HawaiiThreads NFL Pick'em!

[ploal5333]

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I'm looking forward to the NFL Pick'em games, and I'm predicting here and now that the SF49'ers will make the Super Bowl.

[timkona]

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Oh yes. Mahalo Scriv for runnin the show.

Got my crystal ball, my rabbits foot, and my JAMARCUS RUSSELL fathead hanging up.

GO RAIDERS !!!

[scrivener]

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The prize was being offered by manoasurfer123, and he wasn't around to finish the game. So I don't know if anyone got anything other than bragging rights, which go a long way around here, at least for a day or two!

Shall we do this again this season? What do you think?

[ploal5333]

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I was wondering if someone could disclose what prize Manoa & Timkona won. Not that it matters, just being nosey.

[scrivener]

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Marco's total: 6 points and Marco is DONE.

Oops. Make that 8 points for Marco. Yes, I am a math teacher.

[scrivener]

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Unfinished business: The NFL Playoffs Pick'em.

Ocean Pacific and Marco also stepped to the line and bravely offered their predictions. Here, then, is how things look four days before SuperBowl Sunday.

Me:
AFC Wild Card Winners
1 point: New England
1 point: Indianapolis

AFC Divisional Winners
2 points: Indianapolis
San Diego

AFC Conference Winner
San Diego

NFC Wild Card Winners
Dallas
Philadelphia

NFC Divisional Winners
Philadelphia
Dallas

NFC Conference Winner
Philadelphia

SuperBowl XLI Winner
San Diego

Total for Scrivener: 4 points, and I'm DONE.

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OceanPacific:

AFC wildcard:
1 point: New England
1 point: Indianapolis

AFC divisional:
San Diego
Baltimore

AFC conference:
San Diego

NFC wildcard:
Dallas
Philadelphia

NFC divisional:
2 points: Chicago
Philadelphia

NFC conference:
Philadelphia

Super Bowl:
San Diego

OceanPacific's Total: 4 points and he is DONE.

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Marco:

AFC Wild Card Winners
1 point: Indianapolis
1 point: New England

AFC Divisional Winners
2 points: New England
Baltimore

AFC Conference Winner
Baltimore

NFC Wild Card Winners
Giants
Cowboys

NFC Divisional Winners
2 points: New Orleans
2 points: Chicago

NFC Conference Winner
New Orleans

SuperBowl XLI Winner
Baltimore

Marco's total: 6 points and Marco is DONE.

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Conclusion:
None of us picked either of the SuperBowl combatants! What a bunch of LOSERS! However, Marco clearly picked better than OceanPacific or me, and OceanPacific and I clearly picked better than anyone ELSE on HT.

That was fun. Let's do it again next year!

Thanks to malia for being our impartial collector of ballots, too!

[scrivener]

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Here are my picks. One of them, Dallas, has already gone down.

AFC Wild Card Winners
New England
Indianapolis

AFC Divisional Winners
Indianapolis
San Diego

AFC Conference Winner
San Diego

NFC Wild Card Winners
Dallas
Philadelphia

NFC Divisional Winners
Philadelphia
Dallas

NFC Conference Winner
Philadelphia

SuperBowl XLI Winner
San Diego

[scrivener]

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Looks like I got bad dope. The first game is Chiefs/Colts at 1:30. Sorry.


edited to correct:
[deleted] The info above is correct.

[scrivener]

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Just a reminder that kickoff for the early game tomorrow (Jets/Patriots) is 7:00 in the morning, so if you're participating in the playoff pick'em, please get your picks in to malia before then.

[scrivener]

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[note: I could have simplified this a great deal, but I went for throughness over simplicity. If any of it is confusing, please ask!]

Wow.

I was right. There is a sort of rebracketing after the wildcard round of the playoffs. You see, the #1 seed in each conference (San Diego and Chicago) is assured of playing the LOWEST SEEDED survivor of the wild-card round.

So. In order to submit your picks for the ENTIRE playoffs, you're going to have to pay attention. I'm going to take this one conference at a time, starting with the obviously superior AFC.

In the AFC, the seeding looks like this:
1 San Diego
2 Baltimore
3 Indianapolis
4 New England
5 New York
6 Kansas City

AFC Playoffs!
WILD-CARD ROUND (weekend of January 6-7)
#5 New York at #4 New England
#6 Kansas City at #3 Indianapolis

Pick your winners, then follow these instructions.

If you pick Indianapolis to beat Kansas City:
#3 Indianapolis at
#2 Baltimore

Winner of New York / New England at
#1 San Diego

Then for the conference championship, you obviously pick from the winners of these two games.

If you pick Kansas City to beat Indianapolis:
#6 Kansas City at
#1 San Diego

Winner of New York / New England at
#2 Baltimore

Then for the conference championship, you obviously pick from the winners of these two games.


In the NFC, the seedings look like:
1 Chicago
2 New Orleans
3 Philadelphia
4 Seattle
5 Dallas
6 New York

NFC Playoffs!
WILD-CARD ROUND (weekend of January 6-7)
#5 Dallas at #4 Seattle
#6 New York at #3 Philadelphia

Pick your winners, then follow these instructions.

If you pick Philadelphia to beat New York:
#3 Philadelphia at
#2 New Orleans

Winner of Dallas / Seattle at
#1 Chicago

Then for the conference championship, you obviously pick from the winners of these two games.

If you pick New York to beat Philadelphia:
#6 New York at
#1 Chicago

Winner of Dallas / Seattle at
#2 New Orleans

Then for the conference championship, you obviously pick from the winners of these two games.


So...figure all that out, then list your picks like this:

AFC Wild Card Winners
team 1
team 2

AFC Divisional Winners
team 1
team 2

AFC Conference Winner
team 1

NFC Wild Card Winners
team 1
team 2

NFC Divisional Winners
team 1
team 2

NFC Conference Winner
Team 1

SuperBowl XLI Winner
Team 1


Please do not post your selections! Our volunteer, neutral third-party pick-collector is malia. Click the link, then send her a private message with your picks. I'll do the same, then post my picks after the deadline, but before she sends me everyone's brackets for tallying. Does this make sense?

Scoring: 1 point for each correct pick in the wildcard games, 2 for each correct pick in the divisional games, 4 for each correct pick in the conference games, and 8 for a correct pick in the SuperBowl.

Make your picks (for the entire playoffs) and sent them to malia before kickoff Saturday!



here's a decent explanation of the whole thing, with a graphic representation of the bracket:
http://sportsline.com/nfl/playoffrace/bracket.

[scrivener]

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HawaiiThreads NFL Pick'em! Here are the results for Week 17!


Hoooooooly cow! What a strange week it was, and I was sure I was going to come out of it with the most wins, because I KNEW, JUST KNEW that Green Bay was going to beat Chicago!

However. That was just one game.

So. Manoa and NachoDaddy tied with 10 correct picks each. In the tie-breaker, they both picked Chicago to beat the Packers: Manoa by 10, NachoDaddy by 7. This means that NachoDaddy is the winner of Week 17, giving him his second weekly win, making TimKona the winner of the weekly game!

Manoa wins the cumulative game, as we all reluctantly resigned ourselves to acknowledging some time ago!

Here are the Week 17 results:
10 nachodaddy --> winner by tie-break
10 manoa
9 scrivener
9 PoipuChick
8 timkona
8 oceanpacific
8 surfingfarmboy
8 random picks
8 PacBasin
7 palama kid
4 mike lowery
1 lavagal

and the cumulative final scores:

159 manoa
149 timkona
149 oceanpacific
141 scrivener
140 nachodaddy
133 palama kid
129 surfingfarmboy
94 random picks
86 mike lowery
78 marco
58 nfl4evah
45 pzarquon
45 PoipuChick
21 extrascoop
10 lavagal
10 susie misajon
9 blueyecicle
8 SilverSurfer73
8 PacBasin

You can see complete Week 17 stats here, and complete cumulative stats here!

So a HUGE congratulations to both TimKona, who won 3 weeks in the weekly game and to manoa, who torched us in the cumulative game, just before burning his bridges on HT. There's something to think about there, but perhaps another time.

Thanks to everyone who played -- this was definitely one of the more interesting NFL seasons for me, partially thanks to this crazy game. As moderator, I know I fumbled the ball a few times, but in the end, I'd like to think we all enjoyed the season.

I'm going to look for a playoff bracket right now, so those of you interested in a for-fun post-season pick'em (pick all your winners before the wild-card round), stick around!

[oceanpacific]

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This has been "good fun" competition. I'm surprised that I've lurked around near the top this long.

I'm not one to put in entries for the contests from our local dailies with trip to Vegas at stake. This kind of friendly competition is more my speed.

I also thank Scrivener for all the time and effort he's put in to provide us with all of this amusement.

[timkona]

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Can't catch Manoa. Gotta protect my 2nd place. Only at the very bitter end will you find me choosing to "play not to lose" as opposed to choosing to "play to win." OP, if you knew me, you would consider it a moral victory to get me to cave like that.

NYGiants at Washington Redskins
Seattle Seahawks at TampaBay Buccaneers
St.Louis Rams at Minnesota Vikings
Carolina Panthers at NewOrleans Saints
Oakland Raiders at NYJets
Detroit Lions at Dallas Cowboys
Pittsburgh Steelers at Cincinnati Bengals
Cleveland Browns at Houston Texans
NewEngland Patriots at Tennessee Titans
Jacksonville Jaguars at KansasCity Chiefs
Miami Dolphins at Indianapolis Colts
SanFrancisco 49ers at Denver Broncos
Buffalo Bills at Baltimore Ravens
Atlanta Falcons at Philadelphia Eagles
Arizona Cardinals at SanDiego Chargers
GreenBay Packers at Chicago Bears
23-17

I'm takin the UNDER against OP.

In my defense, I can only say that I chose the same teams as OP before I signed online, but I would have changed a close pick to match his, if I had needed to.


Thank You Scrivener. This was excellent.

[oceanpacific]

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SATURDAY:
NY GIANTS vs. Washington

SUNDAY:
Seattle vs. TAMPA BAY
St. Louis vs. MINNESOTA
Carolina vs. NEW ORLEANS
Oakland vs. NY JETS
Detroit vs. DALLAS
Pittsburgh vs. CINCINNATI
Cleveland vs. HOUSTON
NEW ENGLAND vs. Tennessee
JACKSONVILLE vs. Kansas City
Miami vs. INDIANAPOLIS
San Francisco vs. DENVER
Buffalo vs. BALTIMORE
Atlanta vs. PHILADELPHIA
Arizona vs. SAN DIEGO

MONDAY:
CHICAGO 24 Green Bay 17

[scrivener]

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Let's Rock:

Saturday
NYGiants at Washington Redskins

Sunday
Seattle Seahawks at TampaBay Buccaneers
St.Louis Rams at Minnesota Vikings
Carolina Panthers at NewOrleans Saints
Oakland Raiders at NYJets
Detroit Lions at Dallas Cowboys
Pittsburgh Steelers at Cincinnati Bengals
Cleveland Browns at Houston Texans
NewEngland Patriots at Tennessee Titans
Jacksonville Jaguars at KansasCity Chiefs
Miami Dolphins at Indianapolis Colts
SanFrancisco 49ers at Denver Broncos
Buffalo Bills at Baltimore Ravens
Atlanta Falcons at Philadelphia Eagles
Arizona Cardinals at SanDiego Chargers

Sunday Night Tie-Breaker: Pick Winner and Predict Score!
GreenBay Packers 17 at Chicago Bears 6


Love that black 'n blue division last game of the season!