Winless In Seattle
Steve Sauro
Elliott SmithPro Pick'Em Unsportsman Writers Post-Season Challenge
February 4th 2011 22:03
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Last Leg
The end is near.
Can't believe the football season is coming to an end. What will I do until the 2011 season, if there is one? I guess I can watch some college basketball or the M's until they have been eliminated from the playoffs, which will be some time around the end of April. Got to love Seattle sports. Oh well, let's talk about something more interesting. A re-cap of the Pick'Em to date.
Steve continues to stay in the lead after correctly picking both the AFC and NFC champs. Elliott, who also picked both of the AFC and NFC champs, has jumped to second, while Jesse and Clint's hatred for the Steelers has burned then once again. Their inability to take off the blinders and realize the Steelers are really good team has put them both in the basement of the Pro Pick'Em challenge. But, don't worry, this weeks Pro Pick'Em will give them a chance to climb back to the top,
For the Superbowl we have decided to add a little twist to our challenge. We will be picking from a list of 15 questions broken up into 3 categories of 5. For each category we will assign a confidence value from 1-5 (1 being the lowest and 5 the highest).
These 15 questions may possibly shake up the whole Pro Pick'Em challenge. No one knows what the outcome will be. Will Steve add the Post-Season challenge to his Regular Season championship? Can Elliott avoid ending up in the basement in both challenges? Can the .500 Clint find a way to capture the Post-Season tittle? Will Jesse grow a pair? All these questions and more will be answered (except for Jesse's) come late Sunday night. Let the best man win.
Note: Confidence points are on the left and answers are on the right for each question.
Current Standings
Steve 15-3
Elliott 11-7
Jesse 10-8
Clint 9-9
Super Bowl week picks
Steve
EARLY GAME PROPS
3 - 1. Will the first play of the game be a run or a pass? - RUN
1 - 2. Will Rashard Mendenhall gain more than 5 yards on any of his first 3 rushing attempts? - YES
5 - 3. Will Rodgers complete at least 7 of his first 10 pass Atts? - NO
4 - 4. Will the first score of the game be a TD, FG or safety? - TD
2- 5. Will the player who scores the first touchdown have a jersey number higher than 50? - YES
PLAYER PROPS
2 - 6. Will Rodgers throw more TD passes than Roethlisberger? - YES
1 - 7. How many TDs will Rashard Mendenhall score? - 1
4 - 8. Within 1 either way, how many catches will Jennings have?- 8
3 - 9. Which QB will have more yds passing, Aaron or Ben? - Aaron
5 -10. How many interceptions will Troy Polamalu record? - 0
GAME PROPS
3 - 11. Which team will commit the first turnover? - PIT
2 - 12. Will there be a score in the final 2 minutes of the game? -NO
5 - 13. Will the winning margin be more than 5 points? - YES
1 - 14. Within 5 points either way, how many total points will be scored in the game? - 59
4 - 15. Which team will win? - GB
Elliott
EARLY GAME PROPS
2 - 1. Will the first play of the game be a run or a pass? - RUN
3 - 2. Will Rashard Mendenhall gain more than 5 yards on any of his first 3 rushing attempts? - YES
4 - 3. Will Rodgers complete at least 7 of his first 10 pass ATTs? - NO
1 - 4. Will the first score of the game be a TD, FG or safety? - TD
5- 5. Will the player who scores the first touchdown have a jersey number higher than 50? - NO
PLAYER PROPS
4 - 6. Will Rodgers throw more TD passes than Roethlisberger? - YES
3 - 7. How many TDs will Rashard Mendenhall score? - 1
1 - 8. Within 1 either way, how many catches will Jennings have?- 7
2 - 9. Which QB will have more yards passing, Aaron or Ben? - Ben
5 - 10. How many interceptions will Troy Polamalu record? - 0
GAME PROPS
1 - 11. Which team will commit the first turnover? - GB
3 - 12. Will there be a score in the final 2 minutes of the game? - YES
4 - 13. Will the winning margin be more than 5 points? - NOT
2 - 14. Within 5 points either way, how many total points will be scored in the game? - 51
5 - 15. Which team will win? - GB
Jesse
EARLY GAME PROPS
1 - 1. Will the first play of the game be a run or a pass? - RUN
2 - 2. Will Rashard Mendenhall gain more than 5 yards on any of his first 3 rushing attempts? - YES
3 - 3. Will Rodgers complete at least 7 of his first 10 pass ATTs? - NO
4 - 4. Will the first score of the game be a TD, FG or safety? - TD
5- 5. Will the player who scores the first touchdown have a jersey number higher than 50? - NO
PLAYER PROPS
4 - 6. Will Rodgers throw more TD passes than Roethlisberger? - NO
3 - 7. How many TDs will Rashard Mendenhall score? - 1
2 - 8. Within 1 either way, how many catches will Jennings have?- 6
5 - 9. Which QB will have more yards passing, Aaron or Ben? - Ben
1 - 10. How many interceptions will Troy Polamalu record? - 0
GAME PROPS
3 - 11. Which team will commit the first turnover? - GB
4 - 12. Will there be a score in the final 2 minutes of the game? - YES
1 - 13. Will the winning margin be more than 5 points? - YES
2 - 14. Within 5 points either way, how many total points will be scored in the game? - 44
5 - 15. Which team will win? - PITT
Clint
EARLY GAME PROPS
1 - 1. Will the first play of the game be a run or a pass? - PASS
2 - 2. Will Rashard Mendenhall gain more than 5 yards on any of his first 3 rushing attempts? - NO
3 - 3. Will Rodgers complete at least 7 of his first 10 pass ATTs? - NO
4 - 4. Will the first score of the game be a TD, FG or safety? - FG
5- 5. Will the player who scores the first touchdown have a jersey number higher than 50? - NO
PLAYER PROPS
5 - 6. Will Rodgers throw more TD passes than Roethlisberger? - YES
3 - 7. How many TDs will Rashard Mendenhall score? - 1
2 - 8. Within 1 either way, how many catches will Jennings have? - 7.
4- 9. Which QB will have more yards passing, Aaron or Ben? - Aaron
1 - 10. How many interceptions will Troy Polamalu record? - 0
GAME PROPS
1 - 11. Which team will commit the first turnover? - GB
4 - 12. Will there be a score in the final 2 minutes of the game? - YES
2 - 13. Will the winning margin be more than 5 points? - NO
3 - 14. Within 5 points either way, how many total points will be scored in the game? - 44
5 - 15. Which team will win? - GB
In case there is a tie after this week, the tiebreaker will be whoever is closet to the final outcome of the game. Each writer has picked the points scored for both teams.
Steve - GB 31, PITT 28
Elliott GB 27, PITT 24
Jesse - PITT 30, GB 14
Clint - GB 24, PITT 20
Can't believe the football season is coming to an end. What will I do until the 2011 season, if there is one? I guess I can watch some college basketball or the M's until they have been eliminated from the playoffs, which will be some time around the end of April. Got to love Seattle sports. Oh well, let's talk about something more interesting. A re-cap of the Pick'Em to date.
Steve continues to stay in the lead after correctly picking both the AFC and NFC champs. Elliott, who also picked both of the AFC and NFC champs, has jumped to second, while Jesse and Clint's hatred for the Steelers has burned then once again. Their inability to take off the blinders and realize the Steelers are really good team has put them both in the basement of the Pro Pick'Em challenge. But, don't worry, this weeks Pro Pick'Em will give them a chance to climb back to the top,
For the Superbowl we have decided to add a little twist to our challenge. We will be picking from a list of 15 questions broken up into 3 categories of 5. For each category we will assign a confidence value from 1-5 (1 being the lowest and 5 the highest).
These 15 questions may possibly shake up the whole Pro Pick'Em challenge. No one knows what the outcome will be. Will Steve add the Post-Season challenge to his Regular Season championship? Can Elliott avoid ending up in the basement in both challenges? Can the .500 Clint find a way to capture the Post-Season tittle? Will Jesse grow a pair? All these questions and more will be answered (except for Jesse's) come late Sunday night. Let the best man win.
Note: Confidence points are on the left and answers are on the right for each question.
Current Standings
Steve 15-3
Elliott 11-7
Jesse 10-8
Clint 9-9
Super Bowl week picks
Steve
EARLY GAME PROPS
3 - 1. Will the first play of the game be a run or a pass? - RUN
1 - 2. Will Rashard Mendenhall gain more than 5 yards on any of his first 3 rushing attempts? - YES
5 - 3. Will Rodgers complete at least 7 of his first 10 pass Atts? - NO
4 - 4. Will the first score of the game be a TD, FG or safety? - TD
2- 5. Will the player who scores the first touchdown have a jersey number higher than 50? - YES
PLAYER PROPS
2 - 6. Will Rodgers throw more TD passes than Roethlisberger? - YES
1 - 7. How many TDs will Rashard Mendenhall score? - 1
4 - 8. Within 1 either way, how many catches will Jennings have?- 8
3 - 9. Which QB will have more yds passing, Aaron or Ben? - Aaron
5 -10. How many interceptions will Troy Polamalu record? - 0
GAME PROPS
3 - 11. Which team will commit the first turnover? - PIT
2 - 12. Will there be a score in the final 2 minutes of the game? -NO
5 - 13. Will the winning margin be more than 5 points? - YES
1 - 14. Within 5 points either way, how many total points will be scored in the game? - 59
4 - 15. Which team will win? - GB
Elliott
EARLY GAME PROPS
2 - 1. Will the first play of the game be a run or a pass? - RUN
3 - 2. Will Rashard Mendenhall gain more than 5 yards on any of his first 3 rushing attempts? - YES
4 - 3. Will Rodgers complete at least 7 of his first 10 pass ATTs? - NO
1 - 4. Will the first score of the game be a TD, FG or safety? - TD
5- 5. Will the player who scores the first touchdown have a jersey number higher than 50? - NO
PLAYER PROPS
4 - 6. Will Rodgers throw more TD passes than Roethlisberger? - YES
3 - 7. How many TDs will Rashard Mendenhall score? - 1
1 - 8. Within 1 either way, how many catches will Jennings have?- 7
2 - 9. Which QB will have more yards passing, Aaron or Ben? - Ben
5 - 10. How many interceptions will Troy Polamalu record? - 0
GAME PROPS
1 - 11. Which team will commit the first turnover? - GB
3 - 12. Will there be a score in the final 2 minutes of the game? - YES
4 - 13. Will the winning margin be more than 5 points? - NOT
2 - 14. Within 5 points either way, how many total points will be scored in the game? - 51
5 - 15. Which team will win? - GB
Jesse
EARLY GAME PROPS
1 - 1. Will the first play of the game be a run or a pass? - RUN
2 - 2. Will Rashard Mendenhall gain more than 5 yards on any of his first 3 rushing attempts? - YES
3 - 3. Will Rodgers complete at least 7 of his first 10 pass ATTs? - NO
4 - 4. Will the first score of the game be a TD, FG or safety? - TD
5- 5. Will the player who scores the first touchdown have a jersey number higher than 50? - NO
PLAYER PROPS
4 - 6. Will Rodgers throw more TD passes than Roethlisberger? - NO
3 - 7. How many TDs will Rashard Mendenhall score? - 1
2 - 8. Within 1 either way, how many catches will Jennings have?- 6
5 - 9. Which QB will have more yards passing, Aaron or Ben? - Ben
1 - 10. How many interceptions will Troy Polamalu record? - 0
GAME PROPS
3 - 11. Which team will commit the first turnover? - GB
4 - 12. Will there be a score in the final 2 minutes of the game? - YES
1 - 13. Will the winning margin be more than 5 points? - YES
2 - 14. Within 5 points either way, how many total points will be scored in the game? - 44
5 - 15. Which team will win? - PITT
Clint
EARLY GAME PROPS
1 - 1. Will the first play of the game be a run or a pass? - PASS
2 - 2. Will Rashard Mendenhall gain more than 5 yards on any of his first 3 rushing attempts? - NO
3 - 3. Will Rodgers complete at least 7 of his first 10 pass ATTs? - NO
4 - 4. Will the first score of the game be a TD, FG or safety? - FG
5- 5. Will the player who scores the first touchdown have a jersey number higher than 50? - NO
PLAYER PROPS
5 - 6. Will Rodgers throw more TD passes than Roethlisberger? - YES
3 - 7. How many TDs will Rashard Mendenhall score? - 1
2 - 8. Within 1 either way, how many catches will Jennings have? - 7.
4- 9. Which QB will have more yards passing, Aaron or Ben? - Aaron
1 - 10. How many interceptions will Troy Polamalu record? - 0
GAME PROPS
1 - 11. Which team will commit the first turnover? - GB
4 - 12. Will there be a score in the final 2 minutes of the game? - YES
2 - 13. Will the winning margin be more than 5 points? - NO
3 - 14. Within 5 points either way, how many total points will be scored in the game? - 44
5 - 15. Which team will win? - GB
In case there is a tie after this week, the tiebreaker will be whoever is closet to the final outcome of the game. Each writer has picked the points scored for both teams.
Steve - GB 31, PITT 28
Elliott GB 27, PITT 24
Jesse - PITT 30, GB 14
Clint - GB 24, PITT 20
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