RotB Pick'em League 2010 (Version 3.0)
by Hawkwind on Sep 8, 2010 5:27 AM MDT
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Print1) To qualify for any given week of picks the entire selected slate of games for that week must be predicted before the earliest kick-off date/time. Each week will have eight games to pick from and can include the Thursday game (if scheduled), the Cardinals game, the Sunday Night game, and Monday Night Football game. The remaining games will be chosen for their competitive unpredictability.
- Thursday games happen regularly in today's NFL, be sure to have your eight picks in that week if a Thursday game is on the Pick'em schedule. Your posts are time stamped and any posts/alterations after the listed official start time will not be tallied for that week.
- You may change your picks after the initial submission but not after that particular game's kick-off. So if you're adjusting your fantasy football roster just before kick-off, you may consider your Pick'em selections too.
- There will be no slack on omitting a pick. If you forget to pick one of Sunday's games the entire week's picks are thrown out. So double check your picks versus the slated games.
2) To qualify for the Standard Pick'em championship a total of nine weeks of the NFL regular season must be picked; it is mandatory that picks are made for Week 16 and 17. To win the Iron Man Pick'em championship, all seventeen weeks of the season must be picked!
- Here is where the Pick'em strategy can come into play as weeks with tough match-ups can be skipped entirely.
- The last two weeks of the season must be picked to create an interesting finish to the league. It is conceivable that someone can jump to a commanding lead after nine weeks of picks and just ride out the rest of the season with that winning percentage. Picking the last two weeks of the season when starters are potentially getting rested on a playoff run gives the greatest potential to "mix it up" on the Pick'em leader board. For Week 17, the entire sixteen game schedule is picked.
- Those that participate for the entire 17 week season are eligible for the Iron Man Pick'em championship. If you can remember to submit picks all season and do so with consistent results, you deserve some additional recognition! If you win the Standard and Iron Man Pick'em championships, can you tell me who the Super Bowl winner will be next season so I can call in a bet to Vegas?
3) Individuals' rankings are based on a correct vs. wrong percentage with the leader having the highest percentage correctly picked.
- For example, Bezekira and hevchv picks fourteen winners correctly for 2009 Week 17. Fourteen of sixteen gives them a 0.875 winning percentage which would be a great finish to the season for anyone (won them the Standard and Iron Man championships last year respectively). A poor performance any given week isn't the end of your Pick'em hopes either; there is plenty of time to make a comeback.
- In case of winning percentage ties, the tie breakers are Weeks Won Points then Weeks Picked followed by number of times the Cardinals were picked to win, with the last tie breaker being SBNation tenure. Hopefully a tie doesn't go that far!
- Speaking of ties, in case the NFL has a tie (like the Bengals and Eagles two years ago) unless you predicted a tie, it counts as an incorrect pick. If you predict a tie and one actually happens besides getting a correct pick you'll win two tickets to the UFL Championship Game on November 26, site TBD (most likely in Omaha). No, really. And if you ask nicely you can have two tickets to any Hartford Colonials home game too.
Effectively nothing has changed from last year's format except making the Iron Man Pick'em an official championship. Whoever has the best record any given weeks earns one Weeks Won Point. In the case of ties, that point is split between all the tied participants. This "Weeks Won Point" total is the first tie-breaker and is only used for that.
Last year's final standings and the Week 1 Pick'em schedule are after the jump...
2009 RotB Pick'em Final Standings
| Username | Correct | Wrong | % | Weeks Picked | Week Won Points |
| Bezekira | 87 | 33 | .725 | 14 | 2.01 |
| CARDSxFAN32 | 73 | 31 | .702 | 12 | 1.53 |
| card-deville | 73 | 31 | .702 | 12 | 0.56 |
| SenSurround | 54 | 26 | .675 | 9 | 0 |
| b0rdrline | 91 | 45 | .669 | 16 | 0.56 |
| hevchv | 96 | 48 | .667 | 17 | 1.62 |
| Drullin'OverDaCards | 58 | 30 | .659 | 10 | 0 |
| robloosli | 94 | 50 | .653 | 17 | 1.18 |
| Hawkwind | 93 | 51 | .646 | 17 | 0.5 |
| Cuckoo for Coco Puffs | 92 | 52 | .639 | 17 | 0.5 |
| blank_38 | 61 | 35 | .635 | 11 | 1.2 |
| Tim V | 86 | 50 | .632 | 16 | 1.33 |
| Carddan | 86 | 50 | .632 | 16 | 0 |
| Pyromnc | 88 | 56 | .611 | 17 | 0 |
| StuckinColorado | 83 | 53 | .610 | 16 | 1.57 |
| CardsIrish | 87 | 57 | .604 | 17 | 0.33 |
| Thomaldo | 85 | 59 | .590 | 17 | 0.26 |
| JoeCB1991 | 85 | 59 | .590 | 17 | 0.06 |
| Andrew602 | 80 | 56 | .588 | 16 | 0.06 |
| jallred350 | 80 | 56 | .588 | 16 | 0 |
| kj197728 | 83 | 61 | .576 | 17 | 1.0 |
Due to my posting issues of the past week, I wasn't able to get this up sooner so the Thursday Kick-off Game is omitted.
Week 1 Pick'em Selected Games
| Away | Home | Date/Time (ET) | Network | DirecTV |
| CIN | NE | Sun, 1 PM | CBS | 709 |
| IND | HOU | Sun, 1 PM | CBS | 706 |
| DET | CHI | Sun, 1 PM | CBS | 712 |
| ARI | STL | Sun, 4:15 PM | FOX | 714 |
| SF | SEA | Sun, 4:15 PM | FOX | 715 |
| DAL | WAS | Sun, 8:20 PM | NBC | |
| BAL | NYJ | Mon, 7 PM | ESPN | 206 |
| SD | KC | Mon, 10:15 PM | ESPN | 206 |
This is a FanPost and does not necessarily reflect the views of Revenge of the Birds' (ROTB) editors. It does reflect the views of this particular fan though, which is as important as the views of ROTB's editors.
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Nearly won this in year one, Bez won it last year, guess it's Andrew's turn!
Cincinnati (Patriots secondary is suspect and Palmer is sharp, but is Brady sharper? Bengals barely win this shoot-out)
Indianapolis (Want to pick Houston but my restraining order Leinart filed against me prevents me from doing it)
Detroit (Yeah, they haven’t won on the road in forever [regular season] but Cutler doesn’t invoke confidence if the Bears were trying to bring in Josh McCown for competition)
Arizona (If the Rams win, the whole RotB community will be on suicide watch)
San Francisco (Can a tsunami wash both teams out?)
Dallas (Can a tsunami reach DC?)
Baltimore (Gotta pull for Q)
San Diego (Rare chance to watch Lance Long and Leonard Pope…if I’m still awake)
Don't waste time or Time will waste you.
All road dogs, gotta love it
Didn’t Long get cut last week?
Section 135, Row 35
by AJ BirdWatcher on Sep 8, 2010 9:15 AM MDT up reply actions
Long was cut
And Butterfingers Urban is on the Injured Reserve
Lifelong Arizona Cardinals/Chicago Bears fan [I have always lived in Arizona, dad is from Chicago].
I can't stand fair-weather/bandwagon fans, stick with your team, throughout the good and the bad. And don't switch to whichever team wins the Super Bowl each year.
Week 1 picks
NE
IND
CHI
AZ
SF
DAL
BAL
KC
"There are preachermen on TV in a suit and a tie, they tell you to send your money to the Lord, but they give you their address" Hank Williams Jr.
The only pick I got right ...
was the Cards … and that was such a homer pick
by quid pro quo on Sep 12, 2010 10:02 PM MDT up reply actions
Week 1 Picks
NE
Hou
Det
Ari
Sea
Was
Bal
SD
I once tried to quit a job using a dry erase board. Unfortunately I wrote the first part in Sharpie so I couldn't finish.
Week 1 Picks
Thanks a bunch for running this. Hopefully I can sneak into the top half of the standings this year…
Patriots
Colts
Bears
Cardinals
49ers
Cowboys
Ravens
Chargers
Yay!
Cin
Ind
Chi
Ari
SF
Dal
Bal
Kc
Lifelong Arizona Cardinals/Chicago Bears fan [I have always lived in Arizona, dad is from Chicago].
I can't stand fair-weather/bandwagon fans, stick with your team, throughout the good and the bad. And don't switch to whichever team wins the Super Bowl each year.
Under rule #1...
Each week will have eight games to pick from and can include the Thursday game (if scheduled), the Cardinals game, the Sunday Night game, and Monday Night Football game. The remaining games will be chosen for their competitive unpredictability.
Browns and TB did run through my mind though…
Don't waste time or Time will waste you.
Week 1
NE
IND
CHI
AZ
SF
DAL
BAL
SD
Stoudemire to the 10th floor will soon be Nash to the 10th floor!
Have to return to my brilliance of 2008
Cin
Indy
Chi
AZ
Sea
Dal
NYJ
SD
When I get sad, I stop being sad and be awesome again. True story.
-Barney Stinson
Week 1 Picks
CIN
IND
CHI
ARI
SEA
DAL
NYJ
SD
Hey, looks like I won the unofficial Iron Man Pick'em last year.
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 Sep 8, 2010 12:54 PM MDT via mobile reply actions
pick em
NE
HOU – watch out now
DET – yup you are seeing straight
ARI
SF
DAL
BAL
SD
Never do card tricks for the group you play poker with.
SHAZAAAM
Cincy – Pats have some injuries and only 4 guys over 26 on the D
Houston – Matt Schaub is my fantasy QB in my other league.
Detroit Rocks – Chicago. Only upset I see.
SF – They could be a very legit team this year. I hope not!
Cowgirls – Washington just doesn’t have enough fire power.
Balty – Solid D, much better O. Sanchez is good for at least 1 turnover.
SD – (my sister city) Crushes KC.
"Some people think football is a matter of life and death. I assure you, it's much more serious than that." - Bill Shankly
I can assume you're picking Arizona but you haven't declared your pick, Jesse.
Don't waste time or Time will waste you.
AZ - It's gonna get hot in Stl.
"Some people think football is a matter of life and death. I assure you, it's much more serious than that." - Bill Shankly
by Jesse Reynolds on Sep 12, 2010 11:55 AM MDT up reply actions
Week 1
New England Patriots
Houston Texans
Chicago Bears
Arizona Cardinals
San Francisco 49’ers
Dallas Cowboys
Baltimore Ravens
San Diego Chargers
It must be that time of day, the time to focus on sports.
NE 24- CIN 17
IND 31- HOU 28
CHI 17- DET 14
ARI 28- STL 17
SF 24- SEA 21
DAL 24- WAS 17
BAL 21- NYJ 17
SD 21-
The Devil Birds just got cha
by DaCards on Sep 8, 2010 8:57 PM MDT via mobile reply actions
KC 17
The Devil Birds just got cha
by DaCards on Sep 8, 2010 8:59 PM MDT via mobile up reply actions
if brady is rulled out due to car accident that happend today then i take CIN
The Devil Birds just got cha
by DaCards on Sep 9, 2010 9:07 AM MDT via mobile up reply actions
Looks like he will be fine
Lifelong Arizona Cardinals/Chicago Bears fan [I have always lived in Arizona, dad is from Chicago].
I can't stand fair-weather/bandwagon fans, stick with your team, throughout the good and the bad. And don't switch to whichever team wins the Super Bowl each year.
week 1
Cin
Indy
Det
Arizona baby!
sf (hope im wrong here)
Dal
Balt
SD
week 1 (good luck everyone)
NE
Hou
CHI
Cards
SF
DAL
BALT
SD
by Cuckoo for Coco Puffs on Sep 9, 2010 8:24 AM MDT reply actions
And we're off!!
Cin- Will Brady’s car accident this morning slow him down?
Hou- Its the first week.
Det- Can’t root for the Bears just yet.
Ari- Picked them every time for two straight seasons. Why would I stop now.
SF- O-line coach is gone. This D will crush them.
Dal- No reason.
NYJ- Land ahoy! Reevis Island is insight.
SD- Although I expect a good game,
Life's too short. Be a fan. Orlando Magic, Arizona Cardinals,Tampa Bay Rays and of course "the U"! What a winning combo.
Wow, a Hawk sighting!
Cin
Hou
Det
Ari
SF
Was
Bal
SD
BTW,
Movie of the week for all you ROTBers, “Big Fan” with Patton Oswalt.
Who would win in a fight, Whisenhunt or a Hurricane?
Hold on, hold on, what if the Hurricanes name was Whisenhunt?
Daaaaaaaaaa Cards, Da Cards Da Cards Da Cards Da Cards!!!
I assume I can still get in since thursday's game was not on the list to pick
Actually, after looking at the games, I am taking a pass in week one. To many unpredicatable teams this week. See you suckers next week.
by Drullin'OverDaCards on Sep 10, 2010 4:59 PM MDT reply actions
Week 1
Patriots
Colts
Lions
Cardinals
49ers
Cowboys
Ravens
Chargers
After the disaster of last season its time for redemption
NE
IND
DET
ARI
SF
DAL
How bout those Jets (lock of the week)
SD
Redemption sounds good
NE
IND
CHI
ARI
SF
DAL
NYJ
SD
We are red, we are white, we are Danish Dynamite!
well actually i do know why i think that....
… that sea will upset s.f. – screens w/forsett and hasselbeck being extremely efficient passing the ball.
32 participants so far, a good start. No Andrew or CG/Bezekira? Won't be the same
Drullin’ playing the strategy in week one, now there’s a surprise.
Don't waste time or Time will waste you.
No CG/Bezekera?
Were they the same people?
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 Sep 14, 2010 2:05 AM MDT via mobile up reply actions
TOOLMAN WANTS IN!!!
So here are my picks
1) NE
2) HST
3) CHI
4) ARI
5) SF
6) DAL
7) BLT
8) SD
Did anyone pick SEA?
I don’t think so … who knew :)
by quid pro quo on Sep 12, 2010 10:01 PM MDT up reply actions
I wish, My upset was the Texans
Who would win in a fight, Whisenhunt or a Hurricane?
Hold on, hold on, what if the Hurricanes name was Whisenhunt?
Daaaaaaaaaa Cards, Da Cards Da Cards Da Cards Da Cards!!!
You're correct
Can’t read my own spreadsheet (nothing new there). CARDSxFAN32 rather than boog.
Don't waste time or Time will waste you.
Week 2?
Is there a separate thread somewhere, that I am missing?
13- Warner, 23- Sandberg, 40- Tillman, 11- Walter
Went main page on you. Look for the new thread every Tuesday AM.
Don't waste time or Time will waste you.
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