# 19th Annual Super Bowl Early Picks Thread **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Tags:** football-nfl\ **Created:** [January 10, 2022, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/19th-annual-super-bowl-early-picks-thread/957529 "2022-01-10T17:04:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![SuntanLotion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suntanlotion/32/16165_2.png) [@SuntanLotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanLotion)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2022, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/19th-annual-super-bowl-early-picks-thread/957529/21 "2022-01-11T03:46:23Z")
Probably a scorigami 😄 ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2022, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/19th-annual-super-bowl-early-picks-thread/957529/22 "2022-01-11T04:02:08Z")
If we’re limiting it to the NFL, yes. But otherwise: > **[Football rolls over Texas Lutheran 81-3 - University of Mary Hardin-Baylor...](https://cruathletics.com/news/2010/11/13/FB_1113102921.aspx)** > > Belton, TX – The University of Mary Hardin-Baylor football team dominated the game from the opening kickoff and the Cru set a new school scoring record for ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2022, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/19th-annual-super-bowl-early-picks-thread/957529/23 "2022-01-11T04:28:55Z")
> [@AncientHumanoid](#): > > Cardinals 30, Bills 28 > > A missed FG last second, wide right Brutal. ---
**Author:** ![Askance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/askance/32/8281_2.png) [@Askance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askance)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2022, 6:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/19th-annual-super-bowl-early-picks-thread/957529/24 "2022-01-11T06:04:10Z")
Haven’t been following the season at all this year, but my two favourite teams are in there (to my vast surprise) so here goes: **49ers 24, Patriots 18.** ---
**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 11, 2022, 7:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/19th-annual-super-bowl-early-picks-thread/957529/25 "2022-01-11T07:40:05Z")
Bills 9 Cowboys 2 ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2022, 10:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/19th-annual-super-bowl-early-picks-thread/957529/26 "2022-01-11T10:59:37Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > Bills 9 Cowboys 2 Interesting. FYI — In the Super Bowl the losing team has never been shut out, and has never only scored a safety. And only twice have they only scored a field goal: the Rams against the Patriots in LIII, and the Dolphins against the Cowboys in VI. ---
**Author:** ![Clawdio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d07c76/32.png) [@Clawdio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clawdio)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2022, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/19th-annual-super-bowl-early-picks-thread/957529/27 "2022-01-11T15:25:24Z")
An interesting (perhaps) addendum: In Super Bowl IX, the Steelers led the Vikings 2-0 at halftime. The final score was a Steelers victory 16-6, but the only points scored by the Vikings was a blocked punt recovered in the endzone. ---
**Author:** ![Hamlet](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hamlet/32/2818_2.png) [@Hamlet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hamlet)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2022, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/19th-annual-super-bowl-early-picks-thread/957529/28 "2022-01-11T15:29:38Z")
Packers 30 Chiefs 28 ---
**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 11, 2022, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/19th-annual-super-bowl-early-picks-thread/957529/29 "2022-01-11T15:30:32Z")
Every time I say “next year I’ll add the tie rules to the OP” and every time I forget. The tiebreakers: 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 individual scores 6. Closest to predicted margin of victory ---
**Author:** ![Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9de053/32.png) [@Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackknifed_Juggernaut)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2022, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/19th-annual-super-bowl-early-picks-thread/957529/30 "2022-01-11T15:56:05Z")
Packers 33 Chiefs 24 ---
**Author:** ![Zakalwe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zakalwe/32/270_2.png) [@Zakalwe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zakalwe)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2022, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/19th-annual-super-bowl-early-picks-thread/957529/31 "2022-01-11T16:07:57Z")
Buccaneers 31 Titans 24 On a 4th quarter \<2 min left drive by Brady. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2022, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/19th-annual-super-bowl-early-picks-thread/957529/32 "2022-01-11T16:25:21Z")
> [@Bullitt](#): > > Interesting. FYI — In the Super Bowl the losing team has never been shut out, and has never only scored a safety. And only twice have they only scored a field goal: the Rams against the Patriots in LIII, and the Dolphins against the Cowboys in VI. Sweet! So my 81-3 prediction has precedent! ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2022, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/19th-annual-super-bowl-early-picks-thread/957529/33 "2022-01-11T16:38:20Z")
> [@Clawdio](#): > > An interesting (perhaps) addendum: > > In Super Bowl IX, the Steelers led the Vikings 2-0 at halftime. The final score was a Steelers victory 16-6, but the only points scored by the Vikings was a blocked punt recovered in the endzone. I found the Vikings’ only score that game, and how the PAT was missed. Super Bowl IX, Vikings TD on blocked punt — [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4RXUPxsAspU&t=1h58m25s) Super Bowl IX, Vikings PAT, Fred Cox doinked it — [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4RXUPxsAspU&t=1h59m40s) And, Dandy Don actually laughed out loud on that miss. The game, and how it is called, have changed quite a bit! ---
**Author:** ![Justin\_Bailey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/justin_bailey/32/8792_2.png) [@Justin\_Bailey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Bailey)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2022, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/19th-annual-super-bowl-early-picks-thread/957529/34 "2022-01-11T16:52:25Z")
This didn’t work last year, but let’s try again. Bills 34, Packers 20 ---
**Author:** ![solost](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/solost/32/11776_2.png) [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2022, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/19th-annual-super-bowl-early-picks-thread/957529/35 "2022-01-11T17:17:04Z")
> [@Ulf\_the\_Unwashed](#): > > I don’t know anything about football. > > Patriots 35, Buccaneers 24. I don’t think Pats vs. Bucs is going to happen, but that would make for a very interesting Super Bowl. ---
**Author:** ![peccavi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peccavi/32/388_2.png) [@peccavi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peccavi)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2022, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/19th-annual-super-bowl-early-picks-thread/957529/36 "2022-01-11T18:35:50Z")
Leading with my heart, not my head… Raiders 34, Buccaneers 31 ---
**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 11, 2022, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/19th-annual-super-bowl-early-picks-thread/957529/37 "2022-01-11T18:45:26Z")
> [@Bullitt](#): > > > [@eschereal](#): > > > > Bills 9 Cowboys 2 > > Interesting. FYI — In the Super Bowl the losing team has never been shut out, and has never only scored a safety. And only twice have they only scored a field goal: the Rams against the Patriots in LIII, and the Dolphins against the Cowboys in VI. I figured, I have no chance at winning this game anyway so why not just have fun with it. And, while I have no particular affection for Buffalo, I have disliked Dallas for decades and seeing the humiliated by the Bills would be too sweet to pass up. ---
**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 11, 2022, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/19th-annual-super-bowl-early-picks-thread/957529/38 "2022-01-11T18:52:11Z")
You never know. You’re currently the only one with the Bills beating the Cowboys, so if that happens you win regardless of score. ---
**Author:** ![Precambrianmollusc](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/precambrianmollusc/32/63_2.png) [@Precambrianmollusc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Precambrianmollusc)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2022, 5:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/19th-annual-super-bowl-early-picks-thread/957529/39 "2022-01-12T05:47:17Z")
Buccaneers 31 Chiefs 27 ---
**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 12, 2022, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/19th-annual-super-bowl-early-picks-thread/957529/40 "2022-01-12T20:27:31Z")
Titans 34 Buccaneers 24 (sorry, edited 30 seconds after typo in post) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/19th-annual-super-bowl-early-picks-thread/957529.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/19th-annual-super-bowl-early-picks-thread/957529.md?page=3)