The actual time of singing was 1:47 seconds. That means that Marc was the closest at 1:50 seconds. Congrats Marc!

For your prize, you win an autographed copy of Dennis Green’s book “No Room For Crybabies”.  And yes, it’s autographed by him, not me. I guess I could autograph it for you as well if you like.

I will be mailing out all of the remaining prizes over the next week or so, so be expecting them.

Thanks for a fun season of football and I hope I can make next year more fun and more creative!

For the Superbowl, guess how long the National Anthem will be. From the beginning of the first note, to the end of the very last. I will personally be timing it, so we will go off of my watch.

Clarification: It is from the beginning of the singing until the end of the singing. In reviewing previous Super Bowl National Anthems, I noticed that sometimes there are long intros of music that lead right in to the National Anthem. There is sometimes no clear cut of where the music starts and ends. So, that being the case it is from the second the singing begins, until the end of the last note sung. Music length and start will be irrelevant in this contest.

As a tie breaker, guess the total number of penalty yards for the game.

For a correct guess, you will be greatly rewarded. Good luck!

62 yards, 44 points by Marc A.

60 yards, 60 points by John S.

62 yards, 59 points by Brian C.

Since it game down to the tie breaker, and Brian guessed perfectly on the total score, Brian wins.  Congrats Brian, I have no idea how you continue to guess so close each week.  Your prize for this week is very fitting. I want to make the disclaimer that the prize for this week was picked out even before the season began, so it was not intentional.

You win a Brett Favre Tribute book put out by the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel for Favre’s first annual retirement. It even includes a Tribute CD with exclusive interviews with teammates and coaches! It’s actually a really cool book.

There is no contest next week, but there will be for the Super Bowl. I’ll probably give 2 days notice for that so everyone can give their final pick of the year some deep thought.

So, for this week you need to guess how many yards the longest offensive play of the game will be.

The following could count: A running play, a passing play, kickoff returns, punt returns.

The following will not count: Interception returns, fumble returns.

Remember, you are just trying to guess how long (in yards) the one longest play of the game will be.

As a tie breaker, guess the total number of points scored in the game.

Good Luck!

I’m starting to think that I should just hold on to all of your prizes until after the Super Bowl since obviously you are going to be winning the rest of the way out.

Next week’s contest will focus on the game between the Vikings and the Saints on Sunday at 5:30 PM Central Time.

*There were 2 submissions that were not shown on the site this week as they were given in person. Those submissions were:

Marc A. : 95 Penalty Yards and 51 total points.

John S. 120 Penalty Yards and 42 total points.

As a tie breaker, guess the total number of points scored in the game. Good luck!

Wow, that was a great game this afternoon. After the first half I didn’t think there was any way that the Packers could come back. And, I would have never guessed a defensive play would end the game. This year’s playoffs and season have been a lot of fun to watch and I think next week’s match ups will be extremely entertaining.

Next week’s contest will focus on the Jets vs Chargers game at 3:40 PM. See you then!

So, I want you to guess the total number of pass attempts by both teams. The tie breaker will be guessing the total number of points that the winning team wins by.

This week I will be moderating submissions which means that your submission will not show up until I approve it. I will not approve it until the game starts. This way nobody knows what other people have submitted. If there is a tie even after the tie breaker, the person who submitted first will win.

Good luck!

Amazon.com’s description says:

“Insightful and amusing, Madden writes as he broadcasts, giving colorful pictures of the players he has seen and lists of, in his view, the “best players.” Chapters are devoted to positions and what viewers should look for. Football aficionados will enjoy this .”

Reading this book should give you an advantage in the contests in the weeks to come!

Last week, the winner was Adam B. Congrats Adam. You also win a Randy Moss bobblehead! I’ll have to get your address or meet you for coffee someday to get it to you!

For this week, guess what the total number of turnovers by quarterbacks will be, multiplied by the total number of yards that Cutler throws for. If the total number of turnovers is 0, we will default to 1 and multiply Cutler’s yards by 1. The tie breaker will be the total number of yards gained (receiving and rushing) by any player named Adrian Peterson.

For those that haven’t received their prizes from the past few weeks, I will be sending them out shortly. I have kept them together to send out all at once.

This is the final contest of the regular season as there is no Monday Night Football next week. The prize this week starts the series of higher end prizes. Good luck!