# 14th Annual SDMB Early Super Bowl Pick Contest

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/14th-annual-sdmb-early-super-bowl-pick-contest/776124>\
**Category:** The Game Room\
**Created:** [January 2, 2017, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/14th-annual-sdmb-early-super-bowl-pick-contest/776124 "2017-01-02T03:13:45Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
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**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\
**Post date:** [January 7, 2017, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/14th-annual-sdmb-early-super-bowl-pick-contest/776124/61 "2017-01-07T20:41:18Z")

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Last call! Hammer drops on submissions in 20 minutes.

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**Author:** ![Frosted\_Glass](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/frosted_glass/32/3926_2.png) [@Frosted\_Glass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frosted_Glass)\
**Post date:** [January 7, 2017, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/14th-annual-sdmb-early-super-bowl-pick-contest/776124/62 "2017-01-07T20:57:20Z")

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**Giants 24, Chiefs 21**

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**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\
**Post date:** [January 7, 2017, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/14th-annual-sdmb-early-super-bowl-pick-contest/776124/63 "2017-01-07T21:09:13Z")

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Ok, **Frosted Glass** is last in. Formatting things now.

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**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\
**Post date:** [January 7, 2017, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/14th-annual-sdmb-early-super-bowl-pick-contest/776124/64 "2017-01-07T21:27:18Z")

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All right, here’s how it all breaks down:

**Hal Briston** - Giants 38, Patriots 35  
**TheInimitableMaven** - Patriots 35, Cowboys 24  
**Oakminster** - Cowboys 31, Raiders 28  
**Mudshark** - Packers 34, Raiders 27  
**Little Nemo** - Patriots 38, Cowboys 21  
**basset hound** - Falcons 38, Patriots 31  
**RobotDevilDog** - Patriots 38, Packers 16  
**MonkeyMensch** - Patriots 37, Cowboys 26  
**Boozahol Squid, P.I.** - Falcons 31, Chiefs 14  
**ElvisL1ves** - Patriots 38, Packers 27  
**eschereal** - Chiefs 21, Falcons 9  
**Andrew 21** - Patriots 24, Cowboys 21  
**borschevsky** - Patriots 31, Falcons 27  
**Ulf the Unwashed** - Chiefs 28, Packers 24  
**iiandyiiii** - Patriots 30, Giants 21  
**Hamlet** - Patriots 37, Packers 34  
**TroutMan** - Chiefs 31, Cowboys 17  
**Sir T-Cups** - Patriots 27, Falcons 20  
**muldoonthief** - Patriots 24, Cowboys 17  
**enalzi** - Falcons 35, Chiefs 28  
**Fear the Turtle** - Steelers 27, Cowboys 24  
**Chisquirrel** - Packers 31, Patriots 21.  
**Procrustus** - Seahawks 28, Patriots 17  
**Labtrash** - Patriots 27, Cowboys 17  
**Count Blucher** - Giants 28, Patriots 24  
**Velocity** - Patriots 41, Cowboys 23  
**picker** - Packers 31, Patriots 28  
**AncientHumanoid** - Chiefs 27, Cowboys 24  
**Gray Ghost** - Patriots 44, Falcons 42  
**Oredigger77** - Patriots 35, Cowboys 14  
**mikeargo** - Giants 21, Patriots 17  
**Airman Doors, USAF** - Steelers 31, Cowboys 24  
**Zyanthia** - Falcons 27, Steelers 19  
**Kiros** - Patriots 24, Giants 19  
**Telemark** - Patriots 27, Cowboys 17  
**Pixel\_Dent** - Falcons 24, Patriots 20  
**Dallas Jones** - Steelers 35, Packers 22  
**Icarus** - Lions 24, Texans 21  
**UberArchetype** - Steelers 27, Giants 14  
**VarlosZ** - Seahawks 21, Patriots 20  
**notfrommensa** - Patriots 29, Packers 19  
**garygnu** - Chiefs 27, Cowboys 22  
**asterion** - Steelers 24, Cowboys 14  
**SenorBeef** - Cowboys 27, Patriots 24  
**Enginerd** - Patriots 31, Cowboys 20  
**Jahiegel** - Patriots 28, Falcons 24  
**dalej42** - Cowboys 31, Patriots 15  
**Justin\_Bailey** - Giants 28, Patriots 17  
**Frosted Glass** - Giants 24, Chiefs 21

How many people picked each team to appear in the Super Bowl?  
Patriots - 32  
Cowboys - 18  
Falcons - 10  
Packers - 9  
Lions - 8  
Chiefs - 7  
Giants - 7  
Steelers - 6  
Raiders - 2  
Seahawks - 2  
Texans - 1  
Dolphins - 0

How many people picked each team to win the Super Bowl?  
Patriots - 20  
Chiefs - 5  
Falcons - 5  
Steelers - 5  
Giants - 4  
Cowboys - 3  
Packers - 3  
Seahawks - 2  
Lions - 1  
Dolphins - 0  
Raiders - 0  
Texans - 0

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**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\
**Post date:** [January 8, 2017, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/14th-annual-sdmb-early-super-bowl-pick-contest/776124/65 "2017-01-08T01:26:20Z")

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Thanks HB for running this game.

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**Author:** ![TroutMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troutman/32/6721_2.png) [@TroutMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroutMan)\
**Post date:** [January 8, 2017, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/14th-annual-sdmb-early-super-bowl-pick-contest/776124/66 "2017-01-08T20:29:53Z")

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> [@Hal\_Briston](#):
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> How many people picked each team to appear in the Super Bowl?  
> …  
> Lions - 8  
> …

You might want to recalculate that. We’re a deluded bunch, but not _that_ deluded.

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**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\
**Post date:** [January 9, 2017, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/14th-annual-sdmb-early-super-bowl-pick-contest/776124/67 "2017-01-09T00:50:06Z")

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> [@TroutMan](#):
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> You might want to recalculate that. We’re a deluded bunch, but not _that_ deluded.

Yeah, not sure how I fat-fingered “1” into “8”.

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**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\
**Post date:** [January 9, 2017, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/14th-annual-sdmb-early-super-bowl-pick-contest/776124/68 "2017-01-09T00:51:25Z")

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After Wild Card Weekend:

Unscathed:  
**TheInimitableMaven** - Patriots 35, Cowboys 24  
**Little Nemo** - Patriots 38, Cowboys 21  
**basset hound** - Falcons 38, Patriots 31  
**RobotDevilDog** - Patriots 38, Packers 16  
**MonkeyMensch** - Patriots 37, Cowboys 26  
**Boozahol Squid, P.I.** - Falcons 31, Chiefs 14  
**ElvisL1ves** - Patriots 38, Packers 27  
**eschereal** - Chiefs 21, Falcons 9  
**Andrew 21** - Patriots 24, Cowboys 21  
**borschevsky** - Patriots 31, Falcons 27  
**Ulf the Unwashed** - Chiefs 28, Packers 24  
**Hamlet** - Patriots 37, Packers 34  
**TroutMan** - Chiefs 31, Cowboys 17  
**Sir T-Cups** - Patriots 27, Falcons 20  
**muldoonthief** - Patriots 24, Cowboys 17  
**enalzi** - Falcons 35, Chiefs 28  
**Fear the Turtle** - Steelers 27, Cowboys 24  
**Chisquirrel** - Packers 31, Patriots 21.  
**Procrustus** - Seahawks 28, Patriots 17  
**Labtrash** - Patriots 27, Cowboys 17  
**Velocity** - Patriots 41, Cowboys 23  
**picker** - Packers 31, Patriots 28  
**AncientHumanoid** - Chiefs 27, Cowboys 24  
**Gray Ghost** - Patriots 44, Falcons 42  
**Oredigger77** - Patriots 35, Cowboys 14  
**Airman Doors, USAF** - Steelers 31, Cowboys 24  
**Zyanthia** - Falcons 27, Steelers 19  
**Telemark** - Patriots 27, Cowboys 17  
**Pixel\_Dent** - Falcons 24, Patriots 20  
**Dallas Jones** - Steelers 35, Packers 22  
**VarlosZ** - Seahawks 21, Patriots 20  
**notfrommensa** - Patriots 29, Packers 19  
**garygnu** - Chiefs 27, Cowboys 22  
**asterion** - Steelers 24, Cowboys 14  
**SenorBeef** - Cowboys 27, Patriots 24  
**Enginerd** - Patriots 31, Cowboys 20  
**Jahiegel** - Patriots 28, Falcons 24  
**dalej42** - Cowboys 31, Patriots 15

One Down:  
**Icarus** - [del]Lions[/del] 24, Texans 21  
**Hal Briston** - [del]Giants[/del] 38, Patriots 35  
**Count Blucher** - [del]Giants[/del] 28, Patriots 24  
**mikeargo** - [del]Giants[/del] 21, Patriots 17  
**Justin\_Bailey** - [del]Giants[/del] 28, Patriots 17  
**Frosted Glass** - [del]Giants[/del] 24, Chiefs 21  
**Oakminster** - Cowboys 31, [del]Raiders[/del] 28  
**Mudshark** - Packers 34, [del]Raiders[/del] 27  
**iiandyiiii** - Patriots 30, [del]Giants[/del] 21  
**Kiros** - Patriots 24, [del]Giants[/del] 19  
**UberArchetype** - Steelers 27, [del]Giants[/del] 14

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**Author:** ![MonkeyMensch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/82dd89/32.png) [@MonkeyMensch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MonkeyMensch)\
**Post date:** [January 9, 2017, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/14th-annual-sdmb-early-super-bowl-pick-contest/776124/69 "2017-01-09T21:18:02Z")

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Props to the entrants who picked teams without a first round bye and hit their picks! Nice work…

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**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\
**Post date:** [January 10, 2017, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/14th-annual-sdmb-early-super-bowl-pick-contest/776124/70 "2017-01-10T15:51:35Z")

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> [@MonkeyMensch](#):
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> Props to the entrants who picked teams without a first round bye and hit their picks! Nice work…

**Dallas Jones** was the only poster who picked two teams w/o first round bye AND survived

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**Author:** ![Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e36b37/32.png) [@Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Airman_Doors_USAF)\
**Post date:** [January 16, 2017, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/14th-annual-sdmb-early-super-bowl-pick-contest/776124/71 "2017-01-16T01:05:57Z")

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I’ve never been so happy to lose this contest. Buh-bye, Dallas. Buh-bye.

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**Author:** ![Sir\_T-Cups](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ed655f/32.png) [@Sir\_T-Cups](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_T-Cups)\
**Post date:** [January 16, 2017, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/14th-annual-sdmb-early-super-bowl-pick-contest/776124/72 "2017-01-16T13:48:22Z")

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I’m still in it!

I’m liking my chances too…Might be a new winner this year!

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**Author:** ![AlsoNamedBort](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alsonamedbort/32/3213_2.png) [@AlsoNamedBort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AlsoNamedBort)\
**Post date:** [January 16, 2017, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/14th-annual-sdmb-early-super-bowl-pick-contest/776124/73 "2017-01-16T15:26:15Z")

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It looks like every possible combo remaining is taken, so none of the one down people will have a chance to win. Damn you Chris Boswell.

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**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\
**Post date:** [January 16, 2017, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/14th-annual-sdmb-early-super-bowl-pick-contest/776124/74 "2017-01-16T16:19:19Z")

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nm

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**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\
**Post date:** [January 16, 2017, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/14th-annual-sdmb-early-super-bowl-pick-contest/776124/75 "2017-01-16T18:57:29Z")

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After Divisional Championship Weekend:

Unscathed:  
**RobotDevilDog** - Patriots 38, Packers 16  
**Hamlet** - Patriots 37, Packers 34  
**ElvisL1ves** - Patriots 38, Packers 27  
**notfrommensa** - Patriots 29, Packers 19  
**Sir T-Cups** - Patriots 27, Falcons 20  
**borschevsky** - Patriots 31, Falcons 27  
**Jahiegel** - Patriots 28, Falcons 24  
**Gray Ghost** - Patriots 44, Falcons 42  
**basset hound** - Falcons 38, Patriots 31  
**Pixel\_Dent** - Falcons 24, Patriots 20  
**Zyanthia** - Falcons 27, Steelers 19  
**picker** - Packers 31, Patriots 28  
**Chisquirrel** - Packers 31, Patriots 21  
**Dallas Jones** - Steelers 35, Packers 22

One Down:  
**TheInimitableMaven** - Patriots 35, [del]Cowboys[/del] 24  
**Little Nemo** - Patriots 38, [del]Cowboys[/del] 21  
**MonkeyMensch** - Patriots 37, [del]Cowboys[/del] 26  
**Boozahol Squid, P.I.** - Falcons 31, [del]Chiefs[/del] 14  
**Mudshark** - Packers 34, [del]Raiders[/del] 27  
**iiandyiiii** - Patriots 30, [del]Giants[/del] 21  
**Kiros** - Patriots 24, [del]Giants[/del] 19  
**UberArchetype** - Steelers 27, [del]Giants[/del] 14  
**Boozahol Squid, P.I.** - Falcons 31, [del]Chiefs[/del] 14  
**Andrew 21** - Patriots 24, [del]Cowboys[/del] 21  
**muldoonthief** - Patriots 24, [del]Cowboys[/del] 17  
**enalzi** - Falcons 35, [del]Chiefs[/del] 28  
**Fear the Turtle** - Steelers 27, [del]Cowboys[/del] 24  
**Labtrash** - Patriots 27, [del]Cowboys[/del] 17  
**Velocity** - Patriots 41, [del]Cowboys[/del] 23  
**Oredigger77** - Patriots 35, [del]Cowboys[/del] 14  
**Airman Doors, USAF** - Steelers 31, [del]Cowboys[/del] 24  
**Telemark** - Patriots 27, [del]Cowboys[/del] 17  
**asterion** - Steelers 24, [del]Cowboys[/del] 14  
**Enginerd** - Patriots 31, [del]Cowboys[/del] 20  
**Hal Briston** - [del]Giants[/del] 38, Patriots 35  
**Count Blucher** - [del]Giants[/del] 28, Patriots 24  
**mikeargo** - [del]Giants[/del] 21, Patriots 17  
**Justin\_Bailey** - [del]Giants[/del] 28, Patriots 17  
**eschereal** - [del]Chiefs[/del] 21, Falcons 9  
**Ulf the Unwashed** - [del]Chiefs[/del] 28, Packers 24  
**Procrustus** - [del]Seahawks[/del] 28, Patriots 17  
**VarlosZ** - [del]Seahawks[/del] 21, Patriots 20  
**SenorBeef** - [del]Cowboys[/del] 27, Patriots 24  
**dalej42** - [del]Cowboys[/del] 31, Patriots 15

Dead In The Water:  
**Icarus** - [del]Lions[/del] 24, [del]Texans[/del] 21  
**Frosted Glass** - [del]Giants[/del] 24, [del]Chiefs[/del] 21  
**Oakminster** - [del]Cowboys[/del] 31, [del]Raiders[/del] 28  
**TroutMan** - [del]Chiefs[/del] 31, [del]Cowboys[/del] 17  
**AncientHumanoid** - [del]Chiefs[/del] 27, [del]Cowboys[/del] 24  
**garygnu** - [del]Chiefs[/del] 27, [del]Cowboys[/del] 22

Nearly every possible outcome has been covered. The only way a currently “One Down” player could possibly win would be if outcome were Steelers over Falcons or Packers over Steelers.

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**Author:** ![AlsoNamedBort](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alsonamedbort/32/3213_2.png) [@AlsoNamedBort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AlsoNamedBort)\
**Post date:** [January 16, 2017, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/14th-annual-sdmb-early-super-bowl-pick-contest/776124/76 "2017-01-16T19:12:59Z")

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> [@Hal\_Briston](#):
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> Nearly every possible outcome has been covered. The only way a currently “One Down” player could possibly win would be if outcome were Steelers over Falcons or Packers over Steelers.

Really? I thought picking the two actual teams with the wrong winner is above picking one winning team.

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**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\
**Post date:** [January 20, 2017, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/14th-annual-sdmb-early-super-bowl-pick-contest/776124/77 "2017-01-20T00:41:11Z")

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> [@AlsoNamedBort](#):
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> Really? I thought picking the two actual teams with the wrong winner is above picking one winning team.

That’s correct – but no one picked those two combos of teams, so if it came down to one of them, then there’s a chance “One Down” players could be back in it.

It’ll become clearer after the Conference Championships.

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**Author:** ![AlsoNamedBort](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alsonamedbort/32/3213_2.png) [@AlsoNamedBort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AlsoNamedBort)\
**Post date:** [January 20, 2017, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/14th-annual-sdmb-early-super-bowl-pick-contest/776124/78 "2017-01-20T16:02:34Z")

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> [@Hal\_Briston](#):
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> That’s correct – but no one picked those two combos of teams, so if it came down to one of them, then there’s a chance “One Down” players could be back in it.
> 
> It’ll become clearer after the Conference Championships.

Zyanthia has the Falcons beating the Steelers and Dallas Jones has Steelers beating Packers.

Are you saying that if the Super Bowl is the Packers beating the Steelers, Dallas Jones would lose despite being the only one with those two teams?

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**Author:** ![TroutMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troutman/32/6721_2.png) [@TroutMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroutMan)\
**Post date:** [January 20, 2017, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/14th-annual-sdmb-early-super-bowl-pick-contest/776124/79 "2017-01-20T17:01:30Z")

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I’m just one person, and not the person running this, so take my opinion for what it’s worth (somewhere between diddly and squat). But I think someone picking the winner beats someone who gets the two teams right but doesn’t pick the winner. As Ricky Bobby says, if you’re not first, you’re last.

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**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\
**Post date:** [January 20, 2017, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/14th-annual-sdmb-early-super-bowl-pick-contest/776124/80 "2017-01-20T17:09:14Z")

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I’m out, but I went with heart.

Too many weird “cheese” references in the threads this year. Packers…?

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