THE TRUTHS
"If you can’t get something out of your head, maybe it is supposed to be there." - youWe pick games as a matter of virtue, and I can't imagine a life where we don't all do it every week of football season with each other.
Many ads, friends, coworkers, and unsolicited emails focus on one special dimension of football participation: the fantasy one. And a common tendency is to emphasize the team building part of our love of football. But as miraculous as managing a team of special athletes can be, by itself it will become terribly incomplete -- a perennial football relationship needs more than fantasy alone (if it even needs to ownership of athletes at all).
"Loyalty, trust, compassion, empathy, unselfishness, cooperation, companionship, helpfulness…" <<< words never used to describe what we are doing hereBur in this left-swipe world of commitments, maybe a little review of Pick'em Dash Football is in order. Below is at least enough for us to begin a relationship that's safe enough to make legal with the sign up form.
THE RULES
Pickem Dash Football consists of 4 games, all of which you are signing up for when you fill out the registration form:- NCAA Pick'em
- 15 games to pick per week
- Picks are against the spread
- The odds for each game are provided for you
- Contest represents approx 33% of the pot; 1st and 2nd place winners are named
- NFL Pick'em
- 14-16 (all) NFL games per week
- Picks are straight up (that means no spread and you are picking winners)
- Contest represents approx 33% of the pot; 1st and 2nd place winners are named
- NCAA FBS Bowl Games
- All the bowls (41? I've lost count)
- Picks are confidence pool style (most points on game you are most confident and 1 point on game you are least confident)
- Picks are straight up (no spread)
- Contest represents approx 50% of 33% of the pot (uh you do the math); 1st place winner only
- NFL Playoff Games
- All the playoff games (11)
- Picks week-to-week against the spread; points are cumulative
- Contest represents approx 50% of 33% of the pot; 1st place winner only
On the game card for each week's NCAA and NFL games, I may include optional bonus questions (like the annual Thanksgiving side dish bonus). While these won't increase your score for the regular-season games, the "points" are collected and used to give you an tiny advantage in the post-season games. Bonus points are also given to weekly winners, for paying your entry fee early, and for some other random stuff I make up along the way. You can win any of the contests without them, but why would you rob me of the fun of reading your answers. It is the only bread I get from Pick'em Dash Football.
MORE TRUTHS
As we close in on two decades of focusing on our pick'em game craft here at P-F headquarters, we've grown and made acquaintances, friends, office-mates, and family. Maybe you've made family too. In an ideal scenario, I understand that is what is supposed to happen."Football season is worth waiting for even if it takes a whole off-season. Then in return a lifetime of football will be waiting for you." - Inspirational quote generator, making heart shape with handsAll this is the solid background of truths that bring us together each year for the most challenging and intimate of games: Pick'em. Devotion is a fundamental part of football fandom, and freedom of choice is one of the top 4 things we all love about the lives we live. Pick'em is therefore the real soul of watching football.
THE PICK'EM DASH FOOTBALL GUARANTEE
I guarantee Pick'em Dash Football will provide a richer, multi-dimensional experience, much more complete than the two-dimensional picture on your high def TV, or you probably will skip out on the entry fee anyway."I miss Pick'em season. Not in some cheesy 'Let's hold hands and be together forever kind of way.' I simply have nightmares of it not being Pick'em season, plain and simple. I miss making Pick'em cards. I miss reading open ended bonus question answers. I miss you Pick'em."- Pretty much everyone
