NFL Swampcrash 2023 - Week 17

[Ryan]

You're all welcome. There is one more week of the regular season, in case there's anyone conditioned to thinking Week 17 is it and hadn't written questions yet I mean thought their season was over.

[mister d]

Why is Mesozoic so popular? There goes the game...

Speaking just for myself, its because "I've heard of it".

[tennbengal]

WTAF Rex. 44 points? FORTYFOUR?

(not that I was close, but..still. damn).

[Rex]

Gotta do the Jordan shoulder shrug on that one. I threw together an answer last night, without too much thought. Only one I gave a lot of thought to was the football question—was very inclined to say Notre Dame but decided against.

[Rush2112]

Good game Shirley, thanks again Ryan!

[rass]

I can't believe this week is happening when I play Rass. I want to win a/the Battle of NJ.

Jersey Strong vs Jersey Wrong

[Giff]

Why is Mesozoic so popular? There goes the game...

Speaking just for myself, its because "I've heard of it".

I'd heard of two and thought everyone would pick Jurassic.

[Ryan]

I can't believe this week is happening when I play Rass. I want to win a/the Battle of NJ.

Jersey Strong vs Jersey Wrong

the Perth Ammen vs the Perth Amboys

[tennbengal]

Mesozoic Park was a monster movie hit at the box office fwiw

[mister d]

I can't believe this week is happening when I play Rass. I want to win a/the Battle of NJ.

Jersey Strong vs Jersey Wrong

the Perth Ammen vs the Perth Amboys

Jersey Sure vs Jersey Shore?

[The Sybian]

I can't believe this week is happening when I play Rass. I want to win a/the Battle of NJ.

Jersey Strong vs Jersey Wrong

the Perth Ammen vs the Perth Amboys

Can't stop giggling at this.

[govmentchedda]

Good game, Trav, and thanks as always, Ryan.

[DaveInSeattle]

Q8 - Name a PLAYER whose number has been retired by the Seattle Mariners, Arizona Diamondbacks, or San Diego Padres (12)

CORRECT
Luis Gonzalez (1) - BFJ
Trevor Hoffman (1) - Jerloma
Jackie Robinson (2) - AB, Rush
Steve Garvey (2) - Chedda, Syb
Dave Winfield (3) - Bengal, LJam, Rex
Edgar Martinez (3) - Bronto, Duff, GoodKarma
Randy Jones (3) - Enoch, Mister D, Sancarlos
Randy Johnson (3) - Nonlinear, Shirley, Trav
Ken Griffey Jr (4) - BSF, GPJ, PDX, Tony
Tony Gwynn (9) - Brian, Carwash, Cerrano, DiS, DSafe, Citgo, Pruitt, Rass, Romero

ALMOST CORRECT TWICE BUT ACTUALLY INCORRECT(14)
Tony Gonzalez - Giff

LEFTOVERS
Um, Todd Helton and Larry Walker

I was wondering if Jackie Robinson was going to count, since the "42" is retired by MLB, not by the teams themselves.

[The Sybian]

Q8 - Name a PLAYER whose number has been retired by the Seattle Mariners, Arizona Diamondbacks, or San Diego Padres (12)

CORRECT
Luis Gonzalez (1) - BFJ
Trevor Hoffman (1) - Jerloma
Jackie Robinson (2) - AB, Rush
Steve Garvey (2) - Chedda, Syb
Dave Winfield (3) - Bengal, LJam, Rex
Edgar Martinez (3) - Bronto, Duff, GoodKarma
Randy Jones (3) - Enoch, Mister D, Sancarlos
Randy Johnson (3) - Nonlinear, Shirley, Trav
Ken Griffey Jr (4) - BSF, GPJ, PDX, Tony
Tony Gwynn (9) - Brian, Carwash, Cerrano, DiS, DSafe, Citgo, Pruitt, Rass, Romero

ALMOST CORRECT TWICE BUT ACTUALLY INCORRECT(14)
Tony Gonzalez - Giff

LEFTOVERS
Um, Todd Helton and Larry Walker

I was wondering if Jackie Robinson was going to count, since the "42" is retired by MLB, not by the teams themselves.

I would have asked if I didn't wait until the last minute, but I also thought you assholes would pull that sneaky answer.

[rass]

I can't believe this week is happening when I play Rass. I want to win a/the Battle of NJ.

Jersey Strong vs Jersey Wrong

the Perth Ammen vs the Perth Amboys

Can't stop giggling at this.

Yeah, really good.

[mister d]

I didn't even get it until you guys started laughing (at me).

[Jerloma]

TIL that Zaire is no longer a country.

[EnochRoot]

Definitely a lot of recency bias in that NFL answer. So much so that I’m wondering which Giants-NIners game they went with.

1990 - the one where Leonard Marshall basically sacked Joe Montana out of SF.

[EnochRoot]

The real tragedy of getting old is that you go from being obsessed with dinosaurs to losing like 20 points because you didn't just stick with the dinosaurs

Q9 - Name one of the 3 most recent geologic ERAS (dating back to 538.8 million years ago) OR one of the 8 most recent geologic PERIODS (dating back to 358.9 million years ago) (11)

CORRECT
Cretaceous (1) - Enoch
Jurassic (1) - Rex
Triassic (1) - Shirley
Paleozoic (4) - Bengal, BFJ, Bronto, Nonlinear
Mesozoic (18) - AB, Brian, Cerrano, DiS, DSafe, Duff, Giff, GoodKarma, GPJ, CItgo, Jerloma, Mister D, PDX, Pruitt, Rass, Romero, Rush, Syb

INCORRECT AND HATING IT (23)
Paleolithic - BSF, Sancarlos, Trav
Megalithic - Tony
Pleistocene - LJam
Pliocene - Carwash
Modern - Chedda

LEFTOVERS
Cenozoic
Quaternary
Neogene
Paleogene
Permian
Carboniferous

This is fucking crazy! And there is no way we didn't all think of Jurassic. And I'd think most of us who thought of Mesozoic also thought of Paleozoic. None of the Leftovers sound remotely familiar.

I convinced myself the Cenozoic era would be the most popular one (it’s the one we’re currently living in).

[Giff]

Definitely a lot of recency bias in that NFL answer. So much so that I’m wondering which Giants-NIners game they went with.

1990 - the one where Leonard Marshall basically sacked Joe Montana out of SF.

And me out of a Super Bowl ticket.

[sancarlos]

The real tragedy of getting old is that you go from being obsessed with dinosaurs to losing like 20 points because you didn't just stick with the dinosaurs

Q9 - Name one of the 3 most recent geologic ERAS (dating back to 538.8 million years ago) OR one of the 8 most recent geologic PERIODS (dating back to 358.9 million years ago) (11)

CORRECT
Cretaceous (1) - Enoch
Jurassic (1) - Rex
Triassic (1) - Shirley
Paleozoic (4) - Bengal, BFJ, Bronto, Nonlinear
Mesozoic (18) - AB, Brian, Cerrano, DiS, DSafe, Duff, Giff, GoodKarma, GPJ, CItgo, Jerloma, Mister D, PDX, Pruitt, Rass, Romero, Rush, Syb

INCORRECT AND HATING IT (23)
Paleolithic - BSF, Sancarlos, Trav
Megalithic - Tony
Pleistocene - LJam
Pliocene - Carwash
Modern - Chedda

LEFTOVERS
Cenozoic
Quaternary
Neogene
Paleogene
Permian
Carboniferous

This is fucking crazy! And there is no way we didn't all think of Jurassic. And I'd think most of us who thought of Mesozoic also thought of Paleozoic. None of the Leftovers sound remotely familiar.

I convinced myself the Cenozoic era would be the most popular one (it’s the one we’re currently living in).

That’s what I got for asking my wife for help. (In her defense, she first said Jurassic, but I didn’t want to go with what I thought would be the most popular answer.)

[Rex]

I just realized now that I got a 1 for Jurassic. What the fuck?

[Rex]

Definitely a lot of recency bias in that NFL answer. So much so that I’m wondering which Giants-NIners game they went with.

1990 - the one where Leonard Marshall basically sacked Joe Montana out of SF.

You see the effects of this hit in every commercial that Montana does. It's my favorite ever game, so I was always going to answer it. Just surprised to see a bunch of recent games over the old classics. Like Jets-Dolphins when Shula took the tarp off the field. That's the kind of thinking that gets you a chain of steakhouses

[EdRomero]

This is fucking crazy! And there is no way we didn't all think of Jurassic. And I'd think most of us who thought of Mesozoic also thought of Paleozoic. None of the Leftovers sound remotely familiar.

ummm..all but one of us.

I also just realized the tuck rule game wasn't a conference championship game..I'm not good at this.

Just because

[Rex]

No, but I thought the Steelers game the next week had a chance. Wasn't that the game where Bledsoe had to save the day for that bum Brady?

[EdRomero]

No, but I thought the Steelers game the next week had a chance. Wasn't that the game where Bledsoe had to save the day for that bum Brady?

yup..and Troy Brown goodness

[mister d]

I was only not confident that Buffalo vs Cincinnati was a conference final where I should have been not confident about the round AND about it being Cincinnati rather than Kansas City.

[Gunpowder]

TIL that Zaire is no longer a country.

DRC still doesn't share a land border with Chad

[Gunpowder]

When Sean's awake at 3AM, he can do some permutations but for now the simple news is (I think) an 8th team in each conference is still alive for a wild card spot. I don't think any seeds are locked.

Looked at it but can't do much without a schedule showing me all the previous results. There is a chance that Duff has already clinched, as he has beaten me and either Brian or Bronto (whoever lost in week 3) would also be eliminated. It would then come down to win% in common games between Duff and one of the B's.

[DaveInSeattle]

Q2 - Name one of the 10 greatest AFC or NFC Conference Championship games, according to an average I compiled from 5 different lists (9)

CORRECT
Falcons-Vikings (MINUS-1) - GPJ
Giants-49ers (2) - Enoch, Rex
Colts-Patriots (4) - BSF, Syb, Tony, Trav
Broncos-Browns (6) - AB, Bronto, Duff, GoodKarma, Pruitt, Sancarlos
49ers-Cowboys (7) - Brian, Carwash, DiS, Giff, Jerloma, Nonlinear, Rass

INCORRECT (12)
Only gave one team - BFJ, Citgo
Steelers-Raiders - DSafe, Shirley
Chargers-Bengals - Bengal
Bills-Browns - Cerrano
Packers-Cowboys - Chedda
Seahawks-Packers - LJam
Bengals-Bills - Mister D
Packers-Vikings - PDX
Patriots-Raiders - Romero
Steelers-Colts - Rush

LEFTOVERS
Saints-Vikings
Giants-Packers
Patriots-Chiefs
Bengals-Chiefs

I went with Niners-Cowboys...but I'm stunned that the Seahawks-Niners game in 2014 (the one with the Richard Sherman tip interception to end the game, and then went full-on about Michael Crabtree to Erin Andrews) didn't make the list.



For that matter, surprised that the Hawks-Packers game the next year (with the fake punt TD, the onside kick, and then the long pass to Jermaine Kearse to win in OT) also wasn't on the list.

[Jerloma]

TIL that Zaire is no longer a country.

DRC still doesn't share a land border with Chad

Yeah, I also learned that but that was a complete guess anyway. I'm actually surprised I'm the only person who missed on that though.

[The Sybian]

TIL that Zaire is no longer a country.

DRC still doesn't share a land border with Chad

Yeah, I also learned that but that was a complete guess anyway. I'm actually surprised I'm the only person who missed on that though.

Lots of geography nerds in these parts. I still periodically do the Sporcle continents games to make sure I can still name all the countries on every continent

[Jerloma]

TIL that Zaire is no longer a country.

DRC still doesn't share a land border with Chad

Yeah, I also learned that but that was a complete guess anyway. I'm actually surprised I'm the only person who missed on that though.

Lots of geography nerds in these parts. I still periodically do the Sporcle continents games to make sure I can still name all the countries on every continent

I actually used to be really good at geography but now my brain prefers remembering phone numbers of people I haven't seen since 1986.

[tennbengal]

One thing swampcrash does is periodically remind me I am pretty terrible at geography. I am either wrong or on the most popular answer it feels like every time.

[Shirley]

One thing swampcrash does is periodically remind me I am pretty terrible at geography. I am either wrong or on the most popular answer it feels like every time.

Compared to the general American populace, I suspect I'm at least in the 95 percentile for geography. Bottom half of the Swamp though.

[L-Jam3]

Welp. Looks like AJ Brown just blew out his knee. At least Amon-Ra can get his Pro bowl bonus now.

[rass]

Welp. Looks like AJ Brown just blew out his knee. At least Amon-Ra can get his Pro bowl bonus now.

Pretty sure he’s also making fun of you mister d.

[mister d]

I don’t know if I’m missing something obvious or if I made a throwaway joke about pro bowl bonuses in 2008.

[Jerloma]

Something to do with wrong thread.

[rass]

Yeah and he's the Eagles in here