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Beginner's Guide to the Pick'em All Pool

How Do I Make My Picks?

Every Wednesday morning I'll send out an email with a link to the pick entry page where you can submit your picks for the current week. You'll also see the week's spreads on that page.
The "Favorites" are in the left-hand column and the "Underdogs" are in the right-hand column.
Remember, all Pick'em All picks are against the spread. If you've never picked 'against the spread' before, this is how it works. If you think the Favorite is going to beat the Underdog by more points than the spread, pick the Favorite. Otherwise, pick the Underdog. In the Pick'em All pool ties are a push, which means that if the Favorite beats the Underdog by the spread exactly, nobody wins.
Clicking on a team's name or logo will take you to the team's official website.
To pick a team, select the "radio button" in the middle of the football image next to the team you wish to pick. Just clicking on the football will not work, so make sure the "radio button" is filled in.
Remember to fill out your name (or alias) in the space provided at the top of the form.
You must also fill out the tiebreaker field at the bottom of the page. The tiebreaker is the total points scored in the Monday Night game.
In addition I'll send an attachment with the weekly email. In an emergency, such as if my website is unavailable due to network problems you can edit the file and send it back to me via email (darmstrong@rcn.com). Please use this method only in an emergency.
You may want to print out the pick entry page after you fill it out, although you can print out your picks and all others from the weekly summary page too.
Due to the vagaries of the Internet, players are encouraged not to wait until the last minute to submit picks, as network problems may prevent access to the website. Any email which was sent before the deadline will be accepted, regardless of when I receive it.

Can I Change My Picks Later?

Sure, just go back to the pick entry page and fill it out again. You can change your pick right up until the published deadline (noon every Sunday, or ¹/₂ hour before kickoff for Thursday or Saturday games).
If you don't want to change all your picks, don't make any selection in the games you don't want to change.

Can I See My Picks, And Everyone Else's?

Yes. After you make your picks they will show up on the weekly summary page along with all the picks that others have made up to that point. But since everyone can change their picks right up until the deadline you may want to wait until after the deadline to print out the final picks.
I reserve the right to change the pick summary page after the deadline in order to amend entries which encountered technical difficulties.

What If I Forget, Or I Can't Make My Picks?

If you don't make your picks by the published deadline (noon every Sunday, or ¹/₂ hour before kickoff for Thursday or Saturday games) you'll be given a default pick for any game which you failed to submit a pick for. The default picks will rotate weekly among the following: Favorites, Underdogs, Home Team, Away Team. The defaults for each week are published on the pick entry page.
Also, if you fail to supply a tiebreaker when you make your picks, or you take the default picks, I will use the last tiebreaker value you supplied from the previous week.

How Do I Know If I Won?

You can check out the results page, which I will try to update as the games are completed (if I'm at home and not doing anything on Sunday, that is...).
Results are not final until after the Monday Night game
Also, I will send an email to the winner once the results are final to congratulate them.
The player choosing the most games correctly for the week gets 1st place, the player with the next highest total of correct picks for the week gets 2nd, etc. etc.
Ties will be decided based on the sum total of points scored during the Monday night game. The player coming closest without going over the total score wins. If all player's involved in the tie go over, that player coming closest wins.

Important Links

The links below take you to all the important locations you'll need to enter and check your picks and to check the weekly and total results. I will provide these links in the weekly Wednesday email, but you should bookmark these pages so you can find them anytime you like. The pages are updated every week, but the URLs never change.