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| 2018 contest winner Drew Skipper. |
One thing that more and more local football fans look
forward to each 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, The Courant is inviting readers to sign
up for a local group in the contest, which will allow readers to compete against
college football fans in and around Conecuh County. Many in the reading
audience have participated in this free online contest for 17 years, and there
are always a few upsets, good-natured controversies and surprises. Many have
said that the contest makes the college football season 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
15 weeks. This contest’s a marathon, not a sprint.
To sign up for the game, go online and visit the contest
website at http://fantasy.espn.com/college-football-pickem/2019/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, The Courant asks 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.
The Courant has 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 “2019 Courant
Contest.” Enter that in the appropriate space (without the quotation marks and
period).
The local 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
courantnewsdesk@gmail.com. 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, Aug. 31, which is just around the corner.
Our 16th annual ESPN College Pick ‘Em contest ended in early
December of last year, and many of you will remember that Drew Skipper claimed
top honors in the contest. Skipper, who has won this contest a number of times
in years past, won last year’s contest by correctly picking the outcomes of 97
(out of 140) games during the college football season.
Three contestants finished last year’s contest tied for
second. They were Ricky Taylor, Brett Loftin and John Johnston. They finished
the contest with 96 points each, just one point behind Skipper.
Your friendly neighborhood newspaperman finished in fifth
place with 95 points. Darrell Burch, Justin Mixon and Jeremy Matheny finished
in a three-way tie for sixth place with 91 points each. Kaleb Wright finished
in ninth place with 88 points. Vanessa Sales, Casey Grant and Clint Hyde
finished in a three-way tie for tenth place with 86 total points.
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