Here’s your chance to ‘Sack Schultz!’ Just pick the winners
A few weeks ago an editor informed me that the Atlanta Journal-Constitution and ajc.com were going to start a contest in which readers would have a chance to pick college football games against me.
Two questions immediately came to mind:
1) Do I need to buy the prizes?
2) Am I supposed to lose on purpose?
My financial analyst predicts you have no hope to beat me. But you can still win by being second best.
Because, really: You’re going to pick college football games against me?
And what next? Perhaps a times-table contest against Stephen Hawking?
OK, seriously, here’s how it works:
The contest is called “Sack Schultz,” I suppose because they are words so often spoken in editorial meetings. This does not have any connection with my Weekend Predictions (which is scheduled to begin again next week, pending conditioning drills).
The “Sack Schultz” contest is pretty simple. Go to this website: ajc.com/go/sack-schultz. Register, providing your name, address and a private telephone number so that I can phone you in the middle of the night to mock your selections.
Every week, you’ll find a new slate of games. Just pick the winners. No need to worry about point spreads. The contest begins the first week of the college football season. The local contest runs through Nov. 21 and the national contest through Nov. 27.The deadline for making your picks is listed next to the game (generally it’s a couple of hours before kickoff).
There will be three categories of winners:
♦ The reader picking the most winners nationally every week will win a “Fathead” of their choice. (Note: I checked and there is a “Brett Favre” available. It’s just like the real life version — one dimensional. Personally, I would opt for “SpongeBob” or one of the Dallas Cowboys cheerleaders.
♦ The reader who can outpick me over the season will win two tickets to the Georgia-Georgia Tech game in Athens.
♦ Those picking the most winners nationally, during the season, will win a 37-inch HDTV.
Yes, this is a national contest. Sack Schultz Enterprises — I just wanted to see how that looked — is partnering with a company that stages this contest with several media outlets around the country. Because of that, we don’t pick the games and we can’t guarantee every SEC and ACC game will be on the menu. (You will notice that the Dogs and Jackets are not among the games in the first week, but there’s not much of a challenge in picking winners against Louisiana-Lafayette and South Carolina State, anyway.)
I’ll have a contest update every week online in Weekend Predictions.
So sign up and start picking. And just remember: second place isn’t so bad.
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110 comments Add your comment
Delbert D.
August 30th, 2010
9:10 am
How ’bout a Harley Davidson Fathead? The make that model, don’t they?
Bull
August 30th, 2010
6:44 pm
Schultz…plz…like he knows anything about college football. He has as much credibility as Terrance Moore
RAGIIN' CAJUN
August 31st, 2010
1:11 pm
Nesbitt for Heisman
bob
September 1st, 2010
2:28 pm
I can’t decide which Dooley team to root for.
kkong
September 2nd, 2010
8:42 am
Second prize is two tickets. First prize is one.
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8:56 am
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BigGAdawg
September 2nd, 2010
4:06 pm
Jeff,
What needs to be sacked is that really bad picture of you. Not the one at the top of this page but the geeky looking one on first page where your head is twisted at a hard 45 degrees and your smile makes you look somewhere between goofy and midtown. I know this sounds harsh to you but really I mean it as constructive criticism. Stick to the picture at the top of this column.
Benjamin
September 10th, 2010
10:30 am
I don’t play games, Schultzie. I win them. Or I quit because they’re unfair…
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1:37 pm
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MV77777!11
September 16th, 2010
1:38 pm
September 16, 2010: What will the Eagles do if Vick wins?
IT’S THE PLAY nearly everyone has talked about since Sunday.
Michael Vick, subbing for an injured Kevin Kolb against the Green Bay Packers, felt his protection collapsing midway through the third quarter and ran for 31 yards.
Packers 27, Eagles 20 Jets 21, Eagles 17 Eagles 20, Chiefs 17
It wasn’t just what Vick did. It was how he did it.
He was fast, lightning-fast, and elusive.
It was as if he hit a replay button on the “Michael Vick Experience” – that roller-coaster ride of highlight films that once made Vick the NFL’s highest-paid quarterback.
To be honest, it was a glimpse from the past many thought could not be seen again.
Apparently, Vick, who missed two full seasons while in prison on charges related to his dogfighting operation, still might be able to play a little bit.
Normally, that would be a good thing to say about your backup quarterback. But Vick isn’t your ordinary backup.
He was 40-30-1 as the starting quarterback for the Atlanta Falcons from 2001-06. He guided Atlanta to the NFC Championship Game in the 2004 season. He made three Pro Bowls.
Vick turned 30 in June, and there is enough empirical evidence to suggest he might be better than several starting NFL quarterbacks – including Kolb.
Kolb was awful during his time on the field in the Eagles’ opening loss before getting knocked out of the game with a concussion.
Vick was impressive in the backup role, passing for 175 yards, rushing for 103 more and leading the Birds to 17 of their 20 points.
Indications are that Kolb, who failed a baseline concussion test yesterday, will not play Sunday in Detroit. That means Vick will take all of the practice reps and have the rest of the week to prepare for the Lions.
“If I’m the guy, then I’m going to get ready to try to put this team in position to win, and that’s still the ultimate goal,” said Vick, who would make his first start at quarterback since Dec. 31, 2006. “I don’t really go out and try to prove to anybody that I can still play this game.
“I just have to make the most of the opportunity and try to help this football team win until [Kolb] comes back and he’s healthy.”
But what if Vick plays well?
What if he leads the Eagles to a victory against Detroit and then the following week in Jacksonville?
What if, without even trying to, Vick proves to everybody he can still play?
Since coach Andy Reid makes the final decision, you have to take him at his word yesterday when he said, “Kevin knows he’s the guy.”
“Listen, I don’t want to slight [Vick] a lick if this thing works out, having this opportunity to start or even play in this past Sunday. He did a great job!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!