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NFL Pool 2010-11

admin — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 06:15:58 +0000

Sorry for the last minute update, but I’ve been swamped!

The pool is on again for another year. The web site has been updated and the grids are ready to go to submit your picks.

You can go ahead and start creating your accounts and/or entering your picks at http://www.office-pools.com. Remember that you need to register for both the regular pool and the suicide pool. If you have not received a specific invitation from office-pools.com the pools are named as follows:

Poolaholic NFL 2010
Poolaholic NFL10Suic

Cost is $100 which gets you into both pools. Weekly and seasonal prizes are TBD depending on how many entries we get. Invite your friends!

NOTE – Picks are due prior to kickoff on Thursday at 8:30 PM EST.

Let me know if you have any questions!

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Playoff Pool Canceled

admin — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 22:00:16 +0000

Unfortunately I’ve had to cancel the NFL Playoff Pool this year. It turns out that I screwed up the seedings for the AFC and some people were able to pick teams in games that couldn’t possibly happen. This is not fair for those players and therefore the only choice I have is to cancel the entire pool.

Thanks to everyone for signing up and I’m extremely sorry to have made this mistake. Better luck and (more diligence) next year.

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Playoff Pool Pick Summary

admin — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 21:43:56 +0000

The picks are all in and the pool is fully operational!

Pick Summary

We have 10 people in this pool, so the prizes are as follows:

Prizes Total $200

1st 60% $120
2nd 25% $50
3rd 15% $30

Good luck to everyone!

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2010 NFL Playoff Pool

admin — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 07:14:30 +0000

The Playoff Pool details are up. Check it out and sign up!

2010 NFL Playoff Pool

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Final Standings

admin — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 06:54:32 +0000

Final Standings and Account Balances for the 2009 NFL Pool.

Julian and Steve tied for 1st overall, so they will split the 1st and 2nd place prize.
Joe took 3rd overall, and won the suicide pool.
Steve took the 2nd half.
Julian took the 1st half.

Steve and Julian also won 3 weeks apiece, so they really were the big winners this year. Outstanding!

Congratulations to all of our winners this year and thanks to everyone for playing. For those that were pure donaters this year, THANKS! We’ll see you next year!

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Tiebreaker

admin — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 01:53:31 +0000

I just looked for the rules concerning a tie for first place overall. There aren’t any. And I don’t recall it ever happening before…

UPDATE – it happened in 2007 (oddly enough that one also involved Buckshot), and the tie stood!

So if NYJ can hold off the fierce Bengal attack and win by at least 10 then Steve and Buckshot will split the first place money.

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Unexpected

admin — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 00:45:32 +0000

In an unexpected (and wildly unpopular) move, Steve Moore has slipped into both the overall lead and the lead for the second half standings. With only one game left the second half money is locked up, but Julian could still tie Steve for the overall if the Jets can hold the line (-9.5) against Cincy tonight.

Good luck to both of you tonight!

Tino has a solo lock on third overall. Tino also won the Suicide Pool with his Minnesota pick and after Denver (Rich’s final pick) through up a turd against KC. Ouch. Congrats Tino!

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Down to the short strokes…

admin — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 18:09:03 +0000

Updated Standings and Account Balances.

With only one week of regular season play left in our pools, things are really heating up!

There are only two players (Rich and Tino) left in the suicide pool, and neither of them have easy picks ahead of them this week. If they both pick winners or losers then they will split the money. But if only one picks correct he will get all the bananas!

The main pool is also pretty tight after Julian gave up some of his lead in the overall in week 15, but managed to hold on pretty well in week 16, so he has a fairly comfortable 4 point lead. Not impossible to give that up, but he’s probably OK. There are 3 players in position to win the 2nd and 3rd place prizes.

I kinda sucked it up for the second half points by giving up 4 points to Joe in week 16, so he now sits in the lead by 1 point. That race is wide open with 4 players within 4 points of the lead. This will be a crazy week, with lots of teams sitting their regular starters while lots of other teams are still trying to clinch their playoff spots, so anything can happen!

Good luck to everyone for the final week of play, and start getting ready for the playoff pool too!

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Friday Game this Week

admin — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 16:02:11 +0000

Don’t let your guard down just because there are no Thursday games this week, because there is a game on Friday instead. Yes, that is Christmas Day! Remember to get your picks in prior to kickoff (7:30 PM EST) on Friday.

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A blowout win…

admin — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 02:13:00 +0000

Steve Moore has won the week already in a blowout victory. This was a tough week for many as not a single one of the favored teams had held the line on their spreads through the end of the early games on Sunday. The afternoon wasn’t much better as only 2 of 5 teams held. This was a disaster for anyone that took the “safe” road and played the favorites.

This was an especially good week for Steve as it allowed him to gain 8 points on Julian for the overall overall lead, putting him into 2nd! It also vaulted him into a good position to challenge for the second half lead as well. There are only a couple of weeks left for anyone wanting to make a move on the overall or second half points! I don’t think anyone has ever made such a large move in one day in our pools before!

Even worse for Julian was the Denver loss to Oakland, which knocked him out of the suicide pool. Only 3 players and 2 weeks left in that one!