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[Dappa Dan 2,188]

Word coming through bruised ribs for Foles.

[Macca 16,937]

1 minute ago, Dappa Dan said:

Word coming through bruised ribs for Foles.

50/50 then for Foles?

What is the actual issue with the Wentz injury Dappa?

[Dappa Dan 2,188]

1 minute ago, Macca said:

50/50 then for Foles?

What is the actual issue with the Wentz injury Dappa?

Apparently the specific injury (back) will keep him restricted in the way he can move for a few months. Nothing to worry about long term, but for now he can't do what he needs to do. And likely can't for a playoff run. 

[Dee Zephyr 19,267]

The Browns v Ravens game is a beauty, tense finish coming up.

[Macca 16,937]

The Colts/Titans game to decide the winner in the tipping comp ... so after all that it is Clintosaurus vs DeeSpencer for the outright victory.

        Leaderboard in the Comp (dark italics indicates final score)

• 8 - Clintosaurus
• 7 - Gorgoroth
• 6 - DeeSpencer (Colts),  JV7,  layzie,  Dr.Gonzo,  titan_uranus
• 5 - Dappa Dan (Colts) 
• 4 - Dee Zephyr (Colts),  Macca (Colts) Go the Biff
• 3 - Demon Dave

 

[titan_uranus 24,978]

Wowee, what a finish in the Browns-Ravens game.

Will be interesting to see what happens to the Steelers from here.

I hope the Browns build on this season for 2019.

[Macca 16,937]

Browns couldn't get it done so the Ravens win the AFC North.  That was an exciting finish to the season and we've still got the Colts/Titans game to follow.  Mariota not expected to play so the Colts are favoured.

Apparently if the Colts/Titans game ends in a tie then Pittsburgh gains the wild-card spot.  You just never know.

[Dee Zephyr 19,267]

Oh man, a little a bit of faith in the kicker, around a 57 yarder was it for the Browns should they have attempted the FG? 

[Dappa Dan 2,188]

Wow Eagles. What a wacky end to the year. I've never been in one of those where you're hoping for a win and other results to fall your way to make it. That was fun.

From here I'm bullish on Eagles vs Bears. Bears will be warm favourites but look out for the experienced team and QB.

Saints won't be stopped on the way to NFC Championship game though. It'll be Rams v Saints easy. And rightly so.

Love seeing Steelers miss out too.

[Macca 16,937]

1 minute ago, Dee Zephyr said:

Oh man, a little a bit of faith in the kicker, around a 57 yarder was it for the Browns should they have attempted the FG? 

Interesting call but a lot of these sorts of calls fall under the 'Unwritten Rule' category DZ.  Seen it happen before where the team with nothing to gain apart from the 'Win' endeavours to win by getting a TD rather than a 3 pointer. 

Therefore,  I wasn't surprised by the call.  Their own fans might have wanted to try for the TD too (or at least get closer to the uprights and then go for the field goal if time is running out) 

[Macca 16,937]

Schedule for next week (all times AEDT)

Sunday 8.35am  Colts/Titans @ Houston

Sunday 12.15pm  Seattle @ Dallas

Monday 5.00am  Chargers @ Baltimore

Monday 8.30am  Philadelphia @ Chicago

 

[Clintosaurus 7,838]

Browns could have run the ball at least once in the final drive. They had 2 timeouts I think.

[Macca 16,937]

2 hours ago, Dappa Dan said:

Wow Eagles. What a wacky end to the year. I've never been in one of those where you're hoping for a win and other results to fall your way to make it. That was fun.

From here I'm bullish on Eagles vs Bears. Bears will be warm favourites but look out for the experienced team and QB.

Ironically the team you're up against in week 1 of the playoffs is the team that helped you get there.   Just hope that Foles gets up for the game as you're almost certainly going to need him up against the Chicago D. 

If you do happen to win you'll be up against the Saints in week 2 I believe where as if Chicago win they will be up against the Rams in week 2.  But I've seen any number of teams win the whole thing after starting out in week 1 of the playoffs (including a number of wild-card teams) 

Anyway,  keep us posted on the Eagles QB position if you can.  

By the way,  Louis Riddick has been singing the praises of the Bears for at least the last month and on Friday he declared them as SB winners.  Defense does travel but the Bears are going to have to travel at least once on the road to get to the SB.  Probably twice. 

[Macca 16,937]

And we have a winner in the tipping comp for the 2018 season! 

Congratulations go out to @DeeSpencer  ... well played and well done!  DeeSpencer scored heavily in the 2nd half of the season and even missed a couple of weeks so is a worthy winner.

Hard luck to former winners in @Clintosaurus  & @Dappa Dan  in coming equal 2nd on points gained ... it came down to the very last game to decide things so the whole comp couldn't have been scripted better. 

Another former winner in @Gorgoroth  shared 3rd place on points along with  @Dee Zephyr  and yours truly.

Commiserations go out to @JV7 & @Dr. Gonzo  who both led the Comp for a long period there and then both got passed in the last week.  That's tipping for you!  We might have to start calling you 'Schillaci' JV!

As for @layzie  @titan_uranus  @Go the Biff  & @DemonDave  - there's always the Post Season tipping comp for the 2nd chance!

But thanks to all for participating.  It's been a lot of fun for me this season with a dozen people involved and for a while there I thought we were going to have multiple winners.  But fair play to all in the way that you've participated - my task in running the comp has been made quite easy because of that.  Hope to see you all for the post season tipping comp!

             Final Tally in the Tipping Comp

• 9 - DeeSpencer
• 8 - Clintosaurus,  Dappa Dan
• 7 - Gorgoroth,  Dee Zephyr,  Macca

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• 6 - JV7,  Dr. Gonzo,  layzie,  titan_uranus
• 4 - Go the Biff
• 3 - DemonDave

But to the winner goes the spoils

 

 

 

 

 

Edited December 31, 2018 by Macca

[Macca 16,937]

 

                                    Regular Season Tipping Competition

 

Year               Winner                           Runners up                     3rd place

2018              DeeSpencer                 Clintosaurus,                  Gorgoroth,

                                                              Dappa Dan                       Dee Zephyr,

                                                                                                         Macca                        

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2017              Clintosaurus                 Go the Biff                      Dappa Dan

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2016              Gorgoroth                     cowboy_from_hell          Clintosaurus/

                                                                                                         DeeSpencer

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2015              Gorgoroth                      cowboy_from_hell/         Macca

                                                               JV7/

                                                               DeeSpencer

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2014              Dappa Dan                     DeeSpencer                    Gorgoroth

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2013              cowboy_from_hell/       pantaloons/                    Gorgoroth

                       Strafford                         Macca

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                                    Post Season Tipping Competition

 

Year              Winner                           Runners up                     3rd place

 

2017             Macca                           Clintosaurus                    Go the Biff/

                                                                                                        JV7/

                                                                                                        Gorgoroth

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2016             Gorgoroth/                     JV7                                  Clintosaurus

                      Macca  

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2015             JV7/                                cowboy_from_hell         Gorgoroth/

                      Macca                                                                       DeeSpencer

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2014              JV7/                                pantaloons                    Gorgoroth/

                       Go the Biff                                                              Macca

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2013             titan_uranus                  DemonDave                   cowboyfhell/

                                                                                                        Macca

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                                                         Overall Medal Tally

                                                      Gold        Silver     Bronze

                   Macca                           3               1             4

                   Gorgoroth                     3               0             6                         

                   JV7                                2               2              1

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                   cowboy_from_hell       1               3              1

                   DeeSpencer                 1                2              2

                   Clintosaurus                 1               2              2

                   Go the Biff                     1               1             1

                   Dappa Dan                    1               1              1

                   Strafford                        1               0              0

                   titan_uranus                  1               0              0

                   DeeSpencer                  1               2              2    

                   pantaloons                    0               2              0

                   DemonDave                  0               1              0

                   Dee Zephyr                    0               0              1

[Gorgoroth 12,924]

Just can’t manage a silver!

Gratz to all the winners and again thanks for the effort of running it Macca!!!

[Macca 16,937]

Whilst I'm here ... had a bit of a small do-over of the post season tipping comp and came up with the following points system.  Remembering that straight winners (home or away) only are required and we've traditionally given scorelines as an add-on. 

But whilst the scorelines haven't been needed previously,  I've incorporated the scorelines into the SB match so as to add some interest and to keep people interested.

Week 1 - For each winner - I point

Week 2 - For each winner - 1 point

Week 3 - For each winner - 2 points

SB -  Winner - 3 points plus ... an extra 2 points if the actual winning score (not margin) of the winning team falls within 3 points of your team's nominated winning score.

Example - Actual score ends up as Ravens 30 Seattle 28

If your scoreline had the Ravens winning and if the score you post up is anywhere from 27 - 33 points for the Ravens,  you'll be awarded 3 points for the win and 2 extra bonus points from the example provided.  n.b.  Your scoreline has to have the Ravens winning to qualify for the 2 bonus points.  The losing team's score in the SB is not relevant with regards to the possible bonus points available. 

So it's fairly straight forward apart from SB week where you can gain a total of 5 points if your scoreline is on the money.  If we can get 4 or 5 starters or more,  we can go ahead with it.  And if you've got some thoughts on the post-season tipping comp,  feel free to express those thoughts.   Anyway,  here are the games for week 1

          Schedule for next week (all times AEDT)

• Sunday 8.35am     Colts @ Houston
• Sunday 12.15pm  Seattle @ Dallas
• Monday 5.00am    Chargers @ Baltimore
• Monday 8.30am    Philadelphia @ Chicago

[WERRIDEE 5,445]

The Eagles into the finals you beauty! GO JOHNNO

[JV7 2,350]

Thanks again @Macca like I’ve said previous years it’s a great bit of fun the tipping comp! Always adds a little extra interest to the season!

Season has gone quickly once again, can’t believe we’re back into the post season already... FWIW I’m tipping a Saints/Cheifs SB with the Saints winning (as much as that hurts as a rival NFC south) 

[Dappa Dan 2,188]

23 hours ago, Macca said:

Anyway,  keep us posted on the Eagles QB position if you can.  

Latest is he's bruised but will play week 1. Has me worried though looking down the line and seeing Mack coming at you. Two weeks running he's taken heavy hits there.

Well done again on tipping fun Macca. Good to get back on the podium.

 

[DeeSpencer 25,488]

Cheers @Macca

I wouldn't have won without your generous weekly notifications. And to be honest working some Sunday evenings had me checking demonland late before bed and doing my tips as Shefty was announcing the injuries that worked in my favour. 

Loving the wild card match ups this year, seems a really strong group of teams. 

An early play off prediction - the AFC is underrated and the NFC is a bit overrated. 

An early hope - Colts win so they go play the Chiefs, and the Ravens win and get the Pats match up.

[Macca 16,937]

Here's an interesting read from ESPN

Barnwell's 2018 lessons: What this NFL season means for 2019

And the lines for next weekend

Indianapolis @ Houston (-2.5)
Seattle @ Dallas (-2.5)
Chargers @ Baltimore (-2.5)
Philadelphia @ Chicago (-5.5)

Edited January 1, 2019 by Macca

[Go the Biff 3,414]

Thanks Macca,

Would be interested in how the winning tally stacked up against previous seasons. Seems this year more than any a lot of short priced favourites got rolled, knocking us all for six. Was pretty slow going for all until the back end of the season.

Can't believe how quickly this one has gone !

[Macca 16,937]

6 minutes ago, Go the Biff said:

Thanks Macca,

Would be interested in how the winning tally stacked up against previous seasons. Seems this year more than any a lot of short priced favourites got rolled, knocking us all for six. Was pretty slow going for all until the back end of the season.

Can't believe how quickly this one has gone !

I believe it's the lowest winning total GTB but in terms of degree of difficulty,  it's been off the charts this season so the winning total by DS needs to be looked at that way. 

I think Clint set the high-score record last year of around about 14 or 15 points but I'd have to scroll back to check the other 4 seasons.  Previous to Clint's record the high-score might have been 12 or so. 

One thing I do know is that the last week regularly delivers the 3 points to most of the participants ... but again,  the form is easier to read with teams resting players whilst other teams that have to win usually do so.  With the odd exception such as the Vikings against the Bears.  

[Macca 16,937]

Colts 23  Houston 28

Seattle 21  Dallas 24

Chargers 22  Baltimore 27

Philadelphia 17  Chicago 20