Wizard of Vegas Super Bowl Challenge 2012

Welcome to the second annual Wizard of Vegas Super Bowl Challenge! The rules will be the same as last year, except this year you must submit your entries by Private Message. Here are the rules again:

1. Indicate winner and loser of 2012 Super Bowl by Private Message. For example, Packers over Steelers.
2. In the event after the Conference Championships more than one person is in contention I will ask those of you to submit a tie-breaking margin of victory prediction.
3. If nobody wins, anybody who got both teams, but the wrong winner, shall win the contest (this happened last time).
4. If nobody gets both teams right, in either order, then tough, nobody wins!

Deadline is kickoff time on Sept. 8. I'll post the predictions shortly after the kickoff of the opening game.

Winner will get a mystery prize, or some cash alternative. I'll figure that out later. Don't expect a lot -- I'm cheap.

Last year the winner was Mosca, who picked the Steelers to beat the Packers. Nobody else picked those two teams, so Mosca won, despite predicting the winner incorrectly. In lieu of a prize for himself he asked that I make a donation to Gamblers Anonymous, which I did.

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In lieu of a prize for himself he asked that I make a donation to Gamblers Anonymous, which I did.

Mosca:

Hey very classy move. If I win ( and probably not likely, I need to bring
in doughnuts to work because my cubicle farm teammate's HS team
whupped my HS team in Football last night ) I'd like an authographed
book from the Wiz, and possibly a comp lunch somewhere :)

I thought the prize last year WAS an autographed copy of Gambling 102. That's a hell of a gift for G.A.!

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I thought the prize last year WAS an autographed copy of Gambling 102. That's a hell of a gift for G.A.!

But don't ALL Gambling books have the standard preface or paragraph on knowing if you are in over your head ?

The Panthers beating the Bills ... obviously ...

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Mosca:

Hey very classy move. If I win ( and probably not likely, I need to bring
in doughnuts to work because my cubicle farm teammate's HS team
whupped my HS team in Football last night ) I'd like an authographed
book from the Wiz, and possibly a comp lunch somewhere :)

Thanks, Johnny! Classy move by The Wiz to agree, too; we both have some misgivings about "*/A" organizations, but I believe that the benefits outweigh our doubts. I have some friends on the long slide right now. I hope they pull out but I fear the crash will be abrupt and hard. Anyone who has that many slot wins is losing a ton.

I think the red sox will beat the yankees.

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The Panthers beating the Bills ... obviously ...

That hurt..... The Bills just resigned their defensive tackle, Kyle Williams, who was the linchpin of the worst run defense in the league last year. They were able to lock him up for just over EIGHT MILLION a year. Such managerial ineptitude is hard to match. They gave away their best wide receiver, Lee Evans, to Baltimore for a fourth round draft pick. They lost their best linbacker to free agency. They signed a backup qb who has lost 10 of his last 11 starts.

Thanks for hosting this again Wizard! Also, thank you for generously providing the mystery prize!

Only nine entrants so far. Let's get those picks in folks.

Also, about half of you have been indicating a margin of victory or exact score. That is not necessary. I will only ask that if two or more people make it as far as the Super Bowl. In that case, I'll ask those of you still in contention for a MOV after the Conference Championships. All I need now is two teams, preferably one AFC and one NFC.

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Thanks for hosting this again Wizard!

You're welcome.