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LAS VEGAS -- The Friday Football Showdown at the Golden Nugget is down to the semifinals after the top four seeds all lost their quarterfinal matches.The first semifinal match, pitting Anthony Curtis against Michael Wright, will take place on Friday, Dec. 16, with picks being made from 2-3 p.m. PT on The Las Vegas Sportsline radio show (ESPN AM-1100 here in Vegas and online at lvsportsnetwork.com). Each competitor will give their seven best bets on NFL and NCAA sides and totals (with games though Wednesday, Dec. 21 available). Well post their plays Friday night in the Comments section below. Joe Gaffney meets Christopher Kozak in the second semifinal, which is similarly timed and covered on Friday, Dec. 23; both semifinal winners meet in the finals on Dec. 30.There were 96 entries in the Friday Football Showdown this year, for a total prize pool of $192,000. All entrants made picks through the first 10 weeks of the season, with the top seven records advancing to the head-to-head playoff format along with a wild-card chase winner from Weeks 9-10).Wright, playing under the alias BBQ Guy, was the wild-card winner at 13-4-1 ATS, which was best among players who hadnt already qualified for the playoffs. He faced No. 1 seed Randy McKay (aka RoughRider39) over Thanksgiving weekend and both went 4-3, but Wright won the tiebreaker as both won with their top two plays while Wright won his third-best bet (the Chiefs +3.5 in their 30-27 overtime win at the Broncos) and McKay lost with Toledo +9 in a 55-35 loss at Western Michigan.His opponent, Curtis, is the owner of Huntington Press book-publishing house and the Las Vegas Advisor newsletter (lasvegasadvisor.com), who uses his own name on the contest entry along with his partner Frank Betti, the sports betting expert on the LVA sports blog. They were the No. 6 seed and went 5-2 to defeat No. 3 seed Chris Zeniuk (3-4), and they are now the top seed -- giving them the right to pick which weekend to compete.Next weeks semifinal features Gaffney, who was part of the 2007 Hilton SuperContest-winning team of Ptshverj Gaffney. His entry at the Nugget was called Hells Kitchen and was in the name of Nancy Clark, his proxy. He went 4-3 in the first quarterfinal match as the No. 5 seed to eliminate No. 4 Derek Stevens, the owner of the D Hotel-Casino in downtown Las Vegas. Kozak, the No. 7 seed, went 4-3 games from Dec. 2-5 and beat Frank Perez on the second tiebreaker.All of the playoff qualifiers earned $3,000 apiece and then the quarterfinal winners each won $2,000 for a total of $32,000 out of the purse. The remaining $160,000 is split up with $96,000 to the eventual champion (for a total haul of $101,000), $40,000 to the runner-up, $8,000 each to the semifinal losers and $8,000 to the winner of a bonus mini-contest held in NFL Weeks 15-17 for all contestants (even those eliminated earlier, so dont forget to put in your seven plays this weekend if you entered).SuperContest heads into final three weeksIts crunch time in the Westgate SuperContest, with three weeks remaining in the NFL season for the top contenders and those trying to finish in the top 50 of the famous contest that drew a record 1,854 entrants this year at $1,500 apiece, with first place worth $895,482.The SuperContest also has a mini-contest with $20,000 (aggregate) for the best record over the last three weeks.The contestant using the alias Mac Sports Inc. is the leader for the second straight week at 46-23-1 (66.7 percent) with 46.5 points, as players receive one point for each win and half a point for a push. Orange Crush is in second place with 46 points with the sextet of Greybeard, Just Cover Baby!, Unclebobn4brothers, Vegasportsline.com and former leaders Mark Davis and Janknation (who is actually the same person with two separate entries that has been using mostly identical plays all season) at 45.5 -- meaning that the top eight is separated by just one correct pick.The top five most selected teams -- a point of reference that, when used, usually fares well as SuperContestants play the stale lines that are posted on Wednesday afternoon with final picks not due until 11 a.m. PT Saturday -- were ridiculed as a great fade this year when they were below 30 percent. However, they went 4-0-1 ATS last week (with the push coming on the Ravens +7 on Monday night), and they are 15-4-1 ATS the last four weeks to silence those critics; theyre up to 30-37-3 (44.8 percent) on the season.Swell Traveler Bottle Canada . MLS Commissioner Don Garber and Miami-Dade County Mayor Carlos Gimenez also will attend the session, which was announced Monday. The league has discussed placing its next two expansion teams in Miami and Atlanta. Discount Swell Bottles . The No. 1-ranked Nadal tweaked his back warming up for the Australian Open final, which he lost almost four weeks ago in a major upset against Stanislas Wawrinka. His first stop after the layoff is the clay in Rio as he tests the back and tries to stay healthy for the French Open in three months. http://www.discountswellbottles.com/swell-water-bottle-canada.html . -- If Henry Burris has his way, he will be the starting quarterback to lead the Hamilton Tiger-Cats back to the Grey Cup next year. Swell Bottle Clearance . A statement from the worlds top-ranked player says all checks "were satisfactory and showed positive evolution" regarding the injury, which contributed to his loss to Stanislas Wawrinka in the final in Melbourne. Swell Water Bottle Canada .5 seconds to play in the game, Kevin Love never stopped believing that they would come out of there with a win.BRISTOL, Conn. -- For the first time in 31 years, ESPN is taking its NFL pregame show on the road for a regular-season game.To Mexico, no less.Sunday NFL Countdown will move to Mexico City to proceed the Monday night game on Nov. 21 at Azteca Stadium between the Texans and Raiders. Its the first NFL game in Mexico that counts in 11 years.NFL Countdown on the day before the game will originate from Chapultepec Park, site of the NFL Fan Fest for the match. It will be hosted, as usual, by Chris Berman, who also will co-host with Suzy Kolber on a two-hour Monday Night Countdown from Azteca, with two-time Super Bowl winner Jim Plunkett as a guest.ESPN plans 10 hours of studio coverage from Mexico City, with several other shows originating from there.ddddddddddddThe NFLs return to Mexico on `Monday Night Football is a signature event of the season, and the perfect opportunity for us to bring `Sunday NFL Countdown on the road for the first time, said Seth Markman, ESPN senior coordinating producer for NFL studio shows.ESPNs game announcing crew of Sean McDonough, Jon Gruden and Lisa Salters will be joined by ESPN Deportes John Sutcliffe, who lives in Mexico City.---For more NFL coverage: http://www.pro32.ap.org and http://www.twitter.com/AP-NFL ' ' '