# SDMB NFL Pick'em And Suicide Pools **URL:** \ **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:** 3
**Author:** ![Kiros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/439d5e/32.png) [@Kiros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kiros)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2005, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-nfl-pickem-and-suicide-pools/317277/41 "2005-09-07T16:06:12Z")
It took me like fifteen minutes of figuring to realize the league didn’t use spreads… that was alien enough to me. Either way, I think it’s too late to change at this point, with so many people involved and the first game tomorrow night. ---
**Author:** ![JimSox5](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b5a626/32.png) [@JimSox5](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JimSox5)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2005, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-nfl-pickem-and-suicide-pools/317277/42 "2005-09-07T19:39:46Z")
Yeah, I’ve never really liked confidence points. Can’t really say why, but it just seems to me that without them, every game seems important, so that you can’t shove a game you’re unsure about to a 1 spot or something like that. Nailbiters and all, or something. I didn’t say it made sense. ---
**Author:** ![Zog\_10](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c57346/32.png) [@Zog\_10](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zog_10)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2005, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-nfl-pickem-and-suicide-pools/317277/43 "2005-09-07T21:26:28Z")
> [@Abbie Normal](#): > > 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 > **Sheep at Hal Briston** > 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. I’m taking **Hal Briston**. I don’t think the sheep will cover the spread. sorry - couldn’t resist ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2005, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-nfl-pickem-and-suicide-pools/317277/44 "2005-09-07T21:40:57Z")
> [@Zog\_10](#): > > I’m taking **Hal Briston**. I don’t think the sheep will cover the spread. But, if properly processed, the sheep can _ **become** _ a spread. ---
**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 7, 2005, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-nfl-pickem-and-suicide-pools/317277/45 "2005-09-07T21:49:25Z")
> [@Zog\_10](#): > > sorry - couldn’t resist Not a problem. Oh, sorry about accidentally deleting you from the roster. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Stuffy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f17d59/32.png) [@Stuffy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stuffy)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2005, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-nfl-pickem-and-suicide-pools/317277/46 "2005-09-08T00:31:59Z")
Mine are in, i thought there was a reminder function but I didn’t get one. ---
**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 8, 2005, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-nfl-pickem-and-suicide-pools/317277/47 "2005-09-08T02:55:19Z")
> [@Stuffy](#): > > Mine are in, i thought there was a reminder function but I didn’t get one. Click the “Set Info” link underneath your name…make sure you’ve the reminder option checked off. ---
**Author:** ![D\_Odds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/d_odds/32/2882_2.png) [@D\_Odds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D_Odds)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2005, 12:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-nfl-pickem-and-suicide-pools/317277/48 "2005-09-08T12:13:36Z")
I’m too late for the Suicide Pool?! But the game isn’t for another 12.5 hours. What’s this I had to join by last night. I want my money back! Ah well, I’ll get in the second round. Look for the _Court Jesters_ at the bottom of the Pick’Em pile. ---
**Author:** ![Trunk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/87869e/32.png) [@Trunk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trunk)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2005, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-nfl-pickem-and-suicide-pools/317277/49 "2005-09-08T12:34:20Z")
I, too, would like to join the survivor pool. Is there a way the commish can push back the deadline? I’m the pick 'em pool. ---
**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 8, 2005, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-nfl-pickem-and-suicide-pools/317277/50 "2005-09-08T12:40:30Z")
Sorry, I went in and tried to edit the deadline, but you can only make that change before the deadline actually occurs. I’m not certain why it’s set so early…I don’t believe I changed that setting, and I’m pretty sure it defaults to “five minutes before the first game”. The only other thing I could do now is reset the board, forcing everyone else to resubmit their pick. Somehow, I don’t that that’d go over too well. ---
**Author:** ![D\_Odds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/d_odds/32/2882_2.png) [@D\_Odds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D_Odds)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2005, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-nfl-pickem-and-suicide-pools/317277/51 "2005-09-08T12:44:47Z")
Looks like the deadline is set in the overall league rules for Suicide. Only thing I would recommend is putting the separate deadlines in the OP in the future. I would have eeked out 5 minutes to join yesterday rather than this morning, thinking I had sufficient time. ---
**Author:** ![RyJae](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9d8465/32.png) [@RyJae](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RyJae)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2005, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-nfl-pickem-and-suicide-pools/317277/52 "2005-09-11T23:32:56Z")
Wow talk about the suicide league being emptied in week one… ---
**Author:** ![soulmurk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b782af/32.png) [@soulmurk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/soulmurk)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2005, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-nfl-pickem-and-suicide-pools/317277/53 "2005-09-12T00:06:19Z")
Wowzers. Looks like my gamble with Cinci paid off. That’s just brutal. I’ve never done a suicide league before, but dropping 22 (possibly 23) of 27 people in the first week… that’s gotta be abnormal. ---
**Author:** ![RyJae](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9d8465/32.png) [@RyJae](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RyJae)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2005, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-nfl-pickem-and-suicide-pools/317277/54 "2005-09-12T00:08:59Z")
> [@soulmurk](#): > > Wowzers. Looks like my gamble with Cinci paid off. > > That’s just brutal. I’ve never done a suicide league before, but dropping 22 (possibly 23) of 27 people in the first week… that’s gotta be abnormal. My Indy pick will pay off and I will hang in there. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![soulmurk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b782af/32.png) [@soulmurk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/soulmurk)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2005, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-nfl-pickem-and-suicide-pools/317277/55 "2005-09-12T00:26:16Z")
> [@Abbie Normal](#): > > My Indy pick will pay off and I will hang in there. 🙂 I’ve got them picked, so hopefully you’re right 🙂 Guess I should have said, “That’s gotta be Abbie Normal” then, eh? 😉 ---
**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 12, 2005, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-nfl-pickem-and-suicide-pools/317277/56 "2005-09-12T01:17:01Z")
Yeah, that was a heapin’ helping of ugly. Would all but one of the survivors mind losing next week so we can have a Week 3 restart? ---
**Author:** ![JimSox5](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b5a626/32.png) [@JimSox5](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JimSox5)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2005, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-nfl-pickem-and-suicide-pools/317277/57 "2005-09-12T01:19:47Z")
I did completely horrible on both pools. On the plus side, next week can’t be this bad again (I hope). ---
**Author:** ![soulmurk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b782af/32.png) [@soulmurk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/soulmurk)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2005, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-nfl-pickem-and-suicide-pools/317277/58 "2005-09-12T02:20:55Z")
> [@Hal Briston](#): > > Yeah, that was a heapin’ helping of ugly. Would all but one of the survivors mind losing next week so we can have a Week 3 restart? I’d be happy to allow the others to purposefully lose 😉 Really though, there’s no reason the few left from pool 1 couldn’t also join pool 2 if they wanted, is there? If so, why not try and get pool 2 going in time for week 2. ---
**Author:** ![JimSox5](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b5a626/32.png) [@JimSox5](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JimSox5)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2005, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-nfl-pickem-and-suicide-pools/317277/59 "2005-09-12T03:26:20Z")
I assume **Hal** was joking. . .or, at least, that’s how I took it. ---
**Author:** ![\_Deep\_F\_ied](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/_/7cd45c/32.png) [@\_Deep\_F\_ied](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/_Deep_F_ied)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2005, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-nfl-pickem-and-suicide-pools/317277/60 "2005-11-08T17:18:14Z")
Hey guys, did something happen? I can’t seem to log into either pool this morning… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-nfl-pickem-and-suicide-pools/317277.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-nfl-pickem-and-suicide-pools/317277.md?page=4)