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So, I am the one who knows the least about anything when it comes to sports. Especially football.

But pools at work? I'm in! Now... How do I even choose? Randomly? This is what the "sheet" looks like:

FIRST WEEK

Away ----------------- Home ----------------- W/L

Thursday:
New Orleans Saints [ ] Green Bay Packers [ ]

Saturday:
Oregon State [ ] Wisconsin [ ]
Alabama [ ] Penn State [ ]
Notre Dame [ ] Michigan [ ]
Central Michigan [ ] Kentucky [ ]

Sunday:
Pittsburgh Steelers [ ] Baltimore Ravens [ ]
Atlanta Falcons [ ] Da Bears [ ]
Cincinnati Bengals [ ] Cleveland Browns [ ]
Indianapolis Colts [ ] Houston Texans [ ]
Tennessee Titans [ ] Jacksonville Jaguars [ ]
Buffalo Bills [ ] Kansas City Chiefs [ ]
Philadelphia Eagles [ ] St. Louis Rams [ ]
Detroit Lions [ ] Tampa Bay Bucs [ ]
Carolina Panters [ ] Arizona Cardinals [ ]
Minnesota Vikings [ ] San Diego Chargers [ ]
Seattle Seahawks [ ] San Francisco 49ers [ ]
New York Giants [ ] Washington Redskins [ ]
Dallas Cowboys [ ] New York Jets [ ]

Monday:
New England Patriots [ ] Miami Dolphins [ ]
Oakland Raiders [ ] Denver Broncos [ ]

Tie Break: [Score of both Monday games] 70

Suicide pick if in: New England Patriots

Edit: I made my choices as indicated above with the

Results: 12 right, 8 wrong

Are you picking against the spread or straight up?

You could check out the voting in the Yahoo! pick 'em league to get an idea of what 50,000 other gamblers believe about each game.

JustAnEngineer wrote:

Are you picking against the spread or straight up?

I'm assuming it's straight up.

JustAnEngineer wrote:

You could check out the voting in the Yahoo! pick 'em league to get an idea of what 50,000 other gamblers believe about each game.

NFL and College seems the way to go for a noob such as myself, thanks!

thegleek wrote:

JustAnEngineer wrote:

Are you picking against the spread or straight up?

I'm assuming it's straight up.

You need to find out, vs the spread or straight up makes a huge difference

idchafee wrote:

thegleek wrote:

JustAnEngineer wrote:

Are you picking against the spread or straight up?

I'm assuming it's straight up.

You need to find out, vs the spread or straight up makes a huge difference

Yeah either way I wouldn't know any better... I have edited my OP reflecting my choices based on other 'experts' for this stuff.

Just wanted to say, this thread warms my heart. Gleek getting into football? The apocalypse must be near!

I CANNOT believe the way the Cowboys screwed things up and lost last night. It was like a clinic in what not to do.
The unexpected snap at the end - was that Romo's fault?