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This has been a crazy season thus far. One only needs to look at the fact that we've still yet to crown a perfect 10 for 10 for the 2013 season; the longest drought since the contest's inception back in 2010 in the FanPost section. In the contest's infancy, we regularly had between 15-25 people playing each week, and the contest made it all the way until Week 11 before member jstaubach became the first player to achieve perfection.
I haven't told the story of how 10 for 10 came about in a while, so here goes.
Back in 2009, I used to always make one crazy wager that always eluded me. Being addicted to parlays, I would make one bet a week where I would go for the gold. I'd find 10 wagers, whether they be straight up, against the spread, or over/under. Often times, the combination of upsets, favorites and what I considered sure things would create a wager where just risking $10 on 10 picks, could have earned me around $10,000. Suffice to say, I never accomplished that feat, coming close on several occasions and even once having a 9 for 9 go down the drain at the hands of a Monday night over/under.
When Dave, our fearless leader, put out the call for additional front page writers following the 2009 season, I figured I had to to something to stand out from the crowd. I decided to develop this contest, and wrap it up in a Cowboys recap, betting advice and some pics of scantilly eye candy that I knew would ensure a rec or two. Here's a look at a 10-for-10 FanPost from the inaugural campaign. Fun times.
Dave promoted me in December of that year, and the rest, as they say, is history. I went from a tiny contest in the FanPosts (there were a couple of reactions of "who?" in my announcement posts) to interviewing Emmitt Smith and Roger Staubach in the same week, with both calling me by my name like we were old buddies. Insane. KD p>
So there you have it, and now, without further ado... let's get back to the contest!
Welcome back to the Webisphere's best Pick'Em Competition, where you have the opportunity to live in internet infamy with just 10 correct picks!
The game is simple enough; look over the NFL schedule of games for the week. Find 10 games, including the mandatory Cowboys contest, and select a winner. Make sure you're entry is in the proper format and hit submit. That's it. Simple, right? Not so fast my friend!
It's more difficult than you think. We've had almost 650 entries over the first three weeks and no one has yet managed to achieve immortality. Now things really get interesting as we get the first of our bye weeks, with two teams taking an early breather.
The contest is two-fold. Every week you attempt to reach perfection with 10 correct picks. This is, by far, the crux of the contest. Part two is that your scores from each week add up for the season-long contest, which was won by CowboyBaby last season, and JebediahFlibberbrush and BishopWest the first two years of the contest. There can only be one season-long champion, but each week is a chance at infamy!
Here's a look at the hallowed Hall of Fame:
KDP's 10-for-10 HALL OF FAME
Member Wing of Champions Member Wing of Champions
BishopWest 2010 Regular Season Overall Champion Mikellie 2011 Perfect Playoffs - 7-for-7
Jebediah Flibberbrush 2011 Regular Season Overall Champion CowboyBaby 2012 Regular Season Overall Champion
Member Wing of Achievement Member Wing of Achievement
@Tonekupone Three-time 10-for-10 Hookem Up Three-time 10-for-10
ChrisMan Three-time 10-for-10 Portland's Cowboy fan Three-time 10-for-10
D_Carter Three-time 10-for-10
Member Wing of Honor Member Wing of Honor
Aggie Man Two-time 10-for-10 j-man Two-time 10-for-10
behind.enemylines Two-time 10-for-10 jstaubach Two-time 10-for-10
Ben24626 Two-time 10-for-10 mdlusk Two-time 10-for-10
BishopWest Two-time 10-for-10 Nord15 Two-time 10-for-10
boys.camncrew Two-time 10-for-10 Rex Pfister Two-time 10-for-10
cproctor6 Two-time 10-for-10 True Blue-liever Two-time 10-for-10
HLCJ69 Two-time 10-for-10 wittenfan Two-time 10-for-10
Member Member Member Member Member Member
Aaron Burtram CapitalT Frankster_1 JLMax09 Pasipple Travlr
Against the Wall-24 CDMac24 ginge159 Johnny Cage revellyre Tuna Helper
altanti cee-los Hobbes42 k@s! Rummob Uncas
Antonio S cjbrit I am Ironman!!! KD Drummond Scurrah Jurrah Unique
Archie Barberio Cowboy Joe ibleedcowboyblue krikaley skinny post WA_Cowboy
bcg08 CowboyBaby illcowboy meisternance slowmotion80 Yellowbeard
beastygaming Cowboys_Attack jakezze01 milehightexan SoCal Cowboys
BigBad Joe Damnsammit jazzbo251 MSM33 Specific
BoydNation demarcus94 JDobermans mushpuppy TARHEEL PAUL
boyman eastbeast Jebediah Flibberbrush oldboysfan Timmy G
Member Wing of Champions Member Wing of Champions
BishopWest 2010 Regular Season Overall Champion Mikellie 2011 Perfect Playoffs - 7-for-7
Jebediah Flibberbrush 2011 Regular Season Overall Champion CowboyBaby 2012 Regular Season Overall Champion
Member Wing of Achievement Member Wing of Achievement
@Tonekupone Three-time 10-for-10 Hookem Up Three-time 10-for-10
ChrisMan Three-time 10-for-10 Portland's Cowboy fan Three-time 10-for-10
D_Carter Three-time 10-for-10
Member Wing of Honor Member Wing of Honor
Aggie Man Two-time 10-for-10 j-man Two-time 10-for-10
behind.enemylines Two-time 10-for-10 jstaubach Two-time 10-for-10
Ben24626 Two-time 10-for-10 mdlusk Two-time 10-for-10
BishopWest Two-time 10-for-10 Nord15 Two-time 10-for-10
boys.camncrew Two-time 10-for-10 Rex Pfister Two-time 10-for-10
cproctor6 Two-time 10-for-10 True Blue-liever Two-time 10-for-10
HLCJ69 Two-time 10-for-10 wittenfan Two-time 10-for-10
Member Member Member Member Member Member
Aaron Burtram CapitalT Frankster_1 JLMax09 Pasipple Travlr
Against the Wall-24 CDMac24 ginge159 Johnny Cage revellyre Tuna Helper
altanti cee-los Hobbes42 k@s! Rummob Uncas
Antonio S cjbrit I am Ironman!!! KD Drummond Scurrah Jurrah Unique
Archie Barberio Cowboy Joe ibleedcowboyblue krikaley skinny post WA_Cowboy
bcg08 CowboyBaby illcowboy meisternance slowmotion80 Yellowbeard
beastygaming Cowboys_Attack jakezze01 milehightexan SoCal Cowboys
BigBad Joe Damnsammit jazzbo251 MSM33 Specific
BoydNation demarcus94 JDobermans mushpuppy TARHEEL PAUL
boyman eastbeast Jebediah Flibberbrush oldboysfan Timmy G
HOOKERHOME IS THE MAN!
Let me take this opportunity to once again thank the guy that has allowed this contest to continue to move forward as my duties have grown over the three years on the front page. BTB member "hookerhome" has been a Godsend to the contest. He's the one keeping track of all the entries every week and then scoring the results and coming up with awesome trend analysis that gives us a great overview on how we see things in the NFL landscape.
Check out his must-read summary from Week 4 here. Also, in case you ever have something that keeps you from the computer late in the week, you can get a jump on the contest in his weekly update post, which normally goes up Tuesday or Wednesday.
Newcomers can win 10 for 10 any single week, and there's still a chance to make gains on the leaders! Get in on it!
Contest Rules
1 - YOU MUST PREDICT A WINNER OF THE DALLAS COWBOYS GAME IN YOUR TEN PICKS. If you leave off the Cowboys game, then only nine other games get counted, and the Cowboys game is scored as "wrong", no matter who wins.
2 - You must pick ONLY 10 games. If you pick more than 10, I will score the first nine plus the Cowboys game. If you pick fewer than 10, then you need more fingers to count on; all non-picks will be scored as wrong.
3 - You must make your entry as a comment, not as a reply to another comment. I will only go down the left margin when scoring. Anything indented will get no love here, playa.
4 - You must include the entire matchup in your entry. Simply BOLD the team in the matchup you are picking to win. No lists of only the winners you pick. If you want me to take the time to score your entry, take the time to format it correctly. It's easy, just copy and paste all the matchups from the post, then highlight your pick for each game and hit the B button. Oh, please do me and hookerhome a favor - leave the games in the same order, and delete the extra games that you are not picking (leave just the ten that you want scored). It makes tabulation much easier.
5 - Hit the preview button, because once it's submitted, that's it - there's no turning back.
6 - Picks must be in before the early games of Sunday kickoff in order to try to score 10-for-10. Here are two exceptions:
- If you're including THURSDAY night's game in your picks but not ready to pick Sunday's games, post 'THURSDAY GAME ONLY' in your subject line.
- If you miss the early games kickoff deadline with your picks, you can still submit picks for games that have not kicked off (as long as the Cowboys haven't kicked off). You won't be able to score 10-for-10 without the early games, but that might help you in the overall season-long race.
- Don't forget to look for the "10 For 10" hub on the new front page! You'll always be able to find the latest article or Fan Post there for easy access to get your picks in!
Week 5: 14 Games Total
HOME TEAM IN CAPS
Buffalo at CLEVELAND
New Orleans at CHICAGO
New England at CINCINNATI
Detroit at GREEN BAY
Seattle at INDIANAPOLIS
Baltimore at MIAMI
Philadelphia at NEW YORK GIANTS
Jacksonville at ST LOUIS
Kansas City at TENNESSEE
Carolina at ARIZONA
Denver at DALLAS
Houston at SAN FRANCISCO
San Diego at OAKLAND
NY Jets at ATLANTA
New Orleans at CHICAGO
New England at CINCINNATI
Detroit at GREEN BAY
Seattle at INDIANAPOLIS
Baltimore at MIAMI
Philadelphia at NEW YORK GIANTS
Jacksonville at ST LOUIS
Kansas City at TENNESSEE
Carolina at ARIZONA
Denver at DALLAS
Houston at SAN FRANCISCO
San Diego at OAKLAND
NY Jets at ATLANTA
Sample Entry
Green Bay at CINCINNATI
St. Louis at DALLAS
Cleveland at MINNESOTA
Tampa Bay at NEW ENGLAND
Arizona at NEW ORLEANS
San Diego at TENNESSEE
Detroit at WASHINGTON
Atlanta at MIAMI
Buffalo at NEW YORK JETS
Indianapolis at SAN FRANCISCO
(note: If you are posting from a mobile device, you can still bold your winner. Put an asterisk before and after the team you want to bold. For example, *Dallas* or *New England*- with no spaces - will look like Dallas or New England.
Week #4 Leaderboard
Entrant Overall Entrant Overall
Entrant Overall Entrant Overall
lsttexas 32
dsmith12 27
damnarab2 25
GeorgeSull4 14
I am Ironman!!! 31
Enja 27
ibleedcowboyblue 25
mwcowboy 14
rhodri2112 31
Farrah's Daddy 27
iidacii 25
starbury_to_s-jaxci2000 14
Aggie Man 30
gabrielau23 27
jayrosser27 25
HurrahKaramazov 13
Baloo. 30
gershwin 27
j-man 25
kinkyslinky 13
BigBad Joe 30
ginge159 27
Joe Ferraiola 25
LJ Longoria94 13
cowboy1966 30
HLCJ69 27
Longdistance fan 25
NerdVernacular 13
HonorTheStar 30
illcowboy 27
milehightexan 25
PhiAlphaHalos 13
hookerhome 30
IRONRAVEN 27
Oh Hai Doggy 25
since '66 13
JDobermans 30
jakezze01 27
Sandmann 25
sixrings09 13
Realist Larry 30
Kansas Cowboy 27
StarloverinWNC 25
American Fan 12
Seatown7 30
ketom1220 27
tsylvest 25
Cowtoys 12
spur_for_life 30
letsgtld 27
TwoBitWhackJob 25
liquidblake 12
beastygaming 29
Max2 27
Vancity Cowboy 25
Luc in Chile 12
bookiebuster 29
meisternance 27
WA_Cowboy 25
spm01 12
CarloRue 29
mik888 27
westmodelmarket 25
Jojowalker 9
jamesvb 29
Mikellie 27
castaway42 24
Ray Silva 9
Lajitas Lava 29
mikemc68 27
InkedKing 24
bwo07a 8
Mikhaili 29
mushpuppy 27
jazzbo251 24
cowboyjohn 8
Rex Pfister 29
nikeorlipstick 27
Jessy S 24
Damnsammit 8
skinny post 29
Nord15 27
Kegbearer 24
Elbert 8
swanhooch 29
Pnut Gallery 27
Psycho Star 24
FromtheDarnknessAtMeadowlands 8
Travlr 29
Portland's Cowboy fan 27
pugbuddy 24
Hepennypacker 8
Useful_Idiot_ 29
revellyre 27
Scurrah Jurrah 24
nepacowboy 8
Vector_41 29
scotscowboyfan 27
slowmotion80 24
Nova84 8
Witten mittens 29
Souna21 27
VinnieMac 24
Proxy406 8
9_to_88 all day 28
Tennessee_Jed 27
wildtigger2 24
TheBlueBaron 8
Antonio S 28
Through Thick And Thin 27
Yellowbeard 24
@Tonekupone 7
BigHat in NewTexas 28
Babygirl71 26
Alpha 23
88Deztined46 7
CDMac24 28
bcg08 26
FloridaBoys 23
A1catraz 7
ChrisMan 28
behind.enemylines 26
Hobbes42 23
Audrate 7
CowboyBaby 28
BishopWest 26
lucke 23
baller2899 7
CowboyinExile 28
BoyfromOz 26
SoCalCowboysFan12 23
boys53 7
CowboysBarry 28
Bvanzanman 26
AnderJ86 22
calmyron 7
cowboyswin 28
cOUboy12 26
connor.cmr 22
cowboyhuck 7
cowdog 28
Cowboy Joe 26
CowboysFan1994 22
dcfnlv 7
cwby4lf 28
D_Carter 26
Johnny Cage 22
DWFCOWBOYS 7
EchoEcho 28
Dalai Luke 26
Matt Buresh 22
godspeed.dan 7
geof 28
DoomsDay Dub 26
mehrans9 22
GordBerl 7
Hookem Up 28
Gabby 26
Samuel_L_Bronkowitz 22
IHeartDaBoys 7
Howleyesque 28
Junkyard Dog 26
Switters023 22
Jacksmyname 7
Jebediah Flibberbrush 28
k@s! 26
T Zig 22
JJ for President 7
jockmeister 28
kethry1313 26
Doc_J 21
Jmar17 7
jstaubach 28
LoboTX 26
fs65 21
kelub 7
jtiddahr 28
mbraunginn 26
Rome One 21
kjohney 7
KD Drummond 28
mdlusk 26
Shakeepuddn 21
philgrek 7
Kire_V 28
MSM33 26
the.mo.the.merrier 21
safwant 7
MUTTS 28
NCHeelsBoysFan 26
Timmy G 21
shainyc 7
neon greon 28
Pasipple 26
impatient 20
TheRealJG 7
nicomachus 28
Rajohnnn 26
melman88 20
TheYoungin_DT 7
NorthStar99 28
Sean N 26
MosesArt 20
Trevster 7
One.Cool.Customer 28
sirjason22 26
Rummob 20
WilliamC 7
Panzer84 28
Static 26
TK19 20
Becho 6
Smax17177 28
suddendeath88 26
YumaCactus 20
blakkswann 6
Specific 28
TARHEEL PAUL 26
makemyday 19
boyman 6
Tallgrass Prairie 28
TheDemolitionDan 26
neithan20000 19
Danieltaylor54 6
wittenfan 28
thepainster 26
Sean Sullivan 19
deeznuts94 6
Wreck'emCowboys 28
traceabides 26
Delirious Nomad 18
Frog Jake 6
ziggy 19 28
Trent Schoneweis 26
f the romo haters 18
greatwhitenorth 6
1Bullseye 27
VictoryorDeath 26
The Big Jim 18
medina2984 6
Allan Uy 27
zigg6411 26
DannyPhantom 17
MPoole87 6
BoydNation 27
bcomets 25
DerUbermensch 17
NutriaBoudin 6
boys.camncrew 27
Bertangalo 25
jgoddard8409 17
Hotrod 5
Canadian Cowboy_74 27
camrin55 25
I'm Jed & I hate the giants 16
lorenzo.avena.5 5
cproctor6 27
cee-los 25
Chad Loveland 14
Pick_Six_24 5
DCB* 27
cjbrit 25
CowboyNeal 14
thebigham 5
DEL1SLE 27
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