TFP Week One NFL Playoffs Tournament
 

Congratulations to those who survived the lengthy season and finished in the top 16 players. Following are the players who are eligible to participate in the playoff tournament:

1. Spartak (160 points)
2. Sion (158)
3. BonesCPA (155)
4. present_future (154)
5. steelerz (152)
6. bundy (150)
7. crewsor (149)
8. cheezhead (147)
9. Minx (147)
10. crfpilot (145)
11. rogue49 (142)
12. AL9045 (136)
13. grumpyolddude (135)
14. gov135 (133)
15. absorbentishe (132)
16. djtestudo (132)

The tournament is a single elimination format. Therefore, no one should have an advantage heading into the playoffs. Anyone in the tournamet can win. Here are the the matchups for the first week:

1. spartak vs. 16. djtestudo
2. Sion vs. 15. absorbentishe
3. BonesCPA vs. 14. gov135
4. present_future vs. 13. grumpyolddude
5. steelerz vs. 12. AL9045
6. Bundy vs. 11. rogue49
7. crewsor vs. 10. crfpilot
8. cheezhead vs. 9. Minx

The games will be picked on winner of each game. The tiebrakers have changed since the regular season, so please read them carefully:

First Tiebraker: Total points of all games played on the weekend. Weeks one and two have four games (eight teams) being played. All points of all teams playing is the first number. Closest without going over. If both go over, then the closest.

Second Tiebraker: Highest scoring team of the weekend. Again, you have eight teams to choose from in weeks one and two. Team name is needed.

Third Tiebraker: Lowest scoring team of the weekend. Team name is needed.

rouge49 will close the thread the morning of the first playoff game each week. If you do not have your pick in by the time the thread closes, your opponent will automatically win. (Do not complain if rogue49 closes the thread at 12:01 am.)

At this point, there is no officially prize other than bragging rights until the first week of the next football season.

Finally, since there is the possibility of "unsportsmanlike" picking (matching your opponents picks and just changing the tiebraker amounts, etc.), we trust in your honesty and sportsmanship in this endeavor.

Good luck to all those playing!

AFC Playoffs - 4:30pm (EST) Saturday January 3, 2004
Tennesse Titans 12-4 (Road: 5-3)
Baltimore Ravens 10-6 (Home: 7-1)

NFC Playoffs - 8:00pm Saturday January 3, 2004
Dallas Cowboys 10-6 (Road: 4-4)
Carolina Panthers 11-5 (Home: 5-3)

NFC Playoffs - 1:00pm Sunday January 4, 2004
Seattle Seahawks 10-6 (Road: 2-6)
Green Bay Packers 10-6 (Home: 5-3)

AFC Playoffs - 4:30pm Sunday January 4, 2004
Denver Broncos 10-6 (Road: 4-4)
Indianapolis Colts 12-4 (Home: 5-3)


See previous post for tiebrakers and other pertinent information.

Cool, thanks BonesCPA.

well, since the whole tourney thing was my idea, I'll be happy to go first.

my picks:

Tennesse Titans
Carolina Panthers
Green Bay Packers
Indianapolis Colts

tiebreakers:

First Tiebreaker: Total points of all games played: 201

Second Tiebreaker: Highest scoring team of the weekend: Indy Colts

Third Tiebreaker: Lowest scoring team of the weekend: Baltimore Ravens

Baltimore Ravens
Carolina Panthers
Green Bay Packers
Denver Broncos

First Tiebraker: 158

Second Tiebraker: Denver Broncos

Third Tiebraker: Dallas Cowboys

Tennessee Titans
Dallas Cowboys
Green Bay Packers
Indianapolis Colts

1st Tiebreaker: 162

2nd Tiebreaker: Indianapolis Colts

3rd Tiebreaker: Baltimore Ravens

Baltimore Ravens:thumbsup:
Dallas Cowboys
Green Bay Packers
Denver Broncos

1rst. 170 pts.
2nd. Packers
3rd. Panthers

Good luck everyone.

Baltimore Ravens
Carolina Panthers
Green Bay Packers
Indianapolis Colts

1st: 150
2nd: Packers
3rd: Seahawks

Ten
Car
GB
Den

180
GB
Sea

Baltimore Ravens
Carolina Panthers
Seattle Seahawks
Indianapolis Colts

TB 1: 165.
TB 2: Seahawks.
TB 3: Cowboys.

Tennessee
Carolina
Green Bay
Indianapolis

Tiebreaker 1: 178
Tiebreaker 2: Indianapolis
Tiebreaker 3: Cowboys

I haven't done my picks yet,
but I won't be locking the thread until 8-9 am the morning of the first game of the week.

And earlier wouldn't be fair because I'm ahead of the west coast.

Tennesse Titans
Carolina Panthers
Green Bay Packers
Indianapolis Colts

Tiebraker 1: 150
Tiebraker 2: Indianapolis Colts
Tiebraker 3: Dallas

Tennessee
Dallas
Green Bay
Denver

1) 168
2) Denver
3) Baltimore

Tennessee
Carolina
Green Bay
Indianapolis

172
Carolina
Seattle

BTW....

If BOTH competitors forget to post,
they both will be eliminated.
And so the lucky competitor in the next week will get a "bye" (automatic win) :)
As long as they post.

Titans
Panthers
Packers
Colts

174
Packers
Cowboys

Tennessee Titans
Carolina Panthers
Green Bay Packers
Indianapolis Colts

154
Green Bay
Baltimore

balt
carolina
packers
indy
178
balt
dallas

This thread is now closed,
all official decisions are now set.

Good luck to all the competitors.

Let the games being. ;)

I "just" PM'd BonesCPA with this quote,
unfortunately he "just" went offline after setting up the results thread.
I'm sorry, your timing is just really bad...it doesn't look good.
I'll leave this up the ref which we all agreed on, BonesCPA

However, I just looked at the Tourny results thread,
And BonesCPA has already claimed the default winners.
I'm really sorry :(