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 of The Courant 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 free online contest for 13 years, 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. If you don’t do so hot one week, don’t worry, the contest runs for
13 weeks. This contest’s a marathon, not a sprint.
To sign up for the game, go online and visit the contest website at
http://games.espn.go.com/college-football-pickem/2015/en/ (or you can just
Google “ESPN College Football Pick ‘Em Contest.” 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. When you get to the “Name Your Entry” part, I ask that you use
your real name, so that we can post the standings each week in the paper.
Once you've created an entry, you can join our local group
of football fans, allowing you to compete against other contestants from
Conecuh County and other areas. 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 this year is called "South
Alabama FB Experts." Enter that in the appropriate space (without the
quotation marks and period). If you played last year, all you have to do is
click “rejoin,” and it’ll automatically put you in the same group we had last
season.
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 at courantsports@earthlink.net.
If you’re interested in signing up, don’t delay, the contest officially kicks
off on the first full Saturday of the college football season, Sept. 5, which
is just around the corner.
Our twelfth annual ESPN College Pick ‘Em contest ended in
early December of last year, and many of you will remember that Glennis Curry
claimed last year’s “Mr. Football” title by finishing in first place.
During the 14-week contest, Curry collected 537 total points
after having correctly picked the outcomes of 99.8 percent of the games in the
contest this season. Mike Dailey finished a close second with 508 total points,
having correctly picked the winner in 96.6 percent of the games this year.
Sharon Peacock finished in third place with 503 total points.
Ricky Taylor finished fourth, and Steve Stacey finished
fifth. Mark Peacock came in sixth, and Ricky Powell finished seventh. Jeremy
Matheny took eighth place, and Arthur Ingram finished ninth. Joan Stretz
finished tenth overall. (Your friendly neighborhood reporter finished in 19th
place.)
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