As most of have heard, Jim Humphrey died last year. I will be running his 2nd Chance Pool and keeping his name on it in memory of the nearly 40 years that he ran it.

 

 

 

Instructions for joining the pool entitled 'JH Second Chance'

****************************************************************

Please follow the steps below:

 

1. Go to  www.officepoolstop.com  

2. Create an account. 

        You will be asked for your name and your email

        You will be asked to choose a User Name. I recommend FirstNameLastName (spaces aren't allowed)

        You will be asked for a password. Please choose something you can remember

        Enter your date of birth

        Choose your favorite NFL team

        Click on "Sign Up"

 

3.  In the Private League box, enter 81792

4.  In the league Password box, enter 'sweet16' (without the single quotes).  Click on Join Pool.

         Near the top of the page, locate the MY PICKS menu.  Enter your picks for each game, and don't forget to include the total points in final game tiebreaker.

        If you want to submit another entry, go to the top of the page, and click on settings/Manage Clones/Create Clone.  You are allowed up to 16 clones. 

5. You will have the ability to change any picks right up until the tournament deadline.  When making picks, please use your ACTUAL NAME, NOT AN ALIAS.  Thank you.

 

The rules and scoring remain the same as they always have – please read the entire rules at the website. 

 

The pool website is very easy to use.  Either click on the link above or copy and paste the link into your browser address bar.  You will need the “Password” shown above, so save this e-mail.  Even better, go there now and sign-up while it’s fresh in your mind so you will be ready to go beginning on Sunday night, March 24th - whenever the last game of the day ends. 

 

Entries (brackets, as they called in the website) are $15 each  and you may have up to 16 under a single email address.  As soon as the field is determined and you have logged-in, a bracket will (should) appear.  If you are entering brackets only for yourself, your entry will already be in your name (please do not make-up names like “Batman”, “The Wizard”, or “Suzy Q”- use your own name), and if you have multiple entries, they will be numbered sequentially automatically, for example, John Doe, John Doe (2), etc.  

Payments for entries are due by Saturday, March 30th.  You have three ways to make payments.

 

ZELLE:  (Best)   Account: wimpy@wimpy.biz

VENMO:  Account: 630 244 9292  or @James-Diebel-1.  Do not Venmo to @JimDiebel, as that account belongs to someone else.

Check:  Send to

 

Jim Diebel

155 Oakwood Dr

Wood Dale, IL 60191

 

Please note that I am running THREE separate pools for the NCAA. You may combine fees into a single payment. All I ask is that you include a note letting me know how much money is being allocated to each pool.  Please feel free to forward this e-mail to all of your REPUTABLE (i.e., good credit rating) relatives and friends.  Please copy me so I will know who the potential new recruits are.  The more the merrier!  Please ask anyone who has not participated in this pool in the past to enter YOUR NAME  (NOT MINE!) in the “Referral” section of the Sign Up page, or I may very well reject their entry.  In addition, I will expect YOU to be responsible for their payment if necessary.  This is a condition of referring new players: if they do not pay, then I expect YOU to pay (and then collect from them).  I will make every attempt to contact you whenever someone lists you as a referral.  If you have any questions about referrals, or any other aspect of the pool, please let me know.