SUPER BOWL RECAP
Helloooooo and welcome to my last update for the season. Ugh… I already miss football and it’s only been a few days… Boo hoo!
Payments have begun to be made and we want to give a big THANK YOU to those who laced the league with a little bit of gratuity! It’s Muy apreciado!
So there’s not much I can add to everything that’s already been written about this year’s Super Bowl, other than boy did it go fast, and wow what a great game. But as fans, we deserved to have that late flag picked up, KC kick the short FG, and then see PHI get the ball back, down by three, with 1:10 to go. Then maybe they’re able to tie it up sending one of the all-time best Super Bowls into OT and with the new rules they could have traded TDs into the next morning. Woulda been magical!
Of the eleven people in the Top 10 Overall last week (there’s was a tie for 10th), five of them took PHI to cover. Three of the five slid down a few spots but still won some loot, while the other two (RYAN_IS_NOT_MAYAN and X-MEN) fell right out of the Top 10 altogether allowing TRABS and TOMMYK11 (who was in 17th place entering the game) to break in at the very last moment.
Clearly if the Eagles had managed to somehow win (and cover), all the payouts below would look a hell of a lot different to say the least!
Moving on… we have all just witnessed one the most talented to ever play the game shine his greatness all over our little world. No I’m not talking crybaby Bron Bron, it’s SHUTCH05 (aka Sam Hutchingson aka Sammy Sam aka Sammy Sosa aka Sam I Am aka Sam Adams aka Samsung Galaxy S10). A 9-year veteran, SHUTCH took a while to get going, winning nothing in his first five seasons (between 2014 and 2018), but once 2019 hit, he got hot, winning Week 7 and 5th Overall! Then in 2020 he finished in 4th place in the Playoff Pool. Last season was a bit of an off year for him, but he still managed to finish in 23rd place overall (top 10%). And as far as this season goes, I’m gonna just list it out for all to see…
• Key Pick #2 for $1500
• Key Pick #2 Bonus for $150
• Week 14 (split win) for $250
• Best of 4PM for $250
• 1st Place Regular Season for $2k
• 1st Place Regular Season No-Perfect-Week Bonus for $400
• Veteran’s Pool for $500
• 1st Place Overall for $3500
• 1st Place Overall No-Perfect-Week Bonus for $400
That’s a grand total of $8,950 !!! HOLY FUCK!
BUT WAIT! THERE’S MORE!
These three guys who took home over $3k each:
• HOTDADDYWINGS ($3,975)
• BIGREDMACHINE ($3,500)
• CPMELLO80 ($3,000)
All told, 57 people won at least their dues back this year. That works out to be an average of just over $900 per winner and 25% of the league got money. Please see the accompanying Excel chart showing the full breakdown (it’s also posted on the playoff website).
Here’s how SHUTCH’s final total of 177 points stacked up to previous campaigns (even though we have had an extra 16 games to pick the last two seasons):
2009 – 162 scored by “SHADEBALL” CRUMB
2010 – 183 scored by COMMISH JMAC
(His regular season stats were soooo impressive and actually landed him in the Top 10 of the ENTIRE website – which means he did better than 1000s of people, maybe even tens of 1000s)
2011 – 159 scored by FRODIDLEY
2012 – 163 scored by BLUEBYEU
2013 – 158 scored by RKNRLL
2014 – 163 scored by DAVEG4867
2015 – 159 scored by PEYTONISAMO
2016 – 172 scored by J&T0228
2017 – 166 scored by TOMMYK11
2018 – 171 scored by THEKINGNBEEJ
2019 – 170 scored by WILLY33
2020 – 171 scored by DESPERADO26
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2021 – 183 scored by T-BONE and BAGGYPANTS
2022 – 177 scored by SHUTCH05
OVERALL
1st – SHUTCH05 ($3,500)
2nd – BIGREDMACHINE84 ($3,000)
3rd – HOTDADDYWAGS ($2,500)
4th – CHUCKLES69 ($2,000)
5th – CPMELLO80 ($1,500)
(free entry next season)
6th – SOCCUBARTSR
7th – WILLY33
8th – TRABS
9th – ERICKKEI
10th – TOMMYK11
REGULAR SEASON
1st – SHUTCH05 ($2,000)
2nd – RON MEXICO ($1,750)
3rd – CPMELLO80 ($1,500)
4th – CRAZYIAM ($1,250)
5th – SOCCUBARTSR ($1,000)
(free entry next season)
6th – TRABS
7th – ODPETE1219
8th – RYAN_IS_NOT_MAYAN
9th – BIGREDMACHINE84
10th – TOMMYK11
PLAYOFFS
1st/2nd – BEAVBELIEVER22 and HOTDADDYWAGS
($1500 + $1250 = $2,750 divided by 2 people = $1350 each)
3rd – FAGE88 ($1,000)
4th/5th/6th/7th – ERICKKEI, LPARKS, SYLVANPETER, and YER MY BOY BLUE!
($750 + $500 + $250 + $250 = $1,750 divided by 4 people = $437.50 each)
ROOKIE RACE (free entry next season)
Horse – ODPETE1219
Jockey – SEAMUSPK
ODPETE, who has literally been leading this category since Week 5, was one single little mini point away from losing the crown as RYANOAKING tied him at 166 but has less “Key Picks” correct. He would however get his revenge in the next category…
COMBO RACE (free entry next season)
RYANOAKING and FAGE
These two got 6 big points Super Bowl weekend (3 each on KC) while ODPETE1219 and SEAMUSPK (from above) both took PHI and lost their grip on this prize.
VETERANS POOL
5-YEAR: SHUTCH05 ($500)
10-YEAR: TOMMYK11 ($500)
BEST OF NOTHING (free entry next season)
NEVILLE666 – Finished in 13th Place and won no money
LAST PLACE OVERALL (free entry next season)
TAILGATER47
Now this I gotta talk about since the only rule to this prize is making picks for all 285 games (272 regular season games + 13 playoff games). So TAILGATER47’s overall finish landed him in spot 219, ahead of 11 other people, but for various reasons those 11 members were automatically eliminated. The most common was missing picks during the regular season, mostly Thursday nights. Set an alarm!
SQUARES (free entry next season)
Set #1, 1st Quarter – BRADELL
Set #1, 2nd Quarter – CHUCKLES69
Set #1, 3rd Quarter – CHEF PAT
Set #1, 4th Quarter – BALLER8
Set #2, 1st Quarter – JUGGERNAUT76
Set #2, 2nd Quarter – KEVIN BOUDROW
Set #2, 3rd Quarter – HUMAROCK (NO MONEY)
Set #2, 4th Quarter – MULLIGAN
Set #3, 1st Quarter – SPOOKYTHECAT
Set #3, 2nd Quarter – BSMITTY99 (10 YEAR)
Set #3, 3rd Quarter – FAGE88 (10 YEAR)
Set #3, 4th Quarter – THE_BRIGADE
Anddddd finally… FIRST ANNUAL REC LEAGUE POOL (thanks YIGGITY for the idea!)
In an epic collapse, after leading by 9-points, all five DIME PIECES took PHI which allowed the BORA BORA BOYS to not only jump into 1st Place, but to completely dominate the competition by going 5-5 and scoring 20-POINTS finishing up 11 full points ahead. This prize is worth $1365 ($273 per player) for the BOYS, while the DIME PIECES will get their entry fee back to go along with their newfound shame.
Good luck to everyone in the off season and I hope all 230 members will join us again next year, but I know that won’t be happening. Every year we seem to lose 30-35 people, but that’s good news for anyone that is looking to get someone new into the league. There’s already a waiting list, so start telling your friends and family NOW about the best pick ‘em pool you’ve ever been involved with!