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!
2009 NFL Pool Update
Welcome back to all our returning players (everybody from last year is back this year!) and we also picked up 1 new player!! Please welcome my friend Steve Ward. That brings our total to 14 for 2009.
I have updated all the pool rules, prize details, and account information, and I will start tracking the points and pool status after week 2. Good luck to everyone!
Just a few days left to register…
Don’t forget that that games start on Thursday, September 10th and that all picks for Week 1 must be submitted prior to kickoff. If you haven’t registered yet you can scroll down to the previous post for registration instructions. Invite your friends!
Are you ready for some football??
Here we go again for another season of NFL, Poolaholic style!
We’re back once again with the standard spread pool AND the suicide pool. I’ll be updating the site with all the rules and pricing information soon, but for now you can feel free to register for the pools and start thinking about your picks. There are still a couple of weeks of preseason football to go, and then the big show starts on Thursday, September 10th at 8:30 PM (ET). All picks must be in prior to game time.
I’ve sent out invitations to registor for the pools to all players from last years pools. Please feel free to forward those invites to your friends and family members. I’m not looking to make the pool huge, but a few more prizes to spread around is always a good thing.
Here are the direct links in case you didn’t get the email:
Poolaholic NFL 2009 (Against the Spread)
Poolaholic NFL09Suic (Suicide Pool)
Don’t forget to register for BOTH pools as they are both included in your registration fee. Week 1 Spreads are already available on the site and you can start entering your picks right away!
Easily the best Superbowl in a long time!
Updated Standings and Balances
Well that was exciting. Who would ever have thought that Arizona would be in the Superbowl, never mind that that might actually be IN the game and even have the lead in the final seconds. This was easily the most interesting and the most exciting Superbowl that we’ve seen in a long time. And aside from a few minor officiating controversies, and a close-up on Bruce Springsteen’s crotch that I wasn’t expecting, it was a very entertaining game to watch.
Congratulations to all of our winners in the Superbowl pool this year! Because of a 4 way tie for third, there are a lot of us:
1st – $155 Joe
2nd – $65 Tino
3rd – $10 Aaron
3rd – $10 Adrian
3rd – $10 Bob
3rd – $10 Sean
Pittsburgh vs. Arizona?
So we have a situation here. An unheard of, unexpected, and damn near unbelievable situation. Arizona is going to the Superbowl! Wow.
And our little pool is yet to be decided… It’s down to the battle of the brothers. If Pittsburgh wins then brother Joe will win the pool. If Arizona wins (is that even possible?) then brother Tino will win. Good luck to both of you!
Obviously the loser of this little battle will finish second.
In third we have another unheard of situation. A four way tie. Wow! No matter what happens next week, Aaron, Adrian, Bob, and Sean will split the $40 third place prize! Congratulations all of you!!
To the rest, good luck next year!
Divisional Champions
Probably the biggest surprise in a weekend of upsets is that the only favorite to hold up was Pittsburgh. Although the Steelers had the highest ranked defence in the league this year, they seemed very beatable most of the season. Even still they managed to make the Chargers look like a college team, and they look very good going into the AFC Championship next weekend.
The other upsets were all reasonably predictable, especially Baltimore holding off the Titans (who never really seemed to deserve their amazing record), and in particular I don’t think anyone was surprised that the Giants lost to the Eagles (who beat them in Philly in week 14) as their season ending skid (they lost 3 of their last 4) was particularly ugly (can anyone say Plaxico?).
Jake Delhomme personally managed to ensure that the Panthers would not be able to stand up to the streaking Cardinals by allowing 6 (yes, six) turnovers (5 INT, 1 FUM). On the other hand Kurt Warner looked solid and made some very nice touch passes to lead Arizona to an easy win. Who could ever have imagined that Arizona would be hosting the NFC Championship game?? I wonder what the Vegas odds were on that back in September??
So the lineup for the Conference Championship round will be:
NFC
(Jan 18 @ 3:00 ET)
Philadelphia vs Arizona
AFC
(Jan 18 @ 6:30 ET)
Baltimore vs Pittsburgh
Birds In, Fins/Vikes Out
Well it was a day for the lower seeds as the Ravens and the Eagles preyed on the favorites in the second day of Wild card games. With the way these two teams have been playing lately, this is really no surprise…
So the lineup for the Divisional round will be:
SATURDAY
Baltimore at Tennessee
Arizona at Carolina
SUNDAY
Philadelphia at New York Giants
San Diego at Pittsburgh
Good luck next week!
Indy / Atlanta Out, SD / Arizona In
So the higher seeds held up today (going counter to the Vegas odds AND the majority of players in our pool) and will advance to the Divisional round next week. But the real story is that those of us that took Indy to win the Superbowl are pretty much eliminated from contention in this pool. I haven’t checked to see if we are mathematically out, but I’m pretty sure…
UPDATE: Well, I did a bit of playing and it seems that since nobody took Arizona or San Diego to advance very far, it is still possible for those of us that took Indy to go all the way to win the pool. It’s not very likely, but possible!
NFL Playoffs 2009 Pick Summary
A summary of everyone’s picks is now available:
http://www.poolaholic.com/nfl-playoffs-2009/pick-summary/
We have 13 entries this year and so the prize breakdown is as follows:
| Prizes | Total | $ 260 |
| 1st | 60% | $ 155 |
| 2nd | 25% | $ 65 |
| 3rd | 10% | $ 25 |
Good luck to everyone!
