15 Days, 10 Hours, 30 Minutes until Kickoff!!!

Well folks, its only 15 days until the start of DiploBall III… and if you’re anything like me (in general need of a life) you’re probably foaming at the mouth and ready to play!

This week I want to share a link to a PoolTracker screenshot demo.  It’s pretty archaic and was probably created in 1984 on a Commodore 286 processor… however, that is one of the reasons I like PoolTracker; it’s not flashy.  http://www.pooltracker.com/demo/

Most of the demo pages are designed for pool managers, BUT ya’ll will probably find slides 4 through 9 helpful.  Take a look.

Also, while looking at the demo here are some things to keep in mind:

1.       DiploBall is a confidence weighted pool, meaning you will need to assign a point value from the drop down menu for each game (as shown inside the red circle on slide 6: http://www.pooltracker.com/demo/season_picks_edit.asp).  Remember, you can only use a point value ONCE per week… and your goal is to get the MOST points, so make sure you use your top point values on games you feel confident about!

2.       DiploBall combines both NFL and NCAA games into one weighted format.  So, when weighting your games don’t simple compare NFL games with NFL game and NCAA games with NCAA games.  Weight your games as if all the NFL and NCAA games for the week are in one GINORMOUS league.

3.       DiploBall uses a Jeopardy style points structure.  On slide 9 (http://www.pooltracker.com/demo/season_picks_view.asp) where they show incorrect picks being worth “0” points, in DiploBall you will actually lose points.  So instead of “0” for game one JH would have scored ‘-8’.

Anyway… these are all things to think about.  Enjoy!