Hi! Welcome to the 2018 CFL Pool season! Another year of the 3 mini-pool format, stripped down, with no player stats. You just have to pick games! Which is easy, right? Sure. OK! So get to work then!
So first off, here's the SCHEDULE for 2018's pools! NOTE, the CFL season starts ONE WEEK EARLIER this year, with one extra week in the regular season! So it's not quite so hectic I guess.
POOL 1: Covers CFL weeks 1 to 7, Thursday, June 14 to Saturday, July 28th. That's 27 games.
POOL 2: Covers CFL weeks 8 to 14, Thursday, August 2nd to Saturday, September 15. This one's 26 games.
POOL 3: Covers CFL weeks 15 to 21, plus the playoffs! Starts Friday, September 21 and goes right to Grey Cup Sunday, November 25! And this one is a whopping 33 games including the playoffs AND the Grey Cup Final!
(For Pool 2 just scroll down a bit)
This is it! The final CFL Pool of the season! And we are done!
Official Final Standings! Yes we are done! Officially. I have personally hand-verified the results! And they are correct. So click to see how we all did!
The Master Spreadsheet This is where to look for everybody's picks! The source of everything in Pool 3. And you can do your own updates and projections if you want! (275K Excel Spreadsheet)
Mini Pool 3 Master Spreadsheet in Web Page Format Here's the master sheet again, but in web page format so you don't need Microsoft Excel or whatever to look at it. (325K byte web page.)
The 2018 Pool 3 Entry Form! Yes it's almost here! The third and final pool of the 2018 season! Entry deadline is 7:30 PM Our Time, Fri., Sept. 21st, the start of the first game on the pool! Which is Montreal right here in Winnipeg. And this pool goes right through to the GREY CUP on November 25th! That's a total of 33 games!
Instructions for using the Excel Pool Entry Form
As I've said before, to fill out the interactive entry form and send it to me, you MUST save your picks on your computer. Then email the file you saved to me as an attachment. That's the only way I will get your picks! That's because the form is not a true online form. But it's still very easy to use. If you have something that will work with Excel spreadsheets.
The 2018 Pool 3 Entry Form, in web page format! Here's the entry form again, in web page format. Again the entry deadline is 7:30 PM Our Time, Fri., Sept. 21! This entry form is not interactive, sorry. But you can print it off and it looks good man!
The 2018 CFL Pool 3 Zip File All the pool documents in one zip file for quick downloading! It's only 110K bytes! Not including the rules docs, they're in their own zip file.
PLAYOFF BONUS POINTS: Remember, in the playoffs and the Grey Cup, you score bonus points for picking the losers of these games! Make sure to see the PLAYOFF BONUS POINTS section of the "CFL POOLS RULES DOCUMENT" below for details of the bonus half and quarter points available in the playoff games!
THE CFL Pools RULES Document!
The CFL Pools RULES Document Here's all the rules and information you need to help you do your entry! If ya want it! You can still just ask me too, of course. Updated as of the 2013 Pools.
The CFL Pools RULES Zip File Yeah the rules are in their own Zip file now. (Just 140K bytes.)
(For Pool 1 just scroll down a bit)
Announcing the 2018 CFL Mini-Pool 2! The deadline is almost here! So click the links below to get in on the action!
Official Final Standings Hey we're all done! Click to see how everybody did!
The Master Spreadsheet! This is where to look for everybody's picks! Ranked of course by points. And you can do your own updates and projections if you want! It's an Excel spreadsheet though, you need Office or whatever to look at it! (350K bytes)
Mini Pool 2 Master Spreadsheet in Web Page Format Here's the master sheet, with everybody's picks and the standings. But this one's in web page format so anyone can look at it. (230K bytes.)
The 2018 Pool 2 Entry Form! Yes it's all ready! You can start work on Pool 2 right away! Deadline is 6:00 PM our time, Thursday, August 2nd! The start of the Ottawa at Toronto game. As usual, the entry form is the same cool format, an Excel spreadsheet with drop-down everything!
Instructions for using the Excel Pool Entry Form
To fill out the interactive entry form and send it to me, you MUST save your picks on your computer. Then email the file you saved to me as an attachment. That's the only way I will get your picks! It's not a true online form but it sure makes entering easy!
The 2018 Pool 2 Entry Form in web page format. If you're not into interactive, this is the entry form in web page format. Print it off and fill it out in pen! (of course you can do the same with the Excel entry form) But for this one you don't need a spreadsheet app!
Note, you can use any method you like to get your entry to me! Including leaving a long phone message! Whatever works best for you!
The 2018 CFL Pool 2 Zip File All the Pool 2 docs above in a zip file for quick downloading! Only 100K bytes! Great download value!
THE 2018 CFL MINI-POOL 1!So okay, here's CFL Pool 1, the first pool of the 2018 season! And it's all done!
Official Final Standings! Click to see how we all did! Results are now official!
The Master Spreadsheet! This is where to look for everybody's picks, all the games, so you know who's doing well, or what! It's got everything! (230K Excel 97-2003 Spreadsheet)
The CFL Mini Pool 1 Master Spreadsheet in Web Page Format Here's the master sheet, with everybody's picks and the standings. But this one's in web page format so anybody can see it! (270K bytes)
The 2018 Pool 1 Entry Form! Here is where you make your picks! Enter once, enter often! Deadline for Pool 1 is Thursday, June 14th at 7:30 PM, the start of the first game of the season! The Edmonton / Winnipeg game right here in Bomberland! The entry form is the same cool format as usual, an Excel spreadsheet with drop-down everything! (I didn't create the original entry form... Credit for the original form goes to a guy who worked at MTS who did hockey pools.)
Instructions for using the Excel Pool Entry Form
To fill out the interactive entry form and send it to me, you MUST save your picks on your computer. Then email the file you saved to me as an attachment. That's the only way I will get your picks! That's because the form is NOT a true online form. But it's still very easy to use.
2018 Pool 1 Entry Form -- in web page format! This is the same as the Excel spreadsheet, except in web page format. Not interactive though, but you can print it off and fill it out if you like doing it the old-fashioned way!
All the above documents can be downloaded in the following ZIP file! Contains all the Pool 1 docs: The entry form, the standings, the master spreadsheet, and whatever other relevant documents pop up. (Not the rules though, those are in their own separate zip.)
The 2018 CFL Pool 1 Zip File (Just 95K bytes! It's got everything above in it. Your best download value!)
So yeah the start of the CFL season is fast approaching, so let's get together at a downtown establishment, to talk football, eat, and whatever, and pay our entry fees for the season. When? The week of June 11, before the first game of the season! MORE DETAILS TO FOLLOW once they're figured out. This get together is optional, you don't have to attend to enter the pool. But it is a good time, and a chance to pay your entry fees for the season, and talk football, or whatever! So if you know you're coming, let me know! Need to know how many seats to save!
THE SAME FORMAT: Yeah, this is yet another year of 3 CFL "MINI" pools! Wow. Each one based on a different part of the season. And it's just like the curling pool format, where you predict the results of specific games! I miss the player pools with player drafts. But, while they were fun, they were a lot more work. This format is work enough in the summer. Just games, games, games! Every game of the CFL season, except the Pre-Season, is on the pools!
WHAT TO DO: So what you do is: Using the entry form, predict the winners of all the games in each pool. You can also predict a TIE for regular season games! (See below for a summary of TIES in CFL games.) For Pool 3, predict the teams that will play in the Playoffs and Grey Cup Final as well, and of course the winners of these! (No ties in the playoffs)
THEN: After predicting all the game winners or ties, you add RANK POINTS to each prediction, based on how sure you are of each. You would apply the highest points to your most sure prediction, and the lowest points to your least sure prediction, for ALL the games you picked.
THAT'S IT in a nutshell. For more detailed description, see the RULES document using the links above. Or check out the ENTRY FORM, and just go for it already!
Yes, why not get some of your friends or family into this, it's only 2 bucks, and hey that will make the pot a little sweeter for the winners! Which will be YOU, right? Sure, of course! We welcome anybody with money, and who thinks they can predict CFL Football!
Recent and Upcoming Games!
(Times are all Central Time) (yes that is our time)
All done: CFL Week 21 (Last week of the Regular Saison!)
FRI NOV 2 FINAL TOR 9 @ OTT 24
SAT NOV 3 FINAL WPG 24 @ EDM 33
SAT NOV 3 FINAL MTL 30 @ HAM 28
SAT NOV 3 FINAL CGY 26 @ BC 9
CFL Playoffs 2018
SUN NOV 11
EASTERN SEMI-FINAL BC 8 @ HAM 48 FINAL
WESTERN SEMI-FINAL WPG 23 @ SSK 18 FINAL
SUN NOV 18
EASTERN FINAL HAM 27 @ OTT 46 FINAL
WESTERN FINAL WPG 14 @ CGY 22 FINAL
SUN NOV 25
106TH GREY CUP OTTAWA 16 @ CALGARY 27 FINAL
(Attendance: 55,819)
Helpful LinksIf you need CFL information, check out these important links:
The CFL's OFFICIAL Web SiteThis has the stats, schedule, results, plus all the players, team Rosters, transactions, depth charts... Everything you need to predict who will win all the games! And guarantee you a win in the pool! Yeah!
The CFL's Schedule and Results Page This year, plus you can get to previous seasons from here too!
TSN's CFL Site
* TSN's CFL Broadcast Schedule * ALL CFL games are on at least ONE of the TSNs! In fact it looks like all except one game are on the full TSN network. Click for details! Spoiler alert though, they've got the latest scores at the top of the page!
Canoe.com's CFL Site (Formerly SLAM.ca)
Hey why not take a CFL trivia quiz? See how much you know about our game! Mostly I think it's accurate.
Calvillo Sets All-Time CFL TD Pass Record
// Stegall All Time Receiving Yards King
Bruce Boa: Former Calgary Stampeder and Waldorf Salad ordering actor from British sitcom Fawlty Towers
Who the heck is Luther Selbo? Clue #1
Clue #2
Farrell Funston makes the catch!
Kapp & Mosca: Can't we just get along? I guess not. Try to understand it here!
When was the last tie game in the CFL? (Regular season - not pre-season) Well! ... They're getting a little more common lately. We had one already in 2017. Friday, June 23rd, Calgary at Ottawa! 31 - 31 tie in overtime. Before that, Friday, July 8, 2016! Calgary at Ottawa again! Final score 26 - 26. Which was the first tie since 2009! October 17, 2009: Sask 44 @ Calgary 44. And before that, there were two in 2007: June 28, 2007, Wpg 39 @ Edm 39; and August 17, 2007, BC 45 @ Cal 45. And another in 2004. So, sure we were due! There's your recap as of July 9 2017!
That’s all I’ve got for now. Remember, you can contact me by phone or text, if you know my land line or cell numbers; or email: glenmoor@shaw.ca!
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