O/T - 4th Annual Net54 Football Playoff Pool
 

With the season ending this evening, it's time for our annual Net54 playoff pool. Tim C. organized it the first two years, and I took over last year. It would be nice if somebody else did it this time, and I'm looking for a volunteer, but if nobody steps forward I guess I can do it again. The rules are pretty simple:

1) All picks must be in one hour before the kickoff of that weekend's first game.
2) Each wild card game is worth 1 point
3) Each conference semi-final is worth 2 points
4) Each conference final is worth 3 points
5) The Superbowl is worth 5 points

Whoever gets the most points will win a beautiful never-been-worn Net54 T-shirt, compliments of Leon. Thanks Leon for providing the prize!:)

Once the last game is played tonight (Dallas-Washington) you can start posting your picks. Everybody is welcome to play. And hopefully we'll find a volunteer to keep a spreadsheet and post the standings each week. If nobody speaks up by say Wednesday night, I'll do it again this year.

Looks like we have a volunteer to run the pool this year. Thanks Frank! I'll list my picks this morning after I've had a little time to digest the pairings. Good luck to all!

Let's get the tournament started:

Houston
Indianapolis
Green Bay
Seattle

New NFL Playoff Pool Czar Named
 

Hi Guys,

The spreadsheet is ready for data entry. I can only accept the first 8000 entries.:D.

Just list the your picks for all 4 Wild card games before 3:30 PM EST on Saturday for the first round.

Cincinnati at Houston
Minnesota at Green Bay
Indianapolis at Baltimore
Seattle at Washington

I will kick things off with my picks to get things started.

Houston
Green Bay
Indianapolis
Washington

For Reference:

WILD CARD ROUND

MIN (6) at GB (3)
SEA (5) at WAS (4)
CIN (6) at HOU (3)
IND (5) at BAL (4)

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my picks:
GB
SEA
CIN
IND

Last year I donated a small football trophy to the winner with their name engraved on it. See link below:

http://www.net54baseball.com/showthr...t=playoff+pool

I would like to donate another trophy this year to the winner.

And here are my picks:

HOU
GB
SEA
BAL



Phil

Thanks for the trophy donation, Phil.

To win it, I guess someone will have to pick GB 4 times.:D:D:D

Forgot about the trophy from last year. Thanks Phil.

Here are my picks for the wild card games:

Green Bay
Seattle
Houston
Baltimore

Green Bay
Houston
Washington
Baltimore

Green Bay
Seattle
Indianapolis
Houston

here's my picks
 

talkinbaseball, John D. Guzze

Houston
Packers
Colts
Redskins


thanks,
john

Cincy
Green Bay
Washington
Baltimore
Thanks Chris N

Cincy
Green Bay
Seattle
Baltimore

Cincinnati
Green Bay
Washington
Baltimore

The Czar has a new rule
 

With a possible total of only 23 points available in this competition, the likelihood of a tie seems to be more than a remote possibility, especially if we get 8000 entries :D.

I am therefore proposing an over/under tie breaker for the Super Bowl Round only. This will apply only to those with a chance of tying for the title at that point. I expect a rousing "Great idea! Frank" from the minions, and from Phil so that only one trophy will be needed.;)

Last year's tournament was won by Jeff "Ibuysportsephemera" (I don't think it's even his real last name) who amassed an amazing 22 points. He missed one wild card game and then swept the rest.

I still suspect he found a way to get the results before the games were played! And I don't believe we've had a tie yet, but it could happen.

Yeah, I think for the Super Bowl, we pick total points as a tie-breaker.

houston
green bay
baltimore
seattle

Houston
Green Bay
Indy
Washington

Here are the answers:

Cincinnati
Green Bay
Indianapolis
Seattle

Houston
Minnesota
Baltimore
Washington

Ya'll know my (lack of) interest level in current pro sports but I will almost always help board members have fun on the board. That being said I took the liberty of moving this from the water-cooler section to the front page. Good luck everyone....

Cincy
Minnesota
Indy
Seattle

Green Bay
Seattle
Baltimore
Houston

Thanks
DJ

Cincy
GB
Baltimore
Skins

My picks:

Houston
Green Bay
Indianapolis
Seattle

Jimi

My picks:

Cincinnati
Green Bay
Indianapolis
Seattle

Go Seahawks!

Green Bay
Seattle
Houston
Baltimore

Go Hawks
 

Seattle
Vikings
Colts
Bengals

All road teams... I have a feeling!!!

Green Bay
Seattle
Houston
Baltimore

Here are my picks. I hate taking 3 road teams, but will stick with...

Cincy
Green Bay
Indy
Seattle

Lots of parity this year, IMHO

Thanks for putting this together again fellas.

Pack
Skins
Texans
Colts

Best,

Andy

Thanks for running the pool Frank!!

My picks:

Cincinnati
Green Bay
Baltimore
Seattle

GB
Houston
Baltimore
Seattle

Httr
 

Houston
Minnesota
Baltimore
Washington

Sounds like fun! Here are my picks.

Houston
Baltimore
Green Bay
Washington

Good luck everyone!

bengals

colts

packers

sea hawks

Houston
Baltimore
Green Bay
Seattle

thanks for doing this frank.

houston
baltimore
washington
minnesota

With me being a Lions fan, this could be a mess!!!!:rolleyes:

Cincinnatti
Green Bay
Indianapolis
Washington

Joe

Just throw me in with all the "Favs" gang :o :

Hou.
GB
Balt.
Sea.

bengals vs texans winner-bengals, vicking vs packers winner-packers, colts vs ravens winner-ravens, seahawks vs redskins winner-seahawks

Houston
Green Bay
Indianapolis
Washington

Houston
Green Bay
Baltimore
Seattle

My Picks ...
 

Houston
Green Bay
Baltimore
Seattle

Thanks,
ChiSoxFan

Here are my picks, thanks for running this:

Houston
Green Bay
Baltimore
Seattle

Thanks,
Mark

Sounds like fun!

Houston
Minnesota
Baltimore
Washington

Cincinnati vs Houston
Minnesota vs Green Bay
Indianapolis vs Baltimore
Seattle vs Washington

My picks are:

Houston
Minnesota
Baltimore
Seattle

Thanks!

I've got,

Houston
Minnesota
Baltimore
Seattle

Houston
Green Bay
Baltimore
Seattle

Green Bay
Houston
Baltimore
Washington

Thanks!

And the winners are...
 

Green Bay
Seattle
Cincinnati
Indianapolis

My Picks
 

Cincinnati
Green Bay
Indianapolis (going to the game in my Colts Luck jersey I had made week 10 of last season!)
Seattle

Thanks Barry and Frank

Houston
GB
Baltimore
Washington

cincy
green bay
baltimore
washington

Houston
Green Bay
Baltimore
Seattle

Last year I missed the opening round and had to play catch-up the rest of the way! (--and I didn't, by the way)

Let's start this year w/ some points!

Going w/:

Cincy to top Houston &
Green Bay at home
Indy to spoil Ray Lewis last game and
RGIII (Wash) to send Seattle on a long plane ride home.

Going contrarian here...let's go long shots!
 

CIN over HOU
MIN over GB
IND over BAL
WAS over SEA

Thanks for taking on the role of, "Czar," Frank. It is greatly appreciated.

Best Regards,

Eric

W
 

Dr Frank,
Here are the 4 winning teams:

Cincinnati
Green Bay
Baltimore
Seattle

Thanks for writing down the 4 W's for me ;)

Vikings
Texans
SeaHawks
Ravens

Wildcard Picks
 

Wildcard Picks:
Houston
Green Bay
Baltimore
Seattle

Picks...
 

Bengals
Packers
Ravens
Seahawks

Thanks for running this pool!

Cincinnati
Green Bay
Indianapolis
Seattle

I am Surprised... that so many of you guys Like my Colts ;)

It's the Luck of the Colts!:)

Playoff Pool Update
 

8 hours to go until the contest closes to first round entries at 3:30 EST.

Only 11 out of 16 permutations of possible outcomes have been selected. Therefore it is possible that none of the 55 entrants so far will get four points in the first round.:D

Net 54 favorites are HOUSTON, GREEN BAY, BALTIMORE & SEATTLE, a combination favored by 14 entrants.

Let's get ready to rumble.

Like the statistical analysis Frank.

Houston
Green Bay
Baltimore
Washington

Texans
Packers
Ravens
Seahawks

Cinci
GreenBay
Baltimore
Seattle

Entries closed for Wild Card games
 

58 entrants for the wild card round.

I will accept additional entries for next week's round of games, but anyone who is not currently entered will likely be 4 points behind if they are not already in the game.

That's what happened to me last year Frank, but it's not too late to enter & make it up. I just wasn't able to! LOL!

very exciting! Is there going to be a list for people and their points earned, - place they are in so we can follow and watch whos leading etc?

Wait for the smoke
 

Standings will be posted as soon as Red Auerbach lights his cigar in the Seattle-Washington matchup.:D

I want to switch from Indianapolis to Baltimore...is it too late?:(

I think it might be just a bit too late:D Given how the Skins/Seahawks game is looking so far. 5 of us(assuming my count is correct) are in pretty good shape to go 4 for 4 in the Wild-card round.. And 2 points better than I did in the entire pool last year:eek:

im 3 for 3 and i have washington! should of called a bookie! lol

Looks like RG3 is done ........ and maybe the Redskins too.

Yeah, I guess I spoke too soon before:( I gotta wonder what the Skins were thinking. Even before that bad snap and RG3 collapse, he looked absolutely terrible. He clearly wasn't healthy. Cousins should've been in a lot earlier. Also, I don't think I've ever seen that many bad snaps. It seems like every other one was coming out low or just flat-out off target.

Wild Card Standings
 

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

Divisional Round begins next Saturday 4:30 EST. Entries due by 3:30 EST Saturday.

The games are

Baltimore at Denver
Green Bay at San Francisco
Seattle at Atlanta
Houston at New England

Each game counts 2 points.