Well, since some of you appear to be interested in doing a playoff contest, let's see if we can get enough people to participate to make it worth while and fun enough to do.
Here's the Rules, custom tailored for the playoff rounds that lie ahead:
OFFICIAL RULES
Pick Submission Deadlines
While most people feel it's easier to submit all four of their picks at the same time, you may submit portions of your card on different days if you would like to do so. However, I will impose one single deadline on each game day regardless if you are playing the early game or the late game. All picks need to be submited before kickoff of that day's earliest scheduled start time.
Lock of the Week
You must indicate which pick is your Lock Of The Week. If you forget to designate one of your picks as your Lock of the Week, I will default your very first pick as your designated Lock of the Week. This is not a punishment, but it merely ensures that you at least get a chance to earn an extra bonus point with one of your plays in the event that you completely forget to do so.
Point System
Each of your picks are worth one single point if you cover your side or total. The designated Lock of the Week pick will be awarded two points if it covers for you.
Point Spreads
Each week I will release an official contest Point Spread and Total for each game. This point spread, and only this point spread, will be used for the grading of each players picks. I will attempt to put up numbers that are the most common numbers across the board with two caveats: (1) I don't want stale numbers and will sometimes nudge them a bit in the direction that they appear to be going, or in a direction to ensure more interesting and competitive betting, and (2) every number will always have a hook (0.5) attached to it to ensure no pushes ever occur in the contest.
Playoff Pick Format
We will use a 3 - 3 - 2 - 2 pick format for the playoffs due to the number of games available in each round. In the Wild Card Round and the Divisional Round you will be asked to make 2 regular picks and 1 Lock of the Week pick. And in the Conference Championship and Super Bowl Round you will be asked to make one regular pick and one Lock of the Week pick.
Here's the Rules, custom tailored for the playoff rounds that lie ahead:
OFFICIAL RULES
Pick Submission Deadlines
While most people feel it's easier to submit all four of their picks at the same time, you may submit portions of your card on different days if you would like to do so. However, I will impose one single deadline on each game day regardless if you are playing the early game or the late game. All picks need to be submited before kickoff of that day's earliest scheduled start time.
Lock of the Week
You must indicate which pick is your Lock Of The Week. If you forget to designate one of your picks as your Lock of the Week, I will default your very first pick as your designated Lock of the Week. This is not a punishment, but it merely ensures that you at least get a chance to earn an extra bonus point with one of your plays in the event that you completely forget to do so.
Point System
Each of your picks are worth one single point if you cover your side or total. The designated Lock of the Week pick will be awarded two points if it covers for you.
Point Spreads
Each week I will release an official contest Point Spread and Total for each game. This point spread, and only this point spread, will be used for the grading of each players picks. I will attempt to put up numbers that are the most common numbers across the board with two caveats: (1) I don't want stale numbers and will sometimes nudge them a bit in the direction that they appear to be going, or in a direction to ensure more interesting and competitive betting, and (2) every number will always have a hook (0.5) attached to it to ensure no pushes ever occur in the contest.
Playoff Pick Format
We will use a 3 - 3 - 2 - 2 pick format for the playoffs due to the number of games available in each round. In the Wild Card Round and the Divisional Round you will be asked to make 2 regular picks and 1 Lock of the Week pick. And in the Conference Championship and Super Bowl Round you will be asked to make one regular pick and one Lock of the Week pick.
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