The game is about picking winners and assigning points. First pick the winners of the individual games. Then assign confidence points
based on the level of confidence and number of games in that week. Your most confident pick would have the most points and your
lowest would get the least points. For every game you pick correctly you receive the points you assigned. These are totaled up for your
weekly points score. Player with the highest score wins the week.
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To win the week in any pool you need to have the highest total points. Should two or more players be tied, then
the player with more correct picks (Wins) will be declared the winner. Should two or more players still be tied
then the TieBreaker points total will be used. The player closest to the correct total without going over will
be declared the winner. Should it still be tied after that, all players involved would be awarded a Win for the week.
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The TIE button is available to use for your picks. If the game does end in a tie and you chose TIE instead of WIN or LOSE
then you would receive the points for that game. If you choose TIE and the game does not end in a tie, then it would be
considered an incorrect pick and you would receive no points.
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Big Soggy Sports uses a confidence points system. The more you think a game is a win, then the more points you would assign. A normal week
in the reguar season would have 16 games so your most confident pick would be 16 points and your least 1 point. The current season
will always have a 16 point game for the regular season. The lowest point can vary between 1 and 4 depending on the number of games
in that week. Check the top box of the Picks page to see what the point range is for that week. Should a point value be missed or used
twice, an error message will show at the top of the screen and will need to be corrected.
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The difference can be attributed to the scheduling for a pool and the total number of games in a week for a pool.
For certain pools (eg. Pro Playoff) different point values can be assigned week-to-week to accommodate competition.
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Currently the schedules are created outside site for most pools and determined by their respective leagues. For the
Big Soggy College pool, the Competition Committee meets during the off season to chose the games to use for the season.
Normally teams who have won their conference or division the previous season are considered first. Special games such
as traditional rivalries and in-state match ups are also considered.
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The Survey Poll on the opening page is just asking for your vote. No need to login or register anything to vote or look at
the results. These polls change on a weekly basis.
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The Smack Board is a place bulletin board for a player to Run smack, vent problems, issue challenges or just spout off. You will need
a seperate login and registration for some of the features, but is fairly straight forward. Entrance to it is available under the Specials
heading on the menu bar. Please watch what you say there as there are under age participants on the site.
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Having a logon would be nice for all the features there such as a signature, but it is not 100% required to leave messages there.
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To win the season in a pool, a player must have the most total points accumulated over the season. Should two or more players
be tied, then the total number of correct picks (Wins) accumulated for the season is used. Should two or more players still be
tied, then the total number of Weeks Won during the season is used. Should two or more players still be tied, then the
Competition Committee will meet to determine what to use to decide a champion.
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There is no limit to how many pools a player can be active. Currently there are only the Four available pools for a player to
join. The future may hold the possibility of more pools to come.
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There are a few database queries and java applets on the opening page. So some servers and connections may take longer to
load the opening page.
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A player can check the Sound box on the User Info page. Although now the only sounds are on the Opening page and on the Picks
pages themselves. These cannot be overridden.
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No Problem! Just use the link on the menu bar to be prompted for your email address. This should be the same email used when
registering with Big Soggy. Your login information will be sent to you at that email address. If you cannot remember the email you used, send
an email to the PicksMaster directly and he'll see what he can dig up.
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Do not Panic! There is a link on the menu bar for just such an occasion. You will be prompted to enter the email address you used when
signing up for Big Soggy. You password will be sent to you at that email address. If you cannot remember the email you used, send
an email to the PicksMaster directly and he'll see what he can dig up.
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A Yokozuna is a Japanese Sumo term meaning Grand Champion.
This the highest honor given to a sumo wrestler. The honor is similar in
Big Soggy. The title is awarded to a player who has played and won at a consistently high level. Once given this rank, a player
can never lose it. There is also the possibility of a player being given Yokozuna status if the win all the current open pools
in the same season. More info and a list of Yokozuna level players may be found on the site. The link is under the Hall of Champions
link in the menu.
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The current trophies for each pool are pictured on the Hall of Champions pages. The winner of the Pro Regular Season Pool wins
the SEM Memorial Trophy, The College Regular Season Pool winner receives the Buzz Mitchell Trophy. For the College Bowl Pool champion, they
are awarded the McCormick Cup. And finally the Pro Playoff Pool winner is given the H.C. McCormick trophy.
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The Specials link on the menu bar opens a list of links that do not fit as part of the other headings on the menu bar. Please
check the entries under the Specials link for interesting pages and info.
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The Stats pages will display the percentage of picks and average points by game for a pool in a week. It averages out the
picks and points made by real players. Fake players are not part of the calculations.
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The Compare pages will display all the players picks and points by game for a week in a certain pool. They will not be able to
be seen until a week is locked out or completed.
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The Standings pages report the current standings for the current season for the different pools. The Current Overall, Top 5's, All-time, All-time
Top 10, and Career pages are currently the only reports for standings for a player. There is a page for the NFL standings with possible
playoff qualifiers. This is not 100% accurate as some matchup data is not checked in Big Soggy in determing the NFL standings.
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The PicksMaster is one who runs the Big Soggy web site. He does all the page maintenance and database work. He also has to make decisions along
with the Competition Committee on scoring disputes and scheduling changes.
As for the PicksMaster's real name, large cashier checks or PayPal donations will help make that happen.
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The Pollmaster does the weekly Power Polls for Pro and College. He does the Top 15 and Bottom 5 for each one. These are usually ready to
go by Tuesday afternoon. As for his identity, he is as open to monetary donations as the PicksMaster is.
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The Competition Committee is made up of long time players and programmers of the site. They make the decisions on scoring
questions, rules changes, site modifications and set the College pool scheduling for the season.
They can be contacted through the Credits page.
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The Digital Pool is an experimental type of pool currently under review. It tracks when Pro teams usage of digits in the
last position of their final score. The first team to use all 10 digits (0-9) would be declared the winner. The Competition Committee
is reviewing this pool to see how people could "buy" a team at a certain rate. The owner of the winning team would win the
prize money. The key is that the price of a team goes up as weeks go by.
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The Clocks page has many formats of clocks the PicksMaster has found on the web. Some may eventually get moved to
other parts of the site. The clocks on the Picks pages are countdown clocks to the lock out of that week.
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Due to Scheduling changes in the NFL, Some of the later weeks in the season will be starting on Thursday. Any complaints about this
should be directed to the NFL front office. There is a link to NFL.com on the Links page. Trust me, The PicksMaster is not happy about
this situation either.
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The Scores are usually updated by an admin during the game days. Depending game times and web access, most of the scores are updated within
24 hours of finish.
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Trophies for the season are usually shipped out in February after the last pool is finished. It can depend on the time the PicksMaster can
devote to getting it done. They are shipped all at once so only one trip to the post office is necessary.
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Depends about what you mean by "in charge". In charge of what? If you mean the web site, try the PicksMaster. There are email links
on the menu bar, User info page and the Credits page.
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Big Soggy is always open to make corrections on the site. Contact the PicksMaster or the Competition Committee through the links on the
site on the Credits page. Make sure you cite your sources for the correct score.
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The cutoff is the Date and Time that week is locked out and no more entries can be made. It usually is connected to the start of the first game
of the week. Early cutoffs may happen due to scheduling. This is listed currently as Central time as the server is in Dallas, TX.
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If points are not assigned to a game or duplicate points were assigned, an error message will appear at the top of the picks page after pressing
Save. If no correction is made it will be recorded as Zero points. Contact the PicksMaster or the Competition Committee before the game
begins to determine if a correction is in order.
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If you are having trouble saving your picks, try to check your own computer or give it a minute and try again. if it still fails, send an
email with your picks to the PicksMaster and he will investigate the problem and try to get your picks in place.
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Once the cutoff date and time have passed no more entries can be made. If you feel you were cutoff in error, contact the PicksMaster or
the Competition Committee with your picks and they will determine if mulligan is in order.
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If you miss picking a game, there should be an error message at the top of the screen after you hit the Save button. Should a player not
correct this it will go in as a No Pick. You can contact the PicksMaster or the Competition Committee before the game starts and they
will determine if your mulligan will go through or be rejected.
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The PicksMaster can be contacted through the web site at picksmaster@bigsoggy.com. There are also email links on the menu bar,
the User Info page and the Credits page.
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Currently the Pollmaster does not have a direct link through the site. But he can be reached through the
Competition Commitee links.
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The Competition Committee can be reached through the website at CompCmte@BigSoggy.com. There is also an email link
on the Credits page.
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A player can pick as far into a season that has not been closed out. So theoretically a player could pick entire season
before it started although with some bowls the actual teams have not been determined at this time.
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Big Soggy does not publish its members email addresses. Your best form of contact would be through the Smack Board. Should
members involved all agree, then the email addresses may be given to the requesting parties.
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Those denote the current reigning champions of the current pools. You can see which pools go with which icon by checking the
bottom of the Weekly Results page.
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The Fake players are non human players put into the system by the Picksmaster. Some are done Pre-Season, others during the season.
These are used as measuring sticks for players to see how they would do if they ran their picks by certain ways. The names of the
fake players should explain their function.
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Technically, it does not cost a player anything to play. But Big Soggy is asking for a $5 per pool contribution (fee, tithe, gift, donation, whatever)
to help offset the costs of hosting and shipping. Everybody at Big Soggy Sports appreciates your playing and benefaction. (yeah I used a thesaurus, so
go look it up yourself).
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Most of the photos currently on the site were taken by The PicksMaster with an Olympus digital camera. Some of the older photos were taken
with a giveaway digital camera and some are photos that have been sent in by other players.
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No not really. The PicksMaster knows he could make it even worse, so be happy with what is currently
running or the random midi files could return, along with the animated backgrounds.
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Currently Big Soggy Sports is using SeekDotNet.com based in Dallas TX. There is a link to their home page on
the Links page of Big Soggy (Under the Specials heading on the menu). There have been few to no problems with their servers
and nonoticeablee down time. If you are looking for a host, please use the link on the Big Soggy site so they can get
the credit.
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The current version of Big Soggy Sports is being done with an Access databases, ASP pages with VBSCRIPT, JavaScript and Applets
spread through the system. As for thedesignn, upkeep and actual work done behind the scenes, that would be the PicksMaster
doing that work. He knows it is sloppy and undirected at times with problems here and there, but he is working on it and a new
version for the future. So feel free to shut the hell up.
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When doing the picks for All Favs and All Dogs, The PicksMaster does try to rotate around between ESPN, FOX Sports, and Jim Feist
to take the lines they have generated. If no line can be found, then the pick generally goes with the home team as the favorite.
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Site change suggestions or corrections are always welcomed by Big Soggy. You can contact the PicksMaster through the Credits page
or email link on the menu. Also Suggestions placed on the Smack Board will be reviewed. there are no promises that
the changes will go in right away, but will be reviewed and implemented implemented time.
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Your password can be changed by the User Info page. Thipage willll let make changes to your player profile.
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The PicksMaster is part of many pools and has much to do with the site. This can cut into The PicksMaster's research time on games. Also certain
NFL teams have gone in the tank at the end of the season causing title hopes to fade away.
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Depending on which pool, you can check the Hall of Champions page. This list the current and previous winners by pool. Also on the opening page
there is usually a rotating scroll showing the current leaders and champions. Also the previous seasons winners are notated on the Weekly Results
pages with icons next to their name.
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Contrary to popular belief, the PicksMaster does not rig any pool. The PicksMaster winning the Bowl pool three times is due to good research of
current and historical play, checking the odds, and some lucky shots along the way with the high value games. The expansion of bowl games and
additional players in the pool does make it more difficult each year.
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You can contact the PicksMaster through the User Info page or send an email. there are links to send requests to add or drop a player
from a pool there.
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A mulligan is a golf term for a do-over. Players are advised to pay attention to their picks and screens to make sure there are no errors
present. To request a mulligan, contact the PicksMaster or Competiton Committee in a timely manner so they can determine if a correction
is approved or denied. Players will usually only get one of these a season.
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Rules changes are taken under consideration during the off season. The Competition Committee looks over all suggestions and decides
what is useful and feasible. You can contact them with the link on the Credits page. Also entries on the Smack Board will also be reviewed
in the off season by the Committee.
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The Gerry McCormick Rule is more of a guideline for making cerain picks. Like not putting more than 5 Points on the Monday Night Game.
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Currently the committee membership is closed. There is a proposition to add members on a one-year basis is a rotating manner.
Prospective members will be contacted in the off season by the PicksMaster on joining the committee for the upcoming season.
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Think you're a big shot? Want to run some smack? The Smack Board is available on Big Soggy.com. Under the Specials link on the menu
is the Smack Board link. you are encouraged to give your shout-outs here. You will need to create a new login for this part of the site,
but it is not required. Also please watch howe you write things as there are underage participants on the site.
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