2/11/2026

The 2025-26 Professor DW Football Pick ’em Contest is over and Karianne Sullivan joins Jeff Johnson (Tumwater) and Katie King as Champion! The 2025-26 version of the Professor DW Football Pick ’em challenge was the biggest so far with more than 200 different individuals participating at one point or another. All seeking to get that invitation to the Professor’s “EXCLUSIVE” Postseason Tournament for a chance at the Grand Prize.

To qualify you had to have finished 1st or 2nd in one of the 18 weekly contests. Winner’s of the weekly contest received $17 and if they beat the Professor earned an additional $10. And since the Professor has not won since literally the first week of the very first contest every weekly winner got the full $27. The Professor is currently on a 53 week losing streak.

There were 36 spots available for the exclusive tournament but if a winner or 2nd place finisher again placed in the top 2 then they would cancel one of the 36 spots making it easier to win the postseason tournament.

In the end, there were 13 cancelled spots and 23 contestants available to participate. In year #3, this was the first year every player participated and did so in all 4 rounds never giving up through the Super Bowl.

This made it a fierce competition and will force Professor DW to go back and look hard at the postseason tournament to see if we can separate the players more especially in the Super Bowl.

Why? We ended up with a 3-way tie for 1st place and a 3-way tie for 4th place. So it came down to the tie-breaker of total converted field goal yardage for all 13 play-off games. The final total was 1,678 total yards. Remember this was also the Price is Right rule of you cannot go over unless all went over then the closest would have won. In both ties we had contestants not go over.

Super Bowl Sunday Picks

Coming into Sunday, Mike Lowder and Kariann Sullivan led with 19 points. Kevin Hamrick and Lori Mohney were tied for 2nd at 18. 7 more were siting at 17 and 16 points. If you were in the top 7-11 you likely needed to pick more answers you thought were for sures. The rest needed to take some chances to try and close the gap with the biggest one picking against the favorite, Seattle. 

Out of the 23 contestants only 6 chose the Patriots, hopefully rooting for the Seahawks but knowing their only chance to make a big comeback was an upset, so completely understandable.

Out of all the contestants Kim King did the best on Super Bowl Sunday scoring 16 points. She was 2 points behind the 2 leaders Lowder and Sullivan. Both Lowder and Sullivan finished with 14 which allowed King to move into a 3-way tie for first with each scoring 33 of the 55 possible points.

King and Lowder differed on only 3 questions with King picking up 2 points on getting the the longest punt return correct and that the final play would not be the QB taking a knee. King made up the 2 points against Sullivan with the correct answers of Heads, under the accepted penalties, longest field goal made and which defense would force the most turnovers and sacks combined.

So it came down to the tie-breaker of total field goal yardage for all 13 play-offs games of 1,678 yards. Mike Lowder was first to be eliminated with a guess of 2,500. Next out was Kim King who also heard the Price is Right foghorn buzzer going over with a guess of 2,341. All Kariann Sullivan had to do was be below 1,678 to take the win and she did with a great guess of 1,560. 

Sullivan’s guess was the 2nd closest in the competition. Last year’s Champ Jeff Johnson was the closest nearly hitting it on the button with a guess of 1,666 or just 12 yards off hitting it perfectly. Johnson however, was not close trying to rally from behind to be able to use his great tie-breaker prediction.

So Sullivan was declared the winner of the “Ticket Bonanza” Grand Prize. Taking 2nd was King who was over but not as far over as Lowder who had to settle for 3rd. King wins $75 and Lowder gets $50.

This left the scramble for the $25 4th place finish and again we had another 3 way tie. Kevin Hamrick, Lee Stockwell and Jennifer Kickner all ended up with 31 points. Hamrick ended up 4th with his tie-breaker guess, which was pretty dang good too at 1,528. Stockwell made sure he didn’t go over and was well under with a prediction of 983. Kickner was in the ballpark but went over with a guess of 1,973.

Below are the final standings, everyone’s picks from all 4 rounds and you can go back to the entry page for the leader board through 3 rounds, official rules and other information.

Thank-you to everyone for participating in this year’s Professor DW’s Football Pick ’em Challenge and we look forward to coming back next season for year #4!

Congrats to our winners and especially Kariann Sullivan our 3rd Champion!

Be on the look out next month for our March Madness Brackets, details will be coming soon. On the first Saturday of May we will have our Kentucky Derby contest, we’re planning on something for the World Cup and the Baseball All-Star game and home-run hitting contest.

Link to entry page and official rules

2/7/2026

This post will feature the questions for each week and each participants selections. These folks are the ones who qualified by finishing in the top 2 of one of the 18 weeks of regular season play of the NFL. No one else is eligible for our “Exclusive” Postseason Tournament, the only way to get in is to play during the regular season and finish in the top 2 one week.

The Winner will get our “Ticket Bonanza” Grand Prize with a pair of tickets to most of the Seattle area Pro Sports teams. 2nd through 4th place will win a cash consolation prize. For complete details and official rules click on this link.

We’ll post the questions in order and then post a chart with everyone’s selections. The competition has 4 rounds and the winner will score the most points of the combined weeks. All prop questions listed for each week are o0nly for that week. The Tiebreaker is a combined total of the field goal yardage from all 13 postseason games and you cannot go over. All 23 participants got their entries in on time. Good Luck everyone!

Round 4 (Super Bowl Championship)

Game Selections

1. New England vs Seattle
   A: Seattle

Prop Questions

2. Coin Flip Heads or Tails?
A: Heads
3. QB with most passing yards?
A: Maye
4. Running Back with most rushing yards?
A: Walker
5. Wide Receiver/Tight End with most receiving yards?
A: Hollins
6. Which team scores first?
A: Seattle
7. Which position scores the 1st touchdown?
A: Tight End
8. Total number of accepted penalties over/under 7.5?
A: Under
9. Will the football ever touch the goal post during a live play?
A: No
10. Will a challenge flag be thrown?
A: No
11. Longest field goal made? 0, 1-39, 40-49, 50-59, 60+How many combined punts will there be? 0-3, 4-6, 7-9, 10+
A: 40-49
12. How many combined punts will there be? 0-3, 4-6, 7-9, 10+
A: 10+
13. Which team will have the longest punt return?
A: Seattle
14. Which team will have the longest kick-off return?
A: New England
15. Will there be a legal pass attempt from a non-QB position?
A: No
16. Which defense will have forced the most turnovers and have the most sacks combined total?
A: Seattle
17. Will the game go to overtime?
A: No
18. Will total points scored in the game be over or under 45.5?
A: Under
19. Will there be an attempted fake punt or onside kick?
A: Yes
20. Will the winning team take a knee on their final play of the game?
A: No
21. Which position will be named MVP? QB, RB, WR, TE-Offensive Line, Defensive Player, Special Teams Player
A: RB

Tie-Breaker Total Yardage was 1,678

Contestants Answers Round 4 The Finals!

Round 3 (Conference Championships)

**Trent Twamley’s entry was not originally entered as we hand enter the entries and we simply missed it. We checked to make sure the entry was in on time and it was so his entry has been updated. This was our error. Please check after the deadline on Saturday, February 7 the day before the Super Bowl to make sure we have your entry entered correctly. Thanks so much and Good Luck!

Game Selections

1. New England at Denver
2. LA Rams at Seattle

Prop Questions

1. Highest scoring game combined score?
2. Which position will score the most touchdowns combined?
3. Will there be a 2-point play scored?
4. Team with the most to single receiver yards? (can be RB, WR, TE)
5. Quarterback with the most touchdowns?
6. Which defense will have the most sacks?
7. Longest field goal will come from which team?
8. Will any team miss a 1-point extra point?

Contestants Answers Round 3

Round 2 (Divisional Play-offs)

Game Selections

1. Buffalo at Denver
2. San Francisco at Seattle
3. Houston at New England
4. LA Rams at Chicago

Prop Questions

1. Who will be the lowest scoring team?
2. Which Running back will have the most rushing and receiving yards? (8 choices were given 1 RB from each team?
3. Most lopsided win goes to which team?
4. Longest play for a touchdown? (0-20, 21-40, 41-60, 60+)
5. Which team forces the most turnovers?
6. Which team will have the most accepted penalties against them?

Contestants Answers Round 2

____________________________

Round 1 (Wildcard Weekend)

Game Selections

1. LA Rams at Carolina
2. Green Bay at Chicago
3. Buffalo at Jacksonville
4. San Francisco at Philadelphia
5. LA Chargers at New England
6. Houston at Pittsburgh

Prop Questions

1. Which team will score the most points?
2. How many field goals will be successfully completed in all 6 games?
3. Which quarterback will throw for the most yards?
4. How many home teams will win their game?

Contestants Answers Round 1

www.elisportsnetwork.com