sunday bloody sunday

congrats to mike marsig on the big win! what a brutal navigation this year...week 5 is a record!

see you all next august!

Uh oh

KC
KC
KC
BAL
NYG

If the giants wins, mike Marsig wins. Otherwise, we split 5 ways.

Let's go 49ers!!!

and then there were 5....

go rams!!!!

good luck to all of you in week 5!

week 4

week 4

Pick change!

Andrew luck is not playing for the colts today, so I am switching my pick to DENVER.

My pick

I'm taking the COLTS this week.

week 3 results

just some slight drama this week with the Carolina pick, but other than that, put week 3 in the books...

goodman survivor picks

kelly: CAROLINA
scott: SEATTLE

blood bath

wow.....WOW!

55 out of 65 teams knocked out in one afternoon.

and there are still 5 picks that haven't made it!

and look who is in the lucky 5.....last year's winner, mike bateman.

however, yours truly and my wife also managed to survive week 2 (although i DID lose my other team).

4 teams feel prey to the rebuy-then-out routine, which i endured last year.....seven different losers this week....SEVEN!

it goest to show that you need to make it through the first 3 weeks before things settle down.

J------E-------T-------S-----JETS JETS JETS!!!!!!

new orleans fest

Kelly's lock of the week

My wife takes PITTSBURGH

week 2 picks for me

i hate the double-point favorite....it's burned me so many times in years past.

but, i like the pick this week. and i'm making it my LOCK of the week.

scott goodman1 takes NEW ORLEANS
scott goodman2 takes PITTSBURGH

don't feel as strongly about the p-burgh pick, but that's my plan and i'm sticking with it.

good luck!

week 1 results

well, week 1 wasn't horrible....to most of us.

7 teams took the week 1 hit. one of them has already re-bought back in (the only week you can do this). waiting to hear back from some others.

my locks of the week help up, although i did go to bed after the giants intercepted romo in the 4th to go up 10. what a nice surprise on monday morning!

good luck in week 2!

week 1 picks

couple of no-picks that will have to choose a later game....

week 2 lock

hey kids,
waiting for about a dozen of you to get your picks in.

in the meantime, my 2nd LOCK of the week is DALLAS COWBOYS.

my wife is taking the DENVER BRONCOS.

i'll post the spreadsheet once picks are in.
good luck!

week 1

for those of you who picked NE week 1, nice job (present company included).

nothing better than getting week 1 out of the way early and just sitting back, relaxing, and rooting for every underdog this weekend.....

are you ready for some football?!

greetings from lebanon, NH.

we've had a SURGE of entries in the past few days, including one person who submitted EIGHT entries. not a bad strategy.

heading home tomorrow afternoon, i'll post all the updated stats on saturday.

it's not too late to get in. you have until 1pm on sunday!

go PATS!!!!!!!

on the road...

hey kids,
i see those last minute donations coming in. a nice late surge to inflate that jackpot.

i'm traveling this week, so i won't have a chance to update the spreadsheet before thursday night's game. however, here is my pick for week 1.

i will be taking the NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS.

look for a blowout thursday night. brady...opening night....thursday nite, at home....deflate gate over....it's a LOCK!*

*results may vary

9 days to go

43 are in, but only 29 paid.

the NFL technically kicks off this thursday, but if you're not picking thursday's game, then you must have payment to me by sunday at 1pm or you will be dropped from the list.

remember, to submit picks, you have 2 choices:

1. email survivorgoodman@yahoo.com

2. text your pick with your name to 908.892.4492 (if you have 2 or more teams, remember to include your name1 or name 2)

good luck!

the grid so far...

2015 goodman survivor rules

hey kids, welcome back to the 2015 goodman survivor pool.

the rules are simple:

• pick an NFL team each week. if they win, you advance. if they lose or tie, you are out. you do NOT need to beat the spread, just pick if a team wins or loses.

• you cannot pick the same team more than once.

• IF YOU LOSE WEEK 1 ONLY, YOU CAN RE-DONATE, BUT ANY TIE/LOSS AFTER THAT, YOU ARE OUT (note: last year's winner re-donated after losing week 1 and won the whole thing)

• picks must be received before kickoff of the game you picked. if you meant to start a team playing a 1pm and forgot, you can still start the 4pm game...or the sunday night game....or the monday night game, etc.

• if you don't submit a pick, you are out. the only exception would be a technical issue where your "email didn't go through". in these cases, i'll need a screenshot of your outbox with date/timestamp, or any other proof (simply forwarding me your email does not count, as the date/time can easily be manipulated). hopefully, we won't have any of these scenarios...just get your picks in.

• picks can be emailed to this email (survivorgoodman@yahoo.com) or texted to 9O8.892.4492 (include your name when texting in case you are not in my phone. 

• winner takes home 90% of all donations. if there is a tie after week 17, the 90% will be split among all of the winners.

• if you are submitting multiple teams under the same name, make sure to indicate John Smith1 or John Smith2, etc.

try your best to avoid what i did last year, which was lose week 1, re-donate, and then lose week 2.  it hurts....a lot.