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Sox Fan on Cape · 01-27-2008, 06:22 PM

Well its that time of year again, the Super Bowl is almost upon us. Most of us here are either not fortunate enough or we're smart enough not to spend the outrageous money to attend Super Bowl XLII. Since Talksox's beginning there has always been a Super Bowl Grid, with varied results. The first year, nobody joined, I believe less than 10 ( and that included the Mods and Yeszir ). The next year was the BH fiasco, people were in, then banned, then back in again. To accommodate everyone there were two grids. The next year was limited to a few of my friends, family, and those that participated in the weekly NFL picks contest.
This year we had a problem getting 15 participants on a consistent basis. I found this rather disheartening since we were able to do it the year before with less members. Maybe its me, but I would think that out of 3,000 members, there must be at least 15 that are in HS or college that could use a few extra bucks with little time and no risk. Evidently, I was wrong. It's amazing that the same was true for the give-aways in prior years, when one considers the respondents compared to the membership numbers.
This year I decided to follow the same format as last year. Meaning that after some friends and family selected their picks, I randomly ( by computer program ) selected picks for everyone else on the list. The requirement to make the list was a combination of, participating in the Weekly Picks contest this year, Fantasy Football, last years big winner, and posting activity.The following is the 25 members ( each gets 4 picks ). Remember, some are my friends and family ( so you may not recognize the names ), seeing as its my money, I have this option.

Player :

4 Out of 7
JP The EMT
EtepU
Hyrax
SFOC
Saxman
Plunk It Down
Ronnie Bee Good
O_Suzie Q
Out To Sea

One Red Seat
SOTK's
See Red
Mtbykr
Yanks Hater 213
Stocker 323
Redsoxrules
a700Hitter
TheKilo
SoxFan #1
HeadofSoxNation
Coco's Disciples
ARod2212
Crespo Blows
Jacksonianmarch

That should total 25 entrants. Each will receive 4 squares ( picks ).
There will be cash prizes for :

1st Quarter
Halftime
3rd Quarter
The Final Score

I will announce these latter next week. On Friday or Saturday I'll use the random generator to draw the numbers for the headers.

Usually Yeszir is kind enough to donate some additional prizes : custom user titles, gift certificates, etc. Yeszir, since your in France, how about some good wine ?

Below is a "Thumb nail" of the grid. To view it larger just right click on it and select new window, then click on the enlarge in the lower right hand corner ( assuming that you are using Explorer Browser ).

01-27-2008, 06:22 PM	#1 (permalink)
Sox Fan on Cape Talksox's Nicest Member Join Date: Jul 15 2005 Posts: 4,239	The Talksox Super Bowl Grid Well its that time of year again, the Super Bowl is almost upon us. Most of us here are either not fortunate enough or we're smart enough not to spend the outrageous money to attend Super Bowl XLII. Since Talksox's beginning there has always been a Super Bowl Grid, with varied results. The first year, nobody joined, I believe less than 10 ( and that included the Mods and Yeszir ). The next year was the BH fiasco, people were in, then banned, then back in again. To accommodate everyone there were two grids. The next year was limited to a few of my friends, family, and those that participated in the weekly NFL picks contest. This year we had a problem getting 15 participants on a consistent basis. I found this rather disheartening since we were able to do it the year before with less members. Maybe its me, but I would think that out of 3,000 members, there must be at least 15 that are in HS or college that could use a few extra bucks with little time and no risk. Evidently, I was wrong. It's amazing that the same was true for the give-aways in prior years, when one considers the respondents compared to the membership numbers. This year I decided to follow the same format as last year. Meaning that after some friends and family selected their picks, I randomly ( by computer program ) selected picks for everyone else on the list. The requirement to make the list was a combination of, participating in the Weekly Picks contest this year, Fantasy Football, last years big winner, and posting activity.The following is the 25 members ( each gets 4 picks ). Remember, some are my friends and family ( so you may not recognize the names ), seeing as its my money, I have this option. Player : 4 Out of 7 JP The EMT EtepU Hyrax SFOC Saxman Plunk It Down Ronnie Bee Good O_Suzie Q Out To Sea One Red Seat SOTK's See Red Mtbykr Yanks Hater 213 Stocker 323 Redsoxrules a700Hitter TheKilo SoxFan #1 HeadofSoxNation Coco's Disciples ARod2212 Crespo Blows Jacksonianmarch That should total 25 entrants. Each will receive 4 squares ( picks ). There will be cash prizes for : 1st Quarter Halftime 3rd Quarter The Final Score I will announce these latter next week. On Friday or Saturday I'll use the random generator to draw the numbers for the headers. Usually Yeszir is kind enough to donate some additional prizes : custom user titles, gift certificates, etc. Yeszir, since your in France, how about some good wine ? Below is a "Thumb nail" of the grid. To view it larger just right click on it and select new window, then click on the enlarge in the lower right hand corner ( assuming that you are using Explorer Browser ). Attached Thumbnails Last edited by Sox Fan on Cape; 01-27-2008 at 06:30 PM.