Survivor Ground Rules

Hey all,

I just wanted to establish ground rules for Survivor and set a precedent for how picks will work this year. As you know you will be picking one team each week to win their game (straight up, not against the spread). You can only pick a team once, so for example, if your Week 1 pick is for the Bears to beat the Lions, you can't pick the Bears the rest of the competition. One loss and you're out (hence, "Survivor").

Each week's pick should be in my Gmail inbox by midnight Saturday, and I will post all picks to the blog sometime Sunday morning. Once I make the post, all picks contained therein are "final" and cannot be changed. Anyone who has not emailed me a selection by the time I post the group's picks will be forced to pick the Monday night game (I will make a separate post containing these "belated" picks, but let's try to avoid this).

In the event that I can't make the post prior to the noon games starting, I will call the Commish to lock in my pick, so there is never any question as to the integrity of my pick.

A reminder that the winner of Survivor nets a cool $200...

So again, email me your pick by midnight Saturday. Here are the Week 1 games along with the spreads, courtesy of Bodog (for entertainment purposes only):

Thursday
Minnesota @ New Orleans (-6)

Sunday
Carolina @ NY Giants (-7)
Miami (-3) @ Buffalo
Atlanta (-2.5) @ Pittsburgh
Detroit @ Chicago (-6.5)
Cincinnati @ New England (-4.5)
Cleveland @ Tampa Bay (-3)
Denver @ Jacksonville (-3)
Indianapolis (-2.5) @ Houston
Oakland @ Tennessee (-6)
Green Bay (-3) @ Philadelphia
San Francisco (-3) @ Seattle
Arizona (-4) @ St. Louis
Dallas (-3.5) @ Washington

Monday
Baltimore @ NY Jets (-2.5)
San Diego (-4.5) @ Kansas City