“Week 0” and “Week 1” will be combined (Week 0 only has one game). Send me either one pick for “Week 0” or one pick for “Week 1”.
Weeks 2-13 will act as normal. Send me one team name each week the day before the first game of that week.
If your pick wins that week you move on to the next week. If they lose you are eliminated
If your pick’s game is postponed/cancelled after you send me the pick, you can contact me to choose a different team whose game has not yet started if available.
If your pick’s game is postponed and you did not contact me to choose an alternate then you may continue to play the season as if the team you selected won BUT if that team loses the rescheduled game (or the game is never actually played) then it will count as you having been eliminated as of the date of the originally scheduled game.
If your pick’s game is cancelled and you did not contact me to choose an alternate then you are eliminated.
You can only pick each team once. (if you chose an alternate (4) then the original selection is “un-picked” and the replacement is “picked”)
If at any time there is only one player remaining that person shall be declared the winner (if they have postponed games to make up (5) then this “declaration” is delayed pending the outcome of the rescheduled game.
If at any time there are no players remaining, all players that were eliminated in the most recent week shall share the title of “first place”. (again, pending the outcome of rescheduled games).
With the combined “Week 0″/”Week 1” + 12 “regular” weeks there will be 13 picks in total. Therefore there will be 1 team that you don’t have to pick.
If multiple people make it all the way through the regular season then the Tie Breaker will be determined by the Big Ten Championship game. Each remaining participant will select the winner and the total score. The person who chose the correct Big Ten Champion AND has score closest to the actual score without going over (Price is Right Rules!) will be the winner.
If no participant selects the correct winner then all “tie breaker” participants share the title for “first place”
If all participants who selected the correct winner chose a score higher than the total then all who chose the correct winner shall share the title for “first place”
