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Wednesday, December 26th, 2012

I hope you all had a Merry Christmas. If you’re like me, you’re back to work today, but some of you are fortunate enough to still be at home with family and friends…and I’m jealous of you. Regardless of where you are or what you’re doing, I hope you’ll take a few minutes to enter the final 5-Spot Challenge of the season for your chance to win one more Christmas present – a $20 gift card to The M Den.
We have had ten different weekly winners this season and crp12qb currently holds a 17-point lead over HTTV133 in the overall standings. Jim Mackiewicz and kfarmer16 are still within striking distance of the grand prize. Like last season, we are going to institute an incentive for anyone to win. If any contestant gets the final question exactly correct, he or she will receive an additional five points for each contestant entered. So if there are 20 entries this week, and someone gets the total combined yardage exactly right, that person will receive 100 bonus points in addition to his final weekly result. This is a chance, albeit slight, for almost anyone who has participated this season to win. Good luck and Go Blue!
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Tags: Connor Shaw, Denard Robinson, Devin Gardner, Michigan Football, Michigan Man 5-Spot Challenge, Michigan Wolverines, Outback Bowl, South Carolina
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Monday, November 26th, 2012
Congratulations to myrick55 for winning this week’s 5-Spot Challenge. It was his first win this season, but he won once or twice last season as well. For his win, he gets a $20 gift card to The M Den. It was a truly remarkable performance, despite Michigan’s performance on the field. Myrick55 had a deviation of just 111, besting Jim Mackiewicz by 73 points. His largest differential on a single question was 33 (Denard and Devin’s total combined yards), while he was just one off the longest kick or punt return, four away from the total combines passing yards by both teams, and 18 away from Braxton Miller’s total yards.
Jim Mackiewicz was just four away from Miller’s total yards, as was JustJeepGear.com, and he was just seven short of Roy Roundtree’s receiving yards. Season leader crp12qb came in third. He was also just four off of Miller’s total yards and seven away from Roundtree’s. He also nearly predicted the final score. His prediction of 26-23 Ohio State was just two off. Freezer566 had a good week, finishing fourth, while new contestant DRock finished fifth. Along with myrick55, DRock was just four off of the total combined passing yard total. He was also the closest to predicting the longest touchdown of the game, just seven away.
Altogether, the 14 contestants this week picked Michigan to win by an average score of 35-30. Only two contestants picked Ohio State to win.
Thanks to all who have participated this season. We still have one game left – the bowl game – so make sure to check back the week before New Years. Altogether, we had 10 different winners in 12 weeks, so it has been pretty competitive. Below are the season-long standings to date. You can find the weekly results here or on the right sidebar.
Michigan Man 5-Spot Overall Standings (through Week 12)
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User Name
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Total Points |
| cr12qb** |
139 |
| HTTV133* |
122 |
| Jim Mackiewicz* |
115 |
| kfarmer16* |
112 |
| Maizenblu62* |
94 |
| tooty_pops* |
94 |
| JustJeepGear.com* |
86 |
| bluwolf77** |
82 |
| freezer566 |
70 |
| myrick55 |
69 |
| kashkaav |
49 |
| KleinoRhino |
46 |
| he16man |
38 |
| GrizzlyJFB |
36 |
| jdemille |
23 |
| chicagoblue* |
23 |
| BigHouse08 |
18 |
| Brad |
18 |
| Phillymb |
17 |
| Hazel Parker |
16 |
| downebri2012 |
16 |
| Shoelace4Heisman |
14 |
| Florida(GoBlue) |
13 |
| the1tab |
12 |
| mayph |
11 |
| saline_ian |
11 |
| DRock |
10 |
| jdb42683 |
9 |
| BennyGGG |
9 |
| Tams |
8 |
| klima85 |
8 |
| AC1997 |
7 |
| Cabbage |
7 |
| chrisjfla |
6 |
| clelwell |
6 |
| kbboyd67 |
5 |
| Mfan1974 |
5 |
| admich |
4 |
| RAFMUN |
3 |
| Squash man |
3 |
| hank101 |
2 |
| Walker44688 |
1 |
Tags: Braxton Miller, Contests, Denard Robinson, Devin Gardner, Michigan Football, Michigan Man 5-Spot Challenge, Michigan Wolverines, Ohio State, Roy Roundtree
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Monday, November 19th, 2012

Congratulations to yet another first time winner in last week’s 5-Spot Challenge. Maizenblu62 captures the $20 gift card to The M Den. His differential of 178 beat tooty_pops by 17. Maizenblu62 was just eight away from Iowa’s total yards. While he wasn’t the closest on any of the other questions, he didn’t have a single bad one either. The same can be said for tooty_pops. Hazel Parker was just one point away from the combined points and only 15 off of Devin Gardner’s passing yards. JustJeepGear.com led that category at 14 away. GrizzlyJFB was the closest to correctly predicting Iowa’s second half rushing yards, just three off, while nobody expected Will Hagerup to have such a light day punting. KashKaav was the closest at 38 yards away.
The overall leader, crp12qb, finished third this week and widened his lead over HTTV133, who finished fifth. Kfarmer16 leap-frogged Jim Mackiewicz, while this week’s winner, Maizenblu62 moved up to fifth overall.
Nobody correctly predicted the final score, although JustJeepGear.com was the closest with a guess of 42-14. Tooty_pops picked 42-13, while Jim Mackiewicz predicted 42-10. KashKaav and HTTV133 each had Iowa scoring 17. Altogether, the 15 contestants predicted Michigan to win by an average of 34-13.
This week is the big one. Michigan travels down south to Columbus looking for its first win in the Horseshoe in 12 years. Ohio State is playing for an undefeated season and Michigan is still battling for the Big Ten title. Something has to give, and that’s just the way it should be in college football’s greatest rivalry. To honor the occasion, we are giving you a couple of extra questions this week. Good luck.
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Tags: Braxton Miller, Contests, Devin Gardner, Michigan Football, Michigan Man 5-Spot Challenge, Michigan Wolverines, Ohio State, Roy Roundtree
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Tuesday, November 13th, 2012

Congratulations to our second two-time winner of the season, bluwolf77. His differential of 93 was by far the best of the week and was the second best all season, behind only last week’s winner, kfarmer16. Bluwolf77, who also won Week 4, was only 17 away from the two teams’ combined rushing yards, 23 away from Devin Gardner’s total yards, six away from Venric Mark’s rushing yards, and two away from the longest kick or punt return. Second place KleinoRhino was the closest to predicting Northwestern’s passing yards, just seven off, while Maizenblu62 was just one away from the longest kick or punt return. The overall leader crp12qb finished fourth this week with a differential of 211. He was the closest to predicting Mark’s rushing total, just four short.
Altogether, the 15 contestants this week predicted Michigan to win by an average score of 32-19. Everyone picked Michigan to win and two people, bluwolf77 and Jim Mackiewicz, had Michigan scoring 38 points. Nobody had Northwestern scoring 31, though kashkaav was the only one that had them scoring more (39).
This week, Michigan plays its final home game of the season. It’s senior night and a game the Wolverines should win handily against an Iowa team that has lost four straight. Will Denard play? Or will we see more of Devin? Regardless, it should be fun to watch as Michigan gets ready for the big one the following week.
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Tags: Denard Robinson, Iowa, Michigan Football, Michigan Man 5-Spot Challenge, Michigan Wolverines, Week 11
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Tuesday, November 6th, 2012

After our first two-time winner of the season last week, we are back on track with first time winners. This time, kfarmer16 takes home the $20 gift card to The M Den with a dominating performance. His point differential of 72.3 was the best of the season by any contestant. He was just three away from Michigan’s leading individual rusher, and 11 away from Michigan’s total yards. Previous winner HTTV133 was second with a differential of 113.8, while two-time winner crp12qb finished 10th out of 11.
Tooty_pops was the only person to correctly predict that Michigan wouldn’t make a field goal. Kfarmer16 was the next closest on that question with 20. New contestant Shoelace4Heisman was only four away from Michigan’s total yards and 31 away from the combined passing yards, while JustJeepGear.com was the closest to the combined passing yards, just 19 away. JustJeepGear.com also nearly became our first correct score predictor of the season, but the 35-12 prediction was just a point away.
The 11 contestants this week picked Michigan to win by an average score of 37-11, so you weren’t very far off. Even with Gardner playing instead of Denard, it sounds like Michigan fans had a pretty good grasp of how the game would turn out.
This week, Michigan returns home to face Northwestern. The Wildcats feature a solid run game and rush defense, but not much of a pass defense. It will be interesting to see whether Denard is fully healthy for this one. Good luck!
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Tags: Michigan Football, Michigan Man 5-Spot Challenge, Michigan Wolverines, Northwestern, Week 10
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Monday, October 29th, 2012

Eight weeks into the season, and we finally have our first repeat champion. Crp12qb captured this week’s $20 gift card to The M Den in a close contest, barely knocking off last week’s winner Jim Mackiewicz by 11 points. Crp12qb was the closest of all contestants to the combined rushing yards of Denard and Taylor Martinez. He was 71 yards away. Of course, no one foresaw Denard getting injured, so the injury likely played a role in the outcome of this week’s challenge. Crp12qb was also the closest to the total kick and punt return yards for Michigan, just seven away. Jim Mackiewicz was close on that one as well, just eight away, and only eight away from the longest touchdown.
Kashkaav was the only one to correctly predict that Drew Dileo would not make a catch. The next closest in that category was kfarmer16 who predicted 17 yards. Kashkaav also correctly predicted Nebraska’s team rushing total of 160. I think this is the first time in challenge history that one contestant correctly predicted two of the questions. Unfortunately for him, he was 186 yards too high on the combined rushing yards of Denard and Martinez.
Nobody picked Michigan to score as few points as it did. In fact, the lowest anyone had Michigan was 24 points. Everybody predicted Michigan to win and did so by an average score of 32-22.
Crp12qb remains in the top spot in the overall standings and Jim Mackiewicz has pulled to within two of HTTV133 for the second spot. The updated weekly standings are on the right sidebar and the updated overall standings will be updated shortly.
This week, Michigan battles Minnesota for the Little Brown Jug. But most importantly, Michigan needs to win to remain in the Big Ten title hunt. Good luck with your picks!
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Tags: Contests, Denard Robinson, Michigan Football, Michigan Man 5-Spot Challenge, Michigan Wolverines, Minnesota, Week 9
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Monday, October 22nd, 2012

Another week, another new winner. Jim Mackiewicz finally broke through with a victory and it was an impressive one. His total deviation of 108 was the lowest of anyone this season. He was just eight away from Andrew Maxwell’s passing yards, nine away from Denard’s total yards, and four away from the combined yards of Michigan’s leading running back and receiver. For good measure, he was also the closest to correctly predicting the final score and got Michigan State’s 10 points correct. Not far behind was crp12qb with a total deviation of 117.
Kfarmer16 was the closest to predicting the combined total yards, just 15 away, while kashkaav was only one yard short of Le’Veon Bell’s rushing total. New contestant hank101 was the closest to Maxwell’s passing yards, just three short. As mentioned above, nobody got the final score correct, though Mackiewicz was pretty close. He was 12 too high on Michigan. Every single contestant picked Michigan to win, so you’re all winners in my book!
The weekly results and overall standings are updated on the right sidebar. crp12qb has pulled ahead of HTTV133 for first place, but kfarmer16 and Jim Mackiewicz are both within striking distance as well.
This week, Michigan travels to Nebraska for a night game in a stadium no one on the team has seen before. Nebraska has a pretty dynamic rush offense but a weak defense, so it should be a fun one to pick. Good luck!
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Tags: Contests, Denard Robinson, Drew Dileo, Michigan Football, Michigan Man 5-Spot Challenge, Michigan Wolverines, Nebraska, Taylor Martinez, Week 8
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Monday, October 15th, 2012

For the sixth time in six weeks we had a new winner. JustJeepGear.com edged out kfarmer16 by 14 points. JustJeepGear.com was just three off of Michigan’s rushing total (and so was previous winner bluwolf77) and four away from the longest touchdown. Maizenblu62 hit Michigan’s leading receiving total right on the nose, while last week’s winner, tooty_pops, was just one away from correctly predicting Denard’s rushing total. Nobody was very close to Illinois’ total yards. Kfarmer16 was the closest at 53 away.
Once again, nobody correctly predicted the final score, although both tooty_pops and kashkaav had Michigan scoring 45 points. However, kashkaav had Illinois scoring 36. Nobody picked Illinois to score fewer than 10.
Last week’s standings and the overall standings are updated on the right sidebar. We have a tie at the top. This week’s questions are below. Good luck and Go Blue!
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Tags: Andrew Maxwell, Denard Robinson, Le'Veon Bell, Michigan Football, Michigan Man 5-Spot Challenge, Michigan State, Michigan Wolverines
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Monday, October 8th, 2012

Congratulations to tooty_pops for winning a $20 gift card to The M Den in this week’s 5-Spot Challenge. He was closest to Purdue’s passing yards (13 away), second closest to Michgian’s passing yards, and third closest to Denard’s quarterback rating. Freezer566 finished second for the second straight week. He was just 11 away from the total punt yards. Perhaps the best performance of the week was by kashkaav, but the combined punt yards question was his downfall. He was closest to both teams’ pass yards and the combined rushing yards by Toussaint and Akeem Shavers.
Nobody correctly predicted the final score, though JustJeepGear.com was the closest at 47-25. Altogether, the contestants predicted Michigan to win a combined 33-20.
The Week 5 standings and the overall standings will be updated on the right sidebar in the next day or so, but for now, let’s get to this week’s questions.
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Tags: Contests, Denard Robinson, Illinois, Michigan Football, Michigan Man 5-Spot Challenge, Michigan Wolverines
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Tuesday, October 2nd, 2012

Congratulations once again to bluwolf77 for winning a $20 gift card to The M Den in last week’s challenge. I hope you’re well rested after the bye week and ready for the real season to begin. Michigan opens with Purdue on Saturday and it won’t be an easy one. Here are this week’s questions:
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Tags: Akeem Shavers, Denard Robinson, Michigan Football, Michigan Man 5-Spot Challenge, Michigan Wolverines, Purdue, Purdue Boilermakers, Week 6
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