Sigh… I’m gonna have a lot of work to do on Monday.
There’s one Chiefs-Seahawks pick:
eschereal: Seahawks 20, Chiefs 12
If I counted correctly, there are 8 folks who still have both teams alive.
Nobody has the Texans (or the Titans). If Houston beats KC today, the winner will only have one team in the Super Bowl.
After the Ravens’ loss, I was wondering if it’s possible for this thread not to have a winner. I don’t think that it is; of the Seahawks, Packers, and 49ers, one of them must be in the Super Bowl, and each was picked by somebody.
They seemed most likely given the AFC field, but damn did they lay an egg.
The Toilers did beat KC a couple months ago, by 3 points, in Nashville. Probably not going to happen again next Sunday. So, yeah, there will probably be a winner, and, unlike last year, a winner that will not be decided weeks before the SB is actually played.
I was thinking of how it might be possible that no one would win the thread. Like if the Titans and Eagles made it to the Super Bowl, what then? Nobody picked either of those two teams, so every guess in the thread would be eliminated.
But that can’t happen. Of the three (now two) NFC teams remaining, someone has picked each of them, and so somebody will have picked at least one of the Super Bowl teams correctly.
Unscathed:
LoneRhino: 49ers 24, Chiefs 17
Happy Lendervedder: Chiefs 34, 49ers 17
muldoonthief: Chiefs 31, 49ers 24
Railer13: Chiefs 30, 49ers 24
Grits and Hard Toast: Chiefs 30, Packers 24
Hamlet: Chiefs 24, Packers 27
Kimble: Chiefs 38, Packers 27
One Down (need Titans to win):
neofishboy: 49ers 35, [del]Patriots[/del] 6
borschevsky: 49ers 34, [del]Ravens[/del] 31
Bullitt: 49ers 27, [del]Ravens[/del] 17
cgg419: 49ers 34, [del]Ravens[/del] 26
garygnu: 49ers 31, [del]Ravens[/del] 27
MrKnowItAll: 49ers 52, [del]Ravens[/del] 6
Oredigger77: 49ers 35, [del]Ravens[/del] 21
Chisquirrel: Packers 27, [del]Bills[/del] 24
notfrommensa: Packers 34, [del]Patriots[/del] 27
Hal Briston: [del]Patriots[/del] 23, Packers 14
Paintcharge: [del]Patriots[/del] 24, Packers 17
Isosleepy: [del]Ravens[/del] 27, 49ers 24
Jahiegel: [del]Ravens[/del] 26, 49ers 21
minlokwat: [del]Ravens[/del] 31, 49ers 27
TroutMan: [del]Ravens[/del] 37, 49ers 20
Velocity: [del]Ravens[/del] 34, 49ers 23
Enginerd: [del]Ravens[/del] 31, Packers 17
lel: [del]Ravens[/del] 28, Packers 21
MadTheSwine: [del]Ravens[/del] 44, Packers 21
One down (no chance):
AncientHumanoid: Chiefs 36, [del]Saints[/del] 35
asahi: Chiefs 31, [del]Saints[/del] 28
Shoeless: Chiefs 31, [del]Saints[/del] 21
Oakminster: [del]Saints[/del] 28, Chiefs 27
eschereal: [del]Seahawks[/del] 20, Chiefs 12
Dead in the water:
dalej42: [del]Bills[/del] 41, [del]Seahawks[/del] 10
AK84: [del]Patriots[/del] 33, [del]Saints[/del] 27
Fear the Turtle: [del]Ravens[/del] 27, [del]Saints[/del] 24
Great Antibob: [del]Ravens[/del] 42, [del]Saints[/del] 34
Larry Borgia: [del]Ravens[/del] 27, [del]Saints[/del] 20
Ulf the Unwashed: [del]Ravens[/del] 37, [del]Saints[/del] 21
zoog: [del]Ravens[/del] 37, [del]Saints[/del] 34
Justin_Bailey: [del]Saints[/del] 31, [del]Patriots[/del] 24
enalzi: [del]Saints[/del] 34, [del]Ravens[/del] 28
Gray Ghost: [del]Saints[/del] 27, [del]Ravens[/del] 23
iiandyiiii: [del]Saints[/del] 31, [del]Ravens[/del] 30
racepug: [del]Saints[/del] 26, [del]Ravens[/del] 24
Procrustus: [del]Seahawks[/del] 30, [del]Ravens[/del] 27
It would go to the “closest to the scores” tiebreaker.
How would that work, though? Suppose I’d picked “Seahawks 20 Patriots 17” and the actual Super Bowl Score is “Titans 20 Eagles 17”; does that mean I have the score correct? I picked the Seahawks to get 20, not the Titans. Would “Titans 17 Eagles 20” be more correct because I predicted the NFC team to get 20?
It is kind of academic this year, but I think getting the exact score would be enough, if no one else did, conferences notwithstanding, if no one else had that score. Otherwise, we would be arguing into March about what tiebreaker to use. Or the host would just make some sort of ruling. Or call it a tie, if there was no other way to go.
Yeah, and it hasn’t been an issue in the previous 15 years, either. It probably won’t happen.
But I also find it interesting to wonder what would happen if it did. People create sporting tournaments and try to account for every possible scenario in advance. But sometimes they miss stuff.
I already made a ruling two years ago:
Seriously though, I say if you match the final score, you win. If multiple people do, first post wins.
Thanks to the Chiefs and 49ers for making this simple.
Our four finalists:
LoneRhino: 49ers 24, Chiefs 17
Railer13: Chiefs 30, 49ers 24
muldoonthief: Chiefs 31, 49ers 24
Happy Lendervedder: Chiefs 34, 49ers 17
Apologies to Railer13 for picking a score 1 point away from his. In my defense, I make it a point not to read other people’s picks before I make my own.
Congratulations to Lonerinho on his victory this year.
If the Chiefs were by some weird fold in spacetime to actually manage to win, you are in the worst possible position to win this game.
The Chiefs are favored by 1. Frankly I thought my 49ers would be favored, and heavily so.
I don’t think it will be boring. I think it will be a high scoring nail biter.
Its a close call, they are both good, and fighters. Praying for a Chiefs win.
He’s not in that bad of a position. The tiebreak is number of points the prediction was off from winning team score plus the number of points off from the losing team score. If the Chiefs win and score more than 31 points and it’s a particularly close game, he’ll win.