Slug

The Woman and I watched the hell out of Lost when it originally aired. Loved it. If I had any gripe it would be WALT! WALT?! WAAAAAAAAAAALT!!!! WALT??? WAAAAAAAAAALT!!!!

That, I believe, is a new NFL record.

Holy crap 4 INTs in the first half. Wow.

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Welcome to the competition! You start with $1,000 in fake internet money to gamble with, so you can wager anything up to that amount for your first entry.

WILD CARD MOCK GAMBLING - SPREAD AND QUESTIONS DEADLINE FOR WILD CARD ENTRIES - 1/14/2023 (Saturday) 16:29 EASTERN THREAD WILL BE LOCKED AT THE DEADLINE SO GET YOUR ENTRIES IN! Wild Card Feature Game Los Angeles Chargers (-2.5) @ Jacksonville Jaguars (Remember you are betting against the spread, not just the outright winner) NOTE: As we do every season when the playoffs start, we've cut the number of questions by 3 because fewer games and fewer players. The most notable exclusion is the infamous Question 8 along with its large payout. Keep this in mind when wagering as there are now fewer opportunities to make up lost fake Internet money via questions. QUESTIONS 1) What will be the first scoring play of the Feature Game? Chargers TD, Chargers FG, Chargers safety, Jaguars TD, Jaguars FG, Jaguars safety, or other? ($1,200 for the correct call) 2) Which team in the Feature Game will lose the most turnovers? ($1,000 for the right team) 3) Which will be the highest scoring game of Wild Card Weekend? ($1,200 for the right game) 4) Which will be the lowest scoring game of Wild Card Weekend? ($1,200 for the right game) 5) Call the winners: New York Giants @ Minnesota Vikings Dallas Cowboys @ Tampa Bay Buccaneers Baltimore Ravens @ Cincinnati Bengals ($1,000 for EACH correct named game winner, $2,500 bonus if you call all 3 correctly) Good luck! ### Example Answer Post and MY ENTRY ### Chargers for $1,000 1. Chargers TD 2. Jags 3. Cowboys @ Bucs 4. Ravens @ Bengals 5. Vikings, Bucs, Ravens #####################

In a wild final week of the regular season, we saw the top of the leaderboard tighten up and one player make a leap to be in the post-season conversation! As we move into the post-season it's Keyser_Soze holding on to his familiar spot atop the leaderboard. As the questions diminish in number, betting prowess becomes more critical as we get into the home stretch! ########## WEEK 18 RESULTS ########## Week 18 Feature Game: Detroit Lions (+4.5) @ Green Bay Packers The Lions beat the Packers by a score of 24.5(20+4.5)-16. Bets on Detroit win it. QUESTIONS 1) What will be the first scoring play of the Feature Game? Lions TD, Lions FG, Lions safety, Packers TD, Packers FG, Packers safety, or other? ($1,000 for the correct call) It was a field goal battle in the 1st, but Green Bay got the opening shot. Packers FG is the call, but nobody got it. 2) Which team in the Feature Game will win the time of possession battle? ($800 for the right team) Green Bay held the ball for 32:15 to Detroit's 27:45. 3) Name any two teams that combine for over 50 points. ($800 for a correct pair) If you got a correct pairing, you got the cash! 4) How many fumbles will be lost on Saturday? ($1,000 for the correct number) Las Vegas lost a fumble on Saturday as did both Tennessee and Jacksonville. The 3's have it. Slug was the only player to get this one right. 5) Call the winners: Cleveland Browns @ Pittsburgh Steelers Houston Texans @ Indianapolis Colts Dallas Cowboys @ Washington Commanders ($800 for EACH correct named game winner, $2,000 bonus if you call all 3 correctly) Commissar SFLUFAN was the only player to call all 3 games correctly to earn the bonus! 6) Which team will score last in the Baltimore @ Cincinnati game? ($800 for the correct team) Justin Tucker hits a field goal in the 4th to close out the scoring in a losing effort against the Bengals. Ravens is the call. Slug was the only player to call Baltimore. 7) How many interceptions will be returned for touchdowns in Week 18? ($2,000 for the correct number) I think it's 5, but the NFL's data isn't reporting correctly on this stat so Question 7 is a scratch. 8) Name the player who will rush for the most yards AND the player that will have the most receiving yards in week eighteen. ($4,500 for each player named correctly, $10,000 bonus if both names are called) Tyler Allgeier is the rushing leader for the regular season finale at 135 yards and Jerry Jeudy is the receiving leader with 154. Nobody called either player. ######### LEADERBOARD ######### @Keyser_Soze - $42,100 @AbsolutSurgen - $41,900 Slug - $35,000 @Commissar SFLUFAN - $30,300 @thewhyteboar - $24,600 @Brian - $21,600 @silentbob - $21,750 @Biggie - $12,400 @BasemntDweller2 - $7,600 @Dodger - $7,400 @Kal-El814 - $5,500 If you think I mathed wrong, let me know. ########## THE SEASON ######### Week 1 Week 2 Week 3 Week 4 Week 5 Week 6 Week 7 Week 8 Week 9 Week 10 (BYE) Week 11 Week 12 Week 13 Week 14 Week 15 - BYE Week 16 Week 17 Week 18 ############################### WILD CARD WEEKEND FEATURE GAME AND QUESTIONS FOLLOW THIS POST

Unrelated but adjacent: I just paid off both of my mortgages today!

Just got home from the game. Certainly didn't see that coming! We whooped that ass. Felt good. Stadium was half full of Cowboys fans at the beginning of the game and half empty by the end.

I get to drive from Philly to DC Sunday morning to sit in a stadium full of Cowboys fans and watch our backups play against a team that is playing for the division. Yay.

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If anyone ever wondered what a suspended game does to the NFL's player stats code, here's Josh Allen's passing stats for less than one quarter of play:

WEEK 18 MOCK GAMBLING - SPREAD AND QUESTIONS DEADLINE FOR WEEK 18 ENTRIES - 1/7/2023 (Saturday) 16:29 EASTERN THREAD WILL BE LOCKED AT THE DEADLINE SO GET YOUR ENTRIES IN! Week 18 Feature Game Detroit Lions (+4.5) @ Green Bay Packers (Remember you are betting against the spread, not just the outright winner) QUESTIONS 1) What will be the first scoring play of the Feature Game? Lions TD, Lions FG, Lions safety, Packers TD, Packers FG, Packers safety, or other? ($1,000 for the correct call) 2) Which team in the Feature Game will win the time of possession battle? ($800 for the right team) 3) Name any two teams that combine for over 50 points. ($800 for a correct pair) 4) How many fumbles will be lost on Saturday? ($1,000 for the correct number) 5) Call the winners: Cleveland Browns @ Pittsburgh Steelers Houston Texans @ Indianapolis Colts Dallas Cowboys @ Washington Commanders ($800 for EACH correct named game winner, $2,000 bonus if you call all 3 correctly) 6) Which team will score last in the Baltimore @ Cincinnati game? ($800 for the correct team) 7) How many interceptions will be returned for touchdowns in Week 18? ($2,000 for the correct number) 8) Name the player who will rush for the most yards AND the player that will have the most receiving yards in week eighteen. ($4,500 for each player named correctly, $10,000 bonus if both names are called) Good luck! ### Example Answer Post and MY ENTRY ### Packers for $3,100 1. Detroit FG 2. Green Bay 3. Commanders, Bills 4. 3 5. Steelers, Colts, Commanders 6. Baltimore 7. 3 8. Robinson, McLaurin #####################

Not a lot of board movement this week as all bets were canceled, but Keyser_Soze still manages to hold off the pack as the rest of the players slowly crept their way up the board with some good prediction results. Hopefully no game-suspending trauma will befall any players in Week 18 as the regular season comes to a close! ########## WEEK 17 RESULTS ########## Week 17 Feature Game: Buffalo Bills (-1.5) @ Cincinnati Bengals All bets, along with questions 1 and 2, are voided as the game was not completed due to an on-field medical emergency. QUESTIONS 1) What will be the first scoring play of the Feature Game? Bills TD, Bills FG, Bills safety, Bengals TD, Bengals FG, Bengals safety, or other? ($1,000 for the correct call) 2) Which team in the Feature Game will win the time of possession battle? ($800 for the right team) 3) Name any two teams that combine for under 30 points. ($800 for a correct pair) If you picked a correct pair, you got the cash for this one. Only a couple of you did. 4) Name the QB that will throw the most interceptions in Week 17. ($2,000 for the correct playoff) A former and current Washington QB, Kirk Cousins and Carson Wentz, tie for this one with 3 picks each. I hate football and nobody called either player. 5) Call the winners: Minnesota Vikings at Green Bay Packers New York Jets at Seattle Seahawks Miami Dolphins @ New England Patriots ($800 for EACH correct named game winner, $2,000 bonus if you call all 3 correctly) Three players, AbsolutSurgen, Biggie and Commissar SFLUFAN, got all three picks correct and earned the bonus! 6) Which team will score first in the Carolina @ Tampa Bay game? ($800 for the correct number) Carolina scores first on a 15 yard TD pass to Tremble in the first quarter. 7) LA versus LA: How many total touchdowns will be scored? ($1,000 for the correct number) Five! Five touchdowns! AH AH AHHHHH! 8) Name the player who will rush for the most yards AND the player that will have the most receiving yards in week seventeen. ($4,000 for each player named correctly, $10,000 bonus if both names are called) Jamaal Williams gets 144 yards rushing to lead Week 17 and Mike Evans cracks 200 (207) to be the week's most productive pass catcher. Nobody called either player. ######### LEADERBOARD ######### @Keyser_Soze- $38,400 @AbsolutSurgen - $34,500 Slug - $33,100 @thewhyteboar - $22,000 @Brian - $21,600 @Commissar SFLUFAN - $20,100 @silentbob - $19,950 @Biggie - $13,800 @BasemntDweller2 - $7,600 @Dodger - $7,400 @Kal-El814 - $5,500 If you think I mathed wrong, let me know. ########## THE SEASON ######### Week 1 Week 2 Week 3 Week 4 Week 5 Week 6 Week 7 Week 8 Week 9 Week 10 (BYE) Week 11 Week 12 Week 13 Week 14 Week 15 - BYE Week 16 Week 17 ############################### WEEK 18 FEATURE GAME AND QUESTIONS FOLLOWS THIS POST

Ouch.

I used to believe the myth that Daddy Long-legs were super venomous, but safe because their fangs can't pierce human skin. It seemed like a fun animal/science fact and I had no reason to believe it wasn't true. I even told my kids this one when they were younger. Years later I come to find out it's just an urban legend and they aren't venomous at all.

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I mean, there has to be at least one worker at the store, right? Who maintains the machines?

Yeah sure. I will allow it.

WEEK 17 MOCK GAMBLING - SPREAD AND QUESTIONS DEADLINE FOR WEEK 17 ENTRIES - 12/29/2022 (Thursday) 20:19 EASTERN THREAD WILL BE LOCKED AT THE DEADLINE SO GET YOUR ENTRIES IN! Week 17 Feature Game Buffalo Bills (-1.5) @ Cincinnati Bengals (Remember you are betting against the spread, not just the outright winner) QUESTIONS 1) What will be the first scoring play of the Feature Game? Bills TD, Bills FG, Bills safety, Bengals TD, Bengals FG, Bengals safety, or other? ($1,000 for the correct call) 2) Which team in the Feature Game will win the time of possession battle? ($800 for the right team) 3) Name any two teams that combine for under 30 points. ($800 for a correct pair) 4) Name the QB that will throw the most interceptions in Week 17. ($2,000 for the correct playoff) 5) Call the winners: Minnesota Vikings at Green Bay Packers New York Jets at Seattle Seahawks Miami Dolphins @ New England Patriots ($800 for EACH correct named game winner, $2,000 bonus if you call all 3 correctly) 6) Which team will score first in the Carolina @ Tampa Bay game? ($800 for the correct number) 7) LA versus LA: How many total touchdowns will be scored? ($1,000 for the correct number) 8) Name the player who will rush for the most yards AND the player that will have the most receiving yards in week seventeen. ($4,000 for each player named correctly, $10,000 bonus if both names are called) Good luck! ### Example Answer Post and MY ENTRY ### Bengals for $2,500 1. Buffalo TD 2. Cincy 3. Browns, Giants 4. Watson 5. Packers, Jets, Dolphins 6. Panthers 7. 5 8. Robinson, McLaurin #####################

Last seeing the top of the leaderboard way back in Week 5, Keyser_Soze surges ahead to jump 2 spots and regain the lead with 2 weeks to go in the regular season! They say having the hot hand at the end of December is the key to playoff success. Will that hold true? ########## WEEK 16 RESULTS ########## Week 16 Feature Game: Las Vegas Raiders @ Pittsburgh Steelers (-2.5) The Raiders fall to the Steelers by a score of 10-10.5(13-2.5). Bets on Pittsburgh win. QUESTIONS 1) What will be the first scoring play of the Feature Game? Raiders TD, Raiders FG, Raiders safety, Steelers TD, Steelers FG, Steelers safety, or other? ($900 for the correct call) Carr hits Hunter Renfrow on a 14 yard TD pass for the first, and their only, TD of the game. Raiders TD is the call. 2) Which team will score LAST in the Feature Game? ($700 for the right team) Picket to Pickens in the 4th quarter to end the game on Pittsburgh's only TD of the contest. 3) Yes or no: will any player be credited with 3 or more touchdowns in Week 16? Again, we're talking the guy holding the ball in the endzone. ($700 for a correct answer) Cam Akers and Shane Zylstra both found the endzone three times. The yesses get it. Keyser_Soze was the only player to get this one right. 4) Cold hands: Name any player that will fumble more than once this week. ($1,000 for a correct name) Trace McSorely was the only player to put the ball on the ground more than once in Week 16. Nobody called this one. 5) Call the winners: Washington Commanders at San Francisco 49'ers New Orleans Saints at Cleveland Browns Philadelphia Eagles @ Dallas Cowboys ($700 for EACH correct named game winner, $1,800 bonus if you call all 3 correctly) The Saints shocked everyone in the MGT with their win over Cleveland. Nobody earned the bonus. 6) With 3 weeks left to play in the regular season, 6 teams have clinched a playoff spot already. How many will have clinched after Week 16 is over? ($800 for the correct number) 3 more teams claimed a spot in the post-season in Week 16 for a total of 9 spots clinched. AbsolutSurgen and Keyser_Soze both got this one right. 7) Name a player who will have one of the top 3 longest runs of Week 16? ($1,000 for the correct call) Ray-Ray McCloud, Derrick Henry and D'Onta Foreman had the three longest runs in Week 16. 8) Name the player who will rush for the most yards AND the player that will have the most receiving yards in week fourteen. ($3,000 for each player named correctly, $8,000 bonus if both names are called) D'Onta Foreman took the rushing title in Week 16 with 165 yards while Jaylen Waddle hauled in 143 through the air to lead all receivers. Nobody called either player. ######### LEADERBOARD ######### @Keyser_Soze - $36,600 Slug - $30,500 @AbsolutSurgen - $29,100 @thewhyteboar - $20,400 @Brian - $18,200 @silentbob - $15,750 @Commissar SFLUFAN - $13,900 @Biggie - $8,600 @BasemntDweller2 - $7,600 @Dodger - $7,400 @Kal-El814 - $5,500 If you think I mathed wrong, let me know. ########## THE SEASON ######### Week 1 Week 2 Week 3 Week 4 Week 5 Week 6 Week 7 Week 8 Week 9 Week 10 (BYE) Week 11 Week 12 Week 13 Week 14 Week 15 - {BYE} Week 16 ############################### WEEK 17 FEATURE GAME AND QUESTIONS FOLLOWS THIS POST

I usually buy myself one thing. My in-laws often give cash for Christmas. So after Christmas I'll go use that cash to buy a thing for myself and call it my gift from them. That's really it though; I don't like, go shopping shopping.

I got a personalized beer flight paddle.

Our family has our Christmas festivities on Christmas Eve. Family dinner, opening presents, etc. Christmas morning/day is for relaxing. No plans are to be made and we spend all day just grazing on leftovers and playing with our new toys.

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