Yes, it's about that time of year.
Three weeks from today are the first games, including the Oregon State @ Stanford game that no one except me cares about.
First, this game is free. There is no prize except bragging rights, no cost except time.
College Pick 'Em allows you to pick 10 games each week, and rank them in confidence. If you get your "10" confidence pick game right, you get 10 points, 9 you get 9 points, so on and so forth, for a max of 55 points / week. I believe last year only one person got 55 points one week. Last year, this game went every week up except the very last week of the season (conference championship games). The drawback of this game is that you do have to remember to go in and make picks every week to win the title.
I couldn't find last year's results, but I know Ryany came in first and I was second. No idea who was after that...
The link for the front page: http://games.espn.go.com/cpickem/frontpage is here.
If you don't have an ESPN log in already, you'll have to create one. Yes, we'll probably learn your first name unless you feel like making something up (I recommend naming yourself Mike Hunt).
Once past that step, you can Join a Group. Search for the name BlueGartr, it should be the only group that pops up. This contest is certainly open to anyone (no limit on group size). But PLEASE NAME YOUR TEAM SOMETHING THAT INCORPORATES YOUR LOG IN NAME ON BG so we know who to give shit to.
The password to join is: lolvinceyoung
New this year is an ability to have a group logo, and I couldn't quickly find an easily linkable BG logo, so I just stole a Duelist's Chapeau logo off of FFXIah because, well, I'm a RDM. If anyone can point me in the direction of a small size BG logo, I will see if I can substitute that.
If you have any questions or have any troubles logging in, post here or send me a PM and we'll see what we can do.
Former BG contest winners:
2006 Bowl Pick Em: Makaveli
2006 BG Fantasy Football: Thuggy
2007 March Madness: Byrd
2007 College Football Pick Em: Ryany
2007 Bowl Pick Em: Akiyama
2008 NFL Gridiron Playoff Challenge: Tyr
2008 March Madness: Snoogans