Hi Everyone! I've added the new players to the mailing list and welcome! Just a note that if you respond to this email, it defaults to sending it to the entire mailing list so check the To line to make sure any messages intended for just me (or someone else) is correct.
Deadline to sign up for the 2024 season and make your picks is tomorrow Thurs 9/5/2024 at 8:20pm EDT. Make sure you sign up earlier so that you'll have time to enter your picks and resolve any issues or unexpected problems that may pop up. All of the spreads have been pulled in since late morning so you should be all set to review your picks if you made them prior to today or make them if you haven't yet.
Get ready for some football fun this season! -H
On Tue, Sep 3, 2024 at 7:52 AM Howard Lu howard.c.lu@gmail.com wrote:
Erick, Thanks for pointing that out. As with all weeks, the job that updates the spreads run 3x per week Tue-Thu at noon ET. The calculation of the spreads come from the median value of all the sources at oddsshark.com. With that said though, we haven’t tested that this year yet and the format may have changed so it might take a little bit longer for the first set of spreads to make it into the pool.
Also note that the games are currently displayed out of order and I’ll get that fixed. But do note that for anyone who has already picked, the tie breaker score is for the Monday night game NYJ@SF, not what is currently displayed. You can make your tie breaker guess now but the game that it will be applied to will be shifted to the Monday night game.
As a reminder for the new(er) players, you can always make your picks now and review them later as you are picking straight-up winners of the games, not winners against the spread as teams play to win, not beat the spread (at least ethically). The spread only comes into play if the underdog wins to determine the points scored (1 + 1/spread) -H Sent from my iPhone
On Sep 3, 2024, at 1:53 AM, Erick Mechler via NFL_Pickem < nfl_pickem@moukki.net> wrote:
So excited for another season, Howard!
I did notice that the lines are all blank however. Just a FYI.
Thanks
On Mon, Sep 2, 2024 at 3:02 PM Howard Lu via NFL_Pickem < nfl_pickem@moukki.net> wrote:
Hello everyone! Several of you have asked and sorry about the late start but the 2024 season is online and open for players to join.
For those who are new or have friends or kids who want to join, go to www.pickemplus.com and create an account. Then copy and paste the following invitation string to join the Pick'em Plus Founder's League ( Leagues > Member > Join a League button): f9HPP67DoICMZ1CrKcIbu8IRC1pn2nHZ
You can send the $100 entry fee to PaylPal (choose Friends & Family to avoid fee) or Venmo using (howard.c.lu@gmail.com) Electronic payment is preferred but if you must, you can send a check, just ask for my address if you don't already have it.
Thanks and good luck this season!
-H