wiegie Posted September 6, 2012 Share Posted September 6, 2012 Read the instructions before making your pick. It has reached that special time of year in Michigan again. The summer is drawing to a close and the faintest signs of autumnal color may already be glimpsed on verdant leaves. The first frost of the season is not far away, though the waters of the big lakes are yet placid. The sounds of children splashing playfully along the shorelines is being replaced by the sounds of hunters in the woods. The Canadian geese have arrived, if only for a short while as they follow the sun southward. And for a few fleeting moments the hopes of Detroit Lions fans have again arisen with the advent of September. For surely they think, this season will be different, the inevitable will surely be avoided. Alas, these dreams are destined to wither and crumble as certainly as the leaves of summer will fall to carpet the forest floor. All that remains is the question which has haunted the minds of generations long past... When? ------- So, here again is the contest: In which week will the Detroit Lions first lose by more than 20 points? --Also include your answer to the tie-breaker: How many points will Detroit score in the game in which they first lose by more than 20 points? --Further note that by tradition, if no team defeats the Lions by more than 20 points then no one will win the contest. (In year's past, Spain would have automatically won the award, but, alas, he is no longer with us.) --There is only one postcard, so the first person to guess the correct week/score combination will win the award. (NOTE: I am busy and unlike in past years, I will not go back and check to see if people have selected duplicate entries, so make sure you are NOT picking something that has already been selected. --If you make a mistake, do NOT edit your entry, instead post a new entry (and then please go back and delete the bad entry). --The contest deadline is kickoff time of the Lions first game (September 9th at 1:00 pm EDT) Please note that the actual postcard seems to have been destroyed in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. I will send an alternative prize as appropriate. (Please note that this alternative prize will not nearly be as cool as the Joey Harrington jersey that Furd donated for the 2009 contest.) The Edmund Fitzgerald Award Presented Annually by wiegie in Commemoration of the Futility of the Detroit Lions in Memory of Spain Award Recipients 2002 Paul Ott Carruth 2003 Hugh One 2004 RFFL Chump 2005 Sunysteelfly 2006 Tbimm 2007 Broncos 2008 Timmypg 2009 Awahl63 2010 HowboutthemCowboys 2011 Nogohawk For your benefit, here is the Lions schedule for this year: WEEK DATE OPPONENT NETWORK TIME (ET) 1) Sunday, September 9 ST. LOUIS RAMS FOX 1:00 p.m. 2) Sunday, September 16 at San Francisco 49ers NBC# 8:20 p.m. 3) Sunday, September 23 at Tennessee Titans FOX 1:00 p.m. 4) Sunday, September 30 MINNESOTA VIKINGS FOX 1:00 p.m. 5) Sunday, October 7 *** BYE WEEK *** 6) Sunday, October 14 at Philadelphia Eagles FOX 1:00 p.m. 7) Monday, October 22 at Chicago Bears ESPN# 8:30 p.m. 8) Sunday, October 28 SEATTLE SEAHAWKS FOX 1:00 p.m. 9) Sunday, November 4 at Jacksonville Jaguars FOX 1:00 p.m. 10) Sunday, November 11 at Minnesota Vikings FOX 1:00 p.m. 11) Sunday, November 18 GREEN BAY PACKERS FOX 1:00 p.m. 12) Thursday, November 22 HOUSTON TEXANS CBS# 12:30 p.m. 13) Sunday, December 2 INDIANAPOLIS COLTS CBS 1:00 p.m. 14) Sunday, December 9 at Green Bay Packers NBC# 8:20 p.m. 15) Sunday, December 16 at Arizona Cardinals FOX 4:05 p.m. 16) Saturday, December 22 ATLANTA FALCONS ESPN# 8:30 p.m. 17) Sunday, December 30 CHICAGO BEARS FOX 1:00 p.m. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big John Posted September 6, 2012 Share Posted September 6, 2012 Week 2, 10 points. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buddahj Posted September 6, 2012 Share Posted September 6, 2012 Week 11 / 14 pts Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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gilthorp Posted September 6, 2012 Share Posted September 6, 2012 Week 7, 17 points Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Irish Doggy Posted September 6, 2012 Share Posted September 6, 2012 week 12, 13 points Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skylive5 Posted September 6, 2012 Share Posted September 6, 2012 Week 14 12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dont Rookie Me........ Posted September 6, 2012 Share Posted September 6, 2012 week 6, 17 points Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fingfootball Posted September 6, 2012 Share Posted September 6, 2012 week 3 3 pts Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bpwallace49 Posted September 6, 2012 Share Posted September 6, 2012 week 12/ 10 points Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tford Posted September 6, 2012 Share Posted September 6, 2012 Week 6, 3 points. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silverback Posted September 6, 2012 Share Posted September 6, 2012 Week 6 13pts Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riffraff Posted September 6, 2012 Share Posted September 6, 2012 Week 14, 10 points Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaptainHook Posted September 6, 2012 Share Posted September 6, 2012 Week 2 14 pts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HowboutthemCowboys Posted September 6, 2012 Share Posted September 6, 2012 week 14. 17 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joose Posted September 6, 2012 Share Posted September 6, 2012 Week 8 / 13 points Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chief Dick Posted September 6, 2012 Share Posted September 6, 2012 Week 14. 13. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sunday Couch Potatoe Posted September 6, 2012 Share Posted September 6, 2012 week 14/ 21pts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rileyrott Posted September 6, 2012 Share Posted September 6, 2012 Week 7/ 14 points Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Puddy Posted September 6, 2012 Share Posted September 6, 2012 Won't happen...I will PM you my address for my prize. If you don't mind, I would appreciate the alternative to be a refresher course in basic economics...with an emphasis on apparel pricing. TIA. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
v0dka Posted September 6, 2012 Share Posted September 6, 2012 Week 11/ 17 points Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MTSuper7 Posted September 6, 2012 Share Posted September 6, 2012 Week 3 - 13 points Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Czarina Posted September 6, 2012 Share Posted September 6, 2012 Week 14, 17 points Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
awahl63 Posted September 6, 2012 Share Posted September 6, 2012 (edited) I will send an alternative prize as appropriate. (Please note that this alternative prize will not nearly be as cool as the Joey Harrington jersey that Furd donated for the 2009 contest.) The Edmund Fitzgerald Award Award Recipients 2009 Awahl63 Week 7 - 21 points Bears - 35 Lions -14 and I will be at the game! I'm on the road for work through the rest of the week but sometime this weekend I'll try to snag a picture or two of my Joey Harrington jersey (with tags) It's pretty fly. Edited September 6, 2012 by awahl63 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bring Back Pat!!! Posted September 6, 2012 Share Posted September 6, 2012 Week 14 24 points Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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