# 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:** 3
**Author:** ![rexnervous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e9c0ed/32.png) [@rexnervous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rexnervous)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2009, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-playoffs-prediction-contest/479455/41 "2009-01-16T21:05:04Z")
Just for shits and giggles, as I wasn’t part of the original contest… Steelers 24, Ravens 13 Cardinals 30, Eagles 20 ---
**Author:** ![VarlosZ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d78d45/32.png) [@VarlosZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VarlosZ)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2009, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-playoffs-prediction-contest/479455/42 "2009-01-16T21:20:06Z")
A score update would be cool. Eagles 28, Cardinals 17 Pittsburgh 24, Baltimore 10 ---
**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 16, 2009, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-playoffs-prediction-contest/479455/43 "2009-01-16T22:23:07Z")
> [@VarlosZ](#): > > A score update would be cool. Yeah, sorry, slipped my mind. This week’s scores: Ro0sh 50 Furt 59 CatInASuit 66 VarlosZ 66 Hamlet 68 Fear The Turtle 71 SenorBeef 76 MHaye 77 DiggitCamara 84 xBorchevsky 96 Mince 10693.015 Closest picks by total score: Ro0sh NYG/PHI 5 Fear The Turtle BAL/TEN 2 CatInASuit PIT/SD -1 DiggitCamara NYG/PHI 4 Total score so far: Ro0sh 78 VarlosZ 85 Furt 90 SenorBeef 110 Hamlet 116 CatInASuit 125 Borchevsky 126 Fear The Turtle 131 MHaye 145 DiggitCamara 145 VinniePaz and Weirddave were disqualified due to having no week 2 entry. Double check your own scores, I may have made a mistake. ---
**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 17, 2009, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-playoffs-prediction-contest/479455/44 "2009-01-17T01:03:32Z")
Arizona 27 Philly 17 Ravens 16 Steelers 14 Bonus Prediction: Little Ben bitches out and turns the ball over 3 times (2 picks, 1 fumble). ---
**Author:** ![DiggitCamara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/df788c/32.png) [@DiggitCamara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DiggitCamara)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2009, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-playoffs-prediction-contest/479455/45 "2009-01-17T20:26:31Z")
…truly and really: I suck at this! Still Ravens 10 Steelers 24 Eagles 24 Cardinals 7 ---
**Author:** ![furt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/439d5e/32.png) [@furt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/furt)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2009, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-playoffs-prediction-contest/479455/46 "2009-01-18T04:51:27Z")
Pitt 24 Bal 13 Philly 31 Ari 21 ---
**Author:** ![DiggitCamara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/df788c/32.png) [@DiggitCamara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DiggitCamara)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2009, 5:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-playoffs-prediction-contest/479455/47 "2009-01-18T05:51:08Z")
> [@SenorBeef](#): > > Yeah, sorry, slipped my mind. > This week’s scores: > > Ro0sh 50 > Furt 59 > CatInASuit 66 > VarlosZ 66 > Hamlet 68 > Fear The Turtle 71 > SenorBeef 76 > MHaye 77 > DiggitCamara 84 > xBorchevsky 96 > Mince 10693.015 > > Closest picks by total score: > Ro0sh NYG/PHI 5 > Fear The Turtle BAL/TEN 2 > CatInASuit PIT/SD -1 > DiggitCamara NYG/PHI 4 > > Total score so far: > > Ro0sh 78 > VarlosZ 85 > Furt 90 > SenorBeef 110 > Hamlet 116 > CatInASuit 125 > Borchevsky 126 > Fear The Turtle 131 > MHaye 145 > DiggitCamara 145 > > VinniePaz and Weirddave were disqualified due to having no week 2 entry. > > Double check your own scores, I may have made a mistake. Wait-a-minute… I was just about the only one who got two winners right, wasn’t I? AND I got the closest score on the NYG-PHI game? And I STILL got 3rd. to last place? HOW DO I DO THAT? By now I’m just hoping to beat \*\*Mince \*\*and his/her results… P.S.: **Mince**? How come you’re not using imaginary numbers? P.P.S.: **SenorBeef** : How are you even computing his/her results, anyway? ---
**Author:** ![CatInASuit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3be4f8/32.png) [@CatInASuit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CatInASuit)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2009, 10:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-playoffs-prediction-contest/479455/48 "2009-01-18T10:45:17Z")
So with my superbowl guess shot to pieces. AFC Ravens 10 Steelers 14 NFC Eagles 14 Cardinals 27 ---
**Author:** ![Weirddave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/919ad9/32.png) [@Weirddave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Weirddave)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2009, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-playoffs-prediction-contest/479455/49 "2009-01-18T16:57:23Z")
> [@SenorBeef](#): > > VinniePaz and Weirddave were disqualified due to having no week 2 entry. Yea, I got your PM reminding me to pick when I got home from watching the Raven’s game. S’ok, I woulda picked the Cats and the Giants along with the Birds and the Stillers, so it’s not like I’d have gone anywhere. Just FTR, for this week: Ravens 16 Steelers 7 Eagles 21 Cards 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 18, 2009, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-playoffs-prediction-contest/479455/50 "2009-01-18T17:06:22Z")
> [@CatInASuit](#): > > So with my superbowl guess shot to pieces. That sounds familiar. I’ll go with AFC Ravens 10 Steelers 24 NFC Eagles 34 Cardinals 24 ---
**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 18, 2009, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-playoffs-prediction-contest/479455/51 "2009-01-18T20:02:22Z")
Ravens 13, Steelers 20 Eagles 24, Cardinals 21 ---
**Author:** ![CatInASuit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3be4f8/32.png) [@CatInASuit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CatInASuit)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2009, 10:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-playoffs-prediction-contest/479455/52 "2009-01-22T10:16:17Z")
So just how inaccurate are we then. Any chance of a score update? ---
**Author:** ![Mince](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecd19e/32.png) [@Mince](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mince)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2009, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-playoffs-prediction-contest/479455/53 "2009-01-22T16:13:26Z")
Pittsburgh 2, Arizona 0 (212 overtimes) Pro Bowl: AFC 0, NFC 0 (2,515 overtimes–before giving up) ---
**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 27, 2009, 12:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-playoffs-prediction-contest/479455/54 "2009-01-27T12:16:50Z")
Conference championship scores (lower is better) rexnervous -1 borchevsky 8 SenorBeef 13 furt 14 Hamlet 17 VarlosZ 18 CatInASuit 20 Fear The Turtle 19 ro0sh 23 DiggitCamara 26 Weirddave 37 Mince 76.06265765562576558552376175051 Most people nailed the Pittsburgh/Baltimore game pretty closely. I’ll add them up and calculate the playoff bracket points tomorrow. ---
**Author:** ![ToeJam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dfb087/32.png) [@ToeJam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ToeJam)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2009, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-playoffs-prediction-contest/479455/55 "2009-01-28T02:51:34Z")
Cardinals Beat Steelers: 24-21 ---
**Author:** ![CatInASuit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3be4f8/32.png) [@CatInASuit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CatInASuit)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2009, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-playoffs-prediction-contest/479455/56 "2009-01-29T22:10:59Z")
Cardinals over Steelers. 17-14 ---
**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 29, 2009, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-playoffs-prediction-contest/479455/57 "2009-01-29T22:25:43Z")
Steelers 34 Cardinals 21 ---
**Author:** ![borschevsky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/97f17d/32.png) [@borschevsky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/borschevsky)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2009, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-playoffs-prediction-contest/479455/58 "2009-01-30T14:37:19Z")
Steelers 27 Cards 20 ---
**Author:** ![furt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/439d5e/32.png) [@furt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/furt)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2009, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-playoffs-prediction-contest/479455/59 "2009-01-30T22:16:20Z")
I’d love to see the Cards win it … which is why I’m picking Pittsburgh. 28-17 Actually that’s my safe, official pick. My fear is we’re in for a 1980s style 41-10 thrashing. ---
**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 31, 2009, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-playoffs-prediction-contest/479455/60 "2009-01-31T23:23:07Z")
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