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Football Pools

It's nearly football season, and for the 5th year, Benchwarmer Baseball will sponsor an online office pool.  This year, we're adding a college pool as well.

 

Benchwarmer Baseball itself does not operate the pool, but the person behind it does (and so far, that's kind of indistinguishable).  The Benchwarmer name came about originally as a plan to do a little cross-marketing.

 

The CBS Sportsline site is used as the pool interface.  You'll need to sign up for a free ID if you don't already have one.

 

I'd prefer this year to try to collect money earlier than in the past, so that we can pay winners sooner.

 

Feel free to pass on the links and passwords to anyone else.  The more in the pool, the more places we can pay out and for higher amounts (though it's also tougher to win).

 

You'll need to enter and have your first picks by September 4.

NFL Pool

For 17 weeks, you attempt to pick the winners of all the NFL games for that week.

  • Along with the winners, you pick a "confidence factor" for each game, ranging from 16 to 1 (or lower than 16 when there are byes).  If your team wins, you score the points you put on the game.
  • There are prizes for weekly winners and for the entire season, as well as a special competition for just picking the most games correctly, regardless of points assigned to the game.
  • Entry fee is $40.  The top winner in 2007 won $255 (with 28 participants).  Weekly and seasonal payouts are determined by the number of entries.
  • You must pick each week by kickoff of the first game of the week.

Even if you've played before, you must re-enter the pool each season.

To enter the NFL pool, go to http://bwfbp.football.sportsline.com/e  and enter the password: bwb2008

 

College Pool

Something new this season, we're going to try out an NCAA football pool

  • CBS picks 15 games each week for you to choose the winners.
  • We're not using a confidence factor for this one - only total number of correct picks.
  • Again, weekly and season-long prizes.
  • The season begins the same week as the NFL season - with the games of Sept. 4-6.
  • We pick through the end of the college regular season (right now I'm unclear if that will be the end of November or the first weekend in December).
  • $20 entry fee as we try it out this season.

To enter the college pool, go to http://bwcfb.football.sportsline.com/e and enter the password: bwcfb2008

 

Above all, it's a friendly pool.  Good luck and have fun.

 

 
 
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