kenbuzz

Based on the results of today's games, here's how the Super Bowl selections will fall out:

Home Sweet Home - Green Bay and Kansas City win
GBP: printerati, JoeySeven <--- will share the Packers, submit Super Bowl tiebreaker pick
KCC: The Cow, Kal Varnsen, tripfour <--- will share the Chiefs, submit Super Bowl tiebreaker pick
S/O: Jericho, JeffTheAlpaca

Cheese Curds and Chicken Wings - Green Bay and Buffalo win
GBP: kenbuzz <--- will own the Packers outright
BUF: Jericho, The Cow <--- will share the Bills, submit Super Bowl tiebreaker pick
S/O: Kal Varnsen, tripfour

Old Dogs, New Tricks - Tampa Bay and Kansas City win
TBB: JeffTheAlpaca, printerati, JoeySeven <--- won't matter who wins, submit Super Bowl tiebreaker pick
KCC: -none-
S/O: -none-

Roadhouse! - Tampa Bay and Buffalo win
TBB: -none-
BUF: -none-
S/O: kenbuzz <--- will win pool outright tonight

kenbuzz

Tampa Bay 31, Green Bay 26

And like that, one-half of the field is gone.

Rank	Player	Wild Card	Divisional	Conference	Super Bowl	Points	Actual	Diff
-	JeffTheAlpaca	Baltimore	Green Bay	Kansas City	[TBB]	50	-	-
-	printerati	Baltimore	Buffalo	Kansas City	[TBB]	47	-	-
-	JoeySeven	New Orleans	Buffalo	Kansas City	[TBB]	54	-	-
-	kenbuzz	New Orleans	Tampa Bay	Buffalo	Shut Out	45	-	-
5	Jericho	Tampa Bay	Kansas City	Green Bay	-	58	57	1
6	The Cow	New Orleans	Tampa Bay	Green Bay	-	55	57	2
7	Kal Varnsen	Tampa Bay	Buffalo	Green Bay	-	52	57	5
8	tripfour	Tampa Bay	Buffalo	Green Bay	-	47	57	10

If Kansas City wins, we have three players heading to the Super Bowl needing to get the tiebreak to fall in their favor to take the pool.
If Buffalo wins, the pool ends and.... well... I win.

The Cow

One prior champ left!

Thanks for running this again, Ken. Good luck to those that are left!

kenbuzz

Kansas City 38, Buffalo 24

My impossible dream dies... in flames. Lol!

Rank	Player	Wild Card	Divisional	Conference	Super Bowl	Points	Actual	Diff
1	JoeySeven	New Orleans	Buffalo	Kansas City	Tampa Bay	54	62	8
2	JeffTheAlpaca	Baltimore	Green Bay	Kansas City	Tampa Bay	50	62	12
3	printerati	Baltimore	Buffalo	Kansas City	Tampa Bay	47	62	15
4	Jericho	Tampa Bay	Kansas City	Green Bay	-	58	57	1
5	The Cow	New Orleans	Tampa Bay	Green Bay	-	55	57	2
6	Kal Varnsen	Tampa Bay	Buffalo	Green Bay	-	52	57	5
7	tripfour	Tampa Bay	Buffalo	Green Bay	-	47	57	10
8	kenbuzz	New Orleans	Tampa Bay	Buffalo	-	45	62	17

Decker

Who wins if the Chiefs win?

The Cow

It doesn't matter which team wins, it's down to just tiebreaker points now.

kenbuzz

We've been in this situation before.... all of the players who are still alive are forced to take the same team (Tampa) since they used Kansas City to get here. All of them will "win" the pool at 4-0, requiring a tiebreak to settle the final 1-2-3 order of finish.... or all of them will "lose" the pool at 3-1, requiring a tiebreak to settle the final 1-2-3 order of finish.

So - it does not matter who wins the Super Bowl. Right now, all that matters is who comes closest to picking the correct final # of points scored.

PLEASE READ: I would like each of the players to PM me with their choice. I will not publish them until I have all three. You CAN change your mind and PM me with an update, but once all of thee players have submitted their picks the numbers will be revealed and the picks will be locked in. There is an advantage in submitting an earlier pick, in that the order of submission is the first (and only) tiebreaker in case two of you are equally-distant from the actual final total. Also, equally important, it is possible that some of you may submit a pick that is identical to a pick already submitted. Since I cannot reveal picks until they're all in, I need to ensure that all picks are unique without revealing anything that could give anyone an advantage. If an identical pick is received it will be adjusted up or down by a point (or two) to ensure that it is unique. To help me with this, when you submit your pick also please tell me whether you want me to adjust it UP or DOWN in the event of a duplicate. If you don't, I'll flip a coin.

kenbuzz

The pool is now OPEN for Super Bowl tiebreaker picks (via PM).

kenbuzz

For Joey, Jeff, and printerati.... it might help to review last year's thread... the situation you're in is identical to what happened last year, though back then there were FIVE players owning the Chefs:

https://forum.dvdtalk.com/sports-tal...-annual-5.html

LaxBandit

Darn thought I posted a pick for conference championship week. Guess I didn't - sigh! Oh well I would have been eliminated anyway as my pick would have been Green Bay - 58 pts. (Had to go NFC there since as a Buffalo fan I was saving them for the Super Bowl. Had to pick Green Bay due to already picking Tampa Bay.) Good luck to the three finalists! Go Kansas City!!!

kenbuzz

Just wanted to let everyone know that I have tiebreaker picks from printerati and JoeySeven (in that order). Once JeffTheAlpaca sends his to me - or posts it openly to this thread (which he CAN do at this point) - I will be able to reveal the spread table for the Super Bowl. Until Jeff does that, the other two are free to update their picks if they wish, though their order of submission would be impacted.

Rank	Player	Wild Card	Divisional	Conference	Super Bowl	Points	Actual	Diff
-	printerati	Baltimore	Buffalo	Kansas City	Tampa Bay	*	-	-
-	JoeySeven	New Orleans	Buffalo	Kansas City	Tampa Bay	*	-	-
3	JeffTheAlpaca	Baltimore	Green Bay	Kansas City	Tampa Bay	50	62	12

kenbuzz

Paging Mr. Alpaca... Mister JeffTheAlpaca... please pick up the White Courtesy Phone in thread 652134.

JeffTheAlpaca

Sorry lol


Tampa 48

kenbuzz

Okey dokey... the picks are in! As nobody inadvertently submitted a tiebreaker that was identical to a previously-submitted tiebreaker, the "up/down" tiebreaker tiebreaks can be ignored.

In order, the picks were:
45 printerati at 01-26-21 08:46PM
56 JoeySeven at 01-31-21 02:59AM
48 JeffTheAlpaca at 02-03-21 07:27PM

Our spread table will therefore be:
0-46 printerati
48-51 JeffTheAlpaca
52-up JoeySeven

JoeySeven gets 52 because his pick arrived before JeffTheAlpaca's pick.

Good luck to all!

kenbuzz

Rank	Player	Wild Card	Divisional	Conference	Super Bowl	Points	Actual	Diff
-	printerati	Baltimore	Buffalo	Kansas City	Tampa Bay	45	-	-
-	JoeySeven	New Orleans	Buffalo	Kansas City	Tampa Bay	56	-	-
-	JeffTheAlpaca	Baltimore	Green Bay	Kansas City	Tampa Bay	48	-	-

kenbuzz

Heading into the 4th quarter, Tampa holds a 31-9 lead.

40 points.

Everybody is in play right now.

kenbuzz

Ballgame. TBB intercepts Mahomes in the end zone under 2 minutes, Chiefs with no Timeouts left.

Congrats printerati!!!

kenbuzz

Rank	Player	Wild Card	Divisional	Conference	Super Bowl	Points	Actual	Diff
1	printerati	Baltimore	Buffalo	Kansas City	Tampa Bay	45	40	5
2	JeffTheAlpaca	Baltimore	Green Bay	Kansas City	Tampa Bay	48	40	8
3	JoeySeven	New Orleans	Buffalo	Kansas City	Tampa Bay	56	40	16

printerati

Thanks for running the pool, kenbuzz!

BrewCrew

Since KC almost scored a TD at the end, curious who would have won at 47 as that number was for some reason omitted.

printerati

It would have been Jeff. There must be a typo in kenbuzz's more recent post, as the second post in the thread contains the following: