MHR Draftivus Contests--"Top Twelve Mock" Winners Announced

by Jeremy Bolander on May 3, 2009 8:37 PM MDT in 2009 NFL Draft Comment 27 comments

I have finally finished grading out over 500 entries into our multiple Draftivus contests, and it is time to announce some more winners! We already announced the winners to the Top Twelve Mock Contest, and their prizes are on the way.

Tonight we will announce the winners to the 32-Pick 1st round Mock, the 7 Round Broncos Mock, as well as the 11 raffle winners from the Draft Day Open Threads (I had fun reading back through those threads and finding all the entries. Those were some fun threads, pulled off in awesome style).

Click through to see all the winners!!

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32-Pick First Round Mock

First Place Winner

jonahsilas.............MHR Tshirt featuring Peyton Hillis, and an autographed Peyton Hillis Rookie card.

Second Place Winner

bleedorange-blue(dan meyer)..........MHR Coffee Mug and some Orange and Blue Coffee.

Third Place Winner

RockyMountainWay...........MHR and Peyton Hillis drink coasters.

Honorable mention goes to: Calibroncoboy, bfree2bronc, steve o', Ted Haw, Topnation, gnarlybroncodude, David Neill, studbucket and blackshirt4broncos.

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7 Round Broncos Mock

First Place Winner

gnarlybroncodude(thanks to his +10 points).............MHR Tshirt featuring Peyton Hillis, and an autographed Peyton Hillis Rookie card.

Second Place Winner

ElwayComeLately..........MHR Coffee Mug and some Orange and Blue Coffee.

Third Place Winner

Zappa...........MHR and Peyton Hillis drink coasters.

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Open Thread Raffle Winners

First Pick Winner

Kaptain Kirk............

Second Pick Winner

jaffe28..........

Third Pick Winner

JonTollerud..........

Fourth Pick Winner

Rob4Braves...........

Fifth Pick Winner

Papigrande...........

Sixth Pick Winner

broncosmontana...........

Seventh Pick Winner

Broncoman.........

Eighth Pick Winner

dave cheffy...........

Ninth Pick Winner

Stedfeldt..........

Tenth Pick Winner

broncoboy...........

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Open Thread "Winner's Circle" Raffle Winner

Winner's Circle Raffle Winner

SlamDunktheFunk..............

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The Raffle winners were determined by counting every comment in the open threads as an entry, and then ten winners were drawn (by my lovely wife). Naturally, prolific commenters, and lucky commenters had the best chance, which is fine, since we wanted to promote open thread activity with this contest anyways.

The winner's raffle was determined by pooling all the "correct calls" in the open threads (there weren't very many, let me tell you...), and drawing one winner out. All the raffle winners will have some commemorative Draftivus goodies coming to them.

Here is a big MileHighSalute to all the Draftivus Winners! Please send your mailing info to mhr.contests@gmail.com in order to receive your very special 2009 Draftivus winner-only swag! This wraps up Draftivus 2009, hope you all had fun with it!

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i won something!!! lol

i want to thank MHR, my mom, and my dog, Scooter lol

"It means nothing to throw for 4500 yards, 25 touchdowns, and you dont win"-Brandon Marshall

Neckbeard vs The Spleen: How better can this get?!?!

by broncoboy on May 3, 2009 8:43 PM MDT reply actions 0 recs

hey Styg!

did i choose really choose blake schlueter? i dont remember lol.

"It means nothing to throw for 4500 yards, 25 touchdowns, and you dont win"-Brandon Marshall

Neckbeard vs The Spleen: How better can this get?!?!

by broncoboy on May 3, 2009 8:50 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

did i really choose*

"It means nothing to throw for 4500 yards, 25 touchdowns, and you dont win"-Brandon Marshall

Neckbeard vs The Spleen: How better can this get?!?!

by broncoboy on May 3, 2009 8:50 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

nevermind styg lol. i won the open thread raffle. not the winners raffle lol

"It means nothing to throw for 4500 yards, 25 touchdowns, and you dont win"-Brandon Marshall

Neckbeard vs The Spleen: How better can this get?!?!

by broncoboy on May 3, 2009 8:58 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

Somebody picked Schlueter

and in the right spot too. I don’t recall if it was you or not, but it probably was.

There is no army so powerful as an idea whose time has come.

by Jeremy Bolander on May 4, 2009 12:46 AM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

lol, i said something like that when i won.

by Calibroncoboy on May 3, 2009 9:46 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

us Broncoboys must think a like LOL

did you get ur prizes in the mail yet??

"It means nothing to throw for 4500 yards, 25 touchdowns, and you dont win"-Brandon Marshall

Neckbeard vs The Spleen: How better can this get?!?!

by broncoboy on May 3, 2009 9:53 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

not yet, i'll let u guys no when i do.

by Calibroncoboy on May 4, 2009 12:11 AM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

next year

we should make more points for later round picks, those are just flat out snipes compared to first round guys who are often projected there.

"My age is getting up there, but that doesn't mean my play has to diminish,"-Brian Dawkins

by BDAWKisaBRONC on May 3, 2009 8:49 PM MDT reply actions 0 recs

Ya i think I should have won

Even tho i didn’t pick one guy right in our 7 round mock. But I digest.

HILLIS

by robbo650 on May 3, 2009 8:53 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

didnt mean to reply to you

HILLIS

by robbo650 on May 3, 2009 8:53 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

styg - did you compute all these by hand?

Just wondering if we might be able to automate some of the score calculation, maybe with a program or at least a pre-formulated spreadsheet? (I’m guessing you had something along those lines…) If you did this all by hand I can’t imagine you’d be thrilled to do it again next year ;) Maybe you had a good system worked out, though. I’m just thinking out loud, I am a nerd like that, forgive me I can’t help it.

Thanks again for making all this possible.

"according to the map, we've only gone 4 inches"

by MikeD55 on May 3, 2009 9:12 PM MDT reply actions 0 recs

I thought I would get like 20 entries total

Needless to say I wasn’t prepared. I scored the 7round mock by hand and the Top twelve by hand, and set up a spreadsheet for several of the factors in the 1st round mock. It was a terrific learning experience, especially evaluating the scoring system (and discovering the potential for brute forcing it). There are a number of interesting things I would have liked to add into the operation, and I am all for getting some nerds on board to help out!

There is no army so powerful as an idea whose time has come.

by Jeremy Bolander on May 4, 2009 12:54 AM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

Yay for me!

Thanks for the contests MHR, and all the hard work Styg :)

by jaffe28 on May 3, 2009 9:14 PM MDT reply actions 0 recs

no problem

There is no army so powerful as an idea whose time has come.

by Jeremy Bolander on May 4, 2009 12:54 AM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

Hey

I was just happy to be a part of it all. I had great fun and the comraderie of this support group is one of the many things that make this place happen!

My Dad told me about the 4 seasons:
Pre-season
Regular-season
Post-season
Off-season

by KaptainKirk on May 3, 2009 9:14 PM MDT reply actions 0 recs

he said support group...

My roots are in Denver and my branches in Nebraska.

by Blackshirt4Broncos on May 3, 2009 9:16 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

broncoholics anonymous!

by mast on May 3, 2009 10:58 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

Yeehawww

I didn’t even realize I was eligible! Thanks for all the fun, guys. As I mentioned in my fanshot, it just added more layers to what is already the best sports fan experience on the interweb!

"They need a hero to tell them that the impossible can become possible..... WHEN... YOU'RE... AWESOMMMME!" -- Rhino the Hamster

by broncosmontana on May 3, 2009 10:27 PM MDT reply actions 0 recs

all the comments in every thread are numbered

I just had my wife draw names out of a hat. She said, “Oh cool, someone from Montana!” (I’m from Idaho, so we are both pretty familiar with MT).

Of interest on the drawings is that we would only take a name once, even if it came up multiple times. This was an example of “Broncoman’s revenge”….We drew his name at least ten times…

There is no army so powerful as an idea whose time has come.

by Jeremy Bolander on May 4, 2009 1:04 AM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

yeah

I’m happy to win in the first round mock even though somehow I forgot to include Aaron Curry in my entry

by bleedorange-blue on May 3, 2009 10:33 PM MDT reply actions 0 recs

you also finished

4th, tied with Steve O’ on the 7 round mock. I actually had you and Steve O’ sharing third place on that contest until I remembered that gnarlybroncodude found the “secret player” and had applied his bonus 10 pts to the 7 round mock.

There is no army so powerful as an idea whose time has come.

by Jeremy Bolander on May 4, 2009 1:00 AM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

yea yea

1st place in one context and 3rd in another. so i get a T Shirt a signed Hillis card and drink coasters score.

by gnarlybroncodude on May 4, 2009 5:16 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

A rare win!

Although I cannot believe I won – a few spot on picks worked their magic! I have never won anything in my life – except for geography bees and math contests. 8-)

I am very excited for my Hillis T, and am inspired to do my best to ensure I wear it at a game this year. If I get killed at the Oakland Coliseum for it, y’all have to come to my funeral!

I actually enjoyed the process, got me a little bit more in touch with where the other teams in the league are. And actually I threw in a lot of “system” picks that I thought were kinda reaches – for whatever that is worth. Seems like many teams (unlike the Broncos) focused on filling “needs” rather than grabbing the best player available.

Thanks to Styg for hosting this fun event and putting in the many hours of results tabulation. If you did it all by hand, lemme know. Next year we gotta automate it up! Is there an Top NFL Geek award I can win?

by jonahsilas on May 4, 2009 12:23 AM MDT reply actions 0 recs

hmmm...

I replied but it seems to be lost…

I mentioned that you had a very impressive entry, in that it wasn’t top heavy with “10’s” (right player to the right team at the right spot). I think you had maybe 7 or so, which was typical of the above average scores. Where you really got ahead was getting players very close to where there overall draft value was (+/-2 from their final spot), and having the least number of “washouts” (players like Reyrey who didn’t get taken in the first, and thus scored zero points at their slot).

All in all a very solid all around entry, and very deserving of top honors!

There is no army so powerful as an idea whose time has come.

by Jeremy Bolander on May 4, 2009 1:10 AM MDT reply actions 0 recs

reply to Jon Ahsilas

heheh

There is no army so powerful as an idea whose time has come.

by Jeremy Bolander on May 4, 2009 1:11 AM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

That's the first time I've honorable mentioned since I was discharged from the Navy!

Congrats to all the winners and watch out next year because I threw my old crystal ball in the river and I’ve got myself a new one! Heh, heh…13-3 Baby!!! Thanks styg for the great time we had, and gettting our mind off of all the goings on, I tip my Jack Daniels shot glass to you…

by bfree2bronc on May 4, 2009 7:45 AM MDT reply actions 0 recs