Week # 13 Highlights | 05-Dec-24 05:19:00 PM |
Well aren't we the bunch of experts this week.....LOL. There was a full slate of 16 games this week and not only did all our Survivor picks succeed but there were 23 poolsters in the Main Pool and 6 poolsters in the Platinum Pool to pluck all 16 games correctly. This was the week where you all go "What am I supposed to do win???". Well the answer is be great with your spread points.
Dave Smith (D.SMITH) nailed a Bang On on Monday night to squeeze into his target window to win the Main Pool.
Steve Howerton (Howie) also liked the late pick on Monday night to secure his weekly win in the Platinum Pool.
Jim Carpenter has overtaken the lead in both the Main and Platinum Pools.
Mike Rochefort (Rocky) was only poolster to manage 4 Bang On's in the Main Pool.
Robin Vallee (Sticker Shock Block) had the best US Thanksgiving than the rest in the Main Pool. Steve Howerton's (Howie) good start in Turkey Day rolled into the weekly win in the Platinum Pool.
The League Play is going into its final week of the Secondary Round. Congrats to Ashley Pescott, Peter Lostale, and Allen Cheng (Al Dawg) who have all punched their ticket to the Elimination Round (Elite Eight) while 5 Groups are still up for grabs this week.
Good luck to all in Week 14. The last week for teams with a bye week. |
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Week # 13 Weekly Scenario | 02-Dec-24 08:34:16 AM |
Happy December everyone!!! I have some weekly scenarios for you.
Main Pool
If Cleveland wins or if Denver wins between 1-8 or by 35 or more then Matt Nielsen wins the week. If Denver wins between 9-12 then Dave Smith (D.SMITH) pushes his way into victory lane. If Denver wins between 13-33 then Steve Howerton (Howie) takes the title. If Denver wins by 34 then Matt and Steve would tie for the weekly.
Platinum Pool
This is a two horse race. If Cleveland wins or if Denver wins between 1-6 then Matt Nielsen would win this pool as well. If Denver wins between 7-31 then Steve Howerton (Howie) is the weekly champ. If Denver wins by 32 or more then Matt and Steve would tie for the weekly.
Good luck to those involved tonight. |
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Turkey Picks & Week #12 Highlights | 27-Nov-24 04:17:30 PM |
For all of you who have NOT entered your picks yet.......what are you waiting for. Daniel Jones is a Viking now if that helps. You can enter your Thursday and Friday picks NOW. All three of your Thursday picks need to be entered before the morning deadline of 9:25am PST and your Friday pick by 11:55am PST.
Kudos goes out to Graham Dowhy (Charlie Brown Punters) in the Main Pool and Glen Harrison (Sunday Funday!!!!!!) in the Platinum Pool for being our weekly winners.
I forgot to mention a special highlight for Week # 11 as Craig Degraw (CraKar) took a risk selecting Detroit by a whopping 36 points over Jacksonville and was rewarded as he scored 51 points in one game. FYI Gridiron Record is 60. Right Steve Werning....LOL.
Accuracy is good, and the best this week were Kevin Tao (KTao) and Deby Wnuk (Red Leader) who were the only ones to salvage 3 Bang On's this week.
The end of the Original Survivor Pool is growing near as we only have 3 Winners left and 4 Losers remaining. The Second Chance Survivor pool was a bloodbath this week as the Main Pool went from 214 candidates down to 57 and the Platinum went from 50 to 13.
The Non-Sun-Mon category should see some shuffling as there will be 4 games counting this week (Thur-Fri).
Best of luck to you all this week and to my USA friends and families.....Happy Thanksgiving. |
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Week # 12 Weekly Scenario and Week #13 Deadlines | 25-Nov-24 03:05:28 PM |
We have some scenarios this week.
Main Pool
Miles Powell will be your weekly winner if LA Rams win. Paul Baadsvik (JohnRaven) will capture the win if Baltimore wins between by 10 or more. Graham Dowhy (Charlie Brown Punters) needs to fall victorious with the parameters of a Baltimore win between 1-9 to have the bragging rights.
Platinum Pool
Rob MacAdams (Los Dos Hombres con el Gordo) is your weekly winner with an LA Ram win or if Baltimore wins between 1-6 or 22 or more. Glen Harrison (Sunday Funday!!!!!!!) needs a Baltimore win between 7-9 to be victorious. Paul Baadsvik (JohnRaven) has a window of Baltimore to win between 10-13 to be our weekly champion. Dave Wood has a shot of winning is Baltimore wins between 14-20 and would tie Rob MacAdams if they win by 21.
Best of luck to all of you involved.
EARLY DEADLINE WEEK 13 Don't forget it's US Thanksgiving on Thursday so your three Turkey picks need to be entered before the first game of the day. There's also a Black Friday game at noon PST on Friday. Just a thought maybe enter them all now so you don't miss out. You can always change them before the deadline. |
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Week # 11 Highlights | 21-Nov-24 01:58:02 PM |
Mr Highlight, Rob Kanazawa (QB4DP), wanted all the attention this week as he won both the Main AND Platinum Pool's Weekly Top Prize going 13-1.
Gary Morrissey has re-claimed Top spot Overall in the Main Pool so he now leads both pools.
Eric Olsen (Philly Special) was the only one to get 3 Bang On's in the Platinum Pool to move up 29 positions in that category. Steve Napper got one more than Patrice Perreault (Patpero) to share Top Spot in the Bang On's.
Barry Bird (Red Zoner) also moved up to share the lead in Bang On's in the Main Pool with Keith Perez (Gimpy_Wizard).
Mike Norris (SunnyJim) in the Main Pool and Rob MacAdams (Los Dos Hombres con el Gordo) in the Platinum Pool capitalized on Monday night selecting the Texans by 24 and that's exactly what they did accumulating the maximum amount of points in their respective Monday Night categories.
Matt Nielsen slid into Top Spot in the Sunday Night category in the Main Pool.
The Survivor Pools in the Main Pool once again lost one poolster in each category to slim the field down to 4 in the Winners and 6 in the Losers.
The Second Chance Pools took another chunk out of the field this week as the Main Pool slimmed down to 214 players while the Platinum Pool have the Final 50 left.
Good luck to everyone in Week 12. |
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Week # 11 Weekly scenario | 18-Nov-24 08:11:25 AM |
Main Pool
Congrats to Rob Kanazawa (QB4DP) who has gone 12-1 with a couple of Bang On's to clinch the weekly.
Platinum Pool
Not clinched but Warren Weld (JOK Wiz) has one out. He needs a Houston by 13 win to eek out the win. Otherwise Rob wins this pool too.
Good luck. |
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Week # 10 Highlights | 13-Nov-24 06:08:45 PM |
It was one of our quieter weeks but not for Noelle Stephens (Forever Falcons) and Glen Evans (trainwreck) as they were the weekly winners.
Noelle had the best record going 12-2 while Paul Baadsvik (JohnRaven) had the best in the Platinum Pool going 11-3.
Mika Mokkanen (Norsemen) managed to pluck 4 Bang On's to lead the Main Pool while Brody Black (Aussie Rules) was the only poolster to get 3 in the Platinum Pool.
We have a new leader in the Monday Night category in the Main Pool as Warren Johnstone (Tua Be Or Not Tua Be) plucked his Miami Dolphin teams win to vault into the top spot.
The Survivor Pool lost one each so we have 5 left in the Winners and 7 left in the Losers.
Second Chance Survivor Pool took another big hit this past week losing another 121 to bring the total down to 278 in the Main Pool. The Platinum Pool lost 40 to lower their total to 64.
Good luck to all in Week 11. |
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Week # 10 Weekly scenario | 11-Nov-24 12:02:55 PM |
Pretty straight forward this week:
Main Pool If LA Rams win between 1-5 or by 7 or more then Ian Powell (E) is your victor. If LA Rams wins by 6 then Chris McTague (Tagger) would steal the win. If Miami wins then Noelle Stephens (Forever Falcons) would fly away victorious.
Platinum Pool Even more straight forward. If Miami wins Glen Evans (trainwreck) is your champ. If LA Rams win then Dallas Leclerc (Smokin Punts) cashes in.
Good luck to all. |
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Week # 9 Highlights and Halfway Report | 07-Nov-24 09:23:02 AM |
Things we Need to Know There is a game in Munich this week so one Sunday game starting at 6:30am PST so please remember to get that pick in. The H2H 2nd Half tournament brackets for the Main Pool are set up and ready to go. The Platinum Pool will start in Week 12. Check out who your opponent is this week.
Week Highlights The Chiefs minimum win benefited both Rick Savino in the Main Pool and Ryan Allaire (Air Allaire) in the Platinum Pool as they were our weekly winners. A blowout win by the Chiefs would have had two different winners.
Raith Tymchak was the only poolster to achieve to manage 4 Bang On's in the Main Pool.
Halfway Report Let's start with a Gridiron first. The Survivor Pool in the Platinum Pool for the Winners and Losers have now been completed and Nick Stripp (Consistently Picking Losers) is the first to cash in on the Winner AND the Loser Pool (tieing in the Loser Pool). The Main Pool is down to 6 Winners and 8 Losers. Best of luck to those remaining.
The Main Pools race for supremacy is a tight pack with Gary Morrissey leading the way with Jim Carpenter right on his heels, Clayton Clarke (Hunter Clarke), Rajan Hayre and Noah Jessup are one win away of passing them though. In the Platinum Pool, it's a little de ja vous as Gary Morrissey and Jim Carpenter lead this field as well. Don Milner (JE | Donny M), Bruce Faulkner (Dak Dak Dak Bruce) and Ryan Allaire (Air Allaire) are in pursuit.
The first H2H Tournament has come to an end and the 2nd tournament is about to start. (60)Trevor Day ran the table with a 9-Game Winning streak to win the Main Pool Championship. (35)Brendan Mykle-Winkler fell just a little short to capture 2nd. Rookie (505)Kris Little (Team Primetime) got a taste of the prize money winning the Consolation Bracket while (298) Nick Taylor (The Dirty Bird) claimed 4th.
In the Platinum Pool, (5) Gary Morrissey is continuing his great season winning the H2H by discarding (103)Scott Findlay (Famfin) in the finals. (6) Ryan Allaire's (Air Allaire) weekly win came at the right time as he slipped past (40)Greg Bowie (GBO) who had a great week himself finishing 6th for the weekly for the consolation prizes.
Here is the balance of the rest of the paying spots at the halfway point. Let's see how this changes at the end:
Good luck to everyone in the 2nd Half of the Season !!!!!!!! |
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Week # 8 Highlights and Upcoming Events | 30-Oct-24 11:50:37 AM |
Congrats to our Weekly Winners this week Krista McTavish in the Main Pool and Brian Causier (CAUS 7) in the Platinum Pool.
Two poolsters were able to muscle up 4 Bang On's each. Way to go Dan Beketa (LaCrosse) and Matt Desjardins (JOK DJ) (Matt's first 4 of the season).
A 14-2 record is fantastic this week and two poolsters managed to cash in on this feast as Krista McTavish and Jeff Fraser both won weekly prizes.
We have reached the finals of the H2H pools. In the Main Pool, (35) Brendan Mykle-Winkler needed a Pittsburgh win between 1-9 on Monday night which he got to advance to the finals to square off against (60) Trevor Day. In the Platinum Pool, (5) Gary Morrissey, our Overall leader, is the favourite facing a very determined (103) Scott Findlay (Famfin). The consolation finals have (298) Nick Taylor (The Dirty Bird) vs (505) Kris Little (Team Primetime) in the Main Pool and (6) Ryan Allaire (Air Allaire) vs (40) Greg Bowie (GBO) in the Platinum Pool.
Week # 9 introduces the Second Chance Survivor Pool and Week # 10, the second portion of the H2H Tournament will start for the Main Pool (Week # 12 for the Platinum Pool).
Best of luck Everyone. |
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Second Chance Survivor | 28-Oct-24 01:20:33 PM |
Well most of us have gone through Survivor withdrawal for long enough.
Starting in Week 9 everybody will have another chance to win the Survivor Pool. This one is a little different though. You will have to choose a team to win AND a team to lose. You have to win BOTH to advance AND you have to select teams playing in separate games (can't pick a winner and loser that are playing each other) to move onto the next week.
"The Catch". Once you've chosen a team to win or lose, you can NO LONGER choose them to win or lose again for the remainder of the pool and they will be removed from your pick list. With the pool running for 10 weeks and picking two teams, there are lots of teams still but could run into trouble down the stretch if you don't play your cards right.
I hope you enjoy your second chance and good luck. |
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Week # 8 Weekly Scenario | 28-Oct-24 08:27:37 AM |
It appears it will come down to the spread points in the Main Pool.
The Main Pool If NY Giants win or if Pittsburgh wins between 1-5 or 7-9 or by 36 or more then Krista McTavish will be crowned Queen for the week. If Pittsburgh wins by 6 then Al Champagne (BigPaPi at the Plate) will pluck a victory. If Pittsburgh wins between 10-12 then we will have a three-way tie between Krista McTavish, Glen Stewart (Dr. Evil) and Rowan Morrissey. If Pittsburgh wins between 13-34 then Mike Zore (Zore) pulls out the victory. If Pittsburgh wins by 35 then Krista McTavish and Mike Zore will tie for the week.
The Platinum Pool Much easier. If they play the game (or don't) Brian Causier (CAUS 7) is the weekly CHAMP. |
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Week # 7 Highlights and Sleeping In | 22-Oct-24 06:32:39 PM |
Enjoy the extra sleep on Sunday because there is no Europe game for the next two weeks (Munich Week 10).
We had our first tie for the weekly. Congrats to both Tyrel Edinborough (JE | Tyler) and Miles Powell in the Main Pool. Miles needed the late FG by Arizona to get into the tie position. After a week full of perfect winner picks, we still ended up with one poolster achieving the most wins. John Ryan (VanHawk) managed 15 wins, which didn't get him the win but did get him into a money spot. Honourable mention to both Melody Johnston (Reid 'em and Weep) and Miles Powell who both only got 1 wrong. The weekly winner in the Platinum pool was Sean Slater (Slates17) with a 13-2 record.
The first round of the League Play has wrapped up and 64 division winners are set up and advanced to the Secondary Round. JT McDowell (HIngle McCringleberry), Louis Shortreed (PenVegas), Jeannie Johnston (Pats Princess), Rajan Hayre, Paul St. Hilaire, Nick Taylor (The Dirty Bird), and Ashley Pescott all went undefeated to capture their respective divisions. Good luck to all winners in the next round.
Only one poolster managed to reach 3 Bang On's this week and that was Ryan Mills (Ray Finkle) in the Platinum Pool.
Good luck to all in Week 8. |
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Week # 6 Highlights and Last England Game | 18-Oct-24 12:41:35 PM |
Don't forget to get your early Sunday pick for the last England game this season (we still have Munich).
This week was unlike other weeks as a lot of people did VERY well. Unfortunately, when lots do well and there are only 4 payout spots (3 in Platinum) a lot of people will say what the heck!!!!
A total of 31 poolsters entered every winner correctly (13 in Platinum) and this is why I love this pool as the spread points separate the contenders from the pretenders (going 14/14 is not pretending but you get the gist....LOL). Mike Stefiuk (Dolphins Tua Super Bowl) was the cream of the crop. Jim Carpenter is in both pools and let's one set of picks do the talking in both pools and it paid off winning the weekly in the Platinum Pool and 2nd place in the Main Pool.
Matt Shaw and Chris Aeichele (Ikelee77) both knocked off 4 Bang On's each this week.
One week left in the League Play Preliminary Round. Lots of division winners are still up for grabs. Only the winner of each Group moves onto the Secondary Round. Tiebreaker info can be found in the menu of the home page.
Good luck to all in Week 7. |
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Week # 6 Weekly Scenario | 14-Oct-24 10:56:37 AM |
It's pretty straight forward this week as spread points don't come into play.
The Main Pool If Buffalo wins then Dolphins Tua Super Bowl wins If New York Jets win then Nav is your winner
The Platinum Pool If Buffalo wins then Jim Carpenter wins If New York Jets win then Kyle Belford is your winner
Good luck to the 4 of you and Happy Thanksgiving to all us Canadians eh. |
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Back to London We Go!!!! and Week # 5 Highlights | 09-Oct-24 11:07:21 AM |
We had a total of 11 poolsters sleep in on Sunday morning and missed the London pick. Let's try this again. Put your pick in for London NOW (yes, there's another one) so you give yourself a better chance to win. The deadline for this game is 6:25am PST on Sunday. The rest can still be entered prior to the 9:55am PST deadline.
Gary Morrissey is showing us all how it is done as he is now currently leads overall.......IN BOTH POOLS!!!!!!
One Survivor Pool has been finalized with the Cardinals and Giants both winning, the Loser pool is finished in the Platinum Pool....IN WEEK 5!!!!!! Congrats to Consistently Picking Losers, Gregg Scully, Los Dos Hombres con el Gordo, Rocky Singh and they call me JJ as they withstand the beat down of the pool the longest.
Congrats to our two weekly winners as Mandelbaum cruised to victory in the Main Pool and Niner Nation held off his contenders both going 12-2 with a couple of Bang On's.
Good luck to all in Week 6. |
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Week # 5 Weekly Scenario | 07-Oct-24 07:46:23 AM |
The Main Pool
Has been clinched as Mandelbaum has a big enough lead that nobody with the Saints can catch him.
The Platinum Pool
Does have a scenario. If Kansas City wins between 1-6 or by 8 or more OR if New Orleans wins by 32 or more then Niner Nation is your weekly champ. If Kansas City wins by 4 then Niner Nation and Dr. Evil will split top honours. If New Orleans wins between 1-30 then Sat Chatta will cash in. If New Orleans wins by 31 then Niner Nation and Sat Chatta would share the wealth.
Good luck to all of you. |
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LONDON CALLING and Week # 4 Highlights | 02-Oct-24 01:59:16 PM |
For those that don't read all of the email. Guess what? WE'RE GOING TO LONDON THIS WEEK!!! We have ourselves a game at 6:30am PST on Sunday and I know how you all love to get up early just to get that pick in. Here's a little tip for you. Enter that game when you record your Thursday pick. This way you have something recorded and you can still change it before game time if you want to. If you sleep in, oh well. Better than ZERO, just saying......
DOUBLE WINNER - Gary Morrissey was showing off this week winning both the Main AND Platinum Pool. Gary picked the same teams but changed his spreads up. It appeared to make a difference because in the Main pool he gained 8 points because of his changes to allow him to win by 5. |
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Week # 3 Highlights | 26-Sep-24 02:24:15 PM |
Husband and wife conquer a rare feat. Tortured Football Wife was our Week #2 winner. Her husband, Scorpions, was our Week #3 Winner. How crazy is that???
Survivor Pool has taken its toll. Survivors remaining in each pool: Main Pool Winners - 29 Main Pool Losers - 27 Platinum Pool Winners - 3 Platinum Pool Losers - 6 Constantly Picking Losers is doing exactly that as he is still alive in both Survivor pools in the Platinum. DJ Reynes and Polly Pringle have accomplished the same thing in the Main Pool.
Mike Davis was our Platinum Week # 3 weekly winner going 12-4 with a Bang On.
JOK Mike had the biggest Monday night with 2 wins and both with decent spreads to move from 111th to 5th in the Platinum Monday Night category. |
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Week # 3 Weekly Scenario and Survivor Stats | 23-Sep-24 01:48:46 PM |
Hello all,
There won't be any weekly scenarios sent out because there are two games tonight and lots can happen.
What I can send out are some Survivor stats from the past. With the crazy start to the season and the Survivor pool dwindling down I thought I would take a walk down memory lane and see how crazy this year has been compared to others. To my amazement this has NOT been the wackiest.
In 2015, Week 2, the heavily favoured Saints with Drew Brees were 10 point favourites over Jameis Winston and the lowly Buccaneers. 196 poolsters picked the Saints to cruise over the Bucs but it didn't happen. Along with 4 other heavy favourites, 389 poolsters were eliminated in one week. By far, the most in one week in Gridiron history.
If Buffalo or Cincy lose tonight we will have the lowest remaining after 3 weeks.
Below is a chart of the Survivor Pool since its inception with 512 poolsters. I only looked at the Winners Pool but you'll get the jist.
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Week # 2 Highlights | 19-Sep-24 02:18:30 PM |
or lowlights as 80% of the pool after Week 2 are asking, "When does the Second Chance Survivor Pool start?". The answer is Week 9.
Overall Standings now reflect your Highest Dropped Week so only 1 of your 2 weeks count. This reflects the end result of your best 17 of 18 weeks counting towards your Overall score.
Taliban Munchma Quchi recorded 5 Bang On's this week in the Main Pool.
Tortured Football Wife could coast at the end of last week with her guaranteed weekly win in the Main Pool.
JE|FRIZZNASTY in the prize pool in back to back weeks in the Platinum Pool while J-ville Jack takes Top honours this week. |
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Week # 2 Weekly Scenario | 16-Sep-24 01:07:31 PM |
Main Pool
Congrats already goes out to Tortured Football Wife whose picks were not as bad as her name leads us to believe.......LOL She has already clinched the weekly win.
Platinum Pool
If Atlanta wins or if Philadelphia wins by 13 or more then J-ville Jack is Da Champ. If Philadelphia wins between 1-12 then Phil "12 men in the huddle" Hamel would be smelling like roses.
Good luck to both of you. |
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Week # 1 Highlights | 16-Sep-24 01:05:26 PM |
The season started with a "Bang" for Red Leader as she plucked Bang On's on both Thursday AND Friday night to take the early lead in the newest category Non Sun-Mon Scores.JOK Press is our inaugural weekly winner of the Platinum Pool but it was JE|FRIZZNASTY that made headlines by prizing in both the Main AND Platinum pool.
Bengals snooze-fest costs 186 poolsters Winner Survivor aspirations in Main Pool.
Hurts So Good nabs 4 Bang-On's for outright lead in Main Pool. JOK Press and RadicccWest accomplish same feat in Platinum Pool to share lead. |
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Week # 1 Weekly scenario | 09-Sep-24 03:19:14 PM |
This year I'm going to include everybody as some may know others that are in the running and can cheer for them since they don't have a chance. I'll also put the two pools scenario in the same e-mail.
In the Main Pool
If San Francisco wins between 1-11 or if NY Jets win between 1-6 or by 13 or more then WascowyWabit would win the weekly. If San Francisco wins by 12 to 36 then Coco-loco would win the weekly outright. If San Francisco wins by 37 or more then WascowyWabit and Coco-loco would split 1st and 2nd place pot. If NY Jets win between 7-11 then DangeRuss would prosper. If NY Jets win by 12 the WascowyWabit and DangeRuss would share the winnings.
In the Platinum Pool
JE | F R I Z Z N A S T Y would take home the inaugural weekly win with a NY Jet upset or a San Francisco victory between 10-12. JE | F R I Z Z N A S T Y and GJayhawks would tie with a San Francisco by 1-6 win.
GJayhawks takes the prize with a San Francisco between 7-9 win If San Francisco wins by 13 or more then JOK Press would be declared weekly champ.
Best of luck to all of you. |
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Welcome to the 30th Annual Gridiron Football Pool!!!!!! | 10-Aug-24 02:47:17 PM |
Welcome back to the Gridiron Football Pool. The entry fee this season remains at $80CDN ($60US) or $150CDN ($118US) for those graduating to upper league. All returnees are guaranteed their spot for the upcoming season as long as their entry fee has been paid by August 28th. On August 29th, the remaining spots will be available on a first come first PAID basis and will close on September 4th. Please let me know if you are planning on returning or not so I can plan accordingly. Rookies wanting to join can reserve a spot by payment. The sooner the better as the wait list is filling up quickly.
Here is a list of options so that you can choose what payment is easiest for you:
1. Bank e-transfer - Please use gridironfootballpool@gmail.com as the address. I have it as an auto-deposit so no password is required.
2. If you have a Coast Capital Savings Account the easiest and no fee charge way to do it is transfer the money to Membership # 5561977. Please make sure you leave your name in the message so I know who it is from or send me an email so I'm not guessing (if you don't then I don't know who it is from !!!!).
3. Pay Pal - There is a fee on my end so if you choose this option please send $84.00CDN ($63US) or $157CDN ($125US) for the $150 pool. Once again send fees to gridironfootballpool@gmail.com.
4. Mail (must receive in my hands by Aug 28th) or drop off at:
#32 - 16772 61 Avenue
Surrey, BC
V3S 4P2
Please remember that when using option #4, you won't be set up until I RECEIVE the cheque. If you drop it off, please contact me first to make sure I'm home. Use the entrance right off the street on 61st as the back entrance is only access to the garage and you'll be standing there forever wondering why I'm not answering.
I'm looking forward to another great year and I hope you have fun. |
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Where in the World...... | 01-Jun-21 09:27:54 AM |
......can you join a fun football pool which pays over $38,000 in a season for a one time fee of $80????
What do you get for your $80 you ask:
Entries into - not 1 but 3 Survivor Pools, 2 Tournament brackets, 1 League Play, 18 chances to win 1 of 4 weekly prizes each week, too many season long competitions to name them all (read in previous messages below) and lots more. And it's as easy as taking 5 minutes a week to enter your picks.
What are you waiting for? Contact me now to get started. Read below for more details. |
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Description of Prize Payouts | 05-Aug-23 04:14:56 PM |
For those of you new to the pool and for those who didn't quite get it last season here is a breakdown of the types of standings and other ways to win money.
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Overall Standings
I've basically broken down how the points work in the rules (link to the left under Documents). The overall standings is the total of your points from your best 17 out of 18 weeks (you throw your worst week out the window, but it comes back later read on). The Top 20 at the end of the regular season win prize money. Any ties split the total prize money between the tied positions.
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Weekly Results
This category is your total points from all of the games for the week. There is one weekly winner, one second place winner, one third place winner, and one fourth place winner each week and 18 weekly and runner up winners throughout the season. Any ties split the weekly winnings.
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Highest Dropped Week
This is where your worst week of the season comes back into play. See how your worst week stacks up against your fellow participants. If you have the best worst week you actually win money for a bad week (it can't be too bad though).
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Most Bang On's
Bang On's are predictions where you pick the correct team AND the correct spread. If you can average slightly over 1 per week you've done very well for yourself as they are tougher to come by as you would think. Whoever ends up with the 5 highest totals wins $$$ at seasons end.
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Most Winners
So you were way off on your spreads throughout the season. You couldn't even come close, fear not as there is a category for you. Back to basics, just picking the winner of the most games by the time the season closes. Top 5 winners get to say "Show me the Money".
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Thursday Night Scores
Commentators Al Michaels and Kirk Herbstreit with sideline reporter Haylee Hartung lead this nights scoring. Accumulate points on this evening and all the US Thanksgiving games throughout the season. Top 5 get paid here as well.
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Sunday Night Scores
Whenever you see Mike Tirico, Cris Collinsworth, and Melissa Stark on Sunday night is when this category kicks in. Add up all your Sunday night scores throughout the year and see if it earns you some cash. Yes, you guessed it, the Top 5 get paid.
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Monday Night Scores
See Sunday Night Scores but replace Mike, Cris and Melissa with Joe Buck, Troy Aikman, and Lisa Salters.
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Playoff Standings
The Gridiron Football Pool also rewards their Top Point getters with a bonus playoff round to win more money. The Top 100 at the end of the season qualify for the Playoffs (no more money required). You basically do the same as you have during the regular season by picking the team and spreads every week but as you start nearing the Super Bowl some people need to start taking chances with either wacky big spreads or pulling for a huge underdog to come through to snag victory out from underneath the leaders feet. Weird things happen but you're never safe until the Vince Lombardi trophy is raised. The Top 10 win money.
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Head 2 Head Tournament
Do nothing more than enter your picks and enjoy the game. This little tournament gives you something else to pull for during the season. Starting in Week 1, you have a chance to be the last poolster standing. Each week you will be facing off against someone else in the pool. You will be able to see their picks after the deadline and then you can compare which games you have different and cheer on those games. Win and you move on, lose and you're done. The Top 4 winners win money (if you make the Top 4 the losers in the semi-finals play each other for 3rd place). Don't worry if you get knocked out early because we start all over again in Week 9 and do it again one more time.
Here is the tie breaker procedure:
1. Most wins
2. Most Bang On's
3. Best score in prior week
4. Best score 2 weeks prior etc.
Please click on the Display Head 2 Head link to the left for the bracket and find yourself and who you face (coming once participants are finalized).
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League Play is returning. With 512 poolsters, we will start the season with 64 groups of 8. Everybody plays everyone in their division once and after 7 weeks whoever is on top of their division will move onto the next round. Starting Week 8, the 64 division leaders will be reseeded and broken into 8 divisions of 8 poolsters and once again everybody plays everybody in their division once. Division winners will move onto the Round of 8 and play single elimination bracket for the final 3 weeks of the season. Only the strong will survive this league.
Tiebreaker Rules
1. Head to Head
2. Most points in the Round currently playing
3. Most Wins in Round
4. Most Bang On's
5. Most Points in Overall Standings
6. Whatever
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The Survivor Pools
Winner Pool - Select a winner each week. If they win you move onto the following week lose and you're out. The catch is that you cannot pick the team that you selected again for the balance of the season.
Loser Pool - Same as the winner pool but you select a team to lose. If you select a team to win in the winner pool you CAN select the same team to lose in the Loser pool.
The Second Chance Survivor Pool - Starting in Week 9 everybody will have another chance to win the Survivor Pool. This one is a little different though. You will have to choose a team to win AND a team to lose. You have to win BOTH to advance AND you have to select teams playing in separate games (can't pick a winner and loser that are playing each other) to move onto the next week and both those choices will be removed from your pick selection list.
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The money breakdown will be up shortly as well once I determine the amount of poolsters and the breakdown of all the different prizes. (Click on Money Distribution link under Documents to the left for disbursements) |
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Gridiron Web Features | 14-Aug-20 10:51:23 AM |
For all the standings for each individual category please click on the Display Results & Standings and click on the drop down box titled Select Standing Type. This will show you the standings for the Most Wins, Most Bang On's, Most Sunday night points, Most Monday night points, Best Dropped Week and the Thur Night Category. You can also select a year to reminisce how you fared in seasons past. The dropped week will come into play starting Week 2. When you notice that after Week 2 that only one week was recorded it is because you don't count your lowest week at seasons end. The Overall Standings will always calculate your total score minus your lowest week.
One of the newer features that Rae has installed on the web site is the Compare Player Picks link to the left. Use this feature to to see how you stack up against your opponent for the week. The games you have different will be bolded to easily see which games mean the most to win and view the results and compare how the spread points differ between the two sets of picks.
The Head 2 Head tourney starts Week 1 so click on Display Head 2 Head. Underneath the Cowboys picture there is a link titled Jump to my Name. Click on this link and it will show you where you are on the flow chart and it should be highlighted. Win you move on lose and your out.
Click on Display Survivor Results to see how you and others fared in the Dog Eat Dog world of the Survivor Pool.
Highlight your friends in your standings. Click on Edit Profile in the top right corner of the page. Select the Display Name or the Player name of your friend and then click on ADD FRIEND (I always forget that part). Once that is done they will be highlighted on your standings page as well. Select as many or as little as you want. |
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Survivor Rules | 07-Aug-24 11:48:42 AM |
Once you get your password (which you only get once you pay) and click on Enter My Picks, you will notice at the top of the page a box with an arrow pointing to it titled Survivor Pick. Every week you will select a team to outright win the game. If they win you advance to the next week. If they lose then you are done for the season. That sounds easy enough, what’s the catch. The catch is you are only allowed to select a team once per season. Once you’ve selected a team you can no longer pick them so it gets tougher as you go along.
Your pick MUST be in before the deadline of Sunday at 9:55 PST. If you forget, you’re out of luck.
On the left side of the screen, click Display Survivor Results and you will be able to see the other Survivor picks 5 minutes prior to opening kickoff.
We also have a Loser Survivor Pool as well. Same as the picking the winner as in seasons past but this one who have to pick the losers.
The prize payout will be determined once the field of participants has been established. If more than 1 of you survive all 18 weeks you will split the prize pot between yourselves. If more than one of you are eliminated at the same time but are the last group remaining you will split the pot.
If you have any questions please do not hesitate to fire off your questions and I would be happy to share them with the group. |
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