Pick 'Em 2008: Burnt Orange Nation League Signing Up Now
Morning Coffee to follow in a bit, but first, an announcement about this year's pick 'em league.
We're trying a new pick 'em league manager this year, hosting our competition at Fun Office Pools, which allows for greater customization than the ESPN leagues. Instead of being forced to pick whichever games they choose, I'll be able to choose the games myself.
League Details
Sign up: Go to the sign up page here, using password gohorns
Make picks: I didn't choose any early games, but I think for this week, you still need to have picks in by 8/28. I'll work on getting that bumped back to Saturday morning, but if you want to be safe, make 'em now. NOTE: Picks are weighted by confidence. Rank the game you're most confident in with 10, the least confident with 1.
Prizes: Two sets of prizes this year.
Weekly: The winner of any given week will receive a free copy of Rose Bowl Dreams: A Memoir of Faith, Family and Football, the new book by Adam Jones about Texas football. Readers of this year's Eyes of Texas 2008 will recognize Adam's name from his stellar contribution on the 1983 Texas defense. As is noted in this Fan Post, the book is simply fantastic; my own review of the work is forthcoming.
Season: Darrell Royal autographed football.
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Any member?
Is there a league buy in? And can any member join?
"Like I said, I'm going to bleed orange until the day I die." -V.Y.
by 4th and 5 on
Aug 25, 2008 11:58 AM CDT
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Thanks! nt.
"Like I said, I'm going to bleed orange until the day I die." -V.Y.
by 4th and 5 on
Aug 25, 2008 12:03 PM CDT
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Perfect.
This is great; I just signing onto BON to posted a FanShot today asking if anyone wanted to start a pick ’em.
It's a Horns' world. Even Aggies play hoops with a burnt orange ball.
Is it football season YET?
by Speedway on
Aug 25, 2008 12:26 PM CDT
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PB
How much for the football right now???
"Nobody leaves this field until we beat the hell out of them".................... L.J."Louis"Jordan in 1913 before kickoff of the Texas/ou game.
by ouALWAYSsux on
Aug 25, 2008 12:52 PM CDT
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Priceless!
(It retails at around $150)
--PB--
by PB @ BON on
Aug 25, 2008 12:58 PM CDT
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LOL
"Nobody leaves this field until we beat the hell out of them".................... L.J."Louis"Jordan in 1913 before kickoff of the Texas/ou game.
by ouALWAYSsux on
Aug 25, 2008 2:18 PM CDT
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is it just me???
are there no games to pick? I don’t see anything like that…
by Pflash on
Aug 25, 2008 4:04 PM CDT
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Click on
“Your Picks” on the left side of the page. Help menu also available there.
There are still a bunch of us playing over at the ESPiN Pick ’em Contest. PB was right, what could be more compelling than picking Syracuse vs Northwestern?
Good luck, BONers!
by horndude on
Aug 25, 2008 4:56 PM CDT
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Any clue as to the password?
The 2007 BON pick ‘em password of “texasfight” doesn’t work at ESPN. Any hints?
by bellhalla on
Aug 29, 2008 6:25 AM CDT
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Never mind
Just saw the link (and password) above…
by bellhalla on
Aug 29, 2008 4:32 PM CDT
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yahoo
Why are we using the yahoo version vs. espn? I’m not a huge fan of not being able to drag and drop.
by whoopspat on
Aug 27, 2008 8:03 PM CDT
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Anybody else having problems?
I’m on a Mac using Safari. I can login and select games, but when I submit, I get a weird error. Guess I’m out for this year, then…
by bellhalla on
Aug 29, 2008 6:00 AM CDT
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I emailed the FOP guys
I’ll let you know what I find out
--PB--
by PB @ BON on
Aug 29, 2008 8:05 AM CDT
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