Week 8 had a few surprises (like nobody picking the Panthers over the Cardinals), but we continue with great participation. The other big surprise was only 16/64 people picked the Eagles over the Giants, which ended up being a pretty big blowout. Nobody picked the 49ers to win straight up, and only 2 correctly picked them to cover (one of them was who I called out for picking against the Colts last week). This was also the first week that the Broncos or Saints lost ATS, so you can't ride that train anymore.
On to the Results. In the Against the Spread contest, the winner this week is TouchdownMonkey, who got 9/13 games correct. Nice job in a tough week! Here's the leaderboard after 8 weeks:
| Against the Spread | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | Week 4 | Week 5 | Week 6 | Week 7 | Week 8 | Total |
| shoein | 6 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 69 |
| zkmavz | 8 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 68 |
| bobzilla3 | 9 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 68 |
| The Lawn Wrangler | 9 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 67 |
In the Straight Up contest, the winner this week is skywalker, who got 11/13 games right. Yours truly was tied with a slew of others at 10 correct, which is the closest I've been to the top yet this year. Here's the leaderboard after 8 weeks:
| Straight Up | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | Week 4 | Week 5 | Week 6 | Week 7 | Week 8 | Total |
| shoein | 12 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 86 |
| Gmachine! | 12 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 84 |
| JustinPugh | 11 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 83 |
| emiller17 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 82 |
shoein is still on top in both contests, although he's actually 1 game behind Bill Simmons. Speaking of Simmons, he had a pretty good column on how he did so well early on in the season, and a warning that he's now just guessing, and you shouldn't listen to him:
Anyway, here's my request for the next few weeks: If you have bad luck, stay away from "borrowing" my 2009 picks. Don't be the cooler of my column. Let me see if I can keep banging out 10-4 and 11-5 marks every week without you attaching a black cat to my ankles. If you have bad luck and are joining forces with me, that means other people with bad luck are doing the same. How do you think that's turning out for all of us? Badly. Poorly. Tragically.
Full Standings are after the jump. You'll notice I've only included the last 5 weeks, as it's too wide for any more. That means if you haven't participated the past 5 weeks, you're out of the standings. I'll be around Sunday afternoon to let everyone see the picks.
Stampede Blue Prediction Contest Picks Week 8
Stampede Blue Prediction Contest Week 9, open until 1:00 ET Sunday
Against the Spread:
| Name | Week 4 | Week 5 | Week 6 | Week 7 | Week 8 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Simmons - ESPN | 5 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 70 |
| shoein | 6 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 69 |
| zkmavz | 8 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 68 |
| bobzilla3 | 9 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 68 |
| The Lawn Wrangler | 9 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 67 |
| Dave Richard - CBS Sports | 5 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 66 |
| burncruisin | 10 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 65 |
| TouchdownMonkey | 4 | 8 | 6 | 10 | 9 | 65 |
| Power Ranking | 10 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 64 |
| Clark Judge - CBS Sports | 7 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 64 |
| KingRichard | 6 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 64 |
| bluegirl | 6 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 64 |
| MrNFL | 7 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 63 |
| mgrex03 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 62 |
| Road | 2 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 62 |
| torontocoltsfan | 6 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 62 |
| Favorites | 9 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 6 | 61 |
| peytonsurdaddy | 7 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 61 |
| PB | 5 | 6 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 60 |
| emiller17 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 60 |
| Harmon Predictor - CBS Sports | 7 | 12 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 59 |
| Cassieper | 5 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 59 |
| ColtsFanNChiTown | 5 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 59 |
| Shimn | 9 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 58 |
| Orren's Boy | 10 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 4 | 58 |
| Spin Predictor - CBS Sports | 5 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 56 |
| shake n bake | 7 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 55 |
| Underdogs | 5 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 55 |
| kubladawn | 3 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 8 | 55 |
| Memphis Red Dogs | 7 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 54 |
| Home | 12 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 54 |
| Pete Prisco - CBS Sports | 7 | 9 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 54 |
| UnofficialPants | 0 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 54 |
| sandsaver01 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 53 |
| Peter Madden - CBS Sports | 7 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 52 |
| PeytonUL18 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 51 |
| slckrsmitty | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 49 |
| ColtsFanFromHawaii | 5 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 47 |
| Darth Ventura | 6 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 47 |
| Dave | 8 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 45 |
| SpazMo | 4 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 42 |
| jedye | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39 |
| scottishcoltsfan | 0 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 39 |
| passdinho | 4 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 38 |
| marvinindy | 10 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 37 |
| goblue | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 |
| Daveinindy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 34 |
| JV1241 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 7 | 32 |
| bohephus | 6 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 30 |
| enjyinlife | 5 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 28 |
| misterC | 7 | 8 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 27 |
| Bluevol03 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 |
| costragas | 0 | 0 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 23 |
| shag dog | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 22 |
| chrisg_127 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 |
| BetterD | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 |
| CarmelKevin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 13 |
| bigred | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| lolo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 9 |
| Dodd53 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| bohica | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| justin37013 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 8 |
| Disco Stu | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 8 |
| BlueU | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 8 |
| Mark Lempke | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 8 |
| junior | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| bobscolts | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| ymsboard | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
Straight Up:
| Name | Week 4 | Week 5 | Week 6 | Week 7 | Week 8 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| shoein | 12 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 86 |
| Gmachine! | 12 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 84 |
| JustinPugh | 11 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 83 |
| Pete O'Brien - USA Today | 12 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 83 |
| Accuscore - ESPN | 11 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 82 |
| emiller17 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 82 |
| Coltsdude1000 | 12 | 9 | 8 | 11 | 8 | 81 |
| bluegirl | 8 | 11 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 81 |
| Chris Mortensen - ESPN | 12 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 81 |
| Nate Davis - USA Today | 10 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 80 |
| zkmavz | 10 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 7 | 80 |
| Sean Leahy - USA Today | 12 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 80 |
| Adam Schefter - ESPN | 11 | 9 | 8 | 11 | 6 | 80 |
| Charles Robinson - Yahoo! | 10 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 80 |
| Shimn | 10 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 80 |
| TouchdownMonkey | 10 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 80 |
| Favorites | 11 | 9 | 8 | 11 | 9 | 79 |
| Michael Silver - Yahoo! | 10 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 79 |
| piojocuau | 13 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 79 |
| Merrill Hoge - ESPN | 10 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 79 |
| tim55 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 79 |
| oldecoltsfan | 10 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 79 |
| Gary Mihoces - USA Today | 12 | 10 | 7 | 10 | 9 | 78 |
| The Lawn Wrangler | 11 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 78 |
| Mark "Stink" Schlereth - ESPN | 11 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 78 |
| Mike Golic - ESPN | 9 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 78 |
| Power Ranking | 12 | 8 | 6 | 10 | 7 | 78 |
| shake n bake | 12 | 10 | 6 | 11 | 6 | 77 |
| coltsgirl81 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 77 |
| Coltsfaninoklahoma1 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 77 |
| jammer6303 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 77 |
| Tom Pedulla - USA Today | 12 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 76 |
| MrNFL | 11 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 76 |
| peytonsthebest | 11 | 11 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 76 |
| Jason Cole - Yahoo! | 9 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 76 |
| sandsnake | 8 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 76 |
| Ufanforreal | 8 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 76 |
| Jarrett Bell - USA Today | 13 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 75 |
| peytonsurdaddy | 10 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 75 |
| Ron Jaworski - ESPN | 11 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 75 |
| Seth Wickersham - ESPN | 11 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 75 |
| skywalker | 6 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 75 |
| Jim Corbett - USA Today | 11 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 74 |
| Memphis Red Dogs | 9 | 7 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 74 |
| Cassieper | 9 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 74 |
| sanders_murks_cats | 11 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 73 |
| mgrex03 | 12 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 73 |
| Eric Allen - ESPN | 8 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 73 |
| PB | 9 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 73 |
| Pythagorean | 11 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 73 |
| kubladawn | 12 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 9 | 72 |
| KingRichard | 11 | 6 | 12 | 9 | 0 | 72 |
| vintagephoenix | 11 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 69 |
| bobzilla3 | 11 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 69 |
| Skip Wood - USA Today | 11 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 69 |
| James Buchanan | 9 | 7 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 69 |
| honeybear | 12 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 68 |
| jedye | 8 | 7 | 0 | 11 | 10 | 67 |
| gizzardfanny | 0 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 67 |
| shelbyjames | 0 | 9 | 10 | 12 | 0 | 66 |
| DFWColtFan | 8 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 65 |
| PeytonUL18 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 65 |
| Coin Flip | 5 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 65 |
| chano14 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 64 |
| Indy Lori | 10 | 9 | 6 | 10 | 8 | 64 |
| Home | 12 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 64 |
| KrouseingTiger | 8 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 9 | 63 |
| roggae | 11 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 63 |
| Marshall Plan | 12 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 61 |
| i9x | 10 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 59 |
| burncruisin | 12 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 58 |
| EnSsRex | 9 | 8 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 56 |
| JakeTheSnake | 9 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 56 |
| SpazMo | 9 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 55 |
| marvinindy | 10 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 52 |
| Road | 2 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 52 |
| JV1241 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 50 |
| payne | 9 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 48 |
| bohephus | 9 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 42 |
| Mavericky | 11 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 42 |
| hahasound | 0 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 42 |
| Daveinindy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 42 |
| Dave | 9 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 41 |
| DnastyDM | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 40 |
| Underdogs | 3 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 37 |
| ANGELSFAITH | 0 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 35 |
| misterC | 9 | 10 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 35 |
| bluemagic | 8 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 33 |
| BetterD | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 |
| onearmedboxer | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 29 |
| jkwright6504 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 28 |
| kdgriffith | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 8 | 27 |
| chrisg_127 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 |
| costragas | 0 | 0 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 26 |
| one.cool.customer | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 |
| GoBlue912 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 |
| cwill111 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 21 |
| diagenesis | 0 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 20 |
| szquirrel | 0 | 0 | 8 | 11 | 0 | 19 |
| Colts Homer | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 |
| shag dog | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 8 | 17 |
| Teddybear78 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 7 | 17 |
| Z.Pain | 0 | 0 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 17 |
| specopskid | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 17 |
| enjyinlife | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 16 |
| BigBlueDawg | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 15 |
| lololol | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 |
| NNCOPPER | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 |
| Shakesta12 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 |
| who am i | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 |
| brown11b | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| colts_and_cavs_in_09! | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| ColtsUK | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| dclark#44 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| Disco Stu | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| goblue | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| junior | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| KevinE | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| datnugga4sho | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| MVPeyton1887 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 9 |
| PacersColtsWSox | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 9 |
| arizonajason | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 8 |
| bradherold | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 8 |
| colts9318rock | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| FreeneyisaBeast | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| Heeringa | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| jabux13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| dDogg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 |