NFL Challenge

FAQ

  1. Entries
    • There is a $20 fee per entrant
    • You may enter as many times as you wish however each entry must have a unique email address
    • The fee must be paid in full before the start of the first game or the entrant will be removed

  2. Making your picks
    • Spreads are posted online every Tuesday evening during the NFL season (and playoffs) by 11:00pm (unless there are unforeseen circumstances preventing this at which point the pool entrants will be notified appropriately)
    • Entrants are notified by email so it is incumbent upon each entrant to ensure they are receiving emails weekly
    • Poolies must make their picks every week to qualify for any "Gamer" awards
    • The deadline for making picks are 5 minutes before game time, if a poolie does not make their picks before the deadline they will receive the DEFAULT picks for that week (refer to the rules for each game for details)
    • Poolies may change their picks at any time until the deadline by simply resubmitting the picks on the website

  • Spreads are determined from the lines posted on SportsInteraction (http://sportsinteraction.com/) as well as Scores And Odds (http://www.scoresandodds.com/)
  • Each week a line is given for each game. In that line the FAVOURITE is given a MINUS NUMBER indicating the must win by more than that number and the UNDERDOG is given a PLUS NUMBER indicating they must either WIN the game or LOSE BY LESS than that number.
  • DEFAULT picks are the HOME team.
  • Example : a line could be .... Green Bay (-3.5) @ Houston (+3.5)
    * If you picked Green Bay, they MUST WIN BY MORE THAN 3.5 POINTS for you to win!
    ** If you picked Houston, they CAN EITHER WIN THE GAME or LOSE BY LESS THAN 3.5 POINTS for you to win!

  1. Simply pick the winner of each game - that's it.
  2. In the event of a tie (it does happen in football), your pick will WIN!
  3. You earn 1 point for each correct pick
  4. The winner of the pool will have the highest amount of points at the end of the season (if anyone is tied, the prize money will be split amount the tied poolies).
  5. DEFAULT picks are AWAY team.
  6. NOTE: Football goes into overtime, so whatever the score after the overtime is completed is the official score!

  • Unlike other versions of survivor, our version goes on the whole season so you are always in it.
  • You can must make your survivor pick BEFORE the first game starts for that week!
  • You can only pick a winning team ONCE
  • Your pick can only be against the same losing team ONCE
  • Don't worry, we make it easy for you to pick - we will show you the games you are qualified to pick a winner from
  • Each week, if you pick the correct winner, you will earn points that equal the week you are playing in... (Week 1 = 1 point, Week 2 = 2 points, Week 3 = 3 points, Week 17 = 17 points, etc.
  • The winner of the pool will have the highest amount of points at the end of the season (if anyone is tied, the prize money will be split amount the tied poolies).
  • If you miss a week, a default survivor pick will be selected for you based on the first available team (see the list below to see the order).
  1. Buffalo Bills
  2. Tampa Bay Buccaneers
  3. Kansas City Chiefs
  4. Green Bay Packers
  5. Los Angeles Rams
  6. Los Angeles Chargers
  7. San Francisco 49ers
  8. Denver Broncos
  9. Dallas Cowboys
  10. Baltimore Ravens
  11. Cincinnati Bengals
  12. Philadelphia Eagles
  13. Indianapolis Colts
  14. Cleveland Browns
  15. Minnesota Vikings
  16. Arizona Cardinals
  17. Tennessee Titans
  18. Miami Dolphins
  19. Las Vegas Raiders
  20. New Orleans Saints
  21. New England Patriots
  22. Washington Commanders
  23. Pittsburgh Steelers
  24. Carolina Panthers
  25. New York Jets
  26. New York Giants
  27. Jacksonville Jaguars
  28. Detroit Lions
  29. Seattle Seahawks
  30. Chicago Bears
  31. Atlanta Falcons
  32. Houston Texans

  1. Last chance consists of the 13 playoff games - 6 Wildcards, 4 Divisional, 2 Conference Championship and 1 Superbowl
  2. Poolies will pick on each game based on the determined point spread at the time of the games being available to select
  3. For each of these games, you will assign a point value from 1 to 13 based on how strongly you feel about the accuracy of your selection, if you win your selection you will be awarded the points you assigned to that game, if you lose your selection you will not be awarded any points that you assigned to that game
  4. You can only select a point value ONCE during the course of the playoffs whether you win or lose your selection
  5. At the end of the playoffs, the poolie with the most points accumulated will win the playoff pool
  6. Any poolies that are tied for first place at the end of the playoffs will share the prize money
  7. Your picks for each game is due before the first game of that week has started as denoted by the deadline.
  8. Once the deadline has passed you will not be able to make any picks for that game and will automatically lose that game.
  9. In addition to losing each game of that week, the highest remaining point value will be assigned to that loss further penalizing you and minimizing your chances of winning. Bottom line - make your picks on time!