Folks, we've lost another Pigskin Maniac, Chris Chase who passed away at the age of 37. Our sincerest condolences go out to Chris, his sister Steph Beaulieu and all his family. Here's the obit from USA Today.
1/2 Out of respect for Bills player Damar Hamlin, his family and his teammates, we are going to suspend the pool for this week until the NFL determines how it will treat tonight’s game. At that time, the Rules Committee will convene to determine a course of action...
Kyle Skinner is your Pigskin Mania 26 Champion. Panthers cover guarantees first place and at least a tie for the PM scoring record. New record if Alabama covers.
We feel it is the duty of The Poolmaster to inform the entire pool that among the players to score perfect weeks this week were an entry where someone’s dogs make the picks and another where the player is a 2-year-old. It is the second perfect week for the dogs.
Time for the Week 10 thread:
He did it! Bill Stewart set a new record for longest streak without a perfect week at 199 weeks. His only loss was Arizona’s unlikely cover against Southern Cal. Bill has been at this since the 2010 season and has never gotten a perfect week.
#Legend
It's the start of new adventure when I take to the airwaves this Friday with
@SteveRivera95
on Eye on the Ball as a co-host. Listen to us weekdays from 6-7 p.m. on
@1030TheVoice
. We'll be talking all things Tucson sports, and I've got lots of say. Story:
We have a champion in Pigskin Mania 28. With the
@Chiefs
unbelievable cover, Mountain Oysters clinches first place in the pool with a record-setting score. The prize will be about $4,400. Congratulations to the new champ.
That's a wrap on our 28th season. We have a new champion in the Mountain Oysters and a new scoring record at 76.0. Can 80.0 be on the horizon? Winners should check the website for instructions on collecting. We'll see everyone when March Mania rolls around. Hope you had fun.
Day 1 of PM 30 didn't go well. 56 wins, 195 losses.
182 of the losses were on the Ohio St.-Minnesota push. There were 30 locks on that game.
Welcome to Pigskin Mania.
Week 13 spreads are up for everyone to get ready for Thanksgiving Day football. We wish all of you and your families a safe and happy Thanksgiving. No fighting over your picks at dinner. Leave the taunting for after. Have a great weekend.
With the AP preseason poll out, we've switched up the Week 1
#pigskinspecial
to make it a matchup of two Top 10 teams. It's a 12:30 p.m. kickoff (3:30 p.m. EDT)
We have over 1,050 entries. I'm getting a lot of emails asking questions about submitting picks, the Pigskin Special and Locks. Every question is answered in the rules. There are 234 new players in the pool. I'm asking all of you to please read the rules.
History was made in the Bowl Pool with Velvet Milkman sweeping 1st, 2nd and 3rd place with three different entries heavy on underdogs. The winning score was 70 points.
Yup, that was a push in the
#PigskinSpecial
. As Oprah would say, "You get a loss. You get a loss. And you get a loss." All 870 players who played it gets -0.5 on the game. It's the 16th time in the history of the Special that the game pushed. There were 2 last year.
One player won the largest weekly payout in Tour Mania history by being the only player to pick Keegan Bradley this week. With an $800 carry-over from last week’s U.S. Open and this week’s $400 pot, one player collects $1,200 (payable at the end of the season).
@TheWildcaster
@ZonaZooOfficial
Been calling them out since UA started offering prizes to those who stayed past the 3rd qtr at football. One of the best student sections in the country? Not even close.
If you’re one of the hundreds who made your picks by taking teams playing against backup NFL quarterbacks and are now losing all those games, raise your hand 🙋🏻♂️🙋🏻♂️
Week 1 Official Point Spreads are up. It's go time for PM 28. If you're signing up today or tomorrow, read the instructions on the website. Otherwise,
#BringIt
All 201 players in Tour Mania are happy they didn't take defending champ Sergio Garcia who took a 13 on No. 15. It was a rerun of Tin Cup. 5 balls in the water.
The tailgate hangover is real. Setup and breakdown are a toll on the body. But when it comes after an
@ArizonaFBall
win, it’s so much easier to cope. Where’s the coffee and the Advil? I see you
@uclamike11
.
Registration for Pigskin Mania 32 is underway. We're hitting a big milestone this season with the 1,000,000th pick in the history of the pool. Head to the PM website to get registered. The season starts Labor Day weekend with games on Thursday, Aug. 31.
We move on to Week 6 with an attractive
#PigskinSpecial
with the 3-1 Bills visiting the defending AFC Champion Chiefs. The early line is Chiefs -2.5. That's it for tonight. Have a great week everyone!!!
It's game week. PM 31 starts Thursday with an all-NCAA schedule. Check your email and the website for info. If you haven't registered and plan to play, now's the time to sign up. Points spreads will be posted Thursday and we'll be underway.
Thanks to all the Maniacs who sent and posted messages of support after The Poolmaster's rant last week. That wasn't the intent, but it was appreciated. We just hope the message got across. Thanks again...
We hope everyone had a great time this year. We’re just weeks away from our March Mania NCAA Tournament pool, followed by Tour Mania, our PGA Tour pool that begins with The Master’s the second weekend of April. Until then, stay safe and we hope to see you soon.
The Poolmaster will be taking the night off on Christmas eve. The weekly update will be posted sometime Christmas day with point spreads for Week 18. (There are no football games on Christmas day.) Our family wishes everyone a Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays.
History has been made. The pool has shattered the record for most perfect weeks in a single weekend. There are 84 perfect weeks breaking the record of 61 set last season. There can be 27 more if the Chiefs and Rams cover.
In response to popular demand, we have added Fresno St. @ Hawaii (-2) to this week's spreads as it appears to have been omitted from the point spreads. And let me just comment that all of you who couldn't move on with life without that game are sick.
The record 1,035 entries means the 1,000,000th pick will come in Week 12. The prize is you have that pick is 2 years of free entry if the pick is a winner, and one year free entry if it's a loss. We'll track the progress each week...
We're inside of four weeks to the start of the PGA Tour and we can't wait to get started. We're taking registration for Tour Mania 2020. The season starts June 11. Let's get this thing going.
The call on the field was an interception for Ohio State (-6.5). After review, the call was reversed and Penn State was awarded a touchdown. HUGE call. Thoughts?
#PigskinSpecial
That’s all we have this week. We’re not gonna wish bad things on anyone this week because it’s Christmas. We’ll just double up next week. Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to all you Maniacs.
The last update to Accounts and the Picks page until tonight has just gone up. Anyone who registers and wants to play any of today's games needs to submit by email. Instructions are all over the PM website. Good luck to all but my sister.
REMINDER: This is the last week that players have to pick at least two college and two NFL games. Beginning Thanksgiving week, it's a free-for-all and players can take as many games as they want in either category.
Every 10 years or so the blind squirrel finds the acorn. The Poolmaster 2 entry wins the Bowl Pool, good for a first place prize of $947.50. Including ties, the pool will pay 32 places. Winners can visit the Bowl Pool site for instructions to collect.
Games in the Dirty Dozen Bowl Pool get started today. Players can enter anytime up to the start of the Orange Bowl on Saturday. Good luck to everyone but
@dc4azcats
More from Week 1…
2 players who did not select the Pigskin Special have recorded perfect weeks…
And, drumroll please…we are at 1,032 paid players, that’s an increase of 65 players from last year.
3/7 Another suggestion was to not have a Special that doesn’t have a hook. We pick the game on Monday. Last Monday, the line was Washington -2.5. Someone suggested we should have known the line would move to 3. That is untrue. There is no way of knowing where a line will land…
The Poolmaster is now going to roll up into the fetal position and call it night after his second -1.0 in the last three weeks. Good luck to no one in this pool…
We're two weeks out from the season opener and we just finalized the Week 1 Pigskin Special. It's Georgia vs. Clemson. The early line is Clemson -3. The game will only be changed if it isn't going to be played. Registration continues. The Picks Page will be live Monday.
We believe tonight's MNF game was the biggest spread between two teams in PM history. There were 338 winners on the
@Browns
and only 7 picks on the
@nyjets
. PM update coming soon.
Item 1. The 1 millionth pick is in and it came from Hoodlum2 who took Maryland -2 with the pick. With a 13-10 win over Nebraska, Hoodlum2 gets free entry in Pigskin Mania for the 2024 and 2025 seasons. Congratulations to the winner...
The pool is exactly 50% going into the last game of the week - 2,168 wins, 2,168 losses. The
#MNF
split is 49ers 43, Giants 25. Only 11 perfect weeks on the books. 2 more if the Giants cover. 1 more if the Niners cover.
That's a wrap on PM27. Be sure to visit the home page for a final word on the season, especially if you're one of the prize winners. See you in March for March Mania.
It’s late in the Mountain Time Zone so that’s all we have. Next time we chat will be after Christmas, so Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah and Happy Holidays to everyone. Be safe and have a great week.
@MichaelJLev
It's clear that the coach is saying that despite the awards and stats piled up by Schooler, Fields & co., he doesn't think those guys are all that good. I'm guessing they'll be proving this coach and others wrong.