For additional commentary on Football Pickoff strategy and results, please follow the daily blurbs at RotoGuru.com.

Friday, January 2, 2009
Remember that picks for the first playoff round will be frozen at 4:30pm Saturday, January 3. You cannot wait until Sunday to pick the Sunday games.

Tuesday, December 23, 2008
Although this is the final week of the NFL regular season, remember that Football Pickoff continues throughout the playoff weeks.

Tuesday, November 25, 20087
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.

Monday, November 3, 2008
Starting in week #10, there will be a game on Thursday evening. Picks for this game will be frozen at 8:15pm (scheduled kickoff). All other games will remain unlocked until Sunday at 1pm ET.

Monday, October 13, 2008
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 10/1/08) 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.

Sunday, September 14, 2008
The Baltimore-Houston game has been rescheduled to November. For this week, picks for that game will be ignored, and scoring will be based on a total of 15 games (with a commensurate adjustment in the bonus threshold.)

I have not yet provided indicators to show which entrants are GuruPatrons. Remember that only GuruPatrons are eligible for prizes other than the grand prize and the midseason prize. You have until the end of September to send in your donation in order to be eligible for GuruPatron prizes. Details can be found here.

Tuesday, August 26, 2008
Welcome to RotoGuru's Football Pickoff 2008. 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 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, 2008. 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.

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Enjoy the game!