Bucky Brooks#26 of 87 NFL pundits · Sep 9, 2026
Brooks picks the Cowboys to win the Super Bowl 31-24 over the Texans, with Dak Prescott winning regular-season MVP.
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What Bucky Brooks said
our reading, beside the words we read it fromDak Prescott caps off his MVP regular season with a spectacular performance that helps America's Team secure the world title.
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- 2026 Super Bowl Predictions: Battle Of L.A.? Cowboys Win It All? Our Super Bowl LXI Picks
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- SaidSep 9
- PlayedOct 4
- GradedOct 5
- 1Dallas Cowboys 31 — Texans 24“Score prediction: Cowboys 31, Texans 24”
- 2Dallas Cowboys to reach the Super Bowl“Bucky Brooks: Cowboys Defeat Texans”
- 3Dak Prescott to win MVP“Dak Prescott caps off his MVP regular season with a spectacular performance”
- 4Houston Texans to reach the Super Bowl“Bucky Brooks: Cowboys Defeat Texans”
- 5Dallas Cowboys to win the Super Bowl“Bucky Brooks: Cowboys Defeat Texans”
Box score
HitCloseMissWaiting| Verdict | Call | Kind | What happened | Score | Naive | Skill |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys 31 — Texans 241 | Score Predictions | Cowboys 34–30 | 92.86 | 42.86 | +100 | |
| Dallas Cowboys to reach the Super Bowl2 | Conference Champions | — | — | — | — | |
| Dak Prescott to win MVP3 | Award Picks | — | — | — | — | |
| Houston Texans to reach the Super Bowl4 | Conference Champions | — | — | — | — | |
| Dallas Cowboys to win the Super Bowl5 | Super Bowl Picks | — | — | — | — | |
| 5 calls · 1 hit · 4 waiting | 92.9 | 42.9 | ||||
How each call scored
a naive guessbetter than naive5 checkable claims — 2 conference champions, 1 award pick, 1 score prediction and 1 super bowl pick — each graded on its own rather than as one all-or-nothing call.
It names 3 players and teams, each linked to their own record.
1 of 5 have settled so far, averaging 92.9 out of 100, against 42.9 for a naive guess at the same calls.
Each call is scored 0 to 100 against what happened, on its own, by the published methodology. The naive guess is what knowing nothing would have scored on the same calls; the gap, weighted by how hard the call was, is the skill.
1Score PredictionsDallas Cowboys
Dallas Cowboys 31 — Texans 24
What happenedCowboys 34–30called Cowboys by 7 · won by 492.86Hit · naive 42.8692.86this call−42.86a naive guess=50better than naive×2difficulty=+100skillThink this is wrong?How this was scored
- score:
- 34-30
- skill:
- 100
- they picked:
- DAL
- season:
- 2026
- accuracy:
- 92.86
- baseline:
- 42.86
- difficulty:
- 2
- weeks in the season:
- 18
- actual margin:
- 4
- weeks left when called:
- 18
- naive home margin:
- 1
- predicted margin:
- 7
2Conference ChampionsDallas Cowboys
Dallas Cowboys to reach the Super Bowl
VerdictWaitingNot settled yet. This is graded once the result is in.
3Award PicksDak PrescottDallas Cowboys
Dak Prescott to win MVP
VerdictWaitingNot settled yet. This is graded once the result is in.
4Conference ChampionsHouston Texans
Houston Texans to reach the Super Bowl
VerdictWaitingNot settled yet. This is graded once the result is in.
5Super Bowl PicksDallas Cowboys
Dallas Cowboys to win the Super Bowl
VerdictWaitingNot settled yet. This is graded once the result is in.
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