User Consensus Picks
A new feature is live on the site that tracks user picks from sports sites including ESPN, Yahoo and this site. A consensus pick will be displayed based the picks from all three site.
Check it out live here: User Consensus Picks
Improved Message Boards
Did you know that each free pool has it’s own dedicated and private message board? This feature has been integrated into the main pool screen so you don’t have to click away from the point standings to leave a message.
Let the smack-talking begin!
A Perfect Week
Congrats to Cameryn30 for picking a perfect Week One! 16-0 to start the season.
See the other Top 10 players by pool format on the site-wide on the leaderboard.
New Import Utility
Commissioners can now import their players from a previous game into a new football pool for this season. This works for players from ANY previous game including a football poll from a past year, any Super Bowl Squares game, a March Madness bracket or even an Academy Awards pool.
To use this new functionality simple create your game and then look for the “Import Players” link on the Invite Players page under the Commish Panel.
2009 Seeds and Brackets Updated
The seeds for the Midwest, West, East and South brackets have been announced and are live on the site.
The Play in round takes place on Tuesday, March 17th between Morehead State and Alabama State. The winner goes on to take on top-seeded Louisville in the Midwest Bracket.
March Madness Brackets Available
March Madness Pools are available for setup and recruiting. It is still a few weeks before the actual teams / seeds are announced so the actual brackets will not be available for picking yet.
Clickable brackets and picking will be ready by the end of day Selection Sunday.
Tie Score
Since the Eagles and the Bengals were unable to score in OT we have our first tie since 2002. What does this mean for your football pool?
- No points were awarded in Pick ‘Em pools because neither team really “won”.
- The same goes for Confidence Pools where no rank points will be given for either pick.
- In Pick ‘em ATS pools the tie results in a Cincinnati win since they covered the 9 point spread.
- In NFL Survivor, players who picked Philadelphia were eliminated because their pick failed to “win” outright. (No one picked Cincinnati this week but this would have resulted in a loss as well.)
New NFL Leaderboard
This morning we announce the publishing of our NFL Leaderboard. The top 10 points leaders from the various football pool formats will be updated each week after the conclusion of Monday Night Football.
How do your picks stack up against the best players from the site? Do you have what it takes to make it onto the leaderboard?
Baltmore vs. Houston Rescheduled
Week Two’s match-up between the Baltimore Ravens and the Houston Texans has been moved to Week 10 due to damage at Reliant Stadium from Hurricane Ike.
How will this affect scoring for this week?
NFL Pick ‘Em
The BAL vs. HOU game will automatically be removed and not scored.
NFL Survivor
If you picked either BAL or HOU for Week Two, please change your pick before 1:00pm EST.
NFL Confidence
The BAL vs. HOU game will be automatically removed and all games ranked lower will be incremented by one. So the highest rank for the week will still be 16, but the lowest will be 2 (not 1). This is the fairest way to update everyone’s ranks and not penalize anyone who ranked BAL or HOU high this week.
Example: You picked HOU to win and ranked the game 5. Since this game is not being played, the game you ranked at 4 will become 5, 3 becomes 4 and so forth.
These changes will take effect at 1:00pm (EST).
Monday Night Football Tie-Breakers
Players participating in Pickem or Confidence Pools with weekly prizes can now use the MNF game to break any ties. Tell your pool’s organizer to enable tie-breakers through the “Commish Options” panel.
The final score can be entered as a game total or as predicted scores for both teams. It is up to your Commish to decide exactly how to break the tie (closest to actual score, point differential, etc.).