NFL Playoffs - Bracket Buster!!!

[jimggoldwing]

OK, Super Bowl Sunday will soon be upon us...

SUNDAY, 5-FEBRUARY-2012

AFC Champion New England Patriots vs. NFC Champion NY Giants

The Game will be worth 5 points in the Standings

All players must PM me the following:

1. Predicted winner of the Game
2. Answers to the following Tiebreaker Questions (will be used in this order, ONLY IN THE EVENT A TIEBREAKER IS REQUIRED)
a. Which team will score the FIRST Touchdown of the Game?
b. Will the game produce MORE or LESS than 55 points?
c. Will the final difference in scoring be MORE than 3 points, or 3 points or less?

All responses must be received by Saturday, 4-February-2012, no later than 12:00 noon, New York time (Eastern Standard Time). Yes, this is slightly more than one day before kickoff! Responses AFTER this date will not be considered.

Once I have all the results, I will post a summary to the thread.

[DreamALot]

Jim,
Is it to late for me? Been away for a few weeks. I know I'm out of the money but just for fun.

[jimggoldwing]

Dream, absolutely, jump in for the Super Bowl... obviously, you are mathematically eliminated from winning the contest, but have a go, just for fun! Bonik joined in last week, in the same boat. It's all good!

And welcome back, friend!

Cheers!

[jimggoldwing]

REMINDER!

Super Bowl Sunday is fast upon us!

BUMPPPPPPPPPPPPP!

[fred913]

Sorry I missed the last round Jim, thought it was done and dusted, didn't realise it was still going on.

[jimggoldwing]

Fred, sorry you missed out on the last round... but you still technically have a shot, based on my comments on post # 60, so I hope you are still going to play.

Half of the picks are in at this time (including mine, which was first!

Cheers and good luck to all!

[jimggoldwing]

bumpppppppppppp

[jimggoldwing]

6.5 hours till the deadline... a few responses still outstanding... get 'em in!

[jimggoldwing]

Well... the deadline has passed... three players missed out... a shame...

Of the 5 who have played into the final round, there is a consensus pick... the "favorite" among this illustrious group is the NY Giants.

Here's the lowdown... based on the current standings:

1. CurbCowboy (17), selects: NY Giants (NY Giants - 1st TD, Less than 55 points, more than 3-point difference)

2. Jimggoldwing (16), selects: New England (New England, More, More)

3. GBIPhase2 (15), DOES NOT PLAY

4. Tattmando (14), selects: NY Giants (NY Giants, Less, More)

5. Slyx (13), selects: New England (New England, More, More)

6. Fred (12), DOES NOT PLAY

7. Sexynomore (9), DOES NOT PLAY

8. Bonik (2), selects: NY Giants (NY Giants, Less, More)

Let's hope it's a memorable game for all the right reasons! To New England and NY Giants fans, good luck to your respective teams!

[jimggoldwing]

And the winner is...........

NY Giants, 21 - 17....

Tiebreaker # 1 (not needed): NY Giants scored the first TD

Tiebreaker # 2 (not needed): The game produced LESS than 55 points

Tiebreaker # 3 (not needed): The game produced MORE than a 3-point difference.

Congratulations to the winner of 12-million Forum Credits: Curb Cowboy

Curb not only produced the most points throughout the playoff tournament to win the Grand Prize, but in so doing, accurately made all the correct picks for the Super Bowl, picking the winner, and picking all 3 Tiebreaker questions correctly.

Our Final Standings for the Tournament:

1. Curb Cowboy - 22 points (12 Million Forum Credits WINNER)
2. Tattmando - 19 points
3. Jimggoldwing - 16 points
4. GBIPhase2 - 15 points
5. Slyx - 13 points
6. Fred - 12 points
7. Sexynomore - 9 points
8. Bonik - 7 points

Congratulations to the NY Giants for winning the Super Bowl... for the 2nd time, knocking off the New England Patriots (who even though I picked to win, I'm happy to see 'em lose!!!!).

Cheers to all and thanks for joining in the fun! Until next year!

[Bonik]

Woo Hoo!!! me and Tatt have to be honorable mentions for Superbowl week !!!

We also predicted the Winner and all 3 tie breaker questions correct!

It's creepy that 3 players correctly predicted all 4 questions !

[jimggoldwing]

You are very correct, Bonik... I should've also made mention of this!

Cheers!

[tattmando]

congrats curb on the win m8. wd

Thx for putting this all together jim. most fun i had here in a good while.

[SLYX]

Good job curb and thx jim for the stats again..

[curbcowboy]

thx everyone...and special thx to Jim for running a great tournament.