{"id":1030,"date":"2021-09-02T12:14:00","date_gmt":"2021-09-02T18:14:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.picks4fun.org\/?p=1030"},"modified":"2021-09-06T11:00:13","modified_gmt":"2021-09-06T17:00:13","slug":"week-1-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.picks4fun.org\/index.php\/2021\/09\/02\/week-1-4\/","title":{"rendered":"WEEK 1"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/drBnM8UTPuw\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Welcome to WEEK 1 of another exciting year of the PICKS LEAGUE. This is the 28th or 29th season (I can&#8217;t remember which). In any case, we&#8217;ve been doing this a while!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Last year, Jacob won his first-ever horse ass trophy. Who will win this year? The 18-week journey begins now!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you&#8217;ve played in the past, you&#8217;re welcome to play again this year! We also expect new players. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.picks4fun.org\/index.php\/2019\/08\/27\/rules\/\">Please review the rules<\/a> before making your picks. Good luck to everyone. Let&#8217;s do this!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>PAY YOUR DUES<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Everyone needs to send their $80 dues via paypal to rlaw22(AT)comcast.net &#8211; <strong>replace (AT) with @<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Exceptions:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Because they earned weekly prizes last year, the following players have reduced dues:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Brandye: Won $60 &#8211; needs to pay $20 this year<br>Will: Won $40 &#8211; needs to pay $40 this year<br>Brian: Won $20 &#8211; needs to pay $60 this year<br>Julia Won $26 &#8211; needs to pay $54 this year<br>Jamie: Won $16 &#8211; needs to pay $64 this year<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>RULES\/PICKING PROCEDURE<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em><strong>1) Pick 13 Games<\/strong> <strong>in a comment reply below<\/strong><br>(we are picking against the point spread)<br><strong>2) SKIP 3<\/strong><br><strong>3) Place an asterisk next to your &#8220;Lock of the week&#8221;<\/strong><br>(1-game bonus if your pick covers the spread)<br><strong>4) Capitalize your TRIFECTA picks<\/strong><br>(one-game bonus if all three teams cover)<br><strong>5) Type SKIP next to your skips (don&#8217;t delete them)<\/strong><br>Keep the games in order (use copy and paste)<br>Contact me with questions.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Deadline &#8211;<\/strong> Must make picks before kickoff of each game. Copy down my email in case the site goes down; you can email me your picks in case of an emergency. Failure to post your picks results in losses even if the site goes down. Copy down my email just in case.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"> rlaw22(AT)comcast.net &#8211; <strong>replace (AT) with @<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Week 1 Games<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Thursday<\/strong><br>Cowboys (+7.5) at Buccaneers (-7.5)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Sunday<\/strong><br>Steelers (+6.5) at Bills (-6.5)<br>Jets (+4.5) at Panthers (-4.5)<br>Jaguars (-2.5) at Texans (+2.5)<br>Cardinals (+2.5) at Titans (-2.5)<br>Eagles (+3.5) at Falcons (-3.5)<br>Chargers (-1.5) at Washington (+1.5)<br>49ers (-7.5) at Lions (+7.5)<br>Seahawks (-2.5) at Colts (+2.5)<br>Vikings (-3.5) at Bengals (+3.5)<br>Dolphins (+2.5) at Patriots (-2.5)<br>Browns (+6.5) at Chiefs (-6.5)<br>Broncos (-2.5) at Giants (+2.5)<br>Packers (-4.5) at Saints (+4.5)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Sunday Night<\/strong><br>Bears (+7.5) at Rams (-7.5)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Monday<\/strong><br>Ravens (-4.5) at Raiders (+4.5)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome to WEEK 1 of another exciting year of the PICKS LEAGUE. 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If you&#8217;ve played in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1030","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.picks4fun.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1030","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.picks4fun.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.picks4fun.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.picks4fun.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.picks4fun.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1030"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.picks4fun.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1030\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.picks4fun.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1030"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.picks4fun.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1030"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.picks4fun.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1030"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}