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| College Football Pickem was transitioned from Yahoo! onto the website for the 2012-2013 season in an attempt to mirror the move made with NFL Pickem. Prior to that, College Football Pickem involved simply picking each game's winner. From 2012-2013 onward, the game score will be picked. This format was chosen based on requests to change the simple pick format to a spread-based or confidence-based format. The commissioner felt the new format was the best method to assess a member's skills in predicting the outcome of a game while staying as true to football as possible. Not all was left with Yahoo!, however, as week wins are still handed out. |
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In order to participate in the game, you need to click the "Sign Up" link on the game page. From there, enter your information as you submitted it to the members database (if applicable). Once registered, use the "Submit Your Picks" page to enter your picks for the week. You can also click the linked "at" on the game's front page to submit your predicted score for an individual game, or the "Pick" links on the game schedule page. When submitting your prediction, make sure to enter a number for both teams. A blank field will be rejected by the system. If you submit a pick for a game with both teams scoring the same amount, you'll be ineligible for the correct pick points because ties aren't possible. If you don't submit a score for a game, you will be noted as having made an incorrect pick and will receive 0 points for it. From there, you can check your progress by using the "Game Standings" page. The overall game standings and weekly game standings are all available. As are the championship point standings and the projected championship points earned from the game. To help you make your picks, the game provides detailed polls & rankings, a relevant schedule, and a stats section which features the average scores and pick percentages for each game along with other information on conference & team info and member points breakdowns. Non-ASFL2 Members are allowed to participate in the game, but are not counted for championship points purposes. They're listed on the standings pages by default (aside from those involving championship points), but can be removed by clicking the "Member?" or "M?" heading. |
Each game's pick is due by the scheduled start time as listed within the game schedule. If you notice what you feel is an incorrect time, please email the commissioner or reply to the game thread as soon as possible. The commissioner may ask for a member or two to help keep the game updated. Those who assist will be given bonus points as a reward. The game covers 14 game weeks. The first week begins with the season-opening games on the Thursday before Labor Day and concludes with the 14th week covering Conference Championship Saturday and Army-Navy Saturday; the bowls are not factored in. Each week will feature between 25 and 30 games and include every game involving an AP Top 25 team. All weeks will run from Tuesday to Monday, meaning midweek MAC and Sun Belt games may be selected for you to pick. In order to reach the 25 game minimum, FCS playoff games may be used during the final game week. There are no dropped weeks. The game's new format and location allows you to easily make your picks in advance of any game while the new scoring format should help soften the blow of an outlier, subpar pick week. I'll also be putting some games on the schedule for future weeks at least an extra week in advance. Those three factors eliminate the reason for the use of a drop week. A perfect game is worth 100 points, the next highest total possible is 92 points and the highest total possible while not correctly picking the outcome of the game is 32 points.
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