# NFL Playoffs Prediction Contest **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [January 1, 2009, 9:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-playoffs-prediction-contest/479455 "2009-01-01T09:20:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![SenorBeef](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senorbeef/32/2220_2.png) [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2009, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-playoffs-prediction-contest/479455/21 "2009-01-05T18:30:30Z")
Results for the weekly scores (lower is better): VarlosZ 19 Ro0sh 28 Borchevsky 30 Furt 31 SenorBeef 34 VinniePaz 36 Hamlet 48 CatInASuit 59 Fear The Turtle 60 DiggitCamara 61 MHaye 68 Weirddave 70 Double check your own score just in case. Keep in mind there’s a 5 point bonus for picking the winning team. Almost everyone nailed the Phi/Min game. For some reason a lot of people picked 31 for the Colts score. Games nailed to within 5 (scores of 0 or less) = Varlos got 0 for both Phi/Min and SD/Ind; Hamlet got -3 for Phi/Min; ro0sh, VinniePaz and SenorBeef 0 for Phi/Min. Fear the Turtle and VinniePaz both hit Atlanta’s score exactly at 24, Varlos hit Minnesota’s 14. Furthest off scores were Weirddave, 33 off Ind/SD and Mhaya 29 off Phi/Min. All in all, a pretty good week for us I’d say. ---
**Author:** ![ToeJam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dfb087/32.png) [@ToeJam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ToeJam)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2009, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-playoffs-prediction-contest/479455/22 "2009-01-05T20:49:17Z")
Gah! I screwed up my bracket, I had Titans vs. Colts, and Steelers vs. Ravens. It actually WILL be Titans vs. Ravens, but I just made an error in my thinking as I didn’t think about seedings! Even if both teams had advaned Ravens would have had to play the Titans. Bah! -\_- ---
**Author:** ![Weirddave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/919ad9/32.png) [@Weirddave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Weirddave)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2009, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-playoffs-prediction-contest/479455/23 "2009-01-05T21:14:14Z")
> [@SenorBeef](#): > > Results for the weekly scores ( **lower is better** ): > > VarlosZ 19 > Ro0sh 28 > Borchevsky 30 > Furt 31 > SenorBeef 34 > VinniePaz 36 > Hamlet 48 > CatInASuit 59 > Fear The Turtle 60 > DiggitCamara 61 > MHaye 68 > **Weirddave 70** So you say. I’m gonna pretend the opposite. ---
**Author:** ![furt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/439d5e/32.png) [@furt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/furt)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2009, 6:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-playoffs-prediction-contest/479455/24 "2009-01-07T06:31:52Z")
Round 2 Bal 20 Tenn 14 Pitt 24 SD 20 NYG 21 Phi 20 Caro 31 Ari 21 ---
**Author:** ![ToeJam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dfb087/32.png) [@ToeJam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ToeJam)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2009, 6:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-playoffs-prediction-contest/479455/25 "2009-01-07T06:59:42Z")
Round 2 Bal 20 Tenn 17 Pitt 24 SD 17 NYG 20 Phi 24 Caro 24 Ari 21 ---
**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 8, 2009, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-playoffs-prediction-contest/479455/26 "2009-01-08T23:30:50Z")
I’m not dead yet. Only mostly dead. Round 2 Tenn 16 Balt 9 Pitts 31 SD 13 NYG 27 Phila 26 Car 31 Ariz 22 ---
**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 9, 2009, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-playoffs-prediction-contest/479455/27 "2009-01-09T00:24:12Z")
Hoping to get things back on track: Bal 17 Tenn 13 Pitt 24 SD 17 NYG 31 Phi 17 Car 27 Arz 17 ---
**Author:** ![CatInASuit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3be4f8/32.png) [@CatInASuit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CatInASuit)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2009, 9:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-playoffs-prediction-contest/479455/28 "2009-01-09T09:46:18Z")
Second verse, same as the first… AFC Titans: 24 Ravens: 17 Steelers: 31 Chargers: 24 NFC: Giants: 17 Eagles: 10 Carolina: 27 Cardinals: 17 ---
**Author:** ![VarlosZ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d78d45/32.png) [@VarlosZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VarlosZ)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2009, 10:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-playoffs-prediction-contest/479455/29 "2009-01-09T10:15:24Z")
Tennesse 21, Baltimore 14 Pittsburgh 24, San Diego 17 Carolina 28, Arizona 21 New York 24, Philadelphia 21 ---
**Author:** ![borschevsky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/97f17d/32.png) [@borschevsky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/borschevsky)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2009, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-playoffs-prediction-contest/479455/30 "2009-01-09T15:01:39Z")
Titans 20, Ravens 13 Chargers 20, Steelers 17 Giants 31, Eagles 13 Panthers 31, Cardinals 17 ---
**Author:** ![SenorBeef](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senorbeef/32/2220_2.png) [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2009, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-playoffs-prediction-contest/479455/31 "2009-01-10T15:05:18Z")
Those of you who haven’t posted yet - get your scores in before the start of the first game today. I notice we pick a lot of similar scores. I wonder if people are following the leader or we’re all coming to the same conclusions for the same reasons. Titans 20, Ravens 13 Steelers 27, Chargers 13 Giants 30, Eagles 23 Panthers 30, Arizona 17 ---
**Author:** ![furt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/439d5e/32.png) [@furt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/furt)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2009, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-playoffs-prediction-contest/479455/32 "2009-01-10T16:03:04Z")
> [@SenorBeef](#): > > I notice we pick a lot of similar scores. I wonder if people are following the leader or we’re all coming to the same conclusions for the same reasons. 1. Lotta good defenses. 2. Lotta conservative offenses. Outside of turnovers/returns, it’s hard to see any high-scoring games here. Or any blowouts outside of Caro-Ari So everybody’s picking 20-17 type games. ---
**Author:** ![SenorBeef](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senorbeef/32/2220_2.png) [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2009, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-playoffs-prediction-contest/479455/33 "2009-01-10T16:34:37Z")
If anyone new wants to throw some scores out this week, go ahead. You won’t be in the running for the overall competition, but you can see where you stack up in the weekly scores. ---
**Author:** ![DiggitCamara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/df788c/32.png) [@DiggitCamara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DiggitCamara)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2009, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-playoffs-prediction-contest/479455/34 "2009-01-10T18:49:14Z")
Bal 6 Tenn 20 Pitt 24 SD 9 NYG 18 Phi 21 Car 24 Arz 7 ---
**Author:** ![Mince](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecd19e/32.png) [@Mince](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mince)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2009, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-playoffs-prediction-contest/479455/35 "2009-01-10T19:20:12Z")
Pittsburgh 226, San Diego 4 (overtime) Carolina 4, Arizona 2 (58 overtimes) Baltimore 5,232, Tennessee 5,231 N.Y. Giants 19.058, Philadelphia 19.043 (overtime) Hope I win. ---
**Author:** ![MHaye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/bbe5ce/32.png) [@MHaye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MHaye)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2009, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-playoffs-prediction-contest/479455/36 "2009-01-10T20:34:43Z")
Time for more cut-from-whole-cloth score predictions. AFC Baltimore Ravens 10 Tennessee Titans 20 San Diego Chargers 14 Pittsburgh Steelers 30 NFC Arizona Cardinals 20 Carolina Panthers 35 Philadelphia Eagles 21 New York Giants 28 ---
**Author:** ![VarlosZ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d78d45/32.png) [@VarlosZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VarlosZ)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2009, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-playoffs-prediction-contest/479455/37 "2009-01-11T12:54:54Z")
> [@SenorBeef](#): > > I notice we pick a lot of similar scores. I wonder if people are following the leader or we’re all coming to the same conclusions for the same reasons. I think it’s because it’s a contest. Even if you close your eyes and have a premonition of a high scoring blowout, chances are you’ll do better by throwing out a prediction that isn’t \*too \* far from the margin in the point spread and the point total in the Over/Under, leading to a lot of generic predictions of the Favorite 24, Underdog 17 variety. ---
**Author:** ![Mince](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecd19e/32.png) [@Mince](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mince)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2009, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-playoffs-prediction-contest/479455/38 "2009-01-16T18:36:30Z")
Pittsburgh 0, Baltimore -5 (A defensive struggle to be sure) Philadelphia 2 times the square root of 19, Arizona the square root of 85 (in the square root of 5 overtimes) ---
**Author:** ![ToeJam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dfb087/32.png) [@ToeJam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ToeJam)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2009, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-playoffs-prediction-contest/479455/39 "2009-01-16T18:57:09Z")
Ravens over Steelers 24-21 (I actually think the teams will be reversed with same score though, but I’m gonna root with my own here). Cardinals over Eagles 24-17 ---
**Author:** ![borschevsky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/97f17d/32.png) [@borschevsky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/borschevsky)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2009, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-playoffs-prediction-contest/479455/40 "2009-01-16T20:24:22Z")
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