Apr06

Announcing: Troy’s NCAA Bracket Winners

Thanks to everyone who joined in with the NCAA Yahoo! Group we organized.  It looks like we all enjoyed watching our brackets become dismantled by all the upsets and Cinderellas.

When we started the group, we announced we would be handing out prizes to the overall winner of the group.  We also chose to award prizes for the brackets that ranked immediately in front of the five featured brackets submitted by Ike Taylor, LaMaar Woodley, Alex Holmes, Wild Hair Media, and Troy’s Hair.  Any ties would be broken with a quick random drawing.  The official winners and their prizes are listed below.

Group Prize Position Rank Winner Giveaway
Overall “Win Troy’s Stuff” Group Winner 1st steelers4life Autographed Troy Jersey
Ranked in front of Ike Taylor (1738) 1,737th tsbulldawgs64Andy’s Bracket Autographed Ike Football
Ranked in front of Alex Holmes (1764) 1,763rd Courtneh’s pix! Autographed Troy Football
Ranked in front of Wild Hair Media (2481) 2,480th Go Pitt ! Autographed Troy Football
Ranked in front of LaMarr Woodley (2962) 2,961st Cooper’s Winners Autographed LaMarr Football
Ranked in front of Troy’s Hair (2968) 2,967th tammy’s wildcats Autographed Troy Football

In case you’re wondering how the ranking is determined, over 200 brackets had the same number of points as, for instance, Ike Taylor.  We were looking for the bracket that had a rank immediately in front of each of these brackets.  Ike was ranked 1738. The bracket that ranked 1737 had the same 56 points, but beat Ike’s bracket via a better tiebreaker prediction. Over 200 brackets had 56 points (including Alex Holmes’ Bracket), so it all came down to the tiebreaker predictions to determine the final positions in the Yahoo! ranks.

We will be in contact with the winners by way of the Yahoo! email accounts that were used to sign up for our group.

Congratulations.  It was fun! Thanks, everybody!

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  1. Adam Ciereszewski

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    Thanks for giving me a chance to win an autographed football me and my son are huge fans so I had to take a chance. Hopefully all gets worked out for the upcoming season I do not know what we would do without Steeler football!!! Thanks again Troy, and have another outstanding season next year.

  2. Jason Peterson

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    Damn wish I would have won, but it was very cool to give fans a chance for these great prizes. Keep doing work Troy we love watching you play

  3. jan

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    Glad to see “GoPitt” won something. My heart was broken by my Panthers again. (Tough year to be a Pittsburgh fan) Oh well – we’ll get them next year!

  4. Connie

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    Thank you Troy–this was so much fun and “I WON”. I can hardly believe my good fortune. The middle of my mantle is cleared off and waiting for the arrival of my autographed football.——GO Pitt !

  5. cheryl piper

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    troy, you have always been my favorite steeler since mean joe green. you are tough on the field, but a gentleman in every other way. congratulations on all your success and i hope everything is worked out before the season starts cause without the steelers and you, there is no football. sincerely, cheryl

  6. Courtneh

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    Troy! This totally rocks! I too will be clearing off the mantle for the most PROMINENT display of my newest treasure; a autographed Troy #43 Football!!!!! And, hey – since we live SOO close to each other this time of year (I’m in RSM – just west of Mission Viejo), feel free to deliver in person! I’ll put in some Kahlua pig, Hawaiian mac salad and rice, and we’ll chop it up about next season. Whaddaya say???

    Either way, thanks so much for the opportunity to win this. You are (as it turns out) my favorite PLAYER IN THE LEAGUE. You rock. Jesus answered my prayers (In a way). Pull a pick-6 for me next season.

    God Bless!

    C.

    • Connie

      Hey Courtneh—–Did you get your football yet. I am still waiting–every time the doorbell rings I go running-the sales people standing on the porch are so surprised when I open the door with such excitement. I can hardly stand the wait.
      I will make Troy a lasagna dinner if he delivers in person!

      C.

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