Congrats to Poppy for coming through in the clutch and taking top honors in the inaugural Glauber Nation picks contest. Winning the first one is always special, so Poppy must be delirious with glee after the Giants came through for him in last night's Super Bowl classic.
And make no mistake about it, folks. This was a classic. One of the best games you'll ever see, certainly one of the best finishes, and maybe the most spectacular pass play in Super Bowl history. Eli Manning wriggling out of the grasp of two Patriots defenders and then heaving it downfield to David Tyree, who leaps over Rodney Harrison and pins the ball to his helmet is one of the most remarkable plays ever.
Here are the standings. We don't have any prizes to give out, because that requires having lawyers get involved, but we figure we can have Poppy send us a quick bio and a picture that we'll post.
Glauber Nation Contest Results:
Wow. Even as a non-fan of either team, that was an amazing heart pounding game last night. Kudos to the Giants and all of their fans who believed! I also want to say that an unsung "hero" last night was the referee (don't know his name) who didn't call Eli in the grasp. He never truly was and that no-call was right but so many times you see that called. He swallowed his whistle appropriately, let Eli make a play that led to the amazing Tyree one-handed on the helmet catch. Awesome job by all 3 of those guys (Eli, Tyree, ref).
The Giants victory means Poppy is our contest winner! Here are the overall results (some people only predicted the Super Bowl and thus have 0 or 1 win).
Blogger Wins Pt Diff.
1. Poppy 6 29
2. BG 5 9
2. bigfroe 5 50
2. DC Jets 5 53
2. Karl 5 73
6. BNG 3 6
6. Richie G 3 13
6. tenn tom 3 18
6. Chilkoot 3 25
6. NKR 3 53
6. Chris Mas. 3 141
12. BBiB! 2 26
12. Best 2 96
14. Hookslide 1 29
14. Kevin 1 253
14. Anthony 1 259
14. Craig 1 267
18. Lacock 0 250
19. Jon 0 237
Comments (1)
I thought the goal was the lowest points differential Wins and losses as the tie breaker... LOL
Nice job Poppy!