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I scored 570 predictions last season. Thank you all (even you trolls who only make us look smarter).
Thirty-three people posted score predictions for at least 9 of the Bears' 17 regular season games to qualify for my awards:
Arkansasbear, Artbest, Atkins&Rebel, *AZ_Bearfan, *Bears Whiskey Nut, *Boris13c, crueltyabc, Ditka's dictaphone, *dplank, G08, Grizzled, *GSH, *Hema2.0, *HisRoyalSweetness, HurricaneBear,
IE, LacertineForest, *Middleguard, *Mikefive, mmmc_35, *Moriarty, Ormazd, *otis, *Otis Day, pus, RichH55, *southdakbearfan, spudbear, *The Marshall Plan, *UOK, wab, *WagonForce, and wulfy
* = gold star pasted to your forehead for perfect attendance

WEEKLY WINNERS
game 1: 1)VA_Mountain_Bear 2)Hema2.0 3)Burl / tjs
game 2: 1)Moriarty 2)spudbear 3)SgtPerry / Mikefive
game 3: 1)Artbest 2)Bears Whiskey Nut 3)WiNDycityfan
game 4: 1)The Marshall Plan / Mr.Irrelevant 3)Atkins&Rebel
game 5: 1)RichH55 2)WagonForce 3)Bears Whiskey Nut
game 6: 1)*G08 2)Richie 3)HisRoyalSweetness
game 7 [Otis week]: 1)Otis Day 2)Artbest 3)otis
game 8: 1)IE2) 2)Hema2.0 / crueltyabc
game 9: 1)VA_Mountain_Bear 2)IE 3)southdakbearfan
game 10: 1)RichH55 2)spudbear / Ormazd
game 11: 1)HurricaneBear 2)Artbest 3)dplank
game 12: 1)IE 2)Boris13c 3)Atkins&Rebel / mmmc_35
game 13: 1)Atkins&Rebel 2)wab 3)Artbest
game 14: 1)Bears Whiskey Nut 2)otis 3)Otis Day (are the otises in cahoots?)
game 15: 1)IE 2)wulfy 3)Boris13c
game 16: 1)Arkansasbear 2)Ditka's dictaphone 3)RichH55
game 17: 1)Z Bear 2)The Marshall Plan 3)AZ_Bearfan
* = correct prediction

Feuds:
GO8 finished ahead of Bears Whiskey Nut in my final standings, but BWN appears in 3 of the weekly winners above vs once for GO8.
[I'm unaware of other rivalries, but if they exist, let me know. Post the name of your rival in this thread. If your rival quotes and seconds your challenge, I will post your relative standings.
One rival per poster. As always, I will not post overall rankings except the top 3 at the end of the season.]

The IE award for a perfect prediction goes to GO8.

The KOOLAID award for most error in favor of the Bears was hotly contested this year with some truly outrageous predictions:
1)Arkansasbear 2)Ditka's dictaphone 3)AZ_Bearfan
because of the extravagence of their predictions, I'm not considering them for the subawards.
But, as proof of the Blind Squirrel Theory, notice who did best for game 16 (Giants)
giving the offense too much credit subaward: 1)IE 2)Boris13c 3)spudbear
giving the defense too much credit subaward: 1)southdakbearfan 2)spudbear 3)RichH55

The HEMLOCK award for most error in favor of the opponent: 1)Artbest 2)Otis Day 3)Ormazd
As further proof of the Blind Squirrel Theory, notice who did best for game 7 (Buccaneers)
giving the offense too little credit subaward: 1)Hema2.0 2)Grizzled 3)WagonForce
giving the defense too little credit subaward: 1)Boris13c 2)The Marshall Plan 3)IE

The BASKETBALL award for predicting too much total scoring: 1)Boris13c 2)IE 3)LacertineForest

The HOCKEY award for predicting too little total scoring: 1)Ditka's dictaphone 2)Otis Day 3)Hema2.0

The EMO award for favoring the Bears more after a win and less after a loss: 1)Grizzled 2)crueltyabc 3)wulfy

The DENNIS RODMAN award for predicting a rebound after a loss and a flop after a win: 1)AZ_Bearfan 2)LacertineForest 3)spudbear

The PETER PIPER award for picking the most winners: 1)LacertineForest[12/14] 86% 2)Bears Whiskey Nut / Mikefive / Moriarty / WagonForce [13/17] 76%

The Grifffin award for remaining invisible so far goes to Arkansasbear, GSH, pus, and UOK.

The MIDDLEGUARD award for the most accurate predictions: 1)wulfy 2)HisRoyalSweetness 3)GO8
Sadly, my bonus got stuck at only $7 (I will PM wulfy about collecting the $57 prize)
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These awards are always awesome and give me something to look forward to at the end of the year (even when we know the beloved is out of it by like week 8). Thanks for taking the time in putting all of this together! I also particularly enjoy the names you came up with for the awards.

Not that I'll probably remember it by next year, but is there anything we can do to make it easier on you to enter the data? Like a consistent format like:

Bears: [score]
Opponent: [opponent score]
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The HOCKEY award for predicting too little total scoring: 1)Ditka's dictaphone 2)Otis Day 3)Hema2.0
YESSSSSSS :clap: :clap: :thumbsup:

I think I won that for my prediction in the first Lions game : Bears 3 - 2 Lions
The KOOLAID award for most error in favor of the Bears was hotly contested this year with some truly outrageous predictions:
1)Arkansasbear 2)Ditka's dictaphone 3)AZ_Bearfan
because of the extravagence of their predictions, I'm not considering them for the subawards.
:-P that’s fair enough but I’m proud of the extravagance of my predictions.
“Truly outrageous” - I like that :)

Thanks Middleguard, you’re a legend for doing these awards and keeping track of it all. Much appreciated :clap:
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after a strong couple of seasons, my predictions fell off HARD this year :sick:

Thanks again @Middleguard , always fun to get the recap
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SWEET!!!! The blind squirrel award!!! (Dad always said blind hog but I think I’d rather be called a squirrel than a hog)

I humbly accept this award on behalf of all the other Kool Aid drinkers who “never lost the faith.”
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I know this is a lot of work for you. Your work is appreciated very much.

Thank you.
Mikefive's theory: The only time you KNOW that a sports team player, coach or management member is being 100% honest is when they're NOT reciting "the company line".

Go back to leather helmets, NFL.
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Congrats to the winners!
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This is so awesome. Thank you for doing this.
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Thanks for all the work you put in! Congrats to the winners! Hopefully next season will have a few more wins for us all to predict
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I gladly accept my kool-ade status and would like to nominate myself for Kool-Ade Jughead Award:
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Middleguard. Thank you for all of the hard work. This post was pure gold!

SHIT!!!

GO8 finished ahead of Bears Whiskey Nut in my final standings, but BWN appears in 3 of the weekly winners above vs once for GO8.
[I'm unaware of other rivalries, but if they exist, let me know. Post the name of your rival in this thread. If your rival quotes and seconds your challenge, I will post your relative standings.
One rival per poster. As always, I will not post overall rankings except the top 3 at the end of the season.]


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Awesome as always middleguard
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Very fun - thanks! I think especially after the Pittsburg game I thought we'd see more scoring in spite of that HC. In hindsight, I'm glad I was wrong!

Hope your trip was good, MG!
2023 Chicago Bears... emerging from a long hibernation, and hungry!
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Well done! I sucked for the most part this season.
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What a cool thing - thanks Middleguard!
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Congrats to all the winners! :clap:
Huge cheers to Middleguard for running this awesome contest for another year :toast:
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Thanks Middleguard! As always, great job... these contests are probably the highlight of my season.

From the Kool-Aid award last year to the Dennis Rodman award this year. I feel like there's been some real growth on my part.
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Middleguard wrote: Tue Jan 18, 2022 5:25 pm The BASKETBALL award for predicting too much total scoring: 1)Boris13c 2)IE 3)LacertineForest


my confidence Nagy and pals would figure things out was misplaced and obviously incorrect
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Thanks for the work Middleguard! Many weeks, this is the only reason to pay attention to what this bumbling team is doing

Middleguard wrote: Tue Jan 18, 2022 5:25 pm
The PETER PIPER award for picking the most winners: 1)LacertineForest[12/14] 86% 2)Bears Whiskey Nut / Mikefive / Moriarty / WagonForce [13/17] 76%
Congrats for the high percentage, LacertineForest....I'm still claiming a (4 way) tie for first (13 correct) to keep my streak alive, though! :mrgreen:
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Many thanks for a fun contest, Middleguard. It was really interesting to see what everyone predicted and why they called it that way. A great tradition for a great forum.
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wab wrote: Wed Jan 19, 2022 9:49 am
LacertineForest
Who the hell is this?
I don't post a lot, but I've been on the board since the CB.com message boards were taken down. I changed my username a couple of years back. I'm mostly here to read as I feel like most people here know a lot more about the game than I do.
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spudbear wrote: Wed Jan 19, 2022 8:05 am I gladly accept my kool-ade status and would like to nominate myself for Kool-Ade Jughead Award:
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Spud, don't get ahead of yourself. Have you read my predictions!!!!!! I assure you, it would be a battle to death for that award :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :headbang:
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Moriarty wrote: Wed Jan 19, 2022 11:52 am Thanks for the work Middleguard! Many weeks, this is the only reason to pay attention to what this bumbling team is doing

Middleguard wrote: Tue Jan 18, 2022 5:25 pm
The PETER PIPER award for picking the most winners: 1)LacertineForest[12/14] 86% 2)Bears Whiskey Nut / Mikefive / Moriarty / WagonForce [13/17] 76%
Congrats for the high percentage, LacertineForest....I'm still claiming a (4 way) tie for first (13 correct) to keep my streak alive, though! :mrgreen:
You're entitled.

Every year I vacillate between number correct and percentage correct. This year the clearest differentiation was %, but last year it was # ( and the third place tie wasn't really: one was 3rd in % and the other was 3rd in #).
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