NFL Playoff Game - Page 2

Lady Ravyn · 01-17-2006, 12:38 PM

go carolina!

i don't think they'll make it against the seahawks, tho.

i really hope i'm wrong. never liked football, but my boyfriend got me into it. so now i like buffalo and carolina. buffalo stunk, but it's cool that the first year i'm into it, one of my teams makes it to the playoffs! it'd be AWESOME if carolina made it to the superbowl!

Insidious Rex · 01-19-2006, 05:10 PM

all right... im leaning toward Pittsburgh and Seattle. But Im really iffy about the Seattle pick. I may be back to hedge my bets before Sunday morning...

Insidious Rex · 01-23-2006, 02:23 PM

Well lucky I didnt hedge my bets!

8-2 baby!

Ok Im going with Pittsburgh in the Super Bowl.

rohirrim TR · 01-23-2006, 03:34 PM

the first time in NFL history that the words Seattle seahawks and super bowl can be used in the same sentence. GO SEAHAWKS!

brownjenkins · 01-23-2006, 03:49 PM

0-2, so much for me... that said, i'll pick the seahawks to win anyway... i can't imagine bill cowher not making some crazy decision that blows the game for the steelers, but he hasn't so far, so who knows?

Curubethion · 01-24-2006, 11:49 PM

brownjenkins (4-6): Denver, Carolina OUT
Insidious Rex (8-2

): Seattle, Pittsburgh
Next matchup: Super Bowl XL!
Pittsburgh (6) vs. Seattle (1)
Rex, you should go pro.

(BTW...any takers for a similar game for Baseball Playoffs...or NFL regular season next year?)

Count Comfect · 01-24-2006, 11:53 PM

I'd be up for a similar game like that.

GO 'HAWKS.

Insidious Rex · 01-25-2006, 02:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Curubethion

(BTW...any takers for a similar game for Baseball Playoffs...or NFL regular season next year?)

Sure but how about The NCAA Tournament coming up in March. Thats easily the best sporting event on earth for picking games. I tried it here once several years ago but people seemed clueless or utterly indifferent. Maybe if we start recruiting now...

And by the way HOW BOUT THEM HOYAS OVER DUKE!! Massive! Just massive...

Curubethion · 01-29-2006, 02:07 PM

Sounds like a good plan to me. Any ideas for more complex rules? Maybe no elimination, instead compare records at the end of playoffs?

I'll be here with updates after the game...

Curubethion · 02-05-2006, 05:08 PM

Here we go...Rex, are you ready? Let's see if it's 9-2!

Curubethion · 02-06-2006, 08:19 PM

Well, it looks like it is Rex 9-2! Here's the official rankings:

Insidious Rex (9-2)
brownjenkins (4-6)
Rian (4-4)
Count Comfect (3-5)
Me (3-5)

Hey thanks everyone for playing! I'll revive this thread next year!
So, who's up for a little March Madness game?

Insidious Rex · 02-07-2006, 02:17 PM

Well its always how it works. The pools I dont bet anything on I do great. The ones where I bet money I lose. Its nice to go 9-2 but I blew $20 on one of those quarter games where you pick squares and get assigned random numbers to finish off each quarter with. Got shut out. Its one of those games the secretaries always win....

As far as the NCAA Tourney, how I usually do it is have people pick out the entire tournament and a final point total in the final game. First round is worth 1 point and it doubles every round after that. Its best to weight wins that are upsets but that gets a little more complicated.

The trouble is someone has to track all this. With the football playoffs theres not much to track really. With the tournament its a job. But Id do that if people really wanted to play. The other problem is people are much more clueless about the NCAA Tournament then with the NFL. They know very little about college basketball. But geez thats the fun of it! Picking teams and just seeing what happens. Thats the beauty of the tournament. Its hardly ever the sports genius who wins that thing... I tried doing it here several years back but got very few interested parties. Perhaps if we start promoting it NOW well have more then one or two.

Curubethion · 02-11-2006, 09:38 PM

Well...if enough people were interested, I could keep track of it all with an Excel spreadsheet. Wouldn't be too hard.

Insidious Rex · 02-13-2006, 04:22 PM

Sounds good. Should start a thread at least a week or so out from selection sunday so people be more exposed to it. It can be intimidating if you just slap a bracket sheet on someone.

01-17-2006, 12:38 PM	#21
Lady Ravyn Thief Queen of Entmoot Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: oh, I just wander around, aimlessly... Posts: 1,060	go carolina! i don't think they'll make it against the seahawks, tho. i really hope i'm wrong. never liked football, but my boyfriend got me into it. so now i like buffalo and carolina. buffalo stunk, but it's cool that the first year i'm into it, one of my teams makes it to the playoffs! it'd be AWESOME if carolina made it to the superbowl! __________________ smooch Proud Member of the Evil Mooters and upstanding citizen of the Planet Bob! And all you touch and all you see is all your life will ever be... My Space! Cynicism is what happens when a person opens their eyes; stops blinking in the sun, and starts wondering "why". Question everything, believe only that which you yourself deem true. Go ahead- Call me cynical.

01-19-2006, 05:10 PM	#22
Insidious Rex Quasi Evil Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Maryland, US Posts: 4,634	all right... im leaning toward Pittsburgh and Seattle. But Im really iffy about the Seattle pick. I may be back to hedge my bets before Sunday morning... __________________ "People's political beliefs don't stem from the factual information they've acquired. Far more the facts people choose to believe are the product of their political beliefs." "Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere."

01-23-2006, 02:23 PM	#23
Insidious Rex Quasi Evil Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Maryland, US Posts: 4,634	Well lucky I didnt hedge my bets! 8-2 baby! Ok Im going with Pittsburgh in the Super Bowl. __________________ "People's political beliefs don't stem from the factual information they've acquired. Far more the facts people choose to believe are the product of their political beliefs." "Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere."

01-23-2006, 03:49 PM	#25
brownjenkins Advocatus Diaboli Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Reality Posts: 3,767	0-2, so much for me... that said, i'll pick the seahawks to win anyway... i can't imagine bill cowher not making some crazy decision that blows the game for the steelers, but he hasn't so far, so who knows? __________________ Your reality, sir, is lies and balderdash and I'm delighted to say that I have no grasp of it whatsoever.

01-24-2006, 11:49 PM	#26
Curubethion Fenway Ranger, Lord of Red Sox Nation Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: College! Posts: 1,976	brownjenkins (4-6): Denver, Carolina OUT Insidious Rex (8-2 ): Seattle, Pittsburgh Next matchup: Super Bowl XL! Pittsburgh (6) vs. Seattle (1) Rex, you should go pro. (BTW...any takers for a similar game for Baseball Playoffs...or NFL regular season next year?) __________________ Adventure...betrayal...heroism... Atharon: where heroes are born. My wife once said to me—when I'd been writing for ten or fifteen years—that I could always go back to being a nuclear engineer. And I said to her, 'Harriet, would you let someone who quit his job to go write fantasy anywhere near your nuclear reactor? I wouldn't!' (Robert Jordan)

01-24-2006, 11:53 PM	#27
Count Comfect Word Santa Claus Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Chicago, IL Posts: 2,922	I'd be up for a similar game like that. GO 'HAWKS. __________________ Sufficient to have stood, yet free to fall.

01-29-2006, 02:07 PM	#29
Curubethion Fenway Ranger, Lord of Red Sox Nation Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: College! Posts: 1,976	Sounds like a good plan to me. Any ideas for more complex rules? Maybe no elimination, instead compare records at the end of playoffs? I'll be here with updates after the game... __________________ Adventure...betrayal...heroism... Atharon: where heroes are born. My wife once said to me—when I'd been writing for ten or fifteen years—that I could always go back to being a nuclear engineer. And I said to her, 'Harriet, would you let someone who quit his job to go write fantasy anywhere near your nuclear reactor? I wouldn't!' (Robert Jordan)

02-05-2006, 05:08 PM	#30
Curubethion Fenway Ranger, Lord of Red Sox Nation Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: College! Posts: 1,976	Here we go...Rex, are you ready? Let's see if it's 9-2! __________________ Adventure...betrayal...heroism... Atharon: where heroes are born. My wife once said to me—when I'd been writing for ten or fifteen years—that I could always go back to being a nuclear engineer. And I said to her, 'Harriet, would you let someone who quit his job to go write fantasy anywhere near your nuclear reactor? I wouldn't!' (Robert Jordan)

02-06-2006, 08:19 PM	#31
Curubethion Fenway Ranger, Lord of Red Sox Nation Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: College! Posts: 1,976	Well, it looks like it is Rex 9-2! Here's the official rankings: Insidious Rex (9-2) brownjenkins (4-6) Rian (4-4) Count Comfect (3-5) Me (3-5) Hey thanks everyone for playing! I'll revive this thread next year! So, who's up for a little March Madness game? __________________ Adventure...betrayal...heroism... Atharon: where heroes are born. My wife once said to me—when I'd been writing for ten or fifteen years—that I could always go back to being a nuclear engineer. And I said to her, 'Harriet, would you let someone who quit his job to go write fantasy anywhere near your nuclear reactor? I wouldn't!' (Robert Jordan)

02-07-2006, 02:17 PM	#32
Insidious Rex Quasi Evil Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Maryland, US Posts: 4,634	Well its always how it works. The pools I dont bet anything on I do great. The ones where I bet money I lose. Its nice to go 9-2 but I blew $20 on one of those quarter games where you pick squares and get assigned random numbers to finish off each quarter with. Got shut out. Its one of those games the secretaries always win.... As far as the NCAA Tourney, how I usually do it is have people pick out the entire tournament and a final point total in the final game. First round is worth 1 point and it doubles every round after that. Its best to weight wins that are upsets but that gets a little more complicated. The trouble is someone has to track all this. With the football playoffs theres not much to track really. With the tournament its a job. But Id do that if people really wanted to play. The other problem is people are much more clueless about the NCAA Tournament then with the NFL. They know very little about college basketball. But geez thats the fun of it! Picking teams and just seeing what happens. Thats the beauty of the tournament. Its hardly ever the sports genius who wins that thing... I tried doing it here several years back but got very few interested parties. Perhaps if we start promoting it NOW well have more then one or two. __________________ "People's political beliefs don't stem from the factual information they've acquired. Far more the facts people choose to believe are the product of their political beliefs." "Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere."

02-11-2006, 09:38 PM	#33
Curubethion Fenway Ranger, Lord of Red Sox Nation Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: College! Posts: 1,976	Well...if enough people were interested, I could keep track of it all with an Excel spreadsheet. Wouldn't be too hard. __________________ Adventure...betrayal...heroism... Atharon: where heroes are born. My wife once said to me—when I'd been writing for ten or fifteen years—that I could always go back to being a nuclear engineer. And I said to her, 'Harriet, would you let someone who quit his job to go write fantasy anywhere near your nuclear reactor? I wouldn't!' (Robert Jordan)

02-13-2006, 04:22 PM	#34
Insidious Rex Quasi Evil Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Maryland, US Posts: 4,634	Sounds good. Should start a thread at least a week or so out from selection sunday so people be more exposed to it. It can be intimidating if you just slap a bracket sheet on someone. __________________ "People's political beliefs don't stem from the factual information they've acquired. Far more the facts people choose to believe are the product of their political beliefs." "Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere."

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