Fame or Shame - Super Bowl

It is Super Bowl weekend
Scratch that
It's Super Sunday and the big game is here which leads us to the last game of the year to decide who goes home with the money and who is left with egg on their face.


In what might be a horribly anticlimactic finish nearly everyone near the top is choosing the Patriots.
One lone stand out in Craig O (who is in 4th place) is choosing the Seahawks.

Will the Seahawks have what it takes to propel Craig O from a 4th place - You get your money back and thanks for playing, try again next year this is the boobie prize - to 1st place or will the Seahawks doom him to dropping out of the top 4 allowing Craig T (who smartly chose the Pats to win) to move up and take that money instead.

Either way it looks like Craig is in the money - it is just a matter of what type of payout he can be looking for.


So, since the Pats is so top heavy here are Craig's Scenarios towards a better payout.

Craig O is 38 points out of 1st place
If the Seahawks win by 14 Points there is a Tie for 1st place at 445 points
Having not prepared for this tie before the season (my first time running it and no one brought up the scenario to me earlier - then the only fair way to payout would to be splitting the total of 1st and 2nd place money between the two teams).

If the Seahawks win by by 7 points Craig O would claim 2nd place overtaking Nick by the score of 438 to 435

And, as long as the Seahawks win by at least 1 Craig O moves up to 3rd place over taking Mauri since only one point separates them at this point.


Let's Get It ON!!!!



If I missed your pick let me know

	Super Bowl	Total
Serge	Patriots	459
Nick G	Patriots	442
Mauri	Patriots	422
Craig O	Seahawks	421
Craig T	Patriots	383
Stephanie	Patriots	378
Joe G	Patriots	321
Steph T	Seahawks	319
Jake	Seahawks	291
Randy	Seahawks	290
Sergio	Seahawks	281
Bill R	Patriots	262
Bosko	Patriots	256
Jason R		250
Old Man	Seahawks	245
Claudia	Patriots	237
Rob L	Seahawks	226
Mike T		173
Spank		157

Fame or Shame Championship Week Results

Another week in the books and another week where the top teams agree'd on who was going to do the butt kicking.
The biggest amount of pain was caused by everyone going for the Colts praying for a big upset to get themselves back into contention.

The games have not gotten easier to pick as the Playoffs roll on and now we come to one final game.  We have 4 payouts, who is going to pick who.

I will have my pick locked in on Weds or Thursday (feel free to get your picks to me after that) and I will communicate it to a couple of the people who are no longer relevant in this whole competition.
Superbowl is your last chance and last years Superbowl taught us that miracles can happen, but I'm honestly not seeing a blowout again.

For Shits and Giggles
If last years blow out fest were to happen again with the top team picking the loser then there would be an 80 point swing.
If the stars aligned properly and the top 4 people picked the Loser and #5 picked the winner then #5 could be propelled to 1st place.

So here is where we all stand.  80 point swings are unlikely but they were just as unlikely last year and still happened.  Some of you still have a chance to hit the money and some of you are just fighting to make it look like you didn't suck as bad as you actually did at picking these games.
After the Super Bowl results I plan on creating a separate website for this "league" and putting people's records and our inaugural winner.

Next year I will have this more streamlined and will find a free app that everyone can use to make their picks so that we don't have to rely on texting and emailing.  I will only have to update by hand for the point scores.  And hopefully we can grow a little.

Championship	Score	Points	Total
Patriots	W45-7	48	459	Serge
Patriots	W45-7	48	442	Nick G
Patriots	W45-7	48	422	Mauri
Patriots	W45-7	48	421	Craig O
Seahawks	W28-22	16	383	Craig T
Patriots	W45-7	48	378	Stephanie
Packers	L22-28	(6)	321	Joe G
Seahawks	W28-22	16	319	Steph T
Colts	L7-45	(38)	291	Jake
Colts	L7-45	(38)	290	Randy
Colts	L7-45	(38)	281	Sergio
Colts	L7-45	(38)	262	Bill R
Colts	L7-45	(38)	256	Bosko
Seahawks	W28-22	16	250	Jason R
Seahawks	W28-22	16	245	Old Man
Patriots	W45-7	48	237	Claudia
Packers	L22-28	(6)	226	Rob L

Fame or Shame - Championship Round

We are two weeks away from seeing who the men were and who the boys are.
There are a lot of teams that need some upsets to go there way to get into the money and their picks reflect that desperation.

Some people gave up on picking because it just doesn't feel worth it when you are 200 points out of the money - you poor worthless souls.

Serge	Patriots
Nick G	Patriots
Mauri	Patriots
Craig O
Craig T
Stephanie
Jake	Colts
Randy	Colts
Joe G
Sergio	Colts
Steph T
Bill R
Bosko	Colts
Jason R	Seahawks
Rob L	Packers
Old Man
Claudia	Patriots
Mike T
Spank
Carnell
Bill M
Jason D
Tony V

Craig O took the pats

Craig t took the seahawks

Stephanie took the pats

Steph t took the seahawks

Old man took the seahawks

Bill r took the colts

5 of the top six are on the pats. Only a big seattle win can shake things up with a lesser pats win or a loss...

Let me know if i missed you. 

Fame or Shame - Divisional Round

Just as an FYI I will have info updated later today.
I have the picks but between everyone being horribly sick, me working inventory last week and the house being in terrible disarray because we just had laminate put in all the bedrooms and my computer is somewhere in the pile of stuff that was moved but not located yet.

Once the computer is found I'll get the update.

Seattle was picked by almost the entire top six. Colts had one pick.


EDIT
I've looked at my emails and text messages and didn't find a pick for Bill, Sergio or Mike T - if you sent me something and want to point it out to me then feel free to do that.

As I said above, this past week and this weekend have been utter hell.

There are two weeks worth of games left and the points are tight for the money spots, however last year was proof that anything could happen.
This next week is pretty tough.
Seahawks vs the Packers - Can the pack escape the Seahawk defense?
Patriots vs the Colts - two offensive teams looking for a shootout!

Divisional	Score	Points	Total
Seahawks	W31-17	24	411	Serge
Seahawks	W31-17	24	394	Nick G
Seahawks	W31-17	24	374	Mauri
Seahawks	W31-17	24	373	Craig O
Seahawks	W31-17	24	367	Craig T
Seahawks	W31-17	24	330	Stephanie
Colts	W24-13	21	329	Jake
Patriots	W35-31	14	328	Randy
Patriots	W35-31	14	327	Joe G
			319	Sergio
Patriots	W35-31	14	303	Steph T
			300	Bill R
Patriots	W35-31	14	294	Bosko
Broncos	L13-24	(11)	234	Jason R
Packers	W26-21	15	232	Rob L
Seahawks	W31-17	24	229	Old Man
Seahawks	W31-17	24	189	Claudia
			173	Mike T
Cowboys	L21-26	(5)	157	Spank

Fame or Shame - Wild Card Results

The Playoffs are where the men become men and the boys choose the Steelers or Lions.
If you picked the Colts, congrats - You made the best call.
Unfortunately, the only people who picked the Colts were people near the bottom who really needed a huge blowout - but thems da breaks right?

The Biggest disappointment of the weekend was the Steelers.

Next week we are down to 4 games to choose from.

The Patriots vs The Ravens
The Broncos vs The Colts

The Seahawks vs The Panthers
The Packers vs The Cowboys


Good Luck and Get those picks to me before Saturday's Games Begin.

Cowboys	W24-20	14	387	Serge
Cowboys	W24-20	14	370	Nick G
Cowboys	W24-20	14	350	Mauri
Steelers	L17-30	(13)	349	Craig O
Steelers	L17-30	(13)	343	Craig T
Ravens	W30-17	23	319	Sergio
Panthers	W27-16	21	314	Randy
Cowboys	W24-20	14	313	Joe G
Steelers	L17-30	(13)	308	Jake
Panthers	W27-16	21	306	Stephanie
Cowboys	W24-20	14	300	Bill R
Cowboys	W24-20	14	289	Steph T
Lions	L20-24	(4)	280	Bosko
Cowboys	W24-20	14	245	Jason R
Colts	W26-10	26	217	Rob L
Steelers	L17-30	(13)	205	Old Man
Colts	W26-10	26	173	Mike T
Steelers	L17-30	(13)	165	Claudia
Colts	W26-10	26	162	Spank

Fame or Shame Wild Card Round

I didn't get this posted yesterday because I was lazy and drinking, but here it is a day late.


Now I'm depressed after watching the Steelers lose and in horrible fashion.
I'm going to pretend to watch the games today while rooting for the Cowboys with my son who has the bad taste to be a 'Boys fan.

373	Serge	Cowboys
362	Craig O	Steelers
356	Nick G	Cowboys
356	Craig T	Steelers
336	Mauri	Cowboys
321	Jake	Steelers
299	Joe G	Cowboys
296	Sergio	Ravens
293	Randy	Panthers
286	Bill R	Cowboys
285	Stephanie	Panthers
284	Bosko	Lions
275	Steph T	Cowboys
231	Jason R	Cowboys
218	Old Man	Steelers
191	Rob L	Colts
178	Claudia	Steelers
147	Mike T	Colts
136	Spank	Colts