Each week we will present the selections of some of the nation's leading handicapers
as they compete for cash prizes and handicapping acclaim. Two such contests have
attracted national notoriety. One of the contests, sponsored by the Las Vegas
Hilton, is a season-long contest with the same contestants making selections
each week against the Las Vegas pointspread.
The second contest, sponsored
by the the Stardust Race & Sports Book, is an invitational tournament
with 16 invited handicappers participating in a one-on-one elimination format that
runs for 15 weeks with just one of the 16 contestants surviving and winning the single
prize.
Contest Format -- 16 nationally prominent celebrities & handicappers
have been invited by the management of the Stardust Race & Sports Book to compete
for a winner-take-all $10,000 prize. Each week two contestants are matched against
each other in a head to head meeting with each handicapper making 7 selections against
the pointspread at the Stardust using the line at approximately 8:30 PM (the contest
airs over radio station KDWN (AM 720) at 9:00 PM and is also available for broadcast
on the Internet). One of the 7 selections is designated as a Best Bet. The winner
is determined by the handicapper having the greater winning percentage with all selections
rated equally. The Best Bet is used only as a tie breaker in the event both handicappers
have the same record on all 7 selections. Pushes are ignored (thus 5-2 would lose
to 4-1-2). The winner will be the handicapper who successfully wins a total of 4
matches with the finals to be held in week 17, December 27, 2002. The weekly contest
is held in the Race & Sports Book at the Stardust at 9:00 PM on Fridays and is
open to the public.
Papa Joe Chevalier's Selections --
Miami Dolphins - 3 1/2 over Minnesota
Vikings
Atlanta Falcons - 10 1/2 over Detroit Lions
Green Bay Packers - 6 1/2
over Buffalo Bills
Tennessee Titans - 3 over Jacksonville Jaguars
New Orleans
Saints - 7 over Cincinnati Bengals
New England Patriots - 4 over New York Jets
Best
Bet: Seattle Seahawks - 1 over St Louis Rams
Mike Lee's Selections
Cincinnati
Bengals + 7 over New Orleans Saints
Buffalo Bills + 6 1/2 over Green Bay Packers
Washington
Redskins - 6 over Houston Texans
Dallas Cowboys + 7 over Philadelphia Eagles
Carolina
Panthers - 3 over Chicago Bears
Oakland Raiders - 4 over Denver Broncos
(BEST
BET) : Tampa Bay Buccaneers - 4 1/2 over Pittsburgh Steelers
NEXT WEEK: That's It Folks -- Contest Ends this week!
The Finals
UPCOMING
MATCHES --
Check Back Next September
Roster of
This Season's 16 Contestants --
Bert Osborne -- Sports Book Director,
Coast Properties
Papa Joe Chevalier -- Sports Talk Radio Show Host -- Sporting
New Network
Buzz Daly - Author & Off Shore Sports Book Expert
Greg Daraban
-- Professional Handicapper Don Best Sports
Andy Iskoe (of Logical Approach) --
Professional Handicapper & Author
Mike Lee -- Professional Handicapper
Karol
Lucan -- Professional Oddsmaker
Cesar Robaina -- Professional Oddsmaker
Wayne
Root -- Professional Handicapper
Rudy Ruettiger -- Motivational Speaker ("Rudy"
of Notre Dame fame)
Ted Sevransky -- Professional Handicapper
Scott Spreitzer
-- Professional Handicapper
Jerry Tarkanian -- UNLV Basketball Coaching Legend
Jimmy
Vaccaro -- Legendary Las Vegas Sports Book Director (Mirage)
Ken White -- Professional
Handicapper & Odds Consultant
Lance Zierlein -- Houston, TX Sports Talk Radio
Show Host
Results of Previous Matches
First Round Results--
Papa
Joe Chevalier (4-3) defeated Bert Osborne (2-5)
Lance Zierlein (3-4) defeated
Ken White (2-5)
Andy Iskoe (4-3) defeated Ted Sevransky (3-4)
Daniel "Rudy"
Ruettiger (3-3-1) defeated Jerry Tarkanian (2-5)
Buzz Daly (3-4) defeated Wayne
Root (2-5)
Karol Lucan (3-4) defeated Cesar Robaina (1-5-1)
Jimmy Vaccaro (4-3)
defeated Scott Spreitzer (4-3) *
Mike Lee (4-3) defeated Greg Daraban (3-4)
Second
Round Results
Andy Iskoe (4-3) defeated Jimmy Vaccaro (3-4)
Papa Joe Chevalier
(6-1) defeated Karol Lucan (3-4)
Daniel "Rudy" Ruettiger (3-4) defeated
Lance Zierlein (1-6)
Mike Lee (4-3) defeated Buzz Daly (2-5)
Semi-Finals
Papa
Joe Chevalier (6-1) defeated Andy Iskoe (5-2)
Mike Lee (6-1) defeated Rudy Ruettiger
(3-4)
The FINALS
Papa Joe Chevalier (4-3) defeated Mile Lee (4-3)
*
* Won as a result of Best Bet tie-breaker
Through all
15 weeks of this season's contest, the handicappers
combined to go 101 - 107 -2
overall for 48.6% including Best Bets going 11-18-1 for 3790%
Contest Format -- The SuperContest is open to anyone who pays the entry
fee. Each entrant pays a $1,500 entry fee with 100% of the fees being returned
to the winners. Only the top 20 places (and ties) are paid. Historically, a 60%
winning percentage will finish in the Top Twenty. Each contestant must make five
selections each week vs. the pointspread (generally the lines at the Hilton as of
noon on Tuesdays). Each winning selection counts 1 point; a push counts 1/2 point;
losses are 0 points.
Philadelphia (35) - 1 1/2 vs. N Y GIANTS (84)
OAKLAND (28) -
7 vs. Kansas City (34)
NEW ENGLAND (47) Pick 'em vs. Miami (46)
WASHINGTON
(38) - 6 1/2 vs. Dallas (17)
BUFFALO (24) - 7 1/2 vs. Cincinnati (28)
Atlanta
(35) - 2 1/2 vs. CLEVELAND (54)
Minnesota (35) - 3 1/2 vs. DETROIT (33)
Tennessee
(21) - 8 1/2 vs. Houston (38)
NEW ORLEANS (21) - 7 vs. Carolina (30)
PITTSBURGH
(21) - 7 1/2 vs. Baltimore (37)
INDIANAPOLIS (19) - 8 1/2 vs. Jacksonville (19)
N
Y JETS (57) - 1 vs. Green Bay (28)
DENVER (25) - 11 1/2 vs. Arizona (17)
SAN
DIEGO (28) - 3 vs. Seattle (36)
Tampa Bay (15) - 6 1/2 vs. CHICAGO (33)
ST
LOUIS (13) Pick 'em vs. San Francisco (24)
Top 5 selections are in Bold
type
# in parentheses indicates contestants selecting that team
(i.e.
35 contestants took Philadlephia - 1 1/2 vs. N Y GIANTS)
HOME TEAM is in CAPS
*
There may be weeks when fewer than all contestants submit entries
5
Top Selections Based On Times Selected
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N
Y Giants (84)
N Y Jets (57)
Cleveland (54)
New England (47)
Miami (46)
5
Top Selections Based On Widest Margins
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N
Y Giants (+ 49)
N Y Jets (+ 29)
Washington (+ 21)
Cleveland (+ 19)
Chicago
(+ 18)
NOTE :
Andy Iskoe of Logical Approach is currently one
point from the lead in the Hilton SuperContest
with 51.0 points. Here are his
selections for this week --
N Y Giants + 1 1/2
Kansas City + 7
New England
Pick 'em
N Y Jets - 1
San Diego - 3
THESE SELECTIONS WILL BE AVAILABLE BY ABOUT 8 AM PDT SATURDAY MORNINGS
Currently
the 2 Co-Leaders are at 52-28-0 -- 52 of 80 Possible Points -- (65.0 %)
There
are 8 contestants at 49-29-2 -- 50 of 80 Possible Points -- (62.5 %) or better
There
are 16 contestants at 48-32-0 -- 48 of 80 Possible Points -- (60.0 %) or better
Philadelphia
( 2) - 1 1/2 vs. N Y GIANTS ( 8)
OAKLAND ( 3) - 7 vs. Kansas City ( 3)
NEW
ENGLAND ( 6) Pick 'em vs. Miami ( 2)
WASHINGTON ( 5) - 6 1/2 vs. Dallas (
0)
BUFFALO ( 0) - 7 1/2 vs. Cincinnati ( 1)
Atlanta ( 3) - 2 1/2 vs. CLEVELAND
( 8)
Minnesota ( 3) - 3 1/2 vs. DETROIT ( 1)
Tennessee ( 3) - 8 1/2 vs.
Houston ( 3)
NEW ORLEANS ( 0) - 7 vs. Carolina ( 4)
PITTSBURGH ( 1) - 7 1/2
vs. Baltimore ( 0)
INDIANAPOLIS ( 2) - 8 1/2 vs. Jacksonville ( 1)
N Y JETS
( 4) - 1 vs. Green Bay ( 2)
DENVER ( 1) - 11 1/2 vs. Arizona ( 0)
SAN DIEGO
( 3) - 3 vs. Seattle ( 4)
Tampa Bay ( 1) - 6 1/2 vs. CHICAGO ( 4)
ST LOUIS
( 2) Pick 'em vs. San Francisco ( 0)
Top 3 selection(s),
and ties, will be shown in Bold type
.......... Last Week Season To Date
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Overall Consensus Teams [1] 7- 8- 0 46.7 % 123 -110 - 2 52.8 %
Overall Selections [2] 602-531-62 53.1 % 10447 -9770 -324 51.7 %
Top Consensus Selection 1- 0- 0 87 - 8 - 0
2nd Consensus Selection 1- 0- 0 11 - 6 - 0
3rd Consensus Selection 1- 0- 0 7 - 9 - 1 *
Top 3 Consensus Selections 3- 0- 0 26 - 23 - 1 *
Top 5 Consensus Selections 3- 2- 0 37 - 42 - 2 ***
Team With Greatest Margin 1- 0- 0 9 - 7 - 0
2nd Greatest Margin 1- 0- 0 9 - 8 - 0
3rd Greatest Margin 0- 1- 0 9 - 6 - 0
Top 3 Margins 2- 1- 0 27 - 21 - 0
Top 5 Margins 3- 2- 0 43 - 35 - 2
[1] 1 game had an equal # of contestants selecting each side in week 1
and again in weeks 3, 5 and 10
[2] # of winning vs. losing sides. For 281 contestants there are a
maximum of 1,405 total selections possible if all contestants
submit selections. In week three 3 contestants did not submit
selections. In week four 1 contestant did not submit selections.
In weeks 5, 6, 7 and 8 two contestants did not submit selections, in
week 9 there were 4 contestants who did not submit selections, in
week 10 there were 5 contestants who did not submit selections, in
week 11 there were 9 contestants who did not submit selections, in
week 12 there were 11 contestants who did not submit selections, in
week 13 there were 17 contestants who did not submit selections, in
week 13 there were 21 contestants who did not submit selections and in
wek 14 there were 17 contestants who did not submit selections.
* 2 Teams tied for the third most frequently selected team in week 2
** 2 Games tied for second greatest margin in week 5
*** 2 Teams tied for fifth most popular selection in week 11