Our Football Pool

2025 Football Challenge

  1. ELIGIBILITY - All entrants must be friends with the pool manager. If you don't know who runs this pool, you can't enter.
  2. SIGNING UP - You can sign up by contacting the pool manager or by signing up on line. When you sign up on line, your account will not be activated until the pool manager receives your entry fees.
  3. ENTRY FEES - Total due is 120 clams (Must be paid before picks are made, unless other arrangements are made with the pool manager). The pool fees have been determined by the following criteria:
    1. All of the clams will be thrown into a pot at some time in the year (poor clams).
    2. Each week 5 clams from each person will be thrown into the pot. The person that has the most points that week will receive this weeks clams.
    3. The remaining 30 clams from each person will cooked up for the end of the year party. The end of the year party will be held at some time during the NFL playoffs. At the party the clams will be distributed as follows:
      1. 6 clams from each person will be thrown into a special pot. This pot of clams will be given to the person with the highest year points. If there is a tie for the number of points, the tiebreaker is year games.
      2. 6 clams from each person will be thrown into another special pot. This pot of clams will be given to the person with the highest year games. If there is a tie for the number of games, the tiebreaker is year points. The points and games winner CAN NOT be the same person, so if you get the points pot you are not eligible for the games pot.
      3. The remaining 18 clams from each person will be thrown into a community pot. This pot of clams will be shared amongst everybody at the end of the year party. You must be present to partake of these clams. The pool administrator reserves the right to eat a few extra clams to offset any costs incurred throughout the year.
  4. HOW TO PLAY
    1. SELECT YOUR WINNERS. Select who you pick to win each game.
    2. ASSIGN YOUR POINTS. Rate your picks in the order that you think will get you a pool win. From 1 to the number of games that week (14 or 16 depending on the number of teams with a bye week). Typically this involes putting the highest number of points (14 or 16) on the team you are most confident that will win, the second highest number of points (13 or 15) on the team you next most confident that will win, and so on until you place 1 point on the game you are least sure of the outcome for. Even though this is what we consider your best strategy, other strategies are acceptable. Play your points how you want. Each point value between 1 and the number of games for the week must be used one time.
    3. TIE BREAKERS. In the event of a tie in the number of points for the week, the best score the next week between the players that were tied will determine the winner. If tied for a second week, the tie will be determined by the higher points the next week. This will continue for as many weeks as needed to determine the winner. A tie on the final week of the pool will be evenly split among the tied players.
  5. SUBMISSION OF PICKS. - Weekly picks are due by the start of the first game that week.
    The preferred method for submitting picks is by entering your picks from the appropriate Pick Sheets Form on the football pool web site. Players may also submit picks by phone, fax, e-mail or in person.
    If a player does not submit a pick sheet for a given week he will be given a weekly score equal to the lowest total points scorer for that week. Week games will be set equal to the lowest games winner for that week.