Sab's NFL Pick 'em Game - Week 1 Open for Predictions

[Vince]

Ok...sabotai's run a game on here for a while now, where you predict the score of four NFL games each week. You pick three of the games yourself, they can be any of the games for the week (as long as you predict before kickoff). The fourth game is the Monday Night Football Game for the week, and EVERYONE has to pick the score for this game.

Scoring: This game is like golf -- the lower the score, the better. You get one point for each point of difference between your predicted score for a team, and their actual score. You get 10 extra points if you pick the wrong winner. If you guess one team's score exactly right, you get a -3 point bonus. If you guess the exact correct result, you get a -10 point bonus. For example, if I were to predict the Thursday night game as such:

Indianapolis 28
New Orleans 23

I would get 13 points for Indianapolis (41-28) and 13 points for New Orleans (23-10), for 26 total points (that's not so good).

We will tally up the points for each week on Tuesday (hopefully), and we will keep a running tally of entries throughout the course of the season. If you miss a week for some reason, you will get the Average Score for the week +30 points. Also, if you have to change a prediction, MAKE A NEW POST. Do not edit your post once you have submitted your picks, or I will ignore the entry.

Post your predictions for Week 1 in this thread, and you MUST include the Monday Night Football game. Since there's two this week, I flipped a coin. Here's the game you need to include:

Cincinnati @ Baltimore

[sabotai]

I don't have time to do it this year. If you want to run the game, go right ahead. I don't have a spreadsheet or program or anything to keep track of scores (last year's spreadsheet got left behind on my old, dead hard drive.).

[kingfc22]

I asked the same thing to Vince. If you want to host it, I'm sure I could help you out.

[Vince]

Sounds good...I'll change this right up. Correct me if my scoring is off

[Vince]

Ok, rules posted. Not sure what exactly the ruling was last year on the missed week -- I decided week average + 30 points. I figure we should be penalizing players for not participating, and I think that'll do at least a decent job. Contest is open for entries, though

[Vince]

I'll get the ball rolling by saying that this week is pretty brutal in terms of matchups. I don't see many that I really like. Here goes nothing...

New England 24
New York Jets 16

Tampa Bay 13
Seattle 21

Kansas City 31
Houston 17

Baltimore 14
Cincinnati 13

[Warhammer]

Indy 41
New Orleans 10

[sabotai]

Score it how you want it, it's your game this year.


New England 17
New York Jets 13

Detroit 20
Oakland 14

Carolina 20
St. Louis 24

Cincinnati 20
Baltimore 14

[gstelmack]

Cincinnati 27
Baltimore 10

New England 27
New York Jets 24

Seattle 31
Tampa Bay 13

Detroit 24
Oakland 6

[Alan T]

Baltimore 21
Cincinnati 17

New England 35
Ny Jets 14

Washington 17
Miami 14

Atlanta 21
Minnesota 20

[Sublime 2]

New England 27
New York Jets 17

Seattle 34
Tampa Bay 20

Washington 24
Miami 17

Cincinnati 23
Baltimore 10

[kingfc22]

Originally Posted by Warhammer

Indy 41
New Orleans 10

Nice pick

[Lorena]

Thanks for running it Vince, I look forward to this game every season.

San Diego - 27
Chicago - 23

Detroit - 17
Oakland - 10

Tennessee - 24
Jacksonville - 23

Cincinnati - 30
Baltimore - 27

[Ryche]

Minnesota 17
Atlanta 13

Seattle 31
Tampa 10

Washington 13
Miami 7

Cincinnati 24
Baltimore 20

[kingfc22]

Philadelphia 24
Green Bay 17

New England 27
New York 13

Arizona 28
San Francisco 31

Baltimore 20
Cincinnati 21

[Pyser]

Tenn 17
Jax 9

Det 23
Oak 12

Hou 20
KC 10

Bal 26
Cin 20

[RendeR]

Philadelphia 24
Green Bay 21

New England 24
New York 13

Atlanta 20
Minnesota 28

Baltimore 20
Cincinnati 27

[duckman]

New England 21
NY Jets 13

Chicago 20
San Diego 21

NY Giants 10
Dallas 20

Baltimore 23
Cincinnati 17

[Andiamo]

Well, better late than never:

Chicago 24
San Diego 31

Detroit 20
Oakland 9

NY Giants 12
Dallas 17

Arizona 17
San Francisco 23

[Logan]

I can still be in by picking late games right? If not, ignore.

Detroit 17
Oakland 20

NY Giants 24
Dallas 27

Arizona 19
San Francisco 32

Baltimore 22
Cincinnati 24

[TazFTW]

Still have time to pick the late games, I hope.

Seahawks 30
Buccaneer 17

Chargers 27
Bears 13

Cowboys 24
Giants 23

Ravens 20
Bengals 17

[Radii]

ah crap i'm picking the 4pm games too if its still allowed, I don't think any have started:


Detroit 24
Oakland 14

Dallas 30
NY Giants 20

Arizona 21
San Francisco 18

Cincinnati 28
Baltimore 20

[Andiamo]

Double Crap - I didn't read the part where we had to pick the Cin/Bal game so what does that mean besides that I need to read the directions more carefully next time :/

[sabotai]

Originally Posted by Andiamo

Double Crap - I didn't read the part where we had to pick the Cin/Bal game so what does that mean besides that I need to read the directions more carefully next time :/

ARI-SF is a Monday night game too and you picked for that, so make a new post (NEW POST, don't edit your old post) with your Cin-Bal prediction to replace the ARI-SF pick.

[Andiamo]

Thanks Sab - ok so my NEW POST (including the predictions of my other three games would be:

Chicago 24
San Diego 31

Detroit 20
Oakland 9

NY Giants 12
Dallas 17

Cincinnati 24
Baltimore 17

Dammit, that SF game was the one I was really solid about. Those other three games will teach me why I shouldn't wait til the middle of Sunday to pick my scores!

[Vince]

Originally Posted by Vince

Kansas City 31
Houston 17

So, um...ouch?

[RendeR]

GOD I'M GOOD!

Ravens 20
Bengals 27



BOOYAH.

[Radii]

damn, so close, I had the bengals 28-20.

[Andiamo]

If only I could trade my Dallas prediction for my SF prediction . . . I wonder if I have the WORST score even though I picked all the winners?!

GO NINERS!

[Vince]

I'll try to get the scoring done tomorrow, and I'll put up the new thread as well.

[Vince]

So...a very hit-or miss week. You were either on, or you weren't. 15 Entries...here's the leaderboard:

Ryche	41
RendeR	52
Pyser	53
Alan T	55
kingfc22	59
Radii	63
Sublime 2	68
gstelmack	73
Logan	78
sabotai	86
TazFTW	94
Dodgerchick	96
Vince	105
duckman	115
Andiamo	123
Average	77.4
Absentee	107.4

Hilights of the week:
- RendeR's perfect score guess for the Cincinnati/Baltimore game gives him the first this season, and a -10 point bonus.
- Andiamo was indeed the highest score for the week, even though he predicted the winner correctly in each game.
- Vince and Andiamo tied for the worst single-game score this week with 51.
- Outside of RendeR's perfect guess, Radii's Cinci/Bal. guess of 28-20 was worth a 2nd best -2 points.

Check out the new thread for next week's games!