Gridiron Football Pool

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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)

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.

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.