Our 2017 picks contest is now open and free to play at Fun Office Pools. If you played before at our old site, you know the rules: we pick 20 games straight up every week using confidence points. You pick the winners and assign 20 points to the outcome you’re most confident in, 1 point to the outcome you’re least confident in, etc. This year there will be weekly prizes as well as something for the overall season winner.
Click here to join this year’s league. If you’ve played with us before, you should have received an email invite as well.
With apologies to the appetizer games on Saturday, here’s our full slate for week one:
Thursday, August 31
- Indiana at #2 Ohio State – 8:00 PM – ESPN
Friday, September 1
- Navy at Florida Atlantic – 8:00 PM – ESPNU
- Colorado vs Colorado State (Denver, CO) – 8:00 PM – PAC 12 Network
- Utah State at #9 Wisconsin – 9:00 PM – ESPN
Saturday, September 2
- Wyoming at Iowa – 12:00 PM – Big Ten Network
- California at North Carolina – 12:00 PM – ACC Network
- NC State vs South Carolina (Charlotte, NC) – 3:00 PM – ESPN
- #11 Michigan vs #17 Florida (Arlington, TX) – 3:30 PM – ABC
- Temple at Notre Dame – 3:30 PM – NBC
- Troy at Boise State – 3:45 PM – ESPNU
- Kentucky at Southern Miss – 4:00 PM – CBS Sports Network
- Appalachian State at #15 Georgia – 6:15 PM – ESPN
- #16 Louisville vs Purdue (Indianapolis, IN) – 7:30 PM – FOX
- South Alabama at Ole Miss – 7:30 PM – ESPNU
- #1 Alabama vs #3 Florida State (Atlanta, GA) – 8:00 PM – ABC
- Vanderbilt at MTSU – 8:00 PM – CBS Sports Network
- #13 LSU vs BYU (Houston, TX) – 9:30 PM – ESPN
Sunday, September 3
- #21 Virginia Tech vs #22 West Virginia (Landover, MD) – 7:30 PM – ABC
- Texas A&M at UCLA – 7:30 PM – FOX
Monday, September 4
- #25 Tennessee vs Georgia Tech (Atlanta, GA) – 8:00 PM – ESPN
From an SEC perspective, this opening slate is weeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaak until 3:00 PM Saturday, and then may the Lord be merciful to my remote.
I highly recommend the Picks contest for those on the fence about participating. Makes for excellent trash talk. Might even have a participant interview.
And, of course, who doesn’t want to participate in a Confidence game?
(read the picks rules, it will be funnier then) (not hilarious, just funnier)
Part of my fall routine. Will you still be doing the weekly guessing game also?
Absolutely!
Glad I found you. This was also part of my Fall routine for years.
Awesome. Also glad you found your way over.
Yes! One of my favorite things during the football season.