# 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:** 3
**Author:** ![Angel\_Heart](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5e9695/32.png) [@Angel\_Heart](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Angel_Heart)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2003, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-football-pool-free/193012/41 "2003-08-14T02:40:56Z")
'Skins fan signing up here…with (some) hope for the coming season (let’s all hope last Saturday was a fluke). ---
**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 14, 2003, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-football-pool-free/193012/42 "2003-08-14T13:39:38Z")
The Jetskins are good on paper, but they have a serious case of Ranger-itis. (NHL reference, to the hockey-impaired, of buying a bunch of high-priced talent that fails miserably due to lack of team chemistry.) Rockle: You better get Duce back quick…Westbrook just went down. Scary. ---
**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, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-football-pool-free/193012/43 "2003-08-14T13:42:40Z")
Hm, 26 now! You Dopers oughta get a move on. I hear tell the UnaBoarders talkin’ smack about y’all. ---
**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, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-football-pool-free/193012/44 "2003-08-14T23:26:30Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by dantheman \* > \*\*No. > > hehe \*\* For that one, you’re getting SMACKED! 😛 ---
**Author:** ![rockle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/73ab20/32.png) [@rockle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rockle)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2003, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-football-pool-free/193012/45 "2003-08-15T00:52:33Z")
Yeah, I thought that was pretty lame too, **dan**! If you’re gonna talk smack, at least have some balls about it! Sheesh, what are you, a Redskins fan? ---
**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 16, 2003, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-football-pool-free/193012/46 "2003-08-16T02:21:34Z")
God help us all if I ever turn burgundy and gold on everyone. May he have mercy on all y’all’s souls. I can take being smacked. She’s done it before. She’ll do it again. I shall survive and persevere! ---
**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 20, 2003, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-football-pool-free/193012/47 "2003-08-20T13:46:46Z")
There are 27 players. Ten of us have put our picks in. My math says that leave 17 people who have signed up. Well, you can’t win nuttin if you don’t make your picks! The first game is Thursday, September 4, so the picks are due before then. And we definitely welcome any and all people who would like to sign up - so if you haven’t, please do! Don’t be afraid. This doesn’t require a lot of attention - or forethought, actually. ---
**Author:** ![milquetoast](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/258eb7/32.png) [@milquetoast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/milquetoast)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2003, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-football-pool-free/193012/48 "2003-08-20T14:42:04Z")
I’m in as **IlliniGuy** with picks for week 1 made. So now I say to you, “Refuse, garbage, debris, litter, and waste (and you’re all ugly, and your mothers all dress you funny)!” ---
**Author:** ![rockle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/73ab20/32.png) [@rockle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rockle)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2003, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-football-pool-free/193012/49 "2003-08-20T14:43:47Z")
Oh YEAH? Well, YOUR mother was a hamster, and your father smelt of elderberries! (Sorry, stole that one …) ---
**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 24, 2003, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-football-pool-free/193012/50 "2003-08-24T16:21:00Z")
Just wondering who the following are - that is, your SD or UnaBoard name. (Not trying to stalk ya, just wondering who’s who.) 4 cats argos Bengal Fan (spooje?) gusdog\_28 Isotopes Kesters Pigskin Picks Kung Pao Beef Mully Hully Gully (Mullinator?) Omnis Crystal Balls (omniscient?) 32 people at the moment - very nice. Now, if you all would make your picks… ---
**Author:** ![BobbySuezQ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/57b2e6/32.png) [@BobbySuezQ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobbySuezQ)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2003, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-football-pool-free/193012/51 "2003-08-24T21:58:29Z")
Make our picks? But … But … But … we’ve got until Thursday night. I may have to smack you, once from me, and once for each person who hasn’t made their picks yet. 😃 ---
**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 24, 2003, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-football-pool-free/193012/52 "2003-08-24T22:57:25Z")
Pshaw, tut-tut-, and tsk tsk! You’ll thank me later. I’m just here to help, you see. 😛 ---
**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 30, 2003, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-football-pool-free/193012/53 "2003-08-30T14:01:12Z")
There’s less than one week until the season begins; the first game is next Thursday, September 4, at 9 pm. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![The\_Big\_Cheese](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8baadc/32.png) [@The\_Big\_Cheese](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Big_Cheese)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2003, 11:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-football-pool-free/193012/54 "2003-09-01T11:24:16Z")
Gorgonzola & Sons are in, in someones pool anyway. Picks are made. Beer is cold. Randy Moss is on the dartboard this week. I’m ready. Prepare to lose, y’all. ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2003, 12:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-football-pool-free/193012/55 "2003-09-01T12:06:06Z")
I’m in, and I’m too damned lazy to read back through this thread to figure out who everyone is. Welcome to everyone I don’t know, and it’s good to see the rest of the usual suspects still around. I’d also like to know who is the Bengal Fan (may be a neighbor?) and BucsOverEagles (may be a soulmate) and Ellis Dee (may be a relative?). **Rockles** , let’s go with lots of smackdown before the HUGE opening Monday Night game. ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2003, 12:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-football-pool-free/193012/56 "2003-09-01T12:31:10Z")
A couple of other things, first, my team name is the Unskilled Hacks. Let’s just say it’s applicable. Second, **dantheman** , have you set up the league so that it locks you out if you don’t make your picks before the first game starts? I’d suggest that you go the other way if possible, eg, if you miss the Thursday Night game then you can still pick all of the others. Games before Sunday often throw people off, and this way folks are more inclined to stay in the league if they forget to submit a pick for a Thursday game. ---
**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:** [September 1, 2003, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-football-pool-free/193012/57 "2003-09-01T13:23:32Z")
Well, these are the options I see: > [@](#): > > Friday at 3:00 pm PT > 5 minutes before the first game of each week > 5 minutes before each game I have the middle one selected, so that means that you need to have all of your picks in by 8:55 Eastern Time on Thursday. If you don’t, then you’re out for the week. And I can see how that might not be all that fair or reasonable. If I choose the last option there … that might make the most sense. If someone misses the Thursday game, then they would have until 5 minutes before any game to make their selections. So they could make their picks on Friday - missing the two Thurs. games - and still be fine. I’ll switch it to that, then. Good catch, **ShibbOleth**. ---
**Author:** ![rockle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/73ab20/32.png) [@rockle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rockle)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2003, 11:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-football-pool-free/193012/58 "2003-09-02T11:56:47Z")
**Shibb** - Know what game is really giving me the most trouble? Whether to pick my beloved Buffalo Bills over my beloved Tom Brady of the NE Patriots, or vice-versa. I will ALWAYS pick the E-A-G-L-E-S Eagles, no matter how much they suck - because I am DEFINITELY my father’s child. ---
**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:** [September 2, 2003, 11:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-football-pool-free/193012/59 "2003-09-02T11:57:51Z")
Happily, they don’t suck. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![rockle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/73ab20/32.png) [@rockle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rockle)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2003, 12:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-football-pool-free/193012/60 "2003-09-02T12:18:54Z")
Well, that goes without saying. But I’ll say it anyway. 😛 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-football-pool-free/193012.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-football-pool-free/193012.md?page=4)