Another great year in our Prediction Contest comes to an end, and what an improvement in response over last year. We had a total of 251 people participate in at least 1 week of either contest, which is fantastic. I'm glad so many people enjoyed this, and hope to see more next year!
The only big upset this week was the Chiefs over the Broncos, where only 2/42 people knew just how much the Broncos didn't want to continue playing. None of the other games were that lopsided with a loss. The Colts/Bills game was split exactly down the middle, 21 a piece.
In our Against the Spread contest, we had 1 winner this week, and it was zkmavz, who got 12/16 games correct. Great week to finish out the season and catapault him in the standings. Here's the final leaderboard:
| Against the Spread | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | Week 13 | Week 14 | Week 15 | Week 16 | Week 17 | Total |
| zkmavz | 5 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 12 | 142 |
| bluegirl | 9 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 141 |
| The Lawn Wrangler | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 137 |
| shoein | 5 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 135 |
With his great Week 17, zkmavz leap-frogged bluegirl by one game. Congratulations to him on a great season of picking, as well as bluegirl. Getting 128 games correct is the break even point, so congrats to everyone who broke even!
In our Straight Up contest, we had two winners this week, each getting 14/16 games correct: Shimn and crober. Congrats to both of you on picking so many winners in a tough week. Here's the final leaderboard:
| Straight Up | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | Week 13 | Week 14 | Week 15 | Week 16 | Week 17 | Total |
| JustinPugh | 8 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 180 |
| oldecoltsfan | 10 | 13 | 8 | 11 | 13 | 175 |
| Shimn | 9 | 12 | 9 | 11 | 14 | 175 |
| emiller17 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 173 |
| shoein | 9 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 11 | 173 |
Congratulations to JustinPugh on blowing away the competition, picking 70.3% winners on the season! Thanks again to everyone who participated.
Full Standings after the jump. Make sure to get your picks in for the Stampede Blue Playoff Fantasy Football Challenge. Deadline is 4:30 ET Saturday.
Stampede Blue Prediction Contest Week 17
Against the Spread:
| Name | Week 13 | Week 14 | Week 15 | Week 16 | Week 17 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| zkmavz | 5 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 12 | 142 |
| bluegirl | 9 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 141 |
| Bill Simmons - ESPN | 4 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 11 | 140 |
| Dave Richard - CBS Sports | 6 | 11 | 4 | 10 | 8 | 139 |
| The Lawn Wrangler | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 137 |
| shoein | 5 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 135 |
| MrNFL | 8 | 8 | 6 | 10 | 9 | 134 |
| TouchdownMonkey | 6 | 8 | 5 | 10 | 9 | 134 |
| Road | 6 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 133 |
| Underdogs | 7 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 132 |
| mgrex03 | 7 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 10 | 131 |
| PB | 7 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 131 |
| Clark Judge - CBS Sports | 5 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 131 |
| bobzilla3 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 10 | 8 | 129 |
| Power Ranking - Adj | 7 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 128 |
| ColtsFanFromHawaii | 11 | 9 | 11 | 9 | 11 | 127 |
| ColtsFanNChiTown | 5 | 13 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 127 |
| Cassieper | 5 | 10 | 4 | 9 | 8 | 126 |
| Shimn | 6 | 11 | 6 | 10 | 8 | 125 |
| Power Ranking | 7 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 125 |
| Harmon Predictor - CBS Sports | 7 | 11 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 125 |
| peytonsurdaddy | 7 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 125 |
| Favorites | 9 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 124 |
| Home | 10 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 123 |
| UnofficialPants | 8 | 9 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 122 |
| shake n bake | 10 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 122 |
| Darth Ventura | 9 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 121 |
| emiller17 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 121 |
| Spin Predictor - CBS Sports | 4 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 121 |
| sandsaver01 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 121 |
| Pete Prisco - CBS Sports | 9 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 120 |
| PeytonUL18 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 10 | 118 |
| Peter Madden - CBS Sports | 7 | 12 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 117 |
| torontocoltsfan | 9 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 117 |
| kubladawn | 9 | 12 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 116 |
| Orren's Boy | 4 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 114 |
| passdinho | 8 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 9 | 103 |
| costragas | 7 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 91 |
| bohephus | 5 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 90 |
| misterC | 8 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 83 |
| JV1241 | 4 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 75 |
| CarmelKevin | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 |
| Radiato | 0 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 34 |
| medicblue | 8 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 31 |
| el_conquistador | 0 | 14 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 26 |
| firstprime | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 |
| saurkrauter | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| fansince56 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| soccerman719 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| TribalEddie | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 9 |
| adelao23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 9 |
| The Baseball Freak | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 9 |
| iu4life17 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| jams01 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 8 |
| crober | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Mr. Indianapolis Colts | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| ColtFaninUT | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| ray | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| NYKings | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 |
Straight Up:
| Name | Week 13 | Week 14 | Week 15 | Week 16 | Week 17 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JustinPugh | 8 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 180 |
| Accuscore - ESPN | 12 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 177 |
| Favorites | 13 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 13 | 176 |
| Merrill Hoge - ESPN | 8 | 12 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 176 |
| oldecoltsfan | 10 | 13 | 8 | 11 | 13 | 175 |
| Shimn | 9 | 12 | 9 | 11 | 14 | 175 |
| Pete O'Brien - USA Today | 9 | 12 | 9 | 11 | 13 | 175 |
| Sean Leahy - USA Today | 10 | 14 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 175 |
| Nate Davis - USA Today | 9 | 13 | 9 | 11 | 12 | 173 |
| emiller17 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 173 |
| Michael Silver - Yahoo! | 10 | 11 | 7 | 10 | 12 | 173 |
| shoein | 9 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 11 | 173 |
| MrNFL | 12 | 13 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 172 |
| Gary Mihoces - USA Today | 9 | 13 | 10 | 9 | 13 | 172 |
| Chris Mortensen - ESPN | 9 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 13 | 172 |
| zkmavz | 9 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 13 | 172 |
| Tom Pedulla - USA Today | 9 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 13 | 171 |
| Mark Schlereth - ESPN | 8 | 14 | 8 | 10 | 13 | 171 |
| TouchdownMonkey | 9 | 11 | 8 | 12 | 10 | 171 |
| Coltsdude1000 | 9 | 11 | 7 | 11 | 11 | 171 |
| Jason Cole - Yahoo! | 10 | 13 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 170 |
| Jarrett Bell - USA Today | 8 | 13 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 170 |
| Adam Schefter - ESPN | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 9 | 170 |
| Mike Golic - ESPN | 10 | 12 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 169 |
| Charles Robinson - Yahoo! | 9 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 169 |
| Seth Wickersham - ESPN | 9 | 13 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 167 |
| Ufanforreal | 13 | 12 | 7 | 9 | 11 | 167 |
| Eric Allen - ESPN | 8 | 13 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 167 |
| bluegirl | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 167 |
| The Lawn Wrangler | 11 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 13 | 166 |
| Power Ranking - Adj | 11 | 11 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 166 |
| Pythagorean | 10 | 13 | 8 | 11 | 10 | 165 |
| Power Ranking | 11 | 12 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 165 |
| bobzilla3 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 164 |
| peytonsurdaddy | 11 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 164 |
| piojocuau | 12 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 164 |
| mgrex03 | 9 | 14 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 162 |
| Jim Corbett - USA Today | 9 | 11 | 7 | 11 | 12 | 162 |
| Cassieper | 7 | 11 | 6 | 8 | 13 | 162 |
| Gmachine! | 11 | 13 | 11 | 0 | 8 | 162 |
| skywalker | 9 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 10 | 161 |
| PB | 8 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 160 |
| coltsgirl81 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 159 |
| PeytonUL18 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 13 | 158 |
| Ron Jaworski - ESPN | 8 | 10 | 7 | 12 | 11 | 158 |
| peytonsthebest | 10 | 0 | 12 | 7 | 11 | 157 |
| Coltsfaninoklahoma1 | 9 | 12 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 156 |
| Indy Lori | 13 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 155 |
| tim55 | 0 | 11 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 155 |
| jedye | 10 | 11 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 152 |
| sandsnake | 11 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 152 |
| shake n bake | 11 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 150 |
| Home | 10 | 9 | 6 | 10 | 8 | 147 |
| kubladawn | 11 | 13 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 146 |
| sanders_murks_cats | 11 | 11 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 146 |
| Skip Wood - USA Today | 11 | 11 | 9 | 11 | 9 | 145 |
| KrouseingTiger | 0 | 13 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 135 |
| Coin Flip | 10 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 10 | 134 |
| i9x | 10 | 9 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 131 |
| payne | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 128 |
| bohephus | 7 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 125 |
| roggae | 8 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 7 | 125 |
| costragas | 9 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 13 | 124 |
| MarshallPlan | 11 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 119 |
| misterC | 9 | 11 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 110 |
| JV1241 | 9 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 110 |
| Road | 6 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 109 |
| EnSsRex | 10 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 103 |
| Heeringa | 10 | 13 | 8 | 11 | 10 | 101 |
| Mavericky | 9 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 98 |
| anitrimi | 12 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 93 |
| jkwright6504 | 0 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 84 |
| enjyinlife | 10 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 84 |
| diagenesis | 11 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 83 |
| Underdogs | 3 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 80 |
| arizonajason | 11 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 65 |
| DontHateAddai | 12 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 62 |
| onearmedboxer | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 48 |
| jahren | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 46 |
| Bacalao | 0 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 42 |
| medicblue | 10 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 40 |
| dDogg | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39 |
| crober | 0 | 15 | 7 | 0 | 14 | 36 |
| Edge0914 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 30 |
| JWilder | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 |
| fwcoltsfan | 0 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 24 |
| firstprime | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 |
| GuruBlue | 0 | 13 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 22 |
| Rellik | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
| mediblue | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 |
| Kiefsmom | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
| whatwhat | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 12 |
| saurkrauter | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 |
| Horseshoe_Tsunami | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 11 |
| trOOly | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 11 |
| The Baseball Freak | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 11 |
| theDonnilhama | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| knockonwood | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| Coltastic! | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 9 |
| The Abyssinian | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 9 |
| Zach Winningham | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| astrocat | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| coltsfan723 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| don | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| larissa | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 8 |
| kokomowaterboy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 8 |
| anthony's colts | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Jealous of Tiger | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| ladyhorse881 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |