SORRY FOR THE DELAY... TO MAKE A LONG STORY SHORT, WE CAN NO LONGER USE PAYPAL AS A VEHICLE TO ACCEPT PAYMENTS TO JOIN THE POOL. THEY SHUT DOWN MY ACCOUNT AT THE END OF THE NCAA BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT AND IT WILL NO LONGER ACCEPT PAYMENTS. THEY CLAIM OUR POOL IS 'GAMBLING'... THEY DON'T SEEM TO UNDERSTAND THE CONCEPT OF AN 'OFFICE-POOL'! SO, LETS WELCOME "AMAZON PAYMENTS" - THEY WILL BE OUR NEW VEHICLE - THE ONE'S WHO WILL ACCEPT YOUR $35.00 ENTRY FEE. PLEASE USE THE LINK BELOW TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN.

THERE WILL BE 28 BOWL GAMES THIS SEASON. THE FIRST SEVEN BOWL GAMES WILL NOT BE INCLUDED. PICK THE TEAMS THAT YOU THINK WILL COVER THE POINT SPREAD AND ASSIGN A WEIGHT FROM 1 TO 28.

28 POINTS WOULD BE YOUR MOST FAVORITE GAME and 1 POINT WOULD BE YOUR LEAST FAVORITE GAME.

EACH WEIGHT MUST BE USED EXACTLY ONCE. YOUR SCORE WILL BE THE SUM OF THE POINTS THAT BEAT THE SPREAD. IF THERE IS A TIE, YOU WILL BE AWARDED 1/2 YOUR RANK PTS.

IF YOU PICK YOUR GAME CORRECTLY - YOU GET YOUR POINTS! 406 POINTS IS A PERFECT SCORE!

PRIZE MONEY WILL BE DISTRIBUTED BASED ON THE NUMBER OF ENTRIES. LAST YEAR - THERE WERE A RECORD 111 ENTRIES WITH THE WINNER - ZACZOEMAX (Josh Berman), NETTING $750. THE TOP-11 FINISHERS RECEIVED PRIZE MONEY.

BONUS PRIZE: $5.00 TIMES THE NUMBER OF ENTRIES WILL BE AWARDED TO THE ENTRY WITH THE MOST WINNERS - REGARDLESS OF THEIR POINT TOTAL!

THESE 13 DAYS OF EXCITEMENT WILL COST YOU AN ENTRY FEE OF $35.00 DOLLARS. ($5.00 FOR THE BONUS PRIZE -MOST WINS)

THE 1ST OF OUR 28 BOWL GAMES IS MONDAY, DECEMBER 26. THE ENTRY DEADLINE IS Monday, December 26 at 1:00 PM ET.

Just like the NCAA Basketball Pool, a company called "TOURNAMENT POOLS" will be host OUR pool at THEIR website. By hosting, I mean that we are paying "them" to store all "our" pool entries & standings. It is the BEST "pool" site on the internet! You can expect Updated Results, Standings and "What-If" scenarios the ENTIRE time!

NOW - How to Sign-Up . . .

If you are already a member at "Office Football Pool.com

1. LOGIN AS USUAL
2. ON THE MENU BAR, LOOK FOR
   1. HOME >>>
   2. JOIN A POOL >>>
   3. ENTER THE POOL ID AND PASSWORD
   4. POOL ID: 26032 (2008 COLLEGE BOWL POOL)
   5. PASSWORD: 2468
   6. THEN ENTER/SUBMIT - You should be entered!

IF YOU'RE NOT A MEMBER OF OFFICE FOOTBALL POOL.COM

THIS IS KEY: When REGISTERING as a New Member: Your USER NAME should be the name you want to use for the pool. (If you registered for the NCAA Basketball Pool, you have 2 options: you can sign-up as a NEW member with a NEW user id/team name OR you can enter the pool using the user id & password you used for the ncaa pool and then change your user id/team name it to a new "football" user id/team name.)

1. http://www.officefootballpool.com/members.cfm?p=7
2. Log in OR register as a new member. (MEMBERSHIP APPLICATION)
3. Enter your NAME, a PASSWORD and your EMAIL address.
4. Click "GET STARTED".

You are now officially, a member! At the next screen..... Look for JOIN A POOL on the right side. Click it! You are now ready to join the College Confidence Pickem' Pool

5. Enter the POOLID and the Pool PASSWORD, your NAME and TELEPHONE #
6. PoolID: 26032
7. Pool Password: 2468
8. Click Enter/Submit.
9. Follow along, and if all goes well, your will now be entered in the College Confidence Pickem Pool called 2008 COLLEGE BOWL POOL. To CONFIRM this, look on the Menu Bar across the top and look for POOLS. In it's drop down menu, look for MY POOLS. Click it! It should show a list the pools.

IF YOU PLAN ON ENTERING MORE THAN ONCE - MULTIPLE ENTRIES.....

Once Again, SINCE OUR FIRST GAME IS DECEMBER 26 - YOU MUST SUBMIT YOUR ENTRY BY KICKOFF - 1:00 PM ET

NOW YOU CAN PAY ON-LINE USING AMAZON PAYMENTS!

If anyone has any problems, call me, I'll talk you through it! If it sounds difficult, it's really not, I promise!

TO PAY BY MAIL PLEASE . . . MAIL YOUR CHECKS NOW (NO NEED TO WAIT) TO: