2012 Shark Pool Survivor Contest - Playoff Tiebreaker (1 Viewer)

[killrobotkill]

Congratulations to everyone who survived the entire regular season without missing a single pick! That's truly some impressive prognostication. Here's the list of names for people who are still alive for our tiebreaker:

Bill Brasky

BroadwayG

Clark Griswold

frae

SanDawg

The Beezer

Zone Blitz

Here are the rules for our tiebreaker:

1. Picks for all weeks must be submitted to this thread by the time of the first kickoff of Saturday, from the wild card week to the Super Bowl.

2. All 11 games must be picked.

3. Each correct Wild Card game picked is worth 1 point, Divisional Round game is worth 2 points, Conference Championship is worth 4 points, and Super Bowl is worth 8 points.

4. In addition, one game in each of the Wild Card, Divisional Round, and Conference Championship can be designated your "lock pick". If you get this pick right, you earn an extra point, but if you get that pick wrong, you will lose a point. Lock picks are optional, and you don't have to pick one on a give week if you choose not to.

5. As a final tiebreaker, make sure you pick the total points scored in the Super Bowl. The player that gets the closest to this total would win in case of a tie.

Here's a sample format of how you should submit your picks (don't put any stock into what teams I picked - remember, I was eliminated back in Week 2

Wild Card:

HOU over CIN

IND over BAL

WAS over SEA

GB over MIN (LOCK)

Divisional Round:

HOU over NE

DEN over IND (LOCK)

SF over GB

WAS over ATL

Conference Championship:

DEN over HOU (LOCK)

SF over WAS

Super Bowl:

DEN over SF (Total Points: 42)

Let me know if you have any questions. Good luck!

 

[The Beezer]

Thanks for setting this up killrobotkill.

One question I have is what happens if I pick 2 teams to win in the divisional round that end up playing each other? Here is an example:

I pick SEA to beat WAS. SEA wins.

I pick GB over MIN. MIN wins.

My divisional picks are for SEA to beat ATL and SF to beat GB. But the actual matchup are MIN/ATL and SEA/SF. Am I guaranteed a point in the SEA/SF game since I picked them both to win, or can I not get any points because I have the matchups wrong?

Because of this concern, it may just be better to run this as a 4-week contest and have us make our picks before each week's games with the same rules you have laid out. Having said that, I've got no problems participating in this way since we are all working under the same handicap.

 

[QuizGuy66]

I always thought a fun and challenging wrinkle on this sort of contest would be that you can only pick a team to win 1 time and ALSO can only pick a team to lose 1 time. No fattening up on the Chiefs nearly every week. Gotta figure it would increase the pace of eliminations as well.

Good luck playoff dudes.

-QG

 

[killrobotkill]

Thanks for setting this up killrobotkill. One question I have is what happens if I pick 2 teams to win in the divisional round that end up playing each other? Here is an example:I pick SEA to beat WAS. SEA wins.I pick GB over MIN. MIN wins.My divisional picks are for SEA to beat ATL and SF to beat GB. But the actual matchup are MIN/ATL and SEA/SF. Am I guaranteed a point in the SEA/SF game since I picked them both to win, or can I not get any points because I have the matchups wrong?Because of this concern, it may just be better to run this as a 4-week contest and have us make our picks before each week's games with the same rules you have laid out. Having said that, I've got no problems participating in this way since we are all working under the same handicap.

In the example above, yes, you are guaranteed a point from the SEA/SF game, just as you're guaranteed *not* to get a point from the MIN/ATL game. You might also get or lose an extra point depending on whether you picked SEA or SF as your lock pick for the divisional round.

 

[BroadwayG]

Wild Card:

HOU

BAL

WAS

GB - LOCK

Divisional Round:

NE

DEN

GB

WAS

Conference Championship:

DEN

GB

Super Bowl:

GB - Total 55

 

[The Beezer]

WC:

HOU

BAL

SEA

GB (LOCK)

DIV:

NE

DEN (LOCK)

SF

SEA

CC:

NE

SF

SB:

NE (60 points)

 

[Bill Brasky]

Wild Card:

BAL over IND (L word)

HOU over CIN

WSH over SEA

MIN over GB

Divisional Round:

BAL over DEN

NE over HOU (L word)

ATL over MIN

SF over WSH

Conference Championship:

NE over BAL

ATL over SF

Super Bowl:

NE over ATL (Total Points: 48)

 

[Clark Griswold]

WILD CARD

BAL over IND

SEA over WAS

CIN over HOU

GB over MIN(LOCK)

DIVISIONAL

DEN over CIN(LOCK)

NE over BAL

SEA over ATL

SF over GB

CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIP

DEN over NE

SF over SEA

SUPER BOWL

DEN over SF

Points:46

 

[frae]

Wild Card:

IND over BAL

HOU over CIN

SEA over WASH

GB over MIN (LOCK)

Divisional Round:

DEN over IND (LOCK)

NE over HOU

ATL over SEA

SF over GB

Conference Championship:

DEN over NE

ATL over SF

Super Bowl:

DEN over ATL (Total Points: 44)

 

[SanDawg]

Wild Card:

BAL over IND

HOU over CIN

SEA over WAS

GB over MIN (Lock)

Div Round:

Den over Bal (Lock)

NE over HOU

SEA over ATL

SF over GB

Conf Champ:

NE over DEN

SF over SEA (Lock)

Bowl

SF over NE (45)

 

[Zone Blitz]

Wild Card:

HOU

GB (lock)

IND

WASH

Divisional:

NE

DEN (lock)

GB

ATL

Conference:

DEN

GB

Super Bowl:

DENVER - 57 pts

 

[killrobotkill]

Here's the standings now that Wild Card weekend is over:

SanDawg - 5 pts.

The Beezer - 5

BroadwayG - 4

Clark Griswold - 4

frae - 4

Bill Brasky - 3

Zone Blitz - 3

 

[SanDawg]

Bill B. - nice pick taking Baltimore over Denver

 

[BroadwayG]

ouch, last place here i come

 

[Bill Brasky]

Bill B. - nice pick taking Baltimore over Denver

Thank you. Makes up for the embarrassment of homer picking the Vikes

 

[The Beezer]

Unofficial point standings after Divisional Weekend:Bill Brasky - 12 ptsfrae - 9 ptsSanDawg - 8 ptsTheBeezer - 8 ptsClark Griswold - 7 ptsBroadwayG - 6 ptsZone Blitz - 6 ptsUnless my math is wrong, here are the remaining possibilities for winners:NE over ATL - Bill BraskyNE over SF - The BeezerBAL over ATL - Bill BraskyBAL over SF - SanDawgATL over NE - Bill BraskyATL over BAL - Bill BraskySF over NE - SanDawgSF over BAL - SanDawg

 

[The Beezer]

Congrats to SanDawg! Since he is the only team to pick SF to win the SB and no one picked Baltimore to make it, he cannot be caught.Unofficial standings:SanDawg - 17 ptsThe Beezer - 16 ptsClark Griswold - 15 ptsBill Braskey - 12 ptsfrae - 9 ptsBroadwayG - 6 ptsZone Blitz - 5 pts

 

[SanDawg]

Thanks Beezer and to all who helped during hurricane Sandy this year running this pool. 2nd time in four years now I went the distance and had to go to a tie breaker. I love this free one because it helps me make decisions in my money suicide pools where it really counts. Have hit 2x now on that over the past four as well. Have a great off season and see you all next year.