Official 2008-09 NFL thread

**drone** · 10-06-2008, 17:20

Originally Posted by Strike For The South

HOW BOUT DEM COWBOYS

Considering they eked by the Bengals (the Bengals, fer crissakes!), I'd say they are in trouble. Philly is looking like the worst team in the division, but the Skins and Giants are playing really well. There is just something not right about the way Dallas is playing, with that talent they should be killing teams. I still don't trust their discipline. A win is a win, but that was not pretty.

**Sasaki Kojiro** · 10-07-2008, 03:23

Originally Posted by drone

Considering they eked by the Bengals (the Bengals, fer crissakes!), I'd say they are in trouble. Philly is looking like the worst team in the division, but the Skins and Giants are playing really well. There is just something not right about the way Dallas is playing, with that talent they should be killing teams. I still don't trust their discipline. A win is a win, but that was not pretty.

Eh, the giants eked by the bengals too.

Not that I'd brag about the cowboys...if it weren't for chris "I fumble every game" perry we'd have won...

**KukriKhan** · 10-07-2008, 03:32

Just an idea here.

My work buddies and I (about 25 of us) use PoolHost.com to test our ability to pick game winners each week. We play for a few bucks, but the fellas here might be interested in matching their "pick-ability" against their .org pals - just for fun. (No money involved).

So, I set up a private pool at PoolHost.com.;

If you wanna play, go to PoolHost.com, select "Join Private Pool", enter "totalwar" as the pool name, then "totalwar" as the password; pick a username, then make your picks for next week's games.

The player with the highest number of picks per week, wins. In case of a tie, we use Monday Night Football total points prediction as the tie-breaker. In case of a double tie (same number of winning picks + same MNF point predictions), we use time-of-submission as a final tie-breaker. In the unlikely event that both winners submitted their picks at exactly the same time, Admin tosses a coin.

I'll play Admin. Username "Conspiracy Bruthah".

The site has a message board and chat facility. I think it'd be fun. So c'mon: join. Even if you're not an NFL fan, I bet it'd be fun, and the commitment is low.

**seireikhaan** · 10-07-2008, 03:46

Joined.

Great idea, Kukri.

**Sasaki Kojiro** · 10-07-2008, 03:56

Says the pick deadline has already passed...

**seireikhaan** · 10-07-2008, 04:06

I assume it means for this week- wouldn't be a good idea to be letting folks pick games for sunday on the following monday, right?

**KukriKhan** · 10-07-2008, 04:17

Right fellas. Gotta wait till MNF is done. Sorry.

-edit-
I didn't think anyone would notice this thread 'til tomorrow.

**Martok** · 10-07-2008, 05:30

Joined.

Well the Vikings edged out the Saints tonight. Yay, I guess?

I mean, of course I'm happy for them....but this victory also went a long way towards increasing Childress' job security. I begin to fear he may never leave.

**KukriKhan** · 10-07-2008, 14:19

That Pool Host place is open now, fellas. Sorry for jumping the gun before. You can make and/or change your picks for week 6 right up until the first kick-off on Sunday, the 12th. After kick-off, everybody's picks become visible on the "All Picks" page, which serves also to update the game scores during the course of the weekend. They update about every 20 minutes or so, after kick-off.

In my other pool, I ended up in a 6-way tie, having picked 9 of 14 games correctly. A co-worker won by predicting 53 points for MNF (total score was 73), where I'd gone low-ball, and predicted 27.

Good Luck.