Gridiron Football Pool

Quarter Pole Report

15-Oct-26 03:55:33 PM

Another London game this week. Get you pick in for the 6:30am PST kickoff on Sunday.

Well we have reached the quarter pole in the NFL season so I thought I would point out some highlights from what is going on in the Pool.

Main Pool

Weekly - Let's start with the weekly standings, where I can't recall a 4-way tie for the weekly sprint with 2 of them being the same person with 2 teams. Game of Mahomes (Chris Cameron)(12-3, 2BO's), The Human Joystick (Chris Cameron 2)(12-3, 2BO's), JOK Joel (Joel Meyer)(11-4, 2BO's) and Ryan Peet (11-3, 1BO). Ryan would have won outright if he only had entered a pick for the early Sunday game.GRRR!!!!

Overall - Stephen Smith is the current leader followed closely behind by Bear Goggles (Kevin Stack), Dwayne Guzak who was a relegated poolster last season is seeking redemption by having a great year thus far is in 3rd place one point ahead of Neil Winship. Mike Lostale closes off the Top 5.

Winners - Neil Winship and Stephen Smith lead the way with 55 wins. IckeyShufflin' (Dan Livesey), Kopper14 (Ty Koppe), Montana16 (Larry Lazarakis), Rated R Superstars (Rod Gonzalez) and Rubba Chubb Chubb (Eric Leung) are all in pouncing distance one game behind the leaders.

Bang On's - Suzanne Werning has the early lead with Stephen Smith lurking in the weeds. Mike Lostale and The novanator (Graham Novakowski) are within striking distance tied for 3rd.

Non Sun-Mon - Horny Beagle (Glenn Keltie) is the leader of this pack with The Hunchback of Roberts Bank (Chris Bevilacqua) ready to bump and pass. JOK Eli made a huge leap this past week and landed in 3rd.

Sunday Night - GB Love (Annette Howatt) leads this category thus far followed by Guy Campballero (Don Campbell) and Linden Cameron who are tied for 2nd just waiting for a hiccup to take the lead.

Monday Night - Once again Neil Winship's name is mentioned as he leads under the Monday Night lights. DJ Reynes fell down to 2nd while Linden Cameron vaulted up to 3rd.

Int'l Games - For the troopers who get their Int'l game picks in on time, PurpleReign8 (Steve James) is your current leader with DEETRAIN (Dave Gilfillan) standing strong in 2nd. Cam Antifeau, Danta's Dixie (Brenda Harvey) and Raith Tymchuk holding their ground in 3rd.

Survivor - Winners - 62 remaining; Losers - 42 remaining. 2nd Chance Survivor starts in Week 7.

H2H Bracket - 16 remaining; Highest Seed remaining is (7) Brendan Mykle-Winkler. Only one rookie remains (488) Dave Winters.

League Play - 2 weeks remaining in Round 1. Division Winners Only advance. Only one group has been clinched as Brett Manning is 5-0 and has defeated everyone that could possibly catch him for the tiebreaker.

Guillotine Pool - 2 weeks remaining to determine the 64 poolsters moving onto Round 2.

Platinum Pool

Weekly - trainwreck (Glen Evans) plucked the tie and walked away with the weekly win 8-7 record and 2 BO's. Teet (Greg Teeter) finished in 2nd going (12-3, 2BO's) while Steve Napper grabbed the final payout spot with a (12-3 0BO's) record.

Overall - Disco Stu (Kevin Thomas) leads the way thanks to his great start to his season. Stephen Smith making a run himself as he is in 2nd place. Thanks to trainwreck's tie he vaulted up from 185th to 3rd Overall. Big Stinger (Dolores Manriquez) is holding steady in 4th and Matt Gregoire is one point back in 5th.

Winners - No surprise, Stephen Smith has the most wins so far with 55 wins. Big Stinger, Matt Gregoire and willy57 (Bill Prossegger) are only one game back in a tie for 2nd.

Bang On's - Brad Harvey has a knack of plucking that spread as he has at least one per week thus far and holds the lead. Big Stinger is doing well herself and is sitting in 2nd and Stephen Smith is gaining ground in 3rd.

Non Sun-Mon - The Electric Mayhem (Ryan Sawka) holds a slight lead in the "Let's Start the Week with a Win" category. Niner Nation (Paul Dhanoa) is on his tail in 2nd and Air Allaire (Ryan Allaire) is biting at their heels in 3rd.

Sunday Night - Raiders Suck (Sean Law) is enjoying the lights of Sunday Night as he's off to a great start and in the lead. Rollin with William (Tara Castley) and Teet sit in a tie for 2nd just waiting for their opportunity.

Monday Night - Chasing Edges (Marshall Failing) plucked a Bang On on Monday to slide into the lead. Watson, Watsoff (Andrew Maitland) moved on up to 2nd while DaBlake (Dave Blake) is steady in 3rd.

Survivor - Winners - 26 remaining; Losers - 17 remaining. 2nd Chance Survivor starts in Week 7.

H2H Bracket - 16 remaining; Highest Seed remaining is (4) JOK Dan (Dan Davis). Only one rookie remains (188) Multiple Scoregasms (Mitch Kacsmar).

Good luck in Week 6 to All !!!!!!!

What's New This Season?

31-Aug-26 08:48:35 AM

I'm very excited to announce a few changes to the Gridiron Pool this season:

1. NEW GAME - I am introducing "THE GUILLOTINE" to the Gridiron Family. Currently only set up for the $80 pool but if we can get up to 256 poolsters in the $150 pool we can get this incorporated. Basically, you are in a group of 8 to start and the object is to NOT score the lowest amount of points in your group for any given week. If you are NOT last you move onto the next week.If you survive the first 8 weeks, you will get re-sorted in a new group of 8 from the 64 Round 1 winners. Once again, don't come in last and advance. Once we get down to the Final 8, we will have 4 weeks of the season remaining so at this point we will eliminate TWO poolsters each week. The Final Four will get Paid with the winner determined by who scores the most points in the Final Week of the season.

2. NEW SCORING SYSTEM for the Bang On Category (Participant Suggestion) - Instead of getting one point you will get your entire GAME score as bonus points.

Amended scoring system - If you selected Seattle by 3 and they win by 3 you now get the Game Score of 28 points (25+3) towards your Bang On standings. A team that selected a team by 21 and got it correct would get 46 points for the Bang On total (25+21).

3. NEW CATEGORY - This is to get rid of the two prizes I had for 101st place and the Best Weekly Score of the Season and reward those who remember to rise and shine for those International Games. The poolster who scores the most points throughout the season for the 9 International Games this season.

4. RECRUITMENT REWARD - I would really like to get the Platinum Pool to the 256 participant level this season, so in order to that, I am incorporating a recruitment reward for the poolster who brings in the most NEW (not in the $150 last season) but not losing anybody from the previous season. The 157 participants last season all have a recruiter assigned to them. If you bring in someone NOT playing in the Platinum last season you get a +1. If you lose a participant assigned to you from last season you get a -1. Whoever gets the best recruitment score before the season starts will be refunded their $150 entry fee for their efforts. I will provide a list throughout the pre-season to let you know where you rank.

I hope you all like these changes but if you have any questions, please feel free to reach out to me and I'll be happy to answer them.

Welcome to the 32nd Annual Gridiron Football Pool!!!!!!

04-Aug-26 12:25:03 PM

Welcome back to the Gridiron Football Pool. The entry fees this season remains at (PayPal rates-see Option #3) $80CDN ($62US) or $150CDN ($116US) for those in Platinum Pool. All returnees are guaranteed their spot for the upcoming season as long as their entry fee has been paid by September 2nd. On September 3rd, the remaining spots will be available on a first come first PAID basis and will close on September 8th. 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 ($65US) or $157CDN ($121US) for the $150 pool. Once again send fees to gridironfootballpool@gmail.com.

4. Mail (must receive in my hands by Sept 1st) 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 (make out to Bruce Faulkner). If you drop it off, please contact me first (604) 614-8449 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.

Where in the World......

22-Jul-26 01:41:13 PM

......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.

Description of Prize Payouts

22-Jul-26 01:43:43 PM

For those of you new to the pool or 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 7 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)

Gridiron Web Features

22-Jul-26 01:45:25 PM

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 Gridiron Logo 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.

Survivor Rules

22-Jul-26 01:47:09 PM

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.