New Site Takes Different Approach to Football Trivia

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September 16, 2014

Are you the person people bring to bar trivia just for your sports knowledge? Can you recite a pivotal game of your favorite team’s history, play by play? Are you just a weirdo that likes sports facts? If so, newly-launched sit SuperFansCompete might be for you.

SuperFansCompete does trivia a little differently. First, it pits fans of one team against fans of another, and it’s all based on the schedule of actual NFL teams. For instance, the Tennessee Titans visit the Cincinnati Bengals in week 3. Therefor, on SuperFansCompete, fans of the Titans will be competing against fans of the Bengals.

The look of the game is not unlike the gamecasts one might find on ESPN or CBS. But instead of watching a real-life drive, players answer trivia questions in a quest to push their team down the virtual field.

A sample of a SuperFansCompete game.
A sample of a SuperFansCompete game.

The distance of a play depends on the level of difficulty. Easy questions get you a few yards. A flea-flicker play brings on a much harder question. String together enough correct answers, and you can find yourself in the end zone or with a field goal. Things like downs and a play clock also add pressure to the game. SuperFansCompete lay out all the rules on their site.

SuperFansCompete is still in beta, but it is free to play at the moment. As of this writing, there have been no announcements of prizes of any kind, though flexing trivia muscles — especially against opposing fans — might be enough to bring people to the site.

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David G. Temple is the Managing Editor of TechGraphs and a contributor to FanGraphs, NotGraphs and The Hardball Times. He hosts the award-eligible podcast Stealing Home. Dayn Perry once called him a "Bible Made of Lasers." Follow him on Twitter @davidgtemple.

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