Jersey Contest Winner!

by Dave on Apr 30, 2009 10:51 PM PDT

Some good news on the night. With the end of the season comes our official pronouncement of the Blazersedge Jersey Contest Champion.

All four finalists did a fantastic job, winning jerseys or scoring consistently high during the year and then fighting off hordes of others in sudden-death elimination through the month of April. However there can be only one champion, the winner of this actual game-worn Rudy Fernandez jersey.

(Yes, that's REALLY Rudy's jersey!)

Without further ado...

Finishing in fourth place with 6 points tonight and 244 for the finals is FromAfar. He was evidently QUITE optimistic about a Blazer win so you have to give him credit.

Finishing in third place with 13 points tonight and 249 total was Tweener! He also went the home team route.

Vaulting into second with 68 points tonight and 276 total was MavetheGreat, a site and contest veteran who knew when to put the pedal to the metal.

And that means our champion and Official Grand Poobah of Prognostication for 2009...the winner of the Rudy Fernandez jersey...the guy who led this finals pretty much from wire to wire: Sir-1 with 56 points tonight and 323 total for the finals!!!

Congratulations to our finalists, to Sir-1, and to everyone who participated in the contest this year. We obliterated the number of participants from past seasons. Thank you all.

--Dave (blazersub@yahoo.com)

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Grats

Sir-1

"The brownies,'' Fernandez said after the game. "The brownies are good for me to make three-points.''

by Sabonis4Ever on Apr 30, 2009 10:58 PM PDT reply actions

the poster who never has posted.

It's time for one last offseason, one last time to prune the roster. It was a great ride to 54 wins, and our playoff loss exposed the deficiencies we must address. In KP I trust.

draft dejuan blair

by Cablinasian on Apr 30, 2009 11:05 PM PDT up reply actions

Then he/she/it would not be a poster

But rather a lurker.

"The brownies,'' Fernandez said after the game. "The brownies are good for me to make three-points.''

by Sabonis4Ever on Apr 30, 2009 11:06 PM PDT up reply actions

Tragic

It’s like the gambler that spends a lifetime at a slot machine and never wins, and hten some guy off the street walks up with a quarter he just found and hits the jackpot on the same machine.

by tominhawaii on May 1, 2009 1:26 AM PDT up reply actions

For readers everywhere

Maybe he/she/it is not a poster or a lurker. Maybe he/she/it is an avid reader. Maybe he/she/it loves the expanded coverage of his/her/its favorite team. Maybe he/she/it is a die hard Blazer fan who checks Blazer’s Edge multiple times daily just in case there might be new content about his/her/its team.

I dare say that readers are just as much the life blood of Blazer’s Edge as the regular commenters and posters. As a regular reader of Blazer’s Edge I have read hundreds of comments by each of you and silenlty cheered many of your takes as you have expressed your love for the Blazers. However, one of the main reasons that Blazers Edge is the greatest Basketball Blog anywhere is that its posters, commenters, and readers generally keep it classy. My impressions of many of you have been that you would self police your site to ensure that it was a classy place even if Dave did not impose regulations on the content that is posted here.

Maybe I should change some of my impressions because I do not see anything tragic about a Blazers fan winning a Blazers jersey on a Blazers site that he/she/it supports by reading several times a day and checking even more than that.

I got love!!!!!
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by Sir-1 on May 1, 2009 7:43 AM PDT up reply actions

He/she/it

Say it fast…hehe

"The brownies,'' Fernandez said after the game. "The brownies are good for me to make three-points.''

by Sabonis4Ever on May 1, 2009 9:53 AM PDT up reply actions

Amen!

There’s no requirement to post in order to play! That’s what the contest is for.

Congratulations Sir-1!

—Dave

by Dave on May 1, 2009 10:17 AM PDT up reply actions

True enough, Sir-1. And congratulations on a big win.

But if you really are a regular reader, you should know that Cab and Tom were just clowning.

by MiledAnimal on May 1, 2009 11:17 AM PDT up reply actions

Clowning is all good

I just wanted to speak up briefly for BE readers everywhere who do not post regularly and whose thoughts, perspective, and responses will usually never go from mind to keyboard.

In the end, we’re all on the same side and enjoying having fun with each other on these posts is part of the ride. I get it.

Check the signature baby, its all love among Blazers fans!

I got love!!!!!
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by Sir-1 on May 1, 2009 12:51 PM PDT up reply actions

I wasn't hating or making a judgement

I just would have been more excited for the winner if I had some familiarity with him/her/it. One of my favorite folks here is a 90% lurker.

by tominhawaii on May 1, 2009 1:31 PM PDT up reply actions

Gongratulations Sir-1!!!! WOW a genuine game worn Rudy jersey complete with the 00 stripe!!!!!!

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by LaMarvelous on Apr 30, 2009 11:04 PM PDT reply actions

Gongratulations? Arrrrgh!

by LaMarvelous on Apr 30, 2009 11:04 PM PDT up reply actions

My kingdom for a spell checker that works in the subject line!

by LaMarvelous on Apr 30, 2009 11:05 PM PDT up reply actions

I think Safari does it.

That’ll be one kingdom, please.

by pualo on May 1, 2009 2:09 PM PDT up reply actions

i would love to sit down in front of a fire on a bear-rug and smell that jersey for hours.

"I don't know Twitter" - Rudy Fernandez

by RoodiePhirnandizz on Apr 30, 2009 11:08 PM PDT reply actions

I know women that would do that too

Maybe even do more

Blazers win!

by The X-man on Apr 30, 2009 11:18 PM PDT up reply actions

Congrats, ya lucky bum

Blazers win!

by The X-man on Apr 30, 2009 11:18 PM PDT reply actions

well done

by jksnake99 on May 1, 2009 12:23 AM PDT reply actions

Nicely done Sir-1 I hope you enjoy the GREAT prize.

Oh I wish I could have my game 2 pick back… I kinda had to the pick the blazers tonight since Sir-1 had 30 points on me and was likely to pick the Rockets.

Thanks again Dave!

by tweener on May 1, 2009 1:06 AM PDT reply actions

I've been here all season and never understood what the jersey contest was. Now I wish I did. I want a Rudy jersey.

Anyone got a link that explains how to play it?

by BRoyInThe4th on May 1, 2009 4:12 AM PDT reply actions

Congratulations. Sir-1. Nicely played.

And Dave thanks again for putting such a fun, enthralling, engrossing competition. Didn’t expect to catch up to Sir-1 with a defensive strategy, so it was all or nothing. Game 4 was the one that did me in — think I was the only one that called for a Blazers win.

by FromAfar on May 1, 2009 6:41 AM PDT reply actions

Speech! Speech!

Come on, let us know you will love that jersey. Its so great. Good job on the contest!

by twggyy on May 1, 2009 7:04 AM PDT reply actions

I always wonder with stuff like this

whether it’s been washed or not? I mean is there a reasonable possibility of recovering some of Rudy’s DNA so you can run your own assays to try to isolate the Blazer gene?

by CatMan2 on May 1, 2009 7:48 AM PDT reply actions

Thank you Dave!!!!!!! And thank you all!!!

First of all I would like to thank Dave for providing all of us with the perfection that is Blazer’s Edge!!!

Second of all I would like to thank Dave for giving all of us the opportunity to hang even more on every shot, pass, rebound, and turnover then we already do in the form of the jersey contest!!!

Third of all I would like to thank Dave for providing this AWESOME prize!!!! Rest assured Blazer fans, I will cherish it greatly.

And lastly, I would like to thank all of you who have stayed true to Blazer’s Edge form with your congratulatory comments. It is largely because of you that I can say without reservation that this is the absolute best Basketball Blog on the web with the best readers, the best writers, and the best contributions from fans!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Holla at me. I’ll be the one sportin’ the game worn Rudy jersey baaaaaybeeeee!!!!!!!!!!

I got love!!!!!
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by Sir-1 on May 1, 2009 7:58 AM PDT reply actions

Nice!

Don’t let Dave catch you wearing that thing out, imagine some dude spills his beer on it! Of course if it was up to many people here they would ask you to keep it next to the original US constitution in a nitrogen filled protective vault. Might not be a bad idea, if the human race was wiped out aliens could use it to reproduce a new race of Rudys!
Question, how much did you thing about your jersey contest entries? Did you mainly guess, or did you look at stats? Did you look at past games against the teams they played? I always just followed my gut and took a guess, and didn’t get far. Sometimes I’m really lucky, like in vegas, but not here.
At any rate, well done! Thanks for posting!

by twggyy on May 1, 2009 9:48 AM PDT up reply actions

Question, how much did you think about...

not how much did you thing

by twggyy on May 1, 2009 9:51 AM PDT up reply actions

Young grasshopper

I can not reveal all of my secrets lest they fall into the wrong hands and be used for evil. However, I can divulge a couple of thoughts:

I can not as a hard core Blazer fan go with my gut on the game forms, I did that last year and I got killed because my gut always tells me that the Blazers are going to win the next game. I have to separate my heart from my head win projecting winners. I am sure that anyone who has had success in the jersey contest would say the same thing.

Also, I rarely look up stats or box scores from previous games when answering the questions on the game form. In fact, the one time that I did this extensively was prior to game 4 and I ended up changing 3 of my answers to go along with the “numbers.” In the end, my original answers were right on and the “numbers” costed me some points. However, if it is difficult to separate your answers from your love of the home team then I would suggest doing some checking and answering by the book.

I have some other basic strategies but that is all I can give here. There will be jerseys to win next year so the rest of the secrets must remain safe. You know the drill, “If I told you any more, I would have to kill you.”

Good luck in the future!

I got love!!!!!
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by Sir-1 on May 1, 2009 1:10 PM PDT up reply actions