Xtreme Pick 'Em game

Last season at SU, zulater (at least I think it was zu) started a neat game I'd like to try here. It's simple to play, hard to win.

Basically, you pick the winner of one game each week. If you're wrong, you're out of the game. If you're right, you move on to the next week. Last poster standing wins.

What makes it challenging is you can pick each team to win only once. For instance, let's say in Week 1 I pick the Steelers to beat the Ravens. The Steelers win, and I stay alive. But I can't pick the Steelers to win for the rest of the time I'm in the game. So you don't necessarily want to pick all the best teams early. It's a good strategy to keep you in the game for a while, but it makes it more difficult to make picks later in the game.

Whoever wants to play, let me know here. I'll keep a running list of participants.


Wallace108
Buddha Bus
Stlrtruck
Farrior_roirraW
vasteeler
mcg24
BGSU A Dub
blastfurness
supytalpeht

I'll give it a go.

Buddha Bus wrote:

I'll give it a go.

Last season, I got knocked out in week 1. Good times, good times. Stinking Browns.

Count me in

Yeah, I'm in. I've done a pool for this for the past few years made it to the top 5 (finished fourth both times) twice. Awfully fun but I end up getting upset by the Bengals or Raider every year

im in too.

like wally i played lasted year as well and was also booted in the first round. i hope to fair better in this one

Five of us so far ... that's a good start.

vasteeler wrote:

im in too.

like wally i played lasted year as well and was also booted in the first round. i hope to fair better in this one

I thought the Browns over the Bucs in week 1 was a safe pick, and I could get my Browns pick out of the way. Then the Bucs start the season strong and I was out before I even knew what happened.

Wallace108 wrote:

Five of us so far ... that's a good start.

vasteeler wrote:

im in too.

like wally i played lasted year as well and was also booted in the first round. i hope to fair better in this one

I thought the Browns over the Bucs in week 1 was a safe pick, and I could get my Browns pick out of the way. Then the Bucs start the season strong and I was out before I even knew what happened.

That's what you get for picking the Brownstains!

I'll play

mcg24 wrote:

I'll play

You're in.

By the way, I made this a sticky because it was already buried on Page 2.
The week before the first game, we'll start making our picks for Week 1.

BGSU A Dub wrote:

Count the Weebs in.

You're in.

Just don't pick the Browns in Week 1. I learned that lesson the hard way.

We need more participants. Who else is interested?

And for those who haven't seen it yet, McFly started an Xtreme Fantasy Football League. Info can be found here ... http://www.steelersxtreme.com/t732-steelers-xtreme-fantasy-football-year-1#11338

Put me in wally. I will enjoy betting you again just like old times on the court!!!!

blastfurness wrote:

Put me in wally. I will enjoy betting you again just like old times on the court!!!!

You bet me?
I sure am glad you didn't lose.

Anybody else who wants in has until Sunday. We'll start making our first-week picks on Monday.

Today (Sunday) is the last day to join the game. You know you want to.
For any lurkers out there, this should be reason enough to join the board.

We'll start making our picks Monday. All picks must be in by Friday. If you fail to make a pick by midnight on Friday each week, you're out. Remember, you just have to pick the winner of one game each week. If your team wins, you move on. If your team loses, you're out. And you can pick each team only once.

After all the picks are in this week, I'll make a chart to keep track of the picks.

I'm in

supytalpeht wrote:

I'm in

Oh, and I forgot to mention the prize. Whoever wins gets to buy me a beer.

Wallace108 wrote:

supytalpeht wrote:

I'm in

Oh, and I forgot to mention the prize. Whoever wins gets to buy me a beer.

I'll do it if it's a beer of MY choice!

Buddha Bus wrote:

Wallace108 wrote:

supytalpeht wrote:

I'm in

Oh, and I forgot to mention the prize. Whoever wins gets to buy me a beer.

I'll do it if it's a beer of MY choice!

As long as you're buying, I'll drink any beer.

Wallace108 wrote:

Buddha Bus wrote:

Wallace108 wrote:

supytalpeht wrote:

I'm in

Oh, and I forgot to mention the prize. Whoever wins gets to buy me a beer.

I'll do it if it's a beer of MY choice!

As long as you're buying, I'll drink any beer.

You're gonna regret that statement!

OK, the deadline for participating has ended. It's time for those in the game to start making their picks.
You can pick any time from now until midnight Friday. Make your pick by posting the matchup and who you think will win.

The matchups:

New Orleans Saints vs. Green Bay Packers
Pittsburgh Steelers vs. Baltimore Ravens
Cincinnati Bengals vs. Cleveland Browns
Indianapolis Colts vs. Houston Texans
Tennessee Titans vs. Jacksonville Jaguars
Atlanta Falcons vs. Chicago Bears
Buffalo Bills vs. Kansas City Chiefs
Philadelphia Eagles vs. St. Louis Rams
Detroit Lions vs.Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Seattle Seahawks vs. San Francisco 49ers
New York Giants vs. Washington Redskins
Minnesota Vikingsj vs. San Diego Chargers
Carolina Panthers vs. Arizona Cardinals
Dallas Cowboys vs. New York Jets
New England Patriots vs. Miami Dolphins
Oakland Raiders vs. Denver Broncos

I'll go ahead and get the ball rolling.
Last season when we played this game, I picked the Browns over the Bucs in week 1. The Browns lost and I was out of the game.

Looking at the schedule, I don't see that many easy picks. So I'm going to give the Browns the chance to redeem themselves against the Bengals. How can ANYONE lose to the Bengals?

My week 1 pick: Browns



NOTE: Not sure if I mentioned this, but picks are individual. We can pick the same teams. So feel free to hop on the Browns bandwagon.

I was thinking the exact same thing. I too am taking the Browns.