GolfHos

so here goes....

minimum prizes (might be more if there's interest to make this a small 'buyin' event)
1st place- $20 golf galaxy gift card
2nd place- lump of coal  (j/k not really sure yet)

Contest Format
You shall submit your predictions for the following.

Division order, with team W/L records
Playoff seeds w/ results
Superbowl w/ results


You will be awarded points in the following manner
Division Winners: 40 points
Division 2nd places: 20 points
Bonus of 20/10 for getting the exact W/L correct (to help possible tiebreakers if everyone just plays the 'vegas favorites')

Playoff seeds exactly correct 100 points
Playoff seeds 1-4 correct 50 points

Wild Card Round winners 50 points
Divisional round winners 80 points
Conference final winners 100 points
SuperBowl winner 200 points (+100 for exact score of winning team)


Highest final point tally wins.


Of course, as with anything NFL, who knows what will happen- luck, injuries, etc. 
- so to balance it all out....  ;)

Entries must be submitted by August 27th (end of 3rd week of preseason)



I will post a  'template' for people to fill in later this week

Very cool.   [sm_thumbsup]

I suggest weekly leaderboards based on current division/conference standings.  Tough when it gets down to tiebreakers but we don't have to go that deep.  I'd volunteer to do it but I'll likely still be working on my son's brakes.  I nominate Clive if you're too busy buying televisions.

Thanks again.  Woot.

P.S.  If needed, I still have those feckin' prizes from the previous contests.  Why do you all hate Billy Joel?

I'll help you out with part of the template:


NFC North

1. __________
2. __________
3. __________
4. Minnesota

i think we can keep it pretty weekly up to date  as long as everyone does the template (part of the delay i had in the NHL playoffs was no entries were standardized- made it hard to implement a spreadsheet!)

uhoh , i think stroh is gonna smite someone!

 [sm_rolling] [sm_laughing]  Oh yeah, he'll get his comeupin's.

I'm actually trying to get Torp to give into hate.


You want this.
(http://www.sptimes.com/2003/04/10/photos/nhl-lombarditrophy.jpg)

I can feel the hate swelling within you. I am unarmed. Smite me down with your GH weapon and your journey towards the Dark Side will be complete. With each passing moment you make yourself more my servant.

Cool!  This should be a fun season and picks should be pretty varied.

Smite. :P

 ;D

I hope AD gets 2,000 yards rushing and you guys still go 4 and 12. ;D

Go Packers!

And that would be 4 more wins than the Packers. ;) ;D

[sm_chairshot] [sm_protest] :boxing: [sm_poke] :nono:

NFC North 
Team W L T PCT PF PA Home Road AFC NFC DIV Streak
*yz-Chicago 13 3 0 .812 427 255 6-2 7-1 2-2 11-1 5-1 Lost 1
Green Bay 8 8 0 .500 301 366 3-5 5-3 1-3 7-5 5-1 Won 4
Minnesota 6 10 0 .375 282 327 3-5 3-5 0-4 6-6 2-4 Lost 3
Detroit 3 13 0 .188 305 398 2-6 1-7 1-3 2-10 0-6 Won 1

Not to mention we beat you home and away and had a shot at the wild card.   ;D

When Favre leaves though we will go 0 and 16 :sad3:

AFC West

Daygo
Denber
Kansas City Chiefs  (and they will suck for several years, or until Herm is fired)
Rayders

Kev, I'm so surprised with you, and maybe a bit disappointed.

What happened to all your little smileys and the #1 run defense and all?  Shame on you. :P

:D

reality finally set in

Yeah, how will you guys manage without all those INTs?

But the year before we beat you home and away. :D

#1 run defense! Skol Vikings!

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v111/Black_Cobra/1RunDefense.gif) (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v111/Black_Cobra/FGI/SmileyHoldingSpinningViking.gif) (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v111/Black_Cobra/FGI/NoBears.gif) (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v111/Black_Cobra/FGI/VikesWin.gif)

But thanks for reminding me, it's time for me to make some more. 8) ;D

I predict that the Cowboy fans will be all hyped up thinking that Phillips will take them all the way and have those dreams crushed by the second week.

NFC central is the Eagles to give away.

Phillips? You mean Romo?

There is no NFC Central anymore and the Beagles were never part of it.  ;D

Wade Phillips = head coach

Not that it matters.  ;)

Oh, thought he was talking about all the Romo hype.

I'd smite your ass big time for that but I don't believe in that sort of thing.  I'll let it slide because it is impossible to argue we would be better off without him.  Yes he throws int's trying to make plays.  But someone has to on the team.  Maybe we could get him some targets to throw to that will actually catch the ball while being on our team.   ;D

brett f is still got a bit of game in him.  and on his worst day id still take him over evil rex g.

Yea I know. I just find it funny that Dallas is in the East. Kind of like how Indy is in the South div. Doesn't make any sense but then in the end it really doesn't matter.

Where ever Dallas is they will not win this year. The sad part is they may be in the easiest div in football this year and may make a wild card berth but like last year will loose in the first round.

You are right on the last part. I think most people are over the Romo hype. Romo can be a good QB, the question will be can Phillips and Garrett do it?

Either way this year will be a rough one.

Aske...count me in.  Where's the spreadsheet??

 :tapsfingers:

did i say which week ?

gaddamit, im trying to make this as easy as possible gimme some time.

after much delay, aske has finally finished a nice excel template for everyone.

so...

all interested parties should PM me an email address they would like an excel template mailed to.

thanks!

EXCEL sent to

Spanky
SpaceAge
Walfredo 

so far.

Anyone else want in? PM me.

ooops, I forgot. PM sent.

Unless you're a total moran, the spreadsheet is pretty easy to fill out. I, of course, screwed it up.

btw, I'm happy to "buy in" if it makes the prize getting easier. Though I know the idea of a buy-in might be cause for some to not participate. I also don't know if it puts dystopia at any kind of risk for hosting such an event.

Well then I am guaranteed to screw it up.

I just called the 1 800 number myself for the free information packet.  w00t!


It's also my turn to kick in to the prize fund.  Powers that be, let me know.  I'll see what I have in the inventory, although after watching a few of those YouTube videos posted lately;  I'm not sure I would have anything of interest.  ;)

dystopia , eagle, fuzz, and stroh should all have files

paging stroh
 8) ;)

Oh, I guarantee, if spacey can *fudge* it up his first try.......I'm a better lock than Favre, benched by his fourth start.

 ;D

I obviously haven't spent enough time paying attention to who plays whom in the playoffs. :-\ 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NFL_playoffs#Current_playoff_system

looks good.  thanks.

i have replies back from spaceage and eagle.  which, aside from their ludicrous picks  ;), seem to be completed correctly.   is everyone else good with the form, or does anyone need explanation/help ?

Ill have mine done either today or tomorrow.

Hey, I almost picked the Packers to go all the way, so at least I brought them somewhat back into reality.

I *tried* to throw a few realistic picks in there. 


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8) The form wasn't as complicated as it first looked after reading the wiki article. [sm_thumbsup2]  Just make sure you type the right numbers for the team you want. :D

Don't even think that word!  Yikes! The horror!  I can't bear to look - :fear: - did you remove that horrendous word yet?!?

At the risk of many smites, this is totally understandable given the Vikes haven't seen the playoffs in a while! ;D

2004 wasn't that long ago!

Yikes!  [sm_shock]  I'd better hurry up.  [sm_eekdance]

Crap.  Me too.  Might have to be later tonight though.

I'm in a generous mood, so the deadline is being extended to midnight of tuesday going into wednesday

Picks in via email.

I kept trying to put the cell number instead of the team number.  Almost put the Lions in the NFC championship game.  ::)

damn, it almost worked
 [sm_devil]

bump for procrastinators  :isaac:

Smite.







X5






;)

3 hours and counting ...

16 minutes and counting...

So who did people pick as their Super Bowl champions? (no need to list everything, I'm just curious about the selections for the title)

Da Bears. ( :sad3:)

I  picked the Saints.

I actually forgot, I think San Diego.

How does Kev say it?  Oh, yeah...





:D

i'll paste together a master spreadsheet this weekend and then send it out to everyone (weekly i hope) so we can track results in real time.

I'll give you one guess. 8) ;D

Like anyone would need to guess.

My point. ;)

of course it is.  :D

Raiders? [sm_devil]

Nope, next batter. ;)