Professor DW’s Exclusive Football
Postseason Challenge!
Welcome to the 2024-25 Professor DW’s “EXCLUSIVE” Postseason Pro Football Pick ‘em Challenge! You’re one of 19 who qualified for the chance at $1,000+ in prizes to outfit your “Den of Football Insanity!”. A full description is below in the official rules with a straight pay-out option for the winner to consider.
The Postseason tournament is 4 rounds over 5 weeks tournament. You will make your selection of teams as usual but there will be additional questions for you to answer each week. Such as which team will win the coin flip, or which QB will have the most passing yardage.
Each prediction or question will all be worth 1 point. There will be a total of 10 points you can earn each of the first three weeks for a total of 30 points.
Then on Super Bowl Sunday there will be 25 points available, 5 for selecting the Super Bowl Champion and 1 point for all 20 questions for a grand total of 55 points being a perfect score. Anyone can make a big run on Super Sunday if you remain in the mix through the 1st 3 weeks.
Please refer to all the Rules and Information below Round 1’s entry form. Be sure to read each question carefully before answering. If you are unsure read the rules first below and if you still have a question e-mail Paul at paulbelisportsnetwork@gmail.com but must be prior to the deadline to enter.
Eligible Participants in Professor DW’s Postseason Tournament are listed in order they qualified:
William Russell, Lee Stockwell, Katie King, Mike Lowder, Cliff Nichols, Wes Swick, Skip Smith, Brian Permann, Roy Clark, Jeff Johnson, Carter Fabritius, Stephen Gruginski, Alicia Clark, Jennifer Kickner, Mark Westley, Shawn O’Neill, Bob Kickner, Kevin Hamrick, and Matthew Evans.
Final Results
| Place | Name | Tie-Breaker | 1st Round | 2nd Round | 3rd Round | Super Bowl | Final Results | ||
| 1 | Jeff Johnson (Tumwater) | 555 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 18 | 35 | ||
| 2 | Roy Clark | 674 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 32 | ||
| 3 | Stephen Gruginski | 487 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 30 | ||
| 4 | Bob Kickner | 647 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 29 | ||
| 5 | Kevin Hamrick | 588 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 29 | ||
| 6 | Skip Smith | 647 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 15 | 28 | ||
| 7 | Wes Swick | 546 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 28 | ||
| 8 | Mark Westley | 207 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 28 | ||
| 9 | Alicia Clark | 657 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 27 | ||
| 10 | Jeff Johnson (Chehalis) | 530 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 27 | ||
| 11 | Shawn O’Neill | did not enter | 0 | 5 | 5 | 17 | 27 | ||
| 12 | Lee Stockwell | 570 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 26 | ||
| 13 | Brian Perman | 525 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 13 | 24 | ||
| 14 | Matt Evans | 450 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 15 | 23 | ||
| 15 | Jennifer Kickner | 692 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 22 | ||
| 16 | Cliff Nichols | 420 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 22 | ||
| 17 | Mike Lowder | 275 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 12 | 22 | ||
| 18 | Katie King | did not enter | 0 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 17 | ||
| 19 | Carter Fabritius | did not enter | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| 20 | William Russell | did not enter | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Round 4 Super Bowl Picks
***FYI I typed these in by jumping back and forth on screens. These are not your official answers. The actual entry you submitted is the official entry and is what will be used to check your answers. If I have a mistake on here please know your actual answers will be counted. Our judges look at those and not what I re-typed. This was to make sure you knew we got your entry and I tried to copy over exact but to be safe I want you all to know your original entry is what is looked at and counted. Good Luck everyone!!
Roy Clark K-C Tails Mahomes Barkley DSmith KC RB under no no 50-59 Phi KC KC no 1-9 no over no yes QB
Jeff Johnson (Tum) Phi tails Mahomes Barkley AJBrown Phil RB under no yes 40-49 KC Phi Phi no 1-9 no over no yes QB
Jeff Johnson (Cheh) KC tails Mahomes Barkley Worthy KC WR under no yes 50-59 KC KC KC yes 1-9 no over no yes QB
Stephen Gruginski KC heads Mahomes Barkley Worthy KC WR over no yes 50-59 KC Phi KC yes 1-9 no under yes yes QB
Lee Stockwell KC tails Mahomes Barkley Goedert Phi TE under no yes 40-49 Phi KC KC no 0 no over no yes QB
Alica Clark Phi heads Hurts Barkley Kelce Phi WR under no yes 40-49 Phi KC KC no 1-9 no under no yes RB
Wes Swick Phi heads Mahomes Barkley Goedert Phi WR over yes yes 50-59 Phi KC KC yes 1-9 no under no yes RB
Skip Smith Phi tails Mahomes Barkley AJBrown KC RB under no no 40-49 Phi KC KC no 1-9 no under no no QB
Jennifer Kickner KC tails Mahomes Barkley Kelce KC RB under no yes 50-59 Phi Phi Phi yes 0 no over no yes QB
Mark Westley KC tails Mahomes Barkley AJBrown KC RB under no no 40-49 Phi KC KC no 1-9 no over no yes QB
Brian Perman KC heads Mahomes Barkley DSmith Phi QB under no yes 50-59 KC Phi Phi yes 1-9 no over no yes QB
Bob Kickner Phi tails Mahomes Barkley Goedert KC RB under no yes 0-39 KC KC KC no 1-9 no over yes yes QB
Kevin Hamrick Phi heads Mahomes Barkley AJBrown Phi RB under no yes 50-59 KC KC KC yes 1-9 no over yes yes QB
Cliff Nichols KC heads Mahomes Barkley JuJu Phi WR over no yes 50-59 KC KC KC yes 0 no under no yes QB
Shawn O’Neill Phi tails Hurts Barkley AJBrown KC TE over no yes 50-59 KC KC Phi no 0 no over yes yes QB
Mike Lowder KC tails Mahomes Barkley AJBrown KC RB under no yes 50-59 Phi Phi KC no 1-9 no under no yes QB
Matt Evans Phi tails Mahomes Barkley DSmith KC RB over yes yes 40-49 Phi KC KC yes 1-9 no over no yes QB
Katie King KC heads Mahomes Barkley DSmith Phi WR under no yes 40-49 KC Phi Phi yes 1-9 no under yes no QB
Cater Fabritius No Entry
William Russell No Entry
Enter Your Picks
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Official Rules for Professor DW’s Postseason Tournament Football Challenge
Eligibility
- This contest is 100% free of charge and you must be at least 18 years of age to participate.
- Employees and active contractors of Eli Sports Network are not eligible to win. They may participate and we will note those ineligible to win.
- Contestants are allowed 1 entry per person.
- Entries are due Saturday, 9AM on 1/11/2025, 1/18/2025, 1/25/25 and 2/8/2025
Entries and scoring points
Select the teams you believe will win the game with no point spread, just need to pick the winning team.
Questions: Some of the questions will be easy and maybe 50/50 such as the coin flip will be heads or tails. Or how many penalties will be called in the game 12.5, over or under. We added the .5 so there is no tie.
Other questions may have more than 1 correct answer so be sure to read each question and make your best prediction. Each correct answer will get a point. For example, which team kicked the longest field goal and if more than one team kicked a 55-yard field goal then picking any of those teams will earn you the point.
Other questions may be limited to the choices listed. For example, which QB will throw for the most yards? We may list only 4 names which means the competition is between just those 4 so if an unlisted QB throws for more yards than any of the 4 listed, that does not count and the winning point is awarded to only the names we list.
Tie-Breakers
There is the usual tie-breaker of predicting the total amount of points scored in all 13 postseason games. You must fill that out with your 1st entry. The Price is Right rule is in effect which is you cannot go over. The closest without going over will be declared the winner. This means if you guess 500 and the total is 499 you’re over and if the person you were tied with guessed 1 they would win because they didn’t go over.
In the unlikely event there is still a potential for a tie, the contestant selecting the winning team will be declared the winner. If there is still a potential tie each affected contestant will then receive a secondary tie-breaking question. The only chance of this happening is for contestants to first guess the same amount of total points scored in all 13 games and then each selecting the same team to win. But we will keep offering tie-breaker questions until there are different answers and no chance of a final tie.
The questions have been determined for each week with a caveat that all questions prior to the week may be tweaked if for instance there is an injury and a player is no longer available and the question was which QB would throw the most TD’s in a week and that QB was injured and not playing.
Players may enter any or all of the weeks. For weeks they do not enter they get 0 points. If you miss the 1st week you will not be able to enter a tie-breaker number. So if you end up in a tie for any of the prizes you will automatically lose the tie-breaker to the player who entered a tie-breaker regardless of if their guess is over or not.
Post Season Grand Prize and Consolation Prizes
- Winners are responsible for claiming all winnings and taxes.
The Grand Prize Champion will receive the Football Fan Dream Package
*A 55″ Flat Screen TV
*Kegerator and Keg Beer cooler
*Pop Popcorn like at the Stadium with a new Stadium/Movie Theater Popcorn Popper
*And light up your Football den of Insanity with a lit Neon sign of your favorite Team!
Total Value is more than $1,000 at the beginning of the contest in September of 2024.
Grand Prize Option: The Grand Prize Winner may choose to take a $750 cash prize instead of the prize package. Winner is not guaranteed a minimum or maximum value. Prices on winning prizes may fluctuate at the time of purchase. Prizes will not be purchased until winner notifies ESN of their Grand Prize choice. The $750 option remains regardless of total value of prize package.
Consolation Prizes:
2nd place $75
3rd place $50
4th place $25
Judges Decision is Final
Any and all decisions not covered within the rules will be made by the judges and that will be the final ruling.
Receiving and Forfeiture of Prizes
Contestants must provide proper address to ESN to receive their prize via certified mail. Or they must make arrangements to pick up their prize in person at the offices of the Eli Sports Network at 219 North Tower, Suite 310, Centralia, WA 98531.
If a contestant has not provided proper mailing or delivery instructions or have arranged to personally pick up their prize(s) by the following deadline then they automatically forfeit all prizes and compensation due them from winning the FREE Professor DW Football Challenge Contest.
Deadline to claim all prizes is February 28, 2025.
Round-by-Round formats with proposed questions for each round, subject to change and be updated.
Week 1 Entry form (Deadline to Enter 9am Saturday, January 11, 2025)
Game 1 select winner (Houston Texans)
Game 2 select winner (Baltimore Ravens)
Game 3 select winner (Buffalo Bills)
Game 4 select winner (Philadelphia Eagles)
Game 5 select winner (Washington Commanders)
Game 6 select winner (LA Rams)
Question 1: Which team will score the most points? (Houston Texans with 32)
Question 2: How many Home teams will win their Game? (5)
Question 3: Which of the following QB’s will throw for the most yardage? (limited only these choices) (CJ Stroud with 282)
Question 4: How many total field goals will be converted successfully in all 6 games? (20)
Week 2 Entry form (Deadline to Enter 9am Saturday, January 18, 2025)
Game 7 select winner (Kansas City Chiefs)
Game 8 select winner (Washington Commanders)
Game 9 select winner (Philadelphia Eagles)
Game 10 select winner (Buffalo Bills)
Question 1: Lowest scoring team? (Houston Texans)
Question 2: Running Back with the most yards running and receiving? (Saquon Barkley)
Question 3: Most lopsided win goes to which team? (Washington Commanders)
Question 4: Team with the most turnovers? (Detroit Lions)
Question 5: Longest Play for a touchdown? 1-20 yards, 21-40 yards, 41 to 60 yards, 61+ yards (61+)
Question 6: Team with the most accepted penalties against them? (Houston Texans)
Week 3 Entry form (Deadline to Enter 9am Saturday, January 25, 2025)
Game 11 select winner (Philadelphia)
Game 12 select winner (Kansas City)
Question 1: Highest scoring game combined score? (Washington-Philadelphia with 78)
Question 2: Which position will score the most touchdowns combined? (QB throwing a TD pass does NOT count.) QB, RB, Rec, TE, Other (RBs with 7)
Question 3: Will there be a 2-point play scored in either game? (2-point PAT or a safety or a drop-kick) (Yes)
Question 4: Team with most QB to a single receiver yards? (This means which QB connects with one of their teammates the most could be a receiver, RB tight end. For example, Mahomes hits Kelce for 124 receiving yards. You just need to pick the team that has the highest total.) (Washington, Daniels to Ertz for 104 yards)
Question 5: Quarterback with the most Touchdowns? (Throwing, Running or Receiving) (Jalen Hurts with 4)
Question 6: Which defense will have the most sacks? (Philadelphia)
Question 7: Longest field goal will come from which team? (Buffalo, Tyler Bass 53 yards)
Question 8: Will any team miss a 1-point PAT? Yes or No (No)
Super Bowl Questions
Game 13 select the Super Bowl Winner (5 points) (Philadelphia)
Question 1: Coin Flip? Heads or Tails (Tails)
Question 2: QB with the most Passing Yardage? (Patrick Mahomes)
Question 3: RB with the most rushing yardage? (Saquon Barkley)
Question 4: Rec/TE with the most receiving yardage? (Xavier Worthy)
Question 5: Which team scores 1st? (Philadelphia)
Question 6: Which position scores the 1st TD? (RB, REC, TE, QB, Other (defense, special teams) (QB)
*QB must run or catch a TD pass to score, throwing does not count.
Question 7: Total number of penalties accepted in the game over or under 12.5? (Over)
Question 8: Will the Football ever touch the goal post during a live play? (Field goal or PAT attempt, kick-off, errant throw or fumble any way the ball hits one of the uprights or crossbar during a live play.) (No)
Question 9: Will either Coach throw their red flag to challenge a call? Yes or No (No)
Question 10: Longest field goal will be? 0-39 yards, 40-49 yards, 50-59 yards, 60+ yards (50-59)
Question 11: Which team will boot the longest punt? (Kansas City)
Question 12: Which team will have the longest punt return? (Philadelphia)
Question 13: Which team will have the longest Kick-off return or will all Kick-offs be a touchback? (Kansas City)
Question 14: Will there be a legal pass attempt by anyone not a quarterback? (No)
Question 15: How many combined total punts in the game? (1-9)
Question 16: Will the game go to overtime? Yes or No (No)
Question 17: Will total points scored by over or under 48.5? (Over)
Question 18: Will there be an attempted fake punt or an onside kick? Yes or No (Yes)
Question 19: Will the winning team take a knee on the final play of the game? Yes or No (Yes)
Question 20: Which position will win the Super Bowl MVP? QB, RB, Receiver, Tight End, Defensive Player, Special Teams Player? (QB)
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