The Super Bowl Contest - RESULTS!

With their exciting come from behind victory, the New Orleans Saints have brought Super Bowl glory back to New Orleans!  And with the crowning of a new Super Bowl champion, we too have a new champion of our Super Bowl prediction contest!

In the two weeks leading up to the big game, we collected entries from our friends and family as they tried to predict the outcome of Super Bowl XLIV.  Each entry was accompanied by a small donation to Relentless Optimism to help us raise money for breast cancer research and the winner was awarded  a  cash prize equal to half the money raised for our team.  To read all of the details about the Super Bowl Fundraising Contest, please check out this post.

Our Super Bowl contest generated 14 entries and raised $70 towards our team's fundraising goals.  Our most heartfelt thanks goes out to all of our participants, listed here in no particular order: Linda Velott, Hally and Jon Trementozzi, Diana Moreland, Sara Dodson, Tammy Dowdle, Heidi Foster, Karen and Roger Sager, Barb Ries, Cliff Michaels, JT Shoemaker, my husband Mike Cincotta and me.  We also had a lot of help promoting contest from Linda Velott, JT Shoemaker and Mara Heppen and possibly others, for which we are extremely grateful.

While the Indianapolis Colts were heavily favored both by the sports pundits and in our pool, it was the New Orleans Saints that walked away with the Lombardi trophy this year.  Due to their upset over the Colts, there weren't very many accurate predictions about the outcome of the big game.  In the end, we had three people who tied with three correct predictions.  To determine our final winner, a name was selected from a hat by a colleague of mine (thanks Mei!).  Our ultimate winner, who was one of only four people to correctly predict a Saints win, is...

Please join me in congratulating Cliff on his big win!  Additional congratulations go out to Barb Ries and Heidi Foster who also had three correct predictions in our contest.  This contest ended up being a lot more difficult than I thought to predict and you all did a great job! To see all of the results of the game, you can check out the box score at www.nfl.com.

A big thank you again from Melissa C and I for supporting us in our fundraising efforts for the Breast Cancer 3 Day by participating in this contest.  We are also currently taking entries in our Fantasy Winter Olympics League until 8pm on Thursday, February 11th.  You can find all of the information about that contest here.  In addition, we'll be running both an Oscars Prediction Contest and a March Madness pool in March, so be sure to check back for those as well.

Congratulations again Cliff!  I hear they're throwing quite the party for you down in New Orleans!

 

Image courtesy of New York Daily News

Reminder!

We are currently accepting entries for two fundraising contests designed to support the members of Relentless Optimism in their fundraising efforts for the Susan G. Komen 3 Day for the Cure.

First and foremost, we are only accepting entries for our Super Bowl fundraiser until 8pm tomorrow night.  We've had a good number of entries thus far with more sure to come in tomorrow, meaning our cash prize just keeps growing.  If you strongly believe in the Power of Peyton or the Brilliance of Brees, put your money where your mouth is and enter our contest.  If you have no idea what that means, you should still enter the contest.  In the end, it's really all about who makes the best guesses anyways.  Besides, even if you lose, the money we raise is going to a great cause!  Just don't hesitate -  get your entries in before it's too late!

Second, we opened up "registration" for our Fantasy Winter Olympics League on Monday morning.  Each participant in our league will be asked to select 12 countries to comprise their team.  Over the course of the Vancouver Winter Olympics, we'll be tracking how many medals each country wins.  In the end, the team whose countries have won the most medals will be crowned champion of our league and will win a cash prize equal to half the money raised for this contest.  Opening Ceremonies are in a little over a week, so register your team today!

As always, we are only asking for a $10 donation per entry per contest to be entered to win the cash prize.  Enter as many times as you want, there's no limit.  Finally, the more people that enter, the larger the cash prize and the more money we can raise for our Breast Cancer 3 Day team so please help us get the word out to anyone that you know that might be interested!

To learn more about the Super Bowl Contest and enter, please click here.  To learn more about the Fantasy Winter Olympics League and enter, please click here. 

A new way to enter the Super Bowl Contest!

We have just introduced a new, easier way to enter the Super Bowl contest!

You can now submit your predictions via this online survey:

Enter the Relentless Optimism Super Bowl Contest!

Just click on that link and follow the directions to submit your predictions.  It's as easy as that!  At the end of the survey, you will be redirected back here in order to make your donation via the Paypal link.  As always, you can enter as many times as you want.  This survey will stay open until Friday, February 5th at 8pm.

Of course, email entries are still welcome at kscincotta@gmail.com and you can always leave your entries in the comments section of the original blog post as well.  This is just a new, hopefully easier way for everyone to take part in our fundraising contest!

Announcing the Relentless Optimism Super Bowl Fundraising Contest!

This contest is now closed - thanks for entering!  See you after the game!

The results are now in!  Congratulations Cliff!

It's time for our second Relentless Optimism Fundraising contest of 2010: The Super Bowl Contest! 

After a long and grueling regular season followed by an exciting post season, the teams have finally been set for Super Bowl XLIV!  On Sunday, February 7th at 6:25pm the New Orleans Saints will take on the Indianapolis Colts for Super Bowl Supremacy!

New Orleans Saints vs. Indianapolis Colts

Super Bowl XLIV

February 7th, 2010

In order to help with our fundraising efforts for the Breast Cancer 3 Day, Melissa C. and I are going to be running a contest to see who of our friends, family and supporters can best predict the outcome of the Super Bowl.  As in our Golden Globes Prediction Contest, we are requesting a small donation to our team to enter this contest.  At the end of the game, whoever has made the most correct predictions about the outcome of the game will win a cash prize equal to half the money collected for the contest, with the rest of the money going to our Breast Cancer 3 Day team.  It's like a 50/50 raffle, but more fun!

So here's how this is going to work for the Super Bowl Contest.  If you would like to enter our contest, please send me your best predictions to the following questions about the Super Bowl:

1.  Which team will score first?

2.  During what minute will the first score take place?  (For those who don't know, football is played in four 15 minute quarters,)

3.  How many points will the Saints have at the end of the first quarter?

4.  How many points will the Colts have at the end of the first quarter?

5.  Who will be in the lead at half time?

6.  How many points ahead will the winning team be at half time?

7.  How many points will the Saints have at the end of the third quarter?

8.  How many points will the Colts have at the end of the third quarter?

9.  Who will win Super Bowl 44?

10.  How many points will the winning team win by?

You can send me your answers in one of two ways.  You can email me (Kristen) at kscincotta@gmail.com or you can leave your answers in the comments on this post.  Either way is fine by me.  Then, using the handy Paypal Donation Button on the top right hand side of this page, please make a $10 donation to our fundraising efforts for the Breast Cancer 3 Day.  And it's as simple as that!  All entries that are received by 8pm on Friday, February 5th will be eligible to win.  You can enter as many times as you want, as long as each entry is accompanied by a $10 donation to our Breast Cancer 3 Day team.  And please, help us spread the word!  As with any 50/50 style contest, the more people that enter, the larger the cash prize!

In addition, you can now enter our contest online using this link:

Enter the Relentless Optimism Super Bowl Contest!

Just click through to the survey to submit your answers online.  At the end of the survey, you will be redirected back here so you can make your donation via the Paypal button.

The winner will be notified on Monday, February 8th and results will be posted here shortly thereafter.  In the event of a tie, a name will be drawn out of a hat to determine the winner of the cash prize.  If anyone on Relentless Optimism should win, the full value of the money collected for the contest will be donated to our team.

For more information about the Breast Cancer 3 Day, please visit the official website at www.the3day.org.  The links to our individual fundraising pages can be found on the right hand side bar if you'd prefer to make a donation to us individually.  And finally, all of the latest news and information about the Super Bowl can be found on the official NFL website.

Thanks for playing along!  See you on Super Bowl Sunday - I'll be the one with the 7-layer dip!

All images are from the NFL and the teams.