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RotB Survival Pick'em: Ravaged By Tigers, Oh My!

The 2010 NFL season continues its unpredictable game outcomes with the Week 5 results.  Much of this week's angst comes from Carson Palmer's errant throws and Tampa Bay's surprising victory.  This failure by the Bengals knocks SenSurround, last year's Survival Champion, out after 17 weeks of correct picks.  It was great run, SenSurround!  Only seven members are left with five of those having been in the mix since Week 1.  What does Week 6 hold in store?

Week 1 - 5 Survivors
blank_38, CardsIrish, Cuckoo for Coco Puffs, Dem_Cardz, manphibian
Week 2 - 5 Survivor
Cardinalfever
Week 5 Survivor
CARDSxFAN32
A Tiger?! In Cincinnati?!  Bit me leg clean off! 
AlaskanCard, Drullin'OverDaCards, jallred350, KDean75, pthesz, quid pro quo, SenSurround, Skii, StuckinColorado

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Pick'em Survival is relatively straightforward:

  • You pick ONE team to win each week. You don't pick every game, just one team that will win each week out of one game. If you pick a team and they fail to win, you are eliminated, with no chance to join again.
  • Another determining factor in the Survival Pick'em League is that you cannot select a single team more then once in the season.  So save a "hot" team for a week of unfavourable match-ups.  You are responsible to remember which teams you've used in previous weeks.  I'll check your submissions leading up to game day and if I note you're using a team for a second time, I'll ask you to change.  If you don't change or I don't notice until too late, your steak ends.  
  • The winner of the league needs to have the longest stretch of games picked correctly. You can start your picks late, depending on a favorable match up that starts later, but be careful you don't start too late. You can also end your streak whenever you want but don't end it too early, or somebody could pass your stretch.  So if SenSurround picks week 1 through week 11 correct, then SenSurround has lasted through 64% of the season. If hevchv doesn't start till week 3, then picks through week 17 correct, he lasted 88% of the season and he would win.  If we end up with a tie, the tie breaker is the lowest winning percentage of the teams used to survive.  If it's still a tie, we'll get creative.
  • You cannot skip a week once you start the streak.  You miss a week your streak is done.
  • Submission are simple: post your ONE team every week. You are responsible to remember which teams you've used in previous weeks.  The only deadline is to submit your pick before that game's opening kick off time, so it's feasible to party hard all weekend and still use one of the MNF teams to keep the streak going..if either of those teams haven't already been used earlier in the season.

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I seriously

should have known better then to ever bank on the Bengals.

Oh well. It was fun.

by SenSurround on Oct 12, 2010 5:37 PM MDT reply actions  

I hadn't had a chance to check the site in days

So I was curious to see who you had picked….I wondered who was getting screwed by the Bengals as that final came in. I hadn’t expected to see so many go with the Bengals.

Don't waste time or Time will waste you.

by Hawkwind on Oct 12, 2010 6:46 PM MDT up reply actions  

even when

I put in the Bengals I didn’t like it. Hell, 3 of the top 5 favored teams lost this week, Cinncy, SD, NO.
This is a screwy year.

by KDean75 on Oct 13, 2010 6:42 AM MDT up reply actions  

oh jacksonville i love you

DAAAAAAAAAAAAA BEARS is who i pick.

Haiku are simple,
But they often don't make sense,
Refrigerator.

by blank_38 on Oct 12, 2010 7:43 PM MDT reply actions  

week 6

Pittsburg

No more night. I have seen the light. Let it shine on bright.
HANG HIM HIGHER!!!

by Cuckoo for Coco Puffs on Oct 13, 2010 6:46 AM MDT reply actions  

Bears ravage the league

one week after the tiger maulings. Good thing the Lions have a bye next week (not that anyone would be picking them)

by manphibian on Oct 18, 2010 9:17 PM MDT reply actions  

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