[Archives] The Playoff Field is Set: Divisional Round

Divisional Playoff Saturday has arrived!

Now before we get started, a quick word on how things will proceed.

As you know, The Playoffs involve the points system (covered here).

But for the purposes of The Divisional round, there will be additional tiebreakers.

So the tiebreakers are as follows:

  • Number of games picked correctly, as normal.
  • The accumulated points total of the correct picks
  • The tiebreaker point total of the final ballgame of the weekend (KC/Buffalo)
  • The closest point total to the over/under total of the last matchup (KC/Buffalo) – which is 45.5 for this weekend (meaning the closest player to this total *IF WE GET TO THIS TIEBREAKER* Wins the pot!)

I anticipate this weekend’s games will go to tiebreakers, and this will ensure a single Winner for the round.

That’s the contingency plan.

Now that we’ve settled the mechanics, let’s set the table.

UPDATE: We’ve got two more entries.  The spreadsheet has been updated as well.

There are 32 players 34 players shooting at a pot of $640 $680 for The Divisional Round.

Pot’s right.

 

Below is the spreadsheet for this week’s field:

Divisional Playoff Sheet [12.13 KB]

 

FOR THE WEEK

  • The pot is $640 $680
  • There are 32 players 34 players
  • Once again, each team has been picked. That’s parity in today’s National Football League
  • The really isn’t a notable underdog pick of the week because 1) the parity thing again, and 2) as wacky as ball is nowadays, no outcome is really too far-fetched.  I honestly wouldn’t be surprised to see all four underdogs Win.  I guess we’ll see shortly.
  • Although it isn’t unanimous, the popular choice this week is Detroit to Win.  When in the hell did you ever think you’d see that statement made in your lifetime?? (Sheesh–if you live long enuff, you’ll see it all)

Alright. Time for some football.

Good Luck everybody.