Are You Ready for Some Playoff Football???

In: Updates

29 Dec 2008

Gentlemen,

Start your engines!!!  Finally, the regular season is completed (what a finish in week 17, huh?) and we’re now ready to embark on the 21st edition of the Hewes Super Bowl Trophy Competition.  The rules are the same as in prior years, and we now have the beta version of the HSBT web site up and running (kudos to Greg the Great for his work on this over the past several months).

As a reminder, here is what you need to in preparation for the 4 Wild Card games this weekend:

  • Your picks FOR ALL 4 GAMES must be submitted no later than 4:30pm EST this Saturday.
  • You can submit your picks to The Commish in 4 ways:

1 – telephone call or text message to The Commish (740-816-0731),
2 – call The Commish on his land line @ 740-548-0761,
3 – e-mail The Commish (srhewes@msn.com), or
4 – utilize the new website (see below for more info)

  • You do not need to make your Super Bowl Bonus 100 point picks this weekend; they should be made in conjunction with your picks the following weekend when just 8 teams are left.
  • If all 4 picks for the Wild Card games are not submitted by the aforementioned 4:30pm EST cutoff, your points for each of the 4 games will be minus 10.  NO EXCEPTIONS

USING THE NEW HSBT WEBSITE TO SUBMIT PICKS:

If you haven’t already registered, you will have to do so by going to https://hewessbt.com.  Registration and creating a profile is quick and simple.  If you have any questions on this process, you can e-mail Greg the Great (website administrator) at gregory.hewes@gmail.com.

If you have already done so (I think all but Buffalo Bill and Comeback Kid are registered at this time), submitting your picks is simply and quickly done by following these steps:

  1. Login to the website
  2. Click on ‘Weekly Picks’ in the section of the home page is called 2009 HEWES SUPER BOWLTROPHY
  3. lick on ‘Submit Picks’
  4. Type in your picks in the text message section (your cursor will default to this location).  You will notice that you are preparing to send a Private Message to The Commish, so no other participants will be able to read your picks.  Be sure to enter a Subject (e.g., Picks from Pete the Terp) and you can also add a Smily character based on your mood or level of confidence in your picks…
  5. Click on ‘Submit’ and you picks will officially be submitted and time stamped.

The Commish is planning to update the official tracking sheet as the games progress, so you can see how you’re doing.  This will be exclusively available only on the website for those of you who are inclined and have the time.  If The Commish is distracted from this duty (such as taking down a Christmas tree), scores will be updated as the games are completed.

OFFICIAL RETROSPECTIVE COMMENTARY FROM THE OFFICE OF THE COMMISSIONER ON THE 2008 REGULAR SEASON AND PLAYOFFS

Looking back on the 2008 regular season, most everyone felt the Cowboys and Patriots were pretty much a shoo-in for SB43, with the defending champion Giants lurking in the wings.  So, after Week 17 we find neither in the playoffs, as the Cowboys utterly collapsed the last 2 weeks with losses to Baltimore and Philadelphia and the Patriots (while going 11-5 and losing their star QB in the 1stquarter of Week 1) are scratching their heads over the Dolphins resurgence.

2 rookie QB’s will be leading their teams in the playoffs – Joe Flacco (Ravens) and Matt Ryan (Atlanta).  Tavaris Jackson (much maligned during the regular season) will be leading the Vikings and Kurt Warner is back after a 6-year playoff dry spell.

How about those Bills?  Start at 4-0 and end up 7-9.  Ditto poor performances for Cleveland (4-12, after a much ballyhooed off-season) and the Seahawks (4-12 after 11-6 in 2007).  Then we have the 0-16 Lions.  History.  I’d almost be willing to bet they will have a better record next year, but that’s still a risky proposition…

On the flip side, the Colts have won 9 straight, and the Dolphins (yes, the 2-14 team from 2007) have won 5 in a row.  Just about everyone else in the playoffs is hot (most others have won 4 of the last 5).  Both #1 seeds are limping into the post season – the Giants having lost 3 of their last 5, and the Titans going 3-3 in their last 6 after a 10-0 start.

Looks like the playoffs are wide open.  Should be very interesting with no clear favorites.

Let me know if you have any questions and we’ll check back with you in 2009!

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From its inception in 1989, the premier NFL Playoff football competition incorporates a dual-scoring system that rewards participants to not only pick the winning team, but also the game score with increasing significance every week

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  • Greg the Great: Go Hawks and Bears! And good luck to all in HSBT 31!! [...]
  • gregory: The updated scores are still on the standings tab, they look current to me. [...]
  • Brian: I'm not getting any updates, last week either. Is it not found on the standings sheet anymore? [...]
  • The Commish: The Commish will be watching and keeping the scores updated real-time all weekend. I spend the whol [...]
  • gregory: Is the Commish going to be able to keep the scores updated with that Sunday night game going in 2OT! [...]

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