Super Bowl Prediction - CASH PRIZE

Minnesota 23 Denver 20

The deadline for this cash prize has expired, no more predictions will be accepted.

GL to all.

OK here's where we stand after the prediction deadline:

34 players made a prediction, with a total of 11 different winning teams and 10 different losing teams.

New England is the most popular choice for winning team, selected by 10 players.  Pittsburgh is the most popular losing team with 6 selections.

So...here's how the tiebreaker will shake out...

1.  Correctly pick the winning and losing team.  If there is a tie between players the tiebreaker will be the game's winning margin - the player closest to the winning margin without exceeding the actual winning margin will win the prize.  There are no two players with the exact same prediction, so this will be the only tiebreaker in this scenario.

2.  Correctly pick the winning team only.  If there is a tie between players the first tiebreaker will be the winning margin, same as tiebreaker #1.  If there is a further tie, the prize will go to the player who is closest to the game point total without exceeding the actual game point total.  If there is a further tie at this point, the prize will go to the player with the highest winning percentage for the entire season. 

3.  If nobody correctly picks the winning team, players who correctly pick the losing team will advance to the tiebreakers regarding winning margin, game point total and overall season winning percentage as listed above.

4.  If no player correctly picks either team that appears in the Super Bowl,  the prize winner will be decided by the winning conference (AFC / NFC).  There are 20 AFC picks and 14 NFC picks.  Players who picked the winning conference will then be decided by the winning margin, game point total and season winning percentage tiebreakers as listed above. 

I will post updates as we approach the end of the season.

GL to all who made a prediction      

Once again...deadline was 10/5.  Too late Rusty

To be crystal clear-

There are four winning scenarios, in the following order:

1. Pick the winning and losing team.

2. Pick the winning team only.

3. Pick the losing team only.

4. Pick the winning conference.

Then there are three tiebreakers for each of the above scenarios:

1.  Closest to the final score margin without exceeding the set game spread.

2.  Closest to the final score total without exceeding the set total.

3.  Player winning percentage for the entire season.

SO - if there's a tie for any of the winning scenarios, and the tied players exceed both of the final score tiebreakers, it will go to the player with the best winning percentage for the entire season. 

Hope that clears it up. 

CORRECTION

In the above clarification - tiebreakers #1 and # 2 are corrected as follows:

1.  Predicted point margin closest to the final score without exceeding it.

2.  Predicted point total closest to the final score without exceeding it.

The betting lines set for the game have nothing to do with the tiebreakers, only the game results count.  Sorry for any confusion.