This game is entering its 4th year on CS.com. I'm hoping to get to 30, maybe 40 players this year per site. The rules this year are the same as they were last year. I am working on some things to give away this year to the winner/top 3, but won't promise anything until I know it is set in stone and won't change. Due to running this game on two sites there may be a little delay in how long it takes me to get totals updated, as I'll have likely double the number of players. That being said, there will be a change in which poll gets used (rule 3)
The rules are as follows.
1. Game will consist of picking the winner of each top 25 game, a couple interesting unranked FCS match ups, and a couple of the high profile FBS match-ups each week. Each correct pick will be worth 1 point.
2. Picks are due by 9AM Central on Saturday. Weeks that have Thursday/Friday games will have a deadline of 4PM Central Thursday/Friday if you wish to have that game count towards your picks. If you get it in late that game will not count towards your total. (re: it will count as you getting it wrong) but will not disqualify picks that have yet to be played.
3. In the past I have used the CS poll, however, trying to total both sites using two different polls will suck ****. Thus the AGS poll will be the poll used. It was very similar to the CS poll last year, and already has the preseason poll out....even I'm not sure if the CS poll is running this year.
4. Schedule of games to pick will be posted by 11PM Central Monday evening, possibly sooner depending on my schedule. That is a full 24 hours sooner than past years, hopefully my work schedule allows it to happen..
5. Pick's will run from preseason AQ and at-large bids, all the way through the title game.
6. Conference AQ and at-large bid picks will be due at the same time as the cut off for the week 1 picks. You may edit your picks for the AQ and AL picks until 9AM Central the Saturday of the first game. NO OTHER EDITED OF PICKS IS ALLOWED DURING THE SEASON. ONCE A PICK IS MADE IT CAN NOT BE CHANGED. Missing a week does NOT disqualify you from playing the rest of the season, neither does missing the first week.
6A. Each correct AQ/AL pick is worth one point. If you correctly pick the team as winning the AQ or at-large bid you will receive 2 extra points. I.E. you pick School A to win the AQ and school B to get an at-large. School A doesn't win the AQ but gets an at-large, and School B get's an at-large. You would get 1 point for correctly having School A in the playoffs, and you would get 3 points for correctly prediction School B would be an at large.
7. Post season game picks will have a weighted scoring system due to fewer games being played. Each round will have a different weight. See the following spoil for how it works
- Spoiler: show
9. NEW THIS YEAR is a couple ways to earn points. I'm adding a preseason title game prediction. For each team you correctly pick to be in the national title game you'll get 5 points. You'll also get 5 bonus points if you correctly pick the champion. You can earn up to 15 extra points from this.
10.. A tie, in the event of a tie at the end of it all, will revert back to higher standing at end of regular season. If still tied I'll figure it out then.
To submit picks for Week 1 and the AQ/AL please visit the following link. A new link will be posted each week for the picks. Be sure to select CS for the site and enter your username EXACTLY as it appears here. IF YOU DON'T ENTER A VALID USERNAME YOUR PICKS WILL BE THROWN OUT INSTANTLY!
Clenz's Week 1/Preseason Pick Em' Form
