Friday, January 30, 2015

TENTH ANNUAL SEASON-ENDING BIG GAME POOL: Five questions, one blog:
1. Winner/final score.
2. Official Game MVP.
3. Which advertiser tops the USA Today Super Bowl Ad Meter?
4. Katy Perry setlist predictions?
5. Will Idina Menzel's rendition of the National Anthem run longer than 2:01?
Tiebreaker: Pick a prop bet as listed on Football Outsiders. Get it right. The tougher the odds of winning your bet, the more credit you get.

Previous winners: 2006: Benner; 2007: me; 2008: Joseph J. Finn ; 2009: Scott; 2010:Scott again; 2011: GoldnI; 2012: Phil; 2013: Benner; and 2014: Isaac Spaceman. As they will tell you, the prizes are Fame and Glory within this community, but nothing financial.

[My picks: Seattle 34-21; Russell Wilson; Anheuser-Busch; Teenage Dream/American Woman/Roar/Firework; shorter; Phil sees shadow and Seahawks win.]
Posted by Adam at 5:21 PM

16 comments:

  1. Jordan5:42 PM

    Pats 27-20; Brady; Anheuser-Busch; American Woman/Roar/Firework/Last Friday Night/Work It; Shorter; Prop: Over on deflated balls, but that includes signs, commercials and interviews; Second Prop: my dad is asleep by the third quarter.

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  2. Benner6:26 PM

    Seattle 28-13; BEAST MODE; Anheuser-Busch; Firework/Work It/Roar/This is How we Do; shorter; I like Doug Baldwin with more receptions than Alex Ovechkin has shots on goal.

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  3. The Pathetic Earthling9:26 PM

    Seattle 31-16; Lynch; Newcastle; Roar/This is the Part of Me/American Woman/Firework/California Girls; Shorter; And -- cuz I got it right last year -- Seattle scores a Safety before a TD or a FG.

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  4. Adam B.9:37 PM

    There's now a potential spoiler on a second cameo performer who won't miss the show.

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  5. Matt10:20 PM

    Seattle 28-21, Wilson, A-B, Roar/TGIF/American Woman/Dark Horse (with Missy on the Juicy J Part)/New Song About How Taylor Swift is a B---h/Firework, shorter. Team to score last wins the game.

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  6. Roger10:42 PM

    Pats 31-27.
    Brady.
    Budweiser.
    Hot n Cold / Teenage Dream / Last Friday Night / Firework / Roar.
    Shorter.
    No, under.What Color will the Gatorade (or liquid) be that is dumped on the Head Coach of the Winning Super Bowl Team? Yellow 5/2.

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  7. StvMg4:33 PM

    Patriots 27-24, Tom Brady, Anheuser-Busch, Roar-Teenage Dream-American Woman-Work It-Firework, Longer, Prop:Over on LeGarrette Blount rushing yards.

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  8. Joseph Finn4:13 PM

    1. Seahawks, 28-27
    2. Marshawn Lynch
    3. NFL/No More domestic abuse ad
    4. Roar/Firework/Work It/California Girls
    5. Over



    Tiebreaker: Lynch has a run over 20.5 yards.

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  9. Adam C.4:17 PM

    Seattle 33-30; Lynch; Anheuser-Busch; Firework/Roar/American Woman/Dark Horse/This Is How We Do; shorter; Game goes to overtime. That's right, first OT SB.

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  10. Roger8:26 PM

    Er, I totally meant to call the nine-song, three-costume-change Katy Perry set.

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  11. Jordan10:27 PM

    Aww Pete, why couldn't you have kicked that field goal at the end of the first half?

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  12. Matt10:42 PM

    So, where does "passing from inside the one" fall on the list of classic blunders--beneath "never get involved in a land war in Asia," I assume, but alongside "never go in against a Sicilian when death is on the line?"

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  13. The Pathetic Earthling5:27 AM

    I didn't think someone could be as dumb as the 2013 49ers in this respect, but here we are.

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  14. Adam B.9:27 AM

    The A-B "lost dog" ad wins the Ad Meter, so ... I believe StvMg wins the pool. Confirm?

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  15. Adam C.11:27 AM

    Agreed, but I just read this defense of the call, which (though I'm not convinced) at least passes the smell test: http://www.vox.com/2015/2/2/7961789/pete-carroll-play-call-defense

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  16. StvMg7:55 AM

    Yay! I thought my lousy prop bet might cost me.

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