Oh, Its On!

Emailed 3/12

Oh its on. the 20th version of my NCAA Pool has started. Thats right, I started running this thing in 1989. Twenty years. And I have the data from the past 17 years. So if you want to know who you picked in the 5-12 games back in 1993 I can tell you.
If youre getting this email you were in the pool last year. Later in the week Ill change the list to people that are in this year. SO if you know a standard pool participant whose email has changed in the last year, please feel free to forward this email to that person or persons.
Ok anyway, rules are the same as always. First round games are worth 2 points, 2nd - 4 points, 3rd - 6 points, 4th - 8 points, semis - 10 points, Championship game 12 points.
Yes I know that youre in another pool that awards upset bonus points equal to the amount of the higher seeded team minus the lower seeded team and thats a real cool way to run the pool. I also know that "the other pool" gives you 32 points for picking the championship correctly. Theres good reasons why Ive kept the same point system for 20 years. I wont go into them here. But you can read about them in my How to Run a NCAA Pool book coming to bookstores near you in march of 2009.
Ok where was I... yes, the Pool. 20 years. The site for the pool is the same as previous years
http://dusty.dyndns.org/pools/poolentry/pool_other.asp
Click the Pool Entry graphic in the banner at the top to get to the bracket.
Entry fee remains the standard $10. I feel its just not worth it to go to the $20 that many other pools are going to. $10 is enough that if you lose it its not that big of a deal but its still enough to keep you interested. $20 is just over the "crap I just lost $20" mark that angers people.
Address is
Jeff Crucius
200 Woodlands Ct
Hartland, WI 53029
PayPal: jcrucius@facstaff.wisc.edu
RevolutionMoney: jcrucius@wisc.edu
The payout is
1st 60%
2nd 30%
3rd 10%
There is no tiebreaker. Ties split the money. Why no tiebreaker you ask? 2 reasons.
1. It gives more people a chance to win and thusly claim the coveted enshrinement in the Hall of Victors. This status gives unlimited bragging rights for life. Ron Olson still reminds people about his championship from 1993. The bragging only serves to keep people coming back next year.
2. I dont feel like programming in the capability.
The second one is really the dominant reason.
Ok thats the administrative portion of the 2008 Pool announcement email.
Im sure youre all interested im my views of the brackets. Well that will have to wait for another email later today because I just heard the toaster pop up. I just bought this new skippy honey nut peanut butter that im quite psyched to try.
Entries are due by 11am Thursday.
Go Bucky!