All votes are in -- voting and next challenge to be revealed at 6:30.

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"All crowds boycotting football games shouldn't care who sings or takes a knee because they aren't watching." - Nas

We are at the point to vote. Down to just six people left, and the last round that immunity idols can be played. donspiracy has immunity from the challenge, votes against him will not count. Does anyone else have an immunity idol they would like to play? Sure, sure -- step on up here. Bring your immunity idol with you. Reviewing it, this is a valid immunity idol. I'm assuming you want to play it on yourself? Ok, sure. Contestants, any votes that are cast for JORR will not count. Since there are no other idols remaining, I will begin counting the results. The first vote is cast for sjboyd0137. Vote #2 is cast for JORR -- JORR played immunity, so that will not count. The third vote is also cast for JORR... does not count. The count now is one vote for boyd. Vote #4 has been cast for boyd. That's two -- boyd will need the other two to be cast for someone else who is eligible to force a tiebreaker. The fifth vote comes in for boyd as well, that's three and that's enough. Boyd you have played a great game, and been a true competitor. Take your seat on the jury.

For the record, the final vote was cast for JORR. Had JORR not played an immunity idol, it would have been a tie in voting, and we would have gone to the challenge results to deterimine the winner... JORR had 7 points to boyd's 5, so boyd would have been sent to the jury regardless.

Boilermaker Rick, donspiracy, Dr. Kenneth Noisewater, Joe Orr Road Rod, and Terry's Peeps -- you are on your penultimate challenge... only three of you can make the finals. Who will it be? Next challenge to be posted very shortly.

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"All crowds boycotting football games shouldn't care who sings or takes a knee because they aren't watching." - Nas

Let's have a little fun with a very unique challenge. The name of the game is picking the NFL game winners straight-up. But to make it more interesting, you are going to be placing your predictions in a 5x5 grid.

You must pick a team to win each game, as well as a square to place the prediction in. For the Sunday afternoon games, you'll pick each of these games and give four of them a 1 dollar value, four of them a 2 dollar value, and the five remaining will have a 3 dollar value. Correct picks earn the dollar amount; incorrect picks earn nothing. You will also assign them to a square as in the image above. The afternoon games are:
Bears @ Giants
Cards @ Packers
Colts @ Jags
Browns @ Texans
Panthers @ Bucs
Bills @ Dolphins
Broncos @ Bengals
Ravens @ Falcons
Rams @ Lions
Chiefs @ Raiders
Jets @ Titans
Vikings @ Patriots
49ers @ Seahawks

The Sunday Night game is worth 5 dollars -- pick a side and assign a square:
Chargers @ Steelers

The Monday Night game is worth 8 dollars -- pick a side and assign a square:
Redskins @ Eagles

You may put multiple picks into the same square (there is no limit.) At the end of this contest, you'll get a point for each square that you have earned the most dollars in. If nobody put a prediction into the square, it counts for nobody. If more than one person has the same highest dollar amount in a square, each of those players will get a point. The player who ends up with the most points will earn a very important immunity. The margin of victory makes no difference... if you win a square $10 to $2 it is worth 1 point, just like a win of $3 to $2 would be worth 1 point.

The first tie-breaker will be whoever has the most overall picks correct. The second tie breaker will be who has the 8 dollar pick correct, then the 5 dollar, then the most 3 dollar, etc. If still tied, the winner will be whoever put predictions in the most squares. If still tied after that, I'll do a coin flip. If multiple people are tied, you will be eliminated from further evaluation at the earliest position (say three players tie with 11, 11, and 10 correct picks -- the 10 correct guy would be eliminated in the first tie breaker, and the other two would continue with the second.)

There are a lot of different strategies you may want to entertain here, and you might need to talk some strategy with your alliances regarding grid placement. Best of luck to you all, the entries are due by Sunday at 11:45AM.

Sample Entry
Bengals - 1 - A
Falcons - 1 - A
Colts - 1 - Z
Texans - 1 - G
Panthers - 2 - F
Dolphins - 2 - L
Rams - 2 - N
Chiefs - 2 - S
Jets - 3 - Z
Patriots - 3 - X
Bears - 3 - R
Packers - 3 - A
Seahawks - 3 - T
Steelers - 5 - F
Eagles - 8 - J

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"All crowds boycotting football games shouldn't care who sings or takes a knee because they aren't watching." - Nas

What the hell ..

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I feel like newper has too much free time.

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You know me like that.

I am burning up use it or lose it PTO actually.

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"All crowds boycotting football games shouldn't care who sings or takes a knee because they aren't watching." - Nas

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"All crowds boycotting football games shouldn't care who sings or takes a knee because they aren't watching." - Nas

Good luck keeping track of this mess.

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BRick off to the early lead with 4 squares wrapped up. JORR has 1 and Dr. Ken has 2.

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"All crowds boycotting football games shouldn't care who sings or takes a knee because they aren't watching." - Nas

I lost my Chiefs pick because there is no Y.

WHY?

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You know me like that.

I emailed you back -- I used random.org to draw a random spot for it and they are in the O box... you have a good chance to win this one.

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"All crowds boycotting football games shouldn't care who sings or takes a knee because they aren't watching." - Nas

OK. Thanks.

I've been busy eating Filipino food. Just finished the Bears game.

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You know me like that.

After the late games we have Rick and JORR with 5, Dr. Ken with 4, don with 3, and Terry's Peeps with 1. Seven squares yet to be decided.

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"All crowds boycotting football games shouldn't care who sings or takes a knee because they aren't watching." - Nas

As it stands now, don has 4, Terry has 1, Brick has 5, JORR has 5, and Dr. Ken has 4.

If the Eagles win tomorrow, every player will add one more point to their total and it will come down to JORR vs BRick for the correct picks. Looks like JORR missed 5 picks and BRick missed 6, so the tie break would go to JORR.

If the Eagles do not win tomorrow, don picks up 2 more squares, and Terry gets 1 more, but that would put don up as the winner with 6 total squares.

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"All crowds boycotting football games shouldn't care who sings or takes a knee because they aren't watching." - Nas

Oddly enough I was busy suffering from hindi natunawan.

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Anybody here seen my old friend Bobby?
Can you tell me where he's gone?
I thought I saw him walkin' up to The Hill
With Elon, Tulsi, and Don

Is he in the WWE?

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You know me like that.

Yes. New tag team partner of Akam.

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Anybody here seen my old friend Bobby?
Can you tell me where he's gone?
I thought I saw him walkin' up to The Hill
With Elon, Tulsi, and Don

Look at JORR dropping AoP knowledge!

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Since the Eagles won, so did JORR and he will retain immunity in this vote. All others are up for voting. Let's get the votes in by Thursday at 7:30PM and then we'll have one more competition left.

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"All crowds boycotting football games shouldn't care who sings or takes a knee because they aren't watching." - Nas

When do I get to vote again?

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Be well

GO BEARS!!!

We've been voting for weeks now.

It is now time to read the votes. The first vote is cast for donspiracy. Vote #2 is also for donspiracy. Donspiracy is up against the ropes. One more vote and he will be out of the game and on the jury. The third vote is cast for... donspiracy. Don, that's three votes and that's enough. You've been a great competitor, but the votes have spoken. Please take your seat amongst the jury. For the record, the final two votes were for Boilermaker Rick, and for Boilermaker Rick.

The final challenge should be posted tomorrow. We'll look at a deadline of Saturday at 6:45p for the picks.

Good luck!

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"All crowds boycotting football games shouldn't care who sings or takes a knee because they aren't watching." - Nas

The eternal boomer neocon will win this. Damb generation are like human cockroaches.

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The pleasure was all yours! It is JORR v. the field. Too bad a floater is going to win this deal.

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CSFMB: Home of the small minded

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Anybody here seen my old friend Bobby?
Can you tell me where he's gone?
I thought I saw him walkin' up to The Hill
With Elon, Tulsi, and Don

The final challenge... the final chance to join the top three (or four??) That's right -- I'm changing it up and providing a path for each of you to make it to the finals on your own... all four could earn immunity. This will be a multi-sport challenge. We'll start with NCAA hoops, then NFL, then NBA, then NHL. There will be five games presented... you will pick three of the teams to win (including the spread -- no spread in the NHL games.) For each of those four days, you'll pick one team to be your two pointer. The others will be worth one point if you win. You'll get half that for finishes on the number. To get into the final on your own, you need to go at least 10 for 12, with all four of your two pointers correct. If nobody wins immunity that way, it will be the standard high score wins, and then we'll do the vote. Remember that the voting tiebreaker is performance in the challenge, so this one should be really important to do well in.

Saturday - NCAA Basketball
Notre Dame +6.5 at UCLA
Florida State -9 vs Connecticut (Newark, NJ)
Eastern Illinois +9.5 at Western Illinois
SDSU -4 at Cal
Mississippi -4 at Illinois State

Sunday - NFL
Indianapolis +5 at Houston
Atlanta +4.5 at Green Bay
Philadelphia +3 at Dallas
Detroit -2.5 at Arizona
LA Rams -2.5 at Chicago

Monday - NBA
New Orleans +4.5 at Boston
Utah +3.5 at Oklahoma City
Miami +9 at LA Lakers
Minnesota +9.5 at Golden State
Sacremento -3.5 at Chicago

Tuesday - NHL (no spread, just pick winner)
Arizona at Boston
Florida at St. Louis
Montreal at Minnesota
Chicago at Winnipeg
Edmonton at Colorado

TB1: MNF Vikings @ Seahawks total points
TB2: Total goals in Blackhawks @ Jets game

Remember to get those picks emailed over by Saturday at 6:45pm and good luck to all! Sample entry follows.

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"All crowds boycotting football games shouldn't care who sings or takes a knee because they aren't watching." - Nas

Sample Entry - use a * to indicate your two point pick
NCAA
SDSU
Eastern Illinois
UCLA*
NFL
Detroit
Chicago
Houston*
NBA
Utah
LA Lakers
Chicago*
NHL
Boston
Montreal
Edmonton*

TB1: 47
TB2: 6

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"All crowds boycotting football games shouldn't care who sings or takes a knee because they aren't watching." - Nas

We will definitely not have a four player final as Dr. Ken and BRick have taken their NFL two pointer on opposite sides of that game, and Dr. Ken and JORR are opposites on the NBA two pointer game. Winnepeg and Boston were selected by all four, but with some of those being in two point games, it could get interesting if there are any upsets. Good luck everyone!

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"All crowds boycotting football games shouldn't care who sings or takes a knee because they aren't watching." - Nas