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Week 2 Prediction Games: 27-24 Lightening Strikes Twice


The 49ers lost this past week and the prediction scores are down from Week 1, coincidence homers? Oh well, I am ready to turn the page on September's annual "How did we Lose that Game?" Bengals are next with the potential we could be witnessing the beginnings of the Ohio Valley Defense (OVD for short) . Dominant (Nazi) pass rushing, TE covering weak side linebackers, corners who play the run like defensive tackles and genetically altered Captain Marvel safeties who pick up receivers after the catch and carry them back to the end zone for a pick 6 . History will forget this defense actually started on the West Coast with the 49ers. A little insider tip, pick the Bengals.

Maybe I sound bitter. Maybe after 2 weeks I have a total of 2 points. Projecting ahead that means I'll end up with a final score of 17 points for the season. I haven't had this much trouble scoring since ... screw it, I'm bitter. Let your wild, superior Prediction Game minds finish that thought. Onto the results.

Scoring Recap

Dallas Cowboys @ San Francisco 49ers

  1. Rossalex (PERFECT)
  2. PHUT!, SharksFanEst.1994, these3words, renke81, ZeroIndulgence, Rabbit T, wjackalope (8)
  3. beecharmer (12)
  4. mcwagner, LASVEGASNINER, bayarearep94, Alligator Arms, urnext (14)
  5. jpgarfunkle (16)

St. Louis Rams @ New York Giants

  1. McTee, SharksFanEst.1994, Ni9er, jbrown63, nocal81(Vincent) (2)
  2. mpotter14, groug, houdeaney (4)
  3. Andrew Davidson, Ten-Man (6)
  4. dlh, San Fran Niners, Edggy, Rhombus, manraj7, bayarearep94, bayboy, Beamer1960, howtheyscored, bignerd, utah9er, Ninerfromacrossthepond, Alligator Arms, mikeinsp, wjackalope (8)
  5. PHUT!, bakoninerfan, LASVEGASNINER, MRandolph, mrg80, Haggardninja, these3words, bonbrillio, sf49ers123, leaping_larry (10)

Philadelphia Eagles @ Atlanta Falcons

  1. RJames, jbrown63 (2)
  2. mpotter14, Beamer1960 (8)
  3. danknerd49 (10)
  4. Edggy, nostocksjustbonds (14)
  5. dlh, SanFranciscoKnights, bonbrillio, SpurredOn, leaping_larry (16)

Cleveland Browns @ Indianapolis Colts

  1. MATTCW, manraj7, houdeaney, bayboy, these3words, Rossalex, utah9er, grantmp (6)
  2. rlott#42, Str8Balr (8)
  3. mpotter14, bakoninerfan, groug, reedkrase (10)
  4. danknerd49, benna11, mrg80, Haggardninja, J2daZ, sf49ers123, nocal81(Vincent), beecharmer (12)
  5. SharksFanEst.1994, 49erLou, sundaysfinest, SanFranciscoKnights, Rabbit T, Alligator Arms (14)

Chicago Bears @ New Orleans Saints

  1. RJames (2)
  2. Stupifyed (4)
  3. EcERyda69, Str8Balr, mikeinsp (6)
  4. groug (8)
  5. PHUT!, bakoninerfan, nocal81(Vincent) (10)

Cincinnati Bengals @ Denver Broncos

  1. mpotter14, MATTCW, Str8Balr, Ni9er (2)
  2. Ten-Man, houdeaney, J2daZ, SportsChicken, wjackalope (4)
  3. sf49ers123 (8)
  4. RJames, Edggy, LASVEGASNINER, bayarearep94, SharksFanEst.1994, 49erLou, mountaindew77, Haggardninja, EcERyda69, Alligator Arms (10)
  5. ZeroIndulgence, SanFranciscoKnights, Rabbit T, Ninerfromacrossthepond (12)

The Week's Big 5

Rank Screen Name Points Comments
mpotter14 1st mpotter14 16 Sigh, he is back. Pretends he's not a JK Rowling fan but we know better. Can change your screen name. Not to mention legally change your name.
Rossalex 2nd Rossalex 15 Now known as Rolex cause your picks were money.
houdeaney 3rd houdeaney 13 Poof! A magician says, "I'll make entertainment disappear."
RJames 4th RJames 12 ...b*tch
SharksFanEst.1994 4th SharksFanEst.1994 12 FYI, manraj7 is the reason why the Sharks sink in the playoffs every year. He also doubles as a bandwagon fan.
Str8Balr 4th Str8Balr 12 Str8Balr asks, "Will I be on the NN Prediction Game Top 5 list next week?" No Way!

Week 2 Leaders & Legends Board

Rank Screen Name Points W1 W2
1. nocal81(Vincent) 25 17 8
1. mpotter14 25 9 16
1. houdeaney 25 12 13
4. Rossalex 24 9 15
4. bakoninerfan 24 19 5
6. Rhombus 20 18 2
7. bhbf08 19 19
7. RJames 19 7 12
7. Stupifyed 19 15 4
7. Ten-Man 19 12 7
7. Haggardninja 19 14 5
7. wjackalope 19 9 10
13. mountaindew77 18 16 2
14. MATTCW 17 7 10
15. Ninerfromacrossthepond 16 13 3
16. Ni9er 15 5 10
Playoffs
17. EcERyda69 14 9 5
17. Str8Balr 14 2 12
17. utah9er 14 7 7
20. jbrown63 13 3 10
20. 49erLou 13 10 3
20. manraj7 13 6 7
20. McTee 13 8 5
20. LASVEGASNINER 13 8 5
20. Drew Kerr 13 13 0
20. Rabbit T 13 7 6
27. SharksFanEst.1994 12 12
27. danknerd49 12 7 5
29. grantmp 11 6 5
29. David Fucillo 11 11 0
29. SanFranciscoKnights 11 8 3
29. Edggy 11 5 6
33. these3words 10 0 10
33. sf49ers123 10 4 6
33. renke81 10 6 4
33. howtheyscored 10 8 2
33. PHUT! 10 4 6
33. groug 10 1 9
33. Alligator Arms 10 3 7
33. ZeroIndulgence 10 5 5
33. San Fran Niners 10 8 2
33. mikeinsp 10 5 5
43. teekay 9 9 0
43. bonbrillio 9 7 2
43. AKinferno 9 9 0
46. supraman 8 8 0
46. nostocksjustbonds 8 6 2
46. reedkrase 8 5 3
49. sundaysfinest 7 6 1
49. Andrew Davidson 7 4 3
49. Dub4lif3 7 7
49. Beamer1960 7 1 6
49. bayboy 7 7
49. mcwagner 7 5 2
49. razertuc 7 7
56. J2daZ 6 0 6
56. MRandolph 6 5 1
56. Chukwamu 6 6
56. jpgarfunkle 6 5 1
56. benna11 6 4 2
56. neder 6 6
56. bayarearep94 6 6
56. SpurredOn 6 5 1
64. beecharmer 5 0 5
64. leaping_larry 5 3 2
64. imjuliooo89 5 5 0
67. Dubs fan in Boston 4 4
67. SportsChicken 4 4
67. rlott#42 4 4
67. illini49er 4 4
71. djs9989 3 3
71. Number22Drew 3 3
71. mrg80 3 3
71. dlh 3 0 3
75. urnext 2 0 2
75. bignerd 2 0 2

Week 2 Big Board Predictions (check your scores)

Screen Name DAL SF s/p STL NYG s/p PHI ATL s/p CLE IND s/p CHI NO s/p CIN DEN s/p tot
PHUT! 23 20 8/4 21 30 10/1 41 20 -/- 17 10 20/- 18 27 10/1 23 13 -/- 6
dlh 24 13 22/- 17 24 8/2 24 27 16/1 16 20 -/- 28 31 30/- 24 16 -/- 3
Stupifyed 10 21 -/- 24 21 -/- 28 17 -/- 17 10 20/- 14 28 4/4 13 21 18/- 4
mpotter14 20 24 -/- 14 27 4/4 27 31 8/4 22 17 10/3 21 31 16/- 21 23 2/5 16
Andrew Davidson 24 27 -/- 13 27 6/3 21 24 22/- 20 21 -/- 28 24 -/- 9 21 26/- 3
San Fran Niners 24 28 -/- 14 24 8/2 24 21 -/- 17 14 20/- 27 24 -/- 24 17 -/- 2
RJames 20 23 -/- 14 17 22/- 31 34 2/5 14 21 -/- 13 31 2/5 17 21 10/2 12
bakoninerfan 28 34 -/- 21 31 10/1 35 21 -/- 28 14 10/3 17 35 10/1 27 17 -/- 5
danknerd49 21 23 -/- 14 17 22/- 27 30 10/3 23 13 12/2 17 23 14/- 24 10 -/- 5
Edggy 17 24 -/- 12 28 8/2 24 31 14/2 17 10 20/- 28 24 -/- 17 24 10/2 6
mcwagner 24 17 14/2 13 34 12/- 27 21 -/- 17 6 26/- 24 34 22/- 21 31 14/- 2
McTee 24 33 -/- 17 28 2/5 33 23 -/- 24 10 18/- 31 34 36/- 28 35 22/- 5
Rhombus 20 27 -/- 17 24 8/2 31 27 -/- 20 21 -/- 27 35 28/- 24 17 -/- 2
LASVEGASNINER 24 17 14/2 21 28 10/1 31 24 -/- 14 17 -/- 24 34 22/- 17 24 10/2 5
MATTCW 24 33 -/- 10 36 16/- 45 31 -/- 24 20 6/5 13 10 -/- 21 24 2/5 10
manraj7 17 24 -/- 17 24 8/2 24 17 -/- 24 17 6/5 24 17 -/- 24 17 -/- 7
Ten-Man 24 27 -/- 13 28 6/3 35 20 -/- 10 20 -/- 21 29 16/- 20 23 4/4 7
bayarearep94 31 17 14/2 13 24 8/2 20 23 24/- 16 13 22/- 21 31 16/- 17 23 10/2 6
SharksFanEst.1994 31 24 8/4 17 27 2/5 31 20 -/- 20 17 14/1 24 34 22/- 17 23 10/2 12
groug 21 13 22/- 14 27 4/4 28 17 -/- 22 16 10/3 14 34 8/2 16 13 -/- 9
49erLou 24 27 -/- 13 21 14/- 23 19 -/- 20 13 14/1 34 35 42/- 17 24 10/2 3
mountaindew77 23 30 -/- 20 34 12/- 37 31 -/- 14 17 -/- 30 34 34/- 17 27 10/2 2
sundaysfinest 19 26 -/- 27 31 22/- 23 20 -/- 34 24 14/1 27 38 28/- 17 13 -/- 1
Drew Kerr 16 41 -/- 23 17 -/- 22 28 18/- 17 21 -/- 27 30 28/- 10 22 24/-
MRandolph 24 27 -/- 21 30 10/1 27 24 -/- 17 13 20/- 24 27 22/- 23 13 -/- 1
houdeaney 20 24 -/- 17 30 4/4 27 20 -/- 24 16 6/5 30 34 34/- 20 23 4/4 13
benna11 27 13 22/- 13 17 22/- 27 17 -/- 21 17 12/2 21 38 16/- 10 17 24/- 2
mrg80 27 30 -/- 20 23 10/1 34 27 -/- 24 13 12/2 28 38 30/- 24 20 -/- 3
Haggardninja 24 27 -/- 21 26 10/1 28 20 -/- 21 16 12/2 24 33 22/- 17 24 10/2 5
EcERyda69 14 17 -/- 24 31 16/- 28 24 -/- 24 31 -/- 10 28 6/3 17 21 10/2 5
bayboy 17 24 -/- 20 30 8/2 33 28 -/- 24 16 6/5 24 27 22/- 23 20 -/- 7
these3words 28 20 8/4 20 23 10/1 21 27 20/- 24 20 6/5 26 21 -/- 21 13 -/- 10
Rossalex 27 24 0/10 24 17 -/- 27 20 -/- 24 16 6/5 24 27 22/- 13 23 18/- 15
Beamer1960 21 24 -/- 20 28 8/2 28 31 8/4 10 13 -/- 21 24 16/- 10 21 24/- 6
renke81 27 20 8/4 23 17 -/- 31 17 -/- 17 13 20/- 23 28 20/- 14 24 16/- 4
J2daZ 24 27 -/- 10 24 12/- 30 20 -/- 21 14 12/2 21 35 16/- 20 23 4/4 6
howtheyscored 17 20 -/- 14 24 8/2 27 21 -/- 13 14 -/- 24 31 22/- 10 30 24/- 2
bignerd 24 27 -/- 20 24 8/2 34 27 -/- 14 20 -/- 23 20 -/- 24 23 -/- 2
ZeroIndulgence 28 20 8/4 10 24 12/- 31 17 -/- 16 24 -/- 28 38 30/- 16 20 12/1 5
reedkrase 20 34 -/- 23 24 14/- 37 17 -/- 30 24 10/3 24 38 22/- 24 20 -/- 3
utah9er 21 24 -/- 20 31 8/2 31 28 -/- 24 21 6/5 31 34 36/- 17 16 -/- 7
SanFranciscoKnights 23 27 -/- 24 19 -/- 24 27 16/1 20 13 14/1 20 31 14/- 16 24 12/1 3
imjuliooo89 13 24 -/- 21 20 -/- 37 24 -/- 24 9 20/- 30 20 -/- 27 17 -/-
teekay 10 27 -/- 10 35 14/- 30 16 -/- 14 20 -/- 20 34 14/- 14 20 16/-
Fat Willie 21 24 -/- 17 14 -/- 16 30 30/- 28 3 32/- 7 34 12/- 23 12 -/-
bonbrillio 18 23 -/- 21 28 10/1 23 28 16/1 13 17 -/- 24 32 22/- 14 20 16/- 2
sf49ers123 25 26 -/- 20 23 10/1 30 19 -/- 21 17 12/2 24 27 22/- 19 20 8/3 6
rlott#42 30 13 22/- 27 23 -/- 17 23 28/- 31 19 8/4 13 20 20/- 13 10 -/- 4
Rabbit T 24 20 8/4 19 17 -/- 30 23 -/- 20 14 14/1 24 31 22/- 16 27 12/1 6
Str8Balr 18 26 -/- 17 19 18/- 31 29 -/- 23 16 8/4 16 30 6/3 22 25 2/5 12
Ni9er 18 26 -/- 17 28 2/5 31 21 -/- 23 27 -/- 24 30 22/- 22 25 2/5 10
Ninerfromacrossthepond 24 27 -/- 20 24 8/2 34 31 -/- 19 17 16/- 23 37 20/- 16 24 12/1 3
jpgarfunkle 23 16 16/1 27 13 -/- 31 20 -/- 17 10 20/- 24 31 22/- 10 27 24/- 1
Aaron Emerson 17 28 -/- 17 20 16/- 27 21 -/- 16 24 -/- 21 24 16/- 10 16 24/-
SportsChicken 17 21 -/- 31 20 -/- 34 13 -/- 17 20 -/- 13 14 32/- 20 24 4/4 4
jbrown63 21 23 -/- 17 28 2/5 31 34 2/5 17 10 20/- 17 20 20/- 17 13 -/- 10
Alligator Arms 31 17 14/2 17 24 8/2 31 20 -/- 20 17 14/1 27 24 -/- 17 20 10/2 7
SpurredOn 17 23 -/- 20 21 14/- 24 27 16/1 16 17 -/- 28 27 -/- 20 16 -/- 1
nocal81(Vincent) 20 27 -/- 17 27 2/5 28 24 -/- 30 13 12/2 17 35 10/1 14 24 16/- 8
mikeinsp 27 28 -/- 17 24 8/2 31 14 -/- 17 10 20/- 13 27 6/3 10 24 24/- 5
grantmp 17 20 -/- 26 21 -/- 31 20 -/- 30 17 6/5 -/- 17 10 -/- 5
David Fucillo 20 27 -/- 13 20 16/- 34 24 -/- 13 17 -/- 24 27 22/- 20 13 -/-
wjackalope 24 20 8/4 17 24 8/2 27 23 -/- 19 23 -/- 23 31 20/- 20 23 4/4 10
nostocksjustbonds 20 23 -/- 16 20 16/- 24 30 14/2 17 20 -/- 20 30 14/- 13 20 18/- 2
leaping_larry 20 24 -/- 17 23 10/1 23 27 16/1 17 20 -/- 20 27 14/- 21 17 -/- 2
beecharmer 24 18 12/3 14 21 14/- 31 24 -/- 21 18 12/2 21 28 16/- 21 18 -/- 5
TriPPinG 10 21 -/- 7 17 22/- 14 27 34/- 21 10 18/- 21 31 16/- 10 17 24/-
AKinferno 20 27 -/- 13 20 16/- 34 24 -/- 13 17 -/- 24 27 22/- 20 13 -/-
urnext 24 17 14/2 23 17 -/- 30 23 -/- 14 20 -/- 27 23 -/- 20 14 -/- 2
supraman 14 17 -/- 27 20 -/- 23 21 -/- -/- -/- 17 31 14/-

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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