Deb Holmes is the NFL's survivor

The Philadelphia Eagles' primary color is green, also associated in Western culture with luck.  Somehow, it's all fitting for Deb Holmes.

A little more than a year after finishing as runner-up in season 2 of BMN Superfan, Holmes is the winner of the contest called Super Bowl Scramble: The Road to Arizona.  SBS was a survivor pool contest based on the results of actual NFL games.  As explained a few posts ago, I assigned B.W. himself and 31 other people with varying associations with him to every team in the league; as long as those teams kept winning, they were still in the running, but if their team lost, they were also gone.

Week 4 brought a twist of the remaining players having to switch teams due to open dates for some teams that were still undefeated.  Two of those left won with their new teams, while the others did not.

Those two remaining contestants - Holmes (Eagles) and chiropractor Billie Barefoot (Cardinals) - were given their old teams back last Sunday.  The Eagles defeated the Rams, 24-13, and then hours later the Cards fell to the Broncos, 41-20.  Those results gave Holmes the grand prize, a package from NFL On Location that includes:

• Four tickets to Super Bowl XLIX in Glendale, AZ, on Feb. 1, 2015
• Hotel accommodations for the three nights before the game
• Tickets to the National Football League Honors at the Dodge Theater in Phoenix on Jan. 31; also, Holmes will help present one of the awards
• Four tickets to NFL Experience or another public event related to the game (I would like for them to go to the league's theme park, but it was not held before the last game and I don't know if it will return for the next one)
• A series of appearances on radio and TV shows at the Super Bowl Media Center on Jan. 30
• A copy of the official Taste of the NFL cookbook (held at the same time as Honors, the food-sampling event raises money for food banks and other related organizations)
• Special edition merchandise from the league

The total estimated value is over $3,500.

For the record, here's the complete list of eliminations:

• Wayne VandenLangenberg - eliminated Sep. 4 (Packers lost, 16-36, to Seahawks)
• Shandi Finnessey - eliminated Sep. 7 (Rams lost, 6-34, to Vikings)
• Alonzo "Popeye" Barefoot - eliminated Sep. 7 (Redskins lost, 6-14, to Texans)
• Bobbington Brandt - eliminated Sep. 7 (Raiders lost, 14-19, to Jets)
• Harvey Barefoot - eliminated Sep. 7 (Chiefs lost, 10-26, to Titans)
• Brooke Liptrap - eliminated Sep. 7 (Ravens lost, 15-21, to Bengals)
• Barbie Blank - eliminated Sep. 7 (Jaguars lost, 17-34, to Eagles)
• Dylan Bryan-Brown - eliminated Sep. 7 (Patriots lost, 23-33, to Dolphins)
• Bunky Barefoot - eliminated Sep. 7 (Bears lost, 20-23, to Bills in overtime)
• Rob Ritchie - eliminated Sep. 7 (Browns lost, 27-30, to Steelers)
• Krista Bamburg - eliminated Sep. 7 (Saints lost, 34-37, to Falcons in overtime)
• Hylton Tripp - eliminated Sep. 7 (Buccaneers lost, 6-20, to Panthers)
• Billy Bob Ribble - eliminated Sep. 7 (Cowboys lost, 13-28, to 49ers)
• Beanblossom twins - eliminated Sep. 7 (Colts lost, 24-31, to Broncos)
• Melanie MacMelville - eliminated Sep. 8 (Giants lost, 14-35, to Lions)
• Blinky Blink - eliminated Sep. 8 (Chargers lost, 17-18, to Cardinals)
• Josh LoMonico - eliminated Sep. 11 (Steelers lost, 6-26, to Ravens)
• Bubba Brister - eliminated Sep. 14 (Titans lost, 10-26, to Cowboys)
• Luke Muellerleile - eliminated Sep. 14 (Vikings lost, 7-30, to Patriots)
• Brittany Ramos - eliminated Sep. 14 (Dolphins lost, 10-29, to Bills)
• Ralph Barefoot - eliminated Sep. 14 (Lions lost, 7-24, to Panthers)
• Lyman Bowling, Jr. - eliminated Sep. 14 (Falcons lost, 10-24, to Bengals)
• Brian Warner - eliminated Sep. 14 (Seahawks lost, 21-30, to Chargers)
• Beth Barefoot - eliminated Sep. 14 (Jets lost, 24-31, to Packers)
• MacMoose brothers -eliminated Sep. 14 (49ers lost, 20-28, to Bears)
• Brandon McLamb - eliminated Sep. 21 (Bills lost, 10-22, to Chargers)
• LaBundrick "Bam Bam" Plumpkin - eliminated Sep. 21 (Texans lost, 10-31, to Giants)
• Buddy Wayne Barefoot - eliminated Sep. 21 (Broncos lost, 20-26, to Seahawks in overtime)
• Bobby Ray Barefoot - eliminated Sep. 21 (Panthers lost, 19-37, to Steelers)
• Brittany Raylene - eliminated Sep. 28 (Saints lost, 14-31, to Cowboys after being switched from Bengals)
• Billie Barefoot - eliminated Oct. 5 (Cardinals lost, 20-41, to Broncos after win with Chargers the prior week)
• Deb Holmes - winner (Eagles won three times, then Chiefs won, then Eagles won again)