The NFL Thread 2011: New York Giants Win Super Bowl XLVI

[amp316]

RolStoppable said:

chocoloco said:

I thought you had the worst record of all the predictors in terms of win percentage and you lost to my coin tosses (willed by the power of Tebow).

The cheese brains are going home early as they are just too cocky for their own good. Brees is the better quarterback and San Frans defense will destroy that offense if the packers can even beat super clutch Eli Manning.

What? Surely, that's a lie. So I tallied up all the regular season predictions and put them in order of win percentage.

Name	Rounds played	Record	Win Percentage	Best Week	Worst Week
Ljigga	7	78-32	.709	11-3/13-3	10-6 (twice)
outlawauron	4	44-20	.688	14-2	8-8
Mendicate Bias	3	33-15	.687	14-2	8-8
amp316	8	82-44	.651	14-2	7-9
chocoloco	8	80-46	.637	14-2	7-7/8-8
zuvuyeay	6	61-35	.635	13-3	6-10
superchunk	6	59-35	.628	14-2	6-10
ssliasil	1	10-6	.625	10-6	10-6
RolStoppable	9	82-58	.586	11-5 (twice)	7-9
IamAwesome	4	34-30	.531	12-4	6-10

So there you have it, straight in your face. By the way, outlawauron is only ahead due to the more favorable rounding of the last digit.

...

What the hell? I can't be this bad! Must spin the results. Um...

As you can see, my record wasn't boosted by any dumb luck weeks, because my best week is only 11-5. I had eight positive weeks, the most of any predictor. Also, the NFL conspired against me, especially if it came to games the Broncos played in.

What else? Mendicate Bias said that I have gotten better over the course of the season, so let's take a look at the table for the final five weeks, excluding people who didn't make predictions in all five weeks.

Name	Record	Win Percentage	Best Week	Worst Week
Ljigga	56-24	.700	13-3	10-6 (twice)
zuvuveay	55-25	.688	13-3	9-7
chocoloco	50-30	.625	12-4	8-8
RolStoppable	50-30	.625	11-5 (twice)	9-7 (twice)
superchunk	49-31	.613	14-2	6-10
amp316	47-33	.588	12-4	7-9

Not too shabby, although it's still quite embarrassing to be behind zuvuveay who makes coin tosses for some (or most, or all) of his predictions.

Oh and amp316 had a late season collapse, just like the Bears..

Be that as it may. your hugely improved picking still puts you only three games ahead of me in that period.  Furthermore, the Bears didn't collapse.  Most of their key players were injured, and their former (thankfully former) general manger believed that backups weren't necessary.