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Every year since the blog started, we've done an ODB Pick 'Em league through Yahoo! Fantasy to pretty awesome results. Last year was our biggest yet with 99 (out of a possible 100, I think) active participants.
I've now renewed the league once again for this coming year, and I believe that most of you who participated last year should have gotten an email invitation to do so again in the email that was associated with your Yahoo! account. So check that first before you do anything else.
Otherwise, click the link below to join the ODB Pick 'Em league. Spots are available on a first-come, first-serve basis:
http://football.fantasysports.yahoo.com/college/register/joingroup
Once you're there, input the following information:
Group ID: 8355
Password: Johnny5forlife (I believe it is case-sensitive)
Once again, the group could fill up pretty quickly if last year is any indication, so try to get in ASAP. The first games are this coming Friday night, and I've chosen two picksets for us to use: Yahoo!'s top games (which is around 20-25 per week) and the Big 12. For this week, that means there are 26 games to pick.
We use confidence points in this league, so you're not just picking winners. To repeat: you need to set confidence points EVERY SINGLE WEEK. If you have questions about how that works, please feel free to ask. I guarantee you're not the only one wondering.