| FINAL 2003 FOOTBALL PREDICTIONS STANDINGS | |||||||||||
| Week 17 | |||||||||||
| Wk 17 | Wk | 17 | CUM | CUM | CUM | Wk 17 | |||||
| PL | PREDICTOR | Score | W | L | SCORE | W | L | GAME | PICKS | SCORE | |
| 1 | Mark Johnson, Boeing, Seal Beach, Ca | 250 | 11 | 5 | 4918 | 228 | 108 | Buf-NE | 0-21 | 0-31 | |
| 2 | Bob 'Cap' Scholl, Las Vegas, Nevada | 251 | 10 | 6 | 4926 | 228 | 108 | Sea-SF | 2-19 | 24-17 | |
| 3 | Nelson Slagle, Rockwell, Cypress, Ca | 246 | 11 | 5 | 4966 | 226 | 110 | Phil-Wash | 20-1 | 31-7 | |
| 4 | Bob Thomas, Ret. Boeing, Calif | 236 | 11 | 5 | 4981 | 227 | 109 | Jack-Atl | 1-20 | 14-21 | |
| 5 | Gerry Hamilton, Ret. Rockwell, Downey | 253 | 10 | 6 | 4982 | 225 | 111 | Clev-Cin | 0-21 | 22-14 | |
| 6 | Bob Koller, Rockwell Collins, Cypress | 241 | 11 | 5 | 5008 | 228 | 108 | StL-Det | 21-0 | 20-30 | |
| 7 | Brett Carman, Sea Launch (Boeing) LB | 241 | 11 | 5 | 5052 | 223 | 113 | Ind-Hou | 20-1 | 20-17 | |
| 8 | Dick Hammerstrom, Madison, Wisc | 250 | 10 | 6 | 5063 | 223 | 113 | TB-Ten | 1-20 | 13-33 | |
| 9 | Bob Stanley, McFarland, Wisc | 294 | 9 | 7 | 5072 | 222 | 114 | Chic-KC | 0-21 | 3-31 | |
| 10 | John Baker, Columbus, Ohio | 238 | 10 | 6 | 5076 | 222 | 114 | NYJ-Mia | 3-18 | 21-23 | |
| 11 | Dick Beeuswaert, Ret. Conexant | 257 | 9 | 7 | 5077 | 224 | 112 | Dal-NO | 18-3 | 7-13 | |
| 12 | Scott VanCamp, Hunt. Beach, Calif ** | 253 | 10 | 6 | 5082 | 221 | 115 | Car-NYG | 16-5 | 37-24 | |
| 13 | Jim Henning, Wisconsin | 256 | 10 | 6 | 5089 | 226 | 110 | Min-Ariz | 19-2 | 17-18 | |
| 14 | Jim Slagle, Marion, Ohio | 258 | 11 | 5 | 5096 | 227 | 109 | Oak-SD | 4-17 | 14-21 | |
| 15 | Barbara Worden, Ret., Rockwell Downey | 262 | 10 | 6 | 5142 | 223 | 113 | Den-GB | 3-18 | 3-31 | |
| 16 | Al Manzey, Ret. Boeing, Downey, Calif | 258 | 10 | 6 | 5208 | 214 | 122 | Pt-Balt | 2-19 | 10-13* | |
| 17 | Randy Lang, Cedar Crest, NM | 230 | 12 | 4 | 5228 | 219 | 117 | ||||
| 18 | Andrew Coates, Rockwell Collins, Cyp | 270 | 9 | 7 | 5229 | 220 | 116 | ||||
| 19 | Deb Cummings, Madison, Wisconsin | 238 | 11 | 5 | 5273 | 215 | 121 | ||||
| 20 | Phil Hensley, Ret., Battelle, Col's | 248 | 11 | 5 | 5305 | 209 | 127 | *Overtime | |||
| 21 | John Drew, Denver, Col | 270 | 10 | 6 | 5328 | 218 | 118 | ||||
| 22 | Blake Vasquez, SD State Sophmore ** | 253 | 10 | 6 | 5329 | 210 | 126 | ||||
| 23 | Shawn Dunaway, Columbus, Ohio | 230 | 11 | 5 | 5418 | 203 | 133 | ||||
| 24 | Hugh Campbell, Denver, Col | 283 | 9 | 7 | 5838 | 204 | 132 | ||||
| Week | Cum | ||||||||||
| TOTAL | 6066 | 247 | 137 | 123686 | 5285 | 2779 | W-L% | W-L % | |||
| AVERAGE ** | 276 | 11 | 6 | 5154 | 220 | 116 | 64.32% | 65.54% | |||
| Odds | 226 | 11 | 4 | 4829 | 230 | 106 | |||||
| BEST PREDICTS OF THE WEEK: | |||||||||||
| BobT & Shawn - Seattle over SF by 3 | |||||||||||
| Deb, Randy, Al - New Orleans over Dallas | |||||||||||
| Andrew & Stanley - Arizona over Minn | |||||||||||
| PREDICTOR OF THE WEEK | |||||||||||
| Randy Lang & Shawn Dunaway 230 | |||||||||||
| MARK JOHNSON IS THE 2003 FOOTBALL PREDICTING CHAMP | |||||||||||
| Mark Johnson won the 2003 football prediction contest but needed a win in the final game of the season, a win by | |||||||||||
| Baltimore to win. Mark Johnson also finished 1st in 1995 and 2000 and finished 2nd in 1992 and 1998. He has finished | |||||||||||
| in the top 5 for the last 6 years and he is the all time leading football predictor. The top three finishers this season are | |||||||||||
| also are top 3 football predictors of all time. | |||||||||||
| Great finish to the season. The title was decided on the last game of the season and 3rd place was decided on the 2nd | |||||||||||
| and 3rd games from the end of the regular season. If Oakland would have won, Bob Thomas would have ended in 3rd | |||||||||||
| place. If the Giants would have won, Gerry Hamilton would have finished 3rd. With Carolina and San Diego prevailing, | |||||||||||
| Slag secured the 3rd spot. By Baltimore winning by 7 or less, Bob edged Gerry for 4th by a single point. | |||||||||||
| Randy Lang and Shawn Dunaway tied for Predictor of the Week honors. Shawn's key pick was Seattle over SF. Randy's | |||||||||||
| key pick was New Orleans over Dallas. Shawn was one of 11 predictors to pick 11 winners, but had excellent spreads. | |||||||||||
| Randy Lang was only predictor to pick 12 winners. | |||||||||||
| No game had more than 5 predictors picking each team to win. Closest vote was 16 picking Carolina over the NY Giants. | |||||||||||
| Nineteen of 21 picked SF over Seattle in a game the Odds had as an even game. No one picked the upsets by Cleveland | |||||||||||
| over Cincinnati and Detroit over St Louis | |||||||||||
| The Odds, if counted as a predictor, would have easily won by 89 points. This would have been the Odds 7th victory | |||||||||||
| since 1990 if they were counted as a predictor. | |||||||||||
| Mark Johnson, Bob Scholl and Bob Koller picked 228 winners one more then Bob Thomas and Jim Slagle. | |||||||||||
| Thanks to all for predicting this season. First basketball predicts will be due Jan 6, 2004. More later on basketball. | |||||||||||