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Well, the pot was larger than I had prognosticated: 1,575. Not to shabby for a Thursday due date… and certainly better than the Thursday night game. Ugh. The spreadsheet is posted to the left.
The three most important games are NE-IND, SD-PHI, and KC-OAK, two out of three of which would be worth watching.
One quick...
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I admit it - I fell asleep during the Eagles-Cowboys game last night after barely sleeping this week. Now - 15 hours later - I’ll post what I said I would post.
Possibilities for tonight’s game to take home the entire record pot of 2,480:
Pittsburgh
2-46 Garrett Post
47+ Chris Rose
Denver
Shaun Smith
No split pots possible; one person is...
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Sunday, November 8, 2009 at 8:03pm Posted in NFL | football
For the record pot of 2,480:
DAL + PIT (12-1)
2-46 Garrett Post
47+ Chris Rose
DAL + DEN (12-1)
Shaun Smith
PHI + PIT (12-1)
2-37 Ryan R.
38 Ryan R. + Capt. Stabbin (split pot)
39-42 Capt. Stabbin’
43 Capt. Stabbin’ (split pot)
44+ Dan B.
PHI + DEN (11-2)
2-34 Todd
35-36 Ryan R.
37-38 Jessica Miller
39-40 Capt. Stabbin’
41-43 Shaun Smith + Charlie Brown (split...
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Sunday, November 8, 2009 at 6:33am Posted in NFL | football
Quick! Everybody in the pool!
Our old record of 2,155 has been killed. The best part of all of this is that the extra picks I handed out to people only drove the pot higher; we would have broken the record without my freebies to my assistants! I also challenged you to screw me over and...
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Tuesday, November 3, 2009 at 1:37am Posted in NFL | football
First off, congratulations to Barry Wood (my boy!!!) for winning the Week 8 NFL pool, taking home the entire pot of 1,935!!!
Let’s blow that number out of the water this week! It’s time to crash the pot. This is the last weekend before the holiday season where the pool is due on a Saturday, making...
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Congratulations to Johnnie Radcliff, the Week 8 NCAA winner! (90)
Since 90 < 100, that pool is finished. I had so many requests for a college version over the years but it just did not catch on anywhere near the way we had hoped. It was more time-consuming on our end, so honestly I’m not too...
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2:06 am, huh? FAIL!!!
I’m still working on the spreadsheet; I’ll be back in a bit!
- Steve Pogo
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…and it will be the last one. We tried to toss in a few things to make it more interesting and it just scared off a few more people, dropping the pot below 100 and - as per our previously stated condition - makes this the final one. The final pot is 90; the spreadsheet...
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I’m working on the NCAA pool… and a ton of stuff around the house. I will get to the NCAA one soon.
In the meantime, congratulations to Jeannine, our Week 7 winner, taking home the pot of 1,910. Week 8 pick sheet and spreadsheet template are posted to the left. Check back later today for the...
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The possibilities for tonight are in the post directly below this one. I ALMOST went the entire weekend without someone emailing me thinking they were in the running with too many losses (this is why we have the spreadsheet and full disclosure everyone!), but that did get me looking through the spreadsheet and I did...
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Congratulations to the Calkins, the Week 7 NCAA winners! (110)
As for the NFL pool, that number is slightly larger. Once again, we have a season-best pot with Week 7’s total of 1,910. We’re almost back to 2K! The spreadsheet is posted to the left.
It was a pretty smooth week as far as turning them in...
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Pot is 110… again. The NCAA pool survives to see another week; a week in which it will have a whole host of random games from every corner of the obscure Div II & III universe!
I’ll keep it short and sweet and share this mind boggling exchange, discussing adding a stop to our trip to...
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Congratulations to our Week 6 Winners:
Barry Wood, NCAA (110)
Amber Lindsay, NFL (1,710)
Everything you need for Week 7 is posted to the left!
Three quick notes for upcoming pools:
1. If the NCAA pool has a pot under 100 that will be the last one of the season.
2. As long as the NCAA pool extends into Week 8,...
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Pot is 110, spreadsheet to the left!
We decided awhile ago that if the pot dorpped below 100 we would ditch the NCAA pool altogether, but just as a pot of 90 looked like it was going final, Barry dropped in 5 from Stuart so there will be a Week 7! Start promoting it if you...
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Congratulations to our Week 5 winners:
Dumas (NCAA, 175)
“DF - The Commish” (NFL, 1,620)
Week 6 spreadsheet templates and picksheets posted to the left.
Thank you EVERYONE for a stress-free pool this week. No late entries, no random emails, no screw-ups (except for 6 No Picks in the pool.) Let’s keep this up for the rest of the...
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Spreadsheet is posted to the left. Enjoy it!
*Bashing my head on the desk* I literally flipped a coin last night, knowing I would pick Stanford AND Oregon State in the college pool. Stanford for… TAILS! That will go in my second pick. Guess what? I had the low end on the points and an 18-2...
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(NCAA and NFL updates below; NFL tie procedure further down in the post)
NCAA Spreadsheet is up and the pot is 175. That’s up from last week, down from the previous few weeks. You’re not really loving the college version as much as we thought; you should have heard how many people asked me to do...
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What’s up, peeps?! I have the spreadsheet updated (the only update is fixing the amount of no-picks) and the final pot size (which is 1,420.)
Two quick notes… first off, if Todd’s only issue was not picking up some spreadsheets on Saturday night for a pool what was due on Friday, I’d say he did a...
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Hi Todd!!! … and everyone else. :-) (For those of you just getting here, scroll down for Todd’s update)
Spreadsheet works just fine; don’t worry about the “no picks;” the important thing is the formulas work. I have a bunch of hidden cells in there; at the end of the second row there are some totals...
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Well, it’s Wednesday night and I’m personally finished with the pool for the weekend. I will admit, it feels strange handing it over to someone else. It’s like we’re going out and leaving our baby with a sitter for the first time ever. I have five typed pages here for Todd, complete with emergency phone...
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Ok, let’s try that with the right winners:
NCAA (190) goes to Johnnie Radcliff
NFL (1,350) Goes to Kim N
I had two other people up there for possibilities BUT… Arizona did not win. (I’m sorry if you had false hopes, Dan! Someone asked me for possibilities as I was walking out the door and I pasted in...
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Congratulations to Aniunas, our Week 3 winner, taking down the entire pot of 1,180. Also, good job to Barry’s people up there in the Stuart / PSL area for winning for the first time in awhile!
Everything you need for Week 3 (picksheets and templates for NFL and NCAA) are posted to the left.
As a friendly...
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Yes, the NCAA pool came down to the back-and-forth Hawaii vs. UNLV game and it ended at 2:18am, Eastern Time. Congratulations to Al White for taking down the pot of 205. (Sorry, Amber Lindsay… so close!) Call me tomorrow if you’d like to come by for your winnings, Al. If not, I’ll get a hold...
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Pot is 205… again. Yes, back-to-back weeks of 41 entries for the college version. Spreadsheet is posted to the left.
HUGE props to Todd for coming over and helping get this thing situated. He’ll also be the one running this entire thing while I’m out of town, but I’ll get into that more in depth after...
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…and that field goal does it! Congratulations to Monte (and Schumacher for getting their first win in over a year!)
New pick sheets and templates to the left for both the NCAA (due Friday) and NFL (due Saturday).
Good job by everyone this week! Great pools, great games, great weekend (and screw the Patriots, of course). I’ll...
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I cannot believe my Bills snatched defeat from the jaws of victory. Now that I have gone around and picked up the crap I threw around the house during the fourth quarter, I can say that we had 49 points in the first game. Barring a defensive struggle, things look good for Monte!
NCAA pick sheets...
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Sunday, September 13, 2009 at 2:14am Posted in NCAA | football
I just got home and I am catching up on the highlights from today; looked like it was a hell of a Saturday! I also typed in the winners in the spreadsheet and I saw I was doing pretty damn well. Quite I few of us were doing pretty damn well, actually - 6 of...
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Saturday, September 12, 2009 at 1:55am Posted in NCAA | football
Pot is 205, down slightly from last week but hey - NFL is huge, NCAA will be more manageable. Now both the NFL and NCAA spreadsheets are posted to the left.
This will be a quick post because I have to crash out here since we’re up in the morning to shoot a wedding. Also, I...
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Pot is exactly 1,000. Spreadsheet is posted to the left. Good job on everyone’s part getting them to me, especially those who got them here nice and early.
Two years ago we set a Week 1 record with 940 so we’ve already set a new record, albeit just for a Week 1. 200 entries with a...
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Saturday, September 5, 2009 at 2:39am Posted in NCAA | football
Pool is in, the pot is 245, and we are officially underway for the 2009 season! Thank you to all of you participating in our first ever collegiate version of our decade-long pool! (The NCAA spreadsheet is updated and posted to the left)
With the NFL version, I usually have the next week’s pick sheet available...
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What’s up, everyone? It’s nice to see people taking an active interest from abroad this year. As for you guys locally… I still haven’t heard from half of you. If you’re in on the college pool (or the NFL pool due next Wednesday) make sure you have a way of getting them to me. I...
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…and so is this site. Looks different now, huh? The NFL pre-season kicked off last night (and my Bills lost a game - who the hell saw THAT coming?!) so therefore I’m getting my annual phone calls regarding the pool. I think there are about 125 people in my phone that call me twice a...
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Well, they’re up! Now I need some feedback - can everyone use a .doc file in Word or do some of you require them in .pdf format? (They are currently only in .doc). Also, for those of you that use the spreadsheet (especially those who use it as a template) please check and make sure...
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