Sack Schultz 2012: Hawaii, tickets, gift cards–I want it all!
Win nationally, and you're in this hammock.
In the first two years of the “Sack Schultz” contest, I deluded you, the reader, into believing that you could pick college football winners as expertly as me.
Hah! It was a trick. Finishing 1,177th out of 6,978 entries last season was all part of a master plan into making you think that my secret system for picking winners was something as pedestrian as, “Eenie, Meenie, Miny, Moe,” when in fact it’s, “Eenie, Meenie, Jelly, Beanie,” something far more spiritual (kids: Google “Bullwinkle”).
But this year, I’m serious. There’s too much at stake. It’s why I’m also going to
Win among local entries, you'll get tickets to this game. (Johnny Crawford)
enter my dog, Lilly, in the contest as a backup plan, just to see if she can pick winners any better than me. (Her method of selection will be forthcoming.)
Let me start with the whopper prize: If you can pick winners better than me (and everybody else) among national entries, you will win a trip for two to Hawaii (valued at $5,000), including airfare and hotel accommodations.
If you pick winners better than any everybody else
Lilly: I'm coming after you, Schultz.
among local entries, you’ll win a fabulous package of goodies that includes two tickets to the always-sold-out Georgia-Georgia Tech game in Athens, a night’s stay at the Hotel Indigo in Athens, and two tickets to the always-sold-out Chick-fil-A Bowl.
Weekly national winners also will be awarded their choice of prizes from Fathead.com — my wife wants a Troy Polamalu Fathead on the bedroom wall; not happening — and weekly local winners will receive $100 gift cards.
The contest launches Aug. 24. Here’s all you do. Register for free online at AJC.com/go/sackschultz2012. The website has all of the details. Pick the winners of 15 games each week. There is a cutoff time for each round and game every week if you want to change your pick. That’s it.
This is when I’m supposed to wish everybody good luck.
So good luck.
Even if I don’t really mean it.
By Jeff Schultz
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76 comments Add your comment
carl
August 24th, 2012
11:08 am
#1
carl
August 24th, 2012
11:11 am
carl sez………….YOU going down THIS YEAR jeffroe!!! I carl will trump your method with mine!! LOL!!!
milller
August 24th, 2012
11:26 am
The DEFENDING Champion..ME..is ready to go!!!
billyho55
August 24th, 2012
11:33 am
THANKS FOR THE REMINDER! I’M SIGNED UP AGAIN THIS YEAR AND READY FOR THAT TRIP TO LOVELY HAWAII!! THAT IS IF I CAN ACTUALLY DO A TAD BETTER THIS YEAR THAN LAST!!! AS ALWAYS KEEP UP THE GREAT WORK MR. SCHULTZ!!!!
P.S. DON’T WORRY ABOUT THE NAYSAYERS LIKE “MISERY” FROM MACON! GOT YOUR BACK JACK
billyho55
August 24th, 2012
11:38 am
GOOD LUCK TO ALL INVOLVED! JUST HOPE I’M 1 GAME BETTER!! BUT, NO, REALLY, GOOD LUCK TO EVERYONE!!!
Alphare
August 24th, 2012
11:44 am
I pick Dawgs to lose SECCG or a no-show, and no dawgs will be playing in NC.
What kinda prize can I get if I win?
DOUBLE G
August 24th, 2012
11:49 am
Lilly is better-looking than Jeff Schultz, too.
HUH?????
August 24th, 2012
11:49 am
I can’t wait to see the UGA puppies lose to some unranked team like TN or Vandy.
Martin the Calvinist
August 24th, 2012
11:57 am
HUH?????, I can’t wait to see Tech lose to BYU, lol! Besides, UGA isn’t losing to Tennessee or Vandy……
DOUBLE G
August 24th, 2012
11:57 am
Of course, Lilly is better-looking than I, too.
5150 UOAD
August 24th, 2012
12:00 pm
Not Fair jeff gets to play ans so does The COUNT.
UGA football fans
August 24th, 2012
12:07 pm
facebook.com/ugafootballfans
billyho55
August 24th, 2012
12:09 pm
BY THE WAY,
IF YOU HAVE TIME CHECK OUT WHAT THE GUYS ON FIRST TAKE HAD TO SAY ABOUT UGAY! THE PARTICULAR DEBATE IS ONE SEGMENT BEFORE THE LAST DEBATE!! MY TECH BRETHREN WILL DEFINITELY HAVE A NICE CHUCKLE!!!
5150 UOAD
August 24th, 2012
12:14 pm
real Dwag fans need one………Good family and cute Bulldogs……
http://www.englishbulldogpuppychase.com/english-bulldog-puppies-for-sale/index.htm
Nerds, Nerds, Nerds.
August 24th, 2012
12:17 pm
We can count on three things; death, taxes and the Dawgs beating the Nerds…GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO DAWGS!!!!!!
Falcon228
August 24th, 2012
12:37 pm
Fatheads for a prize? No sailcats again this year? Depressing.
5150 UOAD
August 24th, 2012
12:39 pm
Nerds, Nerds, Nerds………………………..A we can COUNT on the dWags still not being better than 5th in the SEC.
5150 UOAD
August 24th, 2012
12:41 pm
UGa fans fly the UGa flag on 1 window of the family Trailer and 3 SEC banners in the others. WE ARE a member of the SEC. We are the dWags!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Wait til Next Year…………23 years and counting.
1,2,3,4 Crap on a Nerd
August 24th, 2012
12:44 pm
Can we do an over/under on how many Tech nerds will get new bicycle pumps for Christmas and how many days until Auburn and Miss State get probation for cheating in memphis?
5150 UOAD
August 24th, 2012
12:45 pm
IF………….IF………….the Falcons and Blank get a new stadium I will NEVER NEVER(free tickets included) will not attend a game played in that building.
5150 UOAD
August 24th, 2012
12:46 pm
Sorry redux……………IF………….IF………….the Falcons and Blank get a new stadium I will NEVER NEVER(free tickets included) attend a game played in that building.
girldawg
August 24th, 2012
12:46 pm
Lily is a cutie but I am packing for Hawaii!!
Go Dawgs!
1,2,3,4 Crap on a Nerd
August 24th, 2012
12:47 pm
good, the place won’t stink
billyho55
August 24th, 2012
12:53 pm
HERE IS THE VIDEO GUYS! GOTTA CHECK THIS OUT!! STEPHEN A SMITH BASHES UGAY!!!
http://m.youtube.com/my_videos#/watch?v=taTdBgZR8rE
1,2,3,4 Crap on a Nerd
August 24th, 2012
1:04 pm
all you got is an idiot like smith bashing us because you can’t touch us on the football field and the link requires registration-you are not even a good nerd
Ted M
August 24th, 2012
1:11 pm
Jeff, there are rumors floating out there that you had a dream last night of another Braves epic collapse.
I may have started them.
Matt "CHOKE" Ryan
August 24th, 2012
1:12 pm
9 Years later and Mora Jr. owns the last playoff win….
Talk to me Jeff
Matt "CHOKE" Ryan
August 24th, 2012
1:14 pm
I heard CHOKE was working out with Paul Ryan on P90X Program.
Oh dang they have the same last name…..ha ha
Nerds, Nerds, Nerds.
August 24th, 2012
1:14 pm
Nerds, its not even fun beating you anymore.
Nerds, Nerds, Nerds.
August 24th, 2012
1:14 pm
Ok, ok it is.
ToccoaDawg
August 24th, 2012
1:22 pm
You’re going down Sargent Schultz.
Tide Rising
August 24th, 2012
1:31 pm
Jeff,
What was your record for the year last year and the year before? If memory serves correct you were a winner last year something like 56-44 last year and 46-54 loser the year before.
Bama in Atlanta
August 24th, 2012
1:37 pm
At least I’m tied for first right now!
billyho55
August 24th, 2012
1:38 pm
SORRY GUYS ABOUT THE LINK REQUIRING REGISTRATION! I HAVE NO CONTROL OVER HOW YOUTUBE OPERATES!! IN ALL ACTUALITY ALL TECH FANS DO NOT FALL IN THE NERD CATEGORY!!! SOME LIKE MYSELF ARE 6′8″ 260 LB FORMER AAU ATHLETES THAT YOU WOULDN’T BEGIN TO KNOW HOW TO TOUCH IN ANY SPORT!!!! ALSO, WHAT IN THE HELL IS WRONG WITH SOMETHING BEING OF HIGHER INTELLECT THAN YOURSELF, I.E. NERDS YOU SPEAK OF!!!!! HAPPY READING….
Esquire
August 24th, 2012
1:43 pm
Bama in Atlanta
August 24th, 2012
1:37 pm
At least I’m tied for first right now!
__________________________________________
……………….and last…….!!!!
markie mark
August 24th, 2012
1:44 pm
Hey billyho….think you could lose the caps lock there, genius?
Esquire
August 24th, 2012
1:45 pm
5150 UOAD
August 24th, 2012
12:45 pm
IF………….IF………….the Falcons and Blank get a new stadium I will NEVER NEVER(free tickets included) will not attend a game played in that building.5150 UOAD
August 24th, 2012
12:46 pm
Sorry redux……………IF………….IF………….the Falcons and Blank get a new stadium I will NEVER NEVER(free tickets included) attend a game played in that building.
__________________________________________________________
DID YOU REALLY THINK ONE WAS BETTER THAN THE OTHER?
Bama in Atlanta
August 24th, 2012
1:46 pm
Esquire
August 24th, 2012
1:43 pm
Bama in Atlanta
August 24th, 2012
1:37 pm
At least I’m tied for first right now!
__________________________________________
……………….and last…….!!!!
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Hey, I prefer to be a glass-is-half-full person! Although I’ve never really understood that phrase because it actually depends on what’s in the glass as to whether the “full” or “empty” is better.
billyho55
August 24th, 2012
1:50 pm
FUNKY BUNCH,
I BELIEVE IF YOU’RE GONNA SAY SOMETHING SAY IT WITH CONVICTION! I.E. CAPS LOCK…
jtarp
August 24th, 2012
1:51 pm
can’t wait for next thursday!!! thank God college football is back!! and welcome back to sack schultz. one question, can you post which team is the home team, or where the game is being played on the site? that would be a big help in making my always correct picks.
FrmtheBlchers
August 24th, 2012
1:51 pm
I think the fix is in already! How did Lilly type that with no thumbs? Good to all!!
Esquire
August 24th, 2012
2:00 pm
Hey, give it up for JCHS……….28-0 over Woodstock! Congrats Gladiators!
1,2,3,4 Crap on a Nerd
August 24th, 2012
2:01 pm
HUH?????
August 24th, 2012
11:49 am
I can’t wait to see the UGA puppies lose to some unranked team like TN or Vandy.
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Of course you want some other team to beat them because your sorry team sure can’t do it
Buckeye
August 24th, 2012
2:40 pm
I will pick the dogs to lose every game.
If I’m only right two or three times it will be great.
Birrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrd Man
August 24th, 2012
2:58 pm
I’m back again to claim a week or two…aim high right? Jeff, where is the weekly $100 gift card good for this year?
Denver Dawg
August 24th, 2012
3:06 pm
If Ted Striker comes out of hibernation and enters, none of us have a chance….
billyho55
August 24th, 2012
3:12 pm
YESSIR JTARP, THANK GOD INDEED!
Esquire
August 24th, 2012
3:31 pm
Hey, I saw Matt Ryan was on here so I thought I would post some of his highlights! Nice pass dude!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zXJEoobk1qs
billyho55
August 24th, 2012
3:44 pm
GREAT LINK ESQUIRE! RYAN WILL FLOURISH THIS YEAR UNDER KOETTER’S TUTELAGE!! ALL THE NAYSAYERS, YOU KNOW WHO YOU ARE, WILL “CHOKE” ON EVERY WORD THAT HAS BEEN SPAT OUT OF YOUR MOUTHS!!!
Fathead of Kate Upton....hubba hubba
August 24th, 2012
3:53 pm
I got you beat this again this year!
Nice to know the trip to Hawaii includes airfare…..it’d be a long walk and swim otherwise.
Nerds, Nerds, Nerds.
August 24th, 2012
3:56 pm
I better stop or Paul Johnson might punch me in the face.
cewbee
August 24th, 2012
3:56 pm
As a Tech Grad with a great love of predictive modeling, I plan to use the “Pretty Kitty Leilani” microscopic hairball analysis technique to pick my winners. We shall see…
god
August 24th, 2012
3:57 pm
I’ll win so don’t even bother
Bobo for Atorney General
August 24th, 2012
3:58 pm
the Hotel Indigo in Athens? Hot dang! I couldn’t possibly imagine a better trip anywhere this side of Johnson City.
god
August 24th, 2012
4:01 pm
I know the winners already….people in Athens, GA will be very, very happy this coming January!
god
August 24th, 2012
4:08 pm
and yes, I do care about football…..
G.P. Burdell
August 24th, 2012
5:13 pm
Hey 1,2,3…if you were half as smart as you claim to be, since you think you’re so much better than people you’ve never even met, you would know all you have to do is take the “my_videos” directory out of the link. Try this one…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=taTdBgZR8rE
Esquire
August 24th, 2012
6:16 pm
Ok Jeff, I did ok last year but didn’t win a dang thing. But it was fun!
billyho55
August 24th, 2012
6:20 pm
THANKS G.P. I COMPLETELY MISSED OUT ON THAT ONE! REALLY APPRECIATE THAT!! GUESS, I GET THE IDIOT OF THE DAY AWARD, LOL!!!
G.P. Burdell
August 24th, 2012
6:29 pm
No prob billyho! You just copied the URL from where you were logged into your account. You’re a Tech fan, so no idiocidy there!!
SSIgator
August 24th, 2012
6:36 pm
Sorry Jeff. You are going to have to go it alone this year
http://marquee.blogs.cnn.com/2012/08/24/voice-of-sesame-streets-the-count-dies-at-78/?hpt=en_c1
The Count is Dead
billyho55
August 24th, 2012
7:28 pm
I APPRECIATE THE ACCOMODATIONS FOR THE “NEW” GUY G.P.
LOOKING FORWARD TO A GREAT SEASON OF LOCAL FOOTBALL!! DON’T KNOW HOW I’VE BEEN ABLE TO CONTROL MYSELF THESE PAST 6 MONTHS!!! READY TO SEE THE STARTERS PLAY 3 QUARTERS TONIGHT…LET’S ROLL BABY…
Terry
August 24th, 2012
7:42 pm
Buckeye, I heard the Ohio Bobcat mascot was looking for you, said he was going to kick your butt, just like he did Brutus Buckeye. LMAO HA HA HA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=577hN8tQM6g
Georgiana Bulltiger
August 24th, 2012
9:32 pm
As a practicing Buddhist, I want to feel compassion for the Yellow Jackets.
OM MANI PADME HUNG
OM MANI PADMA HUNG
OM MANI PADMA HUNG
Sorry. Nothing.
This will be what? Nine straight?
Karma.
Matt "CHOKE" Ryan
August 24th, 2012
10:28 pm
Okay seriously it’s time to bench CHOKE.
For 3 quarters in a dress rehearsal he stunk up the place with all those
dink & dunks.
Davis comes in for 2 plays and gets a 39 yard bomb for a touchdown.
CHOKE is not the answer.
Davis needs to start for Julio and Roddy to take the team to the
next level
IL Jacket
August 24th, 2012
10:42 pm
In case you haven’t seen it, I highly recommend the article “Why Ask Why” by L. Jon Wertheim in the issue of Sports Illustrated on the newsstands now. It is a wonderful piece chronicling the friendship of Zach Cone and Johnathan Taylor, great friends and former UGA baseball players, and Chance Veazey, who also suffered a career ending spinal injury. What a testament to the heart, determination and don’t quit spirit of Taylor and Veazey. It gives one a bit of perspective on what is really important in life. Well done men. UGA can be very proud of these three former athletes. Our prayers go out for their continued progress.
Across the wide Missouri
August 25th, 2012
7:58 am
Missouri 34, Georgia 17
Another big day in Columbia as Missouri steamrolls the mangy mutts!
Sopwith Camel
August 25th, 2012
7:59 am
You’re going down like a lead balloon, Schultzie!! I’m going out to buy me some jammin’ swim trunks and a surf board now!!
5150 UOAD
August 25th, 2012
9:37 am
Who will Win? My 10 game Parlay……
No. 9 South Carolina at Vanderbilt
Texas A&M at Louisiana Tech
Tennessee vs. North Carolina State
No. 24 Boise State at No. 13 Michigan State BATTLE of the 2011 Dwag Killers
Notre Dame vs. Navy*
Miami (FL) at Boston College
No. 14 Clemson vs. Auburn*
No. 8 Michigan vs. No. 2 Alabama*
Kentucky at No. 25 Louisville
Georgia Tech at No. 16 Virginia Tech
dick whiskey
August 25th, 2012
12:37 pm
jeff, with football season back looking forward to your friday predictions,been reading them for years and they are always hilarious,(caused me to lose a lot of money though)
blf
August 25th, 2012
12:39 pm
I believe this is just a ho ax.
Alex
August 25th, 2012
5:51 pm
“If you can pick winners better than I CAN.” Not “better than me.”
Fidlin1
August 26th, 2012
7:54 am
I got all 15 last year on rivalry week. Thanks Jeff the Taco Mac gift card went along way. Time to start another year. Go Dogs.
Drexel Gal
August 28th, 2012
11:05 pm
You Liberals can’t even quote CARTOONS accurately. Bullwinkle said, “Eenie, meenie, *CHILI* beanie …” … it was a *CHILI* bean, not a jelly bean.
jv
August 29th, 2012
7:09 am
Link is broken, can’t enter…
cloudodust
August 29th, 2012
7:21 am
I can see it all so clearly—The ticker tape parade down Peachtree plus the police escort to PDK to board a private jet with 3 flight attendants waiting on me alone, serving up 18 year old scotch, lobster, King Crab and all the pineapple and filets I can stuff in my gut bound for Hawaii is a day I’ll most remember most—then I awoke.