NFL PLAYOFFS SWAMPCRASH - FIRST ROUND

sancarlos · Post by **sancarlos** » Fri Jan 22, 2016 1:00 pm

Jerloma wrote:Where is Peterson?

On the barstool just left of Clavin.

Ryan · Post by **Ryan** » Fri Jan 22, 2016 1:01 pm

Damn, I could have sworn Roger Rees was in the main credits at some point

Jerloma · Post by **Jerloma** » Fri Jan 22, 2016 1:02 pm

Pruitt wrote:Freakin' Angola! Come on.

Because it was the 1st game they played and everyone was like "What the fuck is Angola?"

Pruitt · Post by **Pruitt** » Fri Jan 22, 2016 1:03 pm

Jerloma wrote:
Pruitt wrote:Freakin' Angola! Come on.
Because it was the 1st game they played and everyone was like "What the fuck is Angola?"

I remembered it because of Barkley.

Johnny Carwash · Post by **Johnny Carwash** » Fri Jan 22, 2016 1:06 pm

Q9. Name a player in the Pro Football Hall of Fame whose official description (i.e. on the HoF's website) lists him as a Fullback. (10)

CORRECT ANSWERS
Clarke Hinkle (1) - sancarlos
Bronko Nagurski (1) - TT
Larry Csonka (5) - chedda, Jerloma, Pruitt, Rush, wlu_lax
Marion Motley (6) - AB, DC47, GoodKarma, Gunpowder, L-Jam, Ryan

INCORRECT ANSWERS (11)
Franco Harris - rass (OK, this sucks. Harris was most definitely a Fullback, but for some reason the Hall of Fame lists him simply as a Running Back. I really wanted to give you credit, but making subjective calls really came back to bite me in the ass last week so I'm going to have to stick with to the letter of the question. Sorry, rass.)
Paul Hornung - bronto
Wishbone McRuntheball - BSF
Some dude named Moose or something - duff
Don Ameche - Syb (Assuming you meant Alan Ameche who was his cousin. Not in the HoF though.)
(no answer) - bfj

LEFTOVERS
Alphonse "Tuffy" Leemans
Ernie Nevers
Jim Brown
John Henry Johnson
Joe Perry
Jim Taylor

rass · Post by **rass** » Fri Jan 22, 2016 1:07 pm

I hate everything. Especially carwash.

Ryan · Post by **Ryan** » Fri Jan 22, 2016 1:08 pm

And I'm out

sancarlos · Post by **sancarlos** » Fri Jan 22, 2016 1:09 pm

Clark Hinkle was my fucking ace in the hole. I used to be a Packer fan in my pre-teen years, and a friend of my father used to send me the Green Bay yearbook every season (this was back in their 60s glory days). One of them had a feature story on former Packer Clark Hinkle, the poor man's Bronko Nagurski. Finally that memory serves a purpose.

sancarlos · Post by **sancarlos** » Fri Jan 22, 2016 1:13 pm

Carwash/Sybian wrote:Don Ameche - Syb (Assuming you meant Alan Ameche who was his cousin. Not in the HoF though.)

I watched a great 1939 Don Ameche movie the other day with the wife. But he probably only weighed 140 pounds soaking wet, so no Hall of Fame for Don.

Johnny Carwash · Post by **Johnny Carwash** » Fri Jan 22, 2016 1:19 pm

Q10. Name a boxer who went the distance with Muhammad Ali in a world title fight. (9)

CORRECT ANSWERS
George Chuvalo (2) - Pruitt, sancarlos
Joe Frazier (2) - BSF, Syb
Leon Spinks (3) - AB, Jerloma, Rush
Ken Norton (4) - DC47, duff, GoodKarma, L-Jam

INCORRECT ANSWERS (9)
Sonny Liston (KO'd both times) - bronto
Chuck Wepner (TKO'd in the last round) - Ryan, wlu_lax
George Foreman (KO'd) - chedda, Gunpowder, rass
Buster Mathis (good answer, but Ali did not hold a world title at the time) - TT

LEFTOVERS
Ernie Terrell
Joe Bugner
Jimmy Young
Alfredo Evangelista
Earnie Shavers

rass · Post by **rass** » Fri Jan 22, 2016 1:22 pm

Blah.

GG TT, THX JC.

govmentchedda · Post by **govmentchedda** » Fri Jan 22, 2016 1:23 pm

Good game, Bronto, and Carwash

sancarlos · Post by **sancarlos** » Fri Jan 22, 2016 1:25 pm

Johnny Carwash wrote:George Chuvalo (2) - Pruitt, sancarlos

My mother's father was a boxing referee. The biggest fight he ever reffed was a bout for the Canadian heavyweight championship, between George Chuvalo and some other guy.

Pruitt · Post by **Pruitt** » Fri Jan 22, 2016 1:30 pm

sancarlos wrote:
Johnny Carwash wrote:George Chuvalo (2) - Pruitt, sancarlos
My mother's father was a boxing referee. The biggest fight he ever reffed was a bout for the Canadian heavyweight championship, between George Chuvalo and some other guy.

Chuvalo is a Canadian icon, and the brutal beatings he took at the hands of Ali are probably the most famous bouts in Canadian boxing history.

Johnny Carwash · Post by **Johnny Carwash** » Fri Jan 22, 2016 1:32 pm

Chuvalo was never knocked down, let alone out, at any level in his career.

Going out for a bit, will compute the final scores soon.

Post by **Sabo** » Fri Jan 22, 2016 1:32 pm

Johnny Carwash wrote:Q9. Name a player in the Pro Football Hall of Fame whose official description (i.e. on the HoF's website) lists him as a Fullback. (10)

CORRECT ANSWERS
Clarke Hinkle (1) - sancarlos
Bronko Nagurski (1) - TT
Larry Csonka (5) - chedda, Jerloma, Pruitt, Rush, wlu_lax
Marion Motley (6) - AB, DC47, GoodKarma, Gunpowder, L-Jam, Ryan

INCORRECT ANSWERS (11)
Franco Harris - rass (OK, this sucks. Harris was most definitely a Fullback, but for some reason the Hall of Fame lists him simply as a Running Back. I really wanted to give you credit, but making subjective calls really came back to bite me in the ass last week so I'm going to have to stick with to the letter of the question. Sorry, rass.)
Paul Hornung - bronto
Wishbone McRuntheball - BSF
Some dude named Moose or something - duff
Don Ameche - Syb (Assuming you meant Alan Ameche who was his cousin. Not in the HoF though.)
(no answer) - bfj

LEFTOVERS
Alphonse "Tuffy" Leemans
Ernie Nevers
Jim Brown
John Henry Johnson
Joe Perry
Jim Taylor

Seriously? None of you people knew Jim Brown was a fullback? WTF is wrong with you people?

howard · Post by **howard** » Fri Jan 22, 2016 1:35 pm

This is one I should've played. I knew Jim Brown was a fullback cuz when I was 7yo I wanted to be a fullback because he was one, and years later I noticed it on his bust at Canton. And I saw one Ali fight live, vs Evanglista , near the end.

TT2.0 · Post by **TT2.0** » Fri Jan 22, 2016 2:18 pm

rass wrote:Blah.

GG TT, THX JC.

Gg rass. Not the worst set of questions for my knowledge base

Jerloma · Post by **Jerloma** » Fri Jan 22, 2016 2:49 pm

What constitutes a fullback? Did Jim Brown line up in the I with a tailback behind him?

Johnny Carwash · Post by **Johnny Carwash** » Fri Jan 22, 2016 2:57 pm

HEAD-TO-HEAD RESULTS
bronto defeats chedda, 55-59
TT defeats rass, 28-55
duff defeats DC47, 45-51
sancarlos defeats Ryan, 35-44
wlu_lax defeats Rush, 37-42
Pruitt defeats Syb, 39-54
BSF defeats Gunpowder, 55-61
GoodKarma defeats bfj, 42-100

SCORES FOR ROUND
TT 28
AB 33
sancarlos 35
wlu_lax 37
Pruitt 39
Rush 42
GoodKarma 42
Ryan 44
Jerloma 44
duff 45
L-Jam 51
DC47 51
Syb 54
rass 55
BSF 55
bronto 55
chedda 59
Gunpowder 61
bfj 100

Cumulative scores to follow shortly.

DC47 · Post by **DC47** » Fri Jan 22, 2016 3:14 pm

INCORRECT ANSWERS (10)
Jesus Christ - chedda
Martin Luther King Jr. - Gunpowder
Malcolm X - Jerloma
Elizabeth II of England - Syb
Henry II of England - DC47 (This was a really good answer, but unfortunately not technically correct according to the wording of the question. Peter O'Toole was nominated for playing Henry II in two different movies: Becket and A Lion in Winter.)

I agree that my answer was wrong. Further, it wasn't actually 'really good. While I just saw "A Lion in Winter", I had no idea O'Toole played Henry II in Becket. And I fully understood the detail in your rule that disqualified 'double entries'. I rejected one answer -- Elizabeth I -- because I understood that one actor (Blanchett) playing the same character twice wouldn't count. Ironically, this would have actually been a correct answer; I didn't know that Dench also won an Oscar playing this character.

You whipped me but good Duff. You had terrific answers, time after time. I think I set a personal record for most correct answers that turned out to be the most common ones. And I thought I killed. Angola, Spain, Silverdome, Motley -- WTF?

duff · Post by **duff** » Fri Jan 22, 2016 3:17 pm

DC47 wrote:I agree. Further, while I just saw "A Lion in Winter", I had no idea O'Toole played Henry II in Becket. I rejected one answer -- Elizabeth I -- because I understood that one actor (Blanchett) playing the same character twice wouldn't count. Ironically, this would have actually been a correct answer; I didn't know that Dench also won an Oscar playing this character.

You whipped me but good Duff. You had terrific answers, time after time. I think I set a personal record for most correct answers that turned out to be the most common ones. And I thought I killed. Angola, Spain, Silverdome, Motley -- WTF?

Good game, DC. I thought you were going to wipe the floor with me on the FB and boxing question. I also matched you on Angola and Silverdome.

Thanks Carwash.

Johnny Carwash · Post by **Johnny Carwash** » Fri Jan 22, 2016 3:26 pm

Ryan wrote:Damn, I could have sworn Roger Rees was in the main credits at some point

I looked for an unequivocal confirmation on this and couldn't find it, but I'm pretty sure he was never listed as a main cast member since he was only in like 13 episodes spread out over several seasons. He would have been prominently featured in the end credits, maybe that was it?

FYI--if that was theoretically right, you would have tied sancarlos, but the tiebreaker would have gone to him based on #10.

Brontoburglar · Post by **Brontoburglar** » Fri Jan 22, 2016 3:35 pm

govmentchedda wrote:Good game, Bronto, and Carwash

I figured you won until I looked at the final scores.

Johnny Carwash · Post by **Johnny Carwash** » Fri Jan 22, 2016 3:39 pm

CUMULATIVE SCORES AFTER 2 ROUNDS
TT 64
wlu_lax 65
Rush 68
duff 79
Pruitt 80
AB 83
DC47 84
Ryan 84
sancarlos 90
L-Jam 92
Jerloma 93
bronto 95
Syb 100
chedda 105
Gunpowder 113
BSF 115
GoodKarma 116
rass 120
bfj 171

Note: This reflects the adjustment after the James Bond question issue last week.

MATCHUPS FOR NEXT WEEK
bronto vs. GoodKarma
TT vs. BSF
duff vs. Pruitt
sancarlos vs. wlu_lax

Pruitt · Post by **Pruitt** » Fri Jan 22, 2016 3:44 pm

Great round! Thanks for doing this.

GoodKarma · Post by **GoodKarma** » Fri Jan 22, 2016 4:59 pm

Yes excellent round. And I'm not just saying that because I did much better...and my opponent didn't get answers in...

Gunpowder · Post by **Gunpowder** » Fri Jan 22, 2016 6:09 pm

howard wrote:This is one I should've played. I knew Jim Brown was a fullback cuz when I was 7yo I wanted to be a fullback because he was one, and years later I noticed it on his bust at Canton. And I saw one Ali fight live, vs Evanglista , near the end.

Yeah but, it's Jim Brown. I'm sure you also knew that the US declared war on Germany.

A_B · Post by **A_B** » Fri Jan 22, 2016 6:22 pm

Good week ab.

bfj · Post by **bfj** » Fri Jan 22, 2016 10:42 pm

Apologies. Actually had my answers done on Monday, but they were in a draft folder and never got sent. Congrats TB.

Jerloma · Post by **Jerloma** » Sat Jan 23, 2016 2:41 pm

If I were commissioner, I would have given the spot to someone who was forced into a play-in round but I guess this is the week for grave injustices.

bfj · Post by **bfj** » Sat Jan 23, 2016 3:59 pm

Jerloma wrote:If I were commissioner, I would have given the spot to someone who was forced into a play-in round but I guess this is the week for grave injustices.

You can take over the squad if you want. I have no problem with that.

Jerloma · Post by **Jerloma** » Sat Jan 23, 2016 4:13 pm

No, I'm just fucking around.

bfj · Post by **bfj** » Sat Jan 23, 2016 5:09 pm

Jerloma wrote:No, I'm just fucking around.

I know, but I'm not Swamping much these days. If you want it, I am fine with it.

Jerloma · Post by **Jerloma** » Sun Jan 24, 2016 1:21 pm

bfj wrote:
Jerloma wrote:No, I'm just fucking around.
I know, but I'm not Swamping much these days. If you want it, I am fine with it.

You lost, dude. You have no spot.

bfj · Post by **bfj** » Sun Jan 24, 2016 2:52 pm

Jerloma wrote:
bfj wrote:
Jerloma wrote:No, I'm just fucking around.
I know, but I'm not Swamping much these days. If you want it, I am fine with it.
You lost, dude. You have no spot.

Oh well, now I don't have to worry about missing next week's deadline.

Johnny Carwash · Post by **Johnny Carwash** » Sun Jan 24, 2016 10:55 pm

Few last points before moving on to the next round:

-Sorry bfj about your mix-up, but I hope you continue to play out the remaining rounds in the spirit of competition and camaraderie and also for the chance to potentially sabotage other people's scores.

-If I had theoretically given bfj's slot to Jerloma as compensation for getting knocked out in the play-in round, he still would have lost to GoodKarma, as would have L-Jam. AB would have won but he hasn't complained (yet).

A_B · Post by **A_B** » Mon Jan 25, 2016 8:17 am

Stoic. That's me.

rass · Post by **rass** » Mon Jan 25, 2016 8:19 am

A_B wrote:Can we talk about how smart I am please?

A_B · Post by **A_B** » Mon Jan 25, 2016 8:20 am

rass wrote:
A_B wrote:Can we talk about how smart I am please?

But I said it very calmly.