Gameday on Rocky Top Guessing Game

Marietta Vol takes first place in the 2017 GRT Guessing Game

Mushrooms, bananas, bolts, and blue shells all have a say in the final round of the 2017 Gameday on Rocky Top Guessing Game, but skill wins out in the end.

Thanks to everyone for playing this season. Play by play below.

Top 10 as of the end of last week

Marietta Vol 164
Raven17 161
Sam 144
Fatso 124
LTVol99 121
Dave Strunk 120
RandyH 119
Josh Farrar 116
cscott95 112
Daetilus 109

 

Round 1

Q: Which team hits 20 points first? (20-40 points)

A: Vanderbilt (20 points)

Due to Evan’s bolt in the last round last week, nobody but him had a shot at this one. And he missed it. No points for nobody!

Mushrooms: Raven17 and itsNickJ

Bananas: Marietta Vol and me, picking up right where I left off last week

Blue shells and bolts: The blue shell moves, and is now within one spot of the target. Who is it? Raven17, who just moved into the lead thanks to her mushroom and Marietta Vol’s banana. Also, MitchellK draws a thunderbolt.

Top 10 after Rounds 1:

Raven17 166
Marietta Vol 159
Sam 144
Fatso 124
LTVol99 121
Dave Strunk 120
RandyH 119
Josh Farrar 116
cscott95 112
Daetilus 109

 

Round 2

Q: Who wins and by how much? (10-30 points)

A: Vanderbilt, by 8 or more (18)

Due to MitchellK’s bolt last round, everybody’s disqualified from this question. No matter. Nobody got it right anyway.

Mushrooms: LTVol99 and Josh Farrar

Bananas: MitchellK and yes, me, again

Blue shells and bolts: The blue shell blows up Raven17, putting Marietta Vol back into the lead. ItsNickJ throws another blue shell, but it’s harmless because there is no time for it to reach the front now.

Top 10 after Round 2:

Marietta Vol 159
Raven17 156
Sam 144
LTVol99 126
Fatso 124
Josh Farrar 121
Dave Strunk 120
RandyH 119
cscott95 112
Daetilus 109

 

Round 3

Q: Which is greater, Vanderbilt’s rushing yards or Vanderbilt’s passing yards? (20 points)

A: Vanderbilt’s passing yards (20 points) (283 – 246)

Four players get this right, including the leader, Marietta Vol.

Mushrooms: Fatso and Josh Farrar

Bananas: Daetilus and Josh Farrar

Blue shells and bolts: Harmless blue shell is harmless, and Marietta Vol coasts across the finish line.

Final Top 10:

Marietta Vol 179
Raven17 156
Sam 144
Fatso 129
LTVol99 126
Daetilus 124
Josh Farrar 121
Dave Strunk 120
RandyH 119
cscott95 112
Harley 112

 

Full table

Player Prior Prior Specials R1 R1 Sub R1 Specials R1 Total R2 R2 Sub R2 Specials R2 Total R3 R3 Sub R3 Specials R3 Total
Marietta Vol 164 164 -5 159 159 159 20 179 179
Raven17 161 161 5 166 166 -10 156 156 156
Sam 144 144 144 144 144 144 144
Fatso 124 124 124 124 124 124 5 129
LTVol99 121 121 121 121 5 126 126 126
Daetilus 109 109 109 109 109 20 129 -5 124
Josh Farrar 116 116 116 116 5 121 121 0 121
Dave Strunk 120 120 120 120 120 120 120
RandyH 119 119 119 119
cscott95 112 112 112 112 112 112 112
Harley 92 92 92 92 92 20 112 112
Evan 104 BOLT 104 104 104 104 104 104
Jayyyy 104 104 104 104
MitchellK 101 101 BOLT 101 101 -5 96 96 96
Joel Hollingsworth 82 82 -5 77 77 -5 72 20 92 92
Bulldog 85 80 80 80 80
TennVol95 78 78 78 78
Displaced_Vol_Fan 67 67 67 67 67 67 67
Will Shelton 66 66 66 66
KD 60 60 60 60
PaVol 32 32 32 32
Oleg Zeltser 28 28 28 28
Phil 28 28 28 28
Alyas Grey 26 26 26 26
RockyTopinKY 26 26 26 26
WHODEYVOLS 25 25 25 25
vfl_mks 22 22 22 22
Packtar 13 13 13 13
PaVolFan 10 10 10 10
hoosiervol 9 9 9 9
NJ Vol 8 8 8 8
RockyTop5 8 8 8 8
charles matthews 7 7 7 7
GoVols365 6 6 6 6
nelsona350 6 6 6 6
itsNickJ 0 0 5 5 5 5 5 5
driskigm 5 5 5 5
Gr82baTNVol 5 5 5 5
Jason 5 5 5 5
Rockytop01 5 5 5 5
btpenley 4 4 4 4
wreckvol 4 4 4 4
Drew 3 3 3 3
BibleVol 1 1 1 1
Craig 1 1 1 1
Larry Hildebrand 1 1 1 1
utkjmitch 1 1 1 1
benvol 0 0 0 0
Donald Trump 0 0 0 0
GTZW 0 0 0 0
MediocreVOL 0 0 0 0
Volfaninsc 0 0 0 0
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Dave S
Dave S
6 years ago

This was the only thing I played for this year, given the down year. 6th place is respectable.

Brenna Russell
Brenna Russell
6 years ago

Marietta Vol got me on the last round. I guess I’m just too much of an optimist.

Sam Hensley
Sam Hensley
6 years ago

This was fun! One suggestion on the game for next year: what about having a lightning bolt cut the point totals in half for everyone on the next question instead of totally negating the next question for everyone? It’s just a thought. Thanks for running the game. Like I said, I had a lot of fun.