See the picks of the Golden Nugget playoff participants

By Dave Tuley  (VSiN.com senior reporter)  Follow @ViewFromVegas

LAS VEGAS – The head-to-head bracket segment in the Golden Nugget’s $190,000 Friday Football Showdown has started for this weekend.

For full details on how the field was set, check out my Golden Nugget recap story at VSiN.com, but the skinny is that the No. 9 through 16 seeds are competing in the first round of the playoffs and the four winners will advance to play the No. 5 though 8 seeds next week while the No. 1 through 4 seeds await those four survivors with byes into the quarterfinal round on Friday, Dec. 15.

THIS WEEKEND’S ELIMINATION MATCHUPS

#9 CABOOSE vs #16 NED LANDERS

#10 SUPER MIA vs #15 ROUGHRIDER39

#11 TWONINER vs #14 CHIHUAHUA CHIHUAHUA

#12 30MOCK vs #13 PUMP JUNGLE

Contestants make 7 plays against the GN contest lines and the best record advances. The seventh play listed is used as a tiebreaker. If that’s the same result, the tiebreaker works backward toward the first place until a winner is determined. In the unlikely event there’s still a tie (though it would automatically happen if both go 7-0 or 0-7), the next tiebreaker the number of point that the No. 7 covers or doesn’t cover, and again works in reverse order until a winner determined.

#9 CABOOSE

GEORGIA SOUTHERN -3

UMASS 1

BILLS-PATS UNDER 49

GEORGIA 2½

WISCONSIN 6

SEAHAWKS 6

SOUTHERN CAL -4

 

#16 NED LANDERS

AKRON-TOLEDO OVER 57½

GEORGIA 2½

PACKERS -1½

FLORIDA ATLANTIC-NORTH TEXAS UNDER 74

BUCCANEERS-PACKERS OVER 44

BROWNS-CHARGERS OVER 42½

COASTAL CAROLINA 3

 

#10 SUPER MIA

UMASS 1

MIAMI-FLA 9½

COASTAL CAROLINA 3

FLORIDA ATLANTIC-NORTH TEXAS UNDER 74

GEORGIA 2½

BOISE ST -8½

TROY PK

 

#15 ROUGHRIDER39

STANFORD 4

CARDINALS 7

PANTHERS 4½

VIKINGS 3

BENGALS 5½

BROWNS-CHARGERS OVER 42½

PACKERS -1½

 

11 TWONINER

BUCCANEERS-PACKERS OVER 44

JAGUARS -9½

COLTS-JAGUARS UNDER 41

GEORGIA SOUTHERN-COASTAL CAROLINA UNDER 52

VIKINGS 3

BRONCOS-DOLPHINS OVER 39

CLEMSON -9½

 

#14 CHIHUAHUA CHIHUAHUA

UL MONROE 27

PACKERS -1½

CARDINALS 7

SEAHAWKS 6

BENGALS 5½

TROY PK

BOISE ST -8½

 

#12 30MOCK

CHARGERS -13½

SEAHAWKS 6

BOISE ST -8½

STANFORD 4

AKRON 21½

COASTAL CAROLINA 3

GEORGIA 2½

 

#13 PUMP JUNGLE

PACKERS -1½

SEAHAWKS 6

BROWNS-CHARGERS OVER 42½

BRONCOS-DOLPHINS OVER 39

BRONCOS -1½

LIONS-RAVENS OVER 43

BUCCANEERS-PACKERS OVER 44