Fountain of Fervent Foles Followers,
Underdogs covered in 10 of 11 playoffs games. Underdogs won six of them outright. The Eagles went 3-0 as underdogs, and beat a threw-for-500-yards-and-three-touchdowns-with-zero-interceptions Tom Brady in the Super Bowl.
And we got ourselves a 9-2 HasselBracket champion.
3,000 entries, and none of us could do better than 9-2. Let this be a lesson to all of us forever: If you go 2-2 in Wildcard Weekend, you didn't blow it. No, Favre. You were just setting the stage for an epic comeback title.
Per HasselBracket rules, later victories mean more. And among the 27 people who went 9-2, exactly three of them went 7-0 over the final three rounds after a 2-2 start.
Their Super Bowl score predictions? @mflixx: 24-23 Eagles; @Yahmon420: 27-24 Eagles; and @pquintana: 31-24 Eagles.
That makes @pquintana our second annual HasselBracket Playoffs Pick'em Champ. Final spreadsheet | Competititon summary and winners (gray sidebar; bottom of screen on mobile)
WHAT HAPPENS FROM HERE, COMMISH?
EMAILS?! You'll get a proper and ridiculous SZN recap from me next week. If enough of you ask, I'll write it after crushing 12.4 BLLs (the "Rodgersfavre").
MONEY?! If you won anything this year, I'll send you a separate, "Yo, how you want that money?" email by Thursday. Payments process in the days after I get your info.
NEXT YEAR?! Your bet your football ass. Set an early August calendar reminder for "COMMISH IS BACK!!!"
BORTLEMANIA?! No. It's "BORTLEMANIA!!!"
I LEAVE YOU WITH YOUR THREE BEST SUPER BOWL COMMENTS
@perriskelly (Patriots): "*stares out window, wondering where it all went so wrong this season* *slowly lowers gaze to laptop screen, where we see The SZN Super Bowl pick comment box* *begins to type but can't find the right words* *a single tear rolls down his cheek* *He takes a deep breath, collects himself, and types* Well....better luck next year...I guess *hits "Submit Pick!* *He picks up his BLL, takes a sip, it is cool and refreshing and lifts his spirits slightly* *He shrugs his shoulders, clicks on the tab next his The SZN tab, starts watching Rams 2017 highlights, and says out loud to no one in particular* It doesn't matter there is no way The Commish reads all the comments"
Commish says: YOU DON'T KNOW ME. Also, I like your poetry. It's nifty. Commish reads all the comments AND HE RHYMES.
@ctspaldin (Eagles): "Eagles 38 Pats 34"
Commish says: Will the stock market go up or down this year? Has Bitcoin peaked? Will Aaron Rodgers eventually be my friend? (This prediction was the closest of anyone.)
@Rockapotamus9 (Patriots): "Pats have to win this right? You can't deny the precedence that has been established. Also I think the pats need to win for the sake of the city of Philadelphia. If philly wins That city will burn to the ground and become an apocalyptic waste land, where the only law is violence, jager bombs, and crisco. "
Commish says: How has there not been a band named "Violence, Jager Bombs, and Crisco"? Is this band what will happen when Blake Bortles and Nick Foles (both retired) meet, drunk, on a Mexico beach in five years? IS IT?!
I love you all. I do not love Mike McCarthy. I'd love for you to send this to your friends and be like, "YOU. NEXT YEAR. IN."
Yours in football,
-The Commish