No prizes; just bragging rights
If you’d like to get in on the fun of picking this week’s winners in the NFL without having to risk any money or win any prizes, I’ve got the contest for you.
This is actually two contests:
- Simply pick the winner (Pick’em)
- Pick against the spread (Spread)
You can participate in either, both, or neither.
- No entries will be accepted after kickoff of the Thursday Night Football game.
- If you want to change your entry, simply click the appropriate link below and fill in another entry form. I will use the last one submitted prior to TNF kickoff as the official entry.
- The spreads used for the Point Spread contest will be the ones available to me at the time of writing the article and they will not change.
Check the current odds at FanDuel
To enter the PICK’EM contest, simply click this link and complete the form
The forms ask you to enter an email address. You should automatically receive a copy of your picks via email to the address provided. If you do not want to provide your email address, simply enter a dummy address (e.g., dummy@hotmail.com) to continue with the form.
To enter the POINT SPREAD contest, simply click this link and complete the form
Check the current odds at FanDuel
Note that in the Point Spread contest, the FAVORITE is denoted with a minus sign (-) while the UNDERDOG is denoted with a plus sign (+).
I’ll publish the list of entrants with the highest scores after the conclusion of this week’s slate of games.
October winners
Before unveiling the Week 9 winners, here is a list of all the winners for the month of October, comprising Weeks 5 to 8:
Bragging rights for this week
Pick’em
There were 60 entrants in this weeks Pick’em contest, up quite a bit from last week’s total of 46. This week, two entrants tied by correctly predicting the outcomes of 14 out of 15 games. Mike Neugent (Texans) and Winding Way Warriors (Saints) each missed on only one prediction, while 5 other entrants were just one point behind, having correctly forecast 13 correct outcomes. Another 17 entrants tallied 12 correct predictions each.
Point Spread
We had 36 entries in the Point Spread contest (up from 32 entries last week). One entrant — TradeUpForLS — stood alone at the top of the heap when the smoke had cleared, having correctly accounted for the point spread in 13 of 15 games, missing only by picking the favored Bills and underdog Broncos. Right behind were Winding Way Warriors (co-winner in the Pick’em contest) and tflo007, each with 12 correct predictions. Another 4 entrants made 11 correct predictions, and 6 more hit on 10 of the 15 games.
Congratulations to all on another great week of predictions. Don’t forget to click the links above and get your entries in for this week; it costs nothing to enter except a few minutes of your time, and the pride of winning will warm you for an entire week and give you something to brag about that will drive your friends and family crazy.