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
sunny purdue
August 27th, 2010
8:46 am
first
Bill
August 27th, 2010
8:48 am
Count me in Jeff but if you call please make it after 11 PM.My wife loves that.
sunny purdue
August 27th, 2010
8:48 am
Tickets to the UGA-GT game is not much of a prize. How about a snuggie with your favorite teams logo?
Russ, the Temporary Mascot
August 27th, 2010
8:48 am
Just missed by a painted a$$.
Russ, the Temporary Mascot
August 27th, 2010
8:50 am
Is that with Waushan or without?
Washaun Ealey
August 27th, 2010
8:58 am
Schultz, can u help a brother out with some bail?
Caleb King
August 27th, 2010
9:02 am
Police have no...
August 27th, 2010
9:11 am
…have no jurisdiction in a parking lot – he should fight this and file a claim for false arrest – if he was “driving” in a parking lot that is not against the law, even if he had a suspended license – now the failure to leave info re: the striking of another vehicle is a problem, but it is not something to be arrested for since it was NOT on property governed by driving laws…
Jackie Boy
August 27th, 2010
9:12 am
Sack Shultz? Paper or plastic?
TommyJack
August 27th, 2010
9:14 am
Good one, Jackie Boy.
James
August 27th, 2010
9:20 am
Campus Cops have jurisdiction in parking lots on campus.
Billy Ray Valentine....Capricorn
August 27th, 2010
9:27 am
Back in the old days, we called it beating the Bisher. I guess the new euphemism is sacking the Schulz. Whatever, it still means the same thing.
cattle dawg
August 27th, 2010
9:28 am
I really dont have anything to say. So I wont say anything at all.
Bow Wow
August 27th, 2010
9:28 am
What is it about Georgia football players and drivers’ licenses? Do they have trouble passing the test, or do they think that laws don’t apply to them? They don’t think that the rules of the game apply to them, either. We’re going to be thin for LA Monroe.
Billy Ray Valentine....Capricorn
August 27th, 2010
9:28 am
or Schultz if you prefer.
glacialspeed
August 27th, 2010
9:38 am
Tickets to UGA-GT is more of a punishment than a prize. It’s a big town, guys. We’re not all UGA or GT fans.
The red panties are falling from the sky
August 27th, 2010
9:42 am
Bow Wow – They were told they wouldn’t have to take any tests during their time at UGA. They apparently didn’t realize that this only referred to academic tests.
Judge Judy
August 27th, 2010
9:42 am
Ealey must sit out the first quarter of LA LaFayette and attend Richt’s driver education class.
The Real SugarHillDawg
August 27th, 2010
9:44 am
Hey Schultz, for the grand prize, at the end of the season will you volunteer to quit the AJC and join MSNBC where you are much more suited and be the new Keith Olberman???
robodawg
August 27th, 2010
9:45 am
“The reader who can outpick me over the season will win two tickets to the Georgia-Georgia Tech game in Athens.” That’s gonna be a lot of readers you’re giving tickets to, isn’t it?
Russ, the Temporary Mascot
August 27th, 2010
9:46 am
I don’t have a drivers license either but I have had my shots. Having a painted a$$ has changed my perspective on things and hit and run ain’t so bad when you are a starter. Now, a backup . . . that’s a different story. Backups can be made an example. Starters are misunderstood and subject to youthful indescretion like this and you can bet that’s what this will be called by a lot of bloggers. Getting your a$$ painted is small potatoes next to some of these brushes with the law. Where are my Raybans?
jimmymack
August 27th, 2010
9:48 am
police have a no no is right
Waleska Dawg
August 27th, 2010
9:56 am
I’ve still got my “I Beat the Press” t-shirt that I won in a similar AJC contest back in the early 80s. Glad to see that a prognostication contest is back.
sam
August 27th, 2010
10:04 am
Maybe the accident was in the parking lot but he had to drive home (on the streets) didn’t he??
Hillbilly Deluxe
August 27th, 2010
10:08 am
Back in the old days, we called it beating the Bisher.
I beat Bisher twice back in the old days but never got but one T-shirt. It’s still hanging in the closet; reckon it’s worth anything?
But, Sam...
August 27th, 2010
10:20 am
…no, he lives in the East Campus dorm adjacent to the parking lot where the incident occurred. Plus, even if he did drive on the streets, the cops did not actually see him drive on the street, so they had no right to issue a ticket for driving on a suspended license.
And, James, campus cops have jurisdiction on campus, and in this parking lot, but NOT jusrisdiction to give out a DRIVING violation, nor jurisdiction to issue a citation for “hit and run” – that is why they had to change the formal charge to “violation of the “duty-upon-strike” law”…
Delbert D.
August 27th, 2010
10:24 am
Jeff, you look cool with the funny hat an no glasses.
Delbert D.
August 27th, 2010
10:26 am
I pick Boise State over VT. What do I win?
observor
August 27th, 2010
10:41 am
Shouldn’t you be on vacation again? It’s been only three days since your last one, so I think you’re over due at this point.
Too tough 44
August 27th, 2010
10:44 am
It does seem to me that the campus police and the athens police THRIVE on arresting so many all the time, ya know, isnt a parking lot on private property? NOt a driving violation is it? Not leaving info for an accident not smart,but, oh well, time will tell
Paul in RDU
August 27th, 2010
10:50 am
The comments that the police have no jurisdiction on a hit and run because it was in a campus parking deck are moronic.
UGA Police Chief Willamson said according to the law “you have a responsibility when you hit another car to report it, same as if you hit a fence you have a responsibility to report it. . . . You can’t drive off.” There are witnesses to the car accident and to who was the driver.
This looks like Easley was “finishing the drill” helping UGA to clinch the Fulmer Cup.
GTFan
August 27th, 2010
11:26 am
Do college students not realize what they got? I am not just talking about UGA either! I am taking about all of the ones who have gotten in trouble. You’re playing college football and if your good enough possibly the NFL. I just don’t understand it!
Washaun Ealy
August 27th, 2010
11:28 am
We hit and run this state
Bob Johnson
August 27th, 2010
11:28 am
Tickets to GA -GT as a season prize? Get the ajc to man up and provide 4 tickets to the SEC Championship game in December – the only college football game that will be played in Georgia this fall that matters.
Weagle, Weagle, . . .
August 27th, 2010
11:31 am
“The reader who can outpick me over the season will win two tickets to the Georgia-Georgia Tech game in Athens.”
What’s second place?
Four tickets?
Schultzy's Five-head is showing
August 27th, 2010
11:32 am
“beating the Bisher” can make you go blind
Da'Rick
August 27th, 2010
11:43 am
What do I get for telling you a year ago that UGA would win the Fulmer Cup?
They will win again next year if Richt remains coach.
harold
August 27th, 2010
11:48 am
If Richt doesn’t win the SEC this year he will likely get fired after a six year drought. IT IS TIME!
Billy Ray Valentine....Capricorn
August 27th, 2010
11:48 am
@ Hillbilly: You only beat the Bisher twice? You sir are clearly master of your domain. And you got a t-shirt? I didn’t realize prizes could be awarded.
BigTimeTECHFan
August 27th, 2010
11:54 am
Wher do I pick up my TV?
everyone else is playing for 2nd!
GeezusDawg
August 27th, 2010
12:11 pm
@ Washaun Ealy “We hit and run this state”
Best one yet.
GeezusDawg
August 27th, 2010
12:12 pm
I thought that Richt had someone checking on all the players to make sure they were “legal” with licenses, driving-records, etc. back in the spring?
AD formerly known as Daddy Damon
August 27th, 2010
12:22 pm
““beating the Bisher” can make you go blind”
How do you frustrate a Bulldog fan?
Paint his genitalia orange & blue and tell him he can’t beat it but 3 times in twenty years!
Pick Em
August 27th, 2010
12:24 pm
Leonard’s Loser: Georgia!
bryant
August 27th, 2010
12:28 pm
Geez guys the lad hit a car and left no need to go all Perry Mason on us. All this the cops do not have the authority. Why dont you worry about the mindset of UGA athletes that time after time make poor decisions all the holy rolling your boy CMR does not seem to be getting through. I mean you guys should win the opener no problem and there is zero chance he will not play against SC. Because Saint Mark coached under Saint Bobby at free shoes university and who needs a life lesson for a young man when we have a football game to win.
Buzzfan®
August 27th, 2010
12:29 pm
You sure you’re up for this, Jeff? As the winner of many, many sports-related contests in this town I have some eerie built-in ‘edge’…can’t explain it…..it’s borderline mystical, like unicorns or Enya or Chuck Dowdle’s hair.
It all started back in the 80’s when I won multiple dinners/stays at the Marriott Marquis and ultiamtely a trip to Orlando answering ACC Hoops questions posed by Bob McCann during GT basketball games. Sure, it took being the first, second, fourth and fifth caller for one of ‘em, but at least I came up with the right answer when it really counted (when they said not to call any more).
Also keep in mind I was the inaugural winner of the Hawk-for-a-Day contest during the ‘96-’97 season and got to hang out with the team at practice and dress out and sit on (ok, near) the bench for a game vs the Knicks. Lenny even tried to put me in late, but I pretended to not hear him on the advice of my agent (who also happens to be my chiropractor).
I’ll think about this, Jeff…..not saying I will enter, but I’ll give it consideration.
But if you DO keep calling, you’re gonna hafta change your caller ID to something besides “Jeff Schultz”. “Erin Andrews” would work.
And it wouldn’t upset my wife as much.
POAD
August 27th, 2010
12:29 pm
Schultz ain’t no SAC! Tim Tucker now he is a hairy SAC for sure. Want let people post on UGA’s hard late push to capture the Fulmer Cup.
Steve
August 27th, 2010
12:32 pm
Jeff, I like it! Can we add a pick to see how many more UGA players will get arrested this year? This coming from a Georgia fan. Pathetic.
We Run This State
August 27th, 2010
12:33 pm
Washaun hit the car and then he was running like he was playing against Tech.
Sloppy Police Work
August 27th, 2010
12:51 pm
Come on now…the police set-up Washaun. This is a joke. UGA cops are sad.
ONLY
August 27th, 2010
12:53 pm
What is the “real” reason Washaun ran?? Do you suppose there was something illegal on him or in the car????
Johnny Mofo Cockrin
August 27th, 2010
1:03 pm
Police have no…. you must have graduated from the law school there in Athens or you watch too much TV. You are wrong. That is public property. He also had a a failure to appear, which is why his license was suspended. They can safely assume that he drove the car in off of the highway because the security people saw him do it. He’ll get some sort of plea and get it swept under the rug.
Johnny Mofo Cockrin
August 27th, 2010
1:05 pm
GlacialSpeed – well don’t enter the contest if you don’t like the prize dummy.
Old Gold
August 27th, 2010
1:08 pm
If you’re not a Tech or Georgia fan….you need to leave the state! Delta is ready when you are!
Coach or not Meyers
August 27th, 2010
1:11 pm
Wish they would name something for me! I need a statue like Saban!
coach joe
August 27th, 2010
1:13 pm
what ever you break the law you get punished athlete or not the rule remain the same how come everytime a uga athlete gets in trubble bulldog fans think it ok to brake the rulz but someone out side of uga needs to be tarred and feathered. yall r a bunch of hippos
Stan
August 27th, 2010
1:13 pm
Jeff – why can’t i post?
Abdullah the Bitcher
August 27th, 2010
1:18 pm
Go ahead and send me the prizes.
@ ONLY
August 27th, 2010
1:40 pm
Is your real name Nancy Grace?
74 Dawg
August 27th, 2010
1:42 pm
Jeff, I like the black and white photo with the Yarmulke and no glasses. You should replace your regular photo with it. Also, who is the AJC leader in the annual Jerk Johnson contest this fall and what is the prize?
Joey
August 27th, 2010
2:04 pm
Come on Jeff, you know you’ve got you a Favre “Fathead” in your mancave.
TXDawg
August 27th, 2010
2:07 pm
I’m in Jeff!
I already have a “real life” Dallas Cowboy Cheerleader so I’ll just settle for the 37″ HDTV.
Tide Rising
August 27th, 2010
2:07 pm
Jeff,
Count me in but I really wish you would add in point spreads. It makes it more challenging and really does separate amateurs who just pick favorites every week from people who can really pick em based on point spreads.
Michael
August 27th, 2010
2:29 pm
that would be fun BUT any site that ask you for your name, address and birthdate to register that IS NOT a secure site IS NOT the place to be…. WATCH OUT.
NCBravesFan
August 27th, 2010
2:42 pm
“Sack Schultz?” Does the Hot Phone Sex Princess know about this?
#1 BAMA FAN
August 27th, 2010
2:43 pm
I miss “Leonard’s Losers” but I guess I will play.RTR
Spike
August 27th, 2010
2:48 pm
I doubt the Tech–georgia game will be sold out.
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3:11 pm
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ATLAUB
August 27th, 2010
3:13 pm
I still have a mug from the I Beat Bisher days, and even a few of the really old “Super Picker” t-shirts from my young years. Need a good prize Jeff that will be relevant 25 years later.
Ted M
August 27th, 2010
3:17 pm
Jeff,
If I make my picks now can I change them sometime before game time?
Bubba
August 27th, 2010
4:31 pm
What a dork.
Ryan
August 27th, 2010
4:50 pm
Jeff,
You say this is a national contest, but the rules specifcy must be a Georgia resident – can you confirm?
Jeff Schultz
August 27th, 2010
5:02 pm
Ryan — Great question. This is the answer I got from the contest gurus. The TV and Fatheads are open to anybody (national). But to win the Georgia-Tech tickets, you must be a resident of Georgia. Just passing along the info.
Jeff Schultz
August 27th, 2010
5:04 pm
Sunny Purdue — And you’re favorite team would be — wait, don’t tell me: Purdue?
saintsfan
August 27th, 2010
5:05 pm
all you want to be jailhouse lawyers, if an accident is reported the 911 is called the police will respond and do a private property or regular accident report. If the driver is intoxicated or has a suspended license an arrest can be made. stop pretending to know the law and just read the statute.
Jeff Schultz
August 27th, 2010
5:07 pm
Glacialspeed — True, but it’s a college football picks contest and Tech-Georgia tickets probably rate a little higher than Georgia State-North Carolina Central.
Jeff Schultz
August 27th, 2010
5:09 pm
Robodawg — Hey, here’s a dollar. Go buy a joke. (I’ll be looking for you at contest time.)
Jeff Schultz
August 27th, 2010
5:10 pm
Walkeska Dawg — Wow, that thing must be worth at least $2.50 by now.
Jeff Schultz
August 27th, 2010
5:10 pm
Delbert D. — Yeah, cool hat, huh?
Jeff Schultz
August 27th, 2010
5:11 pm
Washaun Ealey — OK. THAT was funny.
Jeff Schultz
August 27th, 2010
5:17 pm
Buzzfan — I’ll see what I can do about the voicemail name. And maybe the hair extensions.
Jordan
August 27th, 2010
5:20 pm
So every reader who outpicks you gets tickets to the UGA/GT game?! I’m confused.
SWAT Native
August 27th, 2010
5:24 pm
Jeff,
I’m going to make you put that finger down (in the photo on the front page).
Jeff Schultz
August 27th, 2010
5:25 pm
Joey — You caught me. I do have a Favre “Fathead.” It’s my dart board.
Jeff Schultz
August 27th, 2010
5:26 pm
Tide Rising — Point spreads definitely more challenging (I pick against spread in Weekend Predictions) but this is how it is for now.
Jeff Schultz
August 27th, 2010
5:27 pm
NCBravesFan — We’ll have to check. Haven’t heard from HPSP for a while.
Vikki Locke
August 27th, 2010
5:30 pm
First!
Jeff Schultz
August 27th, 2010
5:34 pm
Vikki — you never could count.
DAWG07
August 27th, 2010
5:39 pm
GO DAWGS.
bowman
August 27th, 2010
6:51 pm
You misspoke (miswrote?), Jeff. “The reader who can outpick me over the season will win two tickets to the Georgia-Georgia Tech game in Athens.”
It should be “the readers…” except that the winner(s) are likely to fill the stadium, thus frustrating those who spent thousands of dollars to buy what they thought were season tickets.
c u in athens,
bowman
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“Art will always be Art.” – Goethe
Shaquandralishanickra
August 27th, 2010
8:06 pm
I’m all in baby! Bring on the frogs, hawgs, dawgs, volunteers, tigers, bears, little green leprechauns, gators, tornadoes, hurricanes, green waves, crimson tides, directional schools, and all you fools, cause Shaquandralishanickra is gunna win it all. Peace, out!
fred garvin
August 27th, 2010
8:43 pm
Jeff, I think the fact that I chose to enroll at Penn State in fall of 1986 (and witness the beat-down of the prison-striped hurricane team that was all talk in Tempe at the Fiesta Bowl—I hope you are reading this, Michael Irvin, that is unless a tutor took your tests for you!!!)
Toccoadawg
August 28th, 2010
2:38 am
youre going down baldy
Not Disappointed
August 28th, 2010
10:16 am
You can call anytime accept sun down Friday. Rere want allow me to answer the phone. Oh well. “You’re going down Shultzie!”
Big Whoops Dawg Fan
August 28th, 2010
1:03 pm
Sorry, but I’m going to be hanging out in the locker room to see if Washaun can pass the football after he swallows it.
Loiusinannnnnna Joke U
August 28th, 2010
5:53 pm
You better watch out for our high powered, high octane offense. Man, im glad Ealey isn’t playing, as you will need him to beat us. I think we are ranked like 999 in SOS and havent won a game of any importance in 50 years. Woof Woof Woof MEOW!
Reality Hurts:
August 28th, 2010
5:54 pm
Jeff,
Question for you! If UGA believes their team is so good, why don’t they play a harder schedule? Just curious, as last year they did and you saw what happened. 8-5 doesnt make the mutts happy.
Thanks,
Reality Hurts
Layfeyette Freight Train:
August 28th, 2010
5:55 pm
Go…………………Louisinanananananananan LOL! Can your players jump one of ours? LOL!
Chuck
August 29th, 2010
9:02 am
Hey Jeff—Nice picture on the “Sack Schultz” front page. Is that wardrobe from the Jethro Bodine collection?
Chuck
August 29th, 2010
9:49 am
All you “Beat Bisher” guys think you go way back, but try to top this. I once had a date with “Coach Friday.” Unfortunately, even though she got ‘blitzed’, it didn’t result in a ’sack.’
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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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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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!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!