Super Bowl XLVIII
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As for our prediction game, here are the standings after 3 weeks (last week in parentheses):
18(8) - Capt. Factorial
18(8) - uolj
13(4) - Warhawk
10(4) - Telemachus
8(-) - LoungeLizard
8(0) - pdxKingsFan
8(-) - TyFreak Evans
7(0) - VF21
2(-) - deekay2o9
0(0) - bsegers
0(0) - sterö
For this last one, please post your final score predictions in the thread. There are points and bonus points as follows:
Correctly pick the winner: 8pts
Correctly pick the margin (winner must be correct): 4pts
Correctly pick the Broncos' score: 3pts
Correctly pick the Seahawks' score: 3pts
Off of Broncos' score by 1: 2pts
Off of Seahawks' score by 1: 2pts
Off of Broncos' score by 2: 1pt
Off of Seahawks' score by 2: 1pt
Each correctly guessed bets in the poll: 1pt
Tiebreakers are:
1. Most pick 'em game points scored this week. (I.e. If one team comes from behind with a better prediction this week to tie another team, they would win.)
2. Closest combined score to actual combined score of the two teams in the game.
3. That's it... If there's still a tie then we have a tie.
18(8) - Capt. Factorial
18(8) - uolj
13(4) - Warhawk
10(4) - Telemachus
8(-) - LoungeLizard
8(0) - pdxKingsFan
8(-) - TyFreak Evans
7(0) - VF21
2(-) - deekay2o9
0(0) - bsegers
0(0) - sterö
For this last one, please post your final score predictions in the thread. There are points and bonus points as follows:
Correctly pick the winner: 8pts
Correctly pick the margin (winner must be correct): 4pts
Correctly pick the Broncos' score: 3pts
Correctly pick the Seahawks' score: 3pts
Off of Broncos' score by 1: 2pts
Off of Seahawks' score by 1: 2pts
Off of Broncos' score by 2: 1pt
Off of Seahawks' score by 2: 1pt
Each correctly guessed bets in the poll: 1pt
Tiebreakers are:
1. Most pick 'em game points scored this week. (I.e. If one team comes from behind with a better prediction this week to tie another team, they would win.)
2. Closest combined score to actual combined score of the two teams in the game.
3. That's it... If there's still a tie then we have a tie.
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Ick. My childhood favorite team QB'd by my least favorite player vs. the team from that dumpy fishing village to the North and their insufferable fans.
Broncos win in a high scoring affair.
Hardest part for me to pick was turnovers because Peyton was so danged good against the Pats but I really think the Talib injury completely changed the game (second year in a row ugh!). I'm sure Sherman is good for one pick and Wilson will throw at least one or two if the Donkeys go up huge.
Broncos win in a high scoring affair.
Hardest part for me to pick was turnovers because Peyton was so danged good against the Pats but I really think the Talib injury completely changed the game (second year in a row ugh!). I'm sure Sherman is good for one pick and Wilson will throw at least one or two if the Donkeys go up huge.
I'm predicting a game that I will hate watching. Seattle winning, a Sherman interception, a tight, tense game where the Broncos just come up short. It's not that I like the Broncos, but I don't want Seattle to win and I also wouldn't mind Manning being able to quiet the critics on his postseason ability.
Seattle 21
Denver 16
Speaking of Manning and postseason ability, one thorough examination of stats shows that his actual production makes him the third best playoff quarterback of the Super Bowl era, well ahead of Brady.
http://www.footballperspective.com/the-best-playoff-quarterbacks-in-the-super-bowl-era/
And you know those stats are good given who was number 1 by a significant margin. (Hint: he wore #16).
Seattle 21
Denver 16
Speaking of Manning and postseason ability, one thorough examination of stats shows that his actual production makes him the third best playoff quarterback of the Super Bowl era, well ahead of Brady.
http://www.footballperspective.com/the-best-playoff-quarterbacks-in-the-super-bowl-era/
And you know those stats are good given who was number 1 by a significant margin. (Hint: he wore #16).
I cannot root for the Seahawks. I just do not like them. 
From Twitter (Sign Lady's husband):
Niko Rust @Kings_6thMan 57s
Right now, someone from Denver is furiously searching for the stadium fuse box to try and change this momentum.
From Twitter (Sign Lady's husband):
Niko Rust @Kings_6thMan 57s
Right now, someone from Denver is furiously searching for the stadium fuse box to try and change this momentum.
I cannot root for the Seahawks. I just do not like them.
From Twitter (Sign Lady's husband):
Niko Rust @Kings_6thMan 57s
Right now, someone from Denver is furiously searching for the stadium fuse box to try and change this momentum.
From Twitter (Sign Lady's husband):
Niko Rust @Kings_6thMan 57s
Right now, someone from Denver is furiously searching for the stadium fuse box to try and change this momentum.
This pretty much sums it all up:
Dave Lack (Fireplug) @DaveLack 4m
"@AlbertBrooks: Omaha has just asked Peyton Manning to use another city" hahaha tweet of the night
Dave Lack (Fireplug) @DaveLack 4m
"@AlbertBrooks: Omaha has just asked Peyton Manning to use another city" hahaha tweet of the night
Super Bore. There's been lot of games like that over the years - luckily several of them 49ers Super Blowouts. I think it's another reason both NFL and NBA need to re-seed at end of the season so you actually ALWAYS get two best teams in championship game. Forget this AFC vs NFC do or die potential train wreck every time. Heck maybe it would have been Niners vs. Seahawks in Super Bowl this year instead of two western state teams anyway. Sort of like what NCAA basketball does with March Madness leading Final Four or what college football is finally doing starting next season with its Division I playoffs leading to no argument national champion.
I think the Super Bowl has been more competitive the last couple decades because you're not getting the top two seeds in there. Or perhaps because there just aren't as many really dominant teams. This year the Broncos and the Seahawks were the two best teams, so I don't think a re-seed would have helped any. (You might argue that by the end the 49ers were playing better than Denver, but based on anything objective like records, stats, or advanced stats the Seahawks and Broncos would have been 1-2.)
By the way... looks like I failed to set the option to make the poll results public, and since only a few people predicted a score in the thread and they all predicted a Denver win there's no need to go through and tally things up. The correct choices for the other bets were:
1. OVER 48 points
2. Tails
3. Non-QB MVP
4. MORE than 2 turnovers.
1. OVER 48 points
2. Tails
3. Non-QB MVP
4. MORE than 2 turnovers.
I don't know, man, Denver played a cake schedule. Niners battled through some adversity and had some heartbreaks like the loss to New Orleans that really swung the home field advantage in the NFC. I don't have advanced stats to back things up, but the NFC and the NFC West in particular were just on another spectrum of eliteness that no team in the AFC could touch. The Super Bowl was really played two weeks ago and had the 49ers got home field advantage, they may be hoisting that Lombardi right now. F Seattle.