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Monday, January 2, 2012
Remember that Football Pickoff continues throughout the NFL playoffs. All picks for the first playoff round will be frozen at 4:30pm Saturday, which is the scheduled kickoff time for the first game. You cannot wait until Sunday to pick the Sunday games.

Wednesday, December 21, 2011
Since most games are played on Saturday this week, all games will be frozen at 1pm ET on Saturday. (Of course, the Thursday game will still lock on Thursday night.)

Wednesday, November 23, 2011
There are three games on Thursday this week. Your picks for all three of those games will be frozen at 12:30pm ET on Thursday (scheduled kickoff time for the first game). All of the other games will remain unlocked until Sunday at 1pm ET.

Thursday, November 10, 201
Starting in week #10, there will be a game on Thursday evening. Picks for this game will be frozen at 8:20pm (scheduled kickoff). All other games will remain unlocked until Sunday at 1pm ET.

Wednesday, October 19, 2011
I added an asterisk(*) in the standings which denotes eligibility for GuruPatron prizes. As stated in the rules, this eligibility extends to GuruPatrons (as of 10/1/11) and members of their immediate families. I've done my best to identify these people, based upon matching of registered names, team names, or email addresses. However, this was far from an exact science, and I probably missed some people - and may have also erred in the other direction as well. If you believe your GuruPatron designation in the standings is not correct, please send me a GuruMail and I'll make the correction. And if you are not a GuruPatron and would like to become one, here is how to do it.

Friday, September 2, 2011
Welcome to RotoGuru's Football Pickoff 2011. Registrations are now being accepted, and picks for any week in the regular season can now be entered.

The rules are unchanged from last year.

The Grand prize and Midseason prize are modest cash amounts (or gift certificates) plus an item of RotoGuru merchandise. Those two prizes are available to all entrants. GuruPatron prizes are available only to entrants who have contributed prior to October 1, 2011. GuruPatron prizes enable me to target awards to those people who have financially supported the RotoGuru site.

You may choose to create or join a division if you wish. Doing so will have no impact on your official score, and will have no bearing on prizes. Divisions are provided solely as a convenient means to track your score against a smaller group of competitors.

If you elect to receive confirmation emails, they will be coming from the address "footpick@rotoguru1.com". Please make sure that your email system’s spam blocker will accept email from this address. If you do not receive your requested email confirmations, then your system is probably rejecting these emails. In particular, AOL usually blocks system generated emails from the rotoguru1.com domain, so if you want to receive confirmations via email, use an email address from an alternate domain.

If you discover something that looks like a bug, or if you have suggestions for improvement in site functionality or navigation, please send me a "Guru-Mail".

Enjoy the game!

RotoGuru is produced by Dave Hall (a.k.a. the Guru), an avid fantasy sports player. He is neither employed by nor compensated by any of the fantasy sports games discussed within the RotoGuru site, and all opinions expressed are solely his own. Questions or comments on this game are welcome, and should be emailed to Guru<davehall@rotoguru2.com>.