Go Cardinals!

That would be awesome for you

Fuck yeah, son!

97 down today already.

14 bit the dust last week, leaving 161.


93 - New England
15 - NY Giants
13 - Cincinnati
10 - San Diego
9 - Houston
6 - Washington
3 - Dallas
3 - Pittsburgh
3 - San Francisco
2 - Oakland
1 - Buffalo
1 - Minnesota
1 - New Orleans
1 - Philadelphia

Whoever grabbed Philly has some balls.

Wow, who in their right mind would take KC or Buffalo

Good luck, Chus


Back in the trading floor heyday, we had a ridiculous pool. 8-900 people at 20$ a piece.

At least Buffalo is favored. The Chefs are 9 pt dogs.

I think ours is fifteen because the weekly confidence pool is $85 for all 17 weeks, making an even $100 yearly investment.

What is the closest you came to winning that huge pool?

Not close. I think I made it to week 6 once.

The good thing is, you don't have to last all 17 weeks, just longer than the others. I made it to the final 21 last year when I got knocked out.


Usually the final 5 or 6 would work out a deal.

I will certainly attempt this if I get to the final two. I'm cool with chopping $2600.

My manager at the time ran the pool. He didnt take a pct because people who win thousands of dollars usually tip well. One year a guy won like 12 grand and tipped him 20$. Publically shamed into a hundred but then he had to start doing a pct. What a jag that guy was.

What a dick. Throw him $240, that's 2%. You wouldn't even notice $240 light from 12K.

My manager at the time ran the pool. He didnt take a pct because people who win thousands of dollars usually tip well. One year a guy won like 12 grand and tipped him 20$. Publically shamed into a hundred but then he had to start doing a pct. What a jag that guy was.

As someone who runs pools at work fairly often, I don't ever expect a tip. If the motivation for you to run the pool is to get a tip, then let someone else run it. They really aren't that hard to do. Maybe back in the pre-computer day it was if you had to manually calculate it all, but now they run themselves. That being said, a $20 tip on a $12000 win is pretty pathetic... more respect for not tipping in that situation (because maybe it doesn't occur to the guy to tip -- giving a $20 is like leaving a nickel to the waitress after dinner.) If you go in from the beginning with a "I keep 2%" rule, then you look like a dick running the thing for money.

How did the Saints blow an 18 point lead at home to the Chiefs?

I hope they go 0-16.