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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. 

Sorry Mad Dog but the all play this week is Bills +2.5 at Lions, Sunday at 4:25.  For Thursday night's matchup we've got Rams +3 @ Niners.  The rest of the NFL lines are here , the college lines are Army -6 over Navy, and South Alabama -8.5 over Western Mich (gotta pick one!), and important playoff announcements are below:  The last week of the regular season will end on the close of Monday, December 30, with a quick turnaround for the playoffs, with mandatory playoff bowl votes on December 31 and throughout the rest of the week. The top 8 in the regular season standings will make the playoffs, and if there's a tie for eighth, those players will be in week to week sudden death until one has a higher scored week than the other. More details on the playoff format later. Happy football voting in the meantime, folks! 

Whoever would have imagined a "championship weekend" where the losers of the SEC and Big Ten title games would be guaranteed to make the playoff, they've left us to go with Atlantic Coast stalwarts from Dallas (literally closer to the Pacific than the Atlantic ocean) and Clemson (a solid 250 miles from the shore) for the all play this week. The Tigers are +2 against the SMU Mustangs for a chance to play for all the marbles. What a world.  The rest of the college lines are here ; the NFL lines are here ; and the Exec. Comm. is, as always, wishing everyone a warm and fruitful weekend of football voting.