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The season's penultimate week is upon us along with its penultimate and antepenultimate games, with the Bills getting 1.5 in KC and the upstart 'Manders getting 6 in Philly, respectively, and with DK and Agnes best positioned to overtake J. Mac's not-insignificant lead for All The Biscuits .  As you know, votes are 10 points per this week, with an extra five for your VOTY's. All votes are due to be submitted by 2PM EST on game day (Jan. 26) by email to the Exec. Comm's. duly appointed designees or posted directly here in the thread. The Exec. Comm. and a substantial portion of the football voting public remain on pins and needles as our contenders make their final sprint for the finish. Godspeed, once again, to all.   

The peak of the football season is upon us with three (3) eight and a halfs (8.5s) for our contenders to work into their divisional math (Texans +8.5 at Chiefs; 'Manders +8.5 at Lions; Buckeyes -8.5 at Irish).  We've also got the Rams +6 at Eagles and the Ravens -1.5 in Buffalo.  All votes for this round are due to be submitted to the Exec. Comm.'s duly appointed designees by 3:30 PM on Saturday (1/18), either by email or in this thread. 5 points per vote this week, and 10 for the vote of the week. Good luck and godspeed to our contenders and a safe and blessed football voting weekend to all.

This week we've got the two (2) college playoff semifinal games and the six (6) NFL Wild Card games.  Both college picks are due by 6:30 PM today (Thursday) (ND -1.5 over PSU, OSU -6 over Texas).  The NFL picks are all due by 3:30 PM on Saturday (Chargers -3 at Texans, Steelers +9.5 at Ravens, Broncos +8.5 at Bills, Packers +4.5 at Eagles, 'Manders +3 at Bucs, and Vikings -1.5 at Rams).  All picks this week are worth 3 points each, with 10 for your vote of the week.  For the rest of the playoffs, scoring and rules are as follows: Picks for the NFL divisional round (including the college championship) will be 5 each, 10 for the vote of the week. Then 10 points for the two championship round games, plus an extra 5 for the vote of the week. And finally 25 points for the "Super" Bowl. NOTE: ALL picks for the following weeks are due one hour before kickoff of that week's first game. Picks may be emailed to the Exec. Comm. and it's duly authorized designees as you...

Congrats to the survivors. Now is where the rubber meets the road. The format for Week 1 of the playoffs is as follows, with TEN picks due in total: 1) Everyone must pick all 4 of the college playoff games: 12/31, Penn State @ Boise; 1/1, Texas @ Arizona State; Ohio State @ Oregon; and Notre Dame @ Georgia.  2) Everyone must pick 2 of the remaining bowl games taking place between 12/31 and 1/4.  3) Everyone must pick the following 4 NFL games: 1/4: Bengals (-2.5) at Steelers; 1/5: Bills (-3.5) at Patriots (!!!); Dolphins (+0.5) at Jets; and Vikings (+3) at Lions.  All picks for this week are worth 2 points each, with the essay worth a lucky 7 points. Picks may be submitted piecemeal this week but ALL PICKS MUST BE SUBMITTED ONE HOUR BEFORE KICKOFF. This week's picks are to be posted directly in the thread due to the unlikelihood of any gamesmanship being successful. The following weeks you'll have the option of emailing your picks to the Exec. Comm.  The college line...

The Exec. Comm. brings good tidings to all for Christmas, the holidays, and this final week of the regular season, the last day of which is Monday, 12/30, with a mandatory playoff pick due on 12/31 for Penn State at Boise State as well as other discretionary college games available on 12/31 (final format TBA).  This week we've got Packers @ Vikings for the all play. For Wednesday and Thursday's games, the lines are as follows: Chiefs -2.5 at Steelers; Ravens -5.5 at Texans; Seahawks -3.5 at Bears; Pitt -7 v. Toledo; Rutgers +7 v. Kansas State; and Arkansas State +8.5 v. Bowling Green.  The rest of the college lines are here , and NFL lines  here .  Please make sure to check back in on Monday or Tuesday morning for the final playoff format. Top 8 make the playoffs with ties for the 8th spot to be resolved by week to week sudden death competition. The standings (not updated yet after last week) are  here . Happy holidays and best wishes to all for the sprint to th...

It's the penultimate week of the regular season. Vols at Bucks, in the playoffs, is the all play. The rest of the college action is here ; the NFL action is  here ; and the Exec. Comm. is wishing all a hearty and rewarding sprint for the playoffs.  NOTE: As always, if you ever want in on a game before the week's thread goes up, screenshot the game day line from ScoresandOdds, post in the most recent thread, then refer to that pick in the weekly thread once it's up.