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Week 14 Prediction Games: The Prediction Results and the Frog

There's something about watching the 49ers look like a real football team that is hard to put into words. I mean, it's been nearly a decade. Steve Young has been out of football for 10 years. During that time, we've only had three winning seasons. And those don't even count because I said so.

Sure, I've watched plenty of other teams look like they belonged in the league. Between 1991 and 2004, the Bengals never had a winning season. THAT team has been to the playoffs since the last time the 49ers were any good.

The Houston Texans came into the league in 2002. They've never been any good. They have always sucked. Since they came into the league, they've won 46 regular season games. The 49ers have won 47 during that same period.

The Kansas City Chiefs are one of the worst teams in the entire league. They've won 9 games total in the last three years. Even they made the playoffs only four years ago. Their starting quarterback that season was Damon Huard. Let me give you a second to let that sink in. Damon Huard. Playoffs. Kansas City Chiefs. 2006. Damon Huard.

The Arizona Cardinals as a franchise have been to the playoffs twice since a strike shortened 1982 season. During that period - a period of 17 seasons - they've had four winning years. And one of those years they only won eight games. Their head coach was Joe Bugel for four years. That franchise was so inept that Joe Bugel lasted FOUR YEARS as their head coach. And they've been to the Super Bowl since the last time the 49ers were any good.

So when I look at the 49ers right now, and I see a team that plays like a competent football team, and I see them dominate the NFC Champion Arizona Cardinals on Monday Night Football in front of the entire nation... well, I have a hard time putting that into words. So instead of putting that into words, I'll just give you the prediction scores.

Arizona @ 49ers:

  1. illini49er, bonbrillio, sfgfan, howtheyscored (16)
  2. grantmp (20)
  3. cassusriff (22)
  4. Dub4lif3, J2daZ, snowweasel30, whobob (24)
  5. YoungWillis, Ten-Man, etb2, Fooch (28)

Philadelphia @ New York Giants:

  1. Iwantwinners (28)
  2. cassusriff, LASVEGASNINER, beecharmer (34)
  3. YoungWillis, bonbrillio, PHUT!, Drew K, sundaysfinest, etb2, urnext, jtoj, whobob, bignerd (36)
  4. bayboy, wjackalope (38)
  5. illini49er, mountaindew77, ro128487, groug, sfgfan, howtheyscored, jpgarfunkle, leaping_larry, rlott#42 (42)

Green Bay @ Chicago:

  1. illini49er, bonbrillio (2)
  2. sundaysfinest, mpotter14, LASVEGASNINER, leaping_larry, beecharmer (6)
  3. J2daZ, gbears16 (8)
  4. cassusriff, ro128487, bayboy (12)
  5. Drew K, 5-0, wjackalope (14)

Cincinnati @ Minnesota:

  1. ro128487 (12)
  2. ZeroIndulgence, bonbrillio, DuikeBuike, mountaindew77, sfgfan, Iwantwinners, Fooch (14)
  3. YoungWillis (18)
  4. Ten-Man, bayboy, leaping_larry, Ninerfromacrossthepond, bignerd (20)
  5. etb2, urnext, beecharmer (22)

Miami @ Jacksonville:

  1. YoungWillis (4)
  2. 49erLou, illini49er (6)
  3. JoeO (8)
  4. danknerd49 (10)
  5. ro128487, mpotter14 (14)

San Diego @ Dallas:

  1. PHUT! (8)
  2. ro128487 (12)
  3. gbears16, leaping_larry, beecharmer (14)
  4. illini49er, bayboy, sfgfan, LASVEGASNINER (16)
  5. urnext (20)

And that makes our week 14 leaderboard look like this:

1.

ro128487

99

2.

groug

91

3.

gbears16

86

4.

Ninerfromacrossthepond

84

5.

howtheyscored

83

5.

LASVEGASNINER

83

7.

PHUT!

82

8.

bonbrillio

80

9.

cassusriff

79

9.

illini49er

79

11.

YoungWillis

78

12.

nocal81

76

12.

leaping_larry

76

14.

DuikeBuike

74

15.

sfgfan

73

16.

JoeO

71

17.

jpgarfunkle

70

17.

wjackalope

70

17.

etb2

70

20.

bignerd

69

20.

urnext

69

22.

grantmp

66

23.

whobob

65

23.

ZeroIndulgence

65

25.

rlott#42

64

26.

Fooch

63

26.

danknerd49

63

28.

beecharmer

62

29.

Dub4lif3

60

30.

CB30

58

30.

Ten-Man

58

30.

mpotter14

58

30.

49erLou

58

34.

shlecko

56

35.

Mike Hawk

55

35.

5-0

55

37.

SpurredOn

54

37.

jtoj

54

37.

Drew K

54

37.

bayboy

54

41.

these3words

51

41.

J2daZ

51

41.

sundaysfinest

51

44.

nacho49

44

45.

foosball4949

41

45.

MontanaPass

41

47.

hudd07

37

48.

youngbuckeroo

35

48.

BEETLE49715

35

48.

snowweasel30

35

51.

renke81

32

51.

nini9er

32

53.

ProfessorBigelow

30

54.

Joshpreet

28

55.

Persiflage

26

56.

remembertheCATCH

25

56.

Sloan

25

58.

ar4gsw

24

58.

Iwantwinners

24

60.

albertoleecho

23

61.

49RFAN

22

61.

RBoogy29

22

63.

shulkdog

21

64.

Widowwolf

20

65.

mikemccwolf

19

66.

Kaizre

18

66.

49ersfan29405

18

68.

fortyniners

17

69.

shovel-25

15

69.

Number22Drew

15

71.

Florida Danny

14

71.

Dubs fan in Boston

14

73.

Ninjames

13

73.

corvette49rdave

13

75.

Riding The F Train

12

76.

proudcanadian99

10

76.

Ceradecke

10

76.

49ERFAN

10

79.

Tony C

9

79.

ronniemac03

9

79.

Mr. Nice Guy

9

82.

D-9er

8

82.

Smithisstilltheanswer

8

82.

TheTealDeal

8

85.

supraman

6

85.

lincypoo i wuv u

6

85.

FaStRmAn

6

85.

demise87

6

85.

crevis1987

6

85.

simiski

6

91.

49ersAllTheWay

5

91.

mountaindew77

5

93.

Fifty NINERS

4

94.

StevenC

3

94.

RilezG

3

94.

ManBearPig21

3

94.

LADubbz45

3

94.

JerseyNinerFan

3

94.

De Stijl

3

94.

CW30

3

101.

Tricky-Nicky

2

101.

connie mack

2

101.

Brendan Scolari

2

101.

dez4o8

2

101.

Sol Dog

2

106.

UnleashTheGore

1

106.

nostocksjustbonds

1

106.

dartdart

1

106.

alwaysforgiven821

1

So there's that.

First place has officially been usurped. Our man ro128487 had a very fine week to not just take back first place, but to pull away from the rest of us jerks. Currently, he stands one point away from making a century, and I'd be very surprised if we had to wait more than one more week for that line to be crossed.

Another very good week goes to illini49er, who scored a clean 17 points to jump 12 spots. Last week, a playoff spot was a distant goal. This coming week, he'll be defending his seed (I could have phrased that better) against the likes of past playoff contenders like wjackalope and sfgfan.

But that wasn't the only 17 point week we had today - bonbrillio also made the jump, and deserves all of same accolades showered on illini49er. It just goes to show you how quickly fortunes can change if you just get a good week.

Remember, there were no perfect predictions this week. These guys did it all by the skin of their teeth. That's called enamel.

I want to also congratulate cassusriff, LASVEGASNINER, YoungWillis, whobob, sundaysfinest, beecharmer, and bayboy. I'm sure there are other people who deserve mention, but I'm equally sure that those people don't include me (even though I'm still in fifth somehow!), wjackalope, groug, or Fooch. I guess it's not really fair that I mentioned the four of us and not you people, but if you complain about it I'll mention you next time.

And check your scores! Or else I'll come for you.

Nine months Landsman's been flopping at the Hotel Zamenhof without any of his fellow residents managing to get themselves murdered. Now somebody has put a bullet in the brain of the occupant of 208, a yid who was calling himself Emanuel Lasker.

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