Week 1 is in the books, and it went much better for all of us Colts' fans than last year. A divisional win, along with a full game lead on everyone in the division makes it a pretty good week here. The only thing that could have made it a better weekend would have been for the Bills to not snatch defeat from the jaws of victory. Oh well, time to move on.
This year's Prediction Contest looks to be fantastic if we get as big of a response as we did in Week 1 each and every week. We had 46 people predict games Against the Spread, and 66 people predict games Straight Up (including somebody named "Your Mom", who had an impressive 1 this week. Seriously, that's pretty damn good to try and screw up every game, and almost succeed spectacularly.)
Winning the Straight Up predictions this week were 6 different people, each getting 14 games correct:
- bluegirl
- Denn
- Gmachine!
- oldecoltsfan
- shelbyjames
- zkmavz
Winning the Against the Spread predictions this week was shoein with 12 correct picks. Our favorite Patriot homer Bill Simmons got 11 correct, getting a good start to the season. Try to stay away from the bottom of this table, as you'll see one of our writers here tied for last...(hint: it's not JakeTheSnake).
This weekend I'll be making my first visit to Las Vegas, and plan on making picks on most of the games this weekend, so expect my ATS numbers to be very low. If anyone wants to give me any Stone Cold Locks, please let me know, and I'll be sure to pick the opposite :)
After the jump you'll see the results for both Contests. I've italicized the "experts" picks, so they are easier to pick out. Click on table headers to sort the columns.
Stampede Blue Prediction Contest Picks Week 1
Stampede Blue Prediction Contest Week 2, open until 1:00 ET Sunday
Against the Spread:
| Name | Week 1 | Total |
|---|---|---|
| shoein | 12 | 12 |
| KingRichard | 11 | 11 |
| scottishcoltsfan | 11 | 11 |
| zkmavz | 11 | 11 |
| Bill Simmons - ESPN | 11 | 11 |
| bluegirl | 10 | 10 |
| dallasindy | 10 | 10 |
| jkwright6504 | 10 | 10 |
| ColtsFanNChiTown | 10 | 10 |
| mgrex03 | 10 | 10 |
| MrNFL | 10 | 10 |
| The Lawn Wrangler | 10 | 10 |
| Clark Judge - CBS Sports | 10 | 10 |
| Road | 10 | 10 |
| Timrio | 9 | 9 |
| Bluevol03 | 9 | 9 |
| slckrsmitty | 9 | 9 |
| portlandcoltsfan | 9 | 9 |
| peytonsurdaddy | 9 | 9 |
| emiller17 | 9 | 9 |
| PB | 9 | 9 |
| torontocoltsfan | 9 | 9 |
| MarkFive | 9 | 9 |
| johnny.cox | 9 | 9 |
| shag dog | 9 | 9 |
| Dave | 9 | 9 |
| Dave Richard - CBS Sports | 9 | 9 |
| vr729 | 8 | 8 |
| kubladawn | 8 | 8 |
| goblue | 8 | 8 |
| go_blue | 8 | 8 |
| bobzilla3 | 8 | 8 |
| UnofficialPants | 8 | 8 |
| ctnyc | 8 | 8 |
| TouchdownMonkey | 8 | 8 |
| Pete Prisco - CBS Sports | 8 | 8 |
| Spin Predictor - CBS Sports | 8 | 8 |
| Favorites | 8 | 8 |
| Underdogs | 8 | 8 |
| burncruisin | 7 | 7 |
| johnnysaturday | 7 | 7 |
| Memphis Red Dogs | 7 | 7 |
| Silent Rat | 7 | 7 |
| ColtsFanFromHawaii | 7 | 7 |
| dotheblue71 | 7 | 7 |
| Peter Madden - CBS Sports | 7 | 7 |
| passdinho | 6 | 6 |
| Daveinindy | 6 | 6 |
| jedye | 6 | 6 |
| darvin | 6 | 6 |
| Home | 6 | 6 |
| shake n bake | 5 | 5 |
| Cassieper | 5 | 5 |
| sandsaver01 | 5 | 5 |
| betterd | 5 | 5 |
| strandedincarolina | 5 | 5 |
| Harmon Predictor - CBS Sports | 5 | 5 |
Straight Up:
| Name | Week 1 | Total |
|---|---|---|
| oldecoltsfan | 14 | 14 |
| bluegirl | 14 | 14 |
| Denn | 14 | 14 |
| shelbyjames | 14 | 14 |
| Gmachine! | 14 | 14 |
| zkmavz | 14 | 14 |
| Mike Golic - ESPN | 14 | 14 |
| Chris Mortensen - ESPN | 14 | 14 |
| FortWayneColtsFan | 13 | 13 |
| 1dedcoltfan | 13 | 13 |
| ColtinIraq | 13 | 13 |
| Coltsfaninoklahoma1 | 13 | 13 |
| Shimn | 13 | 13 |
| The Lawn Wrangler | 13 | 13 |
| aerostar193 | 13 | 13 |
| shoein | 13 | 13 |
| gizzardfanny | 13 | 13 |
| stuart0908 | 13 | 13 |
| Accuscore - ESPN | 13 | 13 |
| Mark "Stink" Schlereth - ESPN | 13 | 13 |
| Jason Cole - Yahoo! | 13 | 13 |
| Jim Corbett - USA Today | 13 | 13 |
| Sean Leahy - USA Today | 13 | 13 |
| Pete O'Brien - USA Today | 13 | 13 |
| Skip Wood - USA Today | 13 | 13 |
| Favorites | 13 | 13 |
| Pythagorean | 13 | 13 |
| tim55 | 12 | 12 |
| shake n bake | 12 | 12 |
| dallasindy | 12 | 12 |
| KingRichard | 12 | 12 |
| Ufanforreal | 12 | 12 |
| jammer6303 | 12 | 12 |
| James Buchanan | 12 | 12 |
| kubladawn | 12 | 12 |
| snozzberry | 12 | 12 |
| Memphis Red Dogs | 12 | 12 |
| cwill111 | 12 | 12 |
| emiller17 | 12 | 12 |
| PB | 12 | 12 |
| MrNFL | 12 | 12 |
| Bye, Dawk :( | 12 | 12 |
| piojocuau | 12 | 12 |
| johnny.cox | 12 | 12 |
| DrivenByTheHate | 12 | 12 |
| sandsnake | 12 | 12 |
| Reds_Colts1975 | 12 | 12 |
| strandedincarolina | 12 | 12 |
| profootballfan | 12 | 12 |
| jahren | 12 | 12 |
| skywalker | 12 | 12 |
| coltsgirl81 | 12 | 12 |
| TouchdownMonkey | 12 | 12 |
| Ron Jaworski - ESPN | 12 | 12 |
| Charles Robinson - Yahoo! | 12 | 12 |
| Nate Davis - USA Today | 12 | 12 |
| Gary Mihoces - USA Today | 12 | 12 |
| Marcus Allen - ESPN | 12 | 12 |
| Merrill Hoge - ESPN | 12 | 12 |
| Adam Schefter - ESPN | 12 | 12 |
| Seth Wickersham - ESPN | 12 | 12 |
| mgrex03 | 11 | 11 |
| BROWNdude | 11 | 11 |
| Colts181818 | 11 | 11 |
| johnnysaturday | 11 | 11 |
| BirdButch | 11 | 11 |
| Coltsdude1000 | 11 | 11 |
| JustinPugh | 11 | 11 |
| peytonsurdaddy | 11 | 11 |
| BetterD | 11 | 11 |
| Madden 10 | 11 | 11 |
| jedye | 11 | 11 |
| darvin | 11 | 11 |
| baller3 | 11 | 11 |
| hahasound | 11 | 11 |
| Michael Silver - Yahoo! | 11 | 11 |
| Jarrett Bell - USA Today | 11 | 11 |
| eaty88 | 10 | 10 |
| Lefpsyd | 10 | 10 |
| peytonsthebest | 10 | 10 |
| Daveinindy | 10 | 10 |
| JakeTheSnake | 10 | 10 |
| Cassieper | 10 | 10 |
| Tom Pedulla - USA Today | 10 | 10 |
| sanders_murks_cats | 9 | 9 |
| bleedinblueandgold | 9 | 9 |
| EnSsRex | 9 | 9 |
| Home | 9 | 9 |
| Coin Flip | 9 | 9 |
| JustGettingToMyOldEntryForPicksColumn | 8 | 8 |
| Road | 7 | 7 |
| Underdogs | 3 | 3 |
| Your Mom | 1 | 1 |