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 and 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 (Los Angeles/Chicago)
- The closest point total to the over/under total of the last matchup (Los Angeles/Chicago) – which is 48.5* for this weekend (meaning the closest player to this total *IF WE GET TO THIS TIEBREAKER* Wins the pot!)
*courtesy of NBC Sports, as they will host the telecast.
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.
There are an even 25 players shooting at a pot of $500 for The Divisional Round.
Pot’s right.
Below is the spreadsheet for this week’s field:
FOR THE WEEK
- The pot is $500
- There are 25 players
- Once again, each team has been picked. That’s parity in today’s National Football League
- At this point, there really aren’t any underdogs (San Francisco, maybe?) so we’re proceeding without an ‘underdog’ pick. We’ll see how it plays out soon enough.
- Although it isn’t unanimous, the popular choice this week is for Los Angeles to Win on the road at Chicago. I got this one myself. Personally, I view all theses ballgames as a tossups – this has been the craziest year I can remember!
Alright. Time for some football.
Good Luck everybody.