Predict the Score Contest, Week 1 Results - New England Patriots Forums

***alamo*** · 09-13-2006, 09:07 PM

104 players to start the new season! Panic set in here at Predict-the-Score-central, that's a lot of data entry. So I needed some hired help, and went where I myself have in the past received some lucrative contract assignments, hire-a-simian.com. I got lucky and immediately found what I was looking for, here he is hard at work:

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My hopes for an easy week were dashed, though, when my hired help got to Born_a_Patriot's prediction of Bills 41, Patriots 0. He spent the next two days rolling on the floor laughing, and I had to let him go. Try explaining "karma" to a monkey! Hey, they never said this would be easy. So that's why this post is a day later than I'd planned -- I will try to post results on Tuesdays, before that it scrolls off the first page in about 10 seconds and after that the suspense gets physically unbearable for many players (or so they tell me).

As I look though the week's results I see a lot of returning players who came close to taking home the first week's honors, but two new players took the prize this week. Both Ahriman and PatsWickedPissah predicted Pats 23-17, which was closer than anyone else. (Apparently they expected the Patriots would get three safeties, which seems unlikely to me but I can't argue with a winning formula). So Congratulations, Ahriman and PatsWickedPissah! And everyone else, keep playing, even if you were off a few points this week, it's a long season and these things definitely even out!

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 1. Ahriman              Patriots 23 - 17   Score  4
    PatsWickedPissah     Patriots 23 - 17   Score  4
 3. chris_in_sunnyvale   Patriots 23 - 16   Score  5
    Krugman              Patriots 24 - 17   Score  5
    T-ShirtDynasty       Patriots 20 - 13   Score  5
    Tunescribe           Patriots 20 - 13   Score  5
 7. frankiesfly          Patriots 21 - 13   Score  6
    PATRIOT64            Patriots 16 - 14   Score  6
    Willie55             Patriots 24 - 16   Score  6
10. timekills            Bills    23 - 20   Score  7
11. braveht              Patriots 27 - 17   Score  8
    Chevy                Patriots 23 - 13   Score  8
    nhpatsfan            Patriots 24 - 14   Score  8
    PatsWorldChamps      Patriots 20 - 10   Score  8
    TheBostonStraggler   Patriots 24 - 14   Score  8
16. alamo                Patriots 24 - 13   Score  9
    Alk                  Patriots 24 - 13   Score  9
    bakes781             Patriots 24 - 13   Score  9
    desi-patsfan         Patriots 17 - 10   Score  9
    Oswlek               Patriots 17 - 10   Score  9
    PatsOwl              Patriots 24 - 13   Score  9
    Slagathor            Patriots 24 - 13   Score  9
    thewaylifeshouldbe   Patriots 17 - 10   Score  9
24. Bill B.              Patriots 30 - 17   Score 11
    BillsFan4Life        Patriots 24 - 23   Score 11
    Bobs My Uncle        Patriots 27 - 20   Score 11
    broadwayjoe          Patriots 27 - 14   Score 11
    italianpatthepatriot Patriots 23 - 10   Score 11
    Jacky Roberts        Patriots 27 - 14   Score 11
    Pattie               Patriots 23 - 10   Score 11
    Two Eight            Patriots 23 - 10   Score 11
32. BigT815              Patriots 24 - 10   Score 12
    Boston Boxer         Patriots 27 - 13   Score 12
    brady2brown          Patriots 24 - 10   Score 12
    Brownfan80           Patriots 27 - 13   Score 12
    drew4008             Patriots 24 - 10   Score 12
    JR4                  Patriots 27 - 13   Score 12
    Meghay               Patriots 27 - 13   Score 12
    Patjew               Patriots 24 - 10   Score 12
    PatsDeb              Patriots 24 - 10   Score 12
    PatsFanInVa          Patriots 24 - 10   Score 12
    Patsgirl_DK          Patriots 24 - 10   Score 12
    PATSNUTme            Patriots 23 -  9   Score 12
44. njpatsfan            Patriots 28 - 13   Score 13
    shakadave            Patriots 27 - 12   Score 13
    Stokes               Patriots 13 - 10   Score 13
    texpat               Patriots 23 -  8   Score 13
48. ATippett56           Patriots 26 - 10   Score 14
    Seymour93            Patriots 33 - 17   Score 14
50. AndyJohnson          Patriots 30 - 13   Score 15
    BFLOfan              Bills    28 - 23   Score 15
    Ceresco              Patriots 34 - 17   Score 15
    coltshater           Patriots 27 - 10   Score 15
    dr                   Patriots 29 - 12   Score 15
    Johnny Mac           Patriots 31 - 14   Score 15
    LA Pats Fan          Patriots 31 - 20   Score 15
    mavfan2390           Patriots 24 -  7   Score 15
    Mike the Brit        Patriots 27 - 10   Score 15
    NordicVoyager        Patriots 31 - 14   Score 15
    TruthSeeker          Patriots 27 - 10   Score 15
    When Bears Attack    Patriots 23 -  6   Score 15
    World Champs 3X      Patriots 27 - 10   Score 15
    Zapper               Patriots 27 - 10   Score 15
64. DarMan               Patriots 31 - 13   Score 16
    PatriotPat           Patriots 24 -  6   Score 16
    pats-blue            Patriots 31 - 13   Score 16
    pats1                Patriots 24 -  6   Score 16
    PatsChick87          Patriots 27 -  9   Score 16
    RIP#40               Patriots 27 -  9   Score 16
    smacadie             Patriots 31 - 13   Score 16
    SWelker              Patriots 28 - 10   Score 16
    The Next One         Patriots 31 - 13   Score 16
73. AFPatsFan12          Patriots 30 - 23   Score 17
74. Aldogg               Patriots 31 - 10   Score 19
    borg                 Patriots 10 -  7   Score 19
    Bostonian1962        Patriots 34 - 13   Score 19
    brdmaverick          Patriots 27 -  6   Score 19
    capetide             Patriots 31 - 10   Score 19
    Gumby                Patriots 27 -  6   Score 19
    ironwasp             Patriots 31 - 10   Score 19
    Maroney39for6        Patriots 31 - 10   Score 19
    Oceanviewer1         Patriots 31 - 10   Score 19
    smg93                Patriots 31 - 10   Score 19
    taltos               Patriots 31 - 10   Score 19
    TBC                  Patriots 31 - 10   Score 19
    VJCPatriot           Patriots 27 -  6   Score 19
87. Nikki                Patriots 28 -  6   Score 20
88. checkedout           Patriots 34 - 10   Score 22
    godef                Patriots 31 -  7   Score 22
    patsox23             Patriots 30 -  6   Score 22
    PlattsFan            Patriots 27 -  3   Score 22
    QB12                 Patriots 31 -  7   Score 22
93. emoney_33            Patriots 31 -  6   Score 23
    NEM                  Patriots 38 - 13   Score 23
    Patters              Patriots 38 - 13   Score 23
96. FloridaPatsFan       Patriots 30 -  3   Score 25
    Patsfanin Philly     Patriots 37 - 10   Score 25
98. RoughingthePasser    Patriots 31 -  3   Score 26
    tatepatsfan          Patriots 31 -  3   Score 26
100. rabthepat           Patriots 44 - 10   Score 32
101. lutontown_fc        Patriots 44 -  7   Score 35
102. nhpatsfan54         Patriots 42 -  3   Score 37
103. khayos              Patriots 41 -  0   Score 39
104. Born_a_Patriot      Bills    41 -  0   Score 43

***pats1*** · 09-13-2006, 09:13 PM

I need to get back on my game.

#64 is not acceptable. A far cry from my perfect score against Atlanta last year (shameless plug!

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But damn, Chris_in_sunnyvale is never that far away from the top of the board.

Brownfan80 · 09-13-2006, 09:15 PM

Awesome, tied for 32nd! haha.

When does the new post go up for the Jets game?

EDIT: Nevermind I see it.

ATippett56 · 09-13-2006, 09:24 PM

Who the heck is Born_a_Patriot?

***Mike the Brit*** · 09-13-2006, 09:25 PM

Thanks, Alamo -- great work, great post!

(I thought that the picture was a not-so-subtle way of saying that random choice could have done better than many of us this week.)

***PatsWickedPissah*** · 09-13-2006, 09:27 PM

"Both Ahriman and PatsWickedPissah predicted Pats 23-17, which was closer than anyone else. (Apparently they expected the Patriots would get three safeties, which seems unlikely to me but I can't argue with a winning formula)."

2 TDs 3 FGs...
3 TDs & a safety

***Dragda*** · 09-13-2006, 09:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pats1

I need to get back on my game.

#64 is not acceptable. A far cry from my perfect score against Atlanta last year (shameless plug!

)

But damn, Chris_in_sunnyvale is never that far away from the top of the board.

Chris_in_sunnyvale is a fart smucker...very astute

***alamo*** · 09-13-2006, 09:34 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mike the Brit

Thanks, Alamo -- great work, great post!

(I thought that the picture was a not-so-subtle way of saying that random choice could have done better than many of us this week.)

Honestly I never considered that, maybe it was my subconcious subtly saying 45 Monkeys could have done better during the first half Sunday than the Pats!

chris_in_sunnyvale · 09-13-2006, 09:44 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pats1

IBut damn, Chris_in_sunnyvale is never that far away from the top of the board.

Like I said (and proved) last year...I'm the Miami Dolphins of picking the score: Start fast, fade down the stretch

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Regards,
Chris

shakadave · 09-13-2006, 10:47 PM

2005 Final Standings
1 shakadave
2 dr
3 patchick
4 texpat
5 italianpatthepatriot
6 chris_in_sunnyvale
7 OhExaulted1
8 Boston Boxer
9 braveht
9 pats1
11 AndyJohnson
12 T-ShirtDynasty
13 RIP#40
13 brdmaverick
15 Seymour93
15 Zapper
17 Willie55
18 Bill B.
19 alamo
20 drew4008