# 8th Annual SDMB Early Super Bowl Pick Contest **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [January 3, 2011, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/8th-annual-sdmb-early-super-bowl-pick-contest/566224 "2011-01-03T13:54:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**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 3, 2011, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/8th-annual-sdmb-early-super-bowl-pick-contest/566224/1 "2011-01-03T13:54:35Z")
The playoff teams are set, so it’s time for our annual contest – can you predict the Super Bowl a month before the game and join our list of champions?: [Year 1](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=231858): **Trillionaire** [Year 2](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=294932): **Uncommon Sense** [Year 3](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=352167): **Airman Doors, USAF** [Year 4](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=402369): **Grits and Hard Toast** [Year 5](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=449706): **Hal Briston** (woohoo!) [Year 6](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=499473): **dalej42** [Year 7](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=546474): **Justin\_Bailey** So let’s see if it’s time for me (or someone else, I suppose) to repeat or if we get another new name on the list. It’s simple to play – just post your pick for the two Super Bowl teams, and the final score. Deadline for submissions will be 4:00pm Eastern on Saturday, January 8th (just before kickoff of the first playoff game). For my pick this year, I’m going to say that for the second time in four years the Patriots will face off against the NFC’s #6 seed, but this time with a much different result: **Patriots over the Packers, 37-13**. * * * As always, just in case you don’t follow football but still wanna play along, just pick an AFC team, an NFC team, and a couple of numbers that sound vaguely football-scorish. AFC Teams: New England Patriots, New York Jets, Pittsburgh Steelers, Baltimore Ravens, Indianapolis Colts, Kansas City Chiefs NFC Teams: Philadelphia Eagles, Chicago Bears, Green Bay Packers, Atlanta Falcons, New Orleans Saints, Seattle Seahawks ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2011, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/8th-annual-sdmb-early-super-bowl-pick-contest/566224/2 "2011-01-03T14:10:02Z")
**punted (or should that be “bunted”) from MPSIMS to the Game Room** ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2011, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/8th-annual-sdmb-early-super-bowl-pick-contest/566224/3 "2011-01-03T14:10:52Z")
Eagles over Ravens, 23-20. ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2011, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/8th-annual-sdmb-early-super-bowl-pick-contest/566224/4 "2011-01-03T14:27:57Z")
Steelers over the Saints. 30-14 ---
**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 3, 2011, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/8th-annual-sdmb-early-super-bowl-pick-contest/566224/5 "2011-01-03T15:14:22Z")
I think a Keystone Bowl in Dallas would be awesome because Jerry Jones would be positively apoplectic, but unfortunately the Eagles suck so that’s right out. I’d also like to see Pittsburgh lay a fortyburger on Seattle to give the Seahawk fans a case of compound butthurt, but the Seahawks suck so that’s out too. OK, I’ll get to the score already. Pittsburgh 23, Atlanta 13. ---
**Author:** ![tiltawhirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e99b99/32.png) [@tiltawhirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tiltawhirl)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2011, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/8th-annual-sdmb-early-super-bowl-pick-contest/566224/6 "2011-01-03T15:15:20Z")
Patriots over Eagles. 41-27 ---
**Author:** ![Paintcharge](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/paintcharge/32/7946_2.png) [@Paintcharge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paintcharge)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2011, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/8th-annual-sdmb-early-super-bowl-pick-contest/566224/7 "2011-01-03T15:39:30Z")
Hal, you took my teams. I’ve been saying Pats over Pack all year. Patriots 28 Packers 21 ---
**Author:** ![Kiros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/439d5e/32.png) [@Kiros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kiros)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2011, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/8th-annual-sdmb-early-super-bowl-pick-contest/566224/8 "2011-01-03T15:50:07Z")
Patriots over Saints, 31-28 ---
**Author:** ![zoog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7ea924/32.png) [@zoog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoog)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2011, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/8th-annual-sdmb-early-super-bowl-pick-contest/566224/9 "2011-01-03T16:08:07Z")
Bears over Ravens, 20-17 in the first ever Superbowl OT. Hey, a guy can dream… ---
**Author:** ![MOIDALIZE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e274bd/32.png) [@MOIDALIZE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MOIDALIZE)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2011, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/8th-annual-sdmb-early-super-bowl-pick-contest/566224/10 "2011-01-03T16:12:40Z")
Patriots over Eagles, 37-31 ---
**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:** [January 3, 2011, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/8th-annual-sdmb-early-super-bowl-pick-contest/566224/11 "2011-01-03T16:14:27Z")
Were it not for Green Bay’s hideous amount of injuries, I’d like New England and Green Bay in the Super Bowl. However, you play with the team you have left at the end of the season, and so I think it’ll be: **New England** curb-stomping **Atlanta** , by something like **41-13**. New England over Pittsburgh in the AFC championship game, around 31-20. Atlanta over Chicago in the NFC championship game, by around 24-21. I could easily see a Green Bay-Chicago rematch however. The Texans, as usual, will be watching it all on television. ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2011, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/8th-annual-sdmb-early-super-bowl-pick-contest/566224/12 "2011-01-03T16:30:53Z")
Saints over Patriots, 28-24 ---
**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 3, 2011, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/8th-annual-sdmb-early-super-bowl-pick-contest/566224/13 "2011-01-03T16:48:50Z")
I was very sure about last year’s pick and I rode that conviction to victory. I’m less sure this year, but let’s see if I can go back-to-back. **Falcons over Patriots, 35-24** ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_the\_Turtle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_the_turtle/32/2926_2.png) [@Fear\_the\_Turtle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_the_Turtle)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2011, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/8th-annual-sdmb-early-super-bowl-pick-contest/566224/14 "2011-01-03T20:51:39Z")
Ravens 21 Falcons 17. This time they call Roddy Whites blatant Offensive Pass Interference and the Ravens prevail. ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2011, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/8th-annual-sdmb-early-super-bowl-pick-contest/566224/15 "2011-01-03T21:16:59Z")
Patriots 35 Saints 17 ---
**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 3, 2011, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/8th-annual-sdmb-early-super-bowl-pick-contest/566224/16 "2011-01-03T21:22:38Z")
Packers 37 Patriots 17. Go big or go home. ---
**Author:** ![Suburban\_Plankton](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suburban_plankton/32/219_2.png) [@Suburban\_Plankton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Suburban_Plankton)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2011, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/8th-annual-sdmb-early-super-bowl-pick-contest/566224/17 "2011-01-03T21:23:40Z")
Steelers 17 Falcons 13 ---
**Author:** ![Jules\_Andre](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jules_andre/32/9334_2.png) [@Jules\_Andre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jules_Andre)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2011, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/8th-annual-sdmb-early-super-bowl-pick-contest/566224/18 "2011-01-03T22:04:45Z")
Patriots over Packers 31-27 ---
**Author:** ![Intelligently\_Designed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intelligently_designed/32/20957_2.png) [@Intelligently\_Designed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intelligently_Designed)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2011, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/8th-annual-sdmb-early-super-bowl-pick-contest/566224/19 "2011-01-03T23:38:36Z")
Seahawks 10, Chiefs 7. 😃 Wouldn’t it be something to see the Vince Lombardi trophy handed out to a 7-9 regular-season team? ---
**Author:** ![Erdosain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/erdosain/32/7284_2.png) [@Erdosain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Erdosain)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2011, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/8th-annual-sdmb-early-super-bowl-pick-contest/566224/20 "2011-01-04T00:02:43Z")
An exact reversal of Super Bowl XX: Patriots 46 Bears 10 [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/8th-annual-sdmb-early-super-bowl-pick-contest/566224.md?page=2)