• FootballPros.com Upset Special Challenge: Playoff Week 20 FINALS WEEK

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    darvon
    Published on 01-20-2012 10:27 AM
    25 Comments Comments


    First, a Public Service Announcement:

    All you Packer fans, please line up behind the Saints fans for counseling. All of you that had Tebow, please increase your dosage.


    Now then….


    This is the FINALS week for 2011 FP Upset Special.

    Last week we had 14 WINNERS. Get us to Vegas.

    I didn't get to watch any of the games last week, due to family stuff. Did I miss anything good?

    This week the decks are clear…so expect Boring Football.




    Remember, we have additional NEW Rules for the Playoffs.

    We will list any game with a minimum spread of 2.5 as an Upset.

    We will have an ALL UPSETS designation with scoring rules same as NO UPSETS.





    Rules:

    • One pick per week
    • Your chosen team must be at least a (+3) underdog
    • Your chosen team must win the game outright (no 'pushes' or 'covers')
    • Season winner is the one with the most upsets correctly chosen between Week #1 through the Conference Championship Games (20 weeks all together) (i.e. TOTAL WINS)
    • There will be a points system to determine a winner in the event of a tie (i.e. TOTAL POINTS are used ONLY to break ties).
    • Points will be accumulated by adding the game spreads for your correct picks (if you take Carolina (+4.5) and Carolina wins, you will be awarded a win and 4.5 points). Be careful making picks based on the number of points possible. Points only count if you are tied for the total wins lead when the whole contest is finished.
    • The No Upsets Option: Predict correctly that 'No Upsets' will occur in any given week and you will be awarded one win and a point total equal to the sum of all the spreads in that week's Upset Special. If you wish to exercise the 'No Upsets' Option, that prediction is due by 12:30 PM Eastern on Sunday of the week in question.
    • Picks are due no later than 30 minutes before the scheduled start of the broadcast time for your game. The FootballPros.com time stamp on your post is gospel.
    • Spread lines will be posted Thursday and will remain static throughout the week. This isn't The Sports Book at Caesar's Palace, after all.


    Prizes to be determined but may include a cool icon denoting your status as *ahem* Upset Special Top Dog, a hat or t-shirt or possibly tickets to the Super Bowl (NOT!!).



    Week #20 Upset Possibilities: Odds by USAToday, Underdogs in bold, all times are Eastern




    Sunday Games

    Baltimore(+7) @ Pats
    Giants (+2.5) @ San Fran




    And of course you can pick NO UPSETS or now, ALL UPSETS.

    Darvons's Week #20 Upset Special


    I am picking Giants (+2.5) as a hex. (You OWE me Clem)


    Will it be THE REVENGE BOWL or THE BROTHER BOWL
    or THE I-295 BOWL or THE HARVARD/STANFORD FEUD?

    Tune in and see….

    Last Week's Results:


    Code:
    Name	Week 1	Week 2	Week 3	Week 4	Week 5	Week 6	Week 7	Week 8	Week 9	Week 10	Week 11	Name	Week 12	Week 13	Week 14	Week 15	Week 16	Week 17	WC	Div.	Conf. 	TOTAL
cml	1003	1003	1007.5	0	0	1004.5	1003	1003.5			1006.5	cml	1006.5	1003	1003.5	1003.5		1003		1003.5	0	13054
msclem	1003	0	1003.5	1008.5	0	1004.5	1004	1003.5	1008	1007		msclem		1003		1003.5				1003.5		11052
darvon	0	1003	1007.5	0	1005.5	1004.5	1004		1008			darvon			1003.5	1006.5	1003			1003.5		10049
GoBigO	1003	0	1003.5	0	1003			1003.5	1008			GoBigO		1003	1003.5	1003.5		1003.5		1008		10042.5
Docta	0	0	0	1008.5	0	1004.5			1008.5	1003.5		Docta		1007.5	1003.5	1003.5	1003		1008			9050.5
Afroco	0	1003	1007.5	1008.5	1003		1003	1003.5				Afroco		1004.5				1003.5		1003.5		9040
braune	1005.5	1003	0	0	1003				1008	1003.5		braune		1003	1003.5	1003.5	1003					9036
Polish	1005.5	0	1009	0	0		1003			1007	1004.5	Polish			1003.5		1006			1003.5		8042
xmeneh	1005.5	0	0	0	1010		1003	1003.5		1003.5	1006.5	xmeneh			1003	1006.5						8041.5
Phil M	1003	1003	1007.5	1003	0		1003.5					Phil M				1006.5	1003			1008		8037.5
ScottD	1005.5	1003	1009	0	1003		1003.5					ScottD				1006.5	1003	1003.5				8037
Sparta	1005.5	0	0	0				1003.5	1008		1004.5	Sparta		1003		1003.5	1003	1003				8034
jhinka	1003	0	0	0	1005.5		1004				1004.5	jhinka			1003	1003.5	1006			1003.5		8033
red13	1003	1003	1003.5	0	1005.5			1003.5		1003.5		red13	1006.5				1003					8031.5
Turk S	1003	1003	0	0	1003		1004			1003.5		Turk S			1003.5	1006.5		1003				8029.5
vancem	1003	0	1003.5	0	0			1003.5		1003.5		vancem			1003	1003.5	1003	1003				8026
jfkasp	1003	0	1003.5	1003	0		1003			1003.5		jfkasp			1003		1003	1003				8025
Darren	1005.5	0	1009	0	0	0	1003.5	1003.5	1008.5	0	0	Darren	1006.5	1004.5								7041
Amy	1003	0	1003.5	0	1005.5		1004				1006.5	Amy			1003					1003.5		7029
wxwax	0	0	1003.5	1003	0		1003.5		1004	1007		wxwax					1003			1003.5		7027.5
hobbes	0	1003	0	0	0			1003.5			1004.5	hobbes	1006.5	1003			1003			1003.5		7027
Trumpe	1003	1003	0	1003	0	1004			1004		1006.5	Trumpe			1003							7026.5
Pruitt	1005.5	1003	1003	0	1005.5		1003.5				1006.5	Pruitt										6027
kidjoc		1003		0		1004.5	1004	1003.5			1004.5	kidjoc				1006.5						6026
jship2		1003	0	0	1005.5		1003.5	1003.5				jship2		1004.5	1003.5							6023.5
DaBear	0	1003	0	0	0		1004		1003			DaBear	1006.5		1003	1003.5						6023
mikest	1003	1003	0	0	1003		1003					mikest		1007.5		1003.5						6023
Starvi		1003	1003.5	0	0		1003.5	1003.5				Starvi				1006.5		1003				6023
Stoll		1003	1003	0	1003		1004				1004.5	Stoll			1003							6020.5
FrzzrB	1003	0	1003.5	0	1003		1003	1003.5				FrzzrB			1003							6019
Raven	1003	1003	0	0	0		1003.5					Raven			1003	1003.5	1003					6019
trh500	1005.5	0	1009	1008.5	1010						1006.5	trh500										5039.5
Ripper	1005.5	1006.5	1009	0	den					1003.5	1006.5	Ripper										5031
KabaMo	0	0	1003.5	0	0		1004					KabaMo				1003.5	1006			1008		5025
Buckey	1003	1006.5	1003.5	0	0			1003.5				Buckey					1006					5022.5
Eagles		0	1003	0	0		1003.5					Eagles	1006.5		1003		1006					5022
Zambia		0	1009	0	0				1004			Zambia							1008	1008		4029
Andy F	1003			0						1003.5	1006.5	Andy F					1003					4016
iwatt	1003	1003	0	0	0			1003.5			1006.5	iwatt										4016
Swami	1005.5	1003	0	0	0		1003	1003.5				Swami										4015
CliffB		0	1003.5	0	1003			1003.5	1004			CliffB										4014
Cris C	1007.5	0	0		1003				1004			Cris C										3014.5
Caleb 	1003		1007.5	0			1003.5					Caleb 										3014
giants	1003	1003	1007.5	0	0							giants										3013.5
MrEd					1003		1003			1007		MrEd										3013
Colts0	0	1003	0	0	0							Colts0			1003.5					1003.5		3010
mkocs6	0	1003	0	0	1003		1003					mkocs6										3009
Curtis			1003.5	0	0							Curtis				1014.5						2018
JTStic	1007.5	0	1003.5	0	0							JTStic										2011
damgen	1007.5	0	0		0				1003			damgen										2010.5
micha2		0	1003.5	0	1005.5							micha2										2009
Reader	1005.5	1003										Reader										2008.5
RSConn	0	0	0	0	0		1003		1004			RSConn										2007
Yankee	1003	0		0			1004					Yankee										2007
MachoM	1003	0	0	0			1003					MachoM										2006
rfanto	1003	1003										rfanto										2006
BMW	0			1008.5								BMW										1008.5
WashPr	1007.5											WashPr										1007.5
Glozzo	0	0		0	1005.5							Glozzo										1005.5
Mor					1005.5							Mor										1005.5
packa7	1005.5											packa7										1005.5
Lancer										1003.5		Lancer										1003.5
Blue49	1003											Blue49										1003
BobbyD	1003											BobbyD										1003
Chompu	1003											Chompu										1003
Dave L												Dave L					1003					1003
fatimu	1003											fatimu										1003
happy3	1003											happy3										1003
HGP2		1003										HGP2										1003
Lebrac				1003								Lebrac										1003
ltcomp	1003											ltcomp										1003
rkny	1003											rkny										1003
sambam	0	0	0	0	1003							sambam										1003
sco123	1003											sco123										1003
ScottW	1003	0										ScottW										1003
airchi	0											airchi										0
Bengal	0	0										Bengal										0
Chilly	0	0										Chilly										0
FessJL	0	0										FessJL										0
fixer		0										fixer										0
GBPKS	0											GBPKS										0
jeremy	0											jeremy										0
Ragar	0	0	0									Ragar										0
strudl		0										strudl										0
tubbs1				0								tubbs1										0
walzav	0											walzav										0
willwo	0	0										willwo										0

    Comments 25 Comments
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    1. DaBearsFan's Avatar
      No Upsets
      Reply
    1. Trumpetbdw's Avatar
      Allow me to be the first to officially jinx the Ravens (+7).

      I intentionally didn't look at the spreads this week until I read this. I thought for sure the Giants would have been made a 2-4 point favorite using last year's run by the Packers as a guide. Both lines are very interesting to me, but part of me is looking forward to the 13-3 bloodbath between SF-Baltimore in two weeks.

      Also, I could be wrong, but I'm a firm believer in what doesn't kill you makes you stronger. Some QBs drafted #1 overall killed themselves (JaMarcus Russell), and some were killed by poor circumstances (David Carr, Tim Couch, etc). Alex Smith should have been in that second group, but somehow never allowed himself to be killed by perhaps the worst extended impossible situation any top overall pick has ever experienced, with defensive minded coaches and a revolving door at OC. It wasn't pretty, and he was left in a ditch on more than one occasion, but Alex Smith has survived, and now finally has good coaching stability. If, after all of these years marked with failure, Alex Smith becomes one of the key componants of a 49er championship, I can't think of a more improbable, or better story.

      For what it's worth, Urban Meyer always believed in Alex Smith as a pro quarterback.
      Reply
    1. KabaModernFan's Avatar
      No Upsets
      Reply
    1. Afrocomb's Avatar
      No Upsets
      Reply
    1. Colts01's Avatar
      Giants
      Reply
    1. GoBigOrGoHome's Avatar
      Ravens (+7)
      Reply
    1. cml's Avatar
      No upsets.
      Reply
    1. brauneyz's Avatar
      G-men for the upset!
      Reply
    1. wxwax's Avatar
      Giants
      Reply
    1. Docta's Avatar
      Giants +2.5
      Reply
    1. ScottDCP's Avatar
      Giants, unfortunately.
      Reply
    1. FrzzerBwler's Avatar
      In my best John Facenda voice: The New York Football Giants


      All of you that had Tebow, please increase your dosage.
      Ok. Bartender another round please, yes on darvon's tab as usual
      Reply
    1. jfkaspar's Avatar
      ravens
      Reply
    1. StarvinMarvin's Avatar
      Balt
      Reply
    1. Raven's Avatar
      Ravens +7
      Reply
    1. ZambianBillsFan's Avatar
      Baltimore
      Reply
    1. SpartaChris's Avatar
      Giants
      Reply
    1. vancemeek's Avatar
      Giants.
      Reply
    1. Polishguy00's Avatar
      Giants
      Reply
    1. xmenehune's Avatar
      no upsets

      when the no.1 D SF beat the no.1 O NO (IMO), it was impressive, enough for me to think SF all the way...
      Reply
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