# The SDMB Football Pool (free) **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 5, 2003, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-football-pool-free/193012 "2003-08-05T00:22:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![cadolphin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c37758/32.png) [@cadolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cadolphin)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2003, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-football-pool-free/193012/21 "2003-08-06T12:49:40Z")
The Los Angeles Dolphins have joined you šŸ™‚ I love football! I live for it. My husband is the football widowā€¦ LOL But I totally suck at this. I tried it last year and came in somewhere about 700 gazillionith place. I tried fantasy football last year too, but never could figure out how yahoo worked. Kathy ---
**Author:** ![dantheman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dantheman/32/9421_2.png) [@dantheman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dantheman)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2003, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-football-pool-free/193012/22 "2003-08-06T12:59:01Z")
You couldnā€™t figure out Yahoo itself, or just their fantasy football? Glad to have you! ---
**Author:** ![rockle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/73ab20/32.png) [@rockle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rockle)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2003, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-football-pool-free/193012/23 "2003-08-06T14:10:46Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by dantheman \* > \*\*No, theyā€™re **female** citrus fruits. Now how goofy is that? They only add the ā€œladyā€ appellation to differentiate them from the males. Thatā€™s just dum. \*\* Which begs the question ā€¦ how does one tell the difference between male and female oranges without benefit of the ā€œLadyā€ labels? I always thought fruit was inherently female ā€¦ but that is not about football anyway. So, **go Packers!!** **cadolphin** , glad to have you too. Good to know that I am not the only ā€œLady Doperā€ (har har) in the pool. My husband is a football widower too - especially when my beloved E-A-G-L-E-S Eagles are playing. Not that he wants to be around me when they play, anyway, because I am a sore loser and an even worse winner. ---
**Author:** ![cadolphin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c37758/32.png) [@cadolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cadolphin)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2003, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-football-pool-free/193012/24 "2003-08-06T21:45:13Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by dantheman \* > \*\*You couldnā€™t figure out Yahoo itself, or just their fantasy football? > > Glad to have you! \*\* Thank you šŸ™‚ I couldnā€™t figure out their fantasy football. I got my team put together and figured out how to change players, but then never figured out how to tell anything else. Actually, right now I canā€™t even remember it. I just remember being so frustrated! I had a team on [nfl.com](http://nfl.com) too, and it was fun. But I donā€™t want to spend $$$ this year to get a team. \*\* rockle\*\*, I went to school with the Eagleā€™s coach (Andy Reid). He was a couple years behind me, but I remember him playing at jr. high and high school. He hasnā€™t changed hardley at allā€¦ just grew a mustache. šŸ˜ƒ Kathy ---
**Author:** ![rockle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/73ab20/32.png) [@rockle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rockle)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2003, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-football-pool-free/193012/25 "2003-08-06T22:19:17Z")
> [@](#): > > _Originally posted by cadolphin \* > \*\*\*\* rockle_\*, I went to school with the Eagleā€™s coach (Andy Reid). He was a couple years behind me, but I remember him playing at jr. high and high school. He hasnā€™t changed hardley at allā€¦ just grew a mustache. šŸ˜ƒ > > Kathy \*\* Ohmigawd, we must be twins from different mothers separated at birth - I went to kollidge with Donovan Mc"Million"Nabb!! ---
**Author:** ![cadolphin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c37758/32.png) [@cadolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cadolphin)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2003, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-football-pool-free/193012/26 "2003-08-06T22:26:42Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by rockle \* > \*\*Ohmigawd, we must be twins from different mothers separated at birth - I went to kollidge with Donovan Mc"Million"Nabb!! \*\* Small freekin world šŸ˜ƒ ---
**Author:** ![dantheman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dantheman/32/9421_2.png) [@dantheman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dantheman)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2003, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-football-pool-free/193012/27 "2003-08-07T00:05:58Z")
Peopleā€¦ who donā€™t play this football poolā€¦ Are the loneliest peopleā€¦ inā€¦ daā€¦ worrrrrrrldddddddddddd ---
**Author:** ![rockle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/73ab20/32.png) [@rockle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rockle)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2003, 10:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-football-pool-free/193012/28 "2003-08-07T10:22:04Z")
**dan** , that is the best singing Iā€™ve heard on this message board in, I donā€™t know, maybe 20 minutes or so. - thunderous applause \* ---
**Author:** ![dantheman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dantheman/32/9421_2.png) [@dantheman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dantheman)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2003, 10:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-football-pool-free/193012/29 "2003-08-07T10:26:21Z")
Thanks, Iā€™ve been practicing! I wannnnntttt youuuuuuuuuuuuu to want meeeeeeeee I neeeeeeeed youuuuuuuuuuu to need me I _lovvvvvvvvvveeeeeeeeee_ you to love meeeeeeeeeeeeee So, who else wants to play? WIN A PRIZE! :\> ---
**Author:** ![dantheman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dantheman/32/9421_2.png) [@dantheman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dantheman)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2003, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-football-pool-free/193012/30 "2003-08-08T20:01:00Z")
Well, there are 19 people on board the Great Straight Dope Football Pool[sup]tm[/sup]. Remember, you donā€™t need to know a thing about American football. You just have to make a guess based on two choices. Okay, thatā€™s oversimplifying, but in essence thatā€™s about it. Itā€™s not as if you have to predict Team A will score 500 points, or something. And lest we forget, thereā€™s a prize involved: a $25 gift certificate to [giftcertificates.com](http://giftcertificates.com). The joy in games like this does not come from the fact that itā€™s a football game, it comes from the fact that your fellow Dopers are involved. Anyone could join a public league on Yahoo, for example, but it wouldnā€™t be as much fun as going up against your fellow posters. ---
**Author:** ![RickQ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/35a633/32.png) [@RickQ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickQ)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2003, 11:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-football-pool-free/193012/31 "2003-08-13T11:50:03Z")
Iā€™m a little late in adding this to the thread, but I signed up a few days ago. Iā€™m BritBloke (for those of you who donā€™t know, Iā€™m a brit living in the US, hence the name). ---
**Author:** ![dantheman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dantheman/32/9421_2.png) [@dantheman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dantheman)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2003, 11:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-football-pool-free/193012/32 "2003-08-13T11:52:29Z")
Oh, no problem, **RickQ** - you can sign up anytime before the first game (on 4 Sept.), as far as I know. ---
**Author:** ![rockle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/73ab20/32.png) [@rockle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rockle)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2003, 11:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-football-pool-free/193012/33 "2003-08-13T11:52:49Z")
Welcome RickQ!! And on behalf of **dantheman** , let me thank you for the bump!! ---
**Author:** ![rockle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/73ab20/32.png) [@rockle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rockle)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2003, 11:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-football-pool-free/193012/34 "2003-08-13T11:54:11Z")
(Sorry about the simulpost, **dan**.) ---
**Author:** ![dantheman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dantheman/32/9421_2.png) [@dantheman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dantheman)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2003, 11:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-football-pool-free/193012/35 "2003-08-13T11:55:37Z")
Ah, no problem. I monitor this too closely for my own good. We have 23 people on board, so thatā€™s groovy. Perhaps even more will arrive. (BTW, Iā€™m glad **RickQ** identified himself - I thought ā€œBritBlokeā€ might be **Britt** from the UnaBoard\*\*.) ---
**Author:** ![EllisDee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellisdee/32/4531_2.png) [@EllisDee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EllisDee)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2003, 12:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-football-pool-free/193012/36 "2003-08-13T12:27:43Z")
Hardcore Giants fan here. Just joined under my same alias. To all you eagirls fansā€¦clearly the Giants are winning not only the division, but the Superbowl, based on the first week of preseason. :mad: At least Tiki isnā€™t fumbling anymore. :smack: Well, the offensive line looked good. :eek: This good be a very, very long season. ---
**Author:** ![EllisDee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellisdee/32/4531_2.png) [@EllisDee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EllisDee)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2003, 12:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-football-pool-free/193012/37 "2003-08-13T12:29:50Z")
Thatā€™s the most ridiculous typo Iā€™ve ever submitted. ā€œgoodā€ should, obviously, be ā€œcouldā€. _I type as well as the Giants play._ ---
**Author:** ![rockle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/73ab20/32.png) [@rockle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rockle)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2003, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-football-pool-free/193012/38 "2003-08-13T13:26:46Z")
**Ellis** : Bwuhahahahahahahahaha. And we donā€™t even have Duce back yet ā€¦ Sorry, canā€™t help myself, go E-A-G-L-E-S Eagles!! ---
**Author:** ![BobbySuezQ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/57b2e6/32.png) [@BobbySuezQ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobbySuezQ)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2003, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-football-pool-free/193012/39 "2003-08-14T00:17:11Z")
ooooo taking it to a new level **dantheman**! Can I play? Can I huh? Huh? Huh? Here. The Raiders will always win. The Eagles will always lose. šŸ˜ƒ Oh wait, I have to chose the other teams each week, donā€™t I? Hmmm, this could mean some sort of commitment. \ Indeed, Iā€™d like to give it a go. ---
**Author:** ![dantheman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dantheman/32/9421_2.png) [@dantheman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dantheman)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2003, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-football-pool-free/193012/40 "2003-08-14T02:00:27Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by BobbySuezQ \* > \*\*ooooo taking it to a new level **dantheman**! Can I play? Can I huh? Huh? Huh? > \*\* No. hehe [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-football-pool-free/193012.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-football-pool-free/193012.md?page=3)