KDP's 10 For 10: Week Five And No One's Perfect Yet

This has been a crazy season thus far. One only needs to look at the fact that we've still yet to crown a perfect 10 for 10 for the 2013 season; the longest drought since the contest's inception back in 2010 in the FanPost section. In the contest's infancy, we regularly had between 15-25 people playing each week, and the contest made it all the way until Week 11 before member jstaubach became the first player to achieve perfection.

I haven't told the story of how 10 for 10 came about in a while, so here goes.

Back in 2009, I used to always make one crazy wager that always eluded me. Being addicted to parlays, I would make one bet a week where I would go for the gold. I'd find 10 wagers, whether they be straight up, against the spread, or over/under. Often times, the combination of upsets, favorites and what I considered sure things would create a wager where just risking $10 on 10 picks, could have earned me around $10,000. Suffice to say, I never accomplished that feat, coming close on several occasions and even once having a 9 for 9 go down the drain at the hands of a Monday night over/under.

When Dave, our fearless leader, put out the call for additional front page writers following the 2009 season, I figured I had to to something to stand out from the crowd. I decided to develop this contest, and wrap it up in a Cowboys recap, betting advice and some pics of scantilly eye candy that I knew would ensure a rec or two. Here's a look at a 10-for-10 FanPost from the inaugural campaign. Fun times.

Dave promoted me in December of that year, and the rest, as they say, is history. I went from a tiny contest in the FanPosts (there were a couple of reactions of "who?" in my announcement posts) to interviewing Emmitt Smith and Roger Staubach in the same week, with both calling me by my name like we were old buddies. Insane. KD <3 BTB.

So there you have it, and now, without further ado... let's get back to the contest!

Welcome back to the Webisphere's best Pick'Em Competition, where you have the opportunity to live in internet infamy with just 10 correct picks!

The game is simple enough; look over the NFL schedule of games for the week. Find 10 games, including the mandatory Cowboys contest, and select a winner. Make sure you're entry is in the proper format and hit submit. That's it. Simple, right? Not so fast my friend!

It's more difficult than you think. We've had almost 650 entries over the first three weeks and no one has yet managed to achieve immortality. Now things really get interesting as we get the first of our bye weeks, with two teams taking an early breather.

The contest is two-fold. Every week you attempt to reach perfection with 10 correct picks. This is, by far, the crux of the contest. Part two is that your scores from each week add up for the season-long contest, which was won by CowboyBaby last season, and JebediahFlibberbrush and BishopWest the first two years of the contest. There can only be one season-long champion, but each week is a chance at infamy!

Here's a look at the hallowed Hall of Fame:

KDP's 10-for-10 HALL OF FAME
Member	Wing of Champions		Member	Wing of Champions
BishopWest	2010 Regular Season Overall Champion		Mikellie	2011 Perfect Playoffs - 7-for-7
Jebediah Flibberbrush	2011 Regular Season Overall Champion		CowboyBaby	2012 Regular Season Overall Champion
Member	Wing of Achievement		Member	Wing of Achievement
@Tonekupone	Three-time 10-for-10		Hookem Up	Three-time 10-for-10
ChrisMan	Three-time 10-for-10		Portland's Cowboy fan	Three-time 10-for-10
D_Carter	Three-time 10-for-10
Member	Wing of Honor		Member	Wing of Honor
Aggie Man	Two-time 10-for-10		j-man	Two-time 10-for-10
behind.enemylines	Two-time 10-for-10		jstaubach	Two-time 10-for-10
Ben24626	Two-time 10-for-10		mdlusk	Two-time 10-for-10
BishopWest	Two-time 10-for-10		Nord15	Two-time 10-for-10
boys.camncrew	Two-time 10-for-10		Rex Pfister	Two-time 10-for-10
cproctor6	Two-time 10-for-10		True Blue-liever	Two-time 10-for-10
HLCJ69	Two-time 10-for-10		wittenfan	Two-time 10-for-10
Member	Member	Member	Member	Member	Member
Aaron Burtram	CapitalT	Frankster_1	JLMax09	Pasipple	Travlr
Against the Wall-24	CDMac24	ginge159	Johnny Cage	revellyre	Tuna Helper
altanti	cee-los	Hobbes42	k@s!	Rummob	Uncas
Antonio S	cjbrit	I am Ironman!!!	KD Drummond	Scurrah Jurrah	Unique
Archie Barberio	Cowboy Joe	ibleedcowboyblue	krikaley	skinny post	WA_Cowboy
bcg08	CowboyBaby	illcowboy	meisternance	slowmotion80	Yellowbeard
beastygaming	Cowboys_Attack	jakezze01	milehightexan	SoCal Cowboys
BigBad Joe	Damnsammit	jazzbo251	MSM33	Specific
BoydNation	demarcus94	JDobermans	mushpuppy	TARHEEL PAUL
boyman	eastbeast	Jebediah Flibberbrush	oldboysfan	Timmy G

HOOKERHOME IS THE MAN!

Let me take this opportunity to once again thank the guy that has allowed this contest to continue to move forward as my duties have grown over the three years on the front page. BTB member "hookerhome" has been a Godsend to the contest. He's the one keeping track of all the entries every week and then scoring the results and coming up with awesome trend analysis that gives us a great overview on how we see things in the NFL landscape.

Check out his must-read summary from Week 4 here. Also, in case you ever have something that keeps you from the computer late in the week, you can get a jump on the contest in his weekly update post, which normally goes up Tuesday or Wednesday.

Newcomers can win 10 for 10 any single week, and there's still a chance to make gains on the leaders! Get in on it!

Contest Rules

1 - YOU MUST PREDICT A WINNER OF THE DALLAS COWBOYS GAME IN YOUR TEN PICKS. If you leave off the Cowboys game, then only nine other games get counted, and the Cowboys game is scored as "wrong", no matter who wins.

2 - You must pick ONLY 10 games. If you pick more than 10, I will score the first nine plus the Cowboys game. If you pick fewer than 10, then you need more fingers to count on; all non-picks will be scored as wrong.

3 - You must make your entry as a comment, not as a reply to another comment. I will only go down the left margin when scoring. Anything indented will get no love here, playa.

4 - You must include the entire matchup in your entry. Simply BOLD the team in the matchup you are picking to win. No lists of only the winners you pick. If you want me to take the time to score your entry, take the time to format it correctly. It's easy, just copy and paste all the matchups from the post, then highlight your pick for each game and hit the B button. Oh, please do me and hookerhome a favor - leave the games in the same order, and delete the extra games that you are not picking (leave just the ten that you want scored). It makes tabulation much easier.

5 - Hit the preview button, because once it's submitted, that's it - there's no turning back.

6 - Picks must be in before the early games of Sunday kickoff in order to try to score 10-for-10. Here are two exceptions:

• If you're including THURSDAY night's game in your picks but not ready to pick Sunday's games, post 'THURSDAY GAME ONLY' in your subject line.
• If you miss the early games kickoff deadline with your picks, you can still submit picks for games that have not kicked off (as long as the Cowboys haven't kicked off). You won't be able to score 10-for-10 without the early games, but that might help you in the overall season-long race.
• Don't forget to look for the "10 For 10" hub on the new front page! You'll always be able to find the latest article or Fan Post there for easy access to get your picks in!

Week 5: 14 Games Total

HOME TEAM IN CAPS

Sample Entry

(note: If you are posting from a mobile device, you can still bold your winner. Put an asterisk before and after the team you want to bold. For example, *Dallas* or *New England*- with no spaces - will look like Dallas or New England.

Week #4 Leaderboard
Entrant	Overall	Entrant	Overall	Entrant	Overall	Entrant	Overall
lsttexas	32	dsmith12	27	damnarab2	25	GeorgeSull4	14
I am Ironman!!!	31	Enja	27	ibleedcowboyblue	25	mwcowboy	14
rhodri2112	31	Farrah's Daddy	27	iidacii	25	starbury_to_s-jaxci2000	14
Aggie Man	30	gabrielau23	27	jayrosser27	25	HurrahKaramazov	13
Baloo.	30	gershwin	27	j-man	25	kinkyslinky	13
BigBad Joe	30	ginge159	27	Joe Ferraiola	25	LJ Longoria94	13
cowboy1966	30	HLCJ69	27	Longdistance fan	25	NerdVernacular	13
HonorTheStar	30	illcowboy	27	milehightexan	25	PhiAlphaHalos	13
hookerhome	30	IRONRAVEN	27	Oh Hai Doggy	25	since '66	13
JDobermans	30	jakezze01	27	Sandmann	25	sixrings09	13
Realist Larry	30	Kansas Cowboy	27	StarloverinWNC	25	American Fan	12
Seatown7	30	ketom1220	27	tsylvest	25	Cowtoys	12
spur_for_life	30	letsgtld	27	TwoBitWhackJob	25	liquidblake	12
beastygaming	29	Max2	27	Vancity Cowboy	25	Luc in Chile	12
bookiebuster	29	meisternance	27	WA_Cowboy	25	spm01	12
CarloRue	29	mik888	27	westmodelmarket	25	Jojowalker	9
jamesvb	29	Mikellie	27	castaway42	24	Ray Silva	9
Lajitas Lava	29	mikemc68	27	InkedKing	24	bwo07a	8
Mikhaili	29	mushpuppy	27	jazzbo251	24	cowboyjohn	8
Rex Pfister	29	nikeorlipstick	27	Jessy S	24	Damnsammit	8
skinny post	29	Nord15	27	Kegbearer	24	Elbert	8
swanhooch	29	Pnut Gallery	27	Psycho Star	24	FromtheDarnknessAtMeadowlands	8
Travlr	29	Portland's Cowboy fan	27	pugbuddy	24	Hepennypacker	8
Useful_Idiot_	29	revellyre	27	Scurrah Jurrah	24	nepacowboy	8
Vector_41	29	scotscowboyfan	27	slowmotion80	24	Nova84	8
Witten mittens	29	Souna21	27	VinnieMac	24	Proxy406	8
9_to_88 all day	28	Tennessee_Jed	27	wildtigger2	24	TheBlueBaron	8
Antonio S	28	Through Thick And Thin	27	Yellowbeard	24	@Tonekupone	7
BigHat in NewTexas	28	Babygirl71	26	Alpha	23	88Deztined46	7
CDMac24	28	bcg08	26	FloridaBoys	23	A1catraz	7
ChrisMan	28	behind.enemylines	26	Hobbes42	23	Audrate	7
CowboyBaby	28	BishopWest	26	lucke	23	baller2899	7
CowboyinExile	28	BoyfromOz	26	SoCalCowboysFan12	23	boys53	7
CowboysBarry	28	Bvanzanman	26	AnderJ86	22	calmyron	7
cowboyswin	28	cOUboy12	26	connor.cmr	22	cowboyhuck	7
cowdog	28	Cowboy Joe	26	CowboysFan1994	22	dcfnlv	7
cwby4lf	28	D_Carter	26	Johnny Cage	22	DWFCOWBOYS	7
EchoEcho	28	Dalai Luke	26	Matt Buresh	22	godspeed.dan	7
geof	28	DoomsDay Dub	26	mehrans9	22	GordBerl	7
Hookem Up	28	Gabby	26	Samuel_L_Bronkowitz	22	IHeartDaBoys	7
Howleyesque	28	Junkyard Dog	26	Switters023	22	Jacksmyname	7
Jebediah Flibberbrush	28	k@s!	26	T Zig	22	JJ for President	7
jockmeister	28	kethry1313	26	Doc_J	21	Jmar17	7
jstaubach	28	LoboTX	26	fs65	21	kelub	7
jtiddahr	28	mbraunginn	26	Rome One	21	kjohney	7
KD Drummond	28	mdlusk	26	Shakeepuddn	21	philgrek	7
Kire_V	28	MSM33	26	the.mo.the.merrier	21	safwant	7
MUTTS	28	NCHeelsBoysFan	26	Timmy G	21	shainyc	7
neon greon	28	Pasipple	26	impatient	20	TheRealJG	7
nicomachus	28	Rajohnnn	26	melman88	20	TheYoungin_DT	7
NorthStar99	28	Sean N	26	MosesArt	20	Trevster	7
One.Cool.Customer	28	sirjason22	26	Rummob	20	WilliamC	7
Panzer84	28	Static	26	TK19	20	Becho	6
Smax17177	28	suddendeath88	26	YumaCactus	20	blakkswann	6
Specific	28	TARHEEL PAUL	26	makemyday	19	boyman	6
Tallgrass Prairie	28	TheDemolitionDan	26	neithan20000	19	Danieltaylor54	6
wittenfan	28	thepainster	26	Sean Sullivan	19	deeznuts94	6
Wreck'emCowboys	28	traceabides	26	Delirious Nomad	18	Frog Jake	6
ziggy 19	28	Trent Schoneweis	26	f the romo haters	18	greatwhitenorth	6
1Bullseye	27	VictoryorDeath	26	The Big Jim	18	medina2984	6
Allan Uy	27	zigg6411	26	DannyPhantom	17	MPoole87	6
BoydNation	27	bcomets	25	DerUbermensch	17	NutriaBoudin	6
boys.camncrew	27	Bertangalo	25	jgoddard8409	17	Hotrod	5
Canadian Cowboy_74	27	camrin55	25	I'm Jed & I hate the giants	16	lorenzo.avena.5	5
cproctor6	27	cee-los	25	Chad Loveland	14	Pick_Six_24	5
DCB*	27	cjbrit	25	CowboyNeal	14	thebigham	5
DEL1SLE	27