The smartest guy in Southeast Missouri football (or at least in our contest)

When it comes down to spotting a winner, Hardknocks is the best of the best.

After 10 weeks in our first-ever (and likely the first annual) Cash Money Football Contest, Hardknocks has finished as a clear-cut winner after picking five of six games correct Thursday in our final week of the regular-season.

For that, a $100 bill awaits.

Hardknocks ended the season with 50 correct picks out of a possible 60. But it was close — bystander finished with 49 correct picks after going 4-of-6 in the final week.

The final week saw the biggest range of highs and lows this season — one person was 0-of-6, one was 6-of-6, and the rest were somewhere in-between.

The rest of the final leaders: z0e95 with 48, CW with 47, DJ and roundbelly with 46 apiece, headhunt and hb1025 with 45, billythekid and sportswiz with 44, jamiehall with 43, and daddy, epnation and officerpigskin with 42 each.

Thanks to everybody who joined us this season. It was exciting, it was fun and it was great motivation to come back this time next year and do it all over again.