Professor DW’s Exclusive Football
Postseason Challenge!

 

Welcome to the 2025-26 Professor DW’s  “EXCLUSIVE” Postseason Pro Football Pick ‘em Challenge! You’re one of 23 who qualified for the chance at $1,500+ in prizes with the Ticket Bonanza. A full description is below in the official rules with a straight pay-out option for the winner to consider.

The Postseason tournament is 4 rounds over 5 weeks tournament. You will make your selection of teams as usual but there will be additional questions for you to answer each week. Such as which team will win the coin flip, or which QB will have the most passing yardage.

Each prediction or question will all be worth 1 point. There will be a total of 10 points you can earn each of the first three weeks for a total of 30 points.

Then on Super Bowl Sunday there will be 25 points available, 5 for selecting the Super Bowl Champion and 1 point for all 20 questions for a grand total of 55 points being a perfect score. Anyone can make a big run on Super Sunday if you remain in the mix through the 1^st 3 weeks.

Please refer to all the Rules and Information below Round 1’s entry form. Be sure to read each question carefully before answering. If you are unsure read the rules first below and if you still have a question e-mail Paul at paulbelisportsnetwork@gmail.com but must be prior to the deadline to enter.

Eligible Participants in Professor DW’s Postseason Tournament are listed in order they qualified:
Kariann Sullivan, Trent Twamley, Jared Kickner, William Pecson, Alicia Clark, Lee Stockwell, Greg Hargrave, Todd Sayre, Wes Swick, Jeff Johnson (Tumwater), Chris Barnes, Mike Lowder, Easton Hargrave, Stephen Gruginski, Kelsey Hergert, Lori Mohney, Jake Moe, Josh Kaiser, Carlo Marinuzzi, Kim King, Jennifer Kickner, Declan Curran, Kevin Hamrick

Championship Round Results

Professor DW Post Season Tournament Standings
Place	Name			Tie-Breaker	1st Round	2nd Round	3rd Round	Super Bowl	Total Points
T1	Mike Lowder			2,500	7	6	6		19
T1	Kariann Sullivan			1,560	7	4	8		19
T3	Kevin Hamrick			1,528	7	5	6		18
T3	Lori Mohney			2,080	7	4	7		18
T5	Jared Kickner			1,527	6	6	5		17
T5	Kim King			2,341	7	4	6		17
T5	Trent Twamley			554	6	4	7		17
T8	Declan Curran			570	7	5	4		16
T8	Greg Hargrave			1,403	6	5	5		16
T8	Lee Stockwell			983	5	5	6		16
T8	Jennifer Kickner			1,973	6	3	7		16
T12	Jake Moe			2,000	6	5	4		15
T12	Carlo Marinuzzi			703	7	3	5		15
T12	Stephen Gruginski			1,107	4	6	5		15
T12	William Pecson			1,868	5	4	6		15
T12	Wes Swick			589	4	5	6		15
T12	Alicia Clark			764	4	4	7		15
T12	Chris Barnes			1,551	4	4	7		15
T19	Josh Kaiser			2,400	5	4	5		14
T19	Jeff Johnson (Tumwater)			1,666	4	4	6		14
21	Easton Hargrave			1,550	4	3	6		13
22	Todd Sayre			1,468	3	1	6		10
23	Kelsey Hergert			455	3	2	4		9

Enter Your Picks

 

Official Rules for Professor DW’s Postseason Tournament Football Challenge

Eligibility 

1. This contest is 100% free of charge and you must be at least 18 years of age to participate.
2. Employees and active contractors of Eli Sports Network are not eligible to win. They may participate and we will note those ineligible to win.
3. Contestants are allowed 1 entry per person.
4. Entries are due Saturday, 9AM on 1/10/2026, 1/17/2026, 1/24/2026 and 2/7/2026

Entries and scoring points

Select the teams you believe will win the game with no point spread, just need to pick the winning team.

Questions: Some of the questions will be easy and maybe 50/50 such as the coin flip will be heads or tails. Or how many penalties will be called in the game 12.5, over or under. We added the .5 so there is no tie.

Other questions may have more than 1 correct answer so be sure to read each question and make your best prediction. Each correct answer will get a point. For example, which team kicked the longest field goal and if more than one team kicked a 55-yard field goal then picking any of those teams will earn you the point.

Other questions may be limited to the choices listed. For example, which QB will throw for the most yards? We may list only 4 names which means the competition is between just those 4 so if an unlisted QB throws for more yards than any of the 4 listed, that does not count and the winning point is awarded to only the names we list.

Tie-Breakers

There is the usual tie-breaker of predicting the total yardage of made field goals in all 13 postseason games. Extra points are NOT included in the total. You must fill that out with your 1^st entry. The Price is Right rule is in effect which is you cannot go over. The closest without going over will be declared the winner. This means if you guess 1000 and the total is 999 you’re over and if the person you were tied with guessed 1 they would win because they didn’t go over.

In the unlikely event there is still a potential for a tie, the contestant selecting the winning team of the Super Bowl will be declared the winner. If there is still a potential tie each affected contestant will then receive a secondary tie-breaking question. The only chance of this happening is for contestants to first guess the same amount of total points scored in all 13 games and then each selecting the same team to win. But we will keep offering tie-breaker questions until there are different answers and no chance of a final tie.

The questions have been determined for each week with a caveat that all questions prior to the week may be tweaked if for instance there is an injury and a player is no longer available and the question was which QB would throw the most TD’s in a week and that QB was injured and not playing.

Players may enter any or all of the weeks. For weeks they do not enter they get 0 points. If you miss the 1st week you will not be able to enter a tie-breaker number. So if you end up in a tie for any of the prizes you will automatically lose the tie-breaker to the player who entered a tie-breaker regardless of if their guess is over or not. 

Post Season Grand Prize and Consolation Prizes

1. Winners are responsible for claiming all winnings and taxes.

The Grand Prize Champion will receive the Ticket Bonanza!

*2 Tickets to the Seattle Seahawks
*2 Tickets to the Seattle Mariners
*2 Tickets to the Seattle Kraken
*2 Tickets to the Seattle Sounders
*2 Tickets to the Seattle Storm
*2 Tickets to the Tacoma Rainiers
*2 Tickets to Emerald Downs Horse Racing
(All Tickets will be purchased through Ticket Master and transferred to the winner. ESN does NOT have a deal with the teams for tickets and tickets will be purchased based on availability and budget.)

Total Value is more than $1,000 at the beginning of the contest in September of 2025 and can not exceed $1,500.

Grand Prize Option: The Grand Prize Winner may choose to take a $750 cash prize instead of the prize package. Winner is not guaranteed a minimum or maximum value. Prices on winning prizes may fluctuate at the time of purchase. Prizes will not be purchased until winner notifies ESN of their Grand Prize choice. The $750 option remains regardless of total value of prize package.

Consolation Prizes:

2nd place $75 
3rd place $50
4th place $25

Judges Decision is Final

Any and all decisions not covered within the rules will be made by the judges and that will be the final ruling.

Receiving and Forfeiture of Prizes

Contestants must provide proper address to ESN to receive their prize via certified mail. Or they must make arrangements to pick up their prize in person at the offices of the Eli Sports Network at 219 North Tower, Suite 310, Centralia, WA 98531.

If a contestant has not provided proper mailing or delivery instructions or have arranged to personally pick up their prize(s) by the following deadline then they automatically forfeit all prizes and compensation due them from winning the FREE Professor DW Football Challenge Contest.

Deadline to claim all prizes is February 28, 2026.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Round-by-Round formats with proposed questions for each round, subject to change and be updated.

Week 1 Entry form (Deadline to Enter 9am Saturday, January 10, 2026)
Game 1 select winner (Los Angeles Rams)
Game 2 select winner (Chicago Bears)
Game 3 select winner (Buffalo Bills)
Game 4 select winner (San Francisco 49ers)
Game 5 select winner (New England Patriots)
Game 6 select winner (Houston Texans)
Question 1: Which team will score the most points? (LA Rams, 34)
Question 2: How many Home teams will win their Game? (2, Chicago & New England)
Question 3: Which of the following QB’s will throw for the most yardage? (Caleb Williams, 361)
Question 4: How many total field goals will be converted successfully in all 6 games? (15-19, 19 Total)

Week 2 Entry form (Deadline to Enter 9am Saturday, January 17, 2026)
Game 7 select winner (Denver Broncos)
Game 8 select winner (Seattle Seahawks)
Game 9 select winner (New England Patriots)
Game 10 select winner (Los Angeles Rams)
Question 1: Lowest scoring team? (San Francisco, 6 Points)
Question 2: Running Back with the most yards running and receiving? (Kenneth Walker III, 145 Yards)
Question 3: Most lopsided win goes to which team? (Seattle Seahawks, 41-6, 35 Point Difference)
Question 4: Which team forces the most turnovers? (Denver Broncos/New England Patriots, 5 Turnovers)
Question 5: Longest Play for a touchdown? 1-20 yards, 21-40 yards, 41 to 60 yards, 61+ yards (61+ Yards, 95 Yard Kick Return)
Question 6: Team with the most accepted penalties against them? (Buffalo Bills, 5 Penalties)

Week 3 Entry form (Deadline to Enter 9am Saturday, January 24, 2026)
Game 11 select winner (New England Patriots)
Game 12 select winner (Seattle Seahawks)
Question 1: Highest scoring game combined score? (LAR-SEA, 58 Points)
Question 2: Which position will score the most touchdowns combined? (QB throwing a TD pass does NOT count.) QB, RB, Rec, TE, Other (WR, 6)
Question 3: Will there be a 2-point play scored in either game? (2-point PAT or a safety or a drop-kick) (No)
Question 4: Team with most QB to a single receiver yards? (This means which QB connects with one of their teammates the most could be a receiver, RB tight end. For example, Mahomes hits Kelce for 124 receiving yards. You just need to pick the team that has the highest total.) (Rams, Stafford to Nacua for 165 Yards)
Question 5: Quarterback with the most Touchdowns? (Throwing, Running or Receiving) (Tie between Matthew Stafford and Sam Darnold, 3)
Question 6: Which defense will have the most sacks? (Broncos, 5)
Question 7: Longest field goal will come from which team? (Rams, 50 Yards)
Question 8: Will any team miss a 1-point PAT? Yes or No (No)

Super Bowl Questions (Deadline to Enter 9am Saturday, February 7, 2026)
Game 13 select the Super Bowl Winner (5 points)
Question 1: Coin Flip? Heads or Tails
Question 2: QB with the most Passing Yardage?
Question 3: RB with the most rushing yardage?
Question 4: WR/TE with the most receiving yardage?
Question 5: Which team scores 1^st?
Question 6: Which position scores the 1^st TD? (RB, REC, TE, QB, Other (defense, special teams)
*QB must run or catch a TD pass to score, throwing does not count.
Question 7: Total number of penalties accepted in the game over or under 12.5?
Question 8: Will the Football ever touch the goal post during a live play? (Field goal or PAT attempt, kick-off, errant throw or fumble any way the ball hits one of the uprights or crossbar during a live play.)
Question 9: Will either Coach throw their red flag to challenge a call? Yes or No
Question 10: Longest field goal will be? 0-39 yards, 40-49 yards, 50-59 yards, 60+ yards
Question 11: Which team will boot the longest punt?
Question 12: Which team will have the longest punt return?
Question 13: Which team will have the longest Kick-off return?
Question 14: Will there be a legal pass attempt by anyone not a quarterback?
Question 15: How many combined total punts in the game?
Question 16: Will the game go to overtime? Yes or No
Question 17: Will total points scored by over or under TBD? (Will use the official opening line when Super Bowl teams are finalized)
Question 18: Will there be an attempted fake punt or an onside kick? Yes or No
Question 19: Will the winning team take a knee on the final play of the game? Yes or No
Question 20: Which position will win the Super Bowl MVP? QB, RB, Receiver, Tight End, Defensive Player, Special Teams Player?

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