Lets get this out of the way. No points are given for a tie game. You can attempt to lawyer up the rules but someone asked last year, I was on record saying no points would be given unless you predicted a tie.

Like the 49ers defense this Sunday, I was going to take this post off. However I noticed an ancient evil had awakened. He hasn't made a Big 5 yet this season but noticed he's now sitting in a playoff spot. wjackalope is rising, he loves the attention, unfortunately howtheyscored is no longer around and 49erLou is far, far away in points abyss. I don't know who has the power to save us come prediction playoffs. Is groug ready to take the Matrix of Leadership? I don't want to Thunderdome with that bad mama jama, I'm not giving up my playoff spot, so someone better take him out.

Week 10 Scoring Recap

St. Louis Rams @ San Francisco 49ers

1. LOL

Kansas City Chiefs @ Pittsburgh Steelers

1. benna11 (6)
2. Haggardninja, bradyk2 (10)
3. neder, ak4niner (12)
4. Andrew Davidson, Str8Balr, Fred.P.Soft (14)
5. SportsChicken, J2daZ, Mityt, manraj7, sundaysfinest, these3words, PHUT!, Stupifyed, AK49e, bignerd, CUARENTAYNUEVES (16)

Houston Texans @ Chicago Bears

1. SportsChicken (8)
2. danknerd49, Haggardninja, grantmp, Fred.P.Soft (14)
3. runningblack, urnext (16)
4. Andrew Davidson, nostocksjustbonds, whobob, mikeinsp, bignerd (20)
5. Edggy, ZeroIndulgence, ninerpunk, manraj7, sundaysfinest, Stupifyed, beecharmer (22)

Atlanta Falcons @ New Orleans Saints

1. ezoo (PERFECT)
2. ninerpunk, bradyk2, sundaysfinest, 49erLou (2)
3. danknerd49, grantmp (4)
4. dlh, nostocksjustbonds, Naguabo, San Fran Niners, Fred.P.Soft, urnext, liberty_JAC (6)
5. Edggy, Haggardninja, Black59Razor, Takeo33, AK49e, Rhombus, McTee (8)

Denver Broncos @ Carolina Panthers

1. Mo9er, Fred.P.Soft (6)
2. danknerd49, Andrew Davidson, PHUT! (10)
3. ZeroIndulgence, Black59Razor, AKinferno, liberty_JAC, bignerd (12)
4. J2daZ (14)
5. Haggardninja, runningblack, Stupifyed, AK49e, Rhombus, Beamer1960, Ni9er, McTee (16)

San Diego Chargers @ Tampa Bay Buccaneers

1. SpurredOn (PERFECT)
2. Fred.P.Soft (6)
3. Haggardninja, Naguabo, whobob, these3words, AK49e, liberty_JAC (8)
4. sundaysfinest, mpotter14, San Fran Niners (12)
5. dlh, bayboy, nostocksjustbonds, runningblack, ninerpunk, obfuscius, beecharmer (14)

Dallas Cowboys @ Philadelphia Eagles

1. these3words (12)
2. bradyk2 (14)
3. ezoo (20)
4. bayboy, danknerd49, nostocksjustbonds, neder, Ten-Man, grantmp, obfuscius (22)
5. Edggy, runningblack, Stupifyed, wjackalope, bonbrillio, liberty_JAC, MadManWithABox (28)

Week 10 Awards

	Perfect Weapon Andy Lee, ezoo, SpurredOn
	Whammy Drew Kerr, Shazi5, groug, leaping_larry, Nick Bays, jbrown63, JH But not the Coach

The Big Five Finishers

	Rank	Screen Name	Points	Comments
	1st	Fred.P.Soft	17	Fredrick P. Soft plauged this week. Been on the comment threads preaching everything is fine, change nothing.
	2nd	ezoo	13	His dial up will download the results Thursday but will sure be happy.
	2nd	danknerd49	13	No relation. None!
	2nd	Haggardninja	13	Your favorite TV show?
	5th	bradyk2	12	Wait? Who are you and why are you creeping?

Week 10 Leader Board

Week 10 Big Board Predictions (check your scores)

Scoring Explained

Prediction Contest Rules and Guidelines

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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