idea - free ar.com NFL pools! any interest???

[kexodusc]

Hey, if I took the time to set one up online somewhere, say a survivor style and a pick-the-winner-vs-spread style, would anyone be interested?

No money, just bragging rights week-to-week...figure it would be a good way to follow the season together?

Lemme know! Fast!! I can have'em up tonight!

[GMichael]

I'll play. Maybe Eric could swing a 10% coupon from someone for the winner?

[kexodusc]

I'll play. Maybe Eric could swing a 10% coupon from someone for the winner?

Okay, me vs GM...sounds fun...any other NFL fans out there??? c'mon...

[GMichael]

Okay, me vs GM...sounds fun...any other NFL fans out there??? c'mon...

Cool, 50/50 chance for me to win... uh...win... What was it I get again?

[kexodusc]

Yeah, the response is overwhelming, don't everyone reply all at once now...

[Resident Loser]

...is a waste IMHSHO, for various reasons...and gambling? I don't bet on things I'm not in some control over...but maybe a little 8-ball...

jimHJJ(...rack 'em...)

[GMichael]

...maybe a little 8-ball...

jimHJJ(...rack 'em...)

8-ball? We can do that. BCA or APA rules?

[Resident Loser]

8-ball? We can do that. BCA or APA rules?

...back room of the bar rules...See that 2lb. hammer hangin' on the wall?

jimHJJ(...haven't played in years and I do miss it sometimes...and the drinkin'...)

[GMichael]

...back room of the bar rules...See that 2lb. hammer hangin' on the wall?

jimHJJ(...haven't played in years and I do miss it sometimes...and the drinkin'...)

Seems like no two bars ever have the same rules. "Hey, you can't bank that ball..." I can't? But I did. Went right in.. I loose? Who wrote these rules? Oh, yeah, now I see them on the back of your napkin. I guess you win then.

I'll let you know when the house is ready and the table is being used again.

[Resident Loser]

Seems like no two bars ever have the same rules. "Hey, you can't bank that ball..." I can't? But I did. Went right in.. I loose? Who wrote these rules? Oh, yeah, now I see them on the back of your napkin. I guess you win then.

I'll let you know when the house is ready and the table is being used again.

...of my mis-spent youth was OK and generally pretty much lax, combos (except on the 8)...your balls, his balls, banks, masse...Money breaks and don't scratch on the 8 was purty much it...

jimHJJ(...and of course there was shuffleboard and horse collar and .25 mugs of draught Schaefer and Rhinegold...)

[kexodusc]

Well, the idea was no money involved so it wouldn't be gamblin'...just a bit of ribbing between NFL buffs...I never bet on anything I don't stand at least a snowball's chance of winning.

But your continual optimism and refreshing positivity remain an inspiration...

Wait till I set up the "who-gets-killed-next-on-Lost-pool", then you'll be wantin a piece of the action...

[Resident Loser]

Well, the idea was no money involved so it wouldn't be gamblin'...just a bit of ribbing between NFL buffs...I never bet on anything I don't stand at least a snowball's chance of winning.

But your continual optimism and refreshing positivity remain an inspiration...

Wait till I set up the "who-gets-killed-next-on-Lost-pool", then you'll be wantin a piece of the action...

...have it any other way? Since the thread seemed to be goin' nowhere, I thought I'd inject my infectious joie de vivre and stoke the coals a bit...

jimHJJ(...I don't know the difference between a football and a 9-iron...)

[ForeverAutumn]

Wait till I set up the "who-gets-killed-next-on-Lost-pool", then you'll be wantin a piece of the action...

I'm totally in on the Lost pool! As for Football, nah. I hate watching football, but I used to be in a football pool at work. I won it twice one year. My system was to flip a coin. Heads was the home team, tails was visitors. It really pissed off the guys in the pool who followed football religiously and couldn't even come close to a winning week.

Now a hockey pool or a lacrosse pool would be a different story. I'd totally be into either of those.

Any Lacrosse fans here?

[kexodusc]

Any Lacrosse fans here?

Friggin' right - Typically cheer for the Roughnecks, but only cause the Rush are so bad...I lived in Edmonton a few years, the only town I've lived in besides Denver with a team!!!

Besides, the "Tom Sawyer" entrance music is wicked! How can you not like the Rush???

[ForeverAutumn]

Friggin' right - Typically cheer for the Roughnecks, but only cause the Rush are so bad...I lived in Edmonton a few years, the only town I've lived in besides Denver with a team!!!

Besides, the "Tom Sawyer" entrance music is wicked! How can you not like the Rush???

YEAH BABY!

Finally a lacrosse fan on this site! You don't know how hard I've tried to turn some of my American mates onto this sport. Even in cities with teams, they just aren't interested.

Calgary is a great team. I loved that they won the Champions Cup in '04. So the Rush open their games with Tom Sawyer? I didn't know that. That would be enough to make me a Rush fan. Lacrosse that is. I'm already a Rush fan musically.

My heart is with the Rock of course. This will be our fourth year as season ticket holders. With five championship wins in seven years ('99 - '05), this team Rocks, literally. We had a bad start last year, but with Glen Clark taking the lead as Head Coach this season, it should be a good one.

And with new teams in Chicago and New York and live Saturday night TV coverage on OLN this year, the popularity of this sport can only grow.

I just hope that growth doesn't mean increased ticket prices. I can get a full season of lacrosse for the same cost as only one Leafs ticket.

[kexodusc]

YEAH BABY!

Finally a lacrosse fan on this site! You don't know how hard I've tried to turn some of my American mates onto this sport. Even in cities with teams, they just aren't interested.

Calgary is a great team. I loved that they won the Champions Cup in '04. So the Rush open their games with Tom Sawyer? I didn't know that. That would be enough to make me a Rush fan. Lacrosse that is. I'm already a Rush fan musically.

My heart is with the Rock of course. This will be our fourth year as season ticket holders. With five championship wins in seven years ('99 - '05), this team Rocks, literally. We had a bad start last year, but with Glen Clark taking the lead as Head Coach this season, it should be a good one.

And with new teams in Chicago and New York and live Saturday night TV coverage on OLN this year, the popularity of this sport can only grow.

I just hope that growth doesn't mean increased ticket prices. I can get a full season of lacrosse for the same cost as only one Leafs ticket.

Yeah, but who really pays money to watch the Leafs? Our office hear in NB holds 4 season tickets, we use for perks and tax write-offs as far as I know - you should take the 401 east, then run up Highway 7 to see some real hockey played.

But yeah, I do like the Rock, they're pretty awesome, and very well managed...year after year. Time for a cooler jersey though.

Dunno if they Rush play Tom Sawyer every game, but I definitely caufght it last year twice. They play a few Rush tunes throughout the game, suits me fine...

Chicago named their team the Shamrox, when does NY reveal theirs?

[Woochifer]

I'm totally in on the Lost pool! As for Football, nah. I hate watching football, but I used to be in a football pool at work. I won it twice one year. My system was to flip a coin. Heads was the home team, tails was visitors. It really pissed off the guys in the pool who followed football religiously and couldn't even come close to a winning week.

Kinda like whenever the Wall Street Journal would pit the professional fund managers against the dartboard. I seem to recall that the dartboard won on a few occasions.

I've won my office's NCAA basketball tourney pool two years in a row, but the year before, our admin staffer won and she knew nothing about any of the teams in the tourney.

[kexodusc]

Saw that...Holy Thread resurrection, Batman....

Gonna be a great year...Go Rush Go!