# Pick 'em leagues

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pick-em-leagues/819559>\
**Category:** The Game Room\
**Created:** [August 14, 2018, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pick-em-leagues/819559 "2018-08-14T00:22:47Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 9\
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**Author:** ![MadTheSwine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MadTheSwine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MadTheSwine)\
**Post date:** [August 14, 2018, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pick-em-leagues/819559/1 "2018-08-14T00:22:47Z")

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Are there SDMB pick em groups this year?

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**Author:** ![Panther\_Modern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ac8455/32.png) [@Panther\_Modern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Panther_Modern)\
**Post date:** [August 14, 2018, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pick-em-leagues/819559/2 "2018-08-14T01:16:01Z")

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What are pick 'em groups?

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**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\
**Post date:** [August 14, 2018, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pick-em-leagues/819559/3 "2018-08-14T01:20:24Z")

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They’re competitions, usually on Yahoo, where you pick the winners of college football and NFL football games.

I’m not sure there’s still an active college one, but there should be one or more NFL pick ‘em groups this year.

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**Author:** ![MadTheSwine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MadTheSwine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MadTheSwine)\
**Post date:** [August 14, 2018, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pick-em-leagues/819559/4 "2018-08-14T01:21:01Z")

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NFL weekly predictions.

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**Author:** ![MadTheSwine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MadTheSwine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MadTheSwine)\
**Post date:** [August 14, 2018, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pick-em-leagues/819559/5 "2018-08-14T01:22:13Z")

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> [@dalej42](#):
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> They’re competitions, usually on Yahoo, where you pick the winners of college football and NFL football games.
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> I’m not sure there’s still an active college one, but there should be one or more NFL pick ‘em groups this year.

Are they active yet?

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**Author:** ![Panther\_Modern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ac8455/32.png) [@Panther\_Modern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Panther_Modern)\
**Post date:** [August 14, 2018, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pick-em-leagues/819559/6 "2018-08-14T01:36:12Z")

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> [@dalej42](#):
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> They’re competitions, usually on Yahoo, where you pick the winners of college football and NFL football games.
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> I’m not sure there’s still an active college one, but there should be one or more NFL pick ‘em groups this year.

Thanks. I’m sure these will be just as active now that sports gambling is pretty much legal.

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**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\
**Post date:** [August 14, 2018, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pick-em-leagues/819559/7 "2018-08-14T03:25:09Z")

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As far as I know, the SDMB leagues have always been free, but I’d join one for the NFL with $$$

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**Author:** ![Fleetwood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fleetwood/32/271_2.png) [@Fleetwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fleetwood)\
**Post date:** [August 17, 2018, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pick-em-leagues/819559/8 "2018-08-17T13:19:40Z")

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> [@MadTheSwine](#):
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> Are they active yet?

Season doesn’t start until 06-SEP-2018.

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**Author:** ![SenorBeef](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senorbeef/32/2220_2.png) [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\
**Post date:** [August 17, 2018, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pick-em-leagues/819559/9 "2018-08-17T21:19:20Z")

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Hey, I got the ball rolling late this year. [Here’s the pick 'em/survival thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=860645)