The Granddaddy of 'em all!

Nope. Not talking about the Rose Bowl with that title. Ladies & Gentlemen, may I introduce to you the most action packed post in the history of thesharkey.com. I got a little bit of everything in here for you. The Final SCS15. News on next years SCS. News on an SCS-Style poll for College Bball. And everyones entries for the NFL Playoff Challenge & the Playoffs Fantasy Football.

Before we get to the madness, two things. One, I was very wrong about Notre Dame, as a few of my friends have consistantly reminded me. I said in October they would win a BCS game no matter who they played. Clearly, that wasn't the case. And I was also very wrong about Texas. If you're expecting me to sit here and say I was wrong about USC, you're crazy, because I still think they're the best team in the country. But last night they sure as hell weren't. Vince Young is like nothing I've ever seen, I'll admit that.

Now that I got that off my chest, the final SCS top 15:
7 people participated, so 105 was the highest possible score...


1. Texas 105
2. USC 96
3. Penn State 90
4. Ohio State 87
5. West Virginia 73
6. LSU 72
7. Virginia Tech 55
8. Alabama 49
9. TCU 47
10. Notre Dame 44
11. Georgia 38
12. Florida 25
13. UCLA 18
14. Oregon 14
15. Auburn 13

Also receiving votes: Miami, Florida State, Oklahoma, Wisconsin.

As is obvious, Texas is the 2005 SCS Champion. And to everyone who blasted me for ND constantly being too high, happy now? 10th, that ain't too bad. Just remember, I had them at 12 in my final poll, so maybe it wasn't me who constantly boosted them up.

Next year, the SCS will be a bit different. Instead of a free-for-all with anyone helping any given week, there will be set people each week, and they'll be the only ones who help. This will get rid of the bogus polls. It will also help with even-diversity, a term I just made up. So far I have myself (Notre Dame), Logan (Rutgers), Matt (Tennessee), Pat (Ohio State) & Tom (BC) as 5 of the 10 people in next years SCS. Can't say they'll all lean heavily towards one school, cause we all like different teams. If interested, IM me and I'll see if you make the grade.

Also, details to follow, but sometime in the next two weeks will be the debut of the Sharkey 16. Kind of like the Sweet 16, but more aquatic-wildlife friendly. Basically, it'll be like this years SCS, where it will be a free-for-all, whoever wants to vote can vote. Instead of a 1-16 format, it will be like the ESPN Power Rankings, where we'll have four #1 seeds, four #2, four #3 & four #4 seeds. Should be a good way to pass the boredom of February, which is the worst sports month in the history of the world.

Now, onto the good stuff.

We'll start with the NFL Playoff Challenge.

26 people joined this! A much better turnout than the bowl challenge, which only had 10. So many people infact that I don't know everyones names. Some of them I only know as their screen name (or message board name). Here's who they picked.

I'll present it in a simply format:
Person
Round One winners
Round Two winners
Conference Champions
Superbowl winner, total score (tiebreaker)

Thesharkey:
Redskins, Patriots, Panthers, Steelers
Seahawks, Bears, Colts, Broncos
Seahawks, Colts
Colts, 57

Mark:
Bucs, Giants, Bengals, Patriots
Giants, Bears, Colts, Bengals
Bears, Colts
Colts, 40

cityondown36 (chris):
Patriots, Jaguars, Panthers, Bucs
Colts, Broncos, Panthers, Bears
Colts, Bears
Bears, 31

Bennett:
Bucs, Panthers, Jags, Steelers
Panthers, Bucs, Colts, Broncos
Colts, Seahawks
Colts, 47

Tom:
Bucs, Patriots, Giants, Bengals
Seahawks, Bucs, Colts, Broncos
Seahawks, Colts
Colts, 54

Scott:
Redskins, Giants, Patriots, Bengals
Seahawks, Giants, Colts, Bengals
Seahawks, Colts
Seahawks, 61

Pat:
Steelers, Redskins, Panthers, Patriots
Colts, Broncos, Seahawks, Bears
Colts, Seahawks
Colts, 48

Logan:
Redskins, Panthers, Patriots, Steelers
Seahawks, Bears, Patriots, Steelers
Steelers, Seahawks
Steelers, 58

JordanTUGG:
Bengals, Jags, Panthers, Redskins
Bengals, Colts, Seahawks, Panthers
Colts, Panthers
Colts, 55

Vols:
Patriots, Steelers, Panthers, Redskins
Colts, Patriots, Seahawks, Panthers
Patriots, Seahawks
Seahawks, 58

Riley (dphew):
Pats, Bengals, Panthers, Bucs
Pats, Broncos, Seahawks, Bears
Pats, Seahawks
Pats, 44

Bader:
Bengals, Patriots, Redskins, Giants
Broncos, Colts, Seahawks, Bears
Broncos, Seahawks
Broncos, 45

Ace:
Bucs, Panthers, Steelers, Patriots
Seahawks, Bears, Colts, Patriots
Seahawks, Patriots
Patriots, 51

The reverend:
Bucs, Panthers, Steelers, Patriots
Bears, Seahawks, Colts, patriots
Seahawks, Patriots
Seahawks, 48

Irishfury:
Bucs, Giants, Patriots, Steelers
Bears, Seahawks, Patriots, Colts
Bears, Patriots
Bears, 36

Scott Ponce:
Patriots, Steelers, Redskins, Panthers
Patriots, Colts, Panthers, Seahawks
Patriots, Seahawks
Patriots, 43

Telecasting:
Bengals, Patriots, Redskins, Panthers
Colts, Patriots, Seahawks, Panthers
Colts, Panthers
Colts, 51

Brooks:
Bengals, Patriots, Bucs, Panthers
Broncos, Colts, Seahawks, Bears
Colts, Seahawks
Seahawks (tiebreaker needed)

Scoot:
Redskins, Giants, Patriots, Bengals
Seahawks, Giants, Patriots, Bengals
Seahawks, Patriots
Patriots, 56

Ben Hordell:
Patriots, Steelers, Redskins, Panthers
Broncos, Steelers, Bears, Seahawks
Broncos, Seahawks
Broncos, 56

Doozer:
Bengals, Patriots, Redskins, Giants
Colts, Patriots, Seahawks, Bears
Patriots, Bears
Patriots, 31

Schmike:
Bucs, Patriots, Giants, Bengals
Bengals, Bears, Giants, Colts
Colts, Giants
Colts, 44

Thouse:
Patriots, Steelers, Panthers, Redskins
Patriots, Colts, Seahwks, Panthers
Colts, Panthers,
Colts, 52

Wizzah:
Bucs, Panthers, Steelers, Patriots
Sehawks, Bucs, Colts, Broncos
Colts, Seahawks
Colts, 47

AJ:
Bucs, Panthers, Steelers, Patriots
Seahawks, Bears, Colts, Broncos
Seahawks, Colts
Colts, 58

Badfish:
Bengals, patriots, bucs, giants
Colts, broncos, bears, seahawks
Broncos, seahawks
Seahawks, 45

For those keeping score at home:
11 chose the Colts as Champs
5 chose the Patriots as Champs
5 chose the Seahawks as Champs
2 chose the Bears as Champs
2 chose the Broncos as Champs
1 chose the Steelers as Champs

Now for the Fantasy Football:
22 people joined this. Not sure why there are some that joined the challenge that didn't join this, or vice versa, but to each his own.

Here's everyone:

Shark:
Week 1: Eli Manning, Rudi Johnson, Santana Moss

Tom:
Week 1: Carson Palmer, Clinton Portis, Chad Johnson

Scott:
Week 1: Tom Brady, Cadillac Williams, Steve Smith

Doozer:
Week 1: Tom Brady, Willie Parker, Santana Moss

Ace:
Week 1: Carson Palmer, Clinton Portis, Steve Smith

Mark:
Week 1: Jake Delhomme, Rudi Johnson, Plaxico Burress

Eoin:
Week 1: Ben Roethlisberger, Tiki Barber, Steve Smith

Wizzah:
Week 1: Carson Palmer, Clinton Portis, Steve Smith

Rudy:
Week 1: Tom Brady, Tiki Barber, Hines Ward

Bader:
Week 1: Jake Delhomme, Clinton Portis, Joey Galloway

AJ:
Week 1: Chris Simms, Tiki Barber, Steve Smith

Tim eagle:
Week 1: Mark Brunell, Corey Dillon, Steve Smith

Chris (cityondown)
Week 1: Carson Palmer, Tiki Barber, Santana Moss

Bauer:
Week 1: Carson Palmer, Tiki Barber, Hines Ward

Vols:
Week 1: Carson Palmer, Clinton Portis, Steve Smith

Pat:
Week 1: Mark Brunell, Tiki Barber, Joey Galloway

Ben Hordell:
Week 1: Tom Brady, Tiki Barber, Steve Smith

Weeba:
Week 1: Tom Brady, Tiki Barber, Chad Johnson

Chiefs:
Week 1: Carson Palmer, Cadillac Williams, Plaxico Burress

Thouse:
Week 1: Jake Delhomme, Jerome Bettis, Steve Smith

Chris (mrmoon):
Week 1: Tom Brady, Corey Dillon, Hines Ward

Scoots:
Week 1: Jake Delhomme, Willie Parker, Steve Smith

So, for those keeping score at home:
QBs:
7 people have Carson Palmer
6 people have Tom Brady
4 people have Jake Delhomme
2 people have Mark Brunell
1 person has Eli Manning
1 person has Ben Roethlisberger
1 person has Chris Simms

RBs:
7 people have Tiki Barber
5 people have Clinton Portis
3 people have Corey Dillon
2 people have Corey Dillon
2 people have Rudi Johnson
2 people have Willie Parker
1 person has Jerome Bettis

WRs:
10 people have Steve Smith
3 people have Santana Moss
3 people have Hines Ward
2 people have Chad Johnson
2 people have Joey Galloway
2 people have Plaxico Burress

There you have it. Longest entry ever! I'm exhausted, time for bed, DC in the morning!

Enjoy wildcard weekend. Don't forget starting Sunday night those of you in FF can give me your week 2 rosters.