NFL Prediction Battle Week 2: OTB gains on the GSNHOF

Ah week two. Some blow outs, but a lot of great games. With a lot of great plays, like the Andre Johnson one pictured above. Which both Outside the Boxscore and the Great Sports Name Hall of Fame predicted WRONG.

So that sucks.

And overall, the two blogs finished pretty close this week, with Outside the Boxscore edging the competition by a win:
GSNHOF's picks (9-7)
OTB's picks (10-6)

Overall though, GSNHOF is still up 4 games:

Current Standings (After 2 Weeks)

23-9 - Great Sports Name Hall Of Fame
19-13 - Outside The Boxscore (4 Games Back)

The gap closed a bit, but we'll see what happens in week 3. Predictions will be up later this week, and make sure you take a look at them so you can be amazed by how well we did (or just make fun of us for doing such a terrible job, either/or). And if you're particularly interested, I made a home post for the competition at GSNHOF (You can check it out here.)

Read More

Card Giveaway over at Great Sports Name Hall of Fame

Do you like baseball cards? Are you using a computer in Rhode Island, Maine, Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi, Montana, North Dakota, Wyoming, Utah, Nebraska, Alaska, or Hawaii? Do you know someone who is? Come on over to the Great Sports Name Hall of Fame and find out how you can earn a chance to win a ton of trading cards, including the above pictured Hideki Matsui game used card.

In brief, the GSNHOF is battling his girlfriend's Etsy shop (Purple Hippo Designs) to see who can have a visitor from all 50 US states first, according to google analytics. Purple Hippo is up 47 states to 39, and so this should help close the gap.

Another post to check out if you're looking to trade for cards is Clunkers for McGriffs. You send McGriffs to the GSNHOF, they send you tons of cards. It's not a bad deal.

Read More

Ballot Five of the Great Sports Name Hall of Fame is Up and Needs Your Vote!

Ballot Five is up over at the Great Sports Hall of Fame, and it needs you to vote! It's pretty simple: 23 great sports names, you pick your favorites and so does everyone else, names that more than 55% of people liked join the Hall. If you're interested, click on the above link and vote to see whose name shall reign supreme!

In case you're curious/too lazy to click over, here are the eligible names this time around:
Wonderful Terrific Monds the Third
Jung Bong
Lucious Pusey
Earthwind Moreland
Ben Gay
Ten Million
Misty Hyman
D'Brickashaw Ferguson
Destiny Frankenstein
Nana Papa Yaw Dwene Mensah-Bonsu
Manli Wang
Kirby Dar Dar
Prince Octopus Dzanie
Chansi Stuckey
Duany Duany
Longar Longar
Henry Henry
Pete Peeters
Razor Shines
Atari Bigby
Taylor Teagarden
Jetsy Extrano
Arrowhead

So what are you waiting for? Head over the the GSNHOF and VOTE!

Read More

Pants Rowland and Kirby Dar Dar have Great Names!

The Great Sports Name Hall of Fame has added two more names to its ranks:
- Kirby Dar Dar has been nominated for Ballot Four
- and Clarence "Pants" Rowland has been added to the Wannabees list

Check 'em out!

Read More

Coot Veal is a Great Sports Name Hall of Fame Wannabee!

How does a light hitting shortstop for a terrible expansion team get remembered forever? Well it helps to have an excellent nickname! Check out my thoughts on Coot over at the Great Sports Name Hall of Fame!

Read More

Dino Radja Nominated to the Great Sports Name Hall of Fame!

Croatia's greatest natural export (besides maybe her), Dino Radja, was nominated to the Great Sports Name Hall of Fame today. Check it out here!

Read More

Great Name Hall of Fame Nominee - Wonderful Terrific Monds III

You just can't make this stuff up.

Wonderful Terrific Monds the Third was a career minor league who player in the Atlanta, Colorado, and Cincinatti farm systems. His father, Wonder Monds, played football for the San Francisco 49ers. Wonderful actually had a decent run in the minors, batting .281 and stealing quite a few bases and hitting 55 homeruns over 7 years. But he never made it to the bigs, which is very sad given his stellar name.

The reason for the name? Wonderful's Grandfather was the first boy born in his family after 11 girls, which his father (Monds the Third's Great Grandfather) found Wonderful and Terrific. The name stuck.

The Great Sports Name Hall of Fame has moved to its own website, and this is Wonderful Terrific Monds the Third's Nomination for it. Want to see if Wonderful makes the Hall? Take a look at the link above!

Read More