Announcing “Surprise’s Super Bowl Of Surprises” 2020 Football Pick ‘Em Challenge!

It’s no surprise that we here at Dubsism love a sports challenge.  As the official Dubsism house cat, Surprise the Cat wants to get back into the challenge game.  If you recall, she’s hosted several several previous challenge, and she’s ready to dive back into the National Football League! Since the NFL season is right around the corner, the cat with the softest life ever has decided it’s time to offer another challenge.

The idea behind “Surprise’s Super Bowl Of Surprises” is rather simple; it’s a straight-up NFL week-by-week “Pick ‘Em” contest.  You pick the winner in each NFL game throughout the regular season, and at the end, whomever has picked the most winners gets the prize.

First, let’s talk about what that prize is.  Last year, “Surprise’s Super Bowl Of Surprises” was exactly what it purported to be; it was a giant football-themed snack bowl filled with a cornucopia of football-related trinkets guaranteed to improve any Super Bowl party…well, at least that’s what Surprise told us. That was confirmed by last year’s winner “Mr. Mike.”

Last year, the gag was nobody except for Surprise knew exactly what was in the prize package.  This year, Surprise doesn’t even know what’s going to be included, because for obvious reasons, buying a lot of cheap, Chinese-made dollar store crap has proven to be difficult. That’s not going to stop us; Surprise has already starting amassing the trappings reserved for our winner.

No matter what, you can expect prizes similar to what we’ve given away in the past. In addition to a few bucks worth of mystery stuff, the winner will receive a certificate suitable for framing to signify that for one brief moment in time, they were better than all the other Dubsists out there.

Here’s How You Win

You can’t win if you don’t play, so to join, follow these easy steps.

1) Click on this link

• https://www.pooltracker.com/join.asp?poolid=177688 (or copy and paste into your browser if the link isn’t active)

2) Enter your information

This challenge is free and open to all, so you shouldn’t need to know the Pool ID if you follow that link, but in case you are asked for them…

• The Pool ID is: 177688
• The Pool Password is:  You don’t need one! (But you will need to create a password for your account on the site)

3) Make your picks

• The deadline for entry is 8 p.m. Eastern U.S. time Thursday, September 10th, 2020
• Picks for each week are due by the first game, which is almost always Thursday night 8:20 p.m. Eastern U.S. time.  But pay attention to the schedule, because once the first game of the week starts, picks are locked.
• Be sure to set your tie-breaker each week, which is the total cumulative score of the last game listed. This is important because*…

4) Scoring

Players receive 1 point for each correct pick, and whoever has the most points at the end of the season will be the winner.

* – Tie-breakers are calculated as follows: If multiple players are tied for the highest points for any given week, the player with the closest tie breaker prediction, regardless if they are over or under, to the actual tie breaker value is the winner. If multiple players are still tied, then the player who entered their tie breaker value first wins. Note that the date/timestamp is updated every time a player’s picks and/or tie-breaker are edited.

Are you ready for some football?

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