G’day Buzz-kateers!
Well here we are again folks, another Super B… (shhhhh! Wanna get sued?) (sigh) “Super Big Annual Football Championship game”, and Green Bay… yeah… this season really goes under the heading of “Wow… well that sucked!”
I think I’ve used that intro for like 5 straight years now… and for this year, I actually have to come up with something different. It’s a new era. As the song I’ve heard 1,000 people butcher in karaoke bars and TV singing shows says: It’s a new dawn, It’s a new day, It’s a new life, And I’m feeling good.
The Love era absolutely began befitting of it’s name. Far from smooth sailing, a learning process for all involved, some REAL down’s to go with the ups, but when it all comes to a head, win or lose you’re at least left with Princess Leia at the end of Rogue One:
That was actually a fun season. Jordan wasn’t perfect, but nothing that a little offseason coaching can’t fix and honestly he looks right where he should be as far as anyones reasonable development timeline would go. The fact that “youngin’s” were actually allowed to make “youngin mistakes” and weren’t then completely frozen out of the offense for the next month, was a super positive development, and honestly while I don’t think the “supersonic” development will continue for all of the youthful pass catchers, as historically, odds are a couple of those guys just had their career years and will “plateau”, the odds also say with that many “bullets” in the gun, at least one will hit, and it sure looks like more than one of Reed, Doubs, Wicks, Watson, Melton, Toure, or Heath will be “the man” in the near future. Musgrave and Kraft also looked great.
Now I did have some mild concerns with LaFleur’s rotations once guys got healthy again. He stumbled into some very successful rotations, and seemed to try to force things back to his “defaults” once everyone was healthy, especially in the Niner game. My hope is he learns from that (and he does seem to at least learn from “hiccups” when he has them), and sticks with the old adage of: “Hey, that’s working… KEEP DOING IT!” next year. He did earn some points from many of us by at least pulling the trigger on Joe Barry, when we were all very concerned he’d done enough to save his job. We’ll see how the new guy does (and I’ll admit, not a ton of knowledge of the name, and I can’t say I was in the weeds on BC football last season), but at least there’s legit effort to try something else in that spot.
Other positives from the year:
We all have that “Crazy” ex. And frankly, there aren’t too many things better than the validating feeling of showing up to a bar and seeing that ex facing off with a bouncer yelling “come at me bro!!!” and being able to say: “…yup. It wasn’t me. It was ABSOLUTLEY them.” I had that feeling a whole lot this season watching the Jets.
The Bears were also “a ride” this year. However while we were on a roller coaster in Green Bay, their “ride” feels alot more like the “Willy Wonka boat going into the tunnel”. And in the end, the best part? My undying faith, that they’re going to screw it up. What “it” you might ask? Take your pick. It’s the Bears.
Anywho here we sit facing another Sup… (sigh) “Super Big Annual Football Championship game” without a real reason to watch the game (outside of not being one of the anti social weirdo’s we all fear running into who say: “No I didn’t watch the Super Bowl because…” and don’t have a good reason to end that sentence). However, fear not, Otto is here to save your Sunday… what’s the one thing people LOVE as much as football? PROPISITION GAMBLING!
So I present to you the annual PROPS POOL 2024!
Now regular “pick a number” and “pick a square” pools are all well and good, but (good time to point out BTW that for the remainder of this blog, when I speak of any “not necessarily totally legal in your location” conduct, I’m of course speaking in hypotheticals… and that neither Midwest Communications nor any of it’s management or staff endorses or encourages gambling where it’s not legal to do so… we good? Cool!) however as far as gambling goes they’re kinda like slot machines. Random, almost totally unskilled, no real thought behind it, you wind up rooting for totally unrealistic and stupid things (“COOOMEEE OONNN SAFETY! I NEED THAT 4!”), and you also wind up trying to do math after you’ve been drinking all afternoon… bad times. Hence where the “Prop” game comes in.
Here’s how this works: print out as many copies as you have people coming over (just do like 3 extra… one as a master, and a few “Oops I spilled my beer” back ups), have each person toss in… ummmm…. *See the above disclaimer* (wink, wink, nudge, nudge…) , and have them go down the list, and circle their predicted answers to the questions (have them do it in pen… prevents cheating), and whomever gets the most right gets the… ummm… *See the above disclaimer* honor and glory of being right (wink, wink, nudge, nudge…). Gives everyone a reason to care, pay attention, and have still fun with the game.
Why so many questions? Prevents ties at larger parties. Use as many or as few of these as you like. Feel free to add your own questions if you like (Protip: just make sure it’s something you can track without getting TOO into following everything that it takes away from the enjoyment of the afternoon…) For those who don’t gamble: the reason anything with a number is presented as “X.5”, is to prevent there being a “Push” or tie with the questions. (Example: “JERSEY NUMBER OF PLAYER TO SCORE FIRST TOUCHDOWN- OVER 11.5 UNDER” If the numbers 18 or smaller Under wins, if the numbers 19 or higher Over wins, cool?)
So without further ado: enjoy the game, be safe out there, and the prop game is below.
Later,
Otto
Printable version here:
1. WHO WINS THE GAME: KANSAS CITY – SAN FRANCISCO
2. WILL THERE BE OVER 47.5 POINTS OR UNDER: OVER – UNDER
3. OPENING COIN TOSS WILL BE: HEADS – TAILS
4. OPENING COIN TOSS WILL BE WON BY: KANSAS CITY – SAN FRANCISCO
5. WILL THE TEAM THAT WINS THE COIN TOSS WIN THE GAME: YES – NO
6. WILL THE TEAM THAT SCORES FIRST WIN THE GAME: YES – NO
7. TEAM TO SCORE FIRST: KANSAS CITY – SAN FRANCISCO
8. WHAT WILL HAPPEN FIRST: CHIEFS SCORE – CHIEFS PUNT
9. WHAT WILL HAPPEN FIRST: NINERS SCORE – NINERS PUNT
10. FIRST SCORE OF THE GAME WILL BE: TOUCHDOWN – ANY OTHER SCORE
11. FIRST TOUCHDOWN OF THE GAME WILL BE: PASSING TD – ANY OTHER TD
12. JERSEY NUMBER OF PLAYER TO SCORE FIRST TOUCHDOWN: OVER 19.5 UNDER
13. JERSEY NUMBER OF PLAYER TO SCORE FIRST TOUCHDOWN: EVEN – ODD
14. PATRICK MAHOMES 1 ST PASS WILL BE: *(INT IS INC) COMPLETE – INCOMPLETE
15. WHAT WILL PATRICK MAHOMES THROW FIRST: TD PASS – INTERCEPTION
16. BROCK PURDY (SF) 1ST PASS WILL BE: *(INT IS INC) COMPLETE – INCOMPLETE
17. WHAT WILL BROCK PURDY (SF) THROW FIRST: TD PASS – INTERCEPTION
18. WHO WILL HAVE MORE COMPLETIONS: PATRICK MAHOMES – BROCK PURDY
19. TEAM TO COMMIT THE 1ST ACCEPTED PENALTY: KANSAS CITY – SAN FRANCISCO
20. JERSEY NUMBER OF 1ST ACCEPTED PENALTY: EVEN – ODD
21. TEAM COMMITING THE MOST ACCEPTED PENALTY YARDS: KANSAS CITY – SAN FRANCISCO
22. FIRST TEAM TO SCORE OVER 11 POINTS: KANSAS CITY – SAN FRANCISCO
23. WILL EITHER TEAM SCORE IN THE FINAL 2:00 OF THE FIRST HALF: YES – NO
**(IF SCORE HAPPENS WITH EXACTLY 2 MINUTES REMAINING-YES IS THE WINNER)
24. WILL THE TEAM LEADING AT HALFTIME WIN: (IF TIED EXCLUDE) YES – NO
25. WILL EITHER TEAM SCORE 3 STRAIGHT TIMES? YES – NO **(EXCLUDES PAT)
26. TEAM TO USE CHALLENGE 1ST *(BOOTH REVIEW EXC) KANSAS CITY – SAN FRANCISCO
27. WILL ANY CALL BE OVER TURNED BY REPLAY: YES – NO
28. WILL THERE BE A MISSED EXTRA POINT: YES – NO
29. KICKER TO SCORE MORE TOTAL POINTS: HARRISON BUTKER (KC) – JAKE MOODY (SF)
30. TEAM WITH LONGEST PLAY FROM SCRIMMAGE: KANSAS CITY – SAN FRANCISCO
31. LONGEST SCORE OF THE GAME BY YARDAGE: TOUCHDOWN – FIELD GOAL
32. WILL A KICK (MISSED OR MADE) HIT AN UPRIGHT OR THE CROSSBAR: YES – NO
33. TEAM TO COMMIT THE MOST TURNOVERS IN THE GAME: KANSAS CITY – SAN FRANCISCO
34. SHORTEST TD OF GAME: OVER 1.5 YARDS UNDER (RECOVERY IN END ZONE= UNDER)
35. LAST SCORE OF THE FIRST HALF WILL BE: (PAT EXCLUDED) TD – ANY OTHER SCORE
36. WILL THERE BE A SAFETY: YES – NO
37. WILL THERE BE OVERTIME: YES – NO
38. WILL THERE BE A SPECIAL TEAMS OR DEFENSIVE TOUCHDOWN: YES – NO
39. WILL THERE BE A LEAD CHANGE IN THE 4TH QUARTER: YES – NO
40. WILL THERE BE A SUCCESSFUL 2 POINT CONVERSION: YES – NO
41. WILL THE GAME BE TIED AFTER 0-0: (**SCORE COUNTED AFTER PAT) YES – NO
42. LAST SCORE OF THE GAME WILL BE: TOUCHDOWN – ANY OTHER SCORE
43. WILL BOTH TEAMS CONVERT A 4TH DOWN: YES – NO
44. TOTAL OF DIFFERENT PLAYERS TO HAVE A PASS ATTEMPT: OVER 2.5 UNDER
45. WILL AT LEAST 1 QUARTER BE SCORELESS: (OT QUARTERS COUNT) YES – NO
46. HIGHEST SCORING QUARTER: 1 2 3 4
47. MORE TOTAL YARDS: CHRISTIAN MCCAFFREY – ISIAH PACHECO+MARQUEZ VALDES-SCANTLING
48. MORE TOTAL YARDS: BRANDON AIYUK – DEEBO SAMUEL
49. MORE RECEIVING YARDAGE: GEORGE KITTLE – TRAVIS KELCE
50. MORE RUSHING YARDS: PATRICK MAHOMES – BROCK PURDY
51. MORE RECEPTIONS + ANYTIME TD’S: KYLE JUSZCZYK – NOAH GRAY
52. HIGHER TOTAL: COMBINED RUSHING YARDS – POINTS IN BOS AT MIA (2/11) NBA GAME
53. TOTAL NUMBER OF DIFFERENT PLAYERS TO SCORE (INCLUDE K): OVER 6.5 UNDER
54. WILL THE TEAM THAT SCORES LAST WIN THE GAME: YES – NO
55. WILL THE FINAL SNAP OF THE GAME BE A KNEEL DOWN: YES – NO
56. WILL THE GAME BE INTERRUPTED BY ANYONE UNAUTHORIZED RUNNING ON THE FIELD: YES – NO
57. HOW LONG WILL REBA MCENTIRES NATIONAL ANTHEM GO FOR? OVER 1:26 UNDER
58. WHICH SONG WILL USHER PERFORM 1ST AT HALFTIME? OMG YEAH! MY BOO BURN
U GOT IT BAD LOVE IN THIS CLUB U DON’T HAVE TO CALL U REMIND ME MY WAY CONFESSIONS
YOU MAKE ME WANNA I NEED A GIRL CAUGHT UP DJ GOT US FALLING IN LOVE “FIELD”
59. WILL TRAVIS KELCE PROPOSE TO TAYLOR SWIFT AT SUPER BOWL 58? YES – NO
60. COLOR OF THE GATORADE/LIQUID DUMPED ON THE WINNING HEAD COACH?
CLEAR/WATER ORANGE YELLOW GREEN RED BLUE PURPLE NO DUMP
61. SUPER BOWL MVP WILL BE: QUARTERBACK ANY OTHER POSITION
62. WHO WILL THE SUPER BOWL MVP MENTION FIRST IN HIS INTERVIEW?
TEAMMATES GOD FANS/CITY COACH FAMILY OWNER NONE OF THE ABOVE
TIE BREAKER- TOTAL COMBINED POINTS:
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