2021 NFL Eliminator Pool

[BigOrange1 6607]

had it the whole time!

[Blotto 23974]

goddamnit. all week I was planning on taking the bills, which was the only obvious pick. woke up this morning, and got cute convincing myself to take the saints, and save the bills pick.  and then those cunts blew a 4th qtr 11 point lead. enjoy my money. fuck jameis. 

[Satoshi 129]

Damn if only the Jags could’ve held on, we would’ve really thinned the herd. 

[HornOnTheBayou 9056]

Thanks for the extra scare today, Minnesota. This weekend has been pretty calm sports-wise, so I needed some excitement.

[Dr Fear 1286]

The Marlboro Bold Flavor Pick of the week goes to Austingirl who picked the Trey Lance led 5.5 point road dog 49ers over the Cardinals.

[HornOnTheBayou 9056]

8 hours ago, Dr Fear said:

The Marlboro Bold Flavor Pick of the week goes to Austingirl who picked the Trey Lance led 5.5 point road dog 49ers over the Cardinals.

She hasn't always been known for making good choices. For one, she married me.

[Brew 3049]

This has been an interesting season so far. There have been a bunch of close calls, but almost no big pick upsets. I’m in a couple of pools with $500k+ payouts and a lot of the people in the pools are still alive. Usually by now there have been massive cuts with surprise losses.

[TheDude 3]

Damn where do you get in pools of that size

[HornOnTheBayou 9056]

2 hours ago, Brew said:

This has been an interesting season so far. There have been a bunch of close calls, but almost no big pick upsets. I’m in a couple of pools with $500k+ payouts and a lot of the people in the pools are still alive. Usually by now there have been massive cuts with surprise losses.

Agreed. Although this week feels like there could be some winnowing. All the good teams are playing other good teams. Bad teams seem to be playing bad teams. We'll see what happens. 

[Brew 3049]

2 hours ago, TheDude said:

Damn where do you get in pools of that size

There are a couple of brothers up north that run golf pools, football pools, baseball pools, etc. They are typically $100 buy ins and have several thousand participants. There is another guy that runs a ton of pools and squares with $100-$500+ buy ins depending on the pool with a lot of people in them. I’ve won off both and never had any issues with payouts.

[Dr Fear 1286]

Surprised nobody was on Tampa last night, about half the surviving teams have not used them yet.

[BigOrange1 6607]

damn, no one picked the rams?  go texans!

[Dr Fear 1286]

Looking ahead, most entries are going to be running out of good options after next week

[Hook1997 5486]

5 minutes ago, Dr Fear said:

Looking ahead, most entries are going to be running out of good options after next week

Very true, but everyone still has whoever the Texan’s are playing 😂.  

[Dr Fear 1286]

Very true, but everyone still has whoever the Texan’s are playing .  

They play the Rams next week (which a couple entries have burned) and then have fun if you want to take the Dolphins at home against them in 2 weeks!

[Brew 3049]

That’s a massive loss by the Bengals with them up by 11 with less than 7 minutes to play. Luckily I didn’t play them anywhere other than a big parlay ML bet which just bent me over.

[Dr Fear 1286]

That’s a massive loss by the Bengals with them up by 11 with less than 7 minutes to play. Luckily I didn’t play them anywhere other than a big parlay ML bet which just bent me over.

Down to 8 with 4 teams still to go with the Chiefs on Monday. I had mixed feelings with the Bengals division future I made last week, but oh well.

[Satoshi 129]

5 minutes ago, Brew said:

That’s a massive loss by the Bengals with them up by 11 with less than 7 minutes to play. Luckily I didn’t play them anywhere other than a big parlay ML bet which just bent me over.

To a backup QB, no less. Good luck to everyone still in the pool. 

[Hook1997 5486]

It was good knowing you four.  Lol

Edited October 31, 2021 by Hook1997

[Assman 1830]

I deserve to lose.  I changed my pick from the Rams to the Bengals late Saturday night after making my picks up through week 14.  Rule 1 of eliminator is to take it 1 week at a time.  Enjoy my money.

[Brew 3049]

It makes for a more enjoyable weekend after a Thursday night W.

[Hook1997 5486]

Yea it’s getting tight now, this week will be a lot of close games.  I’m torn between taking a possible close game or using one of my last good teams. 

[Hook1997 5486]

We got some people on pucker watch with the Cowboys and Bills….   Glad I decided against them at the last minute but also not feeling great about my pick in KC.  This thing may be ending pretty soon.  

Edited November 7, 2021 by Hook1997

[BigOrange1 6607]

well motherfuck me.

[Hook1997 5486]

@BigOrange1  Wait our pool says 4 people surviving but only 3 made the correct pick last week?  Did someone not make a pick and survive that way?

[Dr Fear 1286]

Just now, Hook1997 said:

@BigOrange1  Wait our pool says 4 people surviving but only 3 made the correct pick last week?  Did someone not make a pick and survive that way?

1 person hasn't gone yet, likely has Steelers tonight.

[Dr Fear 1286]

1 minute ago, Dr Fear said:

1 person hasn't gone yet, likely has Steelers tonight.

I may be wrong about that, I can't see the picks anymore after getting eliminated

[Hook1997 5486]

3 minutes ago, Dr Fear said:

1 person hasn't gone yet, likely has Steelers tonight.

Ahh yea forgot about that.   You’re right probably.  

[The512 2]

7 hours ago, Hook1997 said:

Ahh yea forgot about that.   You’re right probably.  

I have Pitt tonight

[Brew 3049]

Miami W would not be good.

[Brew 3049]

Never play an f-Ing road team. Knew better than to do it.

[Hook1997 5486]

So the three of us that lost yesterday have to hope the last remaining person loses Sunday too….

[Brew 3049]

Correct, he probably needs to play the shittiest team available Sunday if he wants to win with the way the last two weeks have gone.

Edited November 12, 2021 by Brew

[Hook1997 5486]

4 hours ago, Brew said:

Correct, he probably needs to play the shittiest team available Sunday if he wants to win with the way the last two weeks have gone.

They need to come out and tell us who they pick so we can root against them!  Lol

[Hook1997 5486]

The Lions might pull this thing out for us.  I googled it and a tie counts as a loss so we are all alive still if this happens?  

Edited November 14, 2021 by Hook1997

[Brew 3049]

Nobody wanted to win that game. That was a horribly played OT.

[Hook1997 5486]

1 minute ago, Brew said:

Nobody wanted to win that game. That was a horribly played OT.

Our rules state tie advances….   It varies from different pools I guess, cause google said no.   That’s all folks, congrats to the winner.  

[Brew 3049]

11 minutes ago, Hook1997 said:

Our rules state tie advances….   It varies from different pools I guess, cause google said no.   That’s all folks, congrats to the winner.  

What? Tie is a loss in every pool I’ve ever played in. You have to win to advance.

[Hook1997 5486]

22 minutes ago, Brew said:

What? Tie is a loss in every pool I’ve ever played in. You have to win to advance.

Same!  Our says he’s still alive and advanced.   

[Dr Fear 1286]

I just looked it up on ESPN rules and it says ties advance. Hence the Eliminator not Survivor I guess?

[BigOrange1 6607]

wow, a tie advances?  that's really fucking lame.

anyway, congrats to the winner i suppose.  hit me up and i'll get you paid.

[Dr Fear 1286]

@BigOrange1 You going to run this thing again?  I'm making the suggestion that you change the rules that ties = loss.

[BigOrange1 6607]

7 minutes ago, Dr Fear said:

@BigOrange1 You going to run this thing again?  I'm making the suggestion that you change the rules that ties = loss.

Hell motherfucking yes - and most definitely, ties = loss.