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    Official Elksherd 16th Annual (2021) CFL Pool Thread - With Prizes!

    Hey all,

    WE'RE BACK.

    No earthquake, nuclear blast, or even a global pandemic can stop us.

    The long-awaited CFL season is about to begin, coincidentally on the same day as the event for which it exists --- the Elksherd CFL Pool. Prizes again will be offered, to the top two finishers!

    Rules

    The pool works as follows: pick the winners of the games, and scores. That's it. For every game, you get:

    * 2 points for picking the winner.
    * a bonus point for getting the exact score for one of the two teams.
    * a total of 3 bonus points if you hit the final score precisely for both teams.

    The pool will run until the end of the Grey Cup game.

    Prizes

    It's a lot of fun, and mostly harmless. The top 2 based on total points will receive 1 item of their choosing from the elksherd.ca shop: http://www.elksherd.ca/forum/shop.php

    In the event of a points tie for 2nd place, the first tie breaker is "Wins". If still tied, we will have a random draw or flip a coin or have a 3rd party pick a number between 1 and 10 or whatever silly tie-breaking method I decide.

    Access

    To get to the pool from the site's main page, click "Forum" on the green menu bar. Then, on the yellow menu bar, click "CFL Pool". From there, you'll figure it out.

    All the regular season games have now been entered, so predict as many as you want now. I'll be sending out weekly reminders a couple of days before each week's games.

    WARNING: Due to some uncertainty about how the time zones work on the new site, I used Pacific time... which means that the pool prediction MIGHT end as much as three hours before game time. After the first week, we'll know.

    ALSO NOTE: Due to a site hiccup, the first game of the season is entered twice. Please put your prediction in for both games. One of the two will disappear shortly.

    FINALLY: If you predict a score 30-20, you will earn my undying respect and a tip of the cap from upstairs... Pizmo used to predict with this score in almost every game.

    Good luck!

    Cheers, Glen VB

    - - - Updated - - -

    BTW: Can some mod "unsticky" the 2019 pool thread, and "sticky" this thread? Thanks!
    Out of my mind; back in five minutes.

    #2
    Re: Official Elksherd 16th Annual (2021) CFL Pool Thread - With Prizes!

    thank you for doing this Glen.
    In Rod we trust

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      #3
      Re: Official Elksherd 16th Annual (2021) CFL Pool Thread - With Prizes!

      Originally posted by glenvb View Post
      WARNING: Due to some uncertainty about how the FINALLY: If you predict a score 30-20, you will earn my undying respect and a tip of the cap from upstairs... Pizmo used to predict with this score in almost every game.
      I wonder if that's an Ernie thing

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        #4
        Re: Official Elksherd 16th Annual (2021) CFL Pool Thread - With Prizes!

        Thanks again glen

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          #5
          Re: Official Elksherd 16th Annual (2021) CFL Pool Thread - With Prizes!

          Thanks Glen!!!!!

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            #6
            Re: Official Elksherd 16th Annual (2021) CFL Pool Thread - With Prizes!

            Thanks as always, Glen - feels pretty awesome to be putting in predictions again!
            #PizStrong

            Twitter: @56Parkies
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              #7
              Re: Official Elksherd 16th Annual (2021) CFL Pool Thread - With Prizes!

              Thank you Glen as always for this!
              Quote from Inquiring Mind:

              Of course stamphater is sacred... we all worship the ground he walks on.

              #PizStrong

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                #8
                Re: Official Elksherd 16th Annual (2021) CFL Pool Thread - With Prizes!

                Thanks Glen!

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                  #9
                  Re: Official Elksherd 16th Annual (2021) CFL Pool Thread - With Prizes!

                  Oh man, I forgot this was a thing. 0-4 to start the week, but let's see if we can turn things around.
                  Keep an open mind, and you never know who might walk in...

                  RIP Pizmo

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                    #10
                    Re: Official Elksherd 16th Annual (2021) CFL Pool Thread - With Prizes!

                    Well, that was an, um, great week for our picks in the pool. Only FOUR of us managed to get to .500, picking 2-and-2 (Esks4ever, naf, Esks4thewin, and tigerdar). Esks4ever takes first place, grabbing a bonus point by hitting exactly the 19 points that Winnipeg scored --- although, true to form for all of us this week, he picked the wrong team to win

                    OK everyone, the world will return to normal this week, right?! Get your picks in! Games start TONIGHT!!
                    Out of my mind; back in five minutes.

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                      #11
                      Re: Official Elksherd 16th Annual (2021) CFL Pool Thread - With Prizes!

                      Curious if anyone else doesn't have Stamps/Lions game showing up for tonight?
                      Quote from Inquiring Mind:

                      Of course stamphater is sacred... we all worship the ground he walks on.

                      #PizStrong

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                        #12
                        Re: Official Elksherd 16th Annual (2021) CFL Pool Thread - With Prizes!

                        Originally posted by glenvb View Post
                        Well, that was an, um, great week for our picks in the pool. Only FOUR of us managed to get to .500, picking 2-and-2 (Esks4ever, naf, Esks4thewin, and tigerdar). Esks4ever takes first place, grabbing a bonus point by hitting exactly the 19 points that Winnipeg scored --- although, true to form for all of us this week, he picked the wrong team to win

                        OK everyone, the world will return to normal this week, right?! Get your picks in! Games start TONIGHT!!
                        Good thing for me it was a bad week for predictions as I was away and didn't get mine in. I probably would have been about the same, though I probably would have picked Hamilton over Winnipeg and only got 2 points. Less of a hole to dig out of.

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                        Originally posted by stamphater View Post
                        Curious if anyone else doesn't have Stamps/Lions game showing up for tonight?
                        Shows up on mine.

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                          #13
                          Re: Official Elksherd 16th Annual (2021) CFL Pool Thread - With Prizes!

                          Originally posted by stamphater View Post
                          Curious if anyone else doesn't have Stamps/Lions game showing up for tonight?
                          It was there earlier but gone now. My selection is still in the results page though

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                            #14
                            Re: Official Elksherd 16th Annual (2021) CFL Pool Thread - With Prizes!

                            Originally posted by stamphater View Post
                            Curious if anyone else doesn't have Stamps/Lions game showing up for tonight?
                            Damn. My new host is in the UK so I am thinking it is pulling GMT time. I changed the time a couple hours and it's back. I will have to find a fix for this.
                            "No one entertains the thought that maybe God does not believe in you." - Bo Burnham

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                              #15
                              Re: Official Elksherd 16th Annual (2021) CFL Pool Thread - With Prizes!

                              Seems to have shown up now...Thank you!
                              Quote from Inquiring Mind:

                              Of course stamphater is sacred... we all worship the ground he walks on.

                              #PizStrong

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