Bemidji NFL Eliminator Football League

Week 16 shook things up dropping the league from 7 players to the final 2 players standing!

Results are:

WIN:  Green Bay:  Nicole
LOSS: San Diego: Brad, Darriel, Todd
LOSS:  Tennessee:  Barb, Colleen
WIN:  Washington:  Lindsey

Next week, the last week of regular season play, will decide if there is a 1st and 2nd place winner or if they split the pot.

The spreadsheet can be seen here.

For the 7 remaining players week 16 is underway.   Picks are:

Green Bay: (1) Nicole
San Diego: (3) Brad, Darriel, Todd
Tennessee: (2) Barb, Colleen
Washington: (1) Lindsey

Good luck everyone ....   Merry Christmas!!

The spreadsheet can be seen here.

....  the slow trickle continues ...  week 15 lost one more player bringing us down to 7 players with only week 16 and 17 left!   This is the longest the league has lasted and i'm starting to wondering if we will have multiple winners splitting that big pot.   The end of the Kansas City game was an awful way to lose ... what a painful field goal!

Results are:
WIN  Atlanta - Barb, Colleen, Darriel, Nicole
LOSS Kansas City - Steve    
WIN  Seattle - Brad, Lindsey, Todd

The spreadsheet can be seen here.

Yowza ... how about those Seattle uniforms tonight!!!    We've got 3 of the 8 remaining players kicking things off with tonight's game .... wanting to know their fate early in the week!

Picks are:

Atlanta (4):  Barb, Colleen, Darriel, Nicole
Kansas City (1): Steve
Seattle (3): Brad, Lindsey, Todd

Good luck everyone!

The spreadsheet can be seen here.

Hi everyone ...  boy ... those left in the hunt for the $ aren't going down without a fight ....   Week 14 only lost 1 player so we still have 8 players getting a week 15 pick.   I'm sure the 5 Detroit players were holding their breath til the last second of the game!

The weeks results are:

WIN  Atlanta:  Todd
WIN  Detroit:  Barb, Brad, Darriel, Lindsey, Nicole
LOSS Indianapolis:  Jon
WIN  Minnesota:  Steve
WIN  Pittsburgh:  Colleen

The spreadsheet can be seen here.

The week 14 game has kicked off for the final 9 players in the league.   The picks for the week are:

Atlanta (1)  Todd
Detroit (5)  Barb, Brad, Darriel, Lindsey, Nicole
Indianapolis (1) Jon
Minnesota (1) Steve
Pittsburgh (1) Colleen

The spreadsheet can be seen here.

Good luck everyone!!!

Week 13 finished Sunday evening with three players losing with their team.   Mary Jo lost a heart breaker with the Atlanta game and the New Orleans loss gave Daryl and Jane the boot.  We're now down to 9 players with Barb, Brad, Colleen, Darriel, Jon, Lindsey, Nicole, Steve, and Todd moving on.

On to week 14 ......

The spreadsheet can be seen here.

Here we are .....   week 13 ....  The Vikes are kicking off another Thursday game (hopefully with better results than last Thursday) and we have 12 players left in the league fighting for the big $$$$ ... it's going to be a wild weekend of football with 8 different teams being picked this week!  ...

Picks for the week are:
Atlanta: (1) Mary Jo
Denver: (1) Lindsey
Green Bay: (2) Brad, Todd
New England: (3) Darriel, Jon, Nicole
New Orleans: (2) Daryl, Jane
Oakland: (1) Steve
Pittsburgh: (1) Barb
Seattle: (1) Colleen

The link to the spreadsheet can be seen here.
Good luck everyone!!!!    Skol Vikings!

Robin

The trickle down to a league winner has been slow and week 12 was no different with 12 of the 13 remaining players moving on.   The 5 players with Miami had a little bit uncertainty before they got the win but the others won their game pretty easily.

Week 12 results are:

WIN  Miami:  Barb, Darriel, Daryl, MaryJo, Steve
WIN  New Orleans:  Brad
WIN  NY Giants:  Colleen, Jane, Lindsey, Todd
WIN  Pittsburgh:  Jon
WIN  Tennessee:  Nicole
LOSS  No Pick:  Andy

The spreadsheet can be seen here.

Happy Thanksgiving everyone!!!!!   The Vikes have kicked off and we are underway for the 13 remaining players ....   picks this week are:

Miami (5):  Barb, Darriel, Daryl, Mary Jo, Steve
New Orleans (1):  Brad
NY Giants (4):  Colleen, Jane, Lindsey, Todd
Pittsburgh (1):  Jon
Tennessee (1):  Nicole
No Pick (1):  Andy

The spreadsheet can be seen here.

....   and on we go ....Week 11 comes to a close early Sunday with 13 players moving on.   It looks like this year might be a record breaker as far as how many weeks the league has lasted.

Results are:
WIN  Dallas (1):  Brad
WIN  Detroit (4):  Colleen, Jon, Mary Jo, Steve
WIN  New England (1):  Lindsey
WIN  NY Giants (2):  Barb, Daryl
WIN  Pittsburgh (5):  Andy, Darriel, Jane, Nicole, Todd
LOSS:  No Pick (1): Tony

Here's some history from the leagues prior years:
2016 - ends ??????????? -> 193 players -> Winner:  ??????
2015 - ended in week 9 -> 176 players -> Winner:  Shelley Nistler
2014 - ended in week 12 ->  153 players -> Winner:  Dave Evenson
2013 - ended in week 12 - >  123 players -> Winners:  Andy Peterson & Wendy Boyer split
2012 - ended in week 13 -> 85 players -> Winner:  Tom Gullickson
2011 - ended in week 10 ->  54 players -> Winner:  Shannon Andrea
2010 ..  don't remember ->  unknown # of players -> Winner:  Megan Boerboom

The spreadsheet can be seen here.

14 players survived week 10 and are hoping to move on another week.  Picks for week 11 are:

Dallas (1):  Brad
Detroit (4):  Colleen, Jon, Mary Jo, Steve
New England (1):  Lindsey
NY Giants (2):  Barb, Daryl
Pittsburgh (5):  Andy, Darriel, Jane, Nicole, Todd
No Pick (1): Tony

Link to the spreadsheet can be found here

Good luck!

Week 10 is in the books Sunday evening .....   the 17 remaining players fell to 14 as we move to week 11.   The Arizona players are breathing a sigh of relief with the last second field goal for the win.

Week 10 results are:Picks this week are:
WIN:  Arizona: (7) Barb, Brad, Colleen, Darriel, Mary Jo, Nicole, Todd
WIN:  Baltimore: (6) Andy, Daryl, Jane, Jon, Lindsey, Steve
LOSS:   San Diego: (2) Rebecca, Trinity
WIN:  Tampa Bay: (1) Tony
LOSS:  No Pick: (1) Alison


The spreadsheet can be found here.

Hello survivors! Week 10 has kicked off for the 17 remaining players  ... picks are getting a bit more complicated as players try to predict the outcome of the week 10 games.

Picks this week are:

Arizona: (7) Barb, Brad, Colleen, Darriel, Mary Jo, Nicole, Todd
Baltimore: (6) Andy, Daryl, Jane, Jon, Lindsey, Steve
San Diego: (2) Rebecca, Trinity
Tampa Bay: (1) Tony
No Pick: (1) Alison

The spreadsheet can be found here.

Week 9 came and went with no player changes in the league .... 17 players are still hanging on tight.  
The 17 winners for this week were:

Atlanta (2):  Daryl, Steve
Dallas (5):  Alison, Andy, Jane, Lindsey, Todd
Kansas City (5):  Barb, Brad, Darriel, Mary Jo, Rebecca
New Orleans (1):  Colleen
San Diego (2):  Nicole, Tony
Seattle (2):  Jon, Trinity

The link to the spreadsheet is here.

Week 9 is here ....   and after the disaster in week 8 there are 17 players left.   (I had incorrectly wrote 18 on the week 8 results update.)    We've got 2 playing tonight, 13 playing Sunday, and 2 playing Monday night.

The 17 picks for this week are:

Atlanta (2):  Daryl, Steve
Dallas (5):  Alison, Andy, Jane, Lindsey, Todd
Kansas City (5):  Barb, Brad, Darriel, Mary Jo, Rebecca
New Orleans (1): Colleen
San Diego (2):  Nicole, Tony
Seattle (2):  Jon, Trinity

The link to the spreadsheet is here.

Good luck everyone!

Yuk!!! (or yea for the 18 left) .....   That was a terrible game for the Vikings ...   not a fun way to get the boot from the league!  Also not fun to get booted on a tie with the Cinci game.   e

23 players bowed out this week including:

Cincinnati (2):  Bob, Ryan

Minnesota (19):  Aaron H, Aaron J, Cathy, Craig, Dave, Emily, Gary, Herb, Linnea, Otis, Pete, Rachel, Rich, Robin, Rod, Sarah, Steven Jr, Sue, Terry

Seattle (2): Brandy, Eric


The spreadsheet can be seen at:  spreadsheet.

Eight week is a crucial week for Vikings fans ..... almost half of the remaining players are picking them for the big "W" this week!  SKOL Vikings!   We have two more wanting to know there fate tonight with the Tennessee game ...   Good luck everyone!

We have 40 players hoping to move on ...  picks are:

Cincinnati (2):  Bob, Ryan
Dallas (4):  Barb, Colleen, Nicole, Trinity
Denver (8):  Alison, Andy, Darriel, Daryl, Jane, Jon, Steve Sr, Tony
Minnesota (19): Aaron H, Aaron J, Cathy, Craig, Dave, Emily, Gary, Herb, Linnea, Otis, Pete, Rachel, Rich, Robin, Rod, Sarah, Steve Jr, Sue, Terry
New England (2):  Brad, Todd
NY Jets (1): Mary Jo
Seattle (2): Brandy, Eric
Tennessee (2):  Lindsey, Rebecca

The spreadsheet can be seen here.

Nine more players bowed out this week bringing us down to 40 that are still hanging on.

This weeks losses include:
 Atlanta (6) :       Chris B, Hunter, Jared, Jeama, John R, Tim
Buffalo (1):        Neil
Minnesota (2)    Dale G, Owen

For those remaining be sure to get your pick in before kickoff Thursday!

The link to the spreadsheet can be found here.

Ok sports fans ...  we are down to 49 players .... last year at this time we were down to 2!    Let hope the Vikes continue to roll in week 7 and come out with another WIN!

We have 13 players hoping for a Green Bay win tonight .... 

The spreadsheet can be seen here.

Picks/teams are as follows:
Atlanta: (6): Chris, Hunter, Jared, Jeama, John, Tim
Buffalo (1): Neil
Cincinnati (16): Alison, Brad, Craig, Darriel, Daryl, Dave, Jane, Jon, Mary Jo, Pete, Rachel, Robin, Rod, Steven Jr, Todd, Tony
Denver (7):  Aaron H, Barb, Brandy, Colleen, Eric, Herb, Nicole
Green Bay (13): Aaron J, Andy, Bob, Cathy, Emily, Gary, Lindsey, Linnea, Rebecca, Ryan, Sarah, Steve Sr, Terry
Minnesota (2): Dale, Owen
New England (3): Otis, Rich, Trinity
Oakland (1): Sue

Good luck everyone!

Week 6 is in the books with 18 players hitting the skids.   The Pittsburgh game was brutal taking 17 by itself.

Losses are:

Philadelphia - 1 (Sylvia)

Pittsburgh - 17 (Brandon B, Bridget, Brooke, Chris J, Cliff B, Dale B, Dave P, Eric B, Evonne M, Jake, Jay, Kyle, Logan, Lyle, Peg, Russ, Shannon)

The spreadsheet can be seen here.

Week 6 starts tonight for the 67 remaining players.   Picks are as follows:

Arizona = 8
Buffalo = 20
New England = 10
Philadelphia = 1
Pittsburgh = 17
Tennessee = 11

The team/player spreadsheet can be seen here.

Good luck everyone!!!

Hi everyone ....   week 5 is in the books and proceeded to kick 11 more players out of the league.   We started the week with 78 players and are now down to 67.

The Vikings came out with a big win again this week and roll into their bye week undefeated!!!

Losses for the week include:
Baltimore = 1 player (Gary Cook)
Carolina = 2 players (Eric J / Tony A)
Denver = 3 players (Dan W / Laura C / Tea J)
Philadelphia = 4 players  (Jody P / Matt W/ Nate B / Ryan P)
No pick = 1 player (Darren G)

To see the player/team spreadsheet click here.

Remember to get your picks in before kickoff Thursday

Week 5 has started with 78 players hoping to survive their game.

Teams picked include:
Baltimore = 1
Carolina = 2
Denver = 3
Green Bay = 9
Indianapolis = 1
Minnesota = 6
New England = 29
Oakland = 1
Philadelphia = 4
Pittsburgh = 21
No pick = 1

The player/team spreadsheet can be seen here.

How about that Vikings win last night!!!!  Great game for the Minnesota fans!

Week 4 took the most players from our league so far this year with 35 players on the losing end of their game.   The Arizona game claimed 16 alone!  Losses included:

Arizona = 16 players
Carolina = 2 players
Detroit = 6 players
Indianapolis = 2 players
Kansas City = 1 player
New England = 7 players
No pick = 1 player

With these 35 players out we are down to 78 players that quick (from our original 192).   The player/team spreadsheet can be seen here.

Good luck if you've survived so far!   Be sure to get your pick in before kickoff Thursday ...

Week 4 kicks off tonight for 113 players and with 28 knowing their fate after the game tonight!

The player/team spreadsheet can be found here.

Teams picked are:
Arizona = 16 players
Carolina = 2 players
Cincinnati = 28 players
Dallas = 2 players
Denver = 5 players
Detroit = 6 players
Houston = 4 players
Indianapolis = 2 players
Kansas City = 1 player
Minnesota = 3 players
New England = 7 players
Pittsburgh = 3 players
Washington = 33 players
No pick = 1 player

With nobody picking the teams playing tonight I will put the post up today ....

Week 3 was a fabulous week for our family with the beautiful wedding & celebration of our daughter Megan to her finance & best friend, Brandon Boerboom, Saturday afternoon here in Bemidji ....   It was a wonderful day and evening!  And then many of us got together on Sunday before long drives home to watch the Vikings win over Carolina!   Another  great win for all Vikings fans!

Several close games again for week 3 ....   27 players ended their games with a loss leaving 113 players in the league to start week 4.

The link to the player/team spreadsheet can be found here.

Good luck on week 4 for those that remain .... be sure to get your picks in before kickoff Thursday night.

Week 3 is here along with 140 players to start the week.     The 10 teams picked this week include:

Arizona = 10 players
Carolina = 2 players
Dallas = 28 players
Denver = 1 player
Green Bay = 18 players
Miami = 58 players
NY Giants = 3 players
Pittsburgh = 6 players
Seattle = 8 players
Tampa Bay = 2 players
No pick = 4 players

The link to the player/team spreadsheet can be found here.

How about that Vikings win Sunday night!   Pretty good start for the new QB!

Week 2 claimed 23 more players with the losses from:
Detroit (8 players), 
Oakland (4 players), 
Seattle (9 players), and 
Washington (2 players)

The player/team spreadsheet can be seen here .

Week 3 starts with 140 players.   Be sure to get your picks in before kick off Thursday!    

(For this week I won't be able to post the picks right away after kick off on Thursday but will get them posted as soon as possible Thursday evening.)

Good luck everyone!!!

Week two kicks off tonight with 163 players picking 16 different teams.  I'm hoping the "W" comes a little easier  (aka less stressful) for me this week!  Good luck everyone!

Click here to see who picked each team ......


Team picks are:
Arizona (24 players)
Baltimore (33 players)
Carolina (54 players)
Dallas (1 player)
Denver (4 players)
Detroit (8 players)
Houston (1 player)
New England (12 players)
NY Giants (3 players)
NY Jets (1 player)
Oakland (4 players)
Philadelphia (2 players)
Pittsburgh (4 players)
San Diego (1 player)
Seattle (9 players)
Washington (2 players)

Hello everyone .....     I want to get the results out but first need to let you know of a couple corrections ....   there are 192 players in the league.   I first said 192 but then said 193 because I had missed a player.  However, there are actually 192 (I had wrote two people down as playing individually when they are playing together).   So we are officially at 192.  Sorry for any confusion if you noticed and were wondering..

Now on to week 1 ..... Yikes, there were close games right away this first week!   I know the 52 Seattle players and 33 Kansas City players were sweating bullets til the final seconds ticked off the clock!   I was thinking here we go again with a repeat of last year ... but all 85 survived and move on to week 2!

We lost 29 players this week from losses from  Arizona (4 players); Atlanta (6 players); Carolina (2 players); Indianapolis (11);  Los Angeles (1 player); New Orleans (4 players); and Washington (1 player).

Be sure to get your picks for week 2 in before kickoff Thursday night (preferably earlier if possible since we have so many players).    Good luck to those that moved on!


The updated player/team spreadsheet can be found here

Let the season begin!     We are kicking off this season with a record 193 players this year!    With this many players I won't list everyone's picks here but you can see who everyone picked on the player/team spreadsheet that can be found at Player/Game/Team spreadsheet.

The breakdown is:
Arizona = 4
Atlanta =6
Baltimore = 1
Carolina = 2
Cincinnati = 3
Denver = 1
Green Bay = 19
Houston = 28
Indianapolis = 11
Kansas City = 33
Los Angeles = 1
Minnesota = 8
New England = 1
New Orleans = 4
New York Giants = 2
Oakland = 3
Philidelphia = 8
Pittsburgh = 5
Seattle = 52
Washington = 1

Payout will be:
Total pot = $965
1st place (80%) = $772
2nd place (20%) = $193

Note:  This is all manually done by me on a spreadsheet - please let me know if you notice any errors.   Thanks for your help.

....   and just like that we are at approx 175 players .....   I'll post the final #'s on Thursday night.    
The current player list can be found at Player Spreadsheet


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.

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 send 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.

Week 1 of football is here ....   Let the games begin!  Right now we are at 147 players (a few might add before Thursday)


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.

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 send 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.

The link to see the players and weekly picks can be found at Player/Game spreadsheet