P-F12: NFL Playoff Contest, Week 2 Update

Could the road to the Super Bowl go through Houston? Of course it couldn't.

Double D (DD) had a great week and is our new leader.

P-F12: NCAA Bowl Pick'em Challenge WINNER

Congrats to Chumlee Banditos (KP) on contest win.

Congrats to CG and "15 MF National Championships."

Goodnight college football.

P-F12: NFL Playoff Contest, Week 1 Update

BlitzKrieg (RK) takes the lead the simple way. Betting everything and getting every pick correct.

The results are posted below with a look ahead to Week 2. I'll send the card after a couple days when the lines settle.

P-F12: Crawford’s Bowl Pick’em Challenge Post, Part One

95% of the time, I am right. In this by-degree world, you may be right most of the time too. I can only speak for myself. 

I point this out not to be smug, but as an introduction to my coverage of the Pickem-Football 2012 College Bowl Challenge. Kids, my name is Crawford and I'll be taking you to the National Championship games and announcing which one of you confidently picked your way into $112.50, a total that sounds low – just saying.

You may know my work as a beer blogger. I am not your typical self-loathing blogger. I like to tell it like it is, share my life experiences, and hopefully help you put better stuff in your mouth. Speaking of what to put in your mouth today is New Year's Eve, which also reminds me of that movie 'New Year's Eve.' Rotten Tomatoes described the movie as "shallow, sappy, and dull" with a "star-studded cast [with] no discernible purpose." Last time I checked, this is precisely describes ACTUAL New Year's Eve. 4 of 5 stars from Crawford. I can't wait for the sequel of the exact same movie with a different setting and a few different characters.

80% of Americans making New Year's resolutions fail by January 20th. Be pragmatic, friends. Resolve to drink better and start tonight with the right Champagne sparkling wine. You may think you don't like sparkling wine, but that is certainly because you've been drinking the wrong stuff. Suck it up buttercup, get to a respectable wine merchant, and buy a bottle of 'J'. If you are right, then you'll agree with me. This Russian River Valley vineyard produces fantastic sparkling wines that will earn you more street cred for the dollar than those bottles with names you can't pronounce. When you open this at your party tonight, throw out some terms like "fine, persistent bubbles" and "ripe citrus and honeysuckle." Instant respect.

And one final tip: Eat something salty with your sparkling wine. Bubbly and wedding cake don't pair well at all. About 40% of marriages end in divorce. But what if we eliminated bad pairings and Vegas weddings? That's the forward America Crawford believes in.

I've been asked to cover this Pick'em contest, so let's dig in to it. Double D (DD) saw his lead slip away earlier today, and BlitzKrieg (RK) is the new leader as I type these words. I'll tell you how he did it too, kids: By getting the most picks correct! RK is picking 70% at the moment. I did some research before this post and it appears that the most accurate picker rarely, if ever, wins this contest. 0 for the last 2. That's good news for the rest of you.

Merry/Happy Christmas/Holidays/Winter Solstice. Happy New Year (not the Chinese one, but the Maya one too, I suppose). You have a 1 of 1,500,000 chance of dying from an allergy this year. Eat, drink, and pick well. Cheers!

1/1 3:53PM commissioner update: DD is back in the lead. DW would win if he gets all his remaining picks correct.

1/1 11:33PM commissioner update: DW now leads and controls his own destiny. 

1/2 11:05PM commissioner update: Huge win by Louisville. No one picked that. DW still leads, but KP would win if he gets all his remaining picks correct. 

1/6 7:14PM commissioner update: It looks to me that DW can lock up a win tonight if Kent State victory. If Arky State wins, then DW will win with a Notre Dame victory. KP will win with a Bama victory.

1/6 11:24PM commissioner update: This will go down to the wire. DW wins with a Notre Dame victory. KP wins with a Bama victory.
 

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P-F12: Remember this one? Week 13 NFL Bonus

What Thanksgiving dish are you most thankful for?

Team Name		Answer	Comment
14 National Championships	CG	All of it son!!! Pie...	All of the pie. Or all of it, and pie too? +3
A Northmen	ANo	pumpkin pie : -) I have a bit of a sweet tooth	I don't know how you eat it w/o Cool Whip. +3
Beelzebubbles	CCo	Dish network	Haa! +4
Bevo XIV	DW	The big bird!	Does Big Bird taste like chicken? +3
Bourbon Street Bounty Hunters	JC	Sweet potatoes!	Do you like them with all the marshmallows? I'm going to assume that is your favorite part, and that makes this only worth +3
Chicainery	CCa	Baked sweet potatoes with pecans and brown sugar.	That's what I'm saying. +4
Chumlee Banditos	KP	Turkey	Turkey needs help to be real good… you gotta admit. +3
Double D	DD	Turkey and turkey gravy. Because they're just that good.	Gravy needs a little turkey. Turkey needs a lot of gravy. +3
Ferments-A-Lot	GN	Gravy. Good on everything.	Everything. +3
Gig'em!	AP	Cranberry Sauce...I know you can get it year around, but it just tastes sooo damn good on Turkey Day!	Agreed. +3
JoeMama_TheGreek	JHu	Pumpkin pie	If you had said "with Cool Whip," it would have earned you an extra point. +3
Kentucky Wildmen	GF	Homemade dressing. Not that stovetop crap!!! A mix of cornbread, chicken, egg and a whole bunch of other stuff. Top it off with some giblet gravy. Hmm-hmm!!!! That is a true southern dish!!!	Love. Dressing. +4
Large Donkey IPA	KS	I answered this last week! So I will give you another! You know a turducken, right? Well I prefer the EATURDUCK. I won't give it away but it's even better than the kolaches.	Duck inside a turkey inside Erin Andrews. If you had said a EAKEVSAGE I would have given you 5 points. +4
Levain's Cookies	A-C	Bourbon.	Classic. +3
Mr. Smokeypants	KH	Popeye's fried turkey, sweet potato pone, and a little piece of Padma on the side	I got nothing on that. +4
Naked Bootleggers	JN	Turkey, potatoes, green bean casserole, condiment tray, orange jello, pumpkin pie.	+4 for "condiment tray"
One Man Wolf Pack	MF	Cherry pie	Interesting. I'm down. +3
Pimp Possee	JBe	Fried turkey. So much better that what mom ever made	Fried turkey is the truth. +3
Replacement Picks	ANe	Broccoli-cheese casserole! Tastes great and I can pretend it is really good for me!	It has all the food groups. +3
SITKNM	JHa	Chocolate pie	Does not have all the food groups. +3
Team Awesome	SE	Turkey	Needs an and. +3
The Chex Mixers	KW	Candied sweet potatoes, Let's bake sweet potatoes that have been literally smothered in sugar. Sinfully delicious.	Literally. Yes. +3
The Mad Bomber	KZ	As always my moms sweet potato pone	Brother and sister both mentioned the same dish. You forgot Padma though. +3
TXH8R	DT	The plate.	I see what you did there. +3
WhoDat4Life	Lo	The mashed sweet potatoes with bourbon...fattening food and liquor!	Food and liquor. Lupe Fiasco approves. +3

P-F12: Remember this one? Week 10 NFL Bonus

Name one thing worse than an Eagles/Saints Monday Night Football game.

Team Name		Answer	Comment
14 National Championships	CG	The saints losing said contest	They won. Yay! +3
A Northmen	ANo	A double header: Chiefs/Panthers Jaguars/Browns	Haa. +3
AccidentChild	MN	Chargers' defense on Monday night?	Is that really worse though? Offense! +3
Beelzebubbles	CCo	warts on your eyeballs	Yeah. That's worse. +4
Bevo XIV	DW	The NHL Strike. It's killing me.	If you had said no NHL playoffs, then that would be worse. +3
BlitzKrieg	RK	A Chiefs/Chargers Thursday night game.	Thursday> Monday? +3
Bourbon Street Bounty Hunters	JC	1. Coming back from 23-0 deficit only to shit the bed and lose anyway. #cowboys 2. Notre Dame having a shot to play for a national championship. #mirage 3. Honey. Boo. Boo.	Which one of those is bad? +4
Chicainery	CCa	A kick in the ass.	A kick in the ass is good sometimes. +3
Chumlee Banditos	KP	Jags/Browns Close second 49ers/Cardinals from Monday night	A little worse. +3
Double D	DD	A root canal, while watching wnba, and listening to a Lawrence Welk marathon. Oh wait, I think that IS an Eagles/Saints MNF game.	Fantastic. +5
Ferments-A-Lot	GN	Regular season Astros games.	Just saying. +3
Gig'em!	AP	LSU's defense on the game winning drive last night...	Definitely not good. +3
Large Donkey IPA	KS	Cancer	Cancer jokes are hard to pull off. Definitely bad though. +3
Levain's Cookies	A-C	An Obama victory party Tuesday night.	All parties are good though. +3
Mr. Smokeypants	KH	One thing? Everything. It's football on a week night. And it's not on PST. Bless you boys! Geaux Saints!! Free Payton!!! Praise Breesus!!!!	Progressive exclamations! +4
Naked Bootleggers	JN	Having to watch Reality TV because there is no football on Monday Night.	Honey Boo Boo is good, I hear. +3
One Man Wolf Pack	MF	A chiefs/jaguars Monday night game	Very true. +3
Pimp Possee	JBe	Chargers/Chiefs Thursday night game....BUT, I will take that over no football!	I'd watch XFL. +3
Replacement Picks	ANe	Sandusky	Waaay worse. +3
SITKNM	JHa	An Alabama/LSU National championship game	I like that answer. Most ppl here won't, but I bet you knew that. +4
The Chex Mixers	KW	Eating all of your vegetables.	Add cheese. +4
The Mad Bomber	KZ	LSU calling a timeout before a field goal against bama thus wasting our last timeout and losing the game!!! We had them!! Come on man!	+4. I like the thus.
TXH8R	DT	My NFL picks!	You said it, not me. +3
WhoDat4Life	Lo	another bountygate reference	More –gates! +3