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The SportsFan.com Difference
Your own complete and private College bowl pool website
Each pool gets its own personalized sportsfan.com URL
No programming knowledge required
Your website stays online for a full year
The people in your pool sign up for your pool directly through your website. There is no need for anyone to visit any other preliminary website or join anything else.
No advertisments to clutter your website
Results updated within minutes
Numerous features and customization options
Seamless integration to your own domain via simple code (what's this?)
Fast & friendly customer support
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Pick options Picks can be "straight up" (try to pick the game winner) or "against the spread" (try to pick the winner based on the betting line favorite & spread). You can also include the "Over/Under" as an additional pick. Your pool can be a simple "most correct picks" wins the pool. Alternatively, you can make the pool more interesting by using "points" where the person who scores the most points wins the pool.
Scoring Options Traditional pools do not use points to determine the winner. Whoever picks the most correct games wins the pool. Sportsfan.com pools provide the option for running pools with points (you can stick with the traditional format if you prefer).
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- No points Run a traditional pool. Whoever makes the most correct picks wins.
- "Confidence" points scoring Each person sets a value from 1-32 for each game. If you don't want to use 1-32 as the confidence values, you can set your own.
- "Value" points scoring The commissioner sets a value for each game. Values can differ depending on whether the winning team is the favorite or underdog. For over/under picks, values can differ depending on whether or not the correct game pick was also made.
- Team score points Each player gets the number of points scored by the team they pick. Can be set so that points are awarded only for correct pick.
- Team scoring differential points Each player gets the number of points scored by the team they pick minus the number of points scored by the other team. Can be set so that points are awarded ony for correct pick.
- Spread differential points Each player gets points (or loses points) based on which team was picked and comparing the game score differential to the pointspread.
- Game prediction points Each player enters a total game score prediction for each game. The commissioner sets a formula that determines how many points are earned by comparing the predicted score to the actual score.
- Combined methods You can combine one or more of the scoring methods.
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New Features for 2007
New scoring options such as "Spread Differential" and "Score Prediciton"
Over/Under can now be picked on the picksheet
Customizable "Confidence Points" values
Set your own custom game lines
Set the default line "freeze" date
Set the minimum/maximum number of games that must be picked on picksheet
Greater control over picksheet deadline
"What If?" report to see outcome with different bowl winners
More areas on website to add customized text/pictures
Ability to pre-approve each person signing up with single-use sign up passwords
Ability to pre-approve each entry with single-use virtual "entry tokens"
More commissioner control over the website sign up page
Greatly improved website style customization options including a scrolling message
Improved forum with more customizeable features
Removal of "Sportsfan" logo at top of website page
Prize calculator
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Pool Standings (No Points)
As the bowl season progresses, the pool standings are updated automatically. The standings shows each player's win/loss record, optional tie-breaker pick, and their bowl picks. Correct picks are highlighted in green and incorrect picks in red. |
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Pool Standings (Points)
If your pool uses "points" (confidence points, game value points, game score points, game score differential points, score differential points, or game prediction points), each player's points are also shown on the standings. Pools using "Confidence" or "Value" points also will have a column showing the maximum possible score. |
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Multiple Entries
The website makes it easy for people to see their entries directly on the home page. |
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Pool Picksheet
Filling out the online pick sheet is as easy as point and click. For each game, players mark their pick. The picks can be changed until the deadline passes. The commissioner sets the pick sheet deadline and can limit the number of entries submitted per person. This screenshot shows a pick sheet in a pool using "confidence" points, although your pool may not use points or may use a different point method (see scoring options above). The website formats the picksheet automatically based on the rules you are using for your pool. |
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Administrative Menu
The pool commissioner has access to the "Admin" menu which allows you to control the website. Set the pool rules, keep track of finances, website style, and more. |
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Pool Finances
Where allowed by law, use the website to keep track of pool finances. Monetary transactions can not be processed directly via the website. |
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Pool Rules
As pool commissioner, set the pool rules directly through the website "Admin" interface. Some of the options you can set are shown in the screenshot below. Please visit the demo website where you can login and see the "Admin" screen and all of the commissioner controls in their entirety such as how to control the scoring options and deadlines.
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Website Style
Customize the website colors, font and picutres. There are dozens of customizable aspects of the website design. Add your own banner images and custom HTML. |
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Pool Forum
Private pool forum for your pool only. Formatting and "Smileys" included. Setup and ready to go with customization options determined by the commissioner such as a bad-word filter and the ability to ban certain people from posting. |
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2007 College Football Bowl Pool Features
