Seamus Haley
Big Game Hunter
Browser error ate my longer post...
Pretty much to sum it up, I've got a few people willing to donate some herp prizes and I'll be adding online gift certificates to the NFL.com shop zone, so making the picks, discussing the game, participating and getting things right is worth the minimal time and effort involved.
I'll post the upcoming week's schedule a week at a time and keep a running tally of points from the preseason to the superbowl. Picks can be made at any time up to kickoff for an individual game, but it'll be easier for me if your picks for the week are all in a single post. Picks made after kickoff won't count (so making them sunday afternoon will remove a number of your choices as being eligible for points) but I don't need a full season's picks up front or anything.
I'll be scoring two points per correct pick, with one point in the rare case of ties going to anyone who made a pick for the game, double points come post season games and possibly double points for selected games in the regular season, announced as they crop up if they promise to be interesting. I may also announce an underdog game from time to time, with double points going to anyone who wants to risk a pick on the team who's unlikely to win (only if they're REALLY underdogish).
People can participate or not participate in any game they want starting or stopping at any time, so if there's a game you don't want to make a pick for or if you miss a week, your points will still be counted- if there's nobody running away as a clear cut NFL guru, it probably will still leave you in the running. However the more picks you make, the more you can get correct and the more points you can amass, you don't lose points for incorrect picks, so guessing is better than abstaining.
The Hall of Fame game on August Ninth kicks off the preseason, so I'll post that and the preseason week one games in a followup post and we can get this thing started. I will be making picks every week myself too... if I beat you all, I'm keeping the prizes (There will be something for the top three anyway, maybe more).
Pretty much to sum it up, I've got a few people willing to donate some herp prizes and I'll be adding online gift certificates to the NFL.com shop zone, so making the picks, discussing the game, participating and getting things right is worth the minimal time and effort involved.
I'll post the upcoming week's schedule a week at a time and keep a running tally of points from the preseason to the superbowl. Picks can be made at any time up to kickoff for an individual game, but it'll be easier for me if your picks for the week are all in a single post. Picks made after kickoff won't count (so making them sunday afternoon will remove a number of your choices as being eligible for points) but I don't need a full season's picks up front or anything.
I'll be scoring two points per correct pick, with one point in the rare case of ties going to anyone who made a pick for the game, double points come post season games and possibly double points for selected games in the regular season, announced as they crop up if they promise to be interesting. I may also announce an underdog game from time to time, with double points going to anyone who wants to risk a pick on the team who's unlikely to win (only if they're REALLY underdogish).
People can participate or not participate in any game they want starting or stopping at any time, so if there's a game you don't want to make a pick for or if you miss a week, your points will still be counted- if there's nobody running away as a clear cut NFL guru, it probably will still leave you in the running. However the more picks you make, the more you can get correct and the more points you can amass, you don't lose points for incorrect picks, so guessing is better than abstaining.
The Hall of Fame game on August Ninth kicks off the preseason, so I'll post that and the preseason week one games in a followup post and we can get this thing started. I will be making picks every week myself too... if I beat you all, I'm keeping the prizes (There will be something for the top three anyway, maybe more).
