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