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Week 6 of the 2020 GRT Guessing Game: It’s raining blue shells and JWheel101 takes the lead

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

Week 6 – Georgia

Round 1

Q: Which team rushes for more net yards? (50 points available)

A: Georgia 50 points (Georgia 193, Tennessee -1; oof)

These folks get 50 points for the right answer:

  • LTVol99
  • HixsonVol
  • hounddog3
  • Harley
  • Jayyyy
  • Josh Farrar
  • Mitchell K
  • JWheel101

Mushrooms (30 points): Harley and Sam Hensley

Bananas (-30 points): Josh Farrar and LTVol99

Blue shells and bolts: 

  • Blue Shell No. 2 (launched by Sam Hensley): BLOWS UP and takes out hounddog3 (-50 points)
  • Blue Shell No. 3 (launched by Sam Hensley): Counter 1
  • Blue Shell No. 4 (launched by Bulldog85): Counter 4
  • New Blue Shell No. 5 (launched by Sam Hensley): Counter 5
  • No bolts

Top 10 after Round 1:

  1. hounddog3 (190)
  2. Harley (180)
  3. JWheel101 (150)
  4. Isaac Bishop (130)
  5. Raven17 (110)
  6. Will Shelton (110)
  7. Josh Farrar (110)
  8. LTVol99 (100)
  9. Mitchell K (80)
  10. Joel Hollingsworth (50)

Round 2

Q: What happens first? (30-50 points available)

A: Georgia gives up the first turnover (30 points); Georgia fumbles (50 points)

Nobody picked Georgia fumbling and the 50 points, but these players picked Georgia giving up the first turnover and got the safe points (30):

  • Raven17
  • Mitchell K
  • Jayyyy

Mushrooms (30 points): JWheel101 and Sam Hensley

Bananas (-30 points): Raven17 and Will Shelton

Blue shells and bolts: 

  • Blue Shell No. 3 (launched by Sam Hensley): BLOWS UP and takes out hounddog3 (again) (-50 points)
  • Blue Shell No. 4 (launched by Bulldog85): Counter 3
  • Blue Shell No. 5 (launched by Sam Hensley): Counter 4
  • No new blue shells
  • Sam Hensley throws a bolt and gets 100 points

Top 10 after Round 2:

  1. Harley (180)
  2. JWheel101 (180)
  3. hounddog3 (140)
  4. Isaac Bishop (130)
  5. Sam Hensley (130)
  6. Raven17 (110)
  7. Josh Farrar (110)
  8. Mitchell K (110)
  9. LTVol99 (100)
  10. Will Shelton (80)

Round 3

Q: In two games, the Georgia defense is allowing an average of only 8 points per game. How many do the Vols get? (30-80 points available)

A: 21-24 (50 points) (The Vols got 21 points)

The following players got this one right and got 50 points for it:

  • JWheel101
  • hounddog3
  • Isaac Bishop
  • Raven17
  • Josh Farrar
  • LTVol99
  • Joel Hollingsworth

Mushrooms (30 points): hounddog3 and Joel Hollingsworth

Bananas (-30 points): Isaac Bishop and Jayyyy

Blue shells and bolts: 

  • Blue Shell No. 4 (launched by Bulldog85): Counter 2
  • Blue Shell No. 5 (launched by Sam Hensley): Counter 3
  • New Blue Shell No. 6 (launched by HixsonVol): Counter 5
  • No bolts

Final Standings After Week 6:

Rank Player Points
1 JWheel101 230
2 hounddog3 220
3 Harley 180
4 Raven17 160
5 Josh Farrar 160
6 Isaac Bishop 150
7 LTVol99 150
8 Sam Hensley 130
9 Joel Hollingsworth 130
10 Mitchell K 110
11 Will Shelton 80
12 Jayyyy 50
13 HixsonVol 50
14 Evan 33
15 chris weatherly 0
16 Bulldog85 0
17 RockyTop5 0
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chris weatherly
chris weatherly
3 years ago

I don’t understand what blue shells, bolts, mushrooms, and bananas are. WTF does this mean?

Sam Hensley
Sam Hensley
3 years ago

It’s a reference to the video game series: Mario Kart

chris weatherly
chris weatherly
3 years ago

Oh. I haven’t seen a video game since 1987- when I was 12. But, to each their own I guess.