Winner Winner Chicken Dinner - Almost the Easiest Super Bowl Contest is over!!! Finally

First off I apologize for not having this up sooner. I ended up coming home after the game and crashing.  Second, holy cow what a game!  That 30 second drive by the Seahawks at the end of the half to tie it up, the Pats comeback in the second half, that crazy catch, and that terrible call by Pete Carroll.  I have to say it was a great game.  I wasn't impressed too much by this years commercials, but at least the half time show was pretty decent.

OK lets get to it.  We need a winner.  Of course the Patriots won, but we'll need those tie breakers. The correct prediction would have been

Patriots over Seahawks, 52 Points, and 1 Field Gold

In the end we had 4 people pick the Pats to win, of those 4 none picked them to beat the Seahawks, and we had two! withing 4 points of the correct total score, this isn't the Price is Right, going over is fine.  That means we have to go to the final tie-breaker, something I don't think I've ever had to do in either of my big contests.

Superduperman99 - New England over Dallas, 48 points, 2 field goals
Robert - New England over Green Bay, 61 points, 4 FGs.
Fuji - Seattle Seahawks over New England Patriots, 57 points, 5 field goals
Josh D - Seattle over Denver - 45 points. 1 FG.
Corky - Seattle over Indianapolis- 49 points- 3 FGs
irondequoit36 - Seattle over Steelers 51pts , 4 FG's
Wilson - Seattle over New England, 45 points, 4 FGs - pimp
Red Cardboard - Seattle over New England. 40 points. 4 FG
Lonestarr - Seattle over New England ~ (27-21) 48 points ~ 2 FG
Bo - Seattle over New England, 45 points, 1 FG. - pimp
Jesus Hernandez - New England over Dallas, 56 points, 5 field goals
The Angels In Order - New England over Dallas, 30 points, 3 FG.

But in the end Superduperman99, aka Weston, pulls out the win!!!!
Congrats!

Now on to the door prize.  You got an entry for playing and a bonus entry for pmping the contest. I've randomize the list 3 times at Random.org

DaddyMike you are our Door Prize winner!!! You don't have an email in your profile so please email me your address.  

Thanks everybody who played.

Almost the Easiest Super Bowl Contest on the Web 5 - Pre-game warm up

Well here we go!  I'm still a little pissed that my Packers aren't in the big game, but the team has no one to blame but themselves.  I was torn on who I was going to root for.  Right after the NFC Championship I was sure I wasn't going to root for the Seahawks, but now with all the deflate-gate, I really hate the use of the term gate to mean a scandal, I'm not sure who I want to win.

But in all fairness to the Seahawks fans.  Enjoy the moment, you deserve it.  As bitter as I am that the Packers didn't make it. I can't say the Seahawks didn't try to let them have it and in the end the Seahawks won, although you'll have to admit they did have a little luck.

This year we had 12 players make it to the final round of the contest.  All I asked was which team was going to win and we can see by the number of people that pick the final two teams that we needed the tie breaks, we'll have to see how many of them after the game.  But that also means that of the 8 people who picked the Seahawks, 3 are already out, because the other 5 correctly picked the opponent, that might be the most surprising thing.  Of the 5 guys that picked the Patriots to win none picked the Seahawks as their opponent, so no matter who wins we'll have to go to the 2nd tie breaker, total points.

Here are the final 12 and their picks


Superduperman99 - New England over Dallas, 48 points, 2 field goals
Robert - New England over Green Bay, 61 points, 4 FGs.
Fuji - Seattle Seahawks over New England Patriots, 57 points, 5 field goals
Josh D - Seattle over Denver - 45 points. 1 FG.
Corky - Seattle over Indianapolis- 49 points- 3 FGs
irondequoit36 - Seattle over Steelers 51pts , 4 FG's
Wilson - Seattle over New England, 45 points, 4 FGs - pimp
Red Cardboard - Seattle over New England. 40 points. 4 FG
Lonestarr - Seattle over New England ~ (27-21) 48 points ~ 2 FG
Bo - Seattle over New England, 45 points, 1 FG. - pimp
Jesus Hernandez - New England over Dallas, 56 points, 5 field goals
The Angels In Order - New England over Dallas, 30 points, 3 FG.

Alright I'll announce the winner and door prize winner after the game.

Thanks again everyone who played.

5th Annual Almost the Easiest Super Bowl Contest on the Web - Conference Championship Round-up

Wow I'm still a little in shock from the Green Bay - Seattle game.  And it would have been nice if the Colts had shown up.

Anyways lets see who's going to the final round.


Superduperman99 - New England over Dallas, 48 points, 2 field goals
Robert - New England over Green Bay, 61 points, 4 FGs.
Tony L. - Green Bay over Pittsburgh, 47 points, 4 FGs.
Fuji - Seattle Seahawks over New England Patriots, 57 points, 5 field goals
Josh D - Seattle over Denver - 45 points. 1 FG.
Corky - Seattle over Indianapolis- 49 points- 3 FGs
irondequoit36 - Seattle over Steelers 51pts , 4 FG's
Wilson - Seattle over New England, 45 points, 4 FGs - pimp
The Junior Junkie - Colts over Cowboys, 47 points, 5 field goals.
Matthew Scott - Green Bay over Patriots. 52 pts..1 field goal
Red Cardboard - Seattle over New England. 40 points. 4 FG
Lonestarr - Seattle over New England ~ (27-21) 48 points ~ 2 FG
DaddyMike - Packers over Patriots, 55 points, 2 field goals
Bo - Seattle over New England, 45 points, 1 FG. - pimp
David - Packers over Steelers, 34 points, 4 field goals.
Keith G - Green Bay over New England 60 points 3 field goals
Milwaukee Southpaw - Green Bay over Denver, 52 points, 4 field goals.
Alex Markle - Colts over Cowboys, 41 points, 2 field goals
Jesus Hernandez - New England over Dallas, 56 points, 5 field goals
The Angels In Order - New England over Dallas, 30 points, 3 FG.

We had 12 players make it to the Super Bowl round.  I think that might be a record.  And if Seattle pulls this out and wins again we'll have 5 people who correctly picked the match-up.

While I did only ask for the winner the first tie breaker,  the opponent does rank highest, so that means Josh D, Corky, and Irondequoit36 are essentially out.  The remaining 5 will have to go to total points.

That being said noone who picked the Pats correctly picked them to be match up against Seattle so if they win we'll have to move to total points too.  No worries about going over, closest wins up or down.  And if we have a tie there we'll go to the field goals.  And if for some reason we get a tie there as well. Well I guess I just have to have random.com decide.  I don't think we've ever had to go to the final tie breaker so I think we're safe.

Alright I won't bug you anymore with the contest till after the Super Bowl and I announce the winners.

cb out.

5th Annual Almost the Easiest Super Bowl Contest on the Web Conference Championship pregame

I know this is probably a few days early, but since I have plans this weekend and I will be glued to my TV on Sunday I thought I'd put this out now.  

Going into the Conference Championships we still have 21 players.  Could get real interesting and we will have someone win outright.  All 4 final teams were picked, so we'll probably have to go to at least one tie breaker or two!  But that's what they're there for.

I also finally dug out the rest of the prizes, or at least some of them.

Besides the lot of 1980 Stop N' Go cards the winner will receive the three cards below.

I was lucky enough to find some really cheap hobby boxes of Topps Prime, one of my favorite football releases and I got some pretty decent hits.  That being said I figure I'd throw in a sweet swatch of the most likely Offensive Rookie of the Year, O'dell Beckman Jr.  I also threw in a sweet quad relic auto of Zack Mettenberger.  Will Zach permanently replace Jake Locker next year?  Who knows.  And somewhere I picked up this sweet Reggie Wayne manupatch camo ribbon card. I might have pulled it from a blaster box or gotten it from somewhere else, I can't remember.

I also picked up a large lot of cheap 70's football cards and I'll dig through those and throw in a bunch of your favorite team and any random cards I have laying around.

I also dug out some sweet rookie swatches from last years Topps Strata for the Door prize plus some bonus cards of your favorite team.

Alright here are those that made it through.  I'll have an update post after the games on Sunday.

Superduperman99 - New England over Dallas, 48 points, 2 field goals

Robert - New England over Green Bay, 61 points, 4 FGs. 

Tony L. - Green Bay over Pittsburgh, 47 points, 4 FGs.

Fuji - Seattle Seahawks over New England Patriots, 57 points, 5 field goals

Josh D - Seattle over Denver - 45 points. 1 FG.

Corky - Seattle over Indianapolis- 49 points- 3 FGs

irondequoit36 - Seattle over Steelers 51pts , 4 FG's

Wilson - Seattle over New England, 45 points, 4 FGs - pimp

The Junior Junkie - Colts over Cowboys, 47 points, 5 field goals.

Matthew Scott - Green Bay over Patriots. 52 pts..1 field goal

Red Cardboard - Seattle over New England. 40 points. 4 FG

Lonestarr - Seattle over New England ~ (27-21) 48 points ~ 2 FG

DaddyMike - Packers over Patriots, 55 points, 2 field goals

Bo - Seattle over New England, 45 points, 1 FG. - pimp

David - Packers over Steelers, 34 points, 4 field goals.

RAZ - Denver over Green Bay, 45 points, 5 FG

Keith G - Green Bay over New England 60 points 3 field goals

Milwaukee Southpaw - Green Bay over Denver, 52 points, 4 field goals.

Alex Markle - Colts over Cowboys, 41 points, 2 field goals

Jesus Hernandez - New England over Dallas, 56 points, 5 field goals

The Angels In Order - New England over Dallas, 30 points, 3 FG.

5th Annual Almost the Easiest Super Bowl Contest on the Web Wildcard and Divisional Playoff update!

I meant to get a Wild Card update out before this weekend, but that didn't happen and to be honest we didn't lose too many that first round anyways so I figured I'd combine the last two weekends into one update.

So we've lost about half our field so far.  Not too many upsets besides Dallas beating the Lions and maybe the Colts spanking the Broncos.

Here are all the picks, if your names in red your out.  

Superduperman99 - New England over Dallas, 48 points, 2 field goals

Adam Kaningher - Broncos over Cowboys, 44 points, 2 FGs

Robert - New England over Green Bay, 61 points, 4 FGs. 

Tony L. - Green Bay over Pittsburgh, 47 points, 4 FGs.

Play at the Plate - Dallas over New England. 48 points 2 field goals. - pimp

Fuji - Seattle Seahawks over New England Patriots, 57 points, 5 field goals

Josh D - Seattle over Denver - 45 points. 1 FG.

Corky - Seattle over Indianapolis- 49 points- 3 FGs

Greg Zakwin - Dallas over Pittsburgh, 49 points, 3 field goals. - pimp

shanepatrickwrites - Bengals over Cowboys in 6. 38 points 3 field goals.

irondequoit36 - Seattle over Steelers 51pts , 4 FG's

Wilson - Seattle over New England, 45 points, 4 FGs - pimp

Al Kawamoto - Dallas over New England 48 pts 5 fg

The Junior Junkie - Colts over Cowboys, 47 points, 5 field goals.

Matthew Scott - Green Bay over Patriots. 52 pts..1 field goal

JediJeff - Arizona over Cincinnati. 24 points. 2 FG.

Red Cardboard - Seattle over New England. 40 points. 4 FG

The Lost Collector - Denver over Seattle - 38 points - 1 FG

Nachos Grande - Pittsburgh over Seattle: 27-17. 3 FG

Dion's IP Autos only - Denver Over Green Bay, 55 points (31-24), 2 FG's - pimp

Daniel Wilson - Cardinals over Patriots - 37 points - 3 FG

Lonestarr - Seattle over New England ~ (27-21) 48 points ~ 2 FG

defgav - Cowboys over Colts, 44 points, 3 FGs - pimp

DaddyMike - Packers over Patriots, 55 points, 2 field goals

Bo - Seattle over New England, 45 points, 1 FG. - pimp

hiflew - Broncos over Cowboys, 61 points, 3 FGs.

David - Packers over Steelers, 34 points, 4 field goals

Caitlin Jennings - Dallas over Baltimore 49 points, 3 field goals.

RAZ - Denver over Green Bay, 45 points, 5 FG

Keith G - Green Bay over New England 60 points 3 field goals

Milwaukee Southpaw - Green Bay over Denver, 52 points, 4 field goals

Richard Nebe Jr. - Dallas over Pittsburgh, 56 points, 4 field goals - pimp

CaptKirk42 - Baltimore over Seattle, 68 points, 4 field goals.

Alex Markle - Colts over Cowboys, 41 points, 2 field goals

SpastikMooss - Broncos over Seahawks, 62 points, 5 field goals.

Need More Cardboard - Cowboys over Colts, 58 points, 4 field goals

Jesus Hernandez - New England over Dallas, 56 points, 5 field goals

Pirates Treasure Room - Pittsburgh over Dallas. 44 points.3 field goals

The Angels In Order - New England over Dallas, 30 points, 3 FG.

Shane Kroeker - Pittsburgh over Seattle, 30 points, 3 FG

I also dug out one of the prizes for winning.  These might look old Kellogg's cards, but they are really 1980 Stop 'N Go 3D Cards.  I have a lot of about 25 I picked up to give away. 

Alrighty I'll be posting more of the prize pool later.  Good luck to those that remain.  

5th Annual Almost the Easiest Super Bowl Contest on the Web!!

Wow I can't believe I'm actually holding my 5th, yes 5th, Super Bowl contest.  Sure we've still got a few weeks till the regular season ends, but that doesn't mean I can't plant the seed.

This year I'm calling it my Big Old 5, kudos if you get the nerdy reference.

I love holding my Super Bowl contest.  Unlike my World Series contest which the playoffs start almost the right away and I have almost no time to get the post ready and take entries, my Super Bowl contest has a good week till the Playoffs start and usually we know most of the teams.

This year I'm going to have a nice mix of old and new. Some nice relics, vintage, and oddballs.  And as always a smattering of your favorite team mixed in.

So you've been warned, stay tuned.