Well it's that time of year again. Time for the most popular 17 weeks on Oprano. The NFL Pick'em! Last year we gave away over $7k worth of cash and prizes.

We are looking for sponsors to kick in weekly prizes, and prizes for the champions! Of course as usual, the winner will win dinner at Commander's Palace with Serge and I in Vegas during Internext.

Mutt has agreed to be the league commisioner again.... this competition would not be possible without his hard work and dedication.

IF any sponsor is interested in getting some GREAT exposure over 17 weeks, please e-mail me michael at oprano dot com

Here is last years page and sponsors

http://www.opranoplus.com/pickem/


And now I say....





Are you ready for FOOTBALL????

I am going to own you all this year. Bring it on people. :)

I'm BAAAAACK. :)

My pure dumb luck is going to FINALLY kick in this year...I hope ya'll are ready to lose! :okthumb:

Peaches your son could probably help!!

I'm BAAAAACK. :)[/b][/quote]
We're all in trouble now. Hopefully Serge can piss you off before the season starts. :)

I'll help her lose!! I am not going to get embarassed and be beaten by her.






-Peaches son

I'll help her lose!! I am not going to get embarassed and be beaten by her.






-Peaches son[/b][/quote]
Good grief - your avatar is ALMOST as scary as Gonzo's! :zoinks:

BTW Michael, the first year, he WAS making all my picks - he was doing horrible so had separate logins last year. He still beat me, but he didn't do very well either. B)

We're all in trouble now. Hopefully Serge can piss you off before the season starts. :)[/b][/quote]
Hey, just ask Billy what he's picking and go the other way, that should get you a top 5 placement without any effort ;)

Hey, just ask Billy what he's picking and go the other way, that should get you a top 5 placement without any effort ;)[/b][/quote]
hahahaha, yeah Billy hasn't done well in the past. I think you probably moved up another few notches on the asshole list with that comment. :okthumb:

you won't know what owned is until I step up to the plate..hell, I might even read a boxscore this year (do they have those in football?)

when does the season start?

Season starts weekend of Sept 7th!

i'll start vacation that weekend then ;-)

football season is in full swing here, i was looking forward to the end and some peace - and now american football starts! YAY! :rolleyes:

last year's contest was fun, i wonder if it can be topped!

CJ it was fun!!

I think we should spice up this years event with some personal bets between webmasters on Oprano. Silly things, not dealing with money but acts. Then they could be paid off during the PHB III in Vegas!!

:D

I have a few in mind for you and I!! :awinky:

uh ooh LOL

i'm game, but i have a few for you too :P

Should we bring ths to ICQ or do it publicly?

I was thinking show and tell.....

I beat you, I see yours. You beat me, I show you mine.

:D

BUT there can be no laughing and no photos!

Mike, Mutt

can't wait to join in the football fun again :)

We would be happy to help sponsor.

thanks

Todd

well the no photos rule is a GUARANTEE, but i don't think i could avoid laughing at the general scene of us both naked in front of a room full of webmasters ...

:biglaugh:

mike and I are now taking this to icq - the sexual tension is too strong to resist :lol:

Who needs the asshole list, I've been off that since year 1 when Serge beats me for the honors...

Billy loves me, he really really loves me ... http://isjustabitch.com

:)

mike, I'm in, last year I was middle of the pack, maybe this year I'll make a move upward :gbounce:

And of course M3server will kick in to the prize patrol :rokk:

We're all in trouble now. Hopefully Serge can piss you off before the season starts. :)[/b][/quote]
me?? KK???

I am a strong believer in:
"Make love, not wars",
especially with KK!
;-)))

hmmm...
I can spice it up all right...
you beat me and you WON'T see mine!
;-)))

now THAT'S incentive to win!!!

HAHA Very stron incentive to win!!

Todd and Danny thanks for kicking infor the prizes!!!


We are still looking for a few more slots from sponsors!! E-mail me and get some top notch promotion and attention!

michael @ hirise dot com

The NFL regular season starts this year on Thursday September 4th with the N.Y. Jets at Washington

I have been corrected, thanks Vick!!

Hey

Mike let me know what we can do in terms of sponsoring,

Go Bucs!!!!


icq-256800947

Mike - you know I count down the days to kickoff of the NFL season B)

So I have a question...are we going to change the rules so that the weekly winner can win more than once?

If not can we at least pick who gets the prize? Or even better make it a random pick so that everyone has a chance? Even the people that do not do that well. I like that idea the best.

I'm a little off as to what's hip this year with video game stuff, but if Playstation 2's or Xbox's are still cool, we would like to continue what we did last year an award something like that to the weekly winner again this year.

We love Oprano Pick'em :bjump:

Perfect Rich!! MaxCash has always support Oprano.... we love you guys!! Xboxs and Playstations are still cool. Maybe you can expand ot DVD player or something for people who are not into games ( that is about same price I would think!)

Tonda, a few good ideas. Weekly winners should not be able to win more then once. But I do like the random give away if that happens. This is the MaxCash weekly prize - so Rich can decide.

We need to brain storm and think of something unique!!

Pick'em is coming together!!



:rokk: :rokk:

works for me Mike, as long as the value doesn't go above whatever a playstation 2 or Xbox costs over at Amazon.com.
As long as I can order it on Amazon.com it's all good.
That way if the weekly winner was someone who won an Xbox last year...they can use the prize this year, and get games to play on it this year...whatever, as long as folks keep it simple and costs are the same...they can have what they like from Amazon.com.

*Note for some international webmasters who I can't get Amazon.com to ship stuff to....you will simply win a check for the amount that would have been spent on ya at Amazon.com.

**2nd Note - If I can ship Amazon.com stuff to you...getting a check is not an option...you must chose something fun for us to buy you :yowsa:

any additional terms....I leave up to the Pick'em contest runners...ie tie breakers, can you win more than once, etc etc, of course.

Ya know....some of us who don't play video games and like to read and watch movies wouldn't mind a gift certificate at Amazon.com as a prize.... :)

(geeze - sorry that sounded so tacky - "Thank you for the free prize, but we want something different...." :( I hope it's understood better than I'm saying it.....)

Peaches, I did say :)
"As long as I can order it on Amazon.com it's all good."

I could order you a gift certificate if ya win. :awinky:

IF I win??!! IF?? Are you saying that just because I've played for 2 years and never won a darned thing, that I MIGHT not win something this year??!! :cryin:

:awinky: Thanks for being accommodating - I didn't want to sound like a beggar being a chooser...but it sure came out that way!

no worries Peaches, there is alway HOPE!

Viva la random selection button hehe :nyanya:

MaxCash rocks - last year both maxcash and webinc went to a lot of trouble to make sure i got my prizes despite being a pain to ship stuff to all the way down under.

:okthumb:

Yeah I agree with you CJ - MaxCash and WebInc are good peeps!

Don't worry Rich, I will make sure no one give you trouble.....

We are working on some big things for the overall winner.... I mean HUGE things!!!

Still a few spots open, so e-mail me if you want to get into the action and get some good attention to your products!

michael @ hirise dot com

works for me Mike, as long as the value doesn't go above whatever a playstation 2 or Xbox costs over at Amazon.com.
As long as I can order it on Amazon.com it's all good.
That way if the weekly winner was someone who won an Xbox last year...they can use the prize this year, and get games to play on it this year...whatever, as long as folks keep it simple and costs are the same...they can have what they like from Amazon.com.

*Note for some international webmasters who I can't get Amazon.com to ship stuff to....you will simply win a check for the amount that would have been spent on ya at Amazon.com.

**2nd Note - If I can ship Amazon.com stuff to you...getting a check is not an option...you must chose something fun for us to buy you :yowsa:

any additional terms....I leave up to the Pick'em contest runners...ie tie breakers, can you win more than once, etc etc, of course.[/b][/quote]
Would that be random pick if that person has already won?
If I get lucky and win if it's a Xbox or Playstation give mine 2 the
boys/girls club in your area.

OK where do I sign up. :bjump:

JimmyF that is a good idea!!

Seems like some good ideas for this years Pick'em !

I have a suggestion right of the top let's put up 2 VIP passess to the
Player Hater Ball III !!

Normally the winner gets to have a great dinner so why not add the VIP passes ??

Mike ??