# SDMB NFL Pick 'em and Survival leagues **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 8, 2007, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-nfl-pick-em-and-survival-leagues/414860 "2007-08-08T14:34:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![asterion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4da419/32.png) [@asterion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asterion)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2007, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-nfl-pick-em-and-survival-leagues/414860/61 "2007-09-07T01:12:09Z")
Who is that woman again? I hate her and her singing. ---
**Author:** ![Bearflag70](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Bearflag70](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bearflag70)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2007, 8:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-nfl-pick-em-and-survival-leagues/414860/62 "2007-09-07T08:14:50Z")
Damn all of you who put 16 confidence on Indy. :mad: I put 6. I thought NO would score more. :smack: šŸ˜‰ ---
**Author:** ![Labtrash](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/labtrash/32/528_2.png) [@Labtrash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labtrash)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2007, 12:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-nfl-pick-em-and-survival-leagues/414860/63 "2007-09-07T12:38:14Z")
Woohoo! Tied for 1st place in pick 'em !! (of course, totally forgot to get my survival pick in on time, so Iā€™m out before it startedā€¦ :smack: ) ---
**Author:** ![asterion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4da419/32.png) [@asterion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asterion)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2007, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-nfl-pick-em-and-survival-leagues/414860/64 "2007-09-07T13:30:29Z")
Heck, I only got 4 for the Indy win and I swear I thought the Saints could beat the spread. ---
**Author:** ![D\_Odds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/d_odds/32/2882_2.png) [@D\_Odds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D_Odds)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2007, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-nfl-pick-em-and-survival-leagues/414860/65 "2007-09-07T14:01:04Z")
[QUOTE=Bearflag70] Damn all of you who put 16 confidence on Indy. :mad: I put 6. I thought NO would score more. :smack: šŸ˜‰ [/QUOTE] Sorry. I wonā€™t do it again. Oh hell, Iā€™m lying to you. Indy is going to get 16 confidence 17 times this season! šŸ†’ ---
**Author:** ![meek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ce73a5/32.png) [@meek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/meek)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2007, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-nfl-pick-em-and-survival-leagues/414860/66 "2007-09-07T14:27:48Z")
[QUOTE=D\_Odds] Sorry. I wonā€™t do it again. Oh hell, Iā€™m lying to you. Indy is going to get 16 confidence 17 times this season! šŸ†’ [/QUOTE] Wow. Even on their off week? You ARE good. šŸ˜‰ . ---
**Author:** ![D\_Odds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/d_odds/32/2882_2.png) [@D\_Odds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D_Odds)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2007, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-nfl-pick-em-and-survival-leagues/414860/67 "2007-09-07T14:45:59Z")
[QUOTE=meek] Wow. Even on their off week? [/QUOTE] Still working out the logistics, but **Hell YEAH!** ---
**Author:** ![Bearflag70](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Bearflag70](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bearflag70)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2007, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-nfl-pick-em-and-survival-leagues/414860/68 "2007-09-09T20:40:26Z")
I missed the fact that you can only pick each team once per season in the survival game. Oops. ---
**Author:** ![Labtrash](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/labtrash/32/528_2.png) [@Labtrash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labtrash)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2007, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-nfl-pick-em-and-survival-leagues/414860/69 "2007-09-09T22:16:10Z")
Note to self: When changing picks, hit SUBMIT before exiting. Stupid, stupid, stupid. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2007, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-nfl-pick-em-and-survival-leagues/414860/70 "2007-09-10T16:59:13Z")
Man I suck. Maybe I should pay closer attention. ---
**Author:** ![meek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ce73a5/32.png) [@meek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/meek)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2007, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-nfl-pick-em-and-survival-leagues/414860/71 "2007-09-10T21:22:56Z")
Why did I drop Coles for Stalworth? Why? Oh Why? :smack: Just for fun, I snipped some snappy answers to stupid questions from the Yahoo message boardā€¦ Q: What does dtd beside the players name mean? Some of the repliesā€¦ > [@](#): > > DTD = Doesnā€™t Take Drugs > > This player is ā€œdrug freeā€ ā€¦ a new classification used by the NFL players association to identify which players have recently passed a random drug test. > > If a player has a red ā€œPā€ next to his name it means he falied a urine test ā€¦ DON"T TAKE HIM!!! > O meansā€¦ > > Outed. He has been outed by another player/coach on the team for staring too long in the showers. > > This abbreviation also applies to all players affilliated with the San Francisco 49ers. > ā€¦ and itā€™s obvious that an ā€œNAā€ designation means the guy needs to join ā€œNarcotics Anonymousā€ > > Probably not a good pick either! > However, they do serve great donuts!!! . ---
**Author:** ![asterion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4da419/32.png) [@asterion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asterion)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2007, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-nfl-pick-em-and-survival-leagues/414860/72 "2007-09-10T22:56:35Z")
I find it close to amazing that while most of us were taking the ā€œsafeā€ picks for week 1 in the survival league, someone took Detroit. Looking back, itā€™s brilliant, as that gets an ugly pick later int the season out of the way while weā€™re all trying to decide whether to take Cleveland or Oakland in week 16 or something and he can take a ā€œsafeā€ pick. ---
**Author:** ![Bearflag70](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Bearflag70](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bearflag70)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2007, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-nfl-pick-em-and-survival-leagues/414860/73 "2007-09-10T23:06:43Z")
[QUOTE=asterion] I find it close to amazing that while most of us were taking the ā€œsafeā€ picks for week 1 in the survival league, someone took Detroit. Looking back, itā€™s brilliant, as that gets an ugly pick later int the season out of the way while weā€™re all trying to decide whether to take Cleveland or Oakland in week 16 or something and he can take a ā€œsafeā€ pick. [/QUOTE] Picking a shitty (last year) road team, Detroit, against a home team that is supposedly on its way up form the cellar, Oakland, is brilliant only if you succeed, but stupid if you failā€¦ sometimes like going for it on 4th & 1 in your own territory. Seems kinda risky to start the season with a pick like that and would be more prudent to wait a week or two to get a feel for the league before making calls like that. Maybe Iā€™m a pussy that way. ---
**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2007, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-nfl-pick-em-and-survival-leagues/414860/74 "2007-09-10T23:24:52Z")
I just checked and saw that nobody has been eliminated from Survival. However, either Frosted Lightning or myself will be gone by Tuesday. ---
**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:** [September 10, 2007, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-nfl-pick-em-and-survival-leagues/414860/75 "2007-09-10T23:31:19Z")
5 people have been eliminated - labtrash and dob for not picking, Court Jesters with KC, and Fear the Turtle and Cyberhwk with Jacksonville. At least one more will be eliminated as someone picked Ari and someone picked the 49ers. I go conservative/easy on week 1 until I get a better feel for the teams this year, then I start going riskier. SEA wasnā€™t a premium team you want to save for later, though - theyā€™re not going to be that great. ---
**Author:** ![Bearflag70](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Bearflag70](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bearflag70)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2007, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-nfl-pick-em-and-survival-leagues/414860/76 "2007-09-11T17:34:24Z")
I scored 11 in Pickā€™em, which is right up there with a number of people, but only 94 Confidence, which is low relative to others. Interesting how that works. ---
**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:** [September 11, 2007, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-nfl-pick-em-and-survival-leagues/414860/77 "2007-09-11T22:58:01Z")
::Does the "_In Your Face_ To Everyone Else In The Confidence League (with the possible exception of **Shibb** ) Dance:: ---
**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:** [September 11, 2007, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-nfl-pick-em-and-survival-leagues/414860/78 "2007-09-11T23:23:08Z")
[QUOTE=SenorBeef] SEA wasnā€™t a premium team you want to save for later, though - theyā€™re not going to be that great. [/QUOTE] They arenā€™t the Pats, but they are good when healthy and have a really soft schedule. Youā€™ll regret burning them in week 1 if you last until the second half of the season. ---
**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:** [September 12, 2007, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-nfl-pick-em-and-survival-leagues/414860/79 "2007-09-12T04:09:46Z")
[QUOTE=Omniscient] They arenā€™t the Pats, but they are good when healthy and have a really soft schedule. Youā€™ll regret burning them in week 1 if you last until the second half of the season. [/QUOTE] True enough. Week 1 can have a lot of surprises, so I like to go conservative for it. Top scorers this week: (Tiebreaker winner bolded) Straight up: 13 **labtrash** , meek reeks 12 NurseCarmen, Fear the Turtle, Halā€™s Rabid Ferrets, I like to do well, Omniā€™s Crystal Balls, soulmurkā€™s Stinkers, Unskilled Hacks (Shibb) Confidence 114 **Halā€™s Rabid Ferrets** , Shibbā€™s Unskilled Hacks 113 Varlos ā€“ Makinā€™ It Rain Spread: 11 Isotopes 10 NurseCarmen 9 soulmurkā€™s Stinkers, borschevsky, Halā€™s Rabid Ferrets, Stuffyā€™s picks Eliminated in the survival league: Labtrash, Dob - no pick Fear the Turtle, Cyberhwkā€™s Survivors - JAX vs TEN Court Jesters - KAN vs HOU Frosted Lightning - ARI vs SFO ---
**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:** [September 16, 2007, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-nfl-pick-em-and-survival-leagues/414860/80 "2007-09-16T00:43:36Z")
Saturday night reminder, players that are missing picks in one or more leagues: Court Jesters Omniā€™s Crystal Balls No Use For a Name Dob Deep Fried Demons Shibbā€™s Unskilled Hacks Varlos ā€“ Makinā€™ It Rain garygnu NurseCarmen Team of Scientists Iā€™ve decided to go with Jacksonville the survivor league ball busters because hey - Atlanta is terrible, right? We shall see. Itā€™ll be embarassing if I go out that way after warning everyone about those chronic bed-shitters. Edit: Btw Dob you can still start playing now and not be left behind despite missing last week. The league is set to drop each teamā€™s lowest scoring week, so last week wouldnā€™t count for you. And for that matter, if anyone is still interested and wants to play, feel free. If you start after this week itā€™s unlikely youā€™ll win the league, but you can still win individual weeks. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-nfl-pick-em-and-survival-leagues/414860.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-nfl-pick-em-and-survival-leagues/414860.md?page=5)