# NFL Yardage Pool Competition 2012 **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [September 4, 2012, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-yardage-pool-competition-2012/633614 "2012-09-04T04:35:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 18
**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:** [December 31, 2012, 6:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-yardage-pool-competition-2012/633614/341 "2012-12-31T06:46:57Z")
> [@Omniscient](#): > > I believe you, and honestly the result doesn’t impact me in any way, but I don’t really think you deserve to get those starts. I’ve pretty much missed the opportunity to use Thursday night players every week due to life and poor planning getting in the way. Plenty of others have dropped the ball and forgot to post picks until after the kickoff of the early games with no recourse. I’ll switch the picks since I’d only do it if it were unanimous, but in this case I think this is more along the lines of the “didn’t look, here are my picks” hour after kickoff picks that people have made all year. It’s not that different because while the game was over when I posted, I’d already made the decision before the start of the game, so the outcome of the game didn’t affect it. FWIW, habitually missing Thursday game and missing the one fluke Saturday game of the year due to Monday falling on Christmas eve seem fairly different to me, but I understand the objection. I’ll switch it up. ---
**Author:** ![Omniscient](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omniscient/32/3290_2.png) [@Omniscient](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omniscient)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2012, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-yardage-pool-competition-2012/633614/342 "2012-12-31T17:12:05Z")
Not trying to be snarky or argumentative, but I think your previous reply to me a month or so ago is worth highlighting. > [@SenorBeef](#): > > Well, you don’t have to get stuck with late games, you could just make your picks any time during the week… Of course, I don’t mind a bit if you use the scores. There’s no skin in this game. Just playing Devil’s Advocate here. ---
**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:** [December 31, 2012, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-yardage-pool-competition-2012/633614/343 "2012-12-31T23:48:18Z")
You’re right in that I should’ve made the pick earlier since I knew what I was doing, but I do think there’s a difference between habitually posting late (you not only missed the Thursday games but usually the early Sunday games) and being caught off-guard by a single, fluke Saturday game of the year. The other difference, of course, is that if you were to pick some random player retroactively in week 7, you’d probably be being honest, but it’s sort of easy to retroactively talk yourself into the idea that that’s what you meant to do. Whereas in this particular situation, I had the 2 remaining QBs and 2 remaining WRs that I’d obviously saved for the end of the year (they were several hundred yards ahead of anyone else who was an option), and the matchups were obvious about which I’d play when. You could look at my remaining players and know pretty confidently that those would be my picks. But that’s fine, I fucked up, I’ll take the punishment for it. Ultimately no one to blame but me. I’ll get the update done in a few hours, post your scores if you don’t mind. ---
**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 1, 2013, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-yardage-pool-competition-2012/633614/344 "2013-01-01T15:54:23Z")
**Week 17 Scores** QB: Matt Schaub = 275 RB: Chris Johnson = 56 WR: Brandon Marshall = 42 ---
**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 3, 2013, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-yardage-pool-competition-2012/633614/345 "2013-01-03T18:06:06Z")
Barring any mistakes (please check), [final spreadsheet](http://www.senorbeef.net/sdmb/YardageComp2012.htm). 2012 Winner: Really Not All That Bright 1. RNATB 5439 2. Wilson 5093 3. SenorBeef 5020 4. Justin Bailey 4876 5. Omniscient 4532 6. Dale42j 4488 7. VarlosZ 4432 8. Jules Andre 3039 9. Drain Bead 1751 10. FoieGrasIsEvil 1480 ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2013, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-yardage-pool-competition-2012/633614/346 "2013-01-03T18:08:06Z")
AT effing LAST! Victory! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-yardage-pool-competition-2012/633614.md?page=17)