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Week 7 Prediction Games: The Perfect Ninja

One of the rare Wednesday afternoon Prediction Game results posts. The delay had nothing to do with tallying the Monday Night football scores. No on picked the Jaguars. First time ever since I've been scoring that no points have been given out for a game. I'm sure this had an effect on the weekly totals which are also meager. Still it was a brutal week. We had four games where almost everyone's prediction was in sniffing distance and had to be right on the money to score points. The difference between scoring points and not scoring was a 23-27 prediction compared to 24-27 prediction, just brutal.

Wasn't all bad news for everyone. urnext was outpacing the Dolphins and Colts in the Suck 4 Luck contest but might have damaged his chances posting a 5 point weekend. So far urnext was posting scores similar to Cuban figure skater, maybe that 5 pointer is a gift from the Russian judge. Like figure skating we ought to throw out the top and bottom score to eliminate bias and corruption.

Week 7 Scoring Recap

Baltimore Ravens @ Jacksonville Jaguars

Indianapolis Colts @ New Orleans Saints

  1. foosball4949 (34)
  2. benna11, mpotter14 (40)
  3. illini49er, reedkrase, Jesse Reed, howtheyscored (48)
  4. Rhombus, jpgarfunkle (54)
  5. groug, these3words, Ninerfromacrossthepond, SpurredOn, David Fucillo, Chukwamu, AKinferno (56)

Atlanta Falcons @ Detroit Lions

  1. Stupifyed, mikeinsp (2)
  2. Togna Balogna, benna11 (4)
  3. PHUT!, urnext (6)
  4. Edggy, Ten-Man, J2daZ, ZeroIndulgence, SanFranciscoKnights, bonbrillio, jpgarfunkle (8)
  5. illini49er, js1987, TheEliTorres (10)

San Diego Chargers @ New York Jets

  1. Haggardninja (PERFECT)
  2. Rabbit T, liberty_JAC (2)
  3. Rhombus (4)
  4. libra45, chap9er, js1987, HardCorvallis, mpotter14, Str8Balr, AKinferno (6)
  5. Aaron Emerson, manraj7, groug, ZeroIndulgence, howtheyscored, wjackalope, nostocksjustbonds, McTee, leaping_larry, David Fucillo, urnext (8)

Chicago Bears @ Tampa Bay Buccaneers

  1. manraj7, renke81, teekay, Str8Balr, jbrown63, San Fran Niners (2)
  2. Ten-Man, J2daZ, RJames, reedkrase, 49erLou, McTee (4)
  3. PHUT!, Rhombus, howtheyscored (6)
  4. illini49er, fanoftheunderdogs, Stupifyed, TriPPinG, HardCorvallis, AKinferno (8)
  5. Edggy, js1987, these3words (10)

Pittsburgh Steelers @ Arizona Cardinals

  1. js1987 (2)
  2. David Fucillo (4)
  3. Edggy, craziness@analltimehigh, Ninerfromacrossthepond (6)
  4. Stupifyed, renke81 (8)
  5. Togna Balogna, illini49er, RJames, LASVEGASNINER, wjackalope, Str8Balr, beecharmer, Ni9er, urnext (10)

The Big Five Finishers

Rank Screen Name Points Comments
Haggardninja 1st Haggardninja 10 A masterful weekend by the Haggardninja. Well not really, one perfect prediction in the Chargers @ Jets game. It's still a win and more points combined than the Seahawks @ Browns game.
Stupifyed 2nd Stupifyed 9 It's never a good idea to take a handle based on a Stuart Scott catch phrase. Credit though, he hit points on half of his predictions, boo-yah!
js1987 2nd js1987 9 Where did he come from and why is he using my password?
Rhombus 4th Rhombus 8 Ugh sorry, so many mistakes! I should have left in your mistakes.
Str8Balr 4th Str8Balr 8 Come on big money! So its a little pot of money. Still more than T.O. is getting, he spun a whammy.
benna11 4th benna11 8 This board is looking a lot like Week 1's results, not good news for me. Who is benna11? Another soccer loving Alex Smith blind-faither, oh boy!!!!

Week 7 Leader Board

Rank Screen Name Points W1 W2 W3 W4 W5 W6 W7
1. bakoninerfan 64 19 5 3 14 10 13 0
2. Ten-Man 57 12 7 0 15 8 9 6
3. AKinferno 53 9 0 2 19 6 12 5
4. Rossalex 51 9 15 2 16 3 6 0
5. mpotter14 49 9 16 2 3 13 6
5. Beamer1960 49 1 6 5 17 7 13 0
7. manraj7 48 6 7 5 11 8 5 6
7. Stupifyed 48 15 4 3 8 7 2 9
7. David Fucillo 48 11 0 4 5 17 5 6
7. Haggardninja 48 14 5 4 8 1 6 10
11. MATTCW 47 7 10 7 7 7 9 0
12. Rhombus 46 18 2 3 5 5 5 8
12. Str8Balr 46 2 12 5 4 6 9 8
14. renke81 45 6 4 8 7 6 7 7
15. teekay 44 9 0 7 4 11 8 5
15. houdeaney 44 12 13 0 11 3 5 0
Playoffs
17. RJames 43 7 12 4 3 3 9 5
17. SanFranciscoKnights 43 8 3 2 12 4 12 2
17. benna11 43 4 2 9 8 2 10 8
17. Rabbit T 43 7 6 4 15 4 3 4
21. San Fran Niners 42 8 2 2 7 14 4 5
22. 49erLou 41 10 3 0 13 6 5 4
22. bonbrillio 41 7 2 9 6 6 9 2
24. Ninerfromacrossthepond 40 13 3 3 10 4 3 4
25. Ni9er 39 5 10 2 7 12 2 1
26. TriPPinG 38 0 3 15 9 9 2
27. jbrown63 37 3 10 0 7 5 7 5
27. grantmp 37 6 5 3 9 6 8 0
27. PHUT! 37 4 6 2 10 2 7 6
30. McTee 34 8 5 5 5 1 5 5
30. neder 34 6 9 8 5 6
30. Edggy 34 5 6 3 7 0 7 6
30. mikeinsp 34 5 5 3 6 4 6 5
30. wjackalope 34 9 10 6 3 4 0 2
35. Chukwamu 32 6 10 8 7 1
35. imjuliooo89 32 5 0 2 4 12 9
37. LASVEGASNINER 31 8 5 2 13 2 0 1
37. howtheyscored 31 8 2 5 1 0 8 7
37. illini49er 31 4 3 5 11 1 7
40. bayboy 30 7 6 4 4 9 0
41. these3words 29 0 10 7 3 3 4 2
41. leaping_larry 29 3 6 7 4 4 4 1
41. groug 29 1 9 2 2 11 2 2
44. MRandolph 28 5 1 7 4 6 5 0
44. Drew Kerr 28 13 0 8 2 4 1 0
46. Alligator Arms 27 3 7 6 0 1 10
47. sf49ers123 26 4 6 2 6 3 5
47. bignerd 26 0 2 8 8 4 4 0
49. nocal81(Vincent) 25 17 8
49. SharksFanEst.1994 25 12 2 11
49. jpgarfunkle 25 5 1 1 5 5 4 4
52. beecharmer 24 0 5 14 0 1 3 1
52. nostocksjustbonds 24 6 2 2 2 2 9 1
52. SpurredOn 24 5 1 3 5 6 3 1
55. J2daZ 23 0 6 3 0 4 4 6
55. sundaysfinest 23 6 1 6 1 7 2 0
55. mountaindew77 23 16 2 2 3
55. ZeroIndulgence 23 5 5 0 6 4 3
59. SportsChicken 21 4 5 5 5 2 0
59. Andrew Davidson 21 4 3 9 5
59. bayarearep94 21 6 6 1 4 4
59. Jesse Reed 21 6 2 8 2 3
59. mcwagner 21 5 2 3 3 4 4 0
64. reedkrase 20 5 3 2 2 1 0 7
64. Pat Willie 20 3 4 5 8 0
66. bhbf08 19 19
67. EcERyda69 17 9 5 0 3
68. liberty_JAC 16 5 7 4
69. foosball4949 15 4 3 3 5
69. urnext 15 0 2 2 2 3 1 5
69. rlott#42 15 4 7 4 0 0 0
69. js1987 15 6 9
73. utah9er 14 7 7
74. Aaron Emerson 13 0 0 4 6 2 1
74. craziness@analltimehigh 13 10 3
76. mrg80 12 3 5 3 1 0
76. danknerd49 12 7 5
76. Tim Lincecum's Bong 12 12 0
79. TheEliTorres 10 7 2 1
80. libra45 9 4 3 2
80. HardCorvallis 9 3 2 4
82. supraman 8 8 0 0
82. ericalancanty 8 8
84. Number22Drew 7 3 4
84. I'm Friends With Merlin Olsen 7 7
84. Dub4lif3 7 7
84. razertuc 7 7
84. fanoftheunderdogs 7 5 2
89. Takeo33 6 6
90. madmatt 5 5
90. Togna Balogna 5 5
90. dlh 5 0 3 2
93. xARSEFACEx 4 4
93. Dubs fan in Boston 4 4
93. SH0ck-D 4 1 3
93. King$wagTree 4 4
97. djs9989 3 3
98. CheekyMonkey 2 2
98. chap9er 2 2

Week 7 Big Board Predictions (check your scores)

Screen Name BAL JAC s/p IND NO s/p ATL DET s/p SD NYJ s/p CHI TB s/p PIT ARZ s/p tot
Rossalex 24 10 -/- 17 30 64/- 24 27 -/- 24 17 -/- 17 24 -/- 24 17 16/-
Drew Kerr 37 16 -/- 17 27 70/- 28 26 20/- 31 23 -/- 16 19 -/- 20 17 24/-
Edggy 27 13 -/- 12 31 62/- 23 20 8/2 24 17 -/- 19 18 10/1 31 17 6/3 6
SportsChicken 24 10 -/- 20 23 78/- 14 27 -/- 31 13 -/- 17 20 -/- 24 20 16/-
Tim Lincecum's Bong 24 7 -/- 10 31 62/- 20 27 -/- 24 21 -/- 13 20 -/- 21 10 22/-
libra45 26 14 -/- 22 26 72/- 19 31 -/- 18 25 6/2 30 19 12/- 22 16 20/- 2
Togna Balogna 30 24 -/- 10 28 68/- 21 17 4/4 24 20 -/- 17 28 -/- 27 17 10/1 5
Aaron Emerson 27 13 -/- 12 31 62/- 21 33 -/- 21 23 8/1 19 34 -/- 31 27 14/- 1
bayboy 24 13 -/- 17 30 64/- 20 27 -/- 24 20 -/- 20 26 -/- 20 13 24/-
houdeaney 30 10 -/- 14 28 68/- 21 31 -/- 14 21 14/- 17 21 -/- 34 10 20/-
sundaysfinest 24 10 -/- 17 31 62/- 27 23 14/- 13 20 16/- 27 30 -/- 28 13 14/-
PHUT! 20 10 -/- 10 31 62/- 24 13 6/3 24 17 -/- 21 20 6/3 25 3 34/- 6
Ten-Man 21 10 -/- 16 30 64/- 27 20 8/2 24 20 -/- 26 17 4/4 31 9 22/- 6
Rabbit T 24 10 -/- 13 31 62/- 30 33 -/- 21 26 2/4 23 27 -/- 21 24 -/- 4
craziness@analltimehigh 34 10 -/- 17 31 62/- 24 28 -/- 28 16 -/- 20 24 -/- 31 17 6/3 3
Rhombus 27 10 -/- 20 35 54/2 17 24 -/- 23 27 4/3 27 20 6/3 24 17 16/- 8
J2daZ 23 20 -/- 20 23 78/- 23 20 8/2 23 20 -/- 23 20 4/4 23 20 18/- 6
Pat Willie 30 15 -/- 16 28 68/- 25 26 -/- 20 15 -/- 17 27 -/- 26 16 12/-
illini49er 20 13 -/- 17 38 48/3 26 21 10/1 24 21 -/- 21 14 8/2 27 17 10/1 7
chap9er 27 6 -/- 10 28 68/- 20 24 -/- 23 24 6/2 13 27 -/- 21 7 26/- 2
js1987 27 13 -/- 17 28 68/- 24 21 10/1 20 24 6/2 27 23 10/1 31 21 2/5 9
fanoftheunderdogs 30 17 -/- 14 23 78/- 17 21 -/- 20 13 -/- 21 14 8/2 27 7 26/- 2
manraj7 24 17 -/- 17 24 76/- 17 24 -/- 17 24 8/1 24 17 2/5 24 17 16/- 6
mcwagner 17 14 -/- 10 31 62/- 24 27 -/- 24 14 -/- 17 24 -/- 20 9 24/-
groug 28 17 -/- 16 34 56/1 21 27 -/- 17 23 8/1 16 21 -/- 28 10 20/- 2
RJames 24 6 -/- 28 33 58/- 30 27 22/- 13 20 16/- 24 20 4/4 27 20 10/1 5
Stupifyed 28 17 -/- 10 21 82/- 23 17 2/5 24 21 -/- 21 14 8/2 28 17 8/2 9
reedkrase 27 13 -/- 10 38 48/3 27 24 16/- 24 17 -/- 24 20 4/4 24 17 16/- 7
TriPPinG 35 10 -/- 17 31 62/- 21 24 -/- 28 20 -/- 28 21 8/2 24 10 20/- 2
ZeroIndulgence 31 13 -/- 13 30 64/- 24 20 8/2 20 23 8/1 20 24 -/- 24 6 28/- 3
renke81 27 9 -/- 17 27 70/- 24 31 -/- 24 20 -/- 24 17 2/5 31 16 8/2 7
LASVEGASNINER 24 12 -/- 17 31 62/- 21 24 -/- 24 23 -/- 17 24 -/- 27 17 10/1 1
SanFranciscoKnights 28 10 -/- 17 30 64/- 27 20 8/2 22 5 -/- 23 24 -/- 34 13 14/- 2
mikeinsp 27 10 -/- 9 31 62/- 24 17 2/5 24 17 -/- 16 27 -/- 33 13 14/- 5
MATTCW 34 17 -/- 17 31 62/- 30 28 24/- 17 21 12/- 21 24 -/- 20 21 -/-
Jesse Reed 27 6 -/- 13 38 48/3 31 28 24/- 24 35 16/- 17 24 -/- 27 10 20/- 3
bonbrillio 27 13 -/- 14 27 70/- 24 20 8/2 24 20 -/- 17 24 -/- 24 13 16/- 2
benna11 27 10 -/- 14 42 40/4 21 17 4/4 31 17 -/- 21 27 -/- 21 24 -/- 8
HardCorvallis 26 14 -/- 22 26 72/- 22 31 -/- 19 24 6/2 28 22 8/2 20 16 24/- 4
howtheyscored 27 3 -/- 20 38 48/3 20 23 -/- 17 24 8/1 27 20 6/3 41 20 18/- 7
mpotter14 23 14 -/- 21 42 40/4 20 21 -/- 24 28 6/2 20 23 -/- 28 10 20/- 6
Beamer1960 27 9 -/- 16 24 76/- 21 24 -/- 24 17 -/- 17 20 -/- 24 13 16/-
MRandolph 24 13 -/- 13 24 76/- 21 31 -/- 24 17 -/- 21 24 -/- 25 3 34/-
foosball4949 31 13 -/- 23 45 34/5 20 28 -/- 33 21 -/- 20 24 -/- 27 6 28/- 5
wjackalope 27 13 -/- 17 31 62/- 21 24 -/- 20 23 8/1 23 27 -/- 27 21 10/1 2
these3words 28 10 -/- 21 34 56/1 24 28 -/- 31 13 -/- 24 23 10/1 31 27 14/- 2
nostocksjustbonds 31 13 -/- 13 27 70/- 21 31 -/- 17 23 8/1 13 27 -/- 27 13 14/- 1
bignerd 33 10 -/- 20 30 64/- 27 23 14/- 17 20 14/- 20 24 -/- 23 17 18/-
mrg80 28 9 -/- 17 27 70/- 21 24 -/- 17 20 14/- 17 27 -/- 20 21 -/-
TheEliTorres 24 14 -/- 10 28 68/- 24 21 10/1 27 17 -/- 17 24 -/- 35 10 20/- 1
rlott#42 27 6 -/- 17 31 62/- 27 23 14/- 31 13 -/- 16 13 16/- 27 13 14/-
Ninerfromacrossthepond 31 13 -/- 16 34 56/1 20 27 -/- 23 21 -/- 17 20 -/- 31 23 6/3 4
bakoninerfan 23 3 -/- 17 31 62/- 28 24 16/- 28 31 14/- 18 33 -/- 28 13 14/-
jpgarfunkle 24 8 -/- 13 35 54/2 27 20 8/2 31 17 -/- 13 24 -/- 30 12 16/- 4
SpurredOn 24 9 -/- 13 34 56/1 24 27 -/- 22 21 -/- 20 23 -/- 20 23 -/- 1
Haggardninja 24 13 -/- 17 28 68/- 23 24 -/- 21 27 0/10 34 20 20/- 20 13 24/- 10
teekay 28 9 -/- 10 27 70/- 17 31 -/- 14 17 20/- 24 17 2/5 24 10 20/- 5
Str8Balr 27 10 -/- 17 31 62/- 23 26 -/- 23 24 6/2 23 19 2/5 27 18 10/1 8
jbrown63 30 9 -/- 13 27 70/- 24 31 -/- 13 17 20/- 24 17 2/5 31 13 14/- 5
49erLou 34 9 -/- 13 27 70/- 24 27 -/- 23 19 -/- 26 17 4/4 38 16 12/- 4
McTee 27 3 -/- 23 33 58/- 16 24 -/- 22 23 8/1 24 20 4/4 21 24 -/- 5
leaping_larry 27 10 -/- 17 31 62/- 20 24 -/- 20 23 8/1 20 23 -/- 24 17 16/- 1
David Fucillo 31 13 -/- 17 34 56/1 23 26 -/- 17 27 8/1 20 23 -/- 30 20 4/4 6
Chukwamu 31 10 -/- 13 34 56/1 20 27 -/- 24 20 -/- 21 24 -/- 34 10 20/- 1
AKinferno 34 6 -/- 17 34 56/1 24 27 -/- 24 27 6/2 27 14 8/2 27 13 14/- 5
beecharmer 28 14 -/- 13 28 68/- 21 27 -/- 24 21 -/- 28 24 12/- 27 17 10/1 1
grantmp 28 10 -/- 14 28 68/- 20 21 -/- 27 17 -/- 17 21 -/- 27 7 26/-
Ni9er 30 13 -/- 14 28 68/- 21 31 -/- 24 23 -/- 31 17 14/- 27 17 10/1 1
liberty_JAC 27 13 -/- 21 31 62/- 20 27 -/- 20 27 2/4 21 27 -/- 27 14 12/- 4
urnext 24 6 -/- 20 26 72/- 24 19 6/3 17 23 8/1 20 24 -/- 27 16 10/1 5
San Fran Niners 28 10 -/- 14 30 64/- 27 24 16/- 21 17 -/- 24 17 2/5 31 10 20/- 5

Scoring Explained

Your prediction has these same three components as the actual game score.

1) If you predict the correct winner for an individual game, we will score your prediction against the actual game. If you predict the incorrect winner for an individual game, your prediction will not be scored.

2) Ideally, you will predict the exact point differential of the actual game. Say, for example, this is 45. If you predict a score with a PD of 45, the difference between your predicted PD and the actual PD is 0 (45 - 45 = 0). The worse your prediction, the greater that difference becomes. Therefore, the closer the difference is to zero, the better.

3) Ideally, you will predict the exact point total of the actual game. Say, for example, this is 65. If you predict a score with a PT of 65, the difference between your predicted PT and the actual PT is 0 (65 - 65 = 0). The worse your prediction, the greater that difference becomes. Therefore, the closer the difference is to zero, the better.

So, assuming that you predict the correct winner of the individual game, we simply add the difference between your predicted and the actual PD to the difference between your predicted and the actual PT. The closer this total is to zero, the better your prediction is. A zero exactly will always be a perfect prediction.

pPD = Predicted Point Differential
aPD = Actual Point Differential
pPT = Predicted Point Total
aPT = Actual Point Total
x = Subscore

|pPD - aPD| + |pPT - aPT| = x

That total becomes your subscore for each individual game. These subscores are then ranked, and the five best (including ALL ties) are awarded points. Perfect predictions are awarded 10 points. If the highest subscore for a particular game is not a perfect prediction, it is awarded 5 points. Points then follow in descending order, so that all of the second best predictions get 4 points, the third best all get 3 points, and so on.

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