Office Pools are a fun way for even casual NFL fans to enjoy a little bit of sports gambling. It is an excellent opportunity to bond with your colleagues, enjoy a little friendly competition, and, most importantly, win a little money.
It also helps promote Community among football fans, something very important to us here at Footballguys.com. One of our exciting new features this year is our new Game Room. This gives you a chance to participate in these (and other) games along with the staff and other football fans.
Additionally, each week, we will post the staff office pool picks with three different themes:
Office Pool – NFL Game Picks
Our staff will pick the winner of every NFL contest every week. They will also rank their confidence level in their selection, ranging from 1 (least confident) to 16 (most confident). We'll also combine everyone's confidence points, giving you a Wisdom of the Staff confidence level as well.
Office Pool – Against the Spread Picks
Each week, the staffers will select their eight favorite NFL games and pick the winner, based on the early Las Vegas odds for each.
Office Pool – Eliminator/Survivor Picks
Sounds simple, right? Just pick one team to win this week. The only catch is that you can only use a team once for the entire season.
Week 2 Against the Spread Results
Here are the results from last week's contest. We will also track the overall and season ATS records. Incorrect picks are in Red.
Philadelphia -7.5 was the big letdown for the staff this week: nobody picked the Titans to cover, and 19 staff took a loss even though the Eagles won. As with the other games, we're letting folks join any time they like, but their overall records will be a bit behind others since they missed Week 1. Five staff members are tied for the overall lead at 10-6, showing why picking against the spread is so much harder than picking straight up/money line.