There are many ways to have fun this football season. These are apart from the enjoyment got by watching the Super Bowl directly or on the televisions in your living room. One major fun activity that will spice your game watching on TV is a little gambling on the likes of the NFL betting most people tend to do around this time. NFL betting in your living room? Sounds freaky, doesn’t it? The thing is that if you spend a little time and effort, you can bring live betting action right into your living room. What you have to do is prepare a football pool.
There are many ways to create a football pool, but we’ll just stick to the easiest way. It’s easy getting started on making a football pool. The first step is to invite all your friends to the big game and ask your family members to join the fun. Around playoff time, go to the ESPN website and print out copies of the page containing the twelve teams and the blank tree descending to the Super Bowl. You’ll have to allot points for each of the four successive rounds. You can assign points like 1 point for the second round, 2 for the third, 4 for the NFC and ABC titles and finally, 8 points for the bowl title.
Now, you’re almost set. Distribute the sheets among the players and decide on an entry amount. All the players have to decide who the winners are for each game and ask them to write in pen the name of the winning team in each round. Make a guess as to the combined score of the two playing Super Bowl teams. Get back the sheets from the players with their entries jotted down in them. Start watching the game on the TV. Yell, howl and pluck each other’s hair. After the game, you should create a bracket key by entering all the winners of every round leading up to the Super Bowl. The winner is the person with the highest cumulative points and in case there’s a tie, just give the prize to the person whose score is the closest to the combined Super Bowl score or simply share the booty between the two. This is the simplest football pool of all!