The Office Pool

[Dino 6 Rings]

So I was wondering if anyone wanted to play for bragging rights only.

I usually have an office pool at my job, with College and Pro games picked each week. Its all for bragging rights only of coarse. Anyway, I was thinking of including the games and my picks on this forum and getting people's input and maybe their picks and seeing how we do each week.

I usually try to avoid putting Steelers or Pitt Panthers games on the pool, unless its that big of a game. It will be 12 college games week 1, then 6 each as the Pro season starts. Sometimes, like Rivalry Weekend, it'll be 10 college and 2 Pro or more games.

An Example of What I'm talking about is this:
Week 1 College Games
NC State at South Carolina
OK State at Washington State
Colorado vs Colorado State
Mich State at Cal
Kentucky at Louisville
Tennessee at UCLA
Memphis at Ole Miss
Alabama at Clemson
Washington at Oregon
Syracuse at Northwestern
Illinois at Missouri
Wake Forest at Baylor

All are very tough games to pick. If people are interested, I'll update it with my picks as we get closer to the season and continue to post the Office Pool every week.

[xXTheSteelKingsXx]

Are you picking just the outcomes or final scores also?

[xfl2001fan]

Is this a pick'em based on "the line"?

For instance, in the game: Mich State (+14) at Cal, (just a random number thrown out there)

Would you then pick against the line? (Like I'd say MSU loses by 10, so they beat the line).

[Dino 6 Rings]

Originally Posted by xfl2001fan

Is this a pick'em based on "the line"?

For instance, in the game: Mich State (+14) at Cal, (just a random number thrown out there)

Would you then pick against the line? (Like I'd say MSU loses by 10, so they beat the line).

No lines, final score only on the to be determined Tie Breaker Game/Game of the Week.

[xfl2001fan]

Originally Posted by Dino 5 Rings

No lines, final score only on the to be determined Tie Breaker Game/Game of the Week.

Nice. That's (generally) much easier to go by.

[Dino 6 Rings]

Originally Posted by xfl2001fan

Nice. That's (generally) much easier to go by.

You'd think so. We'll see, I pick the hardest games of the week usually.

Like this year, Week 1 of the NFL, I may go with the following games

Detroit at Atlanta
Jets at Dolphins
Tampa at New Orleans
Dallas at Cleveland
Minn at Greenbay (especially if Favre isn't on the Packers)
Jacksonville at Tennessee

So you think its easy, but really, week 1 anything can happen.

Same week College I'm looking at
Georgia Tech at Boston College
Miami FL at Florida
Oregon State at Penn State
Ole Miss at Wake Forest
BYU at Washington

So it isn't going to be That Easy.

Anyway, I'm building the Schedule now with the option to change stuff throughout the year as the teams show their true colors. I mean, how good is the USC ND Game going to be later in the year? Or the Michigan vs Mich State game? Who knows at this point.

The Cowboys vs Giants could be huge! Or it could be a Dud. It depends on how things play out. I'll put out the official Week 1 for College Ticket (Bragging rights only folks) In a couple weeks. College kickoff starts Thursday August 28th.

[Dino 6 Rings]

Thursday August 28th. Kickoff of the NCAA Season. 10 Freaking Days!!!

[xfl2001fan]

I'm in on this...sounds like a blast...

[Dino 6 Rings]

Have the pool almost ready will be posting the "games" for week 1 of the NCAA very soon.

[Dino 6 Rings]

Here is, the official Week 1 Office Pool. I will be handing these out in my office thought I'd share with my Steelers Friends.

NC State at South Carolina
Vanderbilt at Miami (OH)
Alabama vs Clemson (in Atlanta)
Illinois vs Missouri (in St. Louis)
Syracuse at Northwestern
Michigan State at Cal
OK State at Washington State
Washington at Oregon
Kentucky at Louisville
Colorado at Colorado State
Fresno State at Rutgers
Tennessee at UCLA

Place your picks, Due by Thursday. My picks are as follows:
South Carolina
Miami OH
Clemson
Missouri
Syracuse
Mich State
OK State
Oregon
Louisville
Colorado State
Rutgers
Tennessee