# SDMB NFL Pick'em And Suicide Pools
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-nfl-pickem-and-suicide-pools/317277
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
**Created:** [August 16, 2005, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-nfl-pickem-and-suicide-pools/317277 "2005-08-16T15:03:40Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
**Page:** 1
### Author:  [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)
#### Post date: [August 16, 2005, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-nfl-pickem-and-suicide-pools/317277/1 "2005-08-16T15:03:40Z")
“Too early”?? Pffftt! It’s _never_ too early to get this underway! We’ve got two separate pools opened up:
[SDMB Pick’em Pool](http://football.fantasysports.yahoo.com/pickem/register/joinprivategroup)
Group ID # - 10390
Password - cecil
[SDMB Suicide Pool](http://football.fantasysports.yahoo.com/survival/register/joinprivategroup)
Group ID # - 7434
Password - cecil
Come join the fun!
And prepare to get your ass handed to you, of course.
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### Author:  [@lno](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lno)
#### Post date: [August 16, 2005, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-nfl-pickem-and-suicide-pools/317277/2 "2005-08-16T15:10:23Z")
lno’s losers, ready to take it to the house.
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### Author:  [@RyJae](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RyJae)
#### Post date: [August 16, 2005, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-nfl-pickem-and-suicide-pools/317277/3 "2005-08-16T15:19:22Z")
Why would I lose? When its so much more fun to win 🆒
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### Author:  [@Kid\_A\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kid_A_1)
#### Post date: [August 16, 2005, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-nfl-pickem-and-suicide-pools/317277/4 "2005-08-16T15:24:26Z")
I’m in and ready to go.
I hate suicide pools.
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### Author:  [@NurseCarmen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NurseCarmen)
#### Post date: [August 16, 2005, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-nfl-pickem-and-suicide-pools/317277/5 "2005-08-16T16:07:34Z")
I screwed my names up.
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### Author:  [@Spiritus\_Mundi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiritus_Mundi)
#### Post date: [August 16, 2005, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-nfl-pickem-and-suicide-pools/317277/6 "2005-08-16T16:13:59Z")
I am in and ready to demonstrate once more why I haven’t made my fortune in Vegas.
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### Author:  [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)
#### Post date: [August 16, 2005, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-nfl-pickem-and-suicide-pools/317277/7 "2005-08-16T16:34:05Z")
> [@NurseCarmen](#):
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> I screwed my names up.
Want me to remove them? You can then re-up with the correct names.
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### Author:  [@NurseCarmen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NurseCarmen)
#### Post date: [August 16, 2005, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-nfl-pickem-and-suicide-pools/317277/8 "2005-08-16T17:00:22Z")
> [@Hal Briston](#):
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> Want me to remove them? You can then re-up with the correct names.
No biggie. I think I can change them, when I get time I’ll poke around. Remeber the keeper league? One dude was changing his weekly I think.
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### Author:  [@JimSox5](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JimSox5)
#### Post date: [August 16, 2005, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-nfl-pickem-and-suicide-pools/317277/9 "2005-08-16T17:05:53Z")
I’ve not done a pick 'em for some time, and I’ve never done a suicide pool. I think I will try them both.
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### Author:  [@Enginerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enginerd)
#### Post date: [August 16, 2005, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-nfl-pickem-and-suicide-pools/317277/10 "2005-08-16T17:46:38Z")
> [@Spiritus Mundi](#):
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> I am in and ready to demonstrate once more why I haven’t made my fortune in Vegas.
I live in Nevada, and the Engine Nerds are the extent of the gambling I do on sports. I have too much trouble distinguishing between what I want to happen and what I expect to happen.
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### Author:  [@\_Deep\_F\_ied](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/_Deep_F_ied)
#### Post date: [August 16, 2005, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-nfl-pickem-and-suicide-pools/317277/11 "2005-08-16T17:58:19Z")
I’m in.
PREPARE TO BE UNDERWHELMED!!
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### Author:  [@JimSox5](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JimSox5)
#### Post date: [August 16, 2005, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-nfl-pickem-and-suicide-pools/317277/12 "2005-08-16T18:02:36Z")
What happens if we all lose in the suicide pool in the first week? Would we officially be the worst football people ever?
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### Author:  [@Stuffy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stuffy)
#### Post date: [August 16, 2005, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-nfl-pickem-and-suicide-pools/317277/13 "2005-08-16T18:15:11Z")
I’m in too!
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### Author:  [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)
#### Post date: [August 16, 2005, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-nfl-pickem-and-suicide-pools/317277/14 "2005-08-16T18:17:34Z")
> [@JimSox5](#):
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> What happens if we all lose in the suicide pool in the first week?
Then it’ll be an (_X_-number of participants)-way tie for first place! We all win!
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### Author:  [@RyJae](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RyJae)
#### Post date: [August 16, 2005, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-nfl-pickem-and-suicide-pools/317277/15 "2005-08-16T18:29:00Z")
Oakland at New England
Chicago at Washington
Cincinnati at Cleveland
Denver at Miami
Houston at Buffalo
New Orleans at Carolina
N.Y. Jets at Kansas City
Seattle at Jacksonville
Tampa Bay at Minnesota
Tennessee at Pittsburgh
Arizona at N.Y. Giants
Dallas at San Diego
Green Bay at Detroit
St. Louis at San Francisco
Indianapolis at Baltimore
Philadelphia at Atlanta
Week 1 does scare me a bit. Its early in the season and last years basement dwellers could be this years SB winners. None of the match-ups are screaming EASY WIN at me yet. But still some time to wager a guess from pre-season play.
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### Author:  [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)
#### Post date: [August 16, 2005, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-nfl-pickem-and-suicide-pools/317277/16 "2005-08-16T18:39:47Z")
Ahh yes…the Week 1 indecision. You can practically guarantee that at least one team, if not more, will make the worst-to-first jump in their division. At least three or four of last year’s playoff teams will post .500-or-worse records this year. How to pick…how to pick…
I recommend using the new 3/4-profile Jefferson nickel for your coin flips.
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### Author:  [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)
#### Post date: [August 16, 2005, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-nfl-pickem-and-suicide-pools/317277/17 "2005-08-16T18:43:36Z")
> [@NurseCarmen](#):
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> No biggie. I think I can change them, when I get time I’ll poke around.
Ahhh, yes, found it – “My Picks”, “Set Info”.
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### Author:  [@Casey1505](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Casey1505)
#### Post date: [August 16, 2005, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-nfl-pickem-and-suicide-pools/317277/18 "2005-08-16T22:10:48Z")
I’m in.
8th place, here I come!
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### Author:  [@The\_Scrivener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Scrivener)
#### Post date: [August 16, 2005, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-nfl-pickem-and-suicide-pools/317277/19 "2005-08-16T22:15:09Z")
Even when they’re having a relatively good season, the Miami Dolphins always commit collective suicide in November.
Is that what you meant?
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### Author:  [@flood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flood)
#### Post date: [August 16, 2005, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-nfl-pickem-and-suicide-pools/317277/20 "2005-08-16T22:21:57Z")
> [@Casey1505](#):
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> I’m in.
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> 8th place, here I come!
pfft. I have that one locked up, yo.
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