I think Axl did this a few years back on here, and then I did it on another message board last year.

The rules:

I will post the matchups for each week, pick one game, and one game only, and pick the team that you think will win.

You have until noon on the day of that game to post your team.

If your team wins, you "survive" to the next week.

If they lose, you "die" and are out of the game.

You start the regular season with two "BYES" you may use them instead of making a pick for that week.

If, you team loses by 7 or less points and its a possible bullshit call causing such, you have until noon on Tuesday following the week to post "BULLSHIT" and which game it was for. You will lose ALL BYES that you have left, and you must have at least one BYE to call BULLSHIT.

The winner is the last one standing, and I will give them a prize valued around the $25 range

In the event of a tie, and its not the last week of the season, the people tied will play a slightly different game the next week. I will post details then if I need to.


1st round: preseason week 4: if you play this week and win, you will get a third BYE for the regular season, if you lose, you are still in the game.

Thurs, Aug 31, make picks by noon on Thurs:
Buffalo at Detroit
Carolina at Pittsburgh
Jacksonville at Atlanta
New England at N.Y. Giants
St. Louis at Miami
Baltimore at Washington
Chicago at Cleveland
Minnesota at Dallas
Tampa Bay at Houston
New Orleans at Kansas City
Denver at Arizona
Oakland at Seattle

Fri, Sept 1, make picks by noon on Fri:
Tennessee at Green Bay
Cincinnati at Indianapolis
Philadelphia at N.Y. Jets
San Diego at San Francisco

8/28/2006 9:21:52 AM

nm, missed the preseason pick qualifier.

[Edited on August 28, 2006 at 9:25 AM. Reason : e]

8/28/2006 9:25:00 AM

KC over NO

8/28/2006 9:25:09 AM

sd over sf

8/28/2006 9:26:35 AM

Indy over Cincy

8/28/2006 9:34:50 AM

new england over new york

8/28/2006 9:35:16 AM

Seattle over Oakland

8/28/2006 9:39:51 AM

Dallas over Minnesota

8/28/2006 9:41:51 AM

if you change your team before the deadline

i need to see a bold, underlined CHANGE

if you have HTML, just use h1

8/28/2006 9:52:21 AM

San Diego over San Fransisco

8/28/2006 10:02:45 AM

Atlanta over Jacksonville

8/28/2006 10:14:27 AM

Philadelphia over New York

8/28/2006 10:22:26 AM

Philly over NY Jets

8/28/2006 10:24:00 AM

Colts over Bengals

8/28/2006 10:27:05 AM

Carolina over Pittsburgh

8/28/2006 10:53:01 AM

Chargers defeat the Niners

8/28/2006 10:54:02 AM

sd over sf

8/28/2006 11:13:15 AM

carolina over pitt

8/28/2006 11:18:44 AM

Dallas over Vikings

8/28/2006 11:21:41 AM

Why are you starting with a preseason game?

8/28/2006 11:22:19 AM

mainly to make sure any confusion about the rules happens now

even if they lose the preseason round, they arent out

8/28/2006 11:23:41 AM

San Diego over San Fransisco

8/28/2006 11:47:07 AM

Dallas over Minnesota

8/28/2006 11:48:18 AM

sd over sf

8/28/2006 11:49:35 AM

denver over arizona

8/28/2006 11:55:47 AM

diego over fransisco

[Edited on August 28, 2006 at 11:57 AM. Reason : ]

8/28/2006 11:56:38 AM

so since you didnt mention this at all in your opening post NCSUStinger let me ask

can you or cant you pick the same team more than one week?

cause I would imagine you couldnt but I gotta ask

8/28/2006 11:57:34 AM

ive seen that rule in other games, but i didnt do it last year

you think we need some sort of rule here?

i dont really see how its an advantage or disadvantage

8/28/2006 11:59:35 AM

it just makes it harder because you cant pick the Colts/Panthers/Seahawks every week

your call though

8/28/2006 12:00:27 PM

NEW RULE

you may not pick the same team 2 weeks in a row, but you can pick the same team as many times as possible otherwise

but this rule does not count for preseason to Week 1

8/28/2006 12:01:59 PM

sweet

i wonder how many people will use my strategy of "Pick the team who is playing the 49ers every week"

8/28/2006 12:04:31 PM

just to clarify, does this rule only apply to winning teams?

^lol yeah

[Edited on August 28, 2006 at 12:06 PM. Reason : ]

8/28/2006 12:05:50 PM

i guess, cause if they lose youre done

8/28/2006 12:06:46 PM

that's not what i meant.

like, what if i picked green bay over detroit one week, and then if green bay wins i pick minnesota over detroit the next.

get it?

8/28/2006 12:10:24 PM

YOU ARE HURTING MY BRAIN!!!

Yes, thats fine, I am a firm believer in the concept of "any given sunday"

i mean lets see say we have the 0-10 colts vs defending champ pakers, who wins?

8/28/2006 12:11:07 PM

buffalo over detroit

8/28/2006 12:17:08 PM

Baltimore over Washington

8/28/2006 12:28:29 PM

whale's vagina over nothanks, we dont like vagina

8/28/2006 12:42:07 PM

Quote :

"whale's vagina over nothanks, we dont like vagina"

lol

8/28/2006 12:46:50 PM

no nick names, either city name or mascot name

8/28/2006 12:53:05 PM

jacksonville over atlanta

8/28/2006 1:02:24 PM

Seattle over Oakland

8/28/2006 3:22:10 PM

Seattle over Oakland

8/28/2006 3:24:36 PM

bttt, for the evening crew

8/28/2006 10:48:40 PM

buffalo over detroit

8/28/2006 10:51:52 PM

Seattle over Oakland

(though after tonight should probably say Tenn over GB )

8/28/2006 10:53:32 PM

chiefs over saints

8/28/2006 11:26:01 PM

Cincinatti over Green Bay

8/29/2006 12:54:55 AM

Miami over St Louis

8/29/2006 3:18:00 AM

San Diego over San Fransisco

(^^^^ oakland's undefeated, you sure about that pick?)

8/29/2006 3:26:32 AM