Memories

Quotes

Football at last, football at last, thank God Almighty football at last!

Famous quote from War Eagle Walt

A school without football is in danger of deteriorating into a medieval study hall.

Famous quote from Vince Lombardi

Gentlemen, it is better to have died as a small boy than to fumble this football.

Famous quote from John Heisman

A little history

I've been running online pools since 2004

It all started with some office March Madness pools run with just a few participants and using paper brackets (oh those were the days)!  I think I ran my 1st office pool around 1996 (it was probably earlier, I just can't find any records before that).

In 2002 my wife was introduced to a Football Pool via some co-workers.  It was a pool that Walt Monteith had been running for some 30 years where you try and pick the winners of all the Division 1 NCAA football games (and Ivy League) and the NFL games.  It seemed like fun, so I started my own Football pool in 2003 with family, friends and co-workers.  In 2004 I hosted my 1st March Madness contest online using a tool call Turbo Tourney.  In 2005 I developed my 1st website for the Football Pool (we had been doing picksheets on paper or Word documents up to that point

Since then it has grown with a Women's March Madness and NBA Playoff pool in 2006.  In 2009 I added an annual NIT pool followed by a Frozen Four pool in 2011.  In 2014 I ran my 1st ever World cup pool.   I just love the competition of a sports pool cause sports are better with something riding on it!!!

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Days Past...

Just a snippet of what some of the old pool websites and picksheets looked like.

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