NFL Swampcrash 2023 - Week 17

[Ryan]

[Ryan]

NOTE: I don't take the scores into account when I pick Games of the Week

[Giff]

Keep it up, Syb!

[The Sybian]

Keep it up, Syb!

Don't count on it.

[Ryan]

Q6 - Name anyone else in the top 5 in a season when Mario Lemieux scored the most goals (13)

CORRECT
Alexander Mogilny (2) - Chedda, GPJ
Luc Robitaille (3) - Cerrano, Nonlinear, Sancarlos
Jaromir Jagr (5) - BSF, Enoch, PDX, Rass, Shirley
Steve Yzerman (6) - Bengal, Brian, Duff, GoodKarma, Rex, Syb
Wayne Gretzky (6) - BFJ, Bronto, DiS, Pruitt, Rush, Tony

INCORRECT (11)
Brett Hull - AB, Carwash, Giff, LJam, Trav
Cam Neely - Citgo, Romero
Sergei Fedorov - DSafe
Pavel Bure - Jerloma
Mark Messier - Mister D

LEFTOVERS
Jimmy Carson
Craig Simpson
Bernie Nichools
Joe Nieuwendyk
Joe Mullen
Petr Bondra
John LeClair
Joe Sakic

[The Sybian]

huh, 3 pixar movies I haven't even heard of

And a lot more NCAA basketball stars

[A_B]

Fucking hockey, man.

[Ryan]

Q7 - Given the following list of works for which they won the other three awards, name anyone who is one win away from an EGOT (8)

CORRECT
Lin-Manuel Miranda (1) - BSF
Kate Winslet (1) - Pruitt
Elton John (2) - BFJ, Cerrano
Julie Andrews (3) - Jerloma, PDX, Syb
Ron Howard (4) - Brian, Rass, Romero, Trav
Cyndi Lauper (5) - Bronto, Carwash, DSafe, Duff, Tony
Bette Midler (11) - AB, Bengal, Chedda, DiS, Giff, GoodKarma, LJam, Nonlinear, Rex, Sancarlos, Shirley

INCORRECT (16)
Johnny Carson - Citgo
Barbara Streisand - Enoch
Dionne Warwick - Mister D
Doc Severinsen - Rush
No Answer - GPJ

LEFTOVERS
HELEN MIRREN!

[sancarlos]

I just know I’m gonna lose to nonlinear when my last-second quarterback draw at the goal line gets stuffed.

[A_B]

Dumbest game ever. I am in a death spiral.

[Giff]

Dumbest game ever. I am in a death spiral.

I don't know the tiebreaker, but looks like we may need to know it for week 18!!

[Ryan]

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

[Giff]

Shitballs, I totally meant Luis.

[Brontoburglar]

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

wait, did you forget to include the Rockies in this question?

[A_B]

Dumbest game ever. I am in a death spiral.

I don't know the tiebreaker, but looks like we may need to know it for week 18!!

We shan't. We play next week.

[Giff]

Dumbest game ever. I am in a death spiral.

I don't know the tiebreaker, but looks like we may need to know it for week 18!!

We shan't. We play next week.

I know I know, little chance for the 2.5 pound bass to beat the 7.5 pound one (our team name is the average size).

[sancarlos]

wait, did you forget to include the Rockies in this question?

[“That’s the joke!” meme]

[Brontoburglar]

what joke am I missing then?

[Ryan]

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

[Ryan]

wait, did you forget to include the Rockies in this question?

Um, yep

[Ryan]

Nobody has a problem with this, right??

Q10 - Name an FBS College Football program with at least 75 wins since 2013 without ever playing in the ACC, Big Ten, Big 12, Pac 12 ,or SEC (11)

CORRECT
Fresno State (1) - Chedda
UCF (1) - Citgo
Cincinnati (1) - LJam
San Diego State (2) - AB, Giff
Air Force (2) - Bronto, Duff
Appalachian State (3) - Enoch, Nonlinear, Rex
Toledo (4) - Brian, BSF, DSafe, GoodKarma
Boise State (9) - Carwash, DiS, Jerloma, Mister D, PDX, Pruitt, Rush, Sancarlos, Shirley

INCORRECT (14)
Notre Dame - Rass, Romero, Syb, Tony, Trav
Navy - Bengal, BFJ
Delaware - Cerrano
Tulane - GPJ

LEFTOVERS
Marshall
Louisiana
Memphis
BYU
Western Kentucky

[Pruitt IV]

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

[Ryan]

[Ryan]

Duff and LJam win their games on the Q10 tiebreaker. Standings are coming shortly

[The Sybian]

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.

[P.D.X.]

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

I thought Holocene would be the winner and it's not even a correct answer.

[A_B]

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.

A Michael Crichton instead of Jordan?

[GoodKarma]

Nobody has a problem with this, right??

Q10 - Name an FBS College Football program with at least 75 wins since 2013 without ever playing in the ACC, Big Ten, Big 12, Pac 12 ,or SEC (11)

CORRECT
Fresno State (1) - Chedda
UCF (1) - Citgo
Cincinnati (1) - LJam
San Diego State (2) - AB, Giff
Air Force (2) - Bronto, Duff
Appalachian State (3) - Enoch, Nonlinear, Rex
Toledo (4) - Brian, BSF, DSafe, GoodKarma
Boise State (9) - Carwash, DiS, Jerloma, Mister D, PDX, Pruitt, Rush, Sancarlos, Shirley

INCORRECT (14)
Notre Dame - Rass, Romero, Syb, Tony, Trav
Navy - Bengal, BFJ
Delaware - Cerrano
Tulane - GPJ

LEFTOVERS
Marshall
Louisiana
Memphis
BYU
Western Kentucky

Depends if Cincinnati racked up their 75 wins before this season

[The Sybian]

Keep it up, Syb!

Don't count on it.

I sucked in the second half, but AB was even worse.

[sancarlos]

Amazing what a 23 pointer will do to your score.

[Nonlinear FC]

I just know I’m gonna lose to nonlinear when my last-second quarterback draw at the goal line gets stuffed.

I mean... Kinda how it played out? I know we were within a few points going into Q9.

GG

And I have failed to say it for many weeks... THANKS RYAN!! This has been a fun season with lots of very difficult and fun questions. (My favorite was the longitude, capital question, fwiw.)

[Brontoburglar]

Nobody has a problem with this, right??

Q10 - Name an FBS College Football program with at least 75 wins since 2013 without ever playing in the ACC, Big Ten, Big 12, Pac 12 ,or SEC (11)

CORRECT
Fresno State (1) - Chedda
UCF (1) - Citgo
Cincinnati (1) - LJam
San Diego State (2) - AB, Giff
Air Force (2) - Bronto, Duff
Appalachian State (3) - Enoch, Nonlinear, Rex
Toledo (4) - Brian, BSF, DSafe, GoodKarma
Boise State (9) - Carwash, DiS, Jerloma, Mister D, PDX, Pruitt, Rush, Sancarlos, Shirley

INCORRECT (14)
Notre Dame - Rass, Romero, Syb, Tony, Trav
Navy - Bengal, BFJ
Delaware - Cerrano
Tulane - GPJ

LEFTOVERS
Marshall
Louisiana
Memphis
BYU
Western Kentucky

UCF and Cincinnati are in the Big 12

[Ryan]

[Ryan]

Nobody has a problem with this, right??

Q10 - Name an FBS College Football program with at least 75 wins since 2013 without ever playing in the ACC, Big Ten, Big 12, Pac 12 ,or SEC (11)

CORRECT
Fresno State (1) - Chedda
UCF (1) - Citgo
Cincinnati (1) - LJam
San Diego State (2) - AB, Giff
Air Force (2) - Bronto, Duff
Appalachian State (3) - Enoch, Nonlinear, Rex
Toledo (4) - Brian, BSF, DSafe, GoodKarma
Boise State (9) - Carwash, DiS, Jerloma, Mister D, PDX, Pruitt, Rush, Sancarlos, Shirley

INCORRECT (14)
Notre Dame - Rass, Romero, Syb, Tony, Trav
Navy - Bengal, BFJ
Delaware - Cerrano
Tulane - GPJ

LEFTOVERS
Marshall
Louisiana
Memphis
BYU
Western Kentucky

UCF and Cincinnati are in the Big 12

Clearly I wrote this question before the season and didn't know any better. That changes things.

And I was talking about Notre Dame being a sticking point.

[A_B]

Dumbest game ever. I am in a death spiral.

I don't know the tiebreaker, but looks like we may need to know it for week 18!!

We shan't. We play next week.

I know I know, little chance for the 2.5 pound bass to beat the 7.5 pound one (our team name is the average size).

For the record I thought we were going to be tied after today so im a big dummy. Not gonna pretend that was some braggodocio about kicking ass, because I am struggling these days.

[Brontoburglar]

And I was talking about Notre Dame being a sticking point.

Ah, on the technicality they were in the ACC in 2020 because of COVID? I think that makes ND a valid incorrect answer.

[Ryan]

Right. OK, standings above are corrected. Carwash owes Bronto.

[Ryan]

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.

AFC

1. Pruitt
2. Syb
3. AB
4. Nonlinear
5-7. Rex, GoodKarma, Giff
Still alive - Bengal

NFC

1. Duff
2-4. Brian, Bronto, GPJ
5. Enoch
6-7. Two of Chedda, Carwash, and Rass
Still alive? - Delaware

[Shirley]

That geologic era question has to be the new craziest answer distribution ever. If you asked any random person that question and told them that there was one answer WAY more popular than any other, they'd all guess it was Jurassic.

Thanks again for doing all of this, Ryan. While I still suck, it's a ton of fun.

[Nonlinear FC]

I absolutely thought Jurassic was a Jordan and went another way.

I'm also a little surprised Finding Dory was a 1 pointer. Had that typed in and went with one I thought would be a 1 pointer.

Also surprised Enoch picked Guyana, thought for sure I was gonna grab a -1 there.