# 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:** 12\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![ToeJam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dfb087/32.png) [@ToeJam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ToeJam)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2009, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-playoffs-prediction-contest/479455/61 "2009-02-01T00:55:11Z")
> [@furt](#): > > I’d love to see the Cards win it … which is why I’m picking Pittsburgh. Hey, that’s exactly my logic! I’d love to see the Steelers win it, that’s why I’m picking the Cards. ---
**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:** [February 1, 2009, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-playoffs-prediction-contest/479455/62 "2009-02-01T16:59:59Z")
Steelers 27 Cards 20 ---
**Author:** ![Chessic\_Sense](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7c8e57/32.png) [@Chessic\_Sense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chessic_Sense)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2009, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-playoffs-prediction-contest/479455/63 "2009-02-01T17:13:33Z")
Steelers 20 Cards 13 ---
**Author:** ![rexnervous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e9c0ed/32.png) [@rexnervous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rexnervous)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2009, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-playoffs-prediction-contest/479455/64 "2009-02-01T17:19:51Z")
Cards 27 Steelers 23 ---
**Author:** ![VarlosZ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d78d45/32.png) [@VarlosZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VarlosZ)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2009, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-playoffs-prediction-contest/479455/65 "2009-02-01T20:43:45Z")
Steelers 28 Cardinals 21 ---
**Author:** ![furt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/439d5e/32.png) [@furt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/furt)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2009, 7:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-playoffs-prediction-contest/479455/66 "2009-02-04T07:48:40Z")
Senorbeef, do we have a winner? ---
**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:** [February 4, 2009, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-playoffs-prediction-contest/479455/67 "2009-02-04T18:28:16Z")
Ok, scores as of the end of the conference championship week (for players who have submitted predictions every week): Ro0sh 101 VarlosZ 103 Furt 104 SenorBeef 123 Hamlet 133 Borchevsky 134 CatInASuit 145 Fear The Turtle 150 DiggitCamara 171 MHaye disqualified for non-submission for the conference championships week. Superbowl scores: borchevsky -2 SenorBeef -2 VarlosZ -2 furt 2 Hamlet 4 ro0sh 7 rexnervous 8 Chessic Sense 12 Fear The Turtle 14 CatInASuit 19 Total overall for score predictions: VarlosZ 101 Furt 106 Ro0sh 108 SenorBeef 121 Borchevsky 132 Hamlet 137 CatInASuit 164 Fear The Turtle 164 DiggitCamara 171 DiggitCamara disqualified for no superbowl score prediction. ---
**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:** [February 4, 2009, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-playoffs-prediction-contest/479455/68 "2009-02-04T18:40:45Z")
And for part 1, the original bracket predictions (higher is better): DiggitCamara 30 borschevsky 25 Weirddave 25 VarlosZ 20 vinniepaz 20 furt 15 Marley23 15 Hamlet 10 SenorBeef 10 CatInASuit 5 Fear The Turtle 5 MHaye 5 ro0sh 5 Overall score total (total prediction score minus bracket bonus score for remaining eligible players): VarlosZ 101-20=81 Furt 106-15=91 Ro0sh 108-5=103 Borchevsky 132-25=107 SenorBeef 121-10=111 Hamlet 137-10=127 DiggitCamara 171-30=141 CatInASuit 164-5=159 Fear The Turtle 164-5=159 ---
**Author:** ![ToeJam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dfb087/32.png) [@ToeJam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ToeJam)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2009, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-playoffs-prediction-contest/479455/69 "2009-02-04T19:41:30Z")
Damn, just like the Ravens, I fall to 3rd place from being a potential #1 seed… though this was fun, and I look forwards to it next year! ---
**Author:** ![CatInASuit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3be4f8/32.png) [@CatInASuit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CatInASuit)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2009, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-playoffs-prediction-contest/479455/70 "2009-02-04T19:46:33Z")
Oh dear, joint last place. Perhaps I should just stick to fantasy football (soccer to you guys) instead. ---
**Author:** ![borschevsky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/97f17d/32.png) [@borschevsky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/borschevsky)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2009, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-playoffs-prediction-contest/479455/71 "2009-02-04T21:57:40Z")
Man, the second round really killed me. 24 per game in that round, and 5 in the others :). ---
**Author:** ![VarlosZ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d78d45/32.png) [@VarlosZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VarlosZ)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2009, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-playoffs-prediction-contest/479455/72 "2009-02-04T22:02:52Z")
Cool! I led almost the whole way, as it turned out. Also note that I won the confidence pick’em league, and just got edged in the spread pick’em league in the final week after leading all season. So, a pretty successful SDMB NFL contest year for me. Thanks **Beef** , cool contest. Hopefully we can do it again next year. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-playoffs-prediction-contest/479455.md?page=3)