GRT Guessing Game Final Results: The dramatic finish

Another rough week and a downpour of blue shells results in a dramatic conclusion to the 2018 Gameday on Rocky Top Guessing Game.

Here’s the play-by-play for this week.

Round 1

Q: Which team rushes for more net yards? (15-30 points available)

A: Tennessee (15 points) (103 for UT to 100 for Vandy)

The following players got this right: Will Shelton, Mitchell K, daetilus, Mariettavol, Joel Hollingsworth, Harley, Randy Holtzclaw, Sam Hensley, Evan, and Isaac Bishop.

Mushrooms (10 points): Displaced_Vol_Fan and Isaac Bishop

Bananas (-10 points): Joel Hollingsworth and JWheel101

Blue shells and bolts: 

  • Blue Shell #7 blows up Will Shelton, who loses 10 points.
  • Blue Shell #8 Counter: 1
  • Blue Shell #9 Counter: 2
  • Blue Shell #10 Counter: 3
  • Blue Shell #11 Counter: 4
  • No new bolts or blue shells

Top 10 after Round 1:

  1. Displaced_Vol_Fan 122
  2. Mitchell K 107
  3. Will Shelton 106.5
  4. daetilus 102
  5. cscott95 95
  6. Mariettavol 94
  7. Harley 91.5
  8. Randy Holtzclaw 89
  9. jfarrar90 84
  10. Joel Hollingsworth 78.5

In case anyone is wondering, standings are re-sorted after the points for the questions are awarded, and then all of the specials are administered at based on the standings at that point.

Round 2

Q: Who leads at the half? (15-30 points available)

A: Vanderbilt (15 points)

Four players got this right: jfarrar90, Jayyyy, JWheel101, and LTVol99.

Mushrooms (10 points): Joel Hollingsworth and Isaac Bishop

Bananas (-10 points): Mariettavol and Harley

Blue shells and bolts: 

  • Blue Shell #8 blows up Displaced_Vol_Fan, who loses 10 points.
  • Blue Shell #9 Counter: 1
  • Blue Shell #10 Counter: 2
  • Blue Shell #11 Counter: 3
  • No new bolts or blue shells

Top 10 after Round 2:

  1. Displaced_Vol_Fan 112
  2. Mitchell K 107
  3. Will Shelton 106.5
  4. daetilus 102
  5. jfarrar90 99
  6. cscott95 95
  7. Randy Holtzclaw 89
  8. Jayyyy 88.5
  9. Joel Hollingsworth 88.5
  10. Mariettavol 84

Round 3

Q: Which team scores 20 points or more? (15 – 20 points available)

A: Only Vanderbilt (20 points)

Only JWheel101 got this right.

Mushrooms (10 points): daetilus and Sam Hensley

Bananas (-10 points): Displaced_Vol_Fan and daetilus

Blue shells and bolts: 

  • Blue Shell #9 blows up Displaced_Vol_Fan, who loses another 10 points.
  • Blue Shell #10 Counter: 1
  • Blue Shell #11 Counter: 2
  • No new bolts or blue shells

So, Mitchell K squeaks across the finish line just a nose ahead of Will Shelton to take the cup in the 2018 Gameday on Rocky Top Guessing Game.

Thanks to everyone for playing.

Final Standings

Rank Player Points
1 Mitchell K 107
2 Will Shelton 106.5
3 daetilus 102
4 jfarrar90 99
5 cscott95 95
6 Displaced_Vol_Fan 92
7 Randy Holtzclaw 89
8 Joel Hollingsworth 88.5
9 Jayyyy 88.5
10 JWheel101 88.5
11 Mariettavol 84
12 Isaac Bishop 83.5
13 Sam Hensley 83
14 Harley 81.5
15 Evan 64
16 Raven17 62.5
17 LTVol99 51.5
18 Gavin Driskill 46
19 Jrstep 45
20 HT 38
21 chadvolfan 25
22 Richard 15
23 Scott Jackson 5
24 Bulldog85 4
25 Andrew Cooper 0
26 brandon galford 0
27 Pete -5
28 rdbulet96 -5
29 Rtbrwb66 -5

UNDirish60 wins Week 13 of the 2018 Gameday on Rocky Top Pick ‘Em Contest

Congratulations to UNDirish60, who finished first this week in the Gameday on Rocky Top Pick ‘Em contest with a record of 18-2 and 200 confidence points. He or she gets a Gameday on Rocky Top t-shirt from our custom tee store, Web Community Tees.

UNDirish60, watch for a message from me (it will come through the Fun Office Pools system) about how to claim your prize.

Gameday on Rocky Top Logo Tee

 

Here are the full results for last week:

Rank Selection Name W-L Pts Tie Breaker Game (13-38)
1 UNDirish60 18-2 200 19-24
2 Jahiegel 17-3 197 23-27
3 Fred4UT 16-4 193 24-20
4 wedflatrock 16-4 192 17-21
5 LuckyGuess 16-4 191 17-24**
5 Dylan pickle 16-4 191 10-21
5 jstorie1 16-4 191 24-20
8 birdjam 16-4 190 24-27
9 Volfan2002 15-5 188 31-21**
9 BZACHARY 17-3 188 0-0
11 jfarrar90 16-4 187 24-27**
11 C_hawkfan 16-4 187 23-25
11 tcarroll90 15-5 187 28-20
14 spartans100 16-4 184 27-34
15 UTSeven 14-6 183 27-17
16 Anaconda 15-5 182 23-26**
16 chuckiepoo 14-6 182 27-20
16 dgibbs 14-6 182 27-17
19 ChuckieTVol 13-7 179 27-24**
19 Phonies 14-6 179 270-30
21 mmmjtx 15-5 178 17-34**
21 TennRebel 16-4 178 17-24
21 Joel @ GRT 14-6 178 20-21
21 PAVolFan 15-5 178 33-24
25 cnyvol 13-7 177 30-27**
25 Displaced_Vol_Fan 13-7 177 24-21
27 mmb61 15-5 176 17-35**
27 mariettavol 14-6 176 32-23
27 Timbuktu126 16-4 176 34-10
27 Gman15 14-6 176 41-31
31 chatty daddy 14-6 175 21-31
32 GeorgeMonkey 12-8 174 28-24
33 tpi 16-4 173 0-0
34 boro wvvol 13-7 172 31-28
35 ltvol99 14-6 169 24-21**
35 Jayyyy 14-6 169 24-20
35 daetilus 15-5 169 27-17
38 Rossboro 13-7 168 0-0
39 DinnerJacket 13-7 167 24-22**
39 Fightin Walking Horses 15-5 167 24-21
41 ctull 14-6 165 21-28**
41 Bulldog 85 11-9 165 28-24
43 Rocky4 13-7 164 31-24
44 Raven17 14-6 163 31-28
45 MariettaVol1 14-6 162 25-15**
45 Will Shelton 12-8 162 20-16
47 KeepsCornInAJar 13-7 160 24-21
48 alanmar 15-5 159 27-31
49 crafdog 15-5 158 31-27
50 ga26engr 12-8 154 3-28
51 ddayvolsfan 13-7 152 27-24
52 IndyVolFan 13-7 144 24-17
53 JLPasour 10-10 143 28-14
54 tbone9591 13-7 142 28-17
55 Jrstep 14-6 141 20-14**
55 Joelarbear 12-8 141 21-7
57 Keep on truckin’ 13-7 140 23-21
58 PensacolaVolFan 12-8 136 38-17
59 RockyPopPicks 11-9 132 35-17
60 vols95 9-11 130 0-0
61 rsbrooks25 13-7 125 23-21
62 TennVol95 in 3D! 0-20 124 0-0**
62 VandyVol 0-20 124 -
62 Knottfair 0-20 124 -
62 Brandon88 0-20 124 -
62 War Birds 0-20 124 -
62 JohnCoctostan 0-20 124 -
62 BallerVawl 0-20 124 -
62 edgarmsmith 0-20 124 -
62 Pat OMalley 0-20 124 -
62 Willewillm 0-20 124 -
62 RockyTop5 0-20 124 -
62 VillaVol 0-20 124 -
62 utvol2 0-20 124 -
62 aquasox 0-20 124 -
62 RandyH112 0-20 124 -
62 ThePowerT 0-20 124 -
62 Techboy 0-20 124 -
62 BlountVols 0-20 124 -
62 King Nothing 0-20 124 -
62 Nick_Drake87 0-20 124 -
62 waltsspac 0-20 124 -
62 Orange Swarm 0-20 124 -
62 rockytopinky 0-20 124 -
62 BirdDawg55 0-20 124 -
62 patmd 0-20 124 -
62 tallahasseevol 0-20 124 -
62 Dmorton 0-20 124 -
62 IBleedVolOrange 0-20 124 -
62 CajunVol 0-20 124 -
62 Aaron Birkholz 0-20 124 -
62 OriginalVol1814 0-20 124 -
62 JWaldroop 0-20 124 -
62 Sam 0-20 124 -
62 DMike 0-20 124 -
62 Smokin Turkeys 0-20 124 -
62 I guess Randy Sanders was good after all 0-20 124 -

 

Jahiegel remains in the lead in the season standings. Here are the complete standings after Week 13:

Rank Player W/L Points
1 Jahiegel 183-74 2084
2 Volfan2002 179-78 2064
3 wedflatrock 181-76 2063
4 birdjam 175-82 2043
5 C_hawkfan 181-76 2042
6 PAVolFan 175-82 2039
7 GeorgeMonkey 176-81 2038
8 spartans100 176-81 2029
9 BZACHARY 178-79 2028
10 LuckyGuess 171-86 2024
11 cnyvol 165-92 2016
12 Fred4UT 174-83 2014
13 Bulldog 85 171-86 2003
14 UNDirish60 177-80 2001
15 mmb61 169-88 1991
16 Displaced_Vol_Fan 168-89 1989
17 UTSeven 160-97 1980
18 jfarrar90 166-91 1975
19 chuckiepoo 167-90 1967
20 ChuckieTVol 159-98 1964
21 alanmar 176-81 1963
22 mmmjtx 170-87 1954
22 TennRebel 176-81 1954
24 boro wvvol 170-87 1947
24 Will Shelton 157-100 1947
26 JLPasour 169-88 1945
27 Fightin Walking Horses 173-84 1943
28 Rossboro 164-93 1942
29 ctull 172-85 1936
30 jstorie1 168-89 1928
31 RockyTop5 161-96 1925
32 dgibbs 153-104 1923
33 Anaconda 171-86 1916
34 Rocky4 167-90 1905
35 chatty daddy 167-90 1903
36 Joel @ GRT 164-93 1897
37 DinnerJacket 167-90 1895
38 VillaVol 147-110 1887
39 MariettaVol1 160-97 1884
39 tpi 174-83 1884
39 Phonies 156-101 1884
42 tcarroll90 157-100 1879
43 Joelarbear 160-97 1871
44 Raven17 157-100 1869
45 mariettavol 149-108 1868
46 Dylan pickle 183-74 1866
47 Jayyyy 152-105 1856
48 tbone9591 159-98 1847
49 vols95 154-103 1843
50 KeepsCornInAJar 161-96 1837
51 crafdog 172-85 1821
52 daetilus 144-113 1810
53 RockyPopPicks 156-101 1804
54 Timbuktu126 167-90 1791
54 Willewillm 122-135 1791
56 ddayvolsfan 165-92 1788
57 Knottfair 116-141 1787
58 BlountVols 137-120 1766
59 Keep on truckin 158-99 1765
60 Sam 121-136 1763
61 Gman15 150-107 1762
62 rsbrooks25 160-97 1760
63 ga26engr 153-104 1742
64 ThePowerT 100-157 1713
65 ltvol99 146-111 1712
66 DMike 94-163 1710
66 RandyH112 107-150 1710
68 Jrstep 136-121 1705
69 waltsspac 118-139 1683
70 edgarmsmith 102-155 1641
71 Nick_Drake87 77-180 1634
72 King Nothing 131-126 1620
73 Brandon88 72-185 1594
74 aquasox 90-167 1590
75 IndyVolFan 136-121 1582
76 TennVol95 in 3D! 114-143 1574
77 Orange Swarm 73-184 1569
77 JWaldroop 61-196 1569
79 patmd 117-140 1568
80 rockytopinky 80-177 1556
81 Dmorton 100-157 1542
82 PensacolaVolFan 120-137 1489
83 OriginalVol1814 47-210 1480
84 BallerVawl 58-199 1450
85 tallahasseevol 49-208 1439
86 VandyVol 34-223 1434
87 CajunVol 56-201 1431
88 Techboy 70-187 1418
89 War Birds 49-208 1409
90 Smokin Turkeys 22-235 1401
91 Pat OMalley 31-226 1343
92 Aaron Birkholz 10-247 1324
93 utvol2 11-246 1323
94 BirdDawg55 45-212 1318
95 IBleedVolOrange 10-247 1286
96 JohnCoctostan 0-257 1272
96 I guess Randy Sanders was good after all 0-257 1272

Gameday on Rocky Top Guessing Game: Vanderbilt edition

It’s time for this week’s edition of the GRT Guessing Game. If you are new here and have no idea what this is all about, you can find out everything you need to know here. Last week’s results are here.

Let’sa go!

  1. Submit your answers to our three questions below.
  2. Click the “Submit” button.
  3. Copy and paste your answers in the comments below.

Good luck!

GRT Guessing Game Results Week 12: Forecast calls for meteor showers

A rough game for the Vols this week translates into a rough week for most of our Guessing Game players. And if you look in the right place in the sky at the right time (usually when you’d normally be sleeping), you’ll be able to see a Blue Shell meteor shower next week. Just don’t be in the lead.

Here’s the play-by-play for this week.

Round 1

Q: Who scores first?

A: Missouri (15 points)

Nine players got this right.

Mushrooms (10 points): Evan and Andrew Cooper

Bananas (-10 points): Gavin Driskill and LTVol99

Blue shells and bolts: 

  • Blue Shell #7 Counter: 3
  • Blue Shell #8 Counter: 4
  • New Blue Shell #9 Counter: 5
  • Evan draws a bolt and gets an extra 10 points

Top 10 after Round 1:

  1. Will Shelton
  2. Displaced_Vol_Fan
  3. Mitchell K
  4. daetilus
  5. cscott95
  6. Mariettavol
  7. Joel Hollingsworth
  8. Harley
  9. Randy Holtzclaw
  10. Jayyyy

Round 2

Q: How many sacks does Darrell Taylor get this week?

A: 0 (15 points)

Only two players got this right (jfarrar90 and Gavin Driskill.)

Mushrooms (10 points): Displaced_Vol_Fan and Mariettavol

Bananas (-10 points): JWheel101 and Andrew Cooper

Blue shells and bolts: 

  • Blue Shell #7 Counter: 2
  • Blue Shell #8 Counter: 3
  • Blue Shell #9 Counter: 4
  • New Blue Shell #10 Counter: 5
  • No bolts

Top 10 after Round 2:

  1. Displaced_Vol_Fan
  2. Will Shelton
  3. Mitchell K
  4. Mariettavol
  5. daetilus
  6. cscott95
  7. jfarrar90
  8. Joel Hollingsworth
  9. Harley
  10. Randy Holtzclaw

Round 3

Q: Which of the following scores the most points?

A: Tennessee’s running game (15 points) (2 rushing TDs for 12 points for the run game; one FG and 2 PATs for 5 points for special teams)

Only two players — Raven17 and JWheel101 — got this right.

Mushrooms (10 points): cscott95 and LTVol99

Bananas (-10 points): Raven17 and Mariettavol

Blue shells and bolts: 

  • Blue Shell #7 Counter: 1
  • Blue Shell #8 Counter: 2
  • Blue Shell #9 Counter: 3
  • Blue Shell #10 Counter: 4
  • New Blue Shell #11 Counter: 5
  • No bolts

Yes, the random number generator is raining blue shells.

Final Standings After Week 12:

Rank Player Points
1 Displaced_Vol_Fan 107
2 Will Shelton 101.5
3 cscott95 95
4 Mitchell K 92
5 daetilus 87
6 jfarrar90 84
7 Mariettavol 79
8 Joel Hollingsworth 78.5
9 Harley 76.5
10 Randy Holtzclaw 74
11 Jayyyy 73.5
12 JWheel101 68.5
13 Raven17 62.5
14 Sam Hensley 58
15 Evan 49
16 Gavin Driskill 46
17 Jrstep 45
18 Isaac Bishop 43.5
19 HT 38
20 LTVol99 36.5
21 chadvolfan 25
22 Richard 15
23 Scott Jackson 5
24 Bulldog85 4
25 Andrew Cooper 0
26 brandon galford 0
27 Pete -5
28 rdbulet96 -5
29 Rtbrwb66 -5

Phonies wins Week 12 of the 2018 Gameday on Rocky Top Pick ‘Em Contest

Congratulations to Phonies, who finished first this week in the Gameday on Rocky Top Pick ‘Em contest with a record of 15-4 and 163 confidence points. He or she gets a Gameday on Rocky Top t-shirt from our custom tee store, Web Community Tees.

Phonies, watch for a message from me (it will come through the Fun Office Pools system) about how to claim your prize.

Gameday on Rocky Top Logo Tee

 

Here are the full results for last week:

Rank Selection Name W-L Pts Tie Breaker Game (50-17)
1 Phonies 15-4 163 30-27
2 Jahiegel 13-6 156 32-25**
2 LuckyGuess 13-6 156 31-24
4 wedflatrock 13-6 154 24-17**
4 Anaconda 13-6 154 31-33
4 alanmar 13-6 154 27-31
7 Rocky4 12-7 152 24-31**
7 Rossboro 13-6 152 0-0
9 boro wvvol 13-6 151 28-31
10 Dylan pickle 15-4 150 31-28**
10 birdjam 12-7 150 24-20
10 Volfan2002 12-7 150 24-31
10 BZACHARY 14-5 150 0-0
14 UTSeven 12-7 149 34-35**
14 PAVolFan 12-7 149 21-27
16 jfarrar90 13-6 148 30-17**
16 TennRebel 12-7 148 24-17
18 mmb61 12-7 147 17-28**
18 UNDirish60 13-6 147 0-0
20 GeorgeMonkey 12-7 146 31-24
21 tpi 15-4 145 0-0
22 Joel @ GRT 13-6 143 31-27
23 ctull 12-7 141 31-21**
23 Fred4UT 12-7 141 27-24
25 spartans100 11-8 139 27-34
26 jstorie1 11-8 138 38-28**
26 ddayvolsfan 13-6 138 24-21
26 mmmjtx 11-8 138 27-34
29 JLPasour 13-6 137 28-24
30 DinnerJacket 12-7 136 7-10
31 Fightin Walking Horses 12-7 135 24-27
32 Will Shelton 10-9 134 28-31**
32 cnyvol 10-9 134 27-30
34 KeepsCornInAJar 11-8 132 28-21**
34 Bulldog 85 11-8 132 27-31
36 C_hawkfan 14-5 131 35-26
37 crafdog 13-6 130 14-34
38 RockyTop5 11-8 129 27-31**
38 ChuckieTVol 11-8 129 24-27
38 chuckiepoo 10-9 129 20-27
41 BlountVols 11-8 127 21-28
42 Raven17 10-9 126 38-42
43 vols95 9-10 123 28-31**
43 chatty daddy 11-8 123 22-26
45 Displaced_Vol_Fan 10-9 122 28-36
46 tbone9591 10-9 121 21-28
47 Keep on truckin’ 12-7 120 26-28
48 Timbuktu126 11-8 119 22-21
49 Joelarbear 9-10 117 43-54
50 Gman15 12-7 115 34-17**
50 mariettavol 8-11 115 23-30
52 MariettaVol1 9-10 113 27-28
53 waltsspac 8-11 112 24-28
54 rsbrooks25 10-9 108 29-35**
54 tcarroll90 7-12 108 26-31
54 daetilus 8-11 108 20-30
57 ga26engr 8-11 107 37-27
58 RockyPopPicks 8-11 105 17-24
59 King Nothing 9-10 103 22-26
60 ltvol99 9-10 102 30-34
61 TennVol95 in 3D! 8-11 87 31-35
62 VandyVol 0-19 86 -
62 Jayyyy 0-19 86 -
62 PensacolaVolFan 0-19 86 -
62 Knottfair 0-19 86 -
62 Brandon88 0-19 86 -
62 War Birds 0-19 86 -
62 JohnCoctostan 0-19 86 -
62 BallerVawl 0-19 86 -
62 edgarmsmith 0-19 86 -
62 Pat OMalley 0-19 86 -
62 Willewillm 0-19 86 -
62 VillaVol 0-19 86 -
62 utvol2 0-19 86 -
62 aquasox 0-19 86 -
62 IndyVolFan 0-19 86 -
62 RandyH112 0-19 86 -
62 ThePowerT 0-19 86 -
62 Techboy 0-19 86 -
62 Nick_Drake87 0-19 86 -
62 Orange Swarm 0-19 86 -
62 rockytopinky 0-19 86 -
62 BirdDawg55 0-19 86 -
62 patmd 0-19 86 -
62 tallahasseevol 0-19 86 -
62 Jrstep 0-19 86 -
62 Dmorton 0-19 86 -
62 dgibbs 0-19 86 -
62 IBleedVolOrange 0-19 86 -
62 CajunVol 0-19 86 -
62 Aaron Birkholz 0-19 86 -
62 OriginalVol1814 0-19 86 -
62 JWaldroop 0-19 86 -
62 Sam 0-19 86 -
62 DMike 0-19 86 -
62 Smokin Turkeys 0-19 86 -
62 I guess Randy Sanders was good after all 0-19 86 -

 

Jahiegel remains in the lead in the season standings. Here are the complete standings after Week 12:

Rank Player W/L Points
1 Jahiegel 166-71 1887
2 Volfan2002 164-73 1876
3 wedflatrock 165-72 1871
4 GeorgeMonkey 164-73 1864
5 PAVolFan 160-77 1861
6 C_hawkfan 165-72 1855
7 birdjam 159-78 1853
8 spartans100 160-77 1845
9 BZACHARY 161-76 1840
10 cnyvol 152-85 1839
11 Bulldog 85 160-77 1838
12 LuckyGuess 155-82 1833
13 Fred4UT 158-79 1821
14 mmb61 154-83 1815
15 Displaced_Vol_Fan 155-82 1812
16 alanmar 161-76 1804
17 JLPasour 159-78 1802
18 RockyTop5 161-76 1801
18 UNDirish60 159-78 1801
20 UTSeven 146-91 1797
21 jfarrar90 150-87 1788
22 Will Shelton 145-92 1785
22 ChuckieTVol 146-91 1785
22 chuckiepoo 153-84 1785
25 TennRebel 160-77 1776
25 mmmjtx 155-82 1776
25 Fightin Walking Horses 158-79 1776
28 boro wvvol 157-80 1775
29 Rossboro 151-86 1774
30 ctull 158-79 1771
31 VillaVol 147-90 1763
32 Rocky4 154-83 1741
32 dgibbs 139-98 1741
34 jstorie1 152-85 1737
35 Anaconda 156-81 1734
36 Joelarbear 148-89 1730
37 chatty daddy 153-84 1728
37 DinnerJacket 154-83 1728
39 MariettaVol1 146-91 1722
40 Joel @ GRT 150-87 1719
41 vols95 145-92 1713
42 tpi 158-79 1711
43 Raven17 143-94 1706
44 Phonies 142-95 1705
44 tbone9591 146-91 1705
46 tcarroll90 142-95 1692
46 mariettavol 135-102 1692
48 Jayyyy 138-99 1687
49 KeepsCornInAJar 148-89 1677
50 Dylan pickle 167-70 1675
51 RockyPopPicks 145-92 1672
52 Willewillm 122-115 1667
53 crafdog 157-80 1663
53 Knottfair 116-121 1663
55 BlountVols 137-100 1642
56 daetilus 129-108 1641
57 Sam 121-116 1639
58 ddayvolsfan 152-85 1636
59 rsbrooks25 147-90 1635
60 Keep on truckin� 145-92 1625
61 Timbuktu126 151-86 1615
62 ThePowerT 100-137 1589
63 ga26engr 141-96 1588
64 Gman15 136-101 1586
64 DMike 94-143 1586
64 RandyH112 107-130 1586
67 Jrstep 122-115 1564
68 waltsspac 118-119 1559
69 ltvol99 132-105 1543
70 edgarmsmith 102-135 1517
71 Nick_Drake87 77-160 1510
72 King Nothing 131-106 1496
73 Brandon88 72-165 1470
74 aquasox 90-147 1466
75 TennVol95 in 3D! 114-123 1450
76 JWaldroop 61-176 1445
76 Orange Swarm 73-164 1445
78 patmd 117-120 1444
79 IndyVolFan 123-114 1438
80 rockytopinky 80-157 1432
81 Dmorton 100-137 1418
82 OriginalVol1814 47-190 1356
83 PensacolaVolFan 108-129 1353
84 BallerVawl 58-179 1326
85 tallahasseevol 49-188 1315
86 VandyVol 34-203 1310
87 CajunVol 56-181 1307
88 Techboy 70-167 1294
89 War Birds 49-188 1285
90 Smokin Turkeys 22-215 1277
91 Pat OMalley 31-206 1219
92 Aaron Birkholz 10-227 1200
93 utvol2 11-226 1199
94 BirdDawg55 45-192 1194
95 IBleedVolOrange 10-227 1162
96 I guess Randy Sanders was good after all 0-237 1148
96 JohnCoctostan 0-237 1148

Gameday on Rocky Top Guessing Game: Missouri edition

It’s time for this week’s edition of the GRT Guessing Game. If you are new here and have no idea what this is all about, you can find out everything you need to know here. Last week’s results are here.

Let’sa go!

  1. Submit your answers to our three questions below.
  2. Click the “Submit” button.
  3. Copy and paste your answers in the comments below.

Good luck!

GRT Guessing Game Results Week 11

Well, the Big Blue Nation didn’t have the most productive week, but the Big Blue Shells had their way, blowing up two leaders and making way for Will Shelton to take the lead in the Gameday on Rocky Top Guessing Game after the Week 11 action.

Here’s the play-by-play for this week.

Round 1

Q: Which is greater, Tennessee’s passing yards or Kentucky’s rushing yards?

A: Tennessee’s passing yards (10 points) (Vols’ passing: 197, Wildcats’ rushing: 77)

Eleven players got this right.

Mushrooms (5 points): Randy Holtzclaw and chadvolfan

Bananas (-5 points): Evan and Richard

Blue shells and bolts: 

  • Blue Shell #5 blows up, taking out current leader Displaced_Vol_Fan (-10 points), putting cscott95 in the lead.
  • New Blue Shell #6 Counter: 1
  • No new blue shells
  • Sam Hensley draws a bolt and gets 10 points.

Top 10 after Round 1:

  1. cscott95
  2. Displaced_Vol_Fan
  3. Will Shelton
  4. Jayyyy
  5. Mitchell K
  6. Harley
  7. Joel Hollingsworth
  8. Raven17
  9. daetilus
  10. Sam Hensley

Round 2

Q: How many combined sacks and tackles for loss does Kentucky’s Josh Allen get?

A: 1-3 (10 points) (Allen got 2. For your entertainment, UT’s Darrell Taylor got 8. Woo.)

Who got this one right? Cscott95, Will Shelton, Mitchell K, Harley, daetilus, Mariettavol, JWheel101, chadvolfan, and Richard.

Mushrooms (5 points): Displaced_Vol_Fan and Randy Holtzclaw

Bananas (-5 points): HT and Richard

Blue shells and bolts: 

  • Blue Shell #6 blows up and takes out current leader cscott95, putting Will Shelton in the lead. Shenanigans! Favoritism! Deception! . . . Hanging chads!
  • New Blue Shell #7 Counter: 5
  • No bolts

Top 10 after Round 2:

  1. Will Shelton
  2. cscott95
  3. Displaced_Vol_Fan
  4. Mitchell K
  5. Harley
  6. Jayyyy
  7. daetilus
  8. Mariettavol
  9. Joel Hollingsworth
  10. JWheel101

Round 3

Q: How do the Vols score their first touchdown?

A: A running play (10 points) (Tim Jordan’s 3-yard run)

Only HT and Richard got this right.

Mushrooms (5 points): Oddly enough, HT and Richard. Sideways eyes.

Bananas (-5 points): HT and Raven17

Blue shells and bolts: 

  • Blue Shell #7 Counter: 4
  • New Blue Shell #8 Counter: 5
  • No bolts

Final Standings After Week 11:

Rank Player Points
1 Will Shelton 86.5
2 cscott95 85
3 Displaced_Vol_Fan 82
4 Mitchell K 77
5 Harley 76.5
6 Jayyyy 73.5
7 daetilus 72
8 Mariettavol 64
9 Joel Hollingsworth 63.5
10 JWheel101 63.5
11 Randy Holtzclaw 59
12 Sam Hensley 58
13 Raven17 57.5
14 jfarrar90 54
15 Jrstep 45
16 Isaac Bishop 43.5
17 HT 38
18 LTVol99 36.5
19 Evan 29
20 Gavin Driskill 26
21 chadvolfan 25
22 Richard 15
23 Scott Jackson 5
24 Bulldog85 4
25 brandon galford 0
26 Pete -5
27 rdbulet96 -5
28 Rtbrwb66 -5

Vols95 wins Week 11 of the 2018 Gameday on Rocky Top Pick ‘Em Contest

Congratulations to vols95, who finished first this week in the Gameday on Rocky Top Pick ‘Em contest with a record of 18-2 and 203 confidence points. He or she gets a Gameday on Rocky Top t-shirt from our custom tee store, Web Community Tees.

Vols95, watch for a message from me (it will come through the Fun Office Pools system) about how to claim your prize.

Gameday on Rocky Top Logo Tee

 

Here are the full results for last week:

Rank Selection Name W-L Pts Tie Breaker Game (7-24)
1 vols95 18-2 203 20-21
2 Displaced_Vol_Fan 17-3 197 13-17**
2 IndyVolFan 18-2 197 17-24
4 PAVolFan 18-2 196 20-21**
4 spartans100 18-2 196 21-24
4 UTSeven 18-2 196 27-30
4 BlountVols 18-2 196 28-17
8 cnyvol 17-3 195 23-24**
8 chuckiepoo 18-2 195 24-27
8 mmb61 17-3 195 28-21
8 LuckyGuess 17-3 195 31-24
12 ChuckieTVol 17-3 194 20-27**
12 TennRebel 17-3 194 28-13
12 Phonies 18-2 194 30-25
12 boro wvvol 18-2 194 35-21
12 BZACHARY 16-4 194 0-0
17 Volfan2002 17-3 193 14-17**
17 chatty daddy 18-2 193 24-27
17 dgibbs 16-4 193 21-18
20 RockyTop5 18-2 192 17-20**
20 Rossboro 16-4 192 0-0
22 Fightin Walking Horses 15-5 191 17-21**
22 tbone9591 17-3 191 21-24
22 mmmjtx 18-2 191 24-27
22 Joel @ GRT 17-3 191 20-17
22 Anaconda 17-3 191 25-24
22 alanmar 17-3 191 31-27
22 tpi 17-3 191 0-0
29 birdjam 17-3 190 17-13**
29 wedflatrock 17-3 190 17-10
31 mariettavol 17-3 189 20-17**
31 Fred4UT 16-4 189 24-17
31 Jahiegel 16-4 189 25-19
31 ddayvolsfan 17-3 189 24-21
35 Bulldog 85 17-3 188 21-24**
35 KeepsCornInAJar 17-3 188 17-10
35 GeorgeMonkey 16-4 188 24-17
38 MariettaVol1 17-3 187 17-21**
38 JLPasour 17-3 187 28-17
38 UNDirish60 16-4 187 0-0
41 Keep on truckin’ 17-3 186 16-17**
41 daetilus 16-4 186 17-24
41 Jayyyy 16-4 186 31-14
44 waltsspac 15-5 185 0-0
45 ltvol99 17-3 183 20-21
46 jstorie1 17-3 182 28-14
47 tcarroll90 15-5 181 20-21**
47 Joelarbear 16-4 181 21-12
47 VillaVol 16-4 181 16-8
47 crafdog 17-3 181 31-27
51 RockyPopPicks 16-4 180 17-21**
51 rsbrooks25 17-3 180 21-24
51 Gman15 16-4 180 38-17
54 C_hawkfan 15-5 179 25-17**
54 jfarrar90 14-6 179 27-17
56 patmd 17-3 178 31-14
57 ctull 15-5 176 28-14
58 Raven17 15-5 175 28-31
59 PensacolaVolFan 15-5 174 20-30
60 ga26engr 15-5 173 17-10**
60 DinnerJacket 15-5 173 34-17
60 Dylan pickle 17-3 173 31-28
63 Rocky4 15-5 171 24-13**
63 BirdDawg55 16-4 171 38-7
65 Jrstep 15-5 169 21-22
66 King Nothing 15-5 166 26-13
67 Will Shelton 12-8 165 23-24
68 Timbuktu126 14-6 160 17-4
69 VandyVol 0-20 159 -
69 Knottfair 0-20 159 -
69 TennVol95 in 3D! 0-20 159 -
69 Brandon88 0-20 159 -
69 War Birds 0-20 159 -
69 JohnCoctostan 0-20 159 -
69 BallerVawl 0-20 159 -
69 edgarmsmith 0-20 159 -
69 Pat OMalley 0-20 159 -
69 Willewillm 0-20 159 -
69 utvol2 0-20 159 -
69 aquasox 0-20 159 -
69 RandyH112 0-20 159 -
69 ThePowerT 0-20 159 -
69 Techboy 0-20 159 -
69 Nick_Drake87 0-20 159 -
69 Orange Swarm 0-20 159 -
69 rockytopinky 0-20 159 -
69 tallahasseevol 0-20 159 -
69 Dmorton 0-20 159 -
69 IBleedVolOrange 0-20 159 -
69 CajunVol 0-20 159 -
69 Aaron Birkholz 0-20 159 -
69 OriginalVol1814 0-20 159 -
69 JWaldroop 0-20 159 -
69 Sam 0-20 159 -
69 DMike 0-20 159 -
69 Smokin Turkeys 0-20 159 -
69 I guess Randy Sanders was good after all 0-20 159 -

 

Jahiegel takes the lead in the season standings. Here are the complete standings after Week 11:

Rank Player W/L Points
1 Jahiegel 153-65 1731
2 Volfan2002 152-66 1726
3 C_hawkfan 151-67 1724
4 GeorgeMonkey 152-66 1718
5 wedflatrock 152-66 1717
6 PAVolFan 148-70 1712
7 spartans100 149-69 1706
7 Bulldog 85 149-69 1706
9 cnyvol 142-76 1705
10 birdjam 147-71 1703
11 Displaced_Vol_Fan 145-73 1690
11 BZACHARY 147-71 1690
13 Fred4UT 146-72 1680
14 VillaVol 147-71 1677
14 LuckyGuess 142-76 1677
16 RockyTop5 150-68 1672
17 mmb61 142-76 1668
18 JLPasour 146-72 1665
19 ChuckieTVol 135-83 1656
19 chuckiepoo 143-75 1656
21 dgibbs 139-79 1655
22 UNDirish60 146-72 1654
23 Will Shelton 135-83 1651
24 alanmar 148-70 1650
25 UTSeven 134-84 1648
26 Fightin Walking Horses 146-72 1641
27 jfarrar90 137-81 1640
28 mmmjtx 144-74 1638
29 ctull 146-72 1630
30 TennRebel 148-70 1628
31 boro wvvol 144-74 1624
32 Rossboro 138-80 1622
33 Joelarbear 139-79 1613
34 MariettaVol1 137-81 1609
35 chatty daddy 142-76 1605
36 Jayyyy 138-80 1601
37 jstorie1 141-77 1599
38 DinnerJacket 142-76 1592
39 vols95 136-82 1590
40 Rocky4 142-76 1589
41 tcarroll90 135-83 1584
41 tbone9591 136-82 1584
43 Willewillm 122-96 1581
44 Raven17 133-85 1580
44 Anaconda 143-75 1580
46 mariettavol 127-91 1577
46 Knottfair 116-102 1577
48 Joel @ GRT 137-81 1576
49 RockyPopPicks 137-81 1567
50 tpi 143-75 1566
51 Sam 121-97 1553
52 KeepsCornInAJar 137-81 1545
53 Phonies 127-91 1542
54 daetilus 121-97 1533
54 crafdog 144-74 1533
56 rsbrooks25 137-81 1527
57 Dylan pickle 152-66 1525
58 BlountVols 126-92 1515
59 Keep on truckin 133-85 1505
60 ThePowerT 100-118 1503
61 DMike 94-124 1500
61 RandyH112 107-111 1500
63 ddayvolsfan 139-79 1498
64 Timbuktu126 140-78 1496
65 ga26engr 133-85 1481
66 Jrstep 122-96 1478
67 Gman15 124-94 1471
68 waltsspac 110-108 1447
69 ltvol99 123-95 1441
70 edgarmsmith 102-116 1431
71 Nick_Drake87 77-141 1424
72 King Nothing 122-96 1393
73 Brandon88 72-146 1384
74 aquasox 90-128 1380
75 TennVol95 in 3D! 106-112 1363
76 JWaldroop 61-157 1359
76 Orange Swarm 73-145 1359
78 patmd 117-101 1358
79 IndyVolFan 123-95 1352
80 rockytopinky 80-138 1346
81 Dmorton 100-118 1332
82 OriginalVol1814 47-171 1270
83 PensacolaVolFan 108-110 1267
84 BallerVawl 58-160 1240
85 tallahasseevol 49-169 1229
86 VandyVol 34-184 1224
87 CajunVol 56-162 1221
88 Techboy 70-148 1208
89 War Birds 49-169 1199
90 Smokin Turkeys 22-196 1191
91 Pat OMalley 31-187 1133
92 Aaron Birkholz 10-208 1114
93 utvol2 11-207 1113
94 BirdDawg55 45-173 1108
95 IBleedVolOrange 10-208 1076
96 JohnCoctostan 0-218 1062
96 I guess Randy Sanders was good after all 0-218 1062

Gameday on Rocky Top Guessing Game: Kentucky edition

It’s time for this week’s edition of the GRT Guessing Game. If you are new here and have no idea what this is all about, you can find out everything you need to know here. Last week’s results are here.

Let’sa go!

  1. Submit your answers to our three questions below.
  2. Click the “Submit” button.
  3. Copy and paste your answers in the comments below.

Good luck!

GRT Guessing Game Results Week 10

Displaced_Vol_Fan maintains the lead after this week’s action despite going 0-for-3 on the questions, thanks to a couple of timely mushrooms and a blue shell welcoming a new leader by blowing him up.

Here’s the play-by-play for this week.

Round 1

Q: How many net rushing yards do the Vols get? (15 – 25 points available)

A: <60 (25 points) (UT netted 20 rushing yards; ugh)

Nobody got this right.

Mushrooms: Displaced_Vol_Fan and cscott95

Bananas: Harley and Scott Jackson

Blue shells and bolts: 

  • Blue Shell #4 Counter: 1
  • Blue Shell #5 Counter: 3
  • New Blue Shell #6 Counter: 4
  • No new blue shells or bolts

Top 10 after Round 1:

  1. Displaced_Vol_Fan
  2. Raven17
  3. Mitchell K
  4. Will Shelton
  5. cscott95
  6. Randy Holtzclaw
  7. Jayyyy
  8. Joel Hollingsworth
  9. JWheel101
  10. daetilus

Round 2

Q: Who catches the most passes for the Vols? (20 points available)

A: Josh Palmer (20 points)

Will Shelton, cscott95, Jayyyy, and Harley all get this right.

Mushrooms: Isaac Bishop and Scott Jackson

Bananas: Isaac Bishop and Mariettavol

Blue shells and bolts: 

  • Blue Shell #4 blows up and takes out brand spanking new leader Will Shelton, who loses 10 points. Sucker.
  • Blue Shell #5 Counter: 2
  • New Blue Shell #6 Counter: 3
  • No new blue shells or bolts

Top 10 after Round 2:

  1. cscott95
  2. Jayyyy
  3. Displaced_Vol_Fan
  4. Will Shelton
  5. Raven17
  6. Mitchell K
  7. Harley
  8. Randy Holtzclaw
  9. Joel Hollingsworth
  10. JWheel101

Round 3

Q: Who wins and by how much? (25 points available)

A: Tennessee, by 8-14 (25 points) (The Vols won by 11)

Nobody got this right. We’re terrible.

Mushrooms: Displaced_Vol_Fan and Scott Jackson

Bananas: Randy Holtzclaw and Evan

Blue shells and bolts: 

  • Blue Shell #5 Counter: 1
  • New Blue Shell #6 Counter: 2
  • No new blue shells
  • Mariettavol draws a bolt and gets 10 points

Final Standings After Week 10:

Rank Player Points
1 Displaced_Vol_Fan 77
2 cscott95 75
3 Jayyyy 73.5
4 Will Shelton 66.5
5 Raven17 62.5
6 Mitchell K 57
7 Harley 56.5
8 Mariettavol 54
9 Joel Hollingsworth 53.5
10 JWheel101 53.5
11 daetilus 52
12 Randy Holtzclaw 49
13 Sam Hensley 48
14 Jrstep 45
15 jfarrar90 44
16 LTVol99 36.5
17 Evan 34
18 Isaac Bishop 33.5
19 Gavin Driskill 26
20 HT 23
21 Scott Jackson 5
22 Bulldog85 4
23 brandon galford 0
24 Pete -5
25 rdbulet96 -5
26 Rtbrwb66 -5