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2012 Playoff Pick 'em - Wild Card Round (Please rec!)

I am assuming our long-time pick 'em man, Hawkwind, won't be doing the playoff pick 'em either this year. I have enjoyed Hawk's pick 'em leagues for a few years now, and am copying the rules from him, I hope he is ok with that. If I am mistaken, then you have my sincere apologies Hawk, and by all means take over for the duration of the playoffs.
Anyway, those unfamiliar with playoff pick 'em, here are the rules:

  1. The entire weekend's bracket of games must be predicted before the first game's kick-off time. To qualify for the Playoff Pick'em Championship, the entire NFL playoff schedule must be picked; miss a single game and you're disqualified. With the possibility of negative points in any given game, this rule is a must!
  2. Pick a winner and final score, not total points!
  3. Pick'em Points are awarded based on a correctly picked winner and how close your predicted score is to the actual final score.
  4. Whoever has the highest Pick'em Point total after the Super Bowl is the winner.

Pick'em Points are assigned as follows:

  • Correctly picked winner earns 50 points minus the difference between your predicted score and the actual score. An exact score match earns a 10 point bonus (so 60 points total).
  • Incorrect picks earn 20 points minus the difference between your predicted score and the actual score.

For example, if you pick the Lions to beat the Saints 6-3 and the final score is 26-13 Lionss, you'd earn a total of 20 Pick'em Points (final score is 30 points off the predicted score). If you had picked the Saints to win 21-17 in the same scenario, you'd earn 3 points (17 points off the respective teams' scores but wrong winner). Clearly the closer you are to reality the more points you earn with even a close incorrect pick giving you enough points to keep you in the running over the course of the playoffs.

2012 Wild Card Schedule:

Cincinnati @ Houston

Minnesota @ Green Bay

Indianapolis @ Baltimore

Seattle @ Washington

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