The buy-in to play this week is 200 tokenz, winner takes all. Notice the change to the tie-breaker rules, they apply from this week forward. Also, DO NOT edit your post after you make it. Once you submit your post, your picks are final. Make sure you've picked every game and guessed a tie-breaker before you hit the Submit button.
WHAT
This is Offtopicz Football Pool. EVERYONE is eligible to play! You may only post one set of picks per week. Each week I will post a new thread for the NFL regular and post season 2009-2010 games.
RULES
Each week you must submit your picks AND send the required amount of tokenz to be eligible to play! The buy-in will increase by 100 tokenz every week!
Copy and paste the list of this week's games. The list is at the end of this post. Be sure you copy all of the games for this week.
Pick the team you think will win each game. Each week there will be one game that is designated as the tie-breaker game, it will usually be a Monday night game. Not only should you pick the winner of the tie-breaker game, but you should also pick the total number of points scored by both teams.
You may use any strategy you like. You can post them at the end of the previous weeks games, or wait until the last minute. But ALL picks and the tiebreaker MUST be posted before the start of the first game that week. Exception: Some weeks have early Thursday games, of which, your picks for that game must be in 1 hour before the start of that game only. You may wait to post the rest of the weeks' games until just before those games begin. You MAY NOT edit your original picks to include the rest of them, even if the Thursday game is already played and tallied.
EXPLANATION OF TIE-BREAKER
The first criteria is the total number of games picked correctly. Whoever has picked the most winners will "win" the pool this week. If there is a tie between 2 or more people with the most wins, then I will use the tie-breaker guess to break the tie. The person who guesses closest to the total number of points scored by both teams will win. If there's still a tie, the pot will be split between however many people are tied for first place.
(Example: Person A has a win-loss ratio of 12-4. He guessed a total of 40 points scored by both teams for the tie-breaker game. Person B also has a win-loss ratio of 12-4. She guessed a total of 38 points. The actual score of the tie-breaker game was 26 to 13. The total points = 39. The pot is split two ways, because they were both one point from the total score.
ALTERNATIVE STYLE POSTING
If you wish to make your picks but keep them a secret from other players here, you may post your picks and immediately delete your post. I will still be able to see that you, in fact, have posted and your picks will be in and valid. At the end of the games for that week, I will un-delete your post and tally your score.
WHAT DO I WIN!?
The winner wins all the tokenz from the buy-ins, so the winnings may vary from week to week! The more people that play, the bigger the pot!!
Sunday Sep 19th
Baltimore @ Cincinnatti
Buffalo @ Green Bay
Kansas City @ Cleveland
Chicago @ Dallas
Philadelphia @ Detroit
Arizona @ Atlanta
Tampa Bay @ Carolina
Miami @ Minnesota
Pittsburgh @ Tennessee
St. Louis @ Oakland
Seattle @ Denver
Houston @ Washington
New England @ New York Jets
Jacksonville @ San Diego
New York Giants @ Indianapolis
Monday Sep 13th
New Orleans @ San Francisco
Tie-breaker (Total combined score of New Orleans @ San Francisco):
WHAT
This is Offtopicz Football Pool. EVERYONE is eligible to play! You may only post one set of picks per week. Each week I will post a new thread for the NFL regular and post season 2009-2010 games.
RULES
Each week you must submit your picks AND send the required amount of tokenz to be eligible to play! The buy-in will increase by 100 tokenz every week!
Copy and paste the list of this week's games. The list is at the end of this post. Be sure you copy all of the games for this week.
Pick the team you think will win each game. Each week there will be one game that is designated as the tie-breaker game, it will usually be a Monday night game. Not only should you pick the winner of the tie-breaker game, but you should also pick the total number of points scored by both teams.
You may use any strategy you like. You can post them at the end of the previous weeks games, or wait until the last minute. But ALL picks and the tiebreaker MUST be posted before the start of the first game that week. Exception: Some weeks have early Thursday games, of which, your picks for that game must be in 1 hour before the start of that game only. You may wait to post the rest of the weeks' games until just before those games begin. You MAY NOT edit your original picks to include the rest of them, even if the Thursday game is already played and tallied.
EXPLANATION OF TIE-BREAKER
The first criteria is the total number of games picked correctly. Whoever has picked the most winners will "win" the pool this week. If there is a tie between 2 or more people with the most wins, then I will use the tie-breaker guess to break the tie. The person who guesses closest to the total number of points scored by both teams will win. If there's still a tie, the pot will be split between however many people are tied for first place.
(Example: Person A has a win-loss ratio of 12-4. He guessed a total of 40 points scored by both teams for the tie-breaker game. Person B also has a win-loss ratio of 12-4. She guessed a total of 38 points. The actual score of the tie-breaker game was 26 to 13. The total points = 39. The pot is split two ways, because they were both one point from the total score.
ALTERNATIVE STYLE POSTING
If you wish to make your picks but keep them a secret from other players here, you may post your picks and immediately delete your post. I will still be able to see that you, in fact, have posted and your picks will be in and valid. At the end of the games for that week, I will un-delete your post and tally your score.
WHAT DO I WIN!?
The winner wins all the tokenz from the buy-ins, so the winnings may vary from week to week! The more people that play, the bigger the pot!!
Sunday Sep 19th
Baltimore @ Cincinnatti
Buffalo @ Green Bay
Kansas City @ Cleveland
Chicago @ Dallas
Philadelphia @ Detroit
Arizona @ Atlanta
Tampa Bay @ Carolina
Miami @ Minnesota
Pittsburgh @ Tennessee
St. Louis @ Oakland
Seattle @ Denver
Houston @ Washington
New England @ New York Jets
Jacksonville @ San Diego
New York Giants @ Indianapolis
Monday Sep 13th
New Orleans @ San Francisco
Tie-breaker (Total combined score of New Orleans @ San Francisco):
