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Welcome to the Hognostication playoffs for the 2016-2017 NFL season. First, let me say congratulations to DarthMonk. Great year! You were at the top or very near the entire season. Here are the final scores, for the record:
Here's how the Hognostication Playoffs work:

Once again, we are going to have a tournament of these 12 players. The top four seeds get a bye. This week, 12 will play at 5, 11 @ 6, 10 @ 7, and 9 @ 8. Every subsequent week, the contestants will be reseeded based on the previous week's results. Home field advantage is given by making the visiting team pick first. There will be two deadlines for getting picks in, one for the visitors and one for the home team. This week, the visitors' deadline is 12:00 NOON, EST on Friday. You are picking the winner of each game, and a point total for the entire weekend. Once a visitor has made his picks, he can change his picks as often as he'd like, up until the home team has made their picks. The home team can not make their picks until the visiting team has done so, or the visiting team's deadline has passed. Once the home team has picked, the visiting team's picks are locked, EVEN IF THE VISITORS' DEADLINE HAS NOT PASSED. The home team's picks don't lock until five minutes before the first game of the weekend (the home team's deadline). The home team's total score prediction can not be an even number difference from the visiting team's total. (Visitors say 121, home team can't say 123. This way, no ties) Whole numbers only.

Here are the games to be Hognosticated this weekend:

Saturday, January 7th

Raiders at Texans 4:35 PM ET
Lions at Seahawks 8:15 PM ET

Sunday, January 8th

Dolphins at Steelers 1:05 PM ET
Giants at Packers 4:40 PM ET


Good luck to everyone, and happy Hognosticating!

Raiders
Lions
Dolphins
Packers

160

Sucks that I can not play for 4 weeks and make the cut...

Countertrey wrote:Raiders
Lions
Dolphins
Packers

160

Sucks that I can not play for 4 weeks and make the cut...

Watch these and those by the Deadman be the only picks posted this week.

Well, the visitors deadline has come and gone, but I'm going to wait to make my picks anyway, since I was so late creating the thread. But if I were B&GF, I wouldn't wait too much longer, SJ is not known for his lenience. Tribe should take notice too, JH could lock you out at any time.

Deadskins wrote:Well, the visitors deadline has come and gone, but I'm going to wait to make my picks anyway, since I was so late creating the thread. But if I were B&GF, I wouldn't wait too much longer, SJ is not known for his lenience. Tribe should take notice too, JH could lock you out at any time.

I agree - BG&F has not 'participated' for some time - no reason to rush

Houston

Seattle

Pittsburgh

Green Bay

171

welcome back - don't make a pick for 12 weeks and still make the playoffs

all the best ...

Texans

Seahawks

Steelers

Packers

170

SkinsJock wrote: welcome back - don't make a pick for 12 weeks and still make the playoffs

CT also had to drop out because some of us have lives outside of this forum but I don't see you making snide comments about his having been added so that there can be a playoff.

Burgundy&GoldForever wrote:

SkinsJock wrote: welcome back - don't make a pick for 12 weeks and still make the playoffs

CT also had to drop out because some of us have lives outside of this forum but I don't see you making snide comments about his having been added so that there can be a playoff.

WHOA - don't get your panties in a knot - it was not mean't as a 'snide remark' and CT did note that it surprised him he was part of the playoffs PLUS CT actually ended up above a player that played each week

take it however you want, I could care less about your sensitivity

Can't wait any longer.

Texans

Seahawks

Steelers

Packers

1

Deadskins wrote:Can't wait any longer.

Texans

Seahawks

Steelers

Packers

1

Reminds of some of my old entries - you know - the impossible total.

DarthMonk wrote:

Deadskins wrote:Can't wait any longer.

Texans

Seahawks

Steelers

Packers

1

Reminds of some of my old entries - you know - the impossible total.

I thought about making it 8, just for you.

Since it is my prerogative as the home team, I will change my point total to 180.

The results are in:

Texans
Seahawks
Steelers
Packers

166

Congratulations to SkinsJock, Deadskins, and Countertrey who are moving on to the Divisional Round.

The seeding stands at:

Deadskins wrote:The results are in:

Texans
Seahawks
Steelers
Packers

166

I had

Texans
Seahawks
Steelers
Packers

172

DarthMonk wrote:

Deadskins wrote:The results are in:

Texans
Seahawks
Steelers
Packers

166

I had

Texans
Seahawks
Steelers
Packers

172

No, you had a bye.

Anyway, both B&GF and SJ also got the games with a closer score total, so...

Deadskins wrote:

DarthMonk wrote:

Deadskins wrote:The results are in:

Texans
Seahawks
Steelers
Packers

166

I had

Texans
Seahawks
Steelers
Packers

172

No, you had a bye.

Anyway, both B&GF and SJ also got the games with a closer score total, so...

Yes, but let's get real. Darth and SJ played the entire season and deserve to be there. I had to drop out and didn't deserve to be in the playoffs. Fair is fair.

Burgundy&GoldForever wrote:

Deadskins wrote:The results are in:

Texans
Seahawks
Steelers
Packers

166

let's get real. Darth and SJ played the entire season and deserve to be there. I had to drop out and didn't deserve to be in the playoffs. Fair is fair.

Thanks - I will say that I would have been the first to congratulate you and wish you well if Eli had scored a TD on that last drive

I knew exactly what that INT meant - stupid Eli

Burgundy&GoldForever wrote:

Deadskins wrote:both B&GF and SJ also got the games with a closer score total, so...

Yes, but let's get real. Darth and SJ played the entire season and deserve to be there. I had to drop out and didn't deserve to be in the playoffs. Fair is fair.

I don't see what that has to do with getting a closer point total than Darth. I also picked the games correctly, but was 14 points over on the score.