RotB 2010 Playoff Pick'em: Pro-Bowl Edition

by Hawkwind on Jan 30, 2011 12:29 PM MST

Editor Bump: not to detract you from your Photoshop activities but seven participants are going to be knocked out if they don't wager a guess at the Pro Bowl results. Try darts. Take the average scores of all the Pro Bowls. Roll a die to generate a score.

It's an old-school Super Bowl match-up as the Steelers, in operation since 1933, go for their seventh Super Bowl crown against the Green Bay Packers, a member of the NFL since 1921 and appearing in their fifth Super Bowl. Both teams dominated their respective Conference Championship Games for the first half before their opponents made it interesting in the second half. robloosli's 21-13 prediction for Green Bay was the closest and earned him 49 Pick'em Points. CardsIrish and Peter Jacob Hornig both had the Steelers winning 24-21 which was two off the final score and earned them 48 Pick'em Points each. The standings see the reigning leader through two weeks fall off the "medal stand" but with two games left in the 2010 post-season, opportunities can still be had to win it all.

Playoff Pick'em's next game on the schedule is the 2010 Pro-Bowl which is back in Hawaii. This game is truly a "wild card" game as the score can really be about anywhere for either conference. The AFC won last year, 41-34, with a rosters chock full of "Pro Bowl alternates". This year is shaping up to be the same as already Darnell Dockett and Larry Fitzgerald have joined Adrian Wilson on the NFC roster. It may be the last chance to see these guys playing for a long time...

Overall Playoff Pick'em Standings

Username	Pick'em Points
don f	241
KDean75	219
Hawkwind	214
Drullin'OverDaCards	210
Cuckoo for Coco Puffs	209
FarRock5, Peter Jacob Hornig	192
AlaskanCard	190
Reo Hays	170
azcardswinez	167
StuckinColorado	152
cardinalbrown	142
az78true	133
CardsIrish	116
robloosli	112
hevchv	105
Thomaldo	97
Skii	96
ostbergeod	87
hadrarius	85
JoeCB1991	84
kj197728	41

Away	Home	Date/Time (ET)	Network
NFC	AFC	Sun., 7 PM	FOX

Conference Weekend Results

Username

AlaskanCard

az78true

azcardswinez

cardinalbrown

CardsIrish

Cuckoo for Coco Puffs

don f

Drullin'OverDaCards

FarRock5

hadrarius

Hawkwind

hevchv

JoeCB1991

KDean75

kj197728

ostbergeod

Peter Jacob Hornig

Reo Hays

robloosli

Skii

StuckinColorado

Thomaldo

GB @ CHI (21/14)	PP	NYJ @ PIT (19/24)	PP
31/20	34	13/27	41
31/20	34	17/21	45
24/10	43	13/10	0
34/27	24	20/17	12
31/17	37	21/24	48
27/20	38	16/14	7
31/24	30	24/31	38
38/21	26	17/34	38
17/27	3	30/24	9
28/31	-4	17/28	44
23/21	41	17/20	44
31/17	37	13/10	0
21/24	10	6/14	27
24/17	44	13/17	37
24/28	3	24/17	8
31/14	40	21/20	14
24/28	3	21/24	48
27/14	44	24/21	12
21/13	49	24/23	14
17/24	6	10/17	34
31/17	37	13/27	41
21/17	47	28/24	11

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Last year I used the average scores of the last five PB scores...

This time, I’ll play it safe: AFC 35-31

Don't waste time or Time will waste you.

by Hawkwind on Jan 24, 2011 7:40 AM MST reply actions

AFC: 38-35

Lifelong Arizona Cardinals/Chicago Bears fan [I have always lived in Arizona, dad is from Chicago].

by JoeCB1991 on Jan 24, 2011 9:33 AM MST reply actions

Close eyes, throw two darts at a dartboard, add 20 for final scores.

NFC (red dart) 34 – AFC (green dart) 31

by Drullin'OverDaCards on Jan 24, 2011 10:52 AM MST reply actions

You mixed up my picks from yesterday

I picked NYJ 24, PIT 23 (14 points) and GB 21 Chi 13 (49 points-only 1 point away from a perfect game).

For the Pro Bowl, I’ll go NFC 35, AFC 34.

We all bleed Cardinal Red, but most of us don't recognize it!

"It takes no talent to give great effort"--Chris Petersen

by robloosli on Jan 24, 2011 11:14 AM MST reply actions

Pro Bowl

AFC: 38-31

by azcardswinez on Jan 24, 2011 1:01 PM MST reply actions

Umm why did I get the points I did? I picked the opposite of how of you have me down as picking. I think you made a mistake. If not could you please tell me how the points are calculated again. Thanks.

by az78true on Jan 24, 2011 2:15 PM MST reply actions

Problem with reading scores in the order of games played

…and not looking at the actually teams you tied to the scores. You and robloosli both did that. Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me.

Your scores will be corrected.

Don't waste time or Time will waste you.

by Hawkwind on Jan 26, 2011 5:57 AM MST up reply actions

thanks..........

by az78true on Jan 26, 2011 2:36 PM MST up reply actions

Looks like Don F is running away with this.

NFC 34
AFC 31

by Reo Hays on Jan 24, 2011 2:38 PM MST reply actions

AFC 35-21

If you don't have anything good to say about the Cards this season, you'd be correct.

by hevchv on Jan 24, 2011 4:54 PM MST reply actions

Pro Bowl

NFC 35 AFC 28

by Skii on Jan 24, 2011 5:41 PM MST reply actions

Probowl

Other than Wilson, Dockett and Fitz (who I saw listed here as participants)—I don’t even who else is playing….
NFC—27—24

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

by Cuckoo for Coco Puffs on Jan 24, 2011 5:54 PM MST reply actions

AFC 38 - NFC 34

I don’t understand this playoff pick’em scoring but thanks Hawkwind for setting this up and running it all year. Much appreciated!

by cardinalbrown on Jan 24, 2011 8:08 PM MST reply actions

Take you score, multiply by the length of your index finger, take the square root, and divide by the # of Cardinals head coaches all-time...

…and you may have a number similar to your score.

If you pick the right winner, you get 50 points minus the difference in your predicted score vs. the actual. Perfect match scores 60 total.
If you pick the wrong winner, you get 20 points minus the difference in your predicted score vs. the actual.

Don't waste time or Time will waste you.

by Hawkwind on Jan 26, 2011 6:02 AM MST up reply actions