Pittsburgh – 17-24

by beecharmer on Jan 9, 2009 6:20 PM PST reply actions 0 recs

I'm picking the upset that I want to happen, not the one that I think will happen...

Baltimore @ Tennessee: 9 – 20
Arizona @ Carolina: 24 – 31

Philadelphia

@ New York Giants: 17 – 10 (I’ll actually be sad to see either team lose, and as long as I’m picking the Eagles I thought I’d be crazy about the score too)
San Diego @ Pittsburgh: 14 – 30

My Dave Righetti is better than your Dave Righetti.

by howtheyscored on Jan 9, 2009 8:30 PM PST reply actions 0 recs

What in the world? I definitely coded that right. Second time this week SB has gone crazy on me about a simple text code.

Oh well, for anybody keeping track, I have Philly in that game.

My Dave Righetti is better than your Dave Righetti.

by howtheyscored on Jan 9, 2009 8:31 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

#1 Ninerfromacrossthepond vs. #4 Strictly Football

(1) Ninerfromacrossthepond

Baltimore @ Tennessee 20-17
Arizona @ Carolina 16-30
Philadelphia @ New York 23-27
San Diego @ Pittsburgh 13-20 Total Net Yards: 590yds

(4) StrictlyFootball

Baltimore @ Tennessee – 23 – 13
Arizona @ Carolina – 20 – 28
Philadelphia @ New York Giants – 31 – 24
San Diego @ Pittsburgh – 19 – 16 Total net Yards: 650 yards

by Fooch on Jan 9, 2009 8:39 PM PST reply actions 0 recs

I told you fortune favors the bold...

And that I’m clinically insane

by StrictlyFootball on Jan 9, 2009 10:02 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Also I don’t think we can really tie, so I don’t think It’s going to come down to tie-breakers.

by StrictlyFootball on Jan 9, 2009 10:06 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

There are ways we can tie

but I think you’re right in that it wont go that far.
Best of luck anyway.

by Ninerfromacrossthepond on Jan 10, 2009 9:25 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Best of luck to you to

but I’ve been meaning to ask, what pond are you across from us? The bay, the pacific, or the Atlantic? I know it may seem like a dumb question but a guy in my yahoo league also used “across the pond”, and he was from England.

by StrictlyFootball on Jan 10, 2009 10:45 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs

“Across the pond” is a figure of speech for the Pacific as it relates to the distance between the USA and England.

My Dave Righetti is better than your Dave Righetti.

by howtheyscored on Jan 10, 2009 12:35 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

That's what I thought but just wanted to make sure...

Also I think you mean the Atlantic, not the Pacific

by StrictlyFootball on Jan 10, 2009 1:53 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Yes, I do mean that. Geography = not my thing.

Even basic geography, apparently.

My Dave Righetti is better than your Dave Righetti.

by howtheyscored on Jan 10, 2009 2:40 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

I think I took game 1, unless

I am completely doing my math wrong…

by StrictlyFootball on Jan 10, 2009 4:44 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

I think you are

cos I make my raw score 14 and yours 20 which makes game 1 mine.
COME ON!!!
Oh yeah, I am from England.

by Ninerfromacrossthepond on Jan 10, 2009 4:52 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Hold up,

I thought since I was only 3 points away from the Titans score and 10 points away from the Ravens, my raw score was 13 and yours was 14?

BTW, thanks I was curious about the name

by StrictlyFootball on Jan 10, 2009 5:02 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

plus

You factor in the difference in terms of the final score difference. You predicted a 10 point difference between baltimore and tennessee and it finished as a 3 point difference, that’s where the 7 additional points comes from.

by Fooch on Jan 10, 2009 5:13 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Got it thanks, Soooo my bad NFATP

by StrictlyFootball on Jan 10, 2009 5:29 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Dont worry

if youre picks win today you’re through. I’ve got a funny feeling this is going to the wire.
Good luck.

by Ninerfromacrossthepond on Jan 11, 2009 9:09 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs

StrictlyFootball - 3rd place

It looks like Ninerfromacrossthepond won. If that’s the case, StrictlyFootball, don’t forget that there is a 3rd place game (with what looks to be albertoleecho). The winner of that also qualifies for a prize.

by Fooch on Jan 11, 2009 6:12 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

#2 wjackalope vs. #3 albertoleecho

(2) wjackalope

Baltimore @ Tennessee – 17-14.
Arizona @ Carolina – 21-28
Philadelphia @ New York Giants – 20-23
San Diego @ Pittsburgh – 21-24 Total net yards: 624 yards

(3) albertoleecho

Baltimore @ Tennessee – 17-13
Arizona @ Carolina – 17-28
Philadelphia @ NY Giants – 20-27
San Diego @ Pittsburgh – 17-20 Total net yards – 449

by Fooch on Jan 9, 2009 8:43 PM PST reply actions 0 recs

Wow, looks like another very, very tight matchup for wjackalope.

My Dave Righetti is better than your Dave Righetti.

by howtheyscored on Jan 9, 2009 8:44 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

unreal

as far as I can tell we tied with a raw score of 8 on the Bal game, and both got the other two completed games wrong. In this last game we have the same point diff so if Pit wins and the total score is >41 I’ll win, and at 41 it will be a tie. Total yardage needs to be >537 for me to take the tie break.

Still defending Rich Aurilia, and the Niners' classic unis

by wjackalope on Jan 11, 2009 2:24 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs