Eliminator Pool: 2014 Final Results

Jeff Pasquino's Eliminator Pool: 2014 Final Results Jeff Pasquino Published 12/31/2014

Over the past few years, we have given the subscribers of Footballguys.com some help in playing office pools, one of the most popular methods to follow the NFL aside from fantasy football leagues.  For the past few seasons, the staff members have done the Staff Confidence Pool Challenge, where numerous staffers try and pick the winners each week with a confidence ranking, and Jeff Pasquino’s “For The Win” column where Jeff attempts to pick each and every NFL game against the Las Vegas spread.  Both of these have been very popular features, so this year Footballguys is adding a combination of the two called the “Against the Spread” Challenge and also the Eliminator Challenge, where staffers have to pick a team to win each week.  Just one?  That sounds easy, but here is the catch – you can only pick the team you choose in a given week once all season long.  Many contests and pools out there get pretty big, so an Eliminator (or Survivor) Pool can go 16 or 17 weeks. 

Note that the links above are for 2013 articles.  Please see the Week 17 2014 Page at Footballguys.com for the 2014 Week 17 updates.

Jeff Pasquino has provided some insight into this kind of contest with two pre-season articles, first one that describes this kind of contest along with some advice on how to pick a team each week:

Survivor Pool Strategy

The second article is rather interesting, which describes Jeff’s preseason plan to get all the way through 17 weeks.  Will it work?  We are about to find out.

I Will Survive

This pool will run all season long, but to keep participation up, the pool will crown the staffer with the best W-L record for the season (which means that everyone in the pool will continue to make picks every week). 

FINAL YEAR-END SUMMARY

Here are the final standings for the 2014 NFL regular season, along with the results and standings from Week 17:

Staffer Record Wk01 Wk02 Wk03 Wk04 Wk05 Wk06 Wk07 Wk08 Wk09 Wk10 Wk11 Wk12 Wk13 Wk14 Wk15 Wk16 Wk17
Aaron Rudnicki 16-1 PIT GB NE SD NO DEN BUF KC CIN BAL WASH INDY STL MIN NYG DET SEA
Dave Larkin 15-2 PHI DEN NE SD DET TEN BAL CLE CIN AZ MIA GB STL NO NYG PIT HOU
Jeff Haseley 15-2 NYJ DEN NE PIT SD AZ DAL KC CIN BAL NO INDY HOU DET NYG GB SEA
Alessandro Miglio 15-2 NYJ TB NE SD NO DEN AZ CLE CIN PIT SF INDY HOU GB KC JAX SEA
Dan Hindery 14-3 PHI DEN INDY SD GB BAL NE KC SEA CIN PIT SF MIA NO DET STL HOU
James Brimacombe 14-3 PHI DEN NE SD GB SF SEA KC CIN AZ CLE CHI STL DET BAL BUF HOU
John Lee 14-3 PIT TB NE SD GB TEN WASH CLE CIN AZ NO SF INDY NO KC SEA BAL
Matt Bitonti 13-4 NYJ SEA NE PIT PHI DEN BUF KC CIN BAL NO SF INDY MIN DET GB NYG
Maurile Tremblay 13-4 DEN AZ NE PIT CIN TEN SEA MIA NO PHI WASH DAL DET GB BAL BUF HOU
Jeff Pasquino 13-4 PHI GB NE PIT SD DEN CLE KC SEA DAL NO SF INDY DET BAL STL HOU
Clayton Gray 13-4 PHI DEN NE SD DET SEA BAL KC CLE AZ WASH INDY MIA GB NYG BUF HOU
Jason Wood 13-4 PIT HOU NE ATL SD DEN SEA DAL KC BAL CHI INDY MIA GB DET PHI CAR
William Grant 13-4 NYJ GB NO PIT NO CIN NE MIA SEA BAL SD INDY HOU DET KC DEN DAL
Justin Bonnema 12-5 NYJ WASH NE SD DET TEN CHI TB CIN BAL PIT CHI STL SF NYG DEN SF
Steve Holloway 12-5 CHI DEN CIN PIT NO SD BAL DAL KC SEA CLE INDY STL SF NE MIA HOU
Mark Wimer 12-5 NYJ TB CIN WASH GB TEN CLE DAL KC BAL NO PHI INDY DET NE CAR DEN
Steve Buzzard 11-6 PHI DEN NO PIT GB SEA NE DAL SF AZ SD INDY HOU DET BAL STL MIA
Ari Engel 11-6 NE NO CIN SD SEA DEN DAL DET SF BAL NYG GB INDY CHI NYG JAX ATL
Andy Hicks 11-6 CHI DEN NO SD DET CIN NE DAL CIN SEA SF INDY PIT GB NYG PHI BAL
Andrew Garda 10-7 PHI AZ MIA PIT NYG TEN CHI CLE CIN NO MIN DEN DET STL BAL BUF NE
Phil Alexander 9-8 PHI TB NE PIT DET SD AZ MIA CIN BAL DEN KC NYG NYG CAR NO MIN
Bear Heiser 8-9 PHI NO NE SD PIT GB SEA KC SF AZ WASH STL NYG SF INDY BUF CHI

CONCLUSION

Many thanks to the 21 staffers who participated this year, especially Steve Buzzard and his excellent weekly commentaries.

Congratulations to this year's winner, Aaron Rudnicki, who managed to go a near-perfect 16-1 on the season.  The only blemish on his otherwise perfect run was a Week 11 loss by Washington against Tampa Bay.  Nice job, Aaron.  

Dave Larkin, Jeff Haseley and Alex Miglio finished strong at 15-2, one game behind first place.

Thanks again for reading this season, and I look forward to helping you win some more Survivor pools next year!  

Happy New Year!  Enjoy the NFL Playoffs! 

Questions, suggestions and comments are always welcome to pasquino@footballguys.com.

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