Football Pools

Eight football contests running from Week 1 through the Super Bowl — pick your pool below and jump straight to the details.

Chicago Bears 5×5 Squares

Per Square
Max Squares
/ Sold
Deadline

Buy a square and win based on the score of every Chicago Bears game, all season ($4 per game × 17 games).

How Squares Work

  • Buy one or more squares (max per person)
  • Once you pay, email me to get your link and password to pick your square
  • Numbers are randomly assigned once all squares sell
  • Payouts are settled weekly, based on each game's score

Payouts

Final payouts are based on the number of paid entries and are announced after registration closes.

Winning Square Rules

$25 payout for winners of the 1st, 2nd, 3rd Quarters, and Final score, for each of the 17 games.

Payment & Access

  1. Pay for your square(s)
  2. Nick verifies your payment
  3. You'll receive the grid link/password by email
  4. Select your square(s)
View Squares →

NCAA Football Pick'em with Spread

Entry Fee
Deadline
Entry Limit

Pick college football games against the spread each week.

How It Works

Pick the winners of selected college football games each week using the point spread. Earn credit for each correct pick and compete for the best overall record during the season.

Payouts

Final payouts are based on the number of paid entries and are announced after registration closes.

Tiebreaker

  • Person closest to the tie-breaker game score each week is the winner
  • End of season ties are split

Important Rules

[ADD: contest-specific rules]

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NFL Sweet 6

Entry Fee
Deadline
Entry Limit

Pick any six NFL games against the spread each week.

How It Works

  • Choose 6 NFL games against the spread, every week of the season

Payouts

Final payouts are based on the number of paid entries and are announced after registration closes.

Tiebreaker

  • The MNF tie-breaker will determine the winner. Closest to the final score (under or over).
  • If there is an End of Season payout, ties will split the winnings

Important Rules

[ADD: contest-specific rules]

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NFL Pick'em

Entry Fee
Deadline
Entry Limit

Pick every NFL game straight-up, all season.

How It Works

Pick every NFL game each week and compete against the other players throughout the regular season. Correct picks build your season total, with the best overall results determining the winners.

Payouts

Final payouts are based on the number of paid entries and are announced after registration closes.

  • Weekly Winners: $1.25 from each entry goes toward the weekly pot. Ex: 50 players × $1.25 = $62.50 each week for weekly payouts.
  • End of Season payouts: $1.25 per entry, per week goes toward the end of season payouts. Ex: 50 players × $1.25 = $62.50 × 18 weeks = $1,125 for season payouts.

Tiebreaker

  • The MNF tie-breaker will determine the winner. Closest to the final score (under or over).
  • If there is an End of Season payout, ties will split the winnings

Important Rules

[ADD: contest-specific rules]

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NFL Survivor

Entry Fee
Deadline
Entry Limit

Pick one NFL winner each week. Lose once and you're eliminated.

How It Works

  • One pick per week, no spread
  • You MUST email me to tell me your SLEEPER team name
  • Can't reuse a team you've already picked
  • Lose once, you're out

Payouts

Final payouts are based on the number of paid entries and are announced after registration closes.

Tiebreaker

  • If there are 2 remaining people at the end of Week 18, the tie-breaker = Point Spread Differential

Important Rules

  • Wipe Out Week — Weeks 1-4: if 2 or more players lose in the same week AND no entries remain, everyone is revived and the contest continues. This is the standard for Survivor Pools.
  • Week 5 or later — If 2 or more lose in the same week and no entries remain, the tie-breaker = Point Spread Differential
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Turkey Throwdown

Entry Fee
Deadline
Entry Limit

25 picks against the spread across NFL, college football, college basketball, NBA and NHL.

How It Works

  • Pick 25 games against the spread across multiple sports
  • Enter as many times as you'd like
  • Get 1 point for every correct pick

Payouts

Final payouts are based on the number of paid entries and are announced after registration closes.

The person with the most correct picks will win (see Tie-Breakers section in case of a Tie).

Tiebreaker

  • Monday Night Football's total score. Person who was the closest without going over will win the tie-breaker.
  • If still tied, with Monday Night Football's total score, the person who was the closest (either way, going under or over) will win.
  • If still tied, $$ will be split

Important Rules

  • Spreads are locked once form goes live. No changes will be made.
  • I take 1 free entry due to the amount of work/time put in to run this. If I do more than 1 entry, I will pay for those other entries.
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NFL 7×7 Playoff Squares

Per Square
Max Squares
/ Sold
Deadline

A 7×7 squares grid for the NFL playoffs.

How Squares Work

  • Buy one or more squares (max per person)
  • Teams are randomly assigned once all squares sell

Payouts

Final payouts are based on the number of paid entries and are announced after registration closes.

Winning Square Rules

  • The person with the square containing both Super Bowl teams wins a majority of the pot.
  • There will be 12 players who have one of the two teams (6 will have the AFC team only, and 6 will have the NFC team only) who will also win.
  • An email will be sent to all participants with the payout structure.

Payment & Access

  1. Pay for your square(s)
  2. Nick verifies your payment
  3. You'll receive the grid link/password by email
  4. Select your square(s)
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Super Bowl Squares

Per Square
Max Squares
/ Sold
Deadline

The classic 10×10 grid for the Super Bowl.

How Squares Work

  • Payment required before selecting your square(s)
  • Email me once payment is sent so that you can get the link to pick your square/s
  • Numbers are randomly assigned once all squares sell
  • 1 set of numbers per square (numbers do not change)

Payouts

  • 1st, 2nd, 3rd Quarters & Final Score: $300 each
  • Touching Squares (16): $50 each
  • If the winning square is on an edge, the "touching" square wraps around (top↔bottom, left↔right)

Payment & Access

  1. Pay for your square(s)
  2. Nick verifies your payment
  3. You'll receive the grid link/password by email
  4. Select your square(s)
Join Super Bowl Squares →