The Talksox Super Bowl Grid

[Sox Fan on Cape]

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 ).

[Coco's Disciples]

Sounds great. Thanks for doing this again SFOC.

[Gom]

Damn it...I wanted in.

[jacksonianmarch]

SFOC rocks

[schillingouttheks]

Thanks again, SFOC. I too wonder how we didn't get enough participants for the weekly NFL picks.

[Sox Fan on Cape]

bump

[CrespoBlows]

Thanks again, SFOC.

[yeszir]

Thanks SFOC. 2 custom user titles sounds good to me. Shipping wine to the states is free but I will personally teach whoever wins the final score square a few interesting facts about wine that I have learned.

[redsoxrules]

THANKS SFOC !

[mtbykr]

Thanks SFOC, I too wish we could have had better participation in the NFL weekly picks contest.

[HeadOfSoxNation]

Awesome. I don't know how I missed this last year.

Regardless SFOC, thanks a lot. Will make a blowout (hopefully) far more interesting.

[Soxfan#1]

Thanks a lot dude.

[See Red]

Thanks, SFOC... I really appreciate the inclusion. Now randomly generate me some good numbers this year.

[TheKilo]

SFOC is both the shizz and the nit.

[Soxfan#1]

Originally Posted by yeszir

Thanks SFOC. 2 custom user titles sounds good to me. Shipping wine to the states is free but I will personally teach whoever wins the final score square a few interesting facts about wine that I have learned.

If I win will you teach me to drink?