Posted on 08/15/2009 10:23:49 AM PDT by InvisibleChurch
Welcome back to Yahoo! Pro Pick'em! After minutes of thoughtful and deliberate consideration, the name of our league this year is Fishy Football Reform. Our league is here to help anyone who is entirely sick of the health-care debate and wants to hide from it for a few minutes a week. Actually, it tends to become an all-consuming week-after-week ego-deflating compulsion. You'll beat yourselves up for having put 16 points on the Bears to beat the Iggles only to have Jay Cutler go "oopsies!" with the football while only yards away from the game-winning score.
Most everything is the same from last year. There are 17 weeks worth of picks. The numbers of games to pick from can vary from week to week due to "bye-weeks". Some weeks have 16 games, others 15, 14 or 13. We are using Confidence Points. CPs are what you use to determine how many points you win every week. Ex: I pick da'Bears to beat the Lions and am so sure of it I put 16 points on that game. If da'Bears win, I get 16 points for that game. If the da'Bears lose, I get NO points ..... and a heap of scorn from my fellow Fishy Football Reformers. Filling out your weekly picks should be like filling out a form for the government; it's best if you just fill out every possible option, leaving nothing to chance.
We are including scores from every week so sadness might befall you if you get caught up arguing with your dope-soaked lib neighbor over tort reform and you forget to make your picks. I have it set up so you may make picks up to five (5) minutes before gametime of any game
We are NOT using the spread option. That requires too much thinkering.
In the spirit of "reform" I have decided, without consultation from anyone, to add the Yahoo death panel-approved Tiebreak System. I've not read the instructions of how it works or how to use it but I am going to ram it down your throats. So there!
There is a message board on which you can post back and forth to each other about football, tax policy or whatever. Only caveat is to keep it CLEAN. This league is for everyone and their dependents, so young typers might be on board. I will delete all naughty posts and team names.
Time permitting, I will write a weekly fishwrap wrap-up, noting the week's winners, league leaders, and anything that seems topical.
Joining instructions are below. Post any questions or problems. Thanks and have fun!
...... and yes, I get paid for using the " - " key.
I did something wrong - I didn’t see any Hooters ad. :(
Hilarious thread!
Fishy Football Reform is the last bastion of wholesome, clean athletic-related activities in the United States. Let it not be corrupted by financial hoodie-doo in the name of entertainment.
Well, you might have to hit refresh 30 or 40 times.
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Wild guess bump
In honor of Ohio state football, here is a “3 yards and a cloud of dust” bump. But of course, as we all know it still leads to “fourth and one”.
Post dinner pick’em push to the tp.
Annoying “just-put-the-kids-to-bed-,-wanting-to-relax-on-FR-but-yahoo-pick’em-bumps-keep-buggin’-me” bump
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... and again
... or not
... or maybe so.
It’s Friday.
Now it is Saturday.
satuhdgdtdrgday night
You
might
have
fun.
What would Vince Lombardi say about Brett F?
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