The Admiral's 2009 NFL Footballapoolooza! Zewone is the 2009 Pool Winner!!!

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Welcome to the 2009 NFL Suicide Pool.

Complete rules are below but it's basically simple. Pick a team each week, never the same team twice, and if they win, you move on. Everyone gets one Bye. Don't be late.

To enter the pool post a team for Week 15 below by the deadline of Friday, January 8th by 8PM EST!

Wild Card Weekend
New York Jets (9-7) at 4. Cincinnati Bengals (10-6)
Baltimore Ravens (9-7) at 3. New England Patriots (10-6)
Philadelphia Eagles (11-5) at 3. Dallas Cowboys (11-5)
Green Bay Packers (11-5) at 4. Arizona Cardinals (10-6)

*** Wild CARD WEEK PLAYERS ***
Zewone - Dallas Cowboys (35)
$hady - Green Bay Packers (42)
Wazzup36 - New England Patriots (40)

*** Results ***
Week 1 Results
Week 2 Results
Week 3 Results
Week 4 Results
Week 5 Cancelled
Week 6 Results
Week 7 Results
Week 8 Results
Week 9 Results
Week 10 Results
Week 11 Results
Week 12 Results
Week 13 results
Week 14 Results
Week 15 Results
Week 16 results
Week 17 Results

See the results from last years NFL Pool.


So get your picks in before January 8th at 8PM EST!
 
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Welcome to the 2009 NFL Suicide Pool run by your host, Admiral Ackbar. The rules are the same as every year, Pinky!

*** NFL Suicide Pool Rules ***

This is all done at my whim and leisure and I can alter rules or prizes anytime I want. I don't plan to, but sometimes the unforseen comes up and I need to be flexible. This will be a fair and fun pool where everyone gets equal opportunity. Please don't take this too seriously. Not to mention, there's always the Admiral's Money Back Guarantee. If you're not satisfied with the way this pool is run, you get your money back. Of course, to join is free, so you.... You get it.


Entry Period

Members can only enter the pool until 8PM EST on Wednesday, September 8th. Approximately 24 Hours before the first game of the regular season. Sometime after 8PM EST, I will lock down the pool and there will be no further entrants allowed. In the interest of fairness this is non-negotiable. So I recommend you joing before 8PM EST on Wednesday, September 8th.

Any CAG member may enter the suicide pool. To enter, just pick your team or take a BYE for week 1. Post your pick in this thread. Players who post their interest in playing but forget to place a pick by week 1 will automatically entered with a BYE.

How do I play?

1) Each week pick a team to win.
2) You may not pick the same team twice.
3) Every player gets one (and only one) BYE to skip a week.
4) If you accidentally miss posting a pick your BYE will be automatically spent to keep you in the game.
To quote Spider-Man, "Everybody gets one."
5) Make sure you get your picks in before the weekly deadline!
6) You may change your pick up until the deadline.
7) If the team you pick loses their game, you're out.

When are my picks due?

There's always confusion on this point so let me reiterate. I run a soft closing. In other words, I may say the pool will close after 8PM on a Saturday, but I might not actually lock it down until I sit down at my computer and look over the latest posts. Which might not be until 10PM or maybe 8AM the next morning. I do this because I can't be at my computer 24/7. And there's always someone who's late or forgets.

I will explicity post, sometime after 8PM on the closing date, that the pool is closed for the week. That post will not happen before the posted time. Make sure your picks are in before the closing time to ensure your picks count!

What if everyone is eliminated the same week?

We have a do-over and everyone survives to the next week until we get a single winner.

What about the playoffs

We've yet to have the game survive until the playoffs.

But based on last years discussions, we developed a new system. You can pick any playoff team, but you must also pick a score. If three people pick the same team, and the team wins, then whomevers score total gets closest to the actual total wins that match.

Example
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New England beats Indy 16-9 = 25

Player A picks Indy 13-21
Player B picks New England 14-7 = 21
Player C picks New England 14-9 = 23
Player D picks New England 21-17 = 38

A loses because he picked Indy. C wins because not only did he pick the winner but his total was closest to the actual total score.

When do picks need to be in again?

Picks generally need to be in the night before the first game of the week. Usually Saturday night or early sunday morning at the latest. Wednesdays for weeks when games start on Thursday.

Do not be late!

Once the week is closed, it's closed. After I close the week, I can't allow any more players in. Picks that are late do not count! So get your picks in! If you miss one deadline and you have a bye it will be used automatically. Otherwise, you're out.

*** Last Words ***

So that's it. Get your picks in, don't pick the same team twice, and remember you have one bye week. Couldn't be simpler. And don't forget that at any time I can change or cancel things since this is being run on my good will. But I don't plan to and probably won't.

Good luck!
 
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The prize for the 2009 NFL Pool will be your very own...

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spot holder, this will be nice being on top of page 1 this year. :cool:

Week 1 San Diego Chargers
Week 2 Minnesota Vikings
Week 3 Baltimore Ravens
Week 4 Houston Texans
Week 5 Free Pass
 
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Week One: Chargers
Week Two: Redskins
Week Three: Ravens
Week Four: Giants
Week Five: Feel better Ackbar
Week Six: Jaguars
Week Seven: Patriots
Week Eight: Bears
Week Nine: Seahawks
Week Ten: Vikings
Week Eleven: Cardinals
Week Twelve: Packers
Week Thirteen: Bengals
Week Fourteen: Titans
 
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glad to see this back.

Week 1: Baltimore over Kansas City :applause:
Week 2: Washington over St. Louis :pray:
 
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new orleans over detroit

just wondering how can you afford to give a dsi, do you get paid by anyone to do this or are you just the nicest person ever
 
week 1: Seattle over St. Louis
week 2: Minnesota over Detroit
week 3: Baltimore over Cleveland
week 4: NY Giants over Kansas City
week 5: n/a
week 6: Pittsburgh over Cleveland
week 7: Indianapolis over St. Louis
week 8: Chicago over Cleveland
week 9: Bye
week 10: Tennessee over Buffalo
week 11: San Diego over Denver
week 12: Atlanta over Tampa Bay
week 13: Cincinnati over Detroit
week 14: New England over Carolina
week 15: Houston over St. Louis
week 16: New Orleans over Tampa Bay
 
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Awesome! I've been looking forward to this for quite some time!! Count me in!

I choose the New Orleans Saints for week 1! Thanks!
 
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Thanks for doing the contest.
Well, I am a man. I am the son of a man that was the son of a man.

Bengals Week 1!!

Well, that was fun.
 
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Reserving my spot for later...too soon to call yet...

Ok, give me Baltimore for week 1.
 
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New Orleans over Detroit for week 1.

Thanks again for holding this admiral. Had a blast doing it last year.
 
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