[College Football] Pick'em Contest Details posted in Thread and OP.

Why is this happening?
Because we love college football! The games, the players, the drama, the schools, the colors, the pageantry, the trash-talking! And because we loathe Bama/The Irish/SEC/Ohio State/Maryland Uniforms.

Good reason! Give me the basic rundown.
There are 15 weeks of college football (sorry Army/Navy), and thus there will be 15 weeks of pick'em. Each week there will be 11 games selected as that week's pick'ems. One of those eleven games will be chosen as "Game of the Week".

Picks will be straight up W/L. Each person playing will post their picks for all 11 games in this thread. After the weekend is over, I will check everyone's picks and calculate their points. Every correct pick gets one point. A correct pick for the Game of the Week will get 2 points. Therefore, the maximum number of points one could earn in a week is 12.

A running total of all points throughout the season will be kept. The persons with the highest point totals as the end of the season will win stuff.

How are you selecting the games?
The games will ultimately be chosen by me, though I am always open to suggestions from the thread. As mentioned, the pick'em will be based on straight Win/Loss, not point spread or over/under. The reason behind this is because I want to select interesting games. I have no interest in guessing if Ohio State beats Buffalo by 21 or 30, however I am very interested in the outcome of Georgia vs Clemson.

To keep things interesting, I will do my absolute best to ensure each of the 6 BCS conferences (ACC, Big 10, Big 12, Pac 12, SEC, and the AAC (formerly Big East)) get at least one game per week. I will also make a solid attempt to include a game that does not feature one of those 6 conferences. I will also do my best to hit each of the BCS conferences at least once for Game of the Week.

Sounds good. How does this actually work?
Each week, Sunday evening or Monday morning, I will post a list of the 11 games selected that week. Simply post, in this thread, your picks for each of those games. Please only post once; you may edit your picks as much as you want until 8am Central Time on Saturday. At that time, I will consider picks closed, and grab entries as they are. If there is a Thursday night game included, picks will be due 8am on Thursday.

Anyone can play. There is no signup sheet. Just post your picks on a weekly basis and I will do all the work of keeping track of the games and the points for each person. Weekly results and total point summaries will be posted each week, and kept in the OP. Lurkers and regulars alike are welcome to play!

You mentioned "win stuff"?
Yes! At the end of the regular season, I will reward those with the most accumulated points.
First Place: $50 of Steam credit.
Second Place: $25 of Steam credit.
Third Place: $5 of Steam credit.
Last Place: We all laugh at you.

Everyone who plays at least 13 of 15 weeks will get a little something (TBD, it depends on how many people play.)

And yes, I will play too.

Well lets start!
I will post the first set of picks by Monday morning, August 26. Till then, enjoy the tales of pre-season workouts and scrimmages!