Welcome back, friends. The 2022 college football season is upon us which of course also means that it's time for the Go Iowa Awesome Pick 'Em contest to make its triumphant return as well.
Once again, we're going through FunOfficePools.com to host the game. I know, I know -- the ads on the pages are annoying. But I prefer the customization options they offer over the games available on ESPN, Yahoo, and elsewhere. So FOP it is.
If you've participated in a previous GIA Football (or Bowl) Pick 'Em contest, you should have received an email from FunOfficePools inviting you to join this year's game. (My apologies if you received multiple emails; I promise not to spam your inbox during the season.) You can just click through the instructions in that email and join this year's group.
But you're welcome to join up this year if you haven't participated in a previous GIA Football Pick 'Em contest as well. You can sign up by clicking here. If you need it, the group information is:
GROUP: 2022 Go Iowa Awesome Football Pick Em
PASSWORD: hawkeyes
A few notes about this year's game:
- As usual, we'll be picking all Big Ten games each week, as well as a selection of other games from around the nation. I'm going to aim for an average of 15-18 games per week, although we're going big for Week One with 20 games.
- Each correct pick is worth one point.
- Game picks are against the spread, so keep that in mind when making your selections. For instance, Iowa is listed as -9.5 against South Dakota State this week. That means they're a 9.5 point favorite in the game. If you think Iowa will beat SDSU by 10 or more points, select the Hawkeyes in the Pick Em contest. If you think Iowa will beat SDSU by 10 points or fewer (or you think SDSU will beat Iowa straight-up), then you should select SDSU in the Pick Em contest. Got it?
- The prize for this year's winner is my eternal admiration and respect, as well as a more tangible item that is currently TBD, but we're working on something cool.
NOTE: This week does include two Thursday night games (Penn State-Purdue, New Mexico State-Minnesota) and three Friday games (Western Michigan-Michigan State, Illinois-Indiana, and TCU-Colorado), as well as a Sunday game (LSU-Florida State) and a Monday game (Clemson-Georgia Tech). There will be more Friday games to pick this season as well. I don't anticipate that we'll be picking many games that aren't on a Friday or Saturday, though, since those tend to be the only days of the week when the Big Ten plays regular season games. Anyway, be sure to get your picks in!
Questions? Let me know in the comments.
