Bemidji NFL Eliminator Football League

Week 12 spit out a winner for our 5th annual Eliminator League ...   Congratulations Dave Evenson with your San Fransisco win yesterday.   Dave will take home 80% of the pot ($612).   2nd place goes to Andrew Lapp who had a tough loss on Thursday night with Kansas City.   Andrew takes home 20% of the pot ($153).

Thanks for playing everyone ...   If you would prefer not to play next year just send me a text or email and I will take you off of the mailing list.

Just a little history that I looked at this morning.
2014 - ended in week 12
2013 - ended in week 12
2012 - ended in week 13
2011 - ended in week 10
2010 ..  don't remember

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Well ... week 12 could be the $$ week for the two remaining players.   For their $5 investments 1st place will take home a cool $612 (80%) and 2nd place will cash in with the remaining $153 (20%).

Andrew has picked Kansas City
Dave has picked San Fransisco



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 It was a brutal week for 7 of the 9 remaining players in the league with Washington, Denver, and New Orleans losing this week.

The last two standing (Andrew and Dave) will battle for 1st and 2nd place.


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Week 11's game is underway and the remaining 9 players have their picks in the books.

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Week 11 picks include:

(1) Denver - Lindsey
(1) Green Bay - Dave
(1) New Orleans - Aaron
(1) San Fransisco - Andrew
(5) Washington - Gary, Kevin, Neil, Tina, Todd

Good luck everyone!

Week 10 was a push with no fatalities and everyone moving on to week 11.   (It's the first week of the season that we haven't lost anyone.) 

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Below is a couple different views of who's picked who for the remaining 9 players.

Summary By Player
Aaron:  
Dallas(10); Denver(6); GB(2); Indi(7); KC(8); NE(3); NYJ(1); Phili(5); SD(4); Seattle(9)

Andrew: 
Balt(10); Cinci(9); Cleveland(8); Dallas(3); Denver(6); Houston(2); NE(7); Phili(5); Pitt(1), SD(4)

Dave:
Balt(10); Cinci(9); Denver(6); Detroit(1); Indi(3); Miami(8), NE(7); Pitt(5); SD(4); Wash(2)

Gary:
AZ(2); Cinci(9); Cleveland(8); Denver(6); GB(5); Indi(3); NE(7); Phili(10); SD(4); Seattle(1)

Kevin:
Balt(10); Cinci(9); Denver(2); KC(8); NE(7); NO(5); Phili(3); Pitt(1); SD(4); Tenn(6)

Lindsey:
AZ(2); Atl(3); Dallas(10); Miami(8); NE(7); Phili(5); Pitt(1); SD(4); SF(6); Seattle(9)

Neil:
Balt(10); Cleveland(8); Dallas(7); Denver(6); GB(2); NE(3); NO(5); Phili(1); SD(4); Seattle(9)

Tina:
Az(10);Cinci(9); Dallas(7); Denver(6); Detroit(1); GB(2); KC(8); NE(3); SD(4); Seattle(5)

Todd:
Balt(10): Dallas(7); Denver(2); Detroit(8); Indi(4); NE(3); NO(5); NYJ(1); SD(6); Seattle(9)


Summary by Team
Arizona - Gary, Lindsey, Tina
Atlanta - Lindsey
Baltimore - Andrew, Dave, Kevin, Neil, Todd
Buffalo -
Carolina -
Chicago -
Cincinnati - Andrew, Dave, Gary, Kevin, Tina
Cleveland - Andrew, Gary, Neil
Dallas - Aaron, Andrew, Lindsey, Neil, Tina, Todd
Denver - Aaron, Andrew, Dave, Gary, Kevin, Neil, Tina, Todd
Detroit - Dave, Tina, Todd
GB - Aaron, Gary, Neil, Tina
Houston - Andrew
Indi - Aaron, Dave, Gary, Todd
Jax -
KC - Aaron, Kevin, Tina
Miami - Dave, Lindsey
MN -
NE -Aaron, Andrew, Dave, Gary, Kevin, Lindsey, Neil, Tina, Todd
NO - Kevin, Neil, Todd
NYG -
NYJ -Aaron, Todd
Oakland -

Phili -Aaron, Andrew, Gary, Kevin, Lindsey, Neil
Pitt - Andrew, Dave, Kevin, Lindsey
SD -Aaron, Andrew, Dave, Gary, Kevin, Lindsey, Neil, Tina, Todd
SF - Lindsey
Seattle - Aaron, Gary, Lindsey, Neil, Tina, Todd
St Louis -
Tampa -
Tenn - Kevin
Wash -Dave

Week 10 rolls in with only 9 players left in the league including Aaron, Andrew, Dave, Gary, Kevin, Lindsey, Neil, Tina, and Todd.


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Their picks are:

Arizona = 1 (Tina)
Baltimore = 5 (Andrew, Dave, Kevin, Neil, and Todd)
Dallas = 2 (Aaron, Lindsey)
Philadelphia = 1 (Gary)

  
Week 9 claimed 2 with the San Fransisco loss.   Predictions on how many weeks we'll go this year?
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On to week 10 ....

Week 9 is underway for the 11 remaining players in the league.   (It seems like we were just at 153 a few days ago and we are already in week 9!)

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Week 9 picks were:

Cinci (5) = Andrew, Dave, Gary, Kevin, and Tina
Seattle (4) = Aaron, Lindsey, Neil, and Todd
San Fran (2) = Alison and Brady

Good luck!

Week 8 ended in a upset with Dallas taking a loss last night.  That knocked another 7 players out of the league and brought the league down to 11 players.

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Congrats to those that get to move on!

Week 8 is underway for the 18 remaining players.  Five different teams were picked this week with Dallas taking the lead for number of players picking them. 

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The picks are as follows:

3 Cleveland (Andrew / Gary C / Neil)
7 Dallas (Brent B / Chris S / Darrin / Jared / Jerry / Jody /Tom V)
2 Detroit (Brady R / Todd B)
4 Kansas City (Aaron J / Alison / Kevin M / Tina)
2 Miami (Dave E/Lindsey)

Good luck everyone!

Week 7 saw Seattle continue their bulldozer affect taking out another 7 players today.   Cleveland's loss also increased the victim pool bringing the total booted from the league this week to 11.

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The 18 lucky enough to move on to week 8 are:
Aaron J
Alison
Andrew
Brady R
Brent B
Chris
Darrin
Dave E
Gary Cook
Jared
Jerry
Jody
Kevin M
Lindsey
Neil
Tina
Todd
Tom V

Week 7 is here with the big "pick" game of the week kicking off tonight.   It's another big week with 6 different teams being picked by the 29 remaining players.

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Below is a summary of the picks for the week 

4 = Baltimore (Alison/Brent/Darrin/Jerry)
4 = Cleveland (Brandon/Jim/Otto/Travis)
3 = Dallas (Neil/Tina/Todd)
1 = Indianapolis (Aaron J)
10 = New England (Andrew/Brady/Chris/Dave/Gary Cook/Jared/Jody/Kevin/Lindsey/Tom V)
7 = Seattle (Brett/Dean/Evonne/Sarah/Shannon/Tony A/Trevor)

Good luck everyone!   

This weeks loss was brutal for me and 14 other people ....   I can't believe Cincinnati ended in a tie!  With the 15 out this week (8 with Cincinnati and 7 with Seattle) that brings the league down to 29 players!

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Good luck to everyone this week!

Week 6 is underway....

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Summary of the picks:
Arizona = 1
Baltimore = 2
Cincinnati = 8
Denver = 11
Indianapolis = 1
San Diego = 8
San Francisco = 3
Seattle = 7
Tennessee = 3

Quite a spread with 9 teams being picked....good luck everyone!

....   and the slow trickle continues with 6 more players getting booted this week with the Chicago and Detroit losses.   I bet the 22 who picked New Orleans took a deep breath after that OT win on Sunday!

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We're now down to 44 players.   Is the $612 first place or $153 second place calling your name?   

For those keeping track last year at this time we were down to 34 players but this year started with30 more.  Don't forget to get your picks in before kickoff Thursday!

Week 5 kicked off with the Minnesota/Green Bay game tonight.  The League is down to 50 players and 9 teams were picked this week including:

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Chicago = 1
Detroit = 5
Green Bay = 8
New Orleans = 22
New York Giants = 1
Philadelphia = 5
Pittsburgh = 4
San Diego = 1
Seattle = 3

Good luck everyone!

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Since no one picked teams from tonights or tomorrows games, the week 4 results are in!

Teams that lost include:
Atlanta = 2
Pittsburgh = 6

No picks = 2

With 10 gone this week, that leaves 50 players left in the league!

Ok sports fans - here we go with week 4.   Did you analyze the games to make the best pick? - let's see if it paid off for the 60 remaining players ...

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Team picks are:
Atlanta = 2
Baltimore = 1
Indianapolis = 10
Pittsburgh = 6
San Diego = 39
No pick = 2

Those of us who picked New England can breath a big sign of relief   ... whew!!!  I thought the majority of the players were going to be out on that game!

No game tonight or tomorrow night so can post this weeks results already ...   we lost 5 this week trimming the league down to 60 players.

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The losing teams included:
Buffalo = 1
Houston = 1
No Pick = 3

Week 3 kicked off tonight with the majority of the remaining 65 players going with one team - a summary of the picks are listed below

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Atlanta = 1
Buffalo = 1
Cincinnati = 5
Dallas = 2
Houston = 1
Indianapolis = 5
New England = 36
New Orleans = 7
Philadelphia = 2
San Diego = 1
Seattle = 1
No pick = 3

Week 2 proved to be just as painful with another 40 players losing their game which means in two short weeks the league is down to 65 players!

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Summary of the losing teams:
Detroit = 2
Miami = 1
New Orleans = 15
Pittsburgh = 3
San Francisco = 5
Seattle = 5
Tampa Bay = 7
Tennessee = 1
No pick = 1

Note:  
I've given reminders to people these first two weeks since we had several new players in the league.  Starting this week I won't be sending out any reminders so remember to get your week 3 pick in before kick off on Thursday.

Week 2 is underway for the 105 remaining players.   Let's see who picked wisely and who will bust this week.   Good luck everyone!

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Arizona = 3
Baltimore = 2
Cincinnati = 4
Denver = 27
Detroit = 2
Green Bay = 20
Houston = 4
Miami = 1
New Orleans = 15
Pittsburgh = 3
San Francisco = 5
Seattle = 5
Tampa Bay = 7
Tennessee = 1
Washington = 5
No pick = 1

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Week one started off with a bang with 48 booted out of the league right off the bat.   The way the games were going I thought there was going to be a lot more.   I've highlighted in yellow who is out.

If you made it past week 1 I will need your week 2 pick before kickoff on Thursday.   Good luck everyone!

Summary of the losses:

Chicago = 34
Dallas = 1
Jacksonville = 1
Kansas City = 2
New England = 7
New Orleans = 2
Washington = 1

Week 1 is underway with 153 players (30 more than last year).  You can click the link below to see the spreadsheet with all of the players and who they picked.  Good luck everyone!!!

Click here for the player / game spreadsheet for game 1

Below is a roll up of who picked who:
1   = Buffalo
2   = Carolina
34 = Chicago
1   = Cincinnati
1   = Dallas
6   = Denver
5   = Detroit
1   = Jacksonville
2   = Kansas City
1   = Miami
11 = Minnesota
7   = New England
2   = New Orleans
6   = New York Jets
44 = Philidelphia
21 = Pittsburgh
4   = San Francisco
3   = Seattle
1   = Washington

Welcome Back Everyone!!!!    It's time for year 5 of our Suicide Football League;   Shout out to our past winners including:  Megan Gullickson (Year 1);   Shannon Andrea (Year 2); Tom Gullickson (Year 3); Andy Peterson/Wendy Boyer (Year 4)

Payout:
Ist place receives 80% of the winnings and 2nd place receives 20% of the winnings.  

In the event of a tie at the end of the regular season (i.e. whoever is left all win the last regular season game or whoever is left all lose) they will split the pot.     (Last year we made it to week 12)

Rules:
You are only allowed to pick a team once during the season
Your team must win that game to move on to the next week (tie game = LOSS)
Your weekly pick must be submitted PRIOR to kickoff of 1st game of the week (usually a Thursday)
Your pick must be sent to Robin by email, text, or phone call (see email with email address and phone number)     
**With the # of people in the league, I won't be sending any reminders to get your pick in if I haven't received your pick for the week.   If no pick is turned in that equals a loss.

Weekly Updates:
The player/game spreadsheet is updated and an email sent out each week with everyone's picks just after kick off of the first game of the week (after i've had time to put everyone's picks on the spreadsheet)

The player/game spreadsheet is updated and an email is sent out Tuesday evening with the weekly results.


Entry and Entry Fee:
Anyone is welcome to play;  Your $5.00 entry fee must be paid to Tim, Robin, Megan, or Lindsey PRIOR to kick off of the first game.


Spreadsheet:
The player/game spreadsheet can be found at this link:
Player/Game Spreadsheet