# SDMB NFL Pick 'em and Survival Leagues **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [August 13, 2008, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-nfl-pick-em-and-survival-leagues/459838 "2008-08-13T13:17:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Boozahol\_Squid\_P.I](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/d9b06d/32.png) [@Boozahol\_Squid\_P.I](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boozahol_Squid_P.I)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2008, 7:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-nfl-pick-em-and-survival-leagues/459838/41 "2008-09-21T07:59:27Z")
> [@CatInASuit](#): > > Well after one week, I make it > > Cat 1 - Squid 0 > > I’ll take gloating rights while I can. 😃 Damn. I bet you’re just picking the pretty names, too, right? ---
**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:** [September 21, 2008, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-nfl-pick-em-and-survival-leagues/459838/42 "2008-09-21T23:56:29Z")
We were close this week to almost losing the whole survival league. 6 picked New England, and they’re out. 3 picked NYG and that came down to overtime. 2 picked BUF which was a one point game. ---
**Author:** ![CatInASuit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3be4f8/32.png) [@CatInASuit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CatInASuit)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2008, 10:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-nfl-pick-em-and-survival-leagues/459838/43 "2008-09-22T10:42:32Z")
Ok, who told Miami they were allowed to win like that :eek: That was just a tad unexpected. ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2008, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-nfl-pick-em-and-survival-leagues/459838/44 "2008-09-22T13:30:09Z")
Man, I _hate_ when I second-guess myself. At the last minute, I switched from Jacksonville to Indy…grrrr… ---
**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2008, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-nfl-pick-em-and-survival-leagues/459838/45 "2008-09-22T14:10:00Z")
I was one of those who picked New England for Survival. Yet… I only put 6 points on them in Confidence. What was I thinking? ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2008, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-nfl-pick-em-and-survival-leagues/459838/46 "2008-09-22T14:22:55Z")
> [@SenorBeef](#): > > We were close this week to almost losing the whole survival league. > > 6 picked New England, and they’re out. > > 3 picked NYG and that came down to overtime. > > 2 picked BUF which was a one point game. So congrats to the five of us that are still left? ---
**Author:** ![Kid\_A\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Kid\_A\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kid_A_1)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2008, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-nfl-pick-em-and-survival-leagues/459838/47 "2008-09-22T14:29:55Z")
I deserve a giant kick in the ass for making my (correct!) pick in the SDMB pool and forgetting about my work (money!!) pool. Stupid, stupid, stupid… Stupid asinine system on CBS Sportsline where you have to have your pick in by Sunday at noon. So irritated at myself right now. ---
**Author:** ![Jas09](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d07c76/32.png) [@Jas09](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jas09)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2008, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-nfl-pick-em-and-survival-leagues/459838/48 "2008-09-23T18:14:47Z")
> [@ShibbOleth](#): > > So congrats to the five of us that are still left? Yup, hanging in there (Vox Populi). Fortunately I changed my pick from the Pats on Friday after thinking “Self, why are you picking a team led by Matt Cassel?” ---
**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:** [September 24, 2008, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-nfl-pick-em-and-survival-leagues/459838/49 "2008-09-24T02:27:30Z")
I’m starting to move away from the “save New England for a rainy day” type survival strategies. I generally try to find the worst team I feel confident in every week (like Arizona last week) figuring that while I’m picking Arizona type teams, people are using up their NE, NYG, etc. picks and when they’re in a bind, I can use my blue chip teams. But the NFL changes so much that it may be wise just to use your good teams when you know they’re good, and cross the tougher bridges when you get to them. Anyone playing Salary Cap football btw? I’m like 34th percentile this year, when last year I rocked 98th-99th. I was ranked something like 1300 out of 150,000 last year. ---
**Author:** ![CatInASuit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3be4f8/32.png) [@CatInASuit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CatInASuit)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2008, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-nfl-pick-em-and-survival-leagues/459838/50 "2008-10-06T13:55:33Z")
That’s more like it, much better week for me over last week’s horror. ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2008, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-nfl-pick-em-and-survival-leagues/459838/51 "2008-11-06T12:48:34Z")
Bumping this to remind everyone – Thursday night games begin this week, so don’t forget to get your pick in by this evening… ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2008, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-nfl-pick-em-and-survival-leagues/459838/52 "2008-11-06T15:06:23Z")
> [@Hal\_Briston](#): > > Bumping this to remind everyone – Thursday night games begin this week, so don’t forget to get your pick in by this evening… Shhh! Don’t tell the other two Survival League guys. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![Kid\_A\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Kid\_A\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kid_A_1)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2008, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-nfl-pick-em-and-survival-leagues/459838/53 "2008-11-06T15:52:12Z")
Yeah…Shhh! I don’t want anyone from my office reading that and remembering to set their picks for tonight. And while I’m on the topic… Let me just say that it’s idiotic that I have to have all of my picks set by today at 7:15; it’s just another reason to hate the Thursday night games or be irritated by the guy running the pool. ---
**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:** [November 6, 2008, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-nfl-pick-em-and-survival-leagues/459838/54 "2008-11-06T19:13:16Z")
I’m surprised how long it has been running with 3 guys. Then again there haven’t been many major upsets - I think that had I not gone out when I did, I’d probably still be alive. But still, congrats you bastards. Now go ahead and lose 😛 I had a really good week in the spread league - for the sunday daytime games I was 10/12. I made a bunch of bets too and almost had my best sports betting week every, except my Browns shit the bed again. I had a parlay bets that went 5/6, 4/5, and 3/4 because of that game… for a loss of a potential $800 or so. I still ended up ahead on the week because my other bets are good but that sucked. ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2008, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-nfl-pick-em-and-survival-leagues/459838/55 "2008-11-06T19:37:10Z")
> [@Kid\_A](#): > > Let me just say that it’s idiotic that I have to have all of my picks set by today at 7:15; it’s just another reason to hate the Thursday night games or be irritated by the guy running the pool. I’ve often wondered just what the hell the NFL was thinking when they created the slate of Thursday night games (besides creating leverage for the NFL Network). It seems clear to me that football pools are one of the top driving forces behind the overall popularity of the game – why the hell would they do something that is going to have such a negative effect?? ---
**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:** [November 6, 2008, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-nfl-pick-em-and-survival-leagues/459838/56 "2008-11-06T20:40:44Z")
Pools could just ignore the Thursday night games if they wanted to. ---
**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:** [November 25, 2008, 10:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-nfl-pick-em-and-survival-leagues/459838/57 "2008-11-25T10:53:35Z")
So after 12 weeks we finally have our winners - a tie between **Fear The Turtle** and **Shibb’s Unskilled Hacks.**. Week 12 is a very good run. I’ll be resetting the league so that everyone can play out the remaining weeks. ---
**Author:** ![VarlosZ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d78d45/32.png) [@VarlosZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VarlosZ)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2008, 11:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-nfl-pick-em-and-survival-leagues/459838/58 "2008-11-25T11:42:17Z")
Since this thread has been bumped, I just wanted to take this opportunity to point out, once again, that I’m currently leading both the Spread and Confidence pick’em leagues. When I hold on and win both, it’s going to be quite a feat, and you should all expect to hear about often in the years to come. ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2008, 12:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-nfl-pick-em-and-survival-leagues/459838/59 "2008-11-25T12:26:19Z")
> [@VarlosZ](#): > > Since this thread has been bumped, I just wanted to take this opportunity to point out, once again, that I’m currently leading both the Spread and Confidence pick’em leagues. When I hold on and win both, it’s going to be quite a feat, and you should all expect to hear about often in the years to come. Heck, I’m already tired of hearing about. 😉 Congrats ---
**Author:** ![borschevsky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/97f17d/32.png) [@borschevsky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/borschevsky)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2008, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-nfl-pick-em-and-survival-leagues/459838/60 "2008-11-25T14:36:43Z")
You _should_ talk about it for years to come. I have it as 176 games so far, right? So you’re 102-69-5 against the spread? Wow. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-nfl-pick-em-and-survival-leagues/459838.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-nfl-pick-em-and-survival-leagues/459838.md?page=4)