Time for the Hail Mary

Baltimore
Atlanta

Ridiculous. Two for eight.

Pats
Niners

AFC/NFC Championship games
 

Great games so far...some good, some not so much.

Niners
Patriots

San Francisco
Baltimore

Thanks Frank

Well out of it, but too much fun!

San Francisco 49ers
New England Patriots

Thanks again Frank.

San Francisco 49ers
New England Patriots

I have sucked so far, so I'm going with a different strategy: the opposite of whatever Barry selects :)

Atlanta
Baltimore

That's a winning strategy Scott!:)

Still in it, kinda...

Baltimore
Atlanta

For the record, I'd be bored to tears with that Super Bowl.

Rich

Picks this week:

Atlanta
New England


Thanks

Falcons & patriots

I missed the entry window before wild card weekend.. But can safely say I'd have at least picked Niners this past weekend.

Go Niners!!

For what it's worth (nothing)
Niners v Pats in SB.. Niners win convincingly.

This ain't random...
 

Flipping a coin would have been more accurate for the first two weeks but I've come up with the other tried and true strategy for the 3rd round...a blindfolded dart throw!:D
I came up with these :

• 49ers
• Patriots
• A small hole in the curtain

San Francisco
New England

San Francisco
New England

SF
NE

Joe

All-Bird Super Bowl
 

Ravens v. Falcons

Atlanta
Baltimore
:D:D:D

49ers
Patriots

Thanks

Patriots
Falcons

49ers
Baltimore

Please let us know which 3 49ers will not be playing this weekend. People may want to change their pick to Atlanta.;)

Never could type very well. Hope I can pick better:D

Pats
Niners

Better than a Coin Toss
 

Pats
Niners

I'm out of the running, but I'll keep guessing:
ATL
BAL

"WE are the 42% !!!!!!!!!"


Atl.
NE

When you consider some of the games have had clear favorites, 58.03% isn't that fabulous. It could mean we all get the easy ones but keep picking the tossup games wrong. Just putting a different spin on things. I'm probably reflecting on my own poor record.:(

Patriots
49ers

My Picks
 

49ers
Ravens

niners
ravens:)

Atlanta
New England

Conference Final Picks
 

Conference Final Picks:

San Francisco
New England

Thanks,
Rick.

I'm going with the Harbaugh Bowl!

49ers
Ravens

I AGREE!!!

This is what I Picking & I Hope it Happens... Grand Story to Boot ;)

49ers
Ravens

24 hour warning give or take
 

Just a bump to remind you.

There are still 4 people within 3 points of the leader who have not checked in.

San Francisco
New England

Baltimore and San Francisco

Atlanta

New England

Not that it matters but 49ers and Pats.

Going with ...

Falcons
Ravens

I'll keep playing even though I am done. 4-0 Week 1 to 0-4 Last Week:confused:

SF
Baltimore

Niners and Ravens. Ray Lewis going out in a blaze of glory!

Best,

Andy

Falcons
Patriots

Pre game post
 

Only three members, who have even a very remote chance of winning, have not checked in yet.

The four members tied for second with 10 points currently have the field covered with the four different permutations for today's games.

Therefore someone will have 16 points tonight.

Therefore if you have 10 points or less on this evening's scoreboard, you do not need to enter the Super Bowl tiebreaker total points pool.

It is possible that the 11 point threshold for the tiebreaker entry will increase to 12.

For the tiebreaker, so that it is truly a tiebreaker, everyone who picks Team A must select a different number of points and likewise for Team B, although one entry for each team may have the same number of total points.

The tiebreaker point totals will be recorded on a first come, first serve basis.
If you qualify for the tiebreaker, please enter you total point guess at the same time as your Super Bowl pick. For example SF 47 or ATL 56.

The total point guess closest to the actual total points will win the tiebreaker, if the tiebreaker is even needed. If there is a tiebreaker tie for example with one guess 1 point over and one guess 1 point under, the under guess will be the winner (by executive order).

Duplicate entries will be awarded to the person who posts first. Tiebreaker entries for those who have no chance of winning will be ignored.

If there are only few duplicate tie breaker entries, I will try to notify you before the Super Bowl, and you will be allowed to change your point total guess one time only. All other tie breaker entries are final and may not be changed after posting. This will help me keep track of things. I will make the upper portion of tonight's list bold for those members who need to enter a tiebreaker guess for total points.

I think this covers everything relevant to the tie breaker procedure and the rules governing it.

One final note - If SF and BAL win today, you may not pick HARBAUGH to win the Super Bowl.

Not to spoil the party but....if there are at least two players ahead of you after today's games, and each picks a different team to win the Superbowl, everyone below them is officially eliminated. Sad but true.

Yeppers. I picked what I thought was the oddball matchup, that would give me the best chance to make a move. Suddenly the Harbaugh bowl seems like the hot pick. And I think I'm pretty much out of running no matter what at this point..

One game to Go - The Har Bowl
 

Sunday Night Standings

16 T206BrownHindu
14 D. Broughman
14 nolemmings
14 AndyG09
14 boysblue
14 Big Ben
14 bigred1
13 novakir
13 RGold
13 Bill Stone
12 irishdenny
11 ChiSoxFan
11 talkinbaseball
11 glchen
11 RicksRookies
10 frankbmd
10 pgellis
10 Wahoowa
10 SushiX37
10 pariah1107
10 jcmtiger
10 ChrisH
10 peterose4hof
10 rickybulldog50
10 freakhappy
10 Buythatcard
9 Jason
9 x2drich2000
9 Paul S
8 cardboardbliss
8 Jlighter
8 barrysloate
8 wolf441
8 familytoad
8 EvilKing00
8 old13man
8 gashousegang
7 Runscott
7 veloce
7 iwantitiwinit
7 pawpawdiv9
7 Pat R
6 drmondobueno
6 AndrewJerome
6 mybuddyinc
6 BleedinBlue
5 GoldenAge50s
5 jimivintage
4 cobb1969
3 itjclarke
3 tiger8mush
3 esd10
2 chris6net
2 Mikehealer
2 Danny Smith
2 perezfan
2 shelly
2 oldjudge
2 t206hound
2 npa589
0 Eric72

Safe to assume that at least one of the 14s, if not all, will differ from T206BrownHindu, our leader with 16, in their final game pick, therefore only if you have fourteen points now are you requested to enter the tie breaker and predict the total points scored in the Super Bowl.

Dr. Monster Number,

I will take the opposite of T206BrownHindu and my total points is 42.

San Francisco.

Best,

Andy

I won't make people wait on my pick, it will be the...

Baltimore Ravens

I didn't wager one dime this postseason...and I end up going 9-1 so far and would have probably won all of them against the spread, too!

With 2 different picks with people ahead of me, I'm already out now, so F*** it, I'm going for 2nd place. So I'll follow you. My pick is Baltimore. Even though I'm at 13, and points won't mean anything, I'll be a rebel and throw some points out anyway. 47

49ers

48 points

Niners win #6!

I can't win and I don't care!

I'm already tired of "the Harbowl".

Heard on TV tonite---Next week the Pro Bowl, week after that the Bro Bowl


'Frisco to "roll like the Tide"----38-13

All-in-all an excellent NFL, and Net54 post-season. Very well done by Frank. Thanks again.

Ravens in the Super Bowl

Kansas City

Thanks Frank --this has been fun ---out of the running but will pick San Francisco just for fun.

Baltimore.

Why not?

49ers 51pts Thanks Frank!

thanks, Frank
 

I'm out of it, but i'm going with Baltimore.
They beat up the Patriots.


talkinbaseball


john d. guzze

I have been out of it since week 1, but what the hey...

Ravens. Who have beat ALL the pretenders, making me a believer...

44 (for the fun of it)

Guess in order to try to win will take 49ers and 54 points

well, i will go niners and 45 points. thanks for organizing--it was fun. :)

I'll take the niners.

Like it matters. :(

Baltimore

Ravens
 

Baltimore Ravens

Out of the running but I'll take Baltimore just for fun.

San Francisco
16 points :D:D:D

Gotta go with Baltimore on SB

Super Bowl Pick
 

Super Bowl Pick:

San Francisco (team)
44 points (total scoring)

Pretty sure im eliminated already but still shooting for as many correct as i can! This was a lot of fun; thanks Frank and everyone!

Rick.

Clarification of Tiebreaker Status
 

Only 6 participants need to enter the tiebreaker and they know who they are.

The following guesses for the tiebreaker have been entered:

51
42
45
48
54

One of the six has not entered a guess as yet, but assures me that he will.

Any number other than those five will be considered valid.

Members who have submitted tiebreaker guesses, but who are not qualified for the tiebreaker, are being held in an undisclosed location pending relocation to a more secure undisclosed location. All of their tiebreaker guesses are considered invalid and will be dealt with according to the unpublished punitive rules of this contest.

Your friendly pool administrator, Frank

PS # 1 - The halftime reveal on the "54" thread is still in play and Beyonce has agreed to lip sync during that post.;)

PS # 2 - Yogi cannot read or is defiant. He will be apprehended. See post # 233

49ers - 37 total pts. Actual score 49ers 31 ravens 6 book it

Hi Frank
 

San Francisco 40 pts

Might as well keep playing.........

San Francisco - 44 Pts.

Damn. There went my strategy. I apologize for posting a point total when I was "technically" out of it. But in reality, there was a slight chance that those of us at 13 could still win. Which I will now explain.

The leader chimed in with Baltimore, and everyone at 14 took the cue and went with SF(as expected). However, the possibility remained that the leader could change his choice to SF, and have it somehow go unnoticed. Thus at 13, we could've been the only ones with Balt as a choice.

Anyways, given how this game is looking. I'd be happy to finish in 2nd place:D Although, as a Browns fan, not happy that Baltimore will probably win again.:(

Lights Out for SF
 

I know that the fat lady hasn't sung yet, just Beyonce, but it's not looking good for a SF tiebreaker finish to the pool. Interesting that the lights are out on the San Francisco side of the field.:D

And then there were two
 

T206BrownHindu 28
bigred1 23

All others cannot win.

Congratulations T206BrownHindu
 

21 T206BrownHindu
18 novakir
18 Bill Stone
16 talkinbaseball
16 glchen
15 pariah1107
14 D. Broughman
14 nolemmings
14 AndyG09
14 boysblue
14 Big Ben
14 bigred1
13 cardboardbliss
13 barrysloate
13 RGold
12 pawpawdiv9
12 irishdenny
11 drmondobueno
11 AndrewJerome
11 RicksRookies
11 ChiSoxFan
10 frankbmd
10 pgellis
10 Wahoowa
10 SushiX37
10 jcmtiger
10 ChrisH
10 peterose4hof
10 rickybulldog50
10 freakhappy
10 Buythatcard
9 Jason
9 x2drich2000
9 Paul S
8 Jlighter
8 wolf441
8 familytoad
8 EvilKing00
8 old13man
8 gashousegang
7 iwantitiwinit
7 Runscott
7 veloce
7 Pat R
6 mybuddyinc
6 BleedinBlue
5 GoldenAge50s
5 jimivintage
4 cobb1969
3 itjclarke
3 tiger8mush
3 esd10
2 chris6net
2 Mikehealer
2 Danny Smith
2 perezfan
2 shelly
2 oldjudge
2 t206hound
2 npa589
0 Texxxx
0 Eric72

Thanks Frank
 

Frank,
Thanks for doing this, it was fun! Figures the team I win with is my least favorite (I am a big Steelers fan).

Mark