Octopus Overlords NFL Pool, 2008 edition - Zaxxon lives.

ChrisGwinn · Post by **ChrisGwinn** » Fri Jan 11, 2008 5:17 pm

Picks in

Smutly · Post by **Smutly** » Fri Jan 11, 2008 10:09 pm

Picks in for the win.

Zaxxon · Post by **Zaxxon** » Sat Jan 12, 2008 6:00 pm

FYI, spread on this game:

21 GB, 7 locks
2 SEA, 0 locks

Zaxxon · Post by **Zaxxon** » Sat Jan 12, 2008 8:08 pm

After a Green Bay win:

Player Ttl Playoff Pts
GuidoTKP 12
Mithridates 12
Chris Gwinn 11
Monkeyskunk 11
gwartok 11
Zaxxon 11
Quipp 10
Captain Cave 10
The Meal 9
Smutly 9
Moghedian 9
Mr. Bob 9
Bensley 9
JC Anejo 9
Remus West 8
Mr. Lem 8
pr0ner 7
Hell's Taco 7
Miss Taken 7
hispanicgamer 6
Kurth 6
koanicriddle 5
Ralph-Wiggum 5

Zaxxon · Post by **Zaxxon** » Sun Jan 13, 2008 2:19 am

Player Ttl Playoff Pts
GuidoTKP 15
Mithridates 15
Chris Gwinn 14
Monkeyskunk 14
Zaxxon 14
Quipp 13
Captain Cave 13
The Meal 12
Smutly 12
Moghedian 12
Mr. Bob 12
Bensley 12
JC Anejo 12
gwartok 11
Remus West 11
Mr. Lem 11
pr0ner 10
Hell's Taco 10
hispanicgamer 9
Ralph-Wiggum 8
Miss Taken 6
Kurth 6
koanicriddle 4

Mithridates · Post by **Mithridates** » Sun Jan 13, 2008 10:40 am

I have a feeling that the DAL/NYG game is going to shake up the standings a little bit.

Smutly · Post by **Smutly** » Sun Jan 13, 2008 10:52 am

Mithridates wrote:I have a feeling that the DAL/NYG game is going to shake up the standings a little bit.

Yeah, I would love to see how people picked for that one...

ChrisGwinn · Post by **ChrisGwinn** » Sun Jan 13, 2008 12:12 pm

I realize I'm jumping the gun on this one, but I just realized I have no idea how the tiebreakers work. Is it the number of questions people got right? Is it who was closer on each question?

Zaxxon · Post by **Zaxxon** » Sun Jan 13, 2008 1:42 pm

ChrisGwinn wrote:I realize I'm jumping the gun on this one, but I just realized I have no idea how the tiebreakers work. Is it the number of questions people got right? Is it who was closer on each question?

1st tiebreaker is regular season standings, which means you win all ties.

After that, it's the three tiebreaker questions in order; you are either right or wrong--no credit for closer.

Zaxxon · Post by **Zaxxon** » Sun Jan 13, 2008 1:44 pm

Smutly wrote:
Mithridates wrote:I have a feeling that the DAL/NYG game is going to shake up the standings a little bit.
Yeah, I would love to see how people picked for that one...

I'll post after it starts; for SD/IND, it's 3 SD with 1 lock, 20 IND with 18 locks.

Zaxxon · Post by **Zaxxon** » Sun Jan 13, 2008 5:18 pm

Player Ttl Playoff Pts
GuidoTKP 14
Mithridates 14
Chris Gwinn 13
Monkeyskunk 13
Zaxxon 13
Mr. Lem 13
Quipp 12
Captain Cave 12
The Meal 11
Smutly 11
Moghedian 11
Mr. Bob 11
Bensley 11
JC Anejo 11
gwartok 10
Remus West 10
pr0ner 9
Hell's Taco 9
hispanicgamer 9
Miss Taken 9
Kurth 8
Ralph-Wiggum 7
koanicriddle 4

ChrisGwinn · Post by **ChrisGwinn** » Sun Jan 13, 2008 5:19 pm

Well, congrats to whomever locked SD.

Mithridates · Post by **Mithridates** » Sun Jan 13, 2008 5:29 pm

Whew! No damage done that I can see.

Zaxxon · Post by **Zaxxon** » Sun Jan 13, 2008 5:54 pm

Woo; go Giants! Vault me into the money!

Spread: 17 DAL, 6 NYG, 4 DAL Locks

Remus West · Post by **Remus West** » Sun Jan 13, 2008 5:59 pm

I'm going to guess this means I am screwed on all tie-breakers, but what questions?

Zaxxon · Post by **Zaxxon** » Sun Jan 13, 2008 6:15 pm

Remus West wrote:I'm going to guess this means I am screwed on all tie-breakers, but what questions?

From the spreadsheet / signup thread:

Tiebreakers: At the end of the playoffs, ties will be broken first by regular season cumulative point totals, and second by answers to the following questions:
1) How many TDs will Jon Kitna throw in regular-season NFL games this season?
2) Which team will have the best record at the end of the regular season?
3) What non-QB player will finish the season with the most touchdowns?
Please include your answers to these questions along with the first week's picks.

You did answer them, Remus.

Mithridates · Post by **Mithridates** » Sun Jan 13, 2008 6:33 pm

Zaxxon wrote:Woo; go Giants! Vault me into the money!

Spread: 17 DAL, 6 NYG, 4 DAL Locks

I figured at least person near the top would take a risk on the Giants. I really wanted to pull the trigger, but I decided to play it safe.

Anyone else near the top that took NYG?

Zaxxon · Post by **Zaxxon** » Sun Jan 13, 2008 7:27 pm

Mithridates wrote:
Zaxxon wrote:Woo; go Giants! Vault me into the money!

Spread: 17 DAL, 6 NYG, 4 DAL Locks
I figured at least person near the top would take a risk on the Giants. I really wanted to pull the trigger, but I decided to play it safe.

Anyone else near the top that took NYG?

2 others in the top half, one tied with me.

Mithridates · Post by **Mithridates** » Sun Jan 13, 2008 7:38 pm

Zaxxon wrote:
Mithridates wrote:
Zaxxon wrote:Woo; go Giants! Vault me into the money!

Spread: 17 DAL, 6 NYG, 4 DAL Locks
I figured at least person near the top would take a risk on the Giants. I really wanted to pull the trigger, but I decided to play it safe.

Anyone else near the top that took NYG?
2 others in the top half, one tied with me.

Any reason for the secrecy?

Zaxxon · Post by **Zaxxon** » Sun Jan 13, 2008 8:55 pm

Mithridates wrote:
Zaxxon wrote:
Mithridates wrote:
Zaxxon wrote:Woo; go Giants! Vault me into the money!

Spread: 17 DAL, 6 NYG, 4 DAL Locks
I figured at least person near the top would take a risk on the Giants. I really wanted to pull the trigger, but I decided to play it safe.

Anyone else near the top that took NYG?
2 others in the top half, one tied with me.
Any reason for the secrecy?

I was watching the game and in a hurry?

Spreadsheet is updated.

Player Ttl Playoff Pts
Zaxxon 15 (0 locks remaining)
Mr. Lem 15 (2 locks remaining)
GuidoTKP 14 (1 lock remaining)
Mithridates 14 (1 lock remaining)
Mr. Bob 13 (2 locks remaining)
Chris Gwinn 12
Monkeyskunk 12
Quipp 12
Captain Cave 12
The Meal 11
Moghedian 11
JC Anejo 11
Miss Taken 11
Smutly 10
Bensley 10
gwartok 10
Remus West 10
Kurth 10
pr0ner 9
Hell's Taco 9
hispanicgamer 9
Ralph-Wiggum 7
koanicriddle 6

GuidoTKP · Post by **GuidoTKP** » Sun Jan 13, 2008 9:02 pm

Zaxxon wrote:
Mithridates wrote:
Zaxxon wrote:
Mithridates wrote:
Zaxxon wrote:Woo; go Giants! Vault me into the money!

Spread: 17 DAL, 6 NYG, 4 DAL Locks
I figured at least person near the top would take a risk on the Giants. I really wanted to pull the trigger, but I decided to play it safe.

Anyone else near the top that took NYG?
2 others in the top half, one tied with me.
Any reason for the secrecy?
I was watching the game and in a hurry?

Spreadsheet is updated.

Player Ttl Playoff Pts
Zaxxon 15 (0 locks remaining)
Mr. Lem 15 (2 locks remaining)
GuidoTKP 14 (1 lock remaining)
Mithridates 14 (1 lock remaining)
Mr. Bob 13 (2 locks remaining)
Chris Gwinn 12
Monkeyskunk 12
Quipp 12
Captain Cave 12
The Meal 11
Moghedian 11
JC Anejo 11
Miss Taken 11
Smutly 10
Bensley 10
gwartok 10
Remus West 10
Kurth 10
pr0ner 9
Hell's Taco 9
hispanicgamer 9
Ralph-Wiggum 7
koanicriddle 6

Hats off to Mr. Lem who is clearly in the driver's seat.

Zaxxon · Post by **Zaxxon** » Sun Jan 13, 2008 9:04 pm

Yeah, he's in a good position. I'm kicking myself for locking Indy about 45 min prior to kickoff. Ugh.

FYI, Mr. Lem is a co-worker of my father-in-law, Mr. Bob.

Mithridates · Post by **Mithridates** » Sun Jan 13, 2008 9:05 pm

Congrats to those who had the guts to pick the Giants.

Remus West · Post by **Remus West** » Sun Jan 13, 2008 9:42 pm

Zaxxon wrote:You did answer them, Remus.

Uh, you didn't need to include that part publically.

Mithridates · Post by **Mithridates** » Sun Jan 13, 2008 10:19 pm

Zaxxon, If I tie with Mr. Bob, who will win the tiebreaker between us? (We tied during the regular season.)

I need to know as I think it will influence my pick.

Thanks!!

Zaxxon · Post by **Zaxxon** » Sun Jan 13, 2008 10:32 pm

Mithridates wrote:Zaxxon, If I tie with Mr. Bob, who will win the tiebreaker between us? (We tied during the regular season.)

I need to know as I think it will influence my pick.

Thanks!!

No, you didn't tie with him. You had 376, he had 397.

Player Ttl Rglr Season Pts
Chris Gwinn 420
The Meal 418
Quipp 411
Smutly 406
Ralph-Wiggum 405
Monkeyskunk 403
Captain Cave 399
Mr. Bob 397
gwartok 395
Kurth 391
Miss Taken 389
pr0ner 385
Moghedian 380
Remus West 380
Hell's Taco 380
GuidoTKP 378
hispanicgamer 378
Mithridates 376
Bensley 373
Mr. Lem 373
koanicriddle 373
Zaxxon 372
JC Anejo 372

Smutly · Post by **Smutly** » Sun Jan 13, 2008 11:07 pm

Ah!!! I suck again!!!

ChrisGwinn · Post by **ChrisGwinn** » Sun Jan 13, 2008 11:33 pm

I think there might be a mistake. I was at 9 points ending last weekend, got GB right (which should take me to 11), locked NE (which should take me to 14), incorrectly locked IND (which should take me to 13) and picked DAL, but did not lock them. That should put me at 13, instead of 12, unless the total posted for the end of last weekend was wrong.

Zaxxon · Post by **Zaxxon** » Mon Jan 14, 2008 7:39 am

ChrisGwinn wrote:I think there might be a mistake. I was at 9 points ending last weekend, got GB right (which should take me to 11), locked NE (which should take me to 14), incorrectly locked IND (which should take me to 13) and picked DAL, but did not lock them. That should put me at 13, instead of 12, unless the total posted for the end of last weekend was wrong.

That's right--I mistakenly had you with a DAL lock. Your score is 13.

Reminder: everyone, verify your scores!

Zaxxon · Post by **Zaxxon** » Sun Jan 20, 2008 4:14 pm

Spread on SD@NE:

No pick: Monkeyskunk, Remus, Koanicriddle
SD: 4, incl 1 lock
NE: 16, incl 9 locks

GO SD!

Zaxxon · Post by **Zaxxon** » Sun Jan 20, 2008 7:27 pm

Way to blow it for me, SD!

Player Ttl Playoff Pts
Mr. Lem 18
Zaxxon 17
GuidoTKP 17
Mithridates 17
Mr. Bob 16
Chris Gwinn 16
Quipp 14
Captain Cave 14
Moghedian 14
JC Anejo 14
The Meal 13
Smutly 13
Monkeyskunk 12
Bensley 12
gwartok 12
pr0ner 12
Miss Taken 11
hispanicgamer 11
Remus West 10
Kurth 9
Hell's Taco 9
Ralph-Wiggum 7
koanicriddle 6

* - Ties have not been properly sorted in the above list.

Ice Bowl II spread:

NYG 10, inclu 4 locks
GB 10, 0 locks
3 no-picks

Mithridates · Post by **Mithridates** » Sun Jan 20, 2008 11:06 pm

Oh man, Lawrence Tynes, I hate your guts big time.

Zaxxon · Post by **Zaxxon** » Sun Jan 20, 2008 11:14 pm

Mithridates wrote:Oh man, Lawrence Tynes, I hate your guts big time.

Sure about that?

Mithridates · Post by **Mithridates** » Sun Jan 20, 2008 11:14 pm

Mithridates wrote:Oh man, Lawrence Tynes, I hate your guts big time.

I didn't mean it, baby. I LOVE YOU!!!!

Zaxxon · Post by **Zaxxon** » Sun Jan 20, 2008 11:15 pm

Player Ttl Playoff Pts
Mithridates 19 (0 locks left)
Mr. Lem 18 (1 lock left)
Zaxxon 17 (0 locks left)
GuidoTKP 17 (0 locks left0
Mr. Bob 16
Chris Gwinn 16
Captain Cave 16
JC Anejo 16
The Meal 16
Smutly 15
Quipp 14
Moghedian 14
gwartok 14
Miss Taken 13
Monkeyskunk 12
Bensley 12
pr0ner 12
Kurth 12
Hell's Taco 12
hispanicgamer 11
Remus West 10
Ralph-Wiggum 10
koanicriddle 6

The Meal · Post by **The Meal** » Mon Jan 21, 2008 12:15 pm

Tough break, Zax. Gutsy strategy on your part picking the Chargers when you were on top o' the heap.

I have but one question that needs an answer prior to making my final submission -- does Chris Gwin have a lock left or not?

FWIW, I do have one lock left for the Super Bowl.

Thanks,
~Neal

Zaxxon · Post by **Zaxxon** » Mon Jan 21, 2008 12:28 pm

The Meal wrote:Tough break, Zax. Gutsy strategy on your part picking the Chargers when you were on top o' the heap.

I have but one question that needs an answer prior to making my final submission -- does Chris Gwin have a lock left or not?

FWIW, I do have one lock left for the Super Bowl.

Thanks,
~Neal

I didn't pick the chargers, but I was out of locks and everyone else at the top did lock NE, so it was actually advantageous for me if NE lost. I needed GB to pull through, too. Still kicking myself for locking Indy last week rather than saving it for NE this week.

The spreadsheet is up to date, so you guys can investigate each others' remaining locks--I just went through and grabbed the first few for the results listing here.

The Meal · Post by **The Meal** » Mon Jan 21, 2008 2:29 pm

Ah, that makes total sense. I should have realized what you were doing (especially after seeing the scores for the week) as I was doing the same (having not locked the Pats in that game).

I also see from your website that ChrisGwinn *does* have a remaining lock. That gives me enough information to formulate my plan of attack.

Thanks for a great pool (as always).

~Neal

ChrisGwinn · Post by **ChrisGwinn** » Tue Jan 22, 2008 5:58 pm

I was hoping you wouldn't notice that.

Hispanicgamer · Post by **Hispanicgamer** » Wed Jan 23, 2008 11:15 am

Though it won't make any difference, I vote for NE as SB champs. It was awesome to finally make the cutoff for the playoffs and I hope to do it again next season. Thanks Zack for keeping this thing going. It was fun!