The Swamp

KEG!!! SO NERVOUS!!!

mister d wrote:I thought the Lindros double-trade story was well known even by non-hockey sports fans.

Leave me alone. We have a guy that doesn't know what Beyonce looks like.

Q10 - Name anyone listed on the pro-football-reference boxscore as a starting linebacker or starting cornerback from Super Bowl 48 (Seattle-Denver) (10)

CORRECT ANSWERS
Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie (1) - BFJ
Byron Maxwell (1) - Bronto
Walter Thurmond (1) - PDX
Bobby Wagner (2) - Degen, SL
Danny Trevathan (5) - AB, Diamond, Keg, Rush, Sancarlos
Richard Sherman (7) - Alex, Bengal, Brian, BSF, Cerrano, Fluff, Trav
Champ Bailey (10) - Carwash, DC, Giff, Jerloma, Junkyard, Pruitt, Rass, Sabo, Sybian, Wlulax

WRONG ANSWERS (15 PTS)
MVPalcolm Smith - TT
Bruce Irvin - Shirley
Brandon Browner - Ljam
Von Miller - Cheddah

LEFTOVERS
K.J. Wright
Nate Irving
Paris Lenon

FINAL SCORES

Shirley wrote:

Ryan wrote:Syracuse (11) - Alex, Bengal, DC, Degen, Fluff, Jerloma, Ljam, Rass, Sancarlos, Shirley, Sybian

Yeah, I kind of figured that would happen.

BTW, Tulane is no longer a correct answer.

uh oh

Shirley wrote:

Ryan wrote:Syracuse (11) - Alex, Bengal, DC, Degen, Fluff, Jerloma, Ljam, Rass, Sancarlos, Shirley, Sybian

Yeah, I kind of figured that would happen.

BTW, Tulane is no longer a correct answer.

Huh, I'll be damned. No idea they were building a new stadium.

Whoops, and...

TT - 65
Alex - 69

Keg - 50
Giff - 55

Damn, I missed a two hour lunch for this.

Sorry about that guys. I take responsibility.

brian wrote:

Shirley wrote:

Ryan wrote:Syracuse (11) - Alex, Bengal, DC, Degen, Fluff, Jerloma, Ljam, Rass, Sancarlos, Shirley, Sybian

Yeah, I kind of figured that would happen.

BTW, Tulane is no longer a correct answer.

Huh, I'll be damned. No idea they were building a new stadium.

Recalcuating.

You have to recalculate for Paul Simon too.

Jerloma wrote:You have to recalculate for Paul Simon too.

Agreed.

Fuck you, L-Jam, for forgetting Browner was fucking suspended during the Super Bowl. Asshole.

FUCK DULUTH

Jerloma wrote:You have to recalculate for Paul Simon too.

Well shit. I missed rush's comment on the previous page.

OK, I think this is good. Gammy and Ljam snatch defeat from the jaws of what end up being a couple big dumb losers

Thanks ryan.

Good game d-fluff.

And the worst part? I read SI's preview of Seattle about an hour before the game started, and I did my answers DURING THE FUCKING GAME LAST NIGHT. I was thinking saying Bobby Wagner would've been pretty unfair, so I said "I'll just go with that douchebag they let walk. Brandon Browner, baby!"

I am shocked to find Boris Becker never even played in a French Open final. I am also surprised Alexei Yashin was not a #1 pick.

That football dome question sucked balls. I was hoping there were some other well-known schools I didn't think of to distract from 'Cuse. I never even knew most of those schools existed. Can we ban college football questions from now on? It has to be a violation of some NCAA rule. Thanks.

Nice game, BSF. Tied after 8, iirc, until you pulled away by 9.

Phew. To Think I basically won on a tennis question that I have 2-3 canned answers. Great game Carwash!

Go Bengals!

The Sybian wrote:I am shocked to find Boris Becker never even played in a French Open final.

Boris Becker is to Clay as Dick Cheney is to peaceful holidays at Armstrong ranch.

Holy hell NHL questions are death to me.

Ryan kind to take my guess of "wheel".

Syracuse was only dome team I knew for sure, thought Tulane was out of the dome business.

Ryan, thanks so much for doing this again. My fall is made.

Ryan wrote: WRONG ANSWERS (15 PTS)
MVPalcolm Smith - TT
Bruce Irvin - Shirley
Brandon Browner - Ljam
Von Miller - Cheddah

LEFTOVERS
K.J. Wright
Nate Irving
Paris Lenon

When I changed my answer from Sherman to "Irvin", I was actually thinking about Nate Irving, the former NC State star. I heard Irvin's name on the radio (they were talking about Bruce Irvin) and thought, "oh yeah, Nate Irvin played in that Super Bowl." I switched my answer and later thought to myself "or wasn't his name Irving? No matter." Then, watching the game last night, I saw Bruce Irvin for Seattle and thought to myself that's who I must have been thinking of, my answer is fine.

If I had typed that one extra "g", I would have gone from 15 to 1 and won.

Oh well. If I'm getting those dudes confused, I didn't deserve to win.

Good game brian - brain tumor and all.

And great job, Ryan. These are awesome.

Shirley wrote:Wow, only lost 6 points on those two. They may have well have been "Name an active MLB pitcher/NHL player. Any pitcher/player."

Still would have gotten mine wrong. Who knew Koufax was out of the game?

I am familiar with the dome due to my love of using lesser teams in the NCAA football games on the ole playstation. I was thinking of going Idaho State, but thought it'd be too popular an answer.

Shirley wrote:When I changed my answer from Sherman to "Irvin", I was actually thinking about Nate Irving, the former NC State star. I heard Irvin's name on the radio (they were talking about Bruce Irvin) and thought, "oh yeah, Nate Irvin played in that Super Bowl." I switched my answer and later thought to myself "or wasn't his name Irving? No matter." Then, watching the game last night, I saw Bruce Irvin for Seattle and thought to myself that's who I must have been thinking of, my answer is fine.

If I had typed that one extra "g", I would have gone from 15 to 1 and won.

Wow.

Wowg would have been #veryfunny

The Sybian wrote:I am shocked to find Boris Becker never even played in a French Open final. I am also surprised Alexei Yashin was not a #1 pick.

That football dome question sucked balls. I was hoping there were some other well-known schools I didn't think of to distract from 'Cuse. I never even knew most of those schools existed. Can we ban college football questions from now on? It has to be a violation of some NCAA rule. Thanks.

Nice game, BSF. Tied after 8, iirc, until you pulled away by 9.

Nice one to you too Syb. I was worried there but then my annual trip to Fargo Fucking North Dakota paid off.

A reminder to everyone, Sandy Koufax will not be eligible as a Cy Young contender this year.

Also, Bill Murray was a one pointer and "oh" was worth a billion. I'll still never understand this game.

Rush2112 wrote:I am familiar with the dome due to my love of using lesser teams in the NCAA football games on the ole playstation. I was thinking of going Idaho State, but thought it'd be too popular an answer.

I was going back and forth between Idaho State and South Dakota guessing they would be the two most obscure. Though I'd didn't realize Tulane had a new stadium, I figured most people knew that UTSA, Georgia State and Idaho at least played indoors. And North Dakota State has gotten a lot of pub lately and had Gameday in Fargo last year.

mister d wrote:Wowg would have been #veryfunny

I'm protecting the shield now.

brian wrote:

Rush2112 wrote:I am familiar with the dome due to my love of using lesser teams in the NCAA football games on the ole playstation. I was thinking of going Idaho State, but thought it'd be too popular an answer.

I was going back and forth between Idaho State and South Dakota guessing they would be the two most obscure. Though I'd didn't realize Tulane had a new stadium, I figured most people knew that UTSA, Georgia State and Idaho at least played indoors. And North Dakota State has gotten a lot of pub lately and had Gameday in Fargo last year.

You overestimate us, or at least a lot of us. Had I thought about it more, I would have come up with GT, but I didn't even know there was a UT-SA.

The Sybian wrote:You overestimate us, or at least a lot of us. Had I thought about it more, I would have come up with GT, but I didn't even know there was a UT-SA.

They played a nationally broadcast home game against Arizona last night. That's what you get for submitting your answers early.

rass wrote:

The Sybian wrote:You overestimate us, or at least a lot of us. Had I thought about it more, I would have come up with GT, but I didn't even know there was a UT-SA.

They played a nationally broadcast home game against Arizona last night. That's what you get for submitting your answers early.

Yeah, guess I missed that game.

The Sybian wrote:I am shocked to find Boris Becker never even played in a French Open final. I am also surprised Alexei Yashin was not a #1 pick.

The only true serve and volleyers I can think that have won the French are Navratilova and Laver.

rass wrote:Thanks ryan.

Good game d-fluff.

Good game Rass!

I'm starting off where I expected...

Did not expect to be doing so well until the last two questions. Whiffing on the tennis question shows how much knowledge-by-osmosis I've lost in the years since I stopped watching SportsCenter, etc...I used to pick up enough on sports I didn't actively follow while waiting for the segments I wanted to hear.

Would not have gotten the NHL draft question if I had not remembered the drama with Lindros being drafted by the Nordiques way back when.

Good game Rush and thanks for putting this together Ryan (and for throwing me a bone on the Tulane answer).

Jerloma wrote:

The Sybian wrote:I am shocked to find Boris Becker never even played in a French Open final. I am also surprised Alexei Yashin was not a #1 pick.

The only true serve and volleyers I can think that have won the French are Navratilova and Laver.

I watched some tennis back then, but I couldn't tell you a damn thing about how people played. I just remember absolutely hating Becker, and for a few years, he seemed unbeatable.

The Sybian wrote:

Jerloma wrote:

The Sybian wrote:I am shocked to find Boris Becker never even played in a French Open final. I am also surprised Alexei Yashin was not a #1 pick.

The only true serve and volleyers I can think that have won the French are Navratilova and Laver.

I watched some tennis back then, but I couldn't tell you a damn thing about how people played. I just remember absolutely hating Becker, and for a few years, he seemed unbeatable.

Hating on Becker? For what tangible reason (other than the fact that he was dirty fucking Nazi)?

I just remember absolutely hating Becker.

Are you people still whining about that holocaust thing?

I loved Becker. That dude just threw his body around the court. It was awesome.

I always thought of Borg as a serve-and-volley guy too, but in hindsight, I guess he only played that way at Wimbledon. He hit those giant topspin forehands and two-handed backhands (that I totally copied) at the French.

That's the 2nd time today that me and L-jam have basically made the same post at the same time.

Me too, Dave...I fucking loved Becker.