WOP Football Pool!

formermarcher · Post by **formermarcher** » Fri Sep 12, 2003 9:12 am

So it looks like the old football pool got erased...no biggie, here's another one!
Pick your teams to win off of the provided list. Each correct pick gets you one point.

When you pick the monday night winner, please put the TOTAL SCORE next to your pick (so a 17-7 game would mean you put 24 points). This way we can have a tie-breaker.

*****Please do not edit your picks after the games have started. I will not check, so you'll have to be honest enough not to do it. Besides, its tells us when you edit.*****

The winner is the one with the most points and gets to wear the crown

and gets the bragging rights for the week.

Alrighty, here are the games, with thier overall records:

ATLANTA (1-0) Washington (1-0)
GREEN BAY (0-1) Detroit (1-0)
INDIANAPOLIS (1-0) Tennessee (1-0)
KANSAS CITY (1-0) Pittsburgh (1-0)
ST. LOUIS (0-1) San Francisco (1-0)
NEW ORLEANS (0-1) Houston (1-0)
Miami (0-1) NEW YORK (NYJ) (0-1)
Buffalo (1-0) JACKSONVILLE (0-1)
BALTIMORE (0-1) Cleveland (0-1)
Seattle (1-0) ARIZONA (0-1)
TAMPA BAY (1-0) Carolina (1-0)
OAKLAND (0-1) Cincinnati (0-1)
PHILADELPHIA (0-1) New England (0-1)
Denver (1-0) SAN DIEGO (0-1)
MINNESOTA (1-0) Chicago (0-1)
NEW YORK (NYG) (1-0) Dallas (0-1) (MONDAY NIGHT!)

Here are my picks-
Washington over Atlants
Detroit over Green Bay
KC over Pitt.
San Fran over St. Louis
New Orleans over Houston
Miami over the Jets
Bills over Jags
Ravens over Browns
Seahawks over Cards
Bucs over Panthers
Raiders over Bengals
Eagles over Patriots
Broncos over Chargers
Viking over Bears
Giants over Cowboys

Monday night total score: 17

MCclarinetdude · Post by **MCclarinetdude** » Sat Sep 13, 2003 11:17 am

Since the crash happened and erased the pool, we lost some players. If you made picks in the old pool, please post them again so we can get more people in this thing. There's not much time left (gameday is tomorrow) so get in on the pool!

Here are my picks, again!

Atlanta over Washington
Baltimore over Cleveland
Green Bay over Detroit
Tennessee over Indianapolis
Buffalo over Jacksonville
Kansas City over Pittsburgh
New Orleans over Houston
Miami over New York Jets
San Francisco over St. Louis
Seattle over Arizona
Tampa Bay over Carolina
Oakland over Cincinnati
Philadelphia over New England
San Diego over Denver
Minnesota over Chicago

Monday Night pick:
New York Giants over Dallas Total Score: 38

Trumpet Man 05 · Post by **Trumpet Man 05** » Sat Sep 13, 2003 7:57 pm

Good, the football pool is back...

I don't watch football though.

MCclarinetdude · Post by **MCclarinetdude** » Sun Sep 14, 2003 6:45 pm

Only two people in the pool!!!???

Ahhh, ok. I guess it's formermarcher and I going head-to-head. Here are the results of Sunday's games, excluding the night game, since it's still going on.

Washington over Atlanta 33-31
Baltimore over Cleveland 33-13
Green Bay over Detroit 31-6
Indianapolis over Tennessee 33-7
Buffalo over Jacksonville 38-17
Kansas City over Pittsburgh 41-20
New Orleans over Houston 31-10
Miami over New York Jets 21-10
St. Louis over San Francisco 27-24
Seattle over Arizona 38-0
Carolina over Tampa Bay 12-9

Oakland over Cincinnati 23-20
New England over Philadelphia 31-10
Denver over San Diego 37-13

formermarcher has gone 9-5. I've gone 8-6. We both have the same picks for the Sunday Night and Monday Night games, so that means:

formermarcher has already won the pool!!!

And I (clarinetdude) came in a close second (out of 2

)

Congrats formermarcher! You get the crown

.

Hope more of you guys participate in the pool for next week!!!

formermarcher · Post by **formermarcher** » Mon Sep 15, 2003 8:49 am

YIPEE!
This week was....strange, I guess.
So after one full week and one sunday, I have gone a total of:

19-11, with tonight to be played, but I don't see how the cowboys can win, so I'll go 20-11, and be off to an okay start.

formermarcher · Post by **formermarcher** » Mon Sep 15, 2003 3:44 pm

Right, so the king

will put down his picks for next week, even though the king

still has to watch tonights game.

Right, so here are the games, home teams in gaps, arranged Favorite vs. Underdog

Favorite Underdog Game Status
-- Tampa Bay -- ATLANTA
-- Pittsburgh -- CINCINNATI
-- Minnesota -- DETROIT
-- TENNESSEE -- New Orleans
-- INDIANAPOLIS -- Jacksonville
-- NEW ENGLAND -- New York (NYJ)
-- Kansas City -- HOUSTON
-- Green Bay -- ARIZONA
-- SEATTLE -- St. Louis
-- WASHINGTON -- New York (NYG)
-- SAN DIEGO -- Baltimore
-- SAN FRANCISCO -- Cleveland
-- MIAMI -- Buffalo
-- DENVER -- Oakland (MONDAY NIGHT!)

My picks are :

Tampa over Atlanta
Steelers over Begals
Vikings over Lions
Saints over Titans
Colts over Jags
Pats over Jets
Chiefs over Texans
Packers over Cards
Seahawks over Rams
Skins over Giants (my pick for game of the week)
Ravens over Chargers
49ers over Browns
Bills over Dolphins (another good one)
Broncos over Raiders

My total points score for Monday night is 30

The king

has made his predictions.

Lizzy05 · Post by **Lizzy05** » Mon Sep 15, 2003 6:52 pm

since my other one got deleted, hopefully this one will stay!

My picks are:

TAMPA BAY over atlanta
CINCINNATI over pittsburg
MINNESOTA over detroit
TENNESSEE over New Orleans
INDIANAPOLIS over Jacksonville
NEW YORK JETS over new england
KANSAS CITY over houston
GREEN BAY over arizona
ST. LOUIS over seattle
WASHINGTON over n.y.g.
BALTIMORE over san diego
SAN FRANCISCO over cleveland
MIAMI over buffalo
O-A-K-L-A-N-D over denver

Hostrauser · Post by **Hostrauser** » Mon Sep 15, 2003 7:25 pm

formermarcher wrote:Right, so here are the games, home teams in gaps, arranged Favorite vs. Underdog

Favorite Underdog Game Status
-- Tampa Bay -- ATLANTA
-- Pittsburgh -- CINCINNATI
-- Minnesota -- DETROIT
-- TENNESSEE -- New Orleans
-- INDIANAPOLIS -- Jacksonville
-- NEW ENGLAND -- New York (NYJ)
-- Kansas City -- HOUSTON
-- Green Bay -- ARIZONA
-- SEATTLE -- St. Louis
-- WASHINGTON -- New York (NYG)
-- SAN DIEGO -- Baltimore
-- SAN FRANCISCO -- Cleveland
-- MIAMI -- Buffalo
-- DENVER -- Oakland (MONDAY NIGHT!)

My picks are:
Tampa Bay over Atlanta
Cincinnati over Pittsburgh

Minnesota over Detroit
Tennessee over New Orleans
Indianapolis over Jacksonville
New England over New York Jets
Kansas City over Houston
Green Bay over Arizona
Seattle over St. Louis
New York Giants over Washington
Baltimore over San Diego
San Francisco over Cleveland
Buffalo over Miami
Denver over Oakland (Total Points: 52)

MCclarinetdude · Post by **MCclarinetdude** » Mon Sep 15, 2003 7:25 pm

Hey O'sideband_Lizzy, don't forget the score for the Monday Night game!

Anyways, I'll post some predictions soon.

formermarcher · Post by **formermarcher** » Tue Sep 16, 2003 9:18 am

OOO!
Phantom Phan is going out on a limb here! Cinci over Pitt? I must admit Cinci is playing better than expected, but still...

Hostrauser · Post by **Hostrauser** » Tue Sep 16, 2003 8:57 pm

formermarcher wrote:OOO!
Phantom Phan is going out on a limb here! Cinci over Pitt? I must admit Cinci is playing better than expected, but still...

Pittsburgh's defense is HIGHLY overrated. The Bengals did a capable job vs. Oakland this past Sunday, and I expect that to carry over to this week. If Cincinnati can clamp down on Pittsburgh's terrific passing game, they can pull out the win. Having the game in Cincy will help, too.

Oh, and I was 12/16 in week one, and 9/16 in week two. So far this season I've predicted 21 of 32 winners (.656); in Yahoo! Pick 'Em, I'm #122 out of 2635 in the "Fans of San Diego" group and #11,052 out of 190,549 overall, putting me in the 94th percentile. So far so good...

MCclarinetdude · Post by **MCclarinetdude** » Tue Sep 16, 2003 10:30 pm

My current record: 10-6

Tampa Bay over Atlanta
Pittsburgh over Cincinnati
Minnesota over Detroit
Kansas City over Houston
Indianapolis over Jacksonville
New England over New York Jets
New Orleans over Tennessee
Green Bay over Arizona
Seattle over St. Louis
Washington over New York Giants
San Diego over Baltimore (I can't ever give up on those Bolts)
San Francisco over Cleveland
Miami over Buffalo

Monday Night Pick:
Denver over Oakland Total Score: 52

formermarcher · Post by **formermarcher** » Wed Sep 17, 2003 10:34 am

Phantom Phan wrote:
formermarcher wrote:OOO!
Phantom Phan is going out on a limb here! Cinci over Pitt? I must admit Cinci is playing better than expected, but still...
Pittsburgh's defense is HIGHLY overrated. The Bengals did a capable job vs. Oakland this past Sunday, and I expect that to carry over to this week. If Cincinnati can clamp down on Pittsburgh's terrific passing game, they can pull out the win. Having the game in Cincy will help, too.

Oh, and I was 12/16 in week one, and 9/16 in week two. So far this season I've predicted 21 of 32 winners (.656); in Yahoo! Pick 'Em, I'm #122 out of 2635 in the "Fans of San Diego" group and #11,052 out of 190,549 overall, putting me in the 94th percentile. So far so good...

Well, you've gotten the better of me there. I also am in that yahoo pick 'em I rank 37987 out of the overall total. I rank 2953 out of 14830 in the "Fans of Dallas". I was 9/16 in week one and 10/16 in week two, so I'm 19 of 32 (.594). I'm not too far behind, just two points.

I agree that Cinci did a capable job against the Raiders. The Raiders are not the same team the were last year, but they are still pretty good but I am not convinced that Cinci can beat Pitt. It was like when Houston beat Miami...then they got pounded by New Orleans 31-10. I see the same sort of situation here with Cinci. They almost beat the Raiders but will not beat the Steelers.

In week two, Dillion carried 19 for 84 (about 4 and a half yards a carry). So he did slightly better than week 1.
On the whole, the recievers did better, and there were no fumbles at all.
However, Kitna was 25-41 for 303 yards, and again 1TD and 2 Int. He did about the same as last week.

But so far in terms of defense, the Steelers are the top AFC while Oakland is 3rd to last, only ahead of San Diego and Miami.

What I see is thet Dillon will probably not have a 100 yard game, the recievers will play much as they have recently, and Kitna will once again fail to do anything spectacular. The team will improve for week 3, but not enough to deal with Pittsburg.
Offensivley, Pitt. averages 27 points per game (4th in the AFC) and Cinci averages 15 points per game (13th in the AFC).
Unless Kitna pulls off what Quincy Carter did last Monday Night, and Dillion runs for 100+ yards, there won't be much offense output. They'll have to rely on thier defense, which isn't looking so great.

Thats just what I think, though.

Lizzy05 · Post by **Lizzy05** » Sun Sep 21, 2003 12:31 pm

crap..forgot about the m.n. total....ummmm.... I think the total will be 45

Hostrauser · Post by **Hostrauser** » Sun Sep 21, 2003 6:57 pm

Tampa Bay over Atlanta (1 for 1)

Cincinnati over Pittsburgh

(1 for 2, but I was close)

Minnesota over Detroit (2 for 3)

Tennessee over New Orleans (3 for 4)

Indianapolis over Jacksonville (4 for 5)

New England over New York Jets (5 for 6)

Kansas City over Houston (6 for 7)

Green Bay over Arizona (6 for 8; biggest upset of the season so far)

Seattle over St. Louis (7 for 9)

New York Giants over Washington (8 for 10)

Baltimore over San Diego (9 for 11)

San Francisco over Cleveland (9 for 12)
Buffalo over Miami (in progress)
Denver over Oakland (tomorrow)

9 out of 12 so far...