This document has been created to be used as a guideline and issue resolve for the Beta testing of a Football Picks program for 2009. It will continue to amended and changed as needed due to changes in the season or the programming. Not all things in this document are currently in use and may be future programming changes.

The First Rule of Football Picks is you never talk about Football Picks.

1.WARNING: This site and programming are still in a Testing (beta) stage. Users are warned that changes to the appearance, code and structures of the site and programming can change at any time.

2.Users are to user their own ID and password to enter their picks. An ID will be issued at the beginning of the season along with a generic password. This will prompt the user to enter his own password.

3.Picks will be entered by using the Picks page.

a. The game will be displayed with the team helmets with a box underneath with ‘???’ inside. Click on the team you think will win or click on the box marked ‘Tie’. When clicked the box will change to ‘Win’ with the other box changing to ‘Lose’. If ‘Tie’s is chosen, all boxes will say ‘Tie’.

b. A ‘confidence point’ needs to be entered for the game.
The Range of points will depend on the pool and Number of games in that week.
Pro - 16-1 for weeks with 16 games.
16-2 for weeks with 15 games.
16-3 for weeks with 14 games.
16-4 for weeks with 13 games.
College - 16-1 for weeks with 16 games.
Bowl - 34-1 for all games. This may change if more bowls are added.
Playoff - 5,10,15,20 for weeks with 4 games.(WildCard and Divsional Games)
20,30 for weeks with 2 games.(Conference Championship Games)
50 for weeks with 1 games. (Super Bowl)
No confidence point may be used more than once.

c. On the final game of the week (Usually, Monday Night), a tie breaker score will need to be entered. This is the total for the two teams playing that game. This will be used to determine a weekly winner if the points and Number of wins are tied. The player closest without going over will be declared the winner.

4.Picks must be made and saved before Kickoff of the first game of the playing week (Usually 10:00 Pacific Sunday Morning). The only exceptions will be when there are games on Thursdays morning (0930) and nights(1720), and Saturday mornings (1000,0930). Changes to this rule may change to due programming in the future.
If you miss picking a Thursday game, you can still pick for the rest of the week until the week cutoff. But you will have your 10 point pick assigned to the Thursday game and it will be set as a tie. With the low probability of ties in the NFL there is a very low chance of actually scoring that game.

5.Scoring-For every correct pick the points assigned will be added to the weekly and ytd totals. The Number of correct and incorrect picks will also be totaled. A winner will be determined first by the person with the highest point total. If there is a tie, the next tiebreak will be the Number of correct picks. If there is still a tie the Monday Night tiebreaker score will be used. The winner will be the one with closest total score without going over. If still tied, both players will receive credit for a weekly win.

Year To Date winner will be determined in a similar manner. First the player with the greatest Number of points. If still tied, the player with greater amount of correct picks. Third tiebreaker will be Number of weeks won. Fourth tiebreaker will be Number of times closer to the Monday night score.

6.Screens.

New Logon –This screen will take the user back to the opening screen and allow them to logon as someone new.

User Info –This screen will show the Current Users information and allow them to modify it.

Pro Picks –the screen is used to enter Pro picks for a week. Available weeks are visible at the top. Default is current week. It will show a box for the confidence points, buttons under each helmet (visitor, home) for win or lose, and a button for ties. The final game of the week will also have a box for the total amount of points for the game. The team with a bye that week are shown at the bottom of the schedule. Enter your picks by choosing the winner by clicking on the button under the helmet and enter the confidence points in the box. Points will go from 1 to Number of games. No Number may be used twice. At the end press save to save your picks to the database.

College Picks –the screen is used to enter College picks for a week. Entry is the same as Pro Picks.

Playoff Picks –the screen is used to enter Playoff picks for a week. Entry is the same as Pro Picks except for confidence points. The points will only total for 50 for a week. Weeks 18 and 19, (Wild Card and Divsional playoff games) the points will be assigned as 5,10,15,20. Week 20 (Conference Championship Games) the points will be assigned as 20,30. Week 21 (Super Bowl) will have one pick for 50 points.

Your Results –This screen will show that users picks for that week. It will show the visiting team & score, home team & score, user’s pick and points assigned, and the winner and points gained. The bottom of the report will give a summary for the week with wins, losses, points, Percentage of games won, Percentage of total possible points and the tie points. If tie points is zero that user pick over the correct amount.

Rules/Info –This screen will show the rules and information for the picks.

Pick Stats –This screen will show the percentage of picks by game and the average conidence points assigned to that game.

Week Results –This screen will show the results for a particular week. The week is an option button at the top of the screen. The winner will be displayed at the top with the rest of the field in a top-down approach. The report will be the player’s name, total points, Correct picks, incorrect picks and tie points for Monday night. If the Tie points are zero, this shows that the player picked over correct amount. The player’s names are highlighted and under lined. By clicking on the name you may see what that person picked for that week.

Standings –This screen will show a Menu screen for the other standings pages.

Current Overall Standings –This screen will show Current Overall Standings for Points, Points Percentage, and Picks Percentage.

Current Top 5 –This screen will show Top 5 Points Weeks, Botton 5 Points Weeks, Top 5 Picks Weeks and Bottom 5 Picks Weeks.

All-Time Overall Standings –This screen will show All-Time Overall Standings for Points, Points Percentage, and Picks Percentage.

All-Time Top 10 –This screen will show Top 10 Points Weeks, Botton 10 Points Weeks, Top 10 Picks Weeks and Bottom 10 Picks Weeks.

NFL Standings –This screen will show current NFL Standings.

Past Champions –This screen will show The past champions photos and their records for that season.

Schedule –this shows the entire NFL schedule along with scores if week already played. The winners will be in BOLD.

Digitial Pool–This screen is for the Digitial Pool Results. This pool is where a player would 'buy' a team for a specified amount and if that team uses all 10 digits in the last digit of the final score for the year, that 'owner' would win the pool. Displays all NFL teams, their 'owners', Number of times a digit (0-9) has been used, how many are missing and the date the entire run is completed.

Links –this will show Links to other sites that may be useful in picking games and and doing research.