Ha! It's Back! RealJohnBoy's A2K NFL "Pick-Um" Game!

That was a really gutsy pick. She has moved herself up a notch and she already had my respect from past seasons.

The Detroit Lions were robbed.
Clearly a touchdown.
http://jockpost.com/calvin-johnson-touchdown-overturned-lions-robbed-victory-bears-video/

It looks a good touchdown to me. Why was it ruled out?

The clown did not get off to a good start in this football pickin thing. What does a clown know about football anyway.

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/460741-lions-get-tuck-ruled-out-of-a-win-nfl-sends-in-the-spin-doctors

I know how that TD looks, but the rule was literally stated. Very bad rule with unjust result.

It's a shame. He clearly had the ball.

how is that different from a two-feet inbounds sideline catch where the receiver gets pushed out-of-bounds?

Region, AndyClubber, McGentrix and MsCow!

Back in an hour or so with the week's results so far.

Not in the slightest. He didn't maintain possession upon hitting the ground. The rules are pretty clear - you have to hold on to the ball.

Cycloptichorn

I can see what they mean by there not being a second act. What is a second act exactly and why is such a rule in place? What is the rule trying to inhibit? It was a touchdown in rugby. Assuming the ball had been kicked rather than thrown.

I'm fascinated with the idea that the game developed all its methods deriving from the deliberate choice to outlaw the forward pass. As with baseball where the full-pitch is mandatory in opposition to cricket. Was it a petulant display of independence to diametrically alter those two fundamental rules?
From which the shape of the games has evolved to where they are now. And they don't export. No matter how much they are chanted up they just don't export. No World Cups. No Champion's League. It sounds like a chattering class jamboree actually. There are never any "can't hear a pin drop" moments.

Would men anywhere playing for big stakes develop the same systems, if they could afford it, if they started with those two rules of your's?

There is the letter of the law which is senseless techincality and the spirit of the rule. He deserved the TD but the technicalities of the rule (whatever is written) prohibts thgen from awarding it. Detroit Lions were screwed. out of a win.

We Are From Washington And We Are Here To Help You.

That is the punchline to a quip about the scariest phrase in American English, with the "we" referring to government bureaucrats.
The Seahawks from Seattle, Washington and the Redskins from Washington, DC caused a lot of pain for most all of us on Sunday.
Only Rhys and George correctly picked Seattle while Region, AndyClubber, McGentrix and Ms Cowdoc had Washington.
And then there was the Houston win against Indianapolis. Only Osso, JPB and Edgar saw that one coming.
With 14 of the 16 games over with we have a 4-way tie at 10-4: Ragman, Edgar, Spendius and McGentrix. All 4 have San Diego tonight. Ragman has Baltimore in the second game tonight while the other 3 have the NY Giants. If NY wins we go to the tiebreaker (I will have to look up how that works from last year). Edgar has the final score as 30-13. Spendius sees it as 18-14 while McGentrix thinks 24-13 sounds good.
10 of us are at 9-5 so far, with 2 each at 8-6 and 7-7.
CoastalRat and Fbaezer are underwater at 6-8.
And then there is Alex who didn't pick in time for the Saints/Vikings game and went 4-9 in the other 13 games!

that's our alex.

he's always got yer back...

So I've got to win twice tonight to get to .500. Piece of cake.

I was searching through last year's thread for the rules regarding tiebreakers here.
I stumbled across this nugget.
I found, CoastalRat, that Spendius won the game with a winning record of .711 while the player in 27th place was at .582. The median average was .654.
I tossed in the results from the self-proclaimed experts on ESPN. The best was at .684 while the worst was at .645.

Here are the rules regarding what happens if 2 or more players end a week with identical Win-Loss records. I take responsibility for them but JPB's fingerprints are also on them.
1) The player closest to the winning team's score.
2) The player closest to the losing team's score.
3) The player closest to the home team's score.
4) The player closest to the visiting team's score.
5) The player closest to the total points scored by the 2 teams.
6) The player who is ranked lowest in the standings here.

So we are better than the experts of ESPN and I made the biggest contibution.

Why are we not getting their money? It is a meritocracy isn't it or am I missing something?

Median average, Spendi.

I remember my worst score ever, when I only got 3 games right.

Sigh, I had picked Washington on page 2 of this thread, and changed it..