Maple Leafs, the winner of IWS #118 PMed me and asked me to handle this one since he'll be out of town for a couple of weeks. Since I was a 2nd place finisher for IWS #118, I'll make this one the Stupid Second Place Finishes.

The Questions

1. What Division I-A college football team will go undefeated but will not play in the Rose Bowl?

2. Who will be the most deserving player to win the 2005 NFL MVP yet not win it?

3. What beer company will have a beer commercial that is most-watched, but also most-hated this upcoming football season?

4. Within the next year Microsoft, Sony, and Nintendo will release their next-gen consoles. Who will be the runner-up in total sales for Christmas/Hannukah 2006?

5. John Madden is currently one of the most well-known NFL commentators (largely due to a football game bearing his name). Who is the second most well-known NFL commentator?

6. If you could hire one NFL sideline reporter for the 2006 season for NBC and it could not be any past or current sideline reporter, who would it be?

The Rules

The rules are the same as previous FOFC “I’m With Stupid" Contests, as set forth by the game’s surprisingly wise founding fathers.

The object of this contest is to answer the questions posted, and to provide the most common answer among those submitted. For each question, your score will be equal to the number of people who submitted that response. Your score for the contest will be the product of your individual question scores. Highest score wins.

No collaborating in any way. No posting your answers to this board, nor sharing them by e-mail or in any other way with other potential contestants.

All determinations of "matches" and anything else requiring judgment fall to that of the sole administrator of this round of the game, me. You can reduce the need for doubt and judgment by properly spelling your submissions, being clear, and that sort of thing. My decisions are final and inarguable.

Any references that are unclear to you, due to language or geography, should be understood to be authored from the perspective of an English-speaking American high school graduate. However...

Your answers do not necessarily have to be correct in order to score points. If I ask "Who is FOFC’s moderator" and you and four other people answer "Hell Atlantic", you each get five points even though the answer is not technically correct.

PM your answers to me. The deadline is Midnight EST, Sunday, September 11, 2005 – Answers will be compiled and posted at some point after that. If I have yours when I gather them up you’re in.


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The Hall of Heroes

Ahbrady - IWS#15, IWS#41, IWS#85, IWS#100
Airhog - IWS#1
Albionmoonlight - IWS#30, IWS#50, IWS#101
Anxiety - IWS#49
Archer219 - IWS#18, IWS#100
Ardent Enthusiast - IWS#6
Atatange1 - IWS#79
Barkeep49 - IWS#62, IWS#100, IWS#117
bbor - IWS#23, IWS#26
Bearcat729 - IWS#82, IWS#93
BishopMVP - IWS#36
Blade - IWS#13
BrianD - IWS#106
Bryce - IWS#40, IWS#53
Buccaneer - IWS#47
Bsak16 - IWS#6, IWS#9, IWS#17
cartman - IWS#48, IWS#100
Chief Rum - IWS#45, IWS#56, IWS#95
Cornhuskerly - IWS#46
Crim - IWS#57
Cthomer5000 - IWS#54, IWS#75
Cuervo72 - IWS#27, IWS#38
Dangarion – IWS#100
Desert Dweller - IWS#6
Desnudo - IWS#88
Digamma - IWS#14, IWS#92
DukeRulesMAB - IWS#76
Dutch - IWS#90
EagleEye11 - IWS#54
EagleFan - IWS#41
Frozenrope - IWS#86
George W Bush- IWS#80, IWS#84
Glengoyne - IWS#71
gold101 - IWS#63
GoSeahawks - IWS#64
gstelmack - IWS#116
Hammer755 - IWS#38
HeavyReign - IWS#23
Henry296 - IWS#12
HornedFrogPurple - IWS#10
JeeberD - IWS#44, IWS#52, IWS#61, IWS#87, IWS#91, IWS#110
Jesse Ewiak – IWS#100
Joe Canadian - IWS#29
John Lynch - IWS#10
kingfc22- IWS#75
kurtism - IWS#79
Logan – IWS#100
Maple Leafs - IWS#34, IWS#84, IWS#94, IWS#113, IWS#118
Marmel - IWS#8
Masked - IWS#22, IWS#30, IWS#31, IWS#33, IWS#100
mauboy1 - IWS#77
MIJB#19 - IWS#59, IWS#69, IWS#117
Msf518 - IWS#11, IWS#15, IWS#35, IWS#39, IWS#100
Neuqua - IWS#19
NoMyths - IWS#46
Noop - IWS#46
Nothingman - IWS#6, IWS#45
ntndeacon - IWS#81
Oliegirl - IWS#72, IWS#81
Panerd - IWS#3, IWS#84, IWS#89, IWS#107
PineTar - IWS#108
Pjstp20 - IWS#42
Primelord - IWS#11
Pyser - IWS#85
QuikSand - IWS#9, IWS#16, IWS#18, IWS#24, IWS#32, IWS#58, IWS#66, IWS#70, IWS#73, IWS#78, IWS#83, IWS#93, IWS#100, IWS#103, IWS#111
Qwikshot - IWS#5
Radii – IWS#100, IWS#106
RadioFriendlyUnitShifter - IWS#81, IWS#97, IWS#99
Ramzavail - IWS#53
Raven Hawk - IWS#68 IWS#96
RendeR - IWS#6
RonnieDobbs - IWS#37
RPI-Fan - IWS#9
Samdari - IWS#21
ScottVib - IWS#9
Solecismic - IWS#83
spleen1015 - IWS#98
SplitPersonality1 - IWS#4, IWS#104
Sterlingice - IWS#28, IWS#31, IWS#35, IWS#51
Subby - IWS#107, IWS#110, IWS#112
Sublime - IWS#25
Suicane75 - IWS#109
Swaggs - IWS#2, IWS#35
Tasan - IWS#65
ThunderingHERD - IWS#114
Timmae - IWS #115
Tredwel - IWS#6, IWS#9, IWS#20, IWS#43, IWS#67, IWS#84
TRO - IWS#7, IWS#9, IWS#12, IWS#85, IWS#102, IWS#109
tucker342 - IWS#60
Vince - IWS#37, IWS#46, IWS#62
Wbatl1 – IWS#105
Whar - IWS#75
Wheels - IWS#55
WSUCougar – IWS#105

Sent.

sent

Tough one. Sending Shorty, I mean, shortly.

Wednesday bump. Deadline is Sunday. The reason why the deadline is so short is I wanted to get this in before the board explodes.

Sent...and i shall blow on this one

I have a good chance of coming in last.

Thursday Afternoon Bumpity. 11 entries received so far. It's wide open at this point.

Friday Morning bump. Turnout is pretty low, so anyone can win this one.

Question: Were the questions too hard to come up with an answer or were they too hard to come up with Stupid's answer?

Friday Morning bump. Turnout is pretty low, so anyone can win this one.

Question: Were the questions too hard to come up with an answer or were they too hard to come up with Stupid's answer?
IMO it was hard to come up with what Stupid might say (some of this for me was that I don't follow football as much as others here do, but that's ok). Eh, see how it goes! ;)

/tk

Question: Were the questions too hard to come up with an answer or were they too hard to come up with Stupid's answer?
I'm still trying to figure out an answer to the Sideline Reporter question, especially with the caveat that it can't be any former sideline reporter. The others were great, I just can't get my head wrapped around this one. Maybe I'll come up with a swag here shortly...

I'm still trying to figure out an answer to the Sideline Reporter question, especially with the caveat that it can't be any former sideline reporter. The others were great, I just can't get my head wrapped around this one. Maybe I'll come up with a swag here shortly...
Well, NBC will pick up the Sunday Night NFL games next year. They'll have John Madden and someone else (not Al Michaels since he'll move to ESPN for the Monday Night games) doing commentary. There has been no announcement (to the best of my knowledge) on who the sideline reporter will be (like Suzy Kolber, Melissa Stark, etc.). The last question is for you to pick someone who hasn't been and isn't a sideline reporter. Hope that helps a little.

Well, NBC will pick up the Sunday Night NFL games next year. They'll have John Madden and someone else (not Al Michaels since he'll move to ESPN for the Monday Night games) doing commentary. There has been no announcement (to the best of my knowledge) on who the sideline reporter will be (like Suzy Kolber, Melissa Stark, etc.). The last question is for you to pick someone who hasn't been and isn't a sideline reporter. Hope that helps a little.
Oh, I understand the question. I'm just not up on my sideline reporters is all http://dynamic.gamespy.com/%7Efof/forums/images/smilies/wink.gif

Ehr, Raiders Army, was that a smart post in this thread, concidering the questions you gave us? ;)

Ehr, Raiders Army, was that a smart post in this thread, concidering the questions you gave us? ;)
Well, I did say no past or current sideline reporters....but it may not have been.

snet

Dola-

Actually, my PM box is full so I'm not certain it went through. Did you get it, RA?

Dola-

Actually, my PM box is full so I'm not certain it went through. Did you get it, RA?
Negative.

Got it now Jeebs. Last day bump.

long time no enter... .snet


edit: oh... did i miss the deadline?

Shouldn't we have results by now? Freakin' Raiders fans...

Shouldn't we have results by now? Freakin' Raiders fans...
Midnight Sunday. Freakin' Cowboys fans...

And Jones is on my Fantasy team.

12am Sunday would be Saturday night/Sunday morning, correct?

Raiders fans are so damn ignant... :D