For the record, I have re-submitted my picks for this week. I’m now taking the Cowboys over the Redskins.
I’m going to keep my old picks in the Everyone sheet so you can see the changes I made. This is how I’ll do it from now on for anyone who wants to make any changes. Just submit a whole new sheet (you can refer to the Everyone sheet to make sure you keep your other picks the same) and I’ll keep both entries there until the games are over.
Also, someone used an ambiguous name again. I might have to consider awarding no points to ambiguous names, seeing as how I don’t know who submitted them.
McManus Picks 
Webmaster,
A pattern I’ve noticed is that you seem quick to punish your players when we “break” a rule that really hasn’t been established. You’re the one who gave us all the fun names; can you blame anyone for wanting to one-up you in funny-ness or creativity? If your goal is to get everyone to submit under a somehow identifying moniker, then maybe you can make it a fun contest or game. For example, whoever uses the most creatively self-linked alias GETS a point. Or even just “gets a free dinner from dad.” We don’t need real prizes–we all just like the game.
Can you make a poll to get everyone to vote for this idea?
We had this issue last week and an email was sent out explaining that it is very confusing trying to tally points correctly when you don’t know who submitted what. Especially when you use a classic Dad joke as your moniker and you’re not Dad.
I’m all for a nickname-guessing game, but just not on the picks sheet. Great idea, actually. We can do a contest: We’ll each anonymously submit nickname suggestions for each player and we can vote on the best ones. The winners will stick and I’ll update the players page with the new nicknames.
When does this contest begin? When and where should we anonymously submit our awesome nicknames???
I am so ready for this…when does the nicknaming begin??
The sheet will be drawn up in the near future. We’ll shoot for Tuesday. Alert the others.
Those last couple comments by McExcited and McIamgoingtousetomanysyllables sound like infomercial “hidden camera” product supporters. Way too overly enthused. I think they are trying to work some extra bonus points, or maybe a free dinner from Dad. But in all seriousness, this contest idea is amazing. It’s way better than any old contests I’ve ever heard of. And it folds up neatly under my bed.
My producers asked me to take 60 seconds to explain why I love this contest. Well, I love it…because it works. That wasn’t exactly 60 seconds, was it [laughing]?
Pat, I noticed in your legend on the picks spreadsheet that the gray area “Tie” = “No points.” Do you think that guy at the Patriots game a couple years ago was trying to say “Tie! Tie! Tie! Tie!” when he was yelling “No points, no points, no points, no points.” ???
Whatever he meant, it worked. Shut out Bill Parcells 12-0 that night.
You know what else worked that game? That guy’s sign that said, “Another Benedict Arnold Crushed.”