# 14th Annual SDMB Early Super Bowl Pick Contest **URL:** \ **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:** 12\ **Page:** 5
**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, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/14th-annual-sdmb-early-super-bowl-pick-contest/776124/81 "2017-01-20T17:45:26Z")
Bored at work so I went through the history. It looks like the only time where only one team had the correct duo in the Super Bowl but got the wrong winner was Year 6 dale won by having the Cardinals beat the Steelers. ---
**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 20, 2017, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/14th-annual-sdmb-early-super-bowl-pick-contest/776124/82 "2017-01-20T18:36:22Z")
I would see it this way: imagine the final score is Pittsburgh 21 Atlanta 20; **Zyanthia** would win because the closest spread for the Steelers is **Fear the Turtle** , who has them winning by 3. A player who picks the winner but not the loser should have to beat the spread to take the title. ---
**Author:** ![muldoonthief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muldoonthief/32/3188_2.png) [@muldoonthief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/muldoonthief)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2017, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/14th-annual-sdmb-early-super-bowl-pick-contest/776124/83 "2017-01-20T19:03:29Z")
But the [tiebreakers](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=13364135#post13364135) you linked to back on page 1 of this thread place picking both teams correctly above picking the winner correctly: 1. Picked both teams, got winner correct 2. Picked both teams, got winner wrong 3. Picked winner correctly 4. Picked loser correctly 5. Closest to total score 6. Closest to predicted margin of victory Picked both teams, got winner wrong beats picked winner correctly. Since all 4 remaining combos are covered by someone still in the running (Pats/Packers, Pats/Falcons, Steelers/Packers, Steelers/Falcons), there’s no way anyone with 1 wrong so far can win. ETA: In a later year, I believe total score was changed to “closest to each individual score” - so that a crazy pick like 63-0 wouldn’t beat 30-27 if the final score turned out to be 33-30. ---
**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 23, 2017, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/14th-annual-sdmb-early-super-bowl-pick-contest/776124/84 "2017-01-23T02:45:49Z")
Moot point now…six players remaining with both possible wins represented. Good luck, unscathed folks! Unscathed: **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 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 **iiandyiiii** - Patriots 30, [del]Giants[/del] 21 **Kiros** - Patriots 24, [del]Giants[/del] 19 **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 **Labtrash** - Patriots 27, [del]Cowboys[/del] 17 **Velocity** - Patriots 41, [del]Cowboys[/del] 23 **Oredigger77** - Patriots 35, [del]Cowboys[/del] 14 **Telemark** - Patriots 27, [del]Cowboys[/del] 17 **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 **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 **RobotDevilDog** - Patriots 38, [del]Packers[/del] 16 **Hamlet** - Patriots 37, [del]Packers[/del] 34 **ElvisL1ves** - Patriots 38, [del]Packers[/del] 27 **notfrommensa** - Patriots 29, [del]Packers[/del] 19 **Zyanthia** - Falcons 27, [del]Steelers[/del] 19 **picker** - [del]Packers[/del] 31, Patriots 28 **Chisquirrel** - [del]Packers[/del] 31, Patriots 21 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 **Mudshark** - [del]Packers[/del] 34, [del]Raiders[/del] 27 **Ulf the Unwashed** - [del]Chiefs[/del] 28, [del]Packers[/del] 24 **Dallas Jones** - [del]Steelers[/del] 35, [del]Packers[/del] 22 **UberArchetype** - [del]Steelers[/del] 27, [del]Giants[/del] 14 **Fear the Turtle** - [del]Steelers[/del] 27, [del]Cowboys[/del] 24 **Airman Doors, USAF** - [del]Steelers[/del] 31, [del]Cowboys[/del] 24 **asterion** - [del]Steelers[/del] 24, [del]Cowboys[/del] 14 ---
**Author:** ![borschevsky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/97f17d/32.png) [@borschevsky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/borschevsky)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2017, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/14th-annual-sdmb-early-super-bowl-pick-contest/776124/85 "2017-01-23T20:40:31Z")
So if the Pats win 31-24 do **Jahiegel** and I rock-paper-scissors for the title or what? 😃 ---
**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 23, 2017, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/14th-annual-sdmb-early-super-bowl-pick-contest/776124/86 "2017-01-23T20:51:48Z")
> [@borschevsky](#): > > So if the Pats win 31-24 do **Jahiegel** and I rock-paper-scissors for the title or what? 😃 A two-man sack race will be held on consecutive Sundays until a champion can be crowned. ---
**Author:** ![Gray\_Ghost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c0e974/32.png) [@Gray\_Ghost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gray_Ghost)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2017, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/14th-annual-sdmb-early-super-bowl-pick-contest/776124/87 "2017-02-06T03:26:45Z")
Borschevsky winning two out of the last three years. Congratulations! Not many would have guessed that at 9 minutes to go in the third, huh? ---
**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:** [February 6, 2017, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/14th-annual-sdmb-early-super-bowl-pick-contest/776124/88 "2017-02-06T03:27:58Z")
So close!! Good Job Borschevsky! ---
**Author:** ![borschevsky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/97f17d/32.png) [@borschevsky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/borschevsky)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2017, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/14th-annual-sdmb-early-super-bowl-pick-contest/776124/89 "2017-02-06T03:28:42Z")
Never a doubt. ---
**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2017, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/14th-annual-sdmb-early-super-bowl-pick-contest/776124/90 "2017-02-06T03:34:02Z")
As a former winner, I offer you congrats. I never saw this one coming. ---
**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:** [February 12, 2017, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/14th-annual-sdmb-early-super-bowl-pick-contest/776124/91 "2017-02-12T18:50:12Z")
Man, talk about a busy week – just realized that this still needed an official update. So, congratulations to **borschevsky**! He joins yours truly in the two-time winner club. Of the four players to correctly pick both the winning and losing teams\*, his pick of Patriots 31, Falcons 27 was definitely the closest to the actual score of Patriots 34, Falcons 28. Thanks for playing, everyone – see you next year! \*…and who spent the first three quarters thinking “God dammit – I _definitely_ lost”. ---
**Author:** ![borschevsky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/97f17d/32.png) [@borschevsky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/borschevsky)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2017, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/14th-annual-sdmb-early-super-bowl-pick-contest/776124/92 "2017-02-15T20:38:14Z")
Thanks for running this again, it’s always fun. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/14th-annual-sdmb-early-super-bowl-pick-contest/776124.md?page=4)