Well folks, its that time of year again -- with the coming of winter in Duluth (any day now) I am once again contemplating the start of football season, and more importantly, my annual football pool. As with past years the pool will have no monetary reward, just the chance to make all your friends green with envy over your prognosticating skill, plus the chance to have your name listed in the annals of past winners: 2017 Jesse Davis (jessejdavis) 2016 Jonah Allen (allenj1) 2015 Sean Selitrenikoff (seanse) 2014 Matt Koehler (matty) 2013 Tara Richter (tararichte) - my lovely wife 2012 Jeff Horvath (jeff) 2011 Jesse Davis (jdavis) 2010 Brenda Podemski (bpodemski) 2009 Sean Selitrenifkoff (seanse) 2008 Jesse Davis (jdavis), Jim Pruyne (jim_pruyne) 2007 Paul Bradley (Paul) 2006 Nick Street (nstreet) 2005 Paul Bradley (Paul) 2004 Kelly Street (bostreet) 2003 Matt Koehler (matty) 2002 Mike Rawdon (rawdon) 2001 Paul Bradley (paulb) 2000 Nick Street (nickstreet) 1999 Matt Koehler (matty) 1998 Jeff Horvath (jeff) 1997 Dave Opitz (opitz) 1996 Dave Opitz (opitz) 1995 Rich Maclin (rmaclin) 1994 Bob Olsen (olsen) 1993 Bob Olsen (olsen) 1992 Jim Pruyne (pruyne) What I need from you today are two things: 1) Confirmation that you want to be in the pool (otherwise I will assume you are not interested). Note, sending in your week 1 picks from the form below constitutes an "I'm in." 2) Names of anyone else you think might want to play. Note that there will be a web page that allows you to get forms for future weeks (all of the forms will be available shortly). Plus you can look at past results. Check it out at: http://www.d.umn.edu/~rmaclin/fbpool17/index.html Contact me if you have any problems with that page. I still plan to send out forms via email, the web page just adds an extra resource. Rich P.S. I have all of the schedules for the whole year, so feel free to request as far ahead as you like. P.P.S. Here is the Week 1 form. Note the first game is this Thursday, so I need your picks by Thursday (at least for that game). Note, as always you can take the Vegas line on the Thursday game, which, for this week is 3 points on Philadelphia. So, if you miss sending in the picks on Thursday, send them by Sunday morning and put 3 points on Philadelphia. Week 1 (Due by 7 pm on Thursday, September 6th) *** Cut Here ***------------------------------------------------------ [ ] Atlanta at [ ] Philadelphia 7:20 pm (CT) NBC (Thu) [ ] Buffalo at [ ] Baltimore 12:00 noon (CT) CBS [ ] Pittsburgh at [ ] Cleveland 12:00 noon (CT) CBS [ ] Cincinnati at [ ] Indianapolis 12:00 noon (CT) CBS [ ] Tennessee at [ ] Miami_ 12:00 noon (CT) FOX [ ] San_Francisco at [ ] Minnesota 12:00 noon (CT) FOX [ ] Houston at [ ] New_England 12:00 noon (CT) CBS [ ] Tampa_Bay at [ ] New_Orleans 12:00 noon (CT) FOX [ ] Jacksonville at [ ] NY_Giants 12:00 noon (CT) FOX [ ] Kansas_City at [ ] LA_Chargers 3:05 pm (CT) CBS [ ] Washington at [ ] Arizona 3:25 pm (CT) FOX [ ] Dallas at [ ] Carolina 3:25 pm (CT) FOX [ ] Seattle at [ ] Denver 3:25 pm (CT) FOX [ ] Chicago at [ ] Green_Bay 7:20 pm (CT) NBC [ ] NY_Jets at [ ] Detroit 6:10 pm (CT) ESPN (Mon) [ ] LA_Rams at [ ] Oakland 9:20 pm (CT) ESPN (Mon) *** Cut Here ***------------------------------------------------------ Bye: None