One thing that I look forward to every year as we approach the start of the college football season is the beginning of ESPN.com’s College Football Pick ‘Em Contest.
Again this season, I’m inviting readers to sign up for a local group in the contest, which will allow you to compete against college football fans in this area. A group of friends and I have participated in this online contest for almost ten years now, and there are always a few upsets, controversies and surprises. It will definitely make your college football season a lot more interesting and fun.
Here's how the contest works: Each week during the coming college football season, you'll pick the winners of 10 games for the upcoming college football weekend. Your correct picks will be added up after the weekend's games to give you your total for the week. Whoever gets the most right, wins.
To sign up for the game, go online and visit the contest website at http://games.espn.go.com/college-pickem/en/frontpage. Once there, sign in with your ESPN.com member name. If you don't have an ESPN.com account, take about two minutes to sign up for one. It's absolutely free, as is the contest. It's easy, especially for those of you who are Internet savvy enough to find the contest site online.
Once you've got your account and have signed in, create your own contest entry. Click on "Create Entry," and follow the simple instructions.
Once you've created an entry, you can join our local group of football fans, allowing you to compete against other contestants from Conecuh and Monroe County. This is where the real fun comes in.
I've set up a group that all of you can join, so we'll all be able to compete against each other in the contest. Go ahead and click on "Create or Join a Group." That'll take you to another page, where you'll be able to join our local group. The name of our group is called "Conecuh-Monroe FB Pickers." Enter that in the appropriate space (without the quotation marks and period).
Our group is a private group, so you'll have to have a password to join. Our password is "football." Just type it in without the quotation marks and the period. In the end, if you have any trouble signing up, getting started or if you have any other questions, just e-mail me.
Sports fans in the audience who like a good book will be interested to hear that two sports-related books were listed on Publishers Weekly’s most recent nonfiction best-sellers list.
According to the list released last Thursday, "Swing Your Sword: Leading the Charge in Football and Life" by Mike Leach was No. 13 on the list, and "Through My Eyes" by Tim Tebow with Nathan Whitaker was No. 14 on the list.
Leach currently works as an announcer for the CBS College Sports Network and is probably best known for his time as Texas Tech’s head football coach. Tebow, a former Heisman Trophy winner, is a former University of Florida quarterback. He currently plays quarterback for the Denver Broncos.
Given the credentials of Leach and Tebow, both of the books mentioned above are probably worth checking out.
No comments:
Post a Comment