Down to the final four! The top two seeds in each conference squaring off for the first time since 1998. Anyway, there is a new wrinkle in this week's game.

The games will still be worth a total of 10 points. But you will determine how many points you want to wager on each game. YOU CAN WAGER 6, 7 OR 8 POINTS ON THE TEAM YOU ARE MOST CONFIDENT IN AND THE BALANCE ON THE TEAM YOU PICK TO WIN THE OTHER GAME!

For example, if I am picking the Raiders and Buccaneers and I am really confident in the Raiders, I may pick like this:

Raiders-8 pts
Buccaneers-2 pts

or maybe

Raiders-7 pts
Buccaneers-3 pts


YOU MUST WAGER AT LEAST 6 POINTS ON THE TEAM YOU ARE MOST CONFIDENT IN, BUT NO MORE THAN 8 POINTS. AGAIN, THE TWO PICKS COMBINED MUST EQUAL 10 POINTS. Wager wisely boys! All picks due by 3pm Eastern time Sunday!

The games are:

Buccaneers at Eagles

Titans at Raiders

[ January 13, 2003: Message edited by: George_vikingfan ]

Current Playoff Pick 'Em standings: (everyone played two weeks except those indicated by *)

17pts
MarinerDuckBoy
IUFan
Cyd
UWFan
Billsf
Leoman
Zeno
PCC

16pts
JoeinPhilly
CowboysHskrFan

15pts
BigBucBoy
Canmark
triguy262

14pts
Lakersdabomb
Phillyrunner
Sportinlife

13pts
IndyMike
Marc
Meric
George_vikingfan
Theo
MunsonMan
Azairforce
EdChow
GoMonica
Gamecock

12pts
DCBucky
Pat125

11pts
Jqueer

10pts
Gaga4Gaby
Seph
WisconsinJock*

3pts
DenverFan

[ January 15, 2003: Message edited by: George_vikingfan ]

Already picks received from:

Theo
WisconsinJock
JoeinPhilly

Picks from:

GoMonica
Sportinlife

Billsf
Gaga4Gaby
EdChow

[ January 14, 2003: Message edited by: George_vikingfan ]

Confirming picks from:

Canmark
IUFan
Pat125


DCBucky
Patterson

More picks from:

Seph
Meric
Lakersdabomb
triguy262
UWFan
Cyd@Outsports

Picks from:

Marc
CowboysHskrFan
Phillyrunner
MarienrDuckBoy

I haven't been in the pool, but my picks:

Philadelphia 24, Tampa Bay 10
Oakland 34, Tennessee 21

More picks from:

Jqueer
Azairforce
IndyMike
BigBucBoy

Also in the game:

PCC
Zeno

Deadline is about 6 hours away for anyone else who wants to play. Good Luck!!!

Oh yeah and my picks: OAK 8pts, PHI 2pts

[ January 19, 2003: Message edited by: George_vikingfan ]

Here's how our panelists see today's games. We have 32 players so far. The Titans can't get no love as only 3 (WisconsinJock, Canmark, Seph) believe Tennessee will shock the world and the Raiders. We are much more divided on the NFC title bout with 18 going with the Eagles at home and 14 backing the Bucs. As for Total Confidence Points (TCP):

OAKLAND

8PTS.-11
7PTS.-6
6PTS.-6
4PTS.-2
3PTS.-0
2PTS.-4
TCP-182

TENNESSEE

8PTS.-1
7PTS.-0
6PTS.-1
4PTS.-1
3PTS.-0
2PTS.-0
TCP-18

PHILADELPHIA

8PTS.-2
7PTS.-0
6PTS.-2
4PTS.-3
3PTS.-4
2PTS.-7
TCP-66

TAMPA BAY

8PTS.-2
7PTS.-0
6PTS.-1
4PTS.-4
3PTS.-2
2PTS.-5
TCP-54

The results for the Conference Championship Pick 'Em game are in. Lots of 10's, only a couple of 0's.

10pts

Sportinlife
GoMonica
IUFan
Pat125
Patterson
Meric
Marc
CowboysHskrFan
Jqueer
Azairforce
IndyMike
Gamecock
Leoman

8pts

George_vikingfan
Zeno
Theo
Gagag4Gaby
EdChow
triguy262

7pts

DCBucky
Lakersdabomb
BigBucBoy
MunsonMan

6pts

WisconsinJock
Billsf
UWFan
MarinerDuckBoy

4pts

Canmark
Phillyrunner
PCC

2pts

JoeinPhilly
Cyd@Outsports

0pts

Seph
Shore

And now, the standings as we head to the Super Bowl. The maximum points a player could have at this stage is 30.

27pts

IUFan
Leoman

26pts

CowboysHskrFan

25pts

Zeno

24pts

Sportinlife

23pts

MarinerDuckBoy
UWFan
Billsf
triguy262
IndyMike
Azairforce
Meric
Marc
GoMonica
Gamecock

22pts

BigBucBoy
Pat125

21pts

Theo
George_vikingfan
EdChow
Jqueer
Lakersdabomb
PCC

20pts

MunsonMan

19pts

DCBucky
Cyd
Canmark

18pts

Gaga4Gaby
Phillyrunner
JoeinPhilly

16pts

WisconsinJock (2 wks.)

10pts

Patterson (1 wk.)
Seph

0pts

Shore (1 wk.)

Think I've still got a chance, George?

Nice battle at the top, tho! Way to go, guys.

So what's the Super Bowl challenge this year? Last year it was a really strange collection of predictions and point projections, anything new?