Print your brackets confidence pool4/15/2024 ![]() ![]() If they were to lose by 5 or more the pick would be incorrect.Įach participant should put a check mark in the box provided beside the team that they think will "cover the spread". The participant picks Cleveland at +4.5(underdog), Cleveland can either win, or lose the game by up to 4 points and the pick is correct. Keep in mind that if a person picks the underdog, that team does not have to win, but instead can not lose by more points than the point spread. We will always use half-point-spreads so that there will never be any pushes/ties. In this example, for a pick to be correct, the favorite must win by 5 or more points. The team that has the minus sign is favored by 4.5 points and the team with the plus sign is the underdog by 4.5 points. If this is the case we will come up with the spread ourselves, this will ensure you have the full week to get your pool entries in.īeside each team's name you will see something like -4.5 or +4.5. You will then pass copies out to potential participants of your pool, having each participant try to correctly pick which team will cover the spread.ĭue to not knowing whether a key player will be able to participate in a game, there are some instances where the linesmakers may delay releasing the spreads until later in the week. ![]() Every week, on either Sunday or Monday, we will update the next week's sheet with the current Point Spread for each game. *Please check your local gambling laws for information on the legality of wagering money on office pools.Our Spread 'Em pool is also known as an ATS or Against the Spread Pool. ![]() You could use just the final scores from all rounds leading up to the Super Bowl, and use all 4 quarters from the Super Bowl. You can easily add halftime and/or quarter scores. This pool is fairly flexible as to the number of winners. Remember to use the row and column that correspond with the playoff round. Find where these two numbers intersect on the grid and the name in that square wins. Go to the very top row of numbers(winning team), find the number 5(last digit of 35), then go to the left column of numbers(losing team) and find the number 1(last digit of 31). You will use the last digit of each team's score.Įxample: At the end of one of the Wild Card games the Winning Team has 35 and the Losing Team has 31. After that, follow the same steps for the Divisional Round, Conference Finals, and Super Bowl.Ī winning square is determined by looking at the final score from each game. After that is complete you will redraw the numbers for the losing team wild card round, this time placing the drawn numbers in the gray square boxes in the left column, starting at the top and going to the bottom until all ten numbers are gone. ![]() The number drawing can be done in many ways, listed below are 2 examples.Įxample 1: Write the numbers 0-9 on pieces of paper and place them in a hat.Įxample 2: Get a deck of cards Ace through 10, the ace represents a one, the 10 represents a 0, 2-9 are face value.Īfter determining the drawing method, draw the numbers one at a time, placing the numbers from left to right starting with the first gray square box of the winning team(top row beside Wild Card), continue across the top row until the numbers are gone. The NFL Playoffs has 4 rounds, therefore you will draw 4 different sets of numbers for both the winning team's squares and the losing team's squares. You can have a set amount of squares for each person or let the person write their name in as many squares as they want. Print the square grid from above, and pass it around to family, friends, and co-workers having them write their name in the white square or squares of their choice. You can come up with some different variations, but playing the normal pool will have 11 winners, using just the final score from each game. For this pool there will be a winning square for every game of the NFL Playoffs. Object : This pool is a spin-off of the College Basketball Block Pool and the normal Super Bowl Squares. ![]()
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