Week 8 was another close competition for the Winner-Takes-All contest!

There were 65 total participants in Week 8 and the WTA contest saw 12 contestants finish with a record of 5 - 0 for the week. In addition to those perfect picks, 31 contestants finished with a record of 4 - 1. Of the contestants tied at 5 - 0, none guessed the exact number of points scored during the Monday night game between the Broncos and Chiefs, which ended with 48 total points. The closest contestant to that point total was @treefiddy, who was just one point off with a selection of 47. The next closest was @vicpics with a guess of 51 points.

So, congratulations to @treefiddy for the win!

I need to note here that @treefiddy actually entered two different picks for Week 8. However, the second entry was disqualified, per the contest rules, as only one submission is accepted for each user account.

The winnings for this week’s contest will be sent after last week’s post closes today.

Here is the list of contestants who tied at 5-0 in Week 8, with tie-breakers in parentheses. Please remember that all weekly records will carry over for the season contest.

@treefiddy (47)
@brianphobos (55)
@chops316 (42)
@funaccountant (43)
@jlopezamor (41)
@kryptocek (27)
@ratticus (42)
@reet (42)
@scaredycatguide (39)
@steem-d-anlovnit (42)
@stokjockey (55)
@vicspics (51)

Monday night point total: 48

Season Records

These are the current leaders based on contestants who have participated in at least six of the first eight weeks of the season.

Contestant	Record	Win %
@sevinwilson	27 – 8	0.771
@chops316	26 – 9	0.743
@liberty-minded	27 – 13	0.675
@mikeshuh	27 – 13	0.675
@andy23	23 – 12	0.657
@steem-d-anlovnit	26 – 14	0.650
@neo-wiza	19 – 11	0.633
@lydon.sipe	25 – 15	0.625
@sardrt	24 – 16	0.600
@ratticus	21 – 14	0.600

If your name is not on this list and you would like to know your season record, please let me know in the comments.

Winner-Takes-All: Week 9

Game Selections

The game selections for Week 9 of the Winner-Takes-All contest are listed below. Choose your game winners and point totals for each of the Sunday night and Monday night games (in bold and italics). Game schedules are from NFL.com.

Sunday, November 5th

Game Time	Visitor	Home
1:00pm ET	Bengals	Jaguars
1:00pm ET	Rams	Giants
4:25pm ET	Chiefs	Cowboys
8:30pm ET	*Raiders*	*Dolphins*

Monday, November 6th

Game Time	Visitor	Home
8:30pm ET	*Lions*	*Packers*

Contest Rules

1 – Contestants must choose one winner for each of the selected games. Contestants can only enter one weekly submission per account. Submissions must be entered prior to the first scheduled game time. LATE SUBMISSIONS OR EDITS MADE TO SUBMISSIONS AFTER THE START OF THE FIRST GAME WILL BE DISQUALIFIED FROM THE CONTEST – NO EXCEPTIONS.

2 – Contestants must choose point totals for each of the Monday and Sunday night games. If there are two or more contestants with the same amount of correct picks for the week, then the contestant closest to the game point totals will be the winner. Monday night games will be the first tie-breaker and Sunday night games will be the second tie-breaker. (For the weeks when there are not one game being played on each night, special tie-break rules will be mentioned and applied.) If contestants are still tied after the tie-breakers have been applied, then the contestant who submitted their picks first will be the winner.

3 – The weekly Winner-Takes-All records of contestants will accumulate throughout the regular season to determine a WTA season winner. TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR THE SEASON CONTEST, CONTESTANTS MUST PARTICIPATE IN A MINIMUM OF SEVEN (7) WEEKLY WTA CONTESTS. Contestants that have four (4) or more identical selections (picks and points) of other users will not be eligible for the season contest. The three (3) contestants with the best season records will share the season pot, divided as follows:

Place	Reward Percentage
First	60%
Second	25%
Third	15%

At the end of the regular season, I will announce a potential playoff contest for a minimum of 8 top contestants throughout the season. The potential playoff format and rules have not been determined at this time, so watch for future updates.

Post Rewards and Payouts

The full SBD rewards from each of the weekly posts will be dedicated to the weekly contest payouts, seasonal payouts, and my fantasy sports development fund. These rewards will be divided as follows: