Playoff Pool Canceled
Unfortunately I’ve had to cancel the NFL Playoff Pool this year. It turns out that I screwed up the seedings for the AFC and some people were able to pick teams in games that couldn’t possibly happen. This is not fair for those players and therefore the only choice I have is to cancel the entire pool.
Thanks to everyone for signing up and I’m extremely sorry to have made this mistake. Better luck and (more diligence) next year.
Playoff Pool Pick Summary
The picks are all in and the pool is fully operational!
We have 10 people in this pool, so the prizes are as follows:
Prizes Total $200
1st 60% $120
2nd 25% $50
3rd 15% $30
Good luck to everyone!
2010 NFL Playoff Pool
The Playoff Pool details are up. Check it out and sign up!
Final Standings
Final Standings and Account Balances for the 2009 NFL Pool.
Julian and Steve tied for 1st overall, so they will split the 1st and 2nd place prize.
Joe took 3rd overall, and won the suicide pool.
Steve took the 2nd half.
Julian took the 1st half.
Steve and Julian also won 3 weeks apiece, so they really were the big winners this year. Outstanding!
Congratulations to all of our winners this year and thanks to everyone for playing. For those that were pure donaters this year, THANKS! We’ll see you next year!
Tiebreaker
I just looked for the rules concerning a tie for first place overall. There aren’t any. And I don’t recall it ever happening before…
UPDATE – it happened in 2007 (oddly enough that one also involved Buckshot), and the tie stood!
So if NYJ can hold off the fierce Bengal attack and win by at least 10 then Steve and Buckshot will split the first place money.
Unexpected
In an unexpected (and wildly unpopular) move, Steve Moore has slipped into both the overall lead and the lead for the second half standings. With only one game left the second half money is locked up, but Julian could still tie Steve for the overall if the Jets can hold the line (-9.5) against Cincy tonight.
Good luck to both of you tonight!
Tino has a solo lock on third overall. Tino also won the Suicide Pool with his Minnesota pick and after Denver (Rich’s final pick) through up a turd against KC. Ouch. Congrats Tino!
Down to the short strokes…
Updated Standings and Account Balances.
With only one week of regular season play left in our pools, things are really heating up!
There are only two players (Rich and Tino) left in the suicide pool, and neither of them have easy picks ahead of them this week. If they both pick winners or losers then they will split the money. But if only one picks correct he will get all the bananas!
The main pool is also pretty tight after Julian gave up some of his lead in the overall in week 15, but managed to hold on pretty well in week 16, so he has a fairly comfortable 4 point lead. Not impossible to give that up, but he’s probably OK. There are 3 players in position to win the 2nd and 3rd place prizes.
I kinda sucked it up for the second half points by giving up 4 points to Joe in week 16, so he now sits in the lead by 1 point. That race is wide open with 4 players within 4 points of the lead. This will be a crazy week, with lots of teams sitting their regular starters while lots of other teams are still trying to clinch their playoff spots, so anything can happen!
Good luck to everyone for the final week of play, and start getting ready for the playoff pool too!
