So the playoffs start tomorrow, and no one posted a thread like this yet so I suppose I'll do it. If you participated in last year's bracket challenge, then you know the drill. If you didn't than here it is:
Two Brackets; One for the whole playoffs, one revised bracket after every week. I'd recommend both typing the brackets out on here, while also using this site (http://playtronics.net/nfl/bracket) some of us used last year as another means of filling it out for everyone else to see. It should end up looking something like this:
Two Brackets; One for the whole playoffs, one revised bracket after every week. I'd recommend both typing the brackets out on here, while also using this site (http://playtronics.net/nfl/bracket) some of us used last year as another means of filling it out for everyone else to see. It should end up looking something like this:
C+P'ing the rest of this from Killah's thread last year because he did a better job than I could probably do:Weekly:
#5 Oakland Raiders @ #4 Houston Texans
#6 Detroit Lions @ #3 Seattle Seahawks
#6 Miami Dolphins @ #3 Pittsburgh Steelers
#5 New York Giants @ #4 Green Bay Packers
Overall:
#5 Oakland Raiders @ #4 Houston Texans
#6 Detroit Lions @ #3 Seattle Seahawks
#6 Miami Dolphins @ #3 Pittsburgh Steelers
#5 New York Giants @ #4 Green Bay Packers
#3 Seattle Seahawks @ #2 Atlanta Falcons
#5 Oakland Raiders @ #1 New England Patriots
#3 Pittsburgh Steelers @ #2 Kansas City Chiefs
#5 New York Giants @ #1 Dallas Cowboys
#5 New York Giants @ #2 Atlanta Falcons
#3 Pittsburgh Steelers @ #1 New England Patriots
#3 Pittsburgh Steelers vs #5 New York Giants
http://playtronics.net/nfl/bracket#149920
1. Failure to submit a prediction by gametime will result in a forfeit of that game: no exceptions. If the game kicks off at 1:00 EST and you submit at 1:02 EST, tough shit.
2. In addition to this, any edits to posts after the first games kick off will result in the forfeiting of all prior games. If you make your guesses for the saturday games and sunday games in the same post, then decide to edit your sunday afternoon pick on sunday morning by editing that post, you will be given losses for the two saturday games. Instead, make a new post with your changed picks.
3. Do NOT get into discussions/debates with other peoples' picks. No flaming, no bashing, no "omg why did you pick them" etc. Tips are OK, but it's preferable to keep them in the NFL discussion thread instead.
Good luck!This game will be split into two parts. Scoring for each part will be done separately, and the scoring for each part will also be combined to give an overall winner.
Part 1: Weekly Picks
This part's easy. For each week after the first (or the first too, if you prefer) the matchups for the week will be posted in the thread. Simply choose the winners for each matchup sometime between when they're posted (Sunday night) to when the first game the next week is played (Saturday afternoon/night). Each correct pick is worth one point.
Part 2: Overall Picks
For this part, you have to pick the overall outcome of every playoff game, from the wild card games to the Super Bowl. There are 11 games, and 1 point is awarded for choosing the winner of each game (only the winner is necessary, ie it does not matter if the #1 seeded Patriots beat the #5 seeded Bengals or the #6 seeded Ravens, you still get 1 point if the Patriots win).
Since all four matchups are the same in week 1, you'll only have to post those once. However, after that, take special note of the seedings! The lowest remaining seed in each conference plays the #1 seed after the wild card round, and the highest remaining seed (3-5) plays the #2 seed. The higher seed always plays at home, so remember that while making your picks. If you do not follow the seedings carefully, you're liable to fuck it all up and not be awarded any points from those games.
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