Windy City Survivor Pool is back!

by FAQ on Aug 17, 2011 11:13 AM CDT

Hey guys

Don't mean to take up a lot of space here, but I have been running a survivor pool for 4 years now. WCG has graciously let me post here in the past a few times to drum up some interest and we have indeed gotten more than a few readers from the blog to participate. Please note that this is not an official SBNation or WindyCityGridiron thing. Read on if you're interested in finding out more. We had 100 entries last year and I expect a comparable number this year.

So, briefly, a survivor pool is where you pick 1 team to win their Week 1 matchup. If you pick incorrectly, you're done. If you are among the survivors, you pick in Week 2. This continues on until everyone except one person is eliminated and that person takes the pot. The catch is that you can never select a team more than once per season. The entry fee is $30 and last year the winner took home nearly $3000.

The link to the website is http://windycitypool.survivor.sportsfan.com/ and it has full rules (there's a losers bracket) and links to PayPal to submit payment. Please email me if you have any further questions or anything or if you think it sounds cool but don't want to send a stranger your money, I can have some blog members reassure you I'm not running and hiding with your entrance fee.. The website looks a little like it's out of 1996, but it's functional and cheap to maintain. Thanks for reading and hopefully more than a few of you sign up!

FAQ

AKA The Commish

windycitydeathpool@Gmail.com

This FanPost was written by a Windy City Gridiron member, and does not necessarily reflect the ideas or opinions of its staff or community.

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I knew there was something I forgot to do!

When you go to somebody's house, you don't crap on their floor. Being a fan of one team does NOT give you license to be a dick to fans of another.

Corollary: When people are visiting your house and behaving themselves, them being a fan of a different team is NOT a reason for you to piss in their beer.

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by Robert Rence on Aug 17, 2011 11:29 AM CDT reply actions

There he is.

Kindly tell any good people reading that I’m no thief. You don’t have to mention that I suck at my own pool, though. That would just be mean.

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by FAQ on Aug 17, 2011 11:49 AM CDT up reply actions

How about this:

Hi, My name is Kev, and I’m an editor here at Windy City Gridiron. While I am not in any way endorsing throwing your money away on this, I will speak to the fact that FAQ is exceedingly unlikely to run away with your cash. And if he does, well, I have his IP.

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by Kev H on Aug 17, 2011 1:01 PM CDT up reply actions

Good enough!

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by FAQ on Aug 18, 2011 6:31 AM CDT via mobile up reply actions

Insert Ponzi Scheme joke here.

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by Steven Schweickert on Aug 18, 2011 9:16 AM CDT up reply actions

Good one!

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by Pete Dixon on Aug 18, 2011 11:24 AM CDT up reply actions

I might have to try this for once

When do we have to sign up and pay?

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by propheteer on Aug 17, 2011 1:22 PM CDT reply actions

Day before first game.

Check out the website. All the fine print is in there.

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by FAQ on Aug 18, 2011 6:30 AM CDT via mobile up reply actions

Sounds good

I like how cheesy the website looks. I’ll most likely pay the entry fee tomorrow. Thanks!

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by propheteer on Aug 18, 2011 8:43 AM CDT up reply actions

was a caddy at a country club on the northshore in the early 90s

these rich guys had one of these where each guy put up a grand! 300 guys at the club were in it so the winner got 300 grand! These guys were dead on serious about this thing with that kind of money on the line, imagine walking with 300grand.

White Sox fans need not apply.

by Bears-Cubs Bulls on Aug 24, 2011 12:28 PM CDT reply actions

Holy crap

There was an article in NYT a while back about one where the guy charged $115 and had a few thousand entries. Course, he kept $15 from each entry and that’s why he had to be so secretive – the authorities don’t really like it when someone is making a profit on this sort of stuff.

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by FAQ on Aug 24, 2011 2:34 PM CDT up reply actions

I'm just gonna come out and say it...

All these week one choices suck.

When you go to somebody's house, you don't crap on their floor. Being a fan of one team does NOT give you license to be a dick to fans of another.

Corollary: When people are visiting your house and behaving themselves, them being a fan of a different team is NOT a reason for you to piss in their beer.

Brought to you by Carl's Jr.

by Robert Rence on Aug 25, 2011 8:52 AM CDT reply actions