Thought for the Day: The Rule in Favor of Perpetuities
August 19, 2008
First things first:
Today's theme is "Linking and thinking".
Hey gang, welcome back to another year of NFL Cut-Throat Pick 'Em, brought to you by well, me.
So, as a reminder, here's how it works (and if you have friends/siblings/spouses/etc. who would want to play, just give them my email address and forward this post to them and if you want out, just email me and you won't hear from me again, at least on this.)
For 16 of the 17 weeks of the NFL season, you pick two NFL teams to win their football games. If one wins, you get two points, if both win that week, you get five points. Here's the catch, you CANNOT pick those teams again during the season, win or lose. By picking two teams a week, you're down to having a grand total of two teams to pick from for Week 17. So, as always, it will be VERY interesting. This also means that, like the NFL, you'll have to survive a harrowing bye week, which no one enjoys. The catch is that you can either use the bye by not picking any teams one week, or by only picking one team in two weeks. The catch with that catch is that you forfeit your bonus point for that pair of picks if you split them.
Oh and for those of you who like to plan ahead, here's the NFL Master Schedule for 2008:
http://www.nfl.com/schedules
To play:
Send me the following in an email no later than Sunday, September 7, 2008 at 12:50 PM EDT (unless you want to take the Redskins or Giants on Thursday, Sept. 4, I'll need it before that game's kickoff):
Your name
Your hometown
Your email address (OK, that will be pretty apparent)
Your week 1 picks.
I'll send out results the following Tuesday and then you can just email me your next week's picks off that, etc.
If you have any questions, please feel free to email me.
Enjoy, good luck, and hey, let's be careful out there
Mike's still taking entries for the 2008-09 Ted Marshall Open.
College Pick 'Em:
Game Front: http://games.espn.go.com/cpickem/frontpage
Group: Barker Gang
Password: Barker
Pigskin (NFL) Pick 'Em:
Game Front: http://games.espn.go.com/pigskin/frontpage
The Group name is: Barker Gang
The password is: Barker
(Far fewer people have signed up for the NFL one than the college football one, I suspect due to the popularity of cut-throat.)
I'm sure there are other things, but for now, there it is.
That's all for today, until next time,
I am Craig Barker, not wanting to battle from beginning to end.
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