The 2012 ITB Suicide Contest Thread
 

Our favorite game is back...no not NFL football but the annual ITB Suicide Contest. Don't know if Keith has any goodies left in the closet but maybe a t-shirt will be at stake.

For the uninitiated, the quick rules for the game are that you choose one game each week where you declare which team wins. If that team loses, you're out of the contest. If your team wins, you continue to the next week but you are forbidden from choosing that team again for the rest of the game, making each week a little harder because you'll have fewer good teams left to choose from.

Obviously, whichever game you choose, you have to call it before that game kicks off and you can't change your mind after the game you select has begun (i.e. don't call Tennessee and then change your selection to San Diego at halftime of the Tennessee game.)

Here's your Week 1 schedule: (all times Central)

Wed, Sept. 5th
Dallas at NY Giants (NBC, 7:30 pm)

Sun, Sept 9th
Atlanta at Kansas City (Fox, Noon)
Buffalo at NY Jets (CBS, Noon)
Indianapolis at Chicago (CBS, Noon)
Jacksonville at Minnesota (CBS, Noon)
Miami at Houston (CBS, Noon)
New England at Tennessee (CBS, Noon)
Philadelphia at Cleveland (Fox, Noon)
St. Louis at Detroit (Fox, Noon)
Washington at New Orleans (Fox, Noon)
Carolina at Tampa Bay (Fox, 3:25 pm)
San Francisco at Green Bay (Fox, 3:25 pm)
Seattle at Arizona (Fox, 3:25 pm)
Pittsburgh at Denver (NBC, 7:20 pm)

Mon, Sept 10th
Cincinnati at Baltimore (ESPN, 6:00 pm)
San Diego at Oakland (ESPN, 9:15 pm)

Remember, we can all see the time stamps so don't think about editing your pick after you've made it. Good luck to all.

Houston Texans

I don't think I'll waste my jinx on week one. I'm going with the Chicago Bears.

Houston Texans

1. Houston Texans

Houston Texans

Houston Texans

I wanted to make my pick yesterday, but there was no way I was going to be the 1st one to pick them. Thanks Chuck.

1) Texans

Got to be

1. Texans

I'll go with New England.

That's a relief. I was worried the Dolphins might upset the Texans and the contest would be over after one week!

Houston Texans

1 - Houston Texans

...and yes, I should have an XL t-shirt to send to the winner.

Philadelphia Eagles

Hahaha!

Well, if I end up winning this thing, I'm glad it's an XL. I think the last shirt Keith sent me was just a Large, and, well....I've gained weight since then.

I'll come out of the wood work again & pick the Houston Texans.

Whew, too close for comfort! Eagles win 17-16 in last few minutes.....

Everyone took an early game and everyone survived so we lost nobody which I think is a first for this contest in Week One.

To review:

Barrett, Chuck, Foo'ball Fool, Keith, Machoneil, NConroe, Painekiller, Popanot, Warren, and WMH all have Houston off their boards.

Arky can't select Philadelphia (not sure he'd want to).

HPFBob can't choose Chicago.

TheMatrix31 can't pick New England.

Since next week shapes up as a busy one, here is the Week Two schedule:

Thursday, Sept. 13
Chicago at Green Bay (7:30 pm, NFLN)

Sunday, Sept. 16
Arizona at New England (Noon, Fox)
Baltimore at Philadelphia (Noon, CBS)
Cleveland at Cincinnati (Noon, CBS)
Houston at Jacksonville (Noon, CBS)
Kansas City at Buffalo (Noon, CBS)
Minnesota at Indianapolis (Noon, Fox)
New Orleans at Carolina (Noon, Fox)
Oakland at Miami (Noon, CBS)
Tampa Bay at NY Giants (Noon, Fox)
Dallas at Seattle (3:05 pm, Fox)
Washington at St. Louis (3:05 pm, Fox)
NY Jets at Pittsburgh (3:25 pm, CBS)
Tennessee at San Diego (3:25 pm, CBS)
Detroit at San Francisco (7:20 pm, NBC)

Monday, Sept. 17
Denver at Atlanta (7:30 pm, ESPN)

Hmmmm. Not any simple choices this week. Good luck.

Wow this is going to be a tough week to pick a team. :confused:

Yeah, I'm almost tempted to pick Green Bay just because I can't imagine them starting the season 0-2 with both losses at home. But there may be one or two smarter plays out there. There just isn't anything that is obvious.

I was thinking that also and I was thinking about NO, no way they could start out 0-2 either, or could they?

2. New England Patriots

Always try to pick a home team.

Excluding Griffin III and Luck, a rookie QB on the road is sensible to pick against (Weeden, Wilson, Tannehill, etc....) Having said that, I'm going with:

1. Philadelphia Eagles
2. Cincinnati Bengals

Be careful picking teams for Week 2 that have yet to play in Week 1. :eek:

Why? I like the Bengals to cover the spread (vs. Ravens) tonight, too. If they lose, just more incentive to win next week....

Exactly. I find myself grateful that I can see four more teams tonight because after this last weekend I have a hard time knowing what I'm seeing.

This is not uncommon. :p

Knowing you don't know is usually better than not knowing you don't know.

Quite so. I have discovered that the most dangerous sort of idiot by far is the idiot that has no idea he is an idiot.

I think I might have just responded to his sig file. That would be a new one, even for me.

I was sort of hoping to discover that the Ravens had dropped off a bit.

I used to have a boss that would watch me work. He would lean over my shoulder and point out things to me - usually pointing out how things could go terribly wrong. He had never done my job before. He didn't have the experience at my job that I had. Yet, he felt it was his civic duty to inform me of the always-impending-doom that could happen.

It's probably one of the main reasons I've been self-employed since age 52.....

And me since the age of 32. That and the fact that no one would hire me.

Yeah, its all those ex-Texans making Ravens look good, better than ever, atleast tonight.

Good heavens they looked strong. And Denver's defense was a lot better than I'd remembered.

I did think to myself "Geez, the Texans ran Jacoby Jones out of town for screwing up that punt in the playoffs while the Ravens looked at that and said to themselves 'We could use this guy'". :confused:

I hate to burn it this early but I guess I'll have to:

Week 1. Chicago Bears
Week 2. New England Patriots

2) Washington Redskins


1) Texans

This is so true

2 - New York Giants

...going against my philosophy here of picking the most obvious choice on the board. The AFC East is just so weak though. There ought to be later gimmes for the Pats.