NFL Swampcrash 2023 - Week 1

[Ryan]

I won't spoil like this every week, but that -1 came off the board and two more appeared! See you at 1. Any pregame show is appreciated.

[Ryan]

I forgot to pick a Game of the Week but it obviously would have been AB-Giff and it does not disappoint.

[BSF21]

Best day of the year!

[Ryan]

Game of the Week

AB vs Giff

Huddle of the Week

Packy Packer!



Halftime Report of the Week

[Gunpowder]

Pregame shows will be scheduled for weeks I don't have Friday physical therapy appointments

[Ryan]

Q1 - Name any state whose 8th, 9th, and 10th largest cities are listed below

CORRECT
Olive Branch, Greenville, Horn Lake MISSISSIPPI (1) - Bengal
Belgrade, Anaconda, Havre MONTANA (1) - GPJ
Goose Creek, Greer, Sumter SOUTH CAROLINA (1) - Citgo
Sanford, Brunswick, Westbrook MAINE (1) - Trav
Georgetown, Millsboro, Elsmere DELAWARE (2) - BFJ, Nonlinear
Twin Falls, Rexburg, Post Falls IDAHO (2) - Brian, PDX
Mandan, Jamestown, Wahpeton NORTH DAKOTA (3) - Enoch, Sancarlos, Syb
Medford, Springfield, Corvallis OREGON (3) - AB, Mister D, Rass
Merrimack, Londonderry, Hudson NEW HAMPSHIRE (5) - Carwash, Cerrano, Jerloma, Romero, Rush
Midwest City, Enid, Stillwater OKLAHOMA (10) - Bronto, BSF, Chedda, DSafe, DiS, Duff, Giff, Pruitt, Rex, Shirley

INCORRECT (15)
GoodKarma - North Carolina
LJam - Washington
Tony - Massachusetts

LEFTOVERS
None

[Giff]

That one inspired a question if I'm ever asked to give one again. Someone please remind me of that post in that case.

[Ryan]

Q2 - Name any player that rushed for more than 4,000 in their college career for Wisconsin, Texas, or Northern Illinois

CORRECT
Melvin Gordon (1) - Bengal
Jonathan Taylor (1) - BSF
Michael Turner (1) -DSafe
James White (1) - Rush
Earl Campbell (2) - Brian, Pruitt
Montee Ball (2) - Bronto, Sancarlos
Garrett Wolfe (2) - Duff, GoodKarma
Cedric Benson (2) - GPJ, LJam
Ricky Williams (7) - AB, BFJ, Carwash, DiS, Enoch, Giff, Shirley
Ron Dayne (11) - Cerrano, Chedda, HaulCitgo, Jerloma, Mister D, Nonlinear, PDX, Rass, Rex, Romero, Syb

INCORRECT (16)
Tony - Emmitt Smith
Trav - Vince Young

LEFTOVERS
Anthony Davis
Jordan Lynch

[HaulCitgo]

Out the box swinging!

[HaulCitgo]

OK. Not so good on the second.

[BSF21]

Damn what a move to go with "running back most in the news in the last 2 months" for the 1 pointer

[sancarlos]

Fun fact - Montee Ball is from the same little town as my wife.

[A_B]

I forgot to pick a Game of the Week but it obviously would have been AB-Giff and it does not disappoint.

It’s a combination that never disappoint.

[Gunpowder]

Fun fact - Montee Ball is from the same little town as my wife.

Another fun fact - one of my league's worst ever picks was when I took Montee Ball in the 2nd round in I believe 2014, and your wife actually out-scored him that season

[A_B]

OK. Not so good on the second.

Such is Swampcrash.

[Ryan]

Q3 - Name any artist who has won a Grammy Award for Song, Album, or Record of the Year since and including 2014

CORRECT
Lizzo (1) - Duff
Daft Punk (1) - GoodKarma
Ed Sheeran (1) - GPJ
Harry Styles (1) - LJam
Childish Gambino (1) - Rush
Billie Eilish (2) - Brian, Syb
Beck (2) - Enoch, Pruitt
Jon Batiste (2) - Jerloma, Rass
Taylor Swift (6) - Bengal, Bronto, Chedda, Mister D, PDX, Tony
Adele (6) - BFJ, Carwash, DiS, DSafe, Rex, Trav

INCORRECT (11)
Chris Stapleton - AB
The Weeknd - BSF
Jonas Brothers - Cerrano
Kendrick Lamar - Giff
Drake - Citgo
Dua Lipa - Nonlinear
Brandi Carlisle - Romero
Beyonce - Sancarlos
Rihanna - Shirley

LEFTOVERS
Mark Ronson
Lorde
H.E.R.
Bonnie Raitt
Kacey Musgraves
Sam Smith
Bruno Mars
Silk Sonic

[Giff]

Unbelievable. I'm gonna take a long hard look at taking a drive to take a jump off a bridge for not getting that one.

[A_B]

Unbelievable. I'm gonna take a long hard look at taking a drive to take a jump off a bridge for not getting that one.

That was one I was very confident in.

[Giff]

Unbelievable. I'm gonna take a long hard look at taking a drive to take a jump off a bridge for not getting that one.

That was one I was very confident in.

DAMN. Me too.

[L-Jam3]

Both of them probably should have, especially by now, but they kept getting upended by sentimental favorites.

ETA: Just looked. Both their pinnacle albums lost to Taylor Swift's 1989. Tough break

[tennbengal]

I am SO happy these are back.

[Ryan]

Q4 - Name a member of the Basketball Hall of Fame that appeared on any men's Olympic roster OTHER THAN THE UNITED STATES from 1992-2008

CORRECT
Vlade Divac (1) - AB
Tony Parker (1) - BFJ
Sarunas Marciulonis (1) - DiS
Drazen Petrovic (2) - Giff, Sancarlos
Oscar Schmidt (2) - LJam, Shirley
Manu Ginobili (3) - Bronto, Carwash, Pruitt
Steve Nash (3) - Chedda, Citgo, Trav
Toni Kukoc (3) - Duff, GPJ, Syb
Pau Gasol (4) - Bengal, Brian, Cerrano, DSafe
Arvydas Sabonis (4) - Enoch, PDX, Rex, Romero
Dirk Nowitzki (6) - BSF, GoodKarma, Mister D, Nonlinear, Rass, Rush

INCORRECT (11)
Patrick Ewing - Jerloma
Hakeem Olajuwon - Tony

LEFTOVERS
Yao Ming
Dino Radja

[L-Jam3]

Dammitt Shirley!

[brian]

I forgot Ewing is Jamaican. That was almost a great guess.

[Shirley]

Dammitt Shirley!

Apparently the only topic I know a little about it is basketball, particularly from a couple of decades ago.

[mister d]

Just had one of those fucked up brain moments where you see a name and it immediately triggers something from deep, deep in your memory/ Sound on, and if you don't watch and listen you can go to fucking hell ...

[HaulCitgo]

Stop that. No way dino radja is in the hof

[Shirley]

I forgot Ewing is Jamaican. That was almost a great guess.

Except he was on the Dream Team, the most famous Olympic team ever. Oddly, I think Olajuwon played for the USA eventually as well after he became a citizen.

[HaulCitgo]

And drake not having a Grammy is mind blowing given the rotation. HER and Lizzo but not Drake. Wtf

[Ryan]

Q5 - Name any regnal name that has been used at least 3 times (e.g. "Doug" if there was a "King Doug III") by monarchs of either France, Spain, or the UK (11)

CORRECT
William (MINUS 1!!!!!) - DSafe
Alfonso (2) - Carwash, Pruitt
Edward (2) - Cerrano, GoodKarma
Philip (3) - GPJ, LJam, Sancarlos
Charles (3) - DiS, Mister D, Trav
Louis (5) - BFJ, Brian, BSF, PDX, Shirley
George (6) - Bengal, Bronto, Chedda, Duff, Jerloma, Romero
Henry (6) - Citgo, Rass, Rex, Rush, Syb, Tony

INCORRECT (11)
James - Enoch
John - AB
Richard - Giff
Leo - Nonlinear

LEFTOVERS
Ferdinand
Felipe
Napoleon

[Ryan]

[L-Jam3]

Not Richard? Then was Shakespeare full of shit?

[sancarlos]

I don’t know who Tony is, but he’s having a tough day.

[DaveInSeattle]

Q4 - Name a member of the Basketball Hall of Fame that appeared on any men's Olympic roster OTHER THAN THE UNITED STATES from 1992-2008

CORRECT
Vlade Divac (1) - AB

Vlade Divac is in the Hall of Fame????

[Ryan]

Q6 - Name one of the NFL players pictured below, all of whom had at least one 1,000-yard rushing season in the 1990s

CORRECT
Robert Edwards (MINUS 1) - Rush
Barry Word (2) - Bronto, Enoch
Errict Rhett (2) - Chedda, GPJ
Olandis Gary (2) - LJam, Sancarlos
Chris Warren (3) - DSafe, Jerloma, Syb
Neal Anderson (3) - Duff, Mister D, Romero
Craig Heyward (5) - AB, Bengal, Giff, Citgo, Shirley
Natrone Means (6) - BFJ, Carwash, GoodKarma, Pruitt, Rass, Rex

INCORRECT (11)
Curt Warner - Brian, DiS
LaDainian Tomlinson - Cerrano, Trav
Eric Dickerson - BSF
Ricky WIlliams - Nonlinear
Christian Okoye - PDX
Walter Payton - Tony

LEFTOVERS
Charlie Garner

[Ryan]

The Curt Warner - Chris Warren transition takes more lives

[sancarlos]

Not Richard? Then was Shakespeare full of shit?

Dates here would be 1707 for UK, 1479 for Spain, and 843 for France

[BSF21]

I didn't know one guy in those damn pictures.

[Shirley]

I didn't know one guy in those damn pictures.

Turns out I knew a lot of them, but I couldn't tell when I was looking at the pics. My lifelong habit of never remembering uniform numbers gets me again.

[HaulCitgo]

Kid played hoops with Robert Edwards son. His brother who was also an all timer coached and had twins on the team.