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Super Bowl XLV Prediction Games Results: 49erLou Champion

Congrats to 49erLou for winning our Prediction Championship. Much like the Packers 49erLou was only in the mix late in season before going on tear that wouldn't end until crowned champion. I'm not sure who the past winners are but Niners Nation will have to scribe your name down somewhere to eternalize you forever. Hats off to the other finalist who made this a nail bitter: leaping_larry, illini49er and wjackalope who braved picking the underdog Pittsburgh. Of course thanks to everyone who participated in the game throughout the season, it makes this such a special contest on our blog.

Our BIT winner is jtoj slightly edging 49erLou from a Double Rainbow Championship. jtoj needed every last point to fight off 49erLou for the best playoff predictor. We won't be scribing your name on the website but I'm sure someone can dig up a kitten gif involving a trophy for ya. Congrats to jtoj who was best known for patrolling the prediction contest bullying those who picked against the 49ers, now add the BIT title to your mantle. Thanks all for the big jump in participation for the Super Bowl!

Not much to write about after this ... just going to post the scores and roll the credits. Thanks for a great season. 2011 Go 49ers! I like Harbaugh's offense matching up against all the 3-4 defenses in the league.

Playoff Pool Contest

Playoff Pool Leader Board

Rank Screen Name Points
1. 49erLou 5
2. leaping_larry 4
3. illini49er 3
4. wjackalope 0

Playoff Pool Big Board

Screen Name PIT GB s/p tot
illini49er 17 23 16/3 3
49erLou 24 35 8/5 5
leaping_larry 21 26 10/4 4
wjackalope 28 24 -/-

BIT Contest

Pittsburgh Steelers @ Green Bay Packers

  1. J2daZ, Adusoron (2)
  2. mikeinsp (4)
  3. Yeti Monster, Str8Balr, NinerFanDan, jtoj, AzNiner, overbored (6)
  4. 49erLou, demise, Classy_Argonaut, Dilon (8)
  5. imjuliooo89, Rabbit T, sf49ers123, leaping_larry, David Fucillo (Fooch) (10)

BIT Leader Board

Rank Screen Name Points bit1 bit2 bit3 bit4
1. jtoj 21 6 12 0 3
2. 49erLou 20 3 8 7 2
3. leaping_larry 18 5 5 7 1
3. illini49er 18 5 4 9 0
5. groug 16 4 8 4 0
5. Rabbit T 16 7 8 0 1
5. wjackalope 16 4 6 6 0
8. PHUT! 15 3 3 9 0
9. Yeti Monster 14 3 6 2 3
9. grantmp 14 0 8 6
11. SpurredOn 13 0 5 8 0
11. mikeinsp 13 4 3 2 4
13. jbrown63 12 0 7 5 0
13. J2daZ 12 0 7 0 5
15. DuikeBuike 11 5 6 0
15. bignerd 11 5 6 0 0
17. sf49ers123 10 3 4 2 1
18. brooklyn49er 9 9
18. Andrew Davidson 9 2 0 7 0
18. fanoftheunderdogs 9 5 4
21. Ninerfromacrossthepond 8 6 2 0
22. London_9er 7 7
22. ZeroIndulgence 7 5 2 0 0
22. Haggardninja 7 5 2 0
25. diablo21911 6 6
26. these3words 5 0 5 0 0
26. Adusoron 5 5
26. howtheyscored 5 3 2 0 0
29. fortyniners 3 3
29. NinerFanDan 3 3
29. urnext 3 3
29. overbored 3 3
29. beecharmer 3 3 0 0 0
29. AzNiner 3 3
29. Str8Balr 3 3
36. manraj7 2 2 0 0
36. McTee 2 2 0 0 0
36. Classy_Argonaut 2 2
36. Ten-Man 2 2
36. demise 2 2
36. Dilon 2 2
42. David Fucillo (Fooch) 1 1
42. imjuliooo89 1 1

BIT Big Board

Screen Name PIT GB s/p tot
manraj7 24 17 -/-
PHUT! 23 17 -/-
ZeroIndulgence 35 38 20/-
illini49er 17 23 16/-
Drew K 10 45 30/-
49erDude 27 21 -/-
groug 31 28 -/-
remembering9ergods 28 21 -/-
TeeKay89 17 31 16/-
Yeti Monster 24 28 6/3 3
mikeinsp 23 31 4/4 4
howtheyscored 7 38 36/-
49erLou 24 35 8/2 2
jbrown63 13 35 24/-
J2daZ 26 30 2/5 5
mcwagner 23 10 -/-
imjuliooo89 28 36 10/1 1
these3words 14 17 28/-
Str8Balr 23 34 6/3 3
NinerFanDan 27 28 6/3 3
Rabbit T 20 27 10/1 1
Andrew Davidson 10 9 -/-
mcwagner 10 9 -/-
jtoj 24 28 6/3 3
MichaelClutchtree 13 24 24/-
flashymonkey 20 24 14/-
foosball4949 21 23 16/-
Sammallory 0 36 50/-
Adusoron 26 30 2/5 5
CardinalOfficial 17 27 16/-
Tinman17 28 23 -/-
AzNiner 24 34 6/3 3
Azemika15 20 24 14/-
danknerd49 0 49 50/-
9erEast 0 62 62/-
wellnesscoach 28 17 -/-
sf49ers123 20 27 10/1 1
demise 21 31 8/2 2
Rhombus 23 24 14/-
Classy_Argonaut 24 27 8/2 2
McTee 10 27 30/-
leaping_larry 21 26 10/1 1
knightj 24 13 -/-
BleedRandG 17 20 22/-
LADubbz45 28 24 -/-
David Fucillo (Fooch) 20 34 10/1 1
overbored 24 28 6/3 3
beecharmer 27 24 -/-
wjackalope 28 24 -/-
SpurredOn 17 27 16/-
Dilon 24 27 8/2 2
bignerd 26 23 -/-

Closing Credits

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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