OFFICIAL NFL "Pick 'em" Pool (sponsored by AtLarge)

[razorcut]

edit/update:

How it works: You pick the winners in all the regular season games of the NFL. No point spreads, no over/unders. Just who will win each game. The winners are those with the best aggregate records over the whole season.

Who's administering it? MrWebb

entry Deadline: August 31 to signup (you could sign up later but there's no point if you want in on the prizes)

Prizes (courtesy of At Large Nutrition)
1st - $150 worth of AtLarge products
2nd - $100 worth of AtLarge products
3rd - $50 worth of AtLarge products

We will pay the shipping in the continental US and you can choose from ANY of our products.


How to play: Reply to this thread with something like "I'm in" and MrWebb will PM you at the end of August with information for a cbssportsline or similar pick'em pool.

[KingWilder]

I plan to win this for the second year in a row


watch out!!!





this is always more appealing to me than the fantasy football stuff
Hopefully, MrWebb will do it again (I'm pretty sure he did it last year)

[yankeekd25]

I'm in if it happens. I love Football Pools. Any prizes?

[G-Men]

I'm in...but for some reason I always mess up on these. One week I'll get nearly all of them right, next week I get 2 right.

And I guess my homerism gets in the way some times as I pick the Cowboys to lose every week.

[KingWilder]

I'm in if it happens. I love Football Pools. Any prizes?

the right to brag about winning

[sharkall2003]

I'll be in this year. I'll have to start researching a little more, but I'll be in.

[yankeekd25]

the right to brag about winning

iight, works for me. last year i did a pool with my friends and it was fun as hell. there was a $10 buy in and one week i won like 80 bucks. it was awesome... but i'll do this one too for braggin rights. :)

[MrWebb78]

I was planning on starting another pool in a week or so. Maybe with any luck we can have it as a sticky since it is updated weekly throughout the season.

Last year KingWilder picked best, and I was awed that he whooped the ESPN "experts" with their picks.

But I would be glad to run it again this year and tally up the records. Hopefully we can have even more people this year, and nobody misses weeks like they did last year.

[razorcut]

I'm in if it happens. I love Football Pools. Any prizes?

It's gonna happen, don't worry. I'll talk to the admin about maybe a couple cheap prizes.


I was planning on starting another pool in a week or so. Maybe with any luck we can have it as a sticky since it is updated weekly throughout the season.Cool, you're the man. I can either sticky it in gen chat as we get closer, or we can just keep it back here. It may make more sense to just keep it back here since it is officially a "contest".

[KingWilder]

Last year KingWilder picked best, and I was awed that he whooped the ESPN "experts" with their picks.


and I would have never known if you hadn't told me haha

[sharkall2003]

If we make this into competition can we have like a winner kind of thing. Like, let say that we all pitch in and buy something and then winner gets a shirt of somethign from ALN? Or is that a no go?

[KingWilder]

I buy stuff from ALN all the time...a free t-shirt for the winner of this wouldn't be TOO much to ask for at all...at least IMO :rolleyes:

we'd prob. have to PM Chris or Daniel though (assuming they don't look at this thread)

[razorcut]

give me some time. i'll work on a prize or two. :thumbup:

[Guido]

I'll do it again. I think I got 3rd or 4th last year. Not too bad.

[razorcut]

It's official: Chris has been kind enough to pledge a tub of protein and an ALN t-shirt to the winner. Be sure to thank him for his generosity. Good luck with your picks. The razor is bringing his A game this year.

[KingWilder]

It's official: Chris has been kind enough to pledge a tub of protein and an ALN t-shirt to the winner. Be sure to thank him for his generosity. Good luck with your picks. The razor is bringing his A game this year.

DUDE


that's awesome

wish we coulda had that last year :rolleyes:

[yankeekd25]

Thanks Chris! I absolutely cannot wait for the season to start!! I did pretty good last year in my own football pools so expect some competition Wilder and everyone.

[sharkall2003]

Thank you, Chris(t). You're the best! Now, all I have to do is win.

[ddegroff]

I'm in, didn't do it last year but it would be fun.

Especially for such great prizes, thanks Chris!!

[Talking_God]

I'm in!

And yes, mucho gracias Chris & Daniel

[LouPac]

I'm in.

Props to Chris and Daniel!

[stallion]

I'm not sure if we need to RSVP for this thing, but I'm in.

I did average at best with missing a week last year, and I plan on winning this year. But, then again, who doesn't?

[sharkall2003]

Stallion, I don't know how you plan on winning. I already came in first place! Send that tub and shirt my way. :)

[chris mason]

I'll talk to Daniel, perhaps we can even up the prize ante a bit. Let's see how many total people join this contest.

Chris

[Mike G]

I'm in. I take an XL and chocolate Nitrean. Thanks. Seriously, MrWebb, thanks for taking the time to run it. Chris and Daniel, thanks for the donations. Should be fun.

[razorcut]

Thanks again to Chris. Looks like this is going to be even bigger and better than last year.

[MrWebb78]

I'll talk to Daniel, perhaps we can even up the prize ante a bit. Let's see how many total people join this contest.

Chris

Chris that's awesome that you guys would throw in prizes for this thing. I suspect with these prizes being added, we will have somewhere around 35 contestants by the start of the season.

Which just made my job A LOT harder:) Wouldn't offer to do it if I didn;t enjoy it though. Thanks again!

[stallion]

Webby, I don't know how you managed to do it last year when there were only 15ish people. Should there be 20+ this year, I have even more respect to you.

Thanks, dude.

[MrWebb78]

I will ask these questions here first before PMing mods, and starting a seperate "official" thread.

1) since this will be a WBB contest with ALN prizes, should I start this thread in The Contest Forum or General Chat? Will it be a sticky since it will need weekly updates?

2) Last year we almost needed a tiebreaker. What is everyone's input on this? I think the tiebreaker should be between two choices, whoever had the best one week score, or we could start a "mini pool" when the playoffs start and let all involved pick playoff winners. I personally prefer the best weekly score to be the tie decider.

3)

[MrWebb78]

Webby, I don't know how you managed to do it last year when there were only 15ish people. Should there be 20+ this year, I have even more respect to you.

Thanks, dude.

I think Relentless did the update one time last year and was pleased to never have to do it again LOL. I really don't mind it, especially when I thought I was doing it to prove my NFL expertise. Boy was I wrong.

[razorcut]

1) since this will be a WBB contest with ALN prizes, should I start this thread in The Contest Forum or General Chat? check your PMs.


2) Last year we almost needed a tiebreaker. What is everyone's input on this? I think the tiebreaker should be between two choices, whoever had the best one week score, or we could start a "mini pool" when the playoffs start and let all involved pick playoff winners. I personally prefer the best weekly score to be the tie decider.Did we include the playoffs last year in the contest? I honestly can't remember.

[MrWebb78]

No we didn't include playoffs. That was a debate though for a tiebreaker, fortunately we didn't need one.

[razorcut]

I personally prefer the best weekly score to be the tie decider.That gets my vote as well.

[ddegroff]

I personally prefer the best weekly score to be the tie decider.

Sounds good to me.

[JoeG]

Great idea, I'm so in for this.

[chris mason]

Unless Daniel or Scott object, I am cool with you putting it wherever you want. When Daniel and I speak on Tuesday I will talk to him more about this. I love football and think this is a cool contest. I think we could do a bit more in terms of prizes and then promote it a bit more as well.

Chris

[Talking_God]

Unless Daniel or Scott object, I am cool with you putting it wherever you want. When Daniel and I speak on Tuesday I will talk to him more about this. I love football and think this is a cool contest. I think we could do a bit more in terms of prizes and then promote it a bit more as well.

Chris

I guess I better get my **** together..sounds like there'll be a pretty good incentive to win :strong:

[yankeekd25]

Unless Daniel or Scott object, I am cool with you putting it wherever you want. When Daniel and I speak on Tuesday I will talk to him more about this. I love football and think this is a cool contest. I think we could do a bit more in terms of prizes and then promote it a bit more as well.

Chris

Since there will be many people competing in this, do you think we should split it up somehow? Like maybe have divisions, or even two different contests? If there are 20-30 people it might get a little sloppy. If you guys are generous enough to offer more prizes I think this would be a better way of doing things. Just a little suggestion, but do whatever you think is best.

[MrWebb78]

If this thing gets really big, as I think it will, maybe it would be best to register with a football pool website. Then everyone involved can just login to that and make picks and we won't have to worry about double checking edited picks, or people missing cutoff times, and this thread won't turn into a 35 page mess with everyones weekly picks and smack talk.

I'm looking into free sites right now, just haven't found one I'm overly impressed with yet. Let me know how this sounds to everyone, I still have no problem counting wins/losses every week, but as mentioned earlier it could get very sloppy, and I would hate to error with awesome prizes involved.

[yankeekd25]

I'm down with a website.

How's this one?

http://www.footballfrenzyonline.com/main/playerpicks.asp

[Guido]

I'd be fine with your idea, Webb. However is easiest to track it would be best. Would eliminate some possibility for counting error's, anyway.

[razorcut]

I agree using a website might make the most sense if this thing continues to grow and turn into a monster. I was involved with one on cbssportsline.com last year. I thought it was pretty user friendly. It essentially does all the work for you. You just have to make sure you remember to get your picks in before kickoff of that 1st round of games on sunday or you're screwed.

[yankeekd25]

Cbssportsline.com is good, and yahoo.com is good too. Yahoo holds up to 50 people in one group. You just have to make a private group and get everyone to sign up.

[Relentless]

I officially give this contest my blessing.

I will get around to editing the first post in this thread to reflect all entrants so we have a master list.

If you plan to compete, please say so in this thread (if you haven't already)and I'll add ya to the list.

[sharkall2003]

Okay, Relentless, I am officially asking to compete.

[yankeekd25]

Count me in.

[MrWebb78]

I officially give this contest my blessing.

I will get around to editing the first post in this thread to reflect all entrants so we have a master list.

If you plan to compete, please say so in this thread (if you haven't already)and I'll add ya to the list.

How about we set joining the pool(the master list) to a deadline of August 31st. Then that will give me til Sep 6th to give all participants the league info/passwords/other info so they can join and make picks.

I will make a league in either yahoo or cbssportsline, depending on the number of participants, and then PM everyone the league info immediately afterwards to make sure everyone gets on board.

[Relentless]

Whatever you think will work best is fine with me, Webb.

[chris mason]

Ok, update, and you guys help spread the word. Here is what we will do for the top 3 (you guys set the criteria for the top 3):

1st - $150 worth of AtLarge products
2nd - $100 worth of AtLarge products
3rd - $50 worth of AtLarge products

We will pay the shipping in the continental US and you can choose from ANY of our products.

Chris & Daniel

[razorcut]

OUTSTANDING! That's really above & beyond what any of us expected. Thanks a million guys.

[sharkall2003]

Holy begeebers. Damn. That's like two free months of supplements coming my way. :)

[chris mason]

OUTSTANDING! That's really above & beyond what any of us expected. Thanks a million guys.

You're welcome! Now, make sure everyone knows about this contest and our sponsorship!

[yankeekd25]

Chris Mason man, your such a beast lol. Not only do you make the best protein but you also offer tons of it to the top 3 winners. :thumbup: :clap:

[sharkall2003]

I'll make sure that when I squatt 405 I send my thanks out to ALN.

[ddegroff]

Wow ALN really upped the anty. Thanks guys!

This should be fun!

[KingWilder]

yeah this is awesome

we should name the thread:

AtLarge NFL "Pick 'em" Pool 2007

or ALN NFL "Pick 'em" Pool '07

you get the idea

[Guido]

Ok, update, and you guys help spread the word. Here is what we will do for the top 3 (you guys set the criteria for the top 3):

1st - $150 worth of AtLarge products
2nd - $100 worth of AtLarge products
3rd - $50 worth of AtLarge products

We will pay the shipping in the continental US and you can choose from ANY of our products.

Chris & DanielThat would be amazing. (Hope I win!)

[thoughtshewas18]

i'de like to be entered into this contest :)

[Talking_God]

Yeah i'm for sure in now

[WBBIRL]

I was in last year, missed a week and still was up there... if not for that week I'd probably have been top 3. It was the same reason that I missed a good bit of fatansy football in relentlesses league ( I think he ran it).

I'd be game to do it again, and I can't say for %100 sure right now but I'd more then likely be able to contribute a small amount for the prizes. I have to see how my college expenses work out.

Its also really incredible what ALN is contributing as well! Are you guys all planning on participating in the pool?

[Bako Lifter]

I'm in.

[G-Men]

Wow, I love this place.

[ncsuLuke]

im in

[ADT]

Ok, update, and you guys help spread the word. Here is what we will do for the top 3 (you guys set the criteria for the top 3):

1st - $150 worth of AtLarge products
2nd - $100 worth of AtLarge products
3rd - $50 worth of AtLarge products

We will pay the shipping in the continental US and you can choose from ANY of our products.

Chris & Daniel

Wow! I guess those Nitor advertisements in Muscular Development were successful! ;)

Sign me up for the contest!

Best,
ADT

[razorcut]

i'm in

[bill]

I'm in, so is everyone's picks posted, for each person to see every week?

[sharkall2003]

And where do I join at on Yahoo? I have no clue as of right now

[Bob]

Please count me in...

And thanks Chris & Daniel for prizes... awesome!!

[yankeekd25]

And where do I join at on Yahoo? I have no clue as of right now

I'm with Shark. Has this been created yet? Also, are we going to be playing with point spreads or just straight up wins/ losses?

[ray34iyf]

I'm in!

[Rock Steady]

I'm in. Thanks!

[KingWilder]

I'm sure it's obvious, but I'm not taking that chance...

I'm in

[Relentless]

I'm sure it's obvious, but I'm not taking that chance...

I'm in

Would it be so wrong to accidentally ban KingWilder? Just for a couple of weeks, you know, if I like pushed the wrong button or something. :p

j/k

[pbal17]

im in

[chris mason]

Wow! I guess those Nitor advertisements in Muscular Development were successful! ;)

Sign me up for the contest!

Best,
ADT

Lol!

[KingWilder]

Would it be so wrong to accidentally ban KingWilder? Just for a couple of weeks, you know, if I like pushed the wrong button or something. :p

j/k

haha, NOT cool

I'll probably lose this year anyway :cry:

[Relentless]

haha, NOT cool

I'll probably lose this year anyway :cry:

The odds are strongly against you having as good a year this year as you did last year.

[Relentless]

Also: Note to self... HOU over JAX is a safe pick. Not all teams can beat JAX on a good day but lowly Houston always seems to have their number. This may no longer be true with Carr's departure, mind you.

[sharkall2003]

So, are we posting our picks in this thread?

[MrWebb78]

So, are we posting our picks in this thread?

No. Right now I am just waiting one more week to allow everyone whop wants to play to say so. Then on Sept. 1st everyone will get a PM from me telling you where to go to register to play. It will probably be on cbssportsline.com, maybe yahoo, depending on how many people want to play.

Then every week you will just login to that site and make your picks.

yankeed, NO POINT SPREADS. just pick winners and losers.

[MrWebb78]

as of right now there are 24 members entered. I would assume, considering the prizes, that people who don't even like football would sign up and give it a try.

[Talking_God]

I can't wait for this :D

[razorcut]

It will probably be on cbssportsline.com, maybe yahoo, depending on how many people want to play.

One of the advantages to cbssportsline (don't know about yahoo...have never used their system) is that everyone's picks aren't revealed until all picks are in. KingWilder wouldn't have mine to cheat off this time around. :D

[WBBIRL]

Count on me not missing a week like I did last year, and on me finishing top 3. You read it here first.

Things are also looking decent that I can make a contribution, I won't know for 100% sure for just a bit longer. Not sure how its going to work if the contest already started. Divide the contribution up in a 65%, 25%, 10% fashion among the top 3?

[sharkall2003]

Are there any links to this? I don't know where to start looking for the pool.

[MrWebb78]

Are there any links to this? I don't know where to start looking for the pool.

You will have a PM this weekend from me giving you the link to the pool.

[sharkall2003]

You will have a PM this weekend from me giving you the link to the pool.

Gotcha! Thanks. I guess I read something wrong. I saw *24* members in the pool. I assumed it was already up.

[Talking_God]

I'm assuming I'm in this, since I posted like, 9th I think. Hope I didn't miss this like I did the fantasy league

[MrWebb78]

Yes you're both counted. I have all names written down who have shown interest in the pool.

[Talking_God]

sweet, thanks Webb :)

[thoughtshewas18]

ARE YOU READY FOR SOME FOOTBALLL!!!!?????

[seK]

ARE YOU READY FOR SOME FOOTBALLL!!!!?????

That'll Move The Chains

[yankeekd25]

Invites go out this weekend right? I cannot wait for the season to start.

[MrWebb78]

I have PM'd everyone on the list!

I apologize for sending two PMs to everyone, but my first one didn't include the link. http://football.fantasysports.yahoo.com/pickem

If you have NOT received a PM for some reason, get a hold of me ASAP so I can send you the info to sign up and make picks.

Yahoo seems pretty simple as far as make picks and it counts em. No Point spreads, No confidence pioints, just simple right and wrong picks. Deadline is 5 minutes before the start of each week.

Good luck all.

[Talking_God]

Under the group picks, can other people see each others' picks?

[MrWebb78]

no. It shouldn't show everyones picks until game day, after the deadline.

[Talking_God]

Ok..good stuff. I was just curious

[sharkall2003]

Yes, they can see your picks. I just submitted mine. But, maybe I can only see mine? Either way, I submitted mine early. I won't have time tomorrow or Thursday for submission of the picks. Good luck everyone. Prepare to get PWN3D.

[MrWebb78]

you should only be able to see your own. When you select group picks, you can tell who has submitted picks, and who hasn't, but not WHO they selected. That shouldn't pop up until game day.

[sharkall2003]

Okay. I thought I was the first to submit, but then when I read the thread I thought that maybe other picks didn't show. Thanks for the clarification.

[thoughtshewas18]

man, week 1 is always the toughest for me, lol....

this is going to be fun :)

[Talking_God]

Yup..I already picked yesterday or the day before..don't remember. Ima get pwned the first week haha

[LouPac]

Let's get it on!

[dahljr]

am i to late to join? :cry:

[Talking_God]

KingWilder..way to be the lone bastard to choose NO :)

[KingWilder]

yeah and that decision is kicking me in the balls right now

[Talking_God]

By the end of the first half I thought you may have had something. And now, at 9:15 in the 4th. I'm feeling a little bad for you :(

If it makes you feel any better my choices are going to rape me this week. Particularly the Bears game. I think I was the only Bear pick lol

[KingWilder]

The funny this is, (for the tiebreaker portion) I said Indy would score the most points

oops, oh well

[Talking_God]

Haha...go figure.

[MrWebb78]

everyone is beating KingWilder!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[KingWilder]

enjoy it while it lasts....EVERYONE...ha

[Talking_God]

hahaha yay :)

[yankeekd25]

yeah and that decision is kicking me in the balls right now

Indy is a beast of a team at home, in the dome, especially with crowd charged up from the super bowl victory. Peyton picked apart the secondary, and Addai picked apart the front 7. Also, if the Colts keep this up with their defense, they are the best team in football.

But Wilder I noticed you and a bunch of ppl took ARI over SF Monday night. That was one of the games I was going back and forth on. I wanted to pick ARI but the name Frank Gore was ringing in my head. That game, the Packer game ('cuz I'm a homer), and the BAL/CIN game is gonna come back and hurt me.

[thoughtshewas18]

wow, indi looked great- if that defense compliments their terrific offense all season they could yet again be a threat to the dolphins perfect season.

The dolphins could have had Drew Brees! we could have built our franchise around this gentleman, he looks much faster and AGILE this year too. New Orleans will go far in the NFC.

Webb with the lone pick of TB over SEA. WHAT DO YOU KNOW THAT WE DON'T?!?!? :):):):)

[sharkall2003]

Irl and I have nearly identical picks. I guess we're going to be the leaders.

[Talking_God]

I was also torn between AR & SF....That one's probably not going to turn in my favor.

[thoughtshewas18]

i chose buffalo over denver, i gotta stop smoking!

[stallion]

Buffalo will beat Denver.

Wilder and I agree.

[WBBIRL]

Irl and I have nearly identical picks. I guess we're going to be the leaders.

You know it. I'd have picked the packers over the eagles if the packers had anything that even resembled a college level running game... but without that the load will put be on favre's shoulders and unless they start out by putting up points it could get ugly.

I think the SF ARI game will be really close, but I think SF will win it by 3.

HOW can you bet against the colts LMAO, unless its a playoff game the colts are an automatic choice. Even if they do lose 2-3 times you still got 13-14 W's off of them... an even trade off in my book.

[Talking_God]

Me, IRL and Sharky have pretty similar picks, I think there's only 2 or 3 that're different. I can live with that lol

[MrWebb78]

What a finish for Denver. I thought I had that game. grrrrrrrr

[KingWilder]

I'm so pissed

a bunch of today's games are coming down to the last few plays

[yankeekd25]

How bout them Packers boys? Some win today... Defense stepped up huuuge today. Good going to the guys that pick em to win!

[Talking_God]

**** the packers. I'm pissed.

[KingWilder]

wow, horrible call in the SD/CHI game

if SD loses because of this bull**** I'll be even more pissed

[ADT]

wow, horrible call in the SD/CHI game

if SD loses because of this bull**** I'll be even more pissed

No kidding. It wasn't even close. He was WAY offsides! ...and yes I picked San Diego to win! :p

ADT

[Bako Lifter]

What a finish for Denver. I thought I had that game. grrrrrrrr

HAHAHA! That's what you get! :p

[Talking_God]

Rex Grossman should die. 'Nough said.

[yankeekd25]

I missed two games today. The two games that I never thought were gonna mess me up- Ten/ Jac and Car/ Stl. Overall, a good opening week for me.

[MrWebb78]

Even though we are not using yahoo's tiebreaker system, I picked the highest and lowest scoring team correctly.:) what does this mean? NOTHING

I picked Tampa bay, but I don't remember picking them. I knew they wouldn't win, hell everyone did.

[Bako Lifter]

I just checked the picks, damn I'm good. The only one I've missed is the Green Bay game. Now I need the Ravens, 9ers, and Cowboys to step it up.

[WBBIRL]

I messed up 3 picks so far, but I at least feel as though philly should have won that game aginst GB.

I did get to see it all (in very sexy HD I might add) and it was a good game to watch. Green Bays Offense sucked big ones, I saw a lot of mistakes comming from people on the packers team that you don't expect mistakes out of. Pass Interference on Donald Driver and Illegal Contact on Woodson... those types of players usually don't make stupid mistakes.

Greenbays defense REALLY stepped it up when called upon, Al Harris is a trooper for playing (especially as well as he did) after the injury. Greenbays FG kicker is a stud. GB's running game sucks as well.

If the packers could get something together on offense then they have a shot at making the playoffs. But unless there is improvement, mainly from the offense and GB's secondary, any playoff appearance will be short lived.

The eagles shot themselves in the foot as far as special teams are concerned. They played well on offense for how well GB's defense did at times, and play consistently on defense.

The pack never should have been in that game, they only scored 9 offensive points and even some of those were due to special teams mistakes on the eagles part.

DET @ OAK

I TOTALLY forgot that oakland doesn't have randy moss anymore... thats a big DING FRIES READY on my part.

HOU @ KC

I really expect KC to get a good enough ground game going to pull a win out... this was probably my poorest pick so far. I didn't really research this one much. I probably won't go with KC too much more in the future after seeing how badly they struggled on offense.

[Talking_God]

I feel ya IRL, GB and KC ****ed me over today. Oh..and did I mentio Rex Grossman should die?


I was worried about the Cowboys here for a little bit too, but they took the necessary steps to keep me from hating them.

[Bako Lifter]

Yep, I'm sittin comfy in the top spot ;).

[Talking_God]

I noticed all of the leading people (12+pts) chose ARI over SF except Bako. Any reasons as to why? just curious

[Bako Lifter]

The game is @ San Franscisco.

And the Cardinals are a bad team, at least until they prove other wise. The past few years it's been "omg, the cardinals are loaded, this is their year!", but I'm not falling for it this year. They suck. :thumbup:

[sharkall2003]

I have two wrong picks. Damnit! I'm not in the lead.

[Talking_God]

The game is @ San Franscisco.

And the Cardinals are a bad team, at least until they prove other wise. The past few years it's been "omg, the cardinals are loaded, this is their year!", but I'm not falling for it this year. They suck. :thumbup:



That's why I chose SF lol

[KingWilder]

screw SF, Arizona might surprise you


or I'll continue to suck this week :)

[MrWebb78]

Niners are going to be 10-6 this year. Arizona will be the opposite.

[Talking_God]

Niners are going to be 10-6 this year. Arizona will be the opposite.

The trick is, deciding who those 6 games are going to be against haha

[yankeekd25]

This was a pick I was going back and forth on. I gave the edge to Gore and the 9ers cause they are at home. Every year people say the Cards are gonna be better, but they haven't. Until they show me something, I'm not picking them to win.

Bako, if Cincy wins tonite then you and me are tied my friend.

[Guido]

AHHHHHHHHH!!!!! I forgot to pick for the two Monday night games!!!!

Dammit dammit dammit dammit!

Is it too late even if I just say who my picks are now?

I pick:

Cincy over Baltimore
SF over Arizona

[KingWilder]

I think whoever our Commissioner is (I'm guessing Webb...or whoever set it up) can change picks

I'm okay with it since the games are hours away, I don't see why there'd be a problem

[Guido]

I was just wondering because it won't let me change it on there myself.

Webb, can you change it for me?

[Relentless]

Don't get hung up too much on Week1 success, kids. :)

The pool is won by being CONSISTENTLY right all season.

I am still a bit in shock that I picked Atlanta. I don't recall feeling a surge of irrational optimism. Maybe I made a mistake? :) STL, KC and PHI were all honest picks though. Carolina really stepped it up, Green Bay got lucky, and Houston was less bad than KC.

[Talking_God]

I like your outlook on KC/Hou Relentless haha.


I'm pissed about the Bears. Not about Rex this time. Mike Brown's out for the rest of the seasons. ACL injury. ****

[MrWebb78]

I was just wondering because it won't let me change it on there myself.

Webb, can you change it for me?

Did you figure it out? Cause it shows them picked. You should always be able to change that days games up til 5 minutes before kickoff.

[sharkall2003]

Before it said specifically that you could pick up to five minutes before the start of the first game for the week of. So, you shouldn't be able to change your picks.

[Guido]

Did you figure it out? Cause it shows them picked. You should always be able to change that days games up til 5 minutes before kickoff.Yep. Figured it out. Phew!

[Bako Lifter]

Thank you Ed Reed :).

[Talking_God]

This Cincinatti game is interesting.


This interception better not get overturned

[Talking_God]

YES interception stands!!!

[Talking_God]

Thank you Ed Reed :).

Thank you Ocho Cinco for the block for the touchdown. Momentum in favor of the Bengals :)

Damned shame Bako.

[Bako Lifter]

Thanks again Ed Reed :).

[Talking_God]

****. What's with all the close games. ahhhhhhhhhh ****

[Bako Lifter]

Worst play call of the year. You fkng suck Billeck.

[Bako Lifter]

GRRRRRRRR! Why don't you suck a dk you stupid coach!!! Run it on the goal line ******!!!

[Talking_God]

That was an intense ****ing game.

[yankeekd25]

I'll take a 14-2 opening week if SF can win this game. Leinart looks terrible, as does his O-Line. I've never gone 14-2 in any week let alone the first of the year.

BTW... Great win by Cincy. Nice grind it out game. Defense did just enough and offense took advantage of the turnovers. Was anyone else disappointed by Ocho Cinco's (lack of) TD celebration? I was prepared to be blown away but I sure was disappointed.

[Bako Lifter]

I actually thought he was going to bust out in the Soulja boy dance. It's pretty popular, Drew Carter from the Panthers did a little bit of it after his touchdown. Lol

[thoughtshewas18]

man there was some exciting games this weekend. did any of you catch jason taylor blocking a 60 yard hail mary attempt right into the arms of washingtons' satana moss at the 1 yard line. but jason taylor tackled him at the 2 and it was out of time. CRAZY PLAY

cam cameron first year head coach of the miami dolphins is facing a 4th and 2, on the 4 or 5? yard line , dolphins are down 3-0 with ~: 02 left of 1st half.

HE LETS THEM GO FOR IT, and THEY SCORE. very gutsy play, and i like the coach...unlike a lot of fans that think he is a wuss.

[thoughtshewas18]

chad johnson for preZident. hahahah

[Chris255]

lmao @ bako

[Talking_God]

San Fran is about to make me go postal.

[yankeekd25]

14-2! Best week ever. Looking ahead to week 2... This is the easiest week I have ever seen. Only one tough game and that is SD/NE and that's really not even that extremely hard. I hope to go 16-0.

[Guido]

12-4 I guess I didn't do that bad. I'll take it.

[ray34iyf]

Ha! 13-3 suits me just fine.

[WBBIRL]

I'll take 12-4... I really thought Baltimore would be Cincy, that Green bay would lose (they would have if Phillys special teams wasn't on par with highschool level).

Detroit/OAK was a tossup game to me, and picking KC was a "DUR" move on my part.

I'll pick up the pace next week =)

[ddegroff]

I'll take 12-4... I really thought Baltimore would be Cincy, that Green bay would lose (they would have if Phillys special teams wasn't on par with highschool level).

Detroit/OAK was a tossup game to me, and picking KC was a "DUR" move on my part.

I'll pick up the pace next week =)

Yeah same thoughts here. Except some of my other picks.

Guess I need to pay more attention to the match ups.

The NE/SD game is probably the hardest. Especially with this weeks cheating events.

[Guido]

I still have to pick NE in that game. They just looked deadly against the Jets. San Diego didn't look like anything that special vs. the Bears. I know the Bears D is great, but still, they were getting shut out till the last 9 minutes of the game.

[Talking_God]

It's also home game for NE..unless they get a punishment from the commissioner for that whole spying bull****. Even then I think i'd have to go with NE

[WBBIRL]

Didn't realize NE had randy moss, he seems to be playing again now that he's "happy" with who's around him. When Randys not being a childish baby, he's one of the most dangerous WR's with his size and speed.

L.T. pulled the load against the bears and he could do it again against the Patriots but overall I think the Patriots are better, more balanced team. They will play good defense, but they will really test the bolts D much harder then the bears did.

[Talking_God]

Pulled the load against the Bears? He had 25 rushing yards on 17 attempts and 50 yards on 7 receptions. Take away the 20 yarder he got at the end and it wasn't much of a game for LT.

[WBBIRL]

LT's like a T.O. or Randy Moss

You have to protect against him

[ddegroff]

I still have to pick NE in that game. They just looked deadly against the Jets. San Diego didn't look like anything that special vs. the Bears. I know the Bears D is great, but still, they were getting shut out till the last 9 minutes of the game.

I feel the same way.

Wish I had caught the Bears game tho. I'm sure it was worth watching.

[WBBIRL]

A Defense as good as the bears can make just about any team look "nothing special".

The bolts are loaded on offense, it would be a bad idea to underestimate them.

[yankeekd25]

To me the toughest games are Min/ Det and obviously SD/ NE. I keep going back and forth on these two.

Min has the edge because their defense is better than Detroit's, but I like Detroit's offense a lot better. Detroit is at home, so I might be leaning more towards them.

[sharkall2003]

Minnesota and New England. No more troubles!

[KingWilder]

Minnesota and San Diego

[yankeekd25]

Minnesota and New England. No more troubles!

Why Minnesota? Their Defense? I think the Lions offense will be able to do damage vs Minnesota. They have to many playmakers on the offensive side of the ball. The Vikes won't be able to shut them all down.

As for the NE game, NE seems to be the consensus pick. I'll prolly go with them.

The Rams/ 9ers game should also be a great one. Still deciding on that one as I think about it some more. Rams looked horrible on both sides of the ball vs the Panthers and lost their best O-lineman in Orlando Pace. 49er's defense looked great vs the Cardinals, but the offense struggled a little. Rams defense is anything but solid... Rams are at home looking for their first win, but SF has played the Rams well in the past few matchups. Bulger and SJax had terrible games but will they get any better with the loss of Pace? Too many questions.... Opinions?

[MrWebb78]

SD will tear apart NE. There is too much BS about the spying interfering with the Pats, as well as their players(or player) being suspended for HGH. Those damn cheating Pats.

Also, the Chargers WANT to play this game for revenge against the Pats from last years playoff and the Pats "celebration".

[MrWebb78]

ARI will beat SEA too

[WBBIRL]

Am I the only one to already pick for week 2 or is it that you can no longer see the picks before the games start?

[Bako Lifter]

I picked mine. I can't see anybody elses either.

[MrWebb78]

there should be a dashed line for the people who haven't picked yet, and blank spaces for people who have picked. but you shouldn't be able to see what other people picked until tomorrow morning.

[Talking_God]

AGH wtf is with the cleveland game and the NO game!?!?!? Who saw that **** coming.

[KingWilder]

I'm glad I can afford ALN products on my own


......cuz it doesn't look like I'll be winning anything this year :)

[Talking_God]

I'm glad I can afford ALN products on my own


......cuz it doesn't look like I'll be winning anything this year :)

Dude I hear you, I called almost all the picks wrong this week. Along with most other people it looks like.

[WBBIRL]

I need both New Orleans and Cincy to pick it up. Carolina is really the only team that screwed me so far. SF JUST kicked a FG... I need STL to get a FG and win that game.

I hope only Carolina gets beat. TEN just scored against the colts late in the game.

I could come out of this week sitting pretty, or looking very bad. Last minuet games make me nervous.

[WBBIRL]

Looks like 3 games are going to get me early on... I can still go 12-4 this week though.

Boy am I glad I picked the packers.

[MrWebb78]

3-5 after the morning games. my slump continues.

[Talking_God]

Looks like 3 games are going to get me early on... I can still go 12-4 this week though.

Boy am I glad I picked the packers.

I'm in the same boat. I can't believe Cinci...ridiculous.

[Bako Lifter]

God damn Browns. They aren't televising my game because their fuking game is taking too long!!!

5-2 btw.

[Bako Lifter]

Ok, I have two questions that I can't seem to solve.

1) How do you stop 85?
2) Why do quarterbacks throw at Champ Bailey?

I can't seem to wrap my mind around these two. Btw, Champ just got an INT and Ocho just caught a 30 yard pass in like, triple coverage.

ps. I see everyone picked Denver for today. Wise decesion ;).

[MrWebb78]

You throw at Champ Bailey when your WR is Marvin Harrison.

[ncsuLuke]

well i called the saints loss but i cant believe the texans and the browns won

edit:

and devon hester is a beast....that is all (he just scored as i was typing)

[WBBIRL]

I really can't believe that the Titans almost beat the Colts. I might go with the Titans a bit more in the future then I would have prior to seeing some of that performance.

This week may not be good for me, but it doesn't seem like most people did much better.

[Talking_God]

I can't ****ing believe i'm 4-4. **** the Rams, Bengals, Panthers, and the Saints. Bastards.

[yankeekd25]

Dam.... some how in the crappy week that it was I squeezed out 10 pts without the games tonight and tomorrow. As long as the Packers keep winning, I am a happy man, but this makes the weekend even better! GO PACK GO!

[Talking_God]

I could conceivably go 11-5, which is FAR better than I expected.

[Bako Lifter]

I managed 9. Damn Vikings.

And for the record, Shanahan is a genius. Broncos rule.

[Talking_God]

I managed 9. Damn Vikings.

And for the record, Shanahan is a genius. Broncos rule.

They barely beat Oakland. ...:boring:

[ncsuLuke]

man the chargers are killing me here...so much for me jumping ahead

[yankeekd25]

Tonight the Pats showed that they don't need to cheat to beat a team... and believe me I am FARRRRRRR from a Pats fan, being born in NJ and hating anything related to Boston. This game makes it a little more difficult for me to pick against GB (my team) in the SD/ GB game next week. :)

[WBBIRL]

Tonight the Pats showed that they don't need to cheat to beat a team... and believe me I am FARRRRRRR from a Pats fan, being born in NJ and hating anything related to Boston. This game makes it a little more difficult for me to pick against GB (my team) in the SD/ GB game next week. :)

I'm a big time packers fan myself, to think the packers will beat the bolts is a very poor idea at best.

The packers stand no chance unless Greg Jennings plays and both he and driver have huge days and that defense plays like it did in week 1.

[yankeekd25]

I'm a big time packers fan myself, to think the packers will beat the bolts is a very poor idea at best.

The packers stand no chance unless Greg Jennings plays and both he and driver have huge days and that defense plays like it did in week 1.

Yea... I know... I'm just throwing some optimism out there... LT does not look like the LT we all are used to because he's been facing some great defenses with great D-lines and the Packers D-Line is stellar. All you really have to do beat the Chargers is slow LT and Gates, (not easy, but do-able) and score about 20 pts. Hopefully Jennings does play because the Chargers' secondary is definitely beatable. If Brady and Moss can connect, Favre and Driver/ Jennings/ Jones can as well. Chances are I will pick the Chargers to win in the pool, but these Packers look like they are for real, and the Chargers look very bad. Even against the Bears last week, it took them a while to get the offense going. Defense is the key. You never know what will happen on any given Sunday big boiii.

Edit: Just looking ahead at next weeks games... Really not more then one game is a lock.... will be some tough decisions... one of the hardest weeks I've seen in a while...

[ddegroff]

You throw at Champ Bailey when your WR is Marvin Harrison.

They didn't even do that last year, they threw the ball to Reggie Wanye.

[Bako Lifter]

They didn't even do that last year, they threw the ball to Reggie Wanye.

Yep, Harrison got shut down, just like the rest.

[yankeekd25]

Do you guys think we can just end this pool without worrying about the next 15 weeks? I'm sitting up top with 25 and $150 worth of stuff would be great. :)

[ddegroff]

Yep, Harrison got shut down, just like the rest.

How does two picks sound, one for each of the corner? lol

Oh wait our D-line has just as many as our corner's do, imagine that.


Do you guys think we can just end this pool without worrying about the next 15 weeks? I'm sitting up top with 25 and $150 worth of stuff would be great.

Keep dreaming, there were a lot of wack games yesterday. Your luck will change my friend, :D.

[Relentless]

Do you guys think we can just end this pool without worrying about the next 15 weeks? I'm sitting up top with 25 and $150 worth of stuff would be great. :)

Regression to the mean. Get comfortable with the concept, because it's what you'll be doing. :p

[ncsuLuke]

well looks like im one of the few who got the monday night game right :D

too bad the rest of the week was a little rougher

[Talking_God]

This week was ****ed up. No doubt about it.

[yankeekd25]

Regression to the mean. Get comfortable with the concept, because it's what you'll be doing. :p

Week 3 will be the true test of who knows how to pick (or get lucky). Very tough games on the slate this week.

[Talking_God]

Do you guys think we can just end this pool without worrying about the next 15 weeks? I'm sitting up top with 25 and $150 worth of stuff would be great. :)

You do realize you're only leading by a point right? :rolleyes:

[thoughtshewas18]

week 3 is going to be realll fun =) yankee nice picks bro!

[yankeekd25]

week 3 is going to be realll fun =) yankee nice picks bro!

Thanks man! Week 3 is gonna separate the men from the boys. If teams like the Browns can beat the Bengals and the Bucs can beat the Saints, who the hell knows what's gonna happen in week 3. Many of the games could go either way.

[razorcut]

Definitely a tough week. But my Texans are undefeated.....i'm soaking that up while it lasts (about 5 more days).

[Bako Lifter]

You do realize you're only leading by a point right? :rolleyes:

Who's in second place? :angel:

[Talking_God]

Who's in second place? :angel:

The one who's never good enough to be in first...:p

[G-Men]

You do realize you're only leading by a point right? :rolleyes:

You do realize that's why he wants to end this now, right? :confused:

[WBBIRL]

If GB loses this game aginst SD, its their own stupid faults.

How do you get on the 1 yard line with 1st and goal to go and wind up getting NO points out of that without a fumble or interception. Its middle of the 4th qtr and your down by 4 and you turn it over on downs. RE ****EN DICILOUS

[WBBIRL]

ZOMG, one second after I post greg jennings catches a 57 yard TD pass!

[WBBIRL]

Nick Barnett just picks off rivers and runs it back nearly for a TD, take that bolts.

[WBBIRL]

Nice, 8-1 in the early games!

[yankeekd25]

I was going so well this week until the dam Bengals fumbled the ball away. WTF is up with Denver? God do they suck ass. I can still take this week with a Dal win tonite and a NO win tm.

[MrWebb78]

5 of my picks lost by 3 points or less, I guess that means they weren't BAD picks??

lol, 4 so far, 6 at most.

*shoots himself*

[yankeekd25]

I made a ballsy call taking DET. I knew in my mind that the Eagles were not going 0-3, losing at home to the Lions. Lions beat some crappy teams and their 2-0 start was deceitful. I am truly an idiot for taking Det. I had Philly chosen for the whole week, but something in my head told me to switch it.

*shoots himself with webb*

[Rock Steady]

Nice, 8-1 in the early games!

It's you and me this week, big guy. We'll see how it goes. Not that it matters on a week-by-week basis, and I'm probably pulling for Dallas tonight for other reasons.

[WBBIRL]

Dallas has a big lead, am I going on blind faith with picking the Titans. I don't know for sure, but i was damned impressed with their efforts against the colts last week.

I picked Dallas because I think they would win lol, lets see how it winds out. Not a bad week for IRL.

[yankeekd25]

It's you and me this week, big guy. We'll see how it goes. Not that it matters on a week-by-week basis, and I'm probably pulling for Dallas tonight for other reasons.

I might have a say in who takes this week. If NO manages to win, then there will be a 3 way tie with IRL, me, and Relentless. GEAUX SAINTS!

[ADT]

I had trouble as well on Sunday. This was going to be my "get away from the rest of the pack" weekend but my plans failed. :D

I can't believe KC scored 13 points! That's a lot for them!
Those darn Raiders blocked Dawson's kick!
I can't believe the Giants came back - on the road?
Rex Grossman is terrible. (I should have known that.)
The Broncos losing to Jacksonville in Denver? Ugh!
And San Diego? Who even knows...


off my
:soapbox:

[ray34iyf]

2nd place baby! I'm so damn good I impress myself. :)

[WBBIRL]

I had trouble as well on Sunday. This was going to be my "get away from the rest of the pack" weekend but my plans failed. :D

I can't believe KC scored 13 points! That's a lot for them!
Those darn Raiders blocked Dawson's kick!
I can't believe the Giants came back - on the road?
Rex Grossman is terrible. (I should have known that.)
The Broncos losing to Jacksonville in Denver? Ugh!
And San Diego? Who even knows...


off my
:soapbox:

The packers defense played one hell of a game, it was no mistake. The packers SHOULD have won the game by 7 points more then they did. You can't call them holding LT back like they did luck. The packers have impressed the living hell out of me, they are a playoff caliber team. Not that it matters, because I think this is another AFC superbowl year again.

[Guido]

Oh man. This week was terrible for me. It seems that every game I got wrong was a really close game, too. A few different plays here and there and I could have done MUCH better. :p

[Relentless]

Aside from one boner where I should have known better (Detroit) all my incorrect picks were losers by 3 points or less.

I am wondering if a worthwhile metric in this sort of thing is measuring the # of points by which you were wrong over the course of the season (i.e. if it's a blowout loss for a team you picked to win, you are saddled with a herd of points and the goal is to minimize the points)

[WBBIRL]

A loss is a loss is how I look at it.

Some of these games shouldn't have been that close, and when games are close the winners grin and the losers grit there teeth.

Its on tonight, if the titans win I stand alone at the top of this week... which means nothing =/

[yankeekd25]

28-21 Saints tonight.

[Talking_God]

What pisses me off more than ANYTHING this week is that I picked Green Bay ..then at the last minute "came to my senses" and changed to SD. ****

[ddegroff]

I had trouble as well on Sunday. This was going to be my "get away from the rest of the pack" weekend but my plans failed. :D

1. I can't believe KC scored 13 points! That's a lot for them!
2. Those darn Raiders blocked Dawson's kick!
3. I can't believe the Giants came back - on the road?
4. Rex Grossman is terrible. (I should have known that.)
5. The Broncos losing to Jacksonville in Denver? Ugh!
6. And San Diego? Who even knows...


off my
:soapbox:

1.KC doesn't lose at home. It was close but they pulled it out.

2.I picked Cleveland all week then changed it. It was the raiders time to win.

3.I didn't expect this either.

4.Wrex Grossman showed up last night.

5.I was at the game, the Broncos played like crap. Jacksonville's D is tougher than most think. They killed the run game. Put too much pressure on Jay.

6.They lost three coaches last year. The players need some coaching.

I didn't do to bad this week. Just being consitant.

[Bako Lifter]

5.I was at the game, the Broncos played like crap. Jacksonville's D is tougher than most think. They killed the run game. Put too much pressure on Jay.

I hate you! :p

[WBBIRL]

There is NO reason to be hating on green bay. SD didn't lose because their coaches weren't as good as Green Bays. The packers played better and they won, the chargers on paper had more talent.

Shutting LT down was a big factor in this game, and a coach doesn't prevent LT from getting man handled on the field.

[WBBIRL]

13-3 this week, the only thing that could have went better is yankeekd25 having a bad week... which he didn't.

Lets hope I do this well next week!

[ncsuLuke]

geeze i bombed this week

looks like i have some catching up to do

[WBBIRL]

Oh and take that NFL experts, I > U

[WBBIRL]

Erm... whats going on.

For this weeks games I'm being shown 12-4 when I've only picked 3 games wrong. I should have 33 points and be in a three way tie for second... not fourth.

[ddegroff]

There is NO reason to be hating on green bay. SD didn't lose because their coaches weren't as good as Green Bays. The packers played better and they won, the chargers on paper had more talent.

Shutting LT down was a big factor in this game, and a coach doesn't prevent LT from getting man handled on the field.

The packers did play well. I was getting at the gameplan side of things. If you can't block then talent will only get you so far.

[MrWebb78]

Erm... whats going on.

For this weeks games I'm being shown 12-4 when I've only picked 3 games wrong. I should have 33 points and be in a three way tie for second... not fourth.

I just checked you and it said 12, 8, and 13 out of 16. that does total 33 and it shows correctly on my screen.

[ADT]

The packers defense played one hell of a game, it was no mistake. The packers SHOULD have won the game by 7 points more then they did. You can't call them holding LT back like they did luck. The packers have impressed the living hell out of me, they are a playoff caliber team. Not that it matters, because I think this is another AFC superbowl year again.

Yeah - the Packers are playing solid this year. I don't disagree with you there IRL. I just think that everyone is shocked by how the Chargers are playing. LT 2.7 yards per carry in three games? No one predicted that.

Speaking of teams not living up to expectations - the New Orleans Saints. Geez... Where do I start?

ADT