If you remember way back at the start of the season we started a prediction competition. With all teams now having played 9 games I thought this would be a good opportunity to post an update on how things are going. I have used the stats as of now along with the 4 wild cards, the only things I am not scoring on yet are MVP's, the AFC/NFC champs and the Superbowl winners. Obviously all these standings can change as the only points actually acquired so far are for the "Favre watch" with 15 points going to Max, Larry, Chus, Borsky and jdburlin.

The table has an international feel with Max in Australia Max riding high at the top of the table, and rockhoppers in the UK sitting on the bottom. There is still a long way to go, with some of our picks looking rather silly - good luck for the next 7 weeks everyone and into the post season.

I have updated the spreadsheet locally I will provide a link tomorrow if anyone is interested. So the standings

1. Max 110
   
2. Chus 105
   
3. jdburlin 105
   
4. BBR Greg 100
   
5. Borsky 100
   
6. Larry 85
   
7. Mrs Meathorse 70
   
8. BrianIm 70
   
9. thestos 60
   
10. SupermanOX 50
    
11. Meathorse 45
    
12. DolphinsMakeMeCry 45
    
13. rockhoppers 25
    
    

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I was sort of hoping this thing would be forgotten about :)

Some of the scores are now set but there are still 45 points up for grabs - the conference and superbowl champs and the MVP's.

So the standings as of today are

1. Max 115
2. jdburlin 110
3. BBR Greg 105
4. Chus 105
5. Borsky 100
6. thestos 75
7. Larry 75
8. BrianIm 70
9. Mrs Meathorse 65
10. Meathorse 45
11. SupermanOX 40
12. DolphinsMakeMeCry 40
13. rockhoppers 35

However, for the pack chasing Max jdburlin and Chus have a combination of the Ravens, Saints and the Bears so can't get any points for those and Borsky can only get 10 points if the Pats win the AFC, so Max's only real challenger is Greg with the Colts against Max's Patriots. Basically if either of those win the Superbowl that should clinch victory for Max or Greg.

For those interested here are the picks of the top 5 for the MVPS are

Max. Tom Brady Shawne Merriman
jdburlin. Drew Brees Ed Reed
BBR Greg. Drew Brees Nate Clements
Chus. Peyton Manning Brian Urlacher
Borsky. Peyton Manning Brian Urlacher

With the way my picks turned out in the NFC, I'm surprised that it turned out to be as high as it did.