RotB Playoff Pick'em Final Standings

by Hawkwind on Feb 8, 2010 5:35 AM MST in Weekly Pick 'Em Comment 13 comments

First off, congratulations New Orleans Saints on their Super Bowl 44 victory. Hell hath truly frozen over. Congratulations also go to, um, me (?!), for picking the team that DaCards didn't pick, as my 31-30 Saints prediction garnered 37 Pick'em Points (matching Andrew602's Points with his 34-27 prediction) allowing me to sneak ahead of DaCards by four points — points lost due to DaCards picking the Colts to win 31-21. ::wonk, wonk, wooooonk::

And now for something completely different. Time to ponder the off season and prepare for the Cardinals trip to the 2010 post-season!

Thank you to everyone that participated in the three forms of RotB Pick'em this past season. Of the three formats used, was there one you enjoyed more than the others? For a refresher, in the pre-season we picked the whole week's schedule of games but the winner was who had the worst prediction percentage; during the regular season only eight games were picked from prime-time games and hard to predict match-ups and the winner was who had the best prediction percentage; and final format was to predict the final score Pick'em Points assigned based on a formula with the highest total Points crowning the winner for the playoffs. Next preseason will have something "different" once more but the regular season will be the same format unless there's a huge demand for another format. Pick'em Points worked out nicely for the post-season as well and could lend itself to the regular season as a potential tie-breaker rather than Weeks Won Points.

Final standings after the jump and I'll be back with the RotB Draft Pick'em in early April. Until then, be safe and sound.

RotB 2009 Playoff Pick'em Final Standings

Username	NO@IND	SB PP	Total PP
Hawkwind	31-30	37	226
DaCards	21-31	-4	222
JoeCB1991	38-35	25	190
RottPhiler	38-31	29	180
Hibernian	28-31	3	178
robloosli	28-41	-7	178
kengle33	24-34	-4	175
StuckinColorado	24-34	-4	161
Andrew602	34-27	37	145
Cardinalfever	27-34	-1	105
hevchv	31-34	3	75

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Made all 26 picks.

I’m so excited. I did suck, but I was consistent. Wait. That didn’t come out right. Anyway, my fav was the regular season. Strategy is a huge factor. When and when not to pick. I prob could have done a little better but I’m just so stubborn. I haven’t picked against the Cards in two years.

Life's too short. Be a fan. Orlando Magic, Arizona Cardinals,Tampa Bay Rays and of course "the U"! What a winning combo.

by hevchv on Feb 8, 2010 6:45 AM MST via mobile reply actions 0 recs

yeah that might hurt your chances. 13 losses the last two seasons

What? I didn't break it, I was just testing its durability, and then I placed it in the woods becuase it's made out of wood and I just thought he should be with his family.
Revenge of the Birds

by Andrew602 on Feb 8, 2010 7:31 AM MST up reply actions 0 recs

I like what you've done with the pick'em Hawk

The preseason/regular/and post all worked out for me, even though I was pretty bad.

What? I didn't break it, I was just testing its durability, and then I placed it in the woods becuase it's made out of wood and I just thought he should be with his family.
Revenge of the Birds

by Andrew602 on Feb 8, 2010 7:31 AM MST reply actions 0 recs

3rd place isn't too bad...

Lifelong Arizona Cardinals/Chicago Bears fan.

I can't stand band-wagoner fans, stick with your team, throughout the good and the bad.

by JoeCB1991 on Feb 8, 2010 9:17 AM MST reply actions 0 recs

YEA IM A BIT BITTER

How do u get negetive points .jk lol it was fun i wanted the saints to win but i picked the colts cause i wanted a friggin t shirt haha im so greedy any way lots of fun and lets keep this rivarly going

The Devil Birds just got cha

by DaCards on Feb 8, 2010 10:18 AM MST reply actions 0 recs

No worries, DaCards. RotB will take care of you.

Don't waste time or Time will waste you.

by Hawkwind on Feb 8, 2010 12:52 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs

I didn’t take part in the weekly pick’em this year specifically because I hate the regular season format where choosing which weeks to skip is the biggest part of the strategy; I’m not interested in that game. I understand if you don’t want someone eliminated because they miss one week of a 17 week season, but the compromise would be simple; Go by total correct picks instead of percentage of correct picks. With that format you would be encouraged to pick every game every week but you wouldn’t be eliminated automatically for missing a week. the standings for total correct picks would be the same as percentages if everyone picks all the games anyway.
If you agree with me please let them know, I wouldn’t expect them to change things for one person

by manphibian on Feb 8, 2010 10:49 AM MST reply actions 0 recs

Next year there will be two lists with potentially two winners

There’s the “standard” list based on correct percentage; we have to do it this way to allow some late-comers to RotB to get in on the fun and have a chance to win. I will be squelching the Elmer Fudd rule next year and just make it standard to pick the whole week ahead of the earliest kick-off or miss that week. It’s a fun tactic to use but a bit of PITA to manage.

If money grew on trees I’d like to award a weekly prize that way anyone could play any given week even if they’ve been disqualified for the “big” prize but considering how often the Weeks Won Point was shared, that would be cost prohibitive.

The “RotB Addict” list will be for those that pick each and every week (hevchv won this year) and effectively is based on total correct picks for the entire season. This will in effect become the “big” prize rewarding those that stuck it out through the whole season which can be a challenge, I know.

Don't waste time or Time will waste you.

by Hawkwind on Feb 8, 2010 12:49 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs

Elmer Fudd

Another way of killing that tactic would be if a game not picked means a loss – not a week lost. So if you pick any game in a week, your picks in that round count – but the ones you for some reason forget count as losses (since you obviously didn’t pick the right winner)
The most positive with this version in my opinion is that it eliminates the risk of losing the entire season on the ground because of a stupid Thursday game in week 16 …

We are red, we are white, we are Danish Dynamite!

by Thomaldo on Feb 11, 2010 6:09 AM MST up reply actions 0 recs

i didnt play in the regular season mode but i liked the playoff version maybe

we do a very simular version for regular season but make the picks on the say monday night game , sunday night game and maybe 4 other matchups

The Devil Birds just got cha

by DaCards on Feb 8, 2010 5:41 PM MST reply actions 0 recs

I think all games should be picked rather than just a slate of 8 chosen for the week

I will volunteer to help Hawk tabulate the results if it’s a time issue on using the slate of 8 rather than all the games. I’ll also volunteer to scan the official rules for loopholes if you would like Hawk.

I would also suggest the rule be that once a game is picked for the week any skipped games are just Losses for the week. So if a guy misses the Thursday game and picks the rest of the week, Thursday is just a loss and the rest count. Or if a guy picks Thursday and forgets to pick the rest of the week or MNF, any game not picked counts as a loss.

by Drullin'OverDaCards on Feb 8, 2010 6:09 PM MST reply actions 0 recs

You'll have your hands full next year Hawk ; )

What? I didn't break it, I was just testing its durability, and then I placed it in the woods becuase it's made out of wood and I just thought he should be with his family.
Revenge of the Birds

by Andrew602 on Feb 8, 2010 6:45 PM MST reply actions 0 recs