Frequently Asked Questions

1. Question 1, Does this website use cookies?
2. Question 2, What if I am late getting my picks in?
3. Question 3, Why do I get the message "Please select one of the "Team 1" or "Team 2" options"?
4. Question 4, Where are my saved picks?
5. Question 5, What happened to WEW's football picking contest?
6. Question 6, What are some of the improvements to the new website?

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Answer 1: Does this website use cookies:

I only use cookies for the pick sheets (a cookie is a feature on your web browser that saves data on your computer). Cookies are used for the "save" and "recover" buttons on the pick sheets.  This allows you to start filling out a pick sheet and save your picks so that you can finish them later.  Just hit the save button then close your browser or even turn off your computer and whatever picks you have made will be saved until the next time you return to this pick sheet and click the recover button.  Remember, you have to click submit for me to receive your picks.

You can set your browser to refuse all cookies or indicate when a cookie is sent. However, the save & recover functions will not work if you refuse cookies.  I do set these cookie to automatically expire in ~ 10 days.  I do not use cookies to retrieve any information from your computer.

 

Hints for saving your picks with cookies

1)  I suggest you try it to make sure it works.  Make a few picks, click the  "save" button, close your browser then come back to the picks sheet and click the "recover" button. 

2)  Your browser must have cookies enabled for this to work (if you delete your cookies in your browser, you will lose your saved picks).

3)  The cookie is saved to the computer you are on at the time, so your saved picks can only be recovered on the same computer using the same browser software (different browsers will save different cookies). 

4)  This does not submit your picks to me, you still have to hit submit to officially turn in your picks).

Answer 2: What if I am late getting my picks in?

I really appreciate it if you get all of your picks in before the 1st game of the week.  However, if you find yourself in a bind and running late, you can email me your 1st few picks (usually the Thursday and Friday games).  Just be sure to get all your picks in via the website pick sheet before all the remaining games start.  I'll usually send out reminders to those I have not received picks from.

Answer 3: Why do I get the message "Please select one of the "Team 1" or "Team 2" options"?

The pick sheet automatically checks to make sure that you have made a selection for every game (i.e. you can't submit a partially filled out pick sheet).  Just scroll up and make a selection for the game in question and then clink submit again.

Answer 4: Where are my saved picks?

Did you click the save button to originally save your picks (it's not automatic like it was a few years ago)?  If so, then click the recover button to retrieve your saved picks. 

You can always click on the "Clear Sheet" button at the bottom of the pick sheet to totally start over.

Answer 5: What happened to WEW's football picking contest?

WEW decided end his picking contest at the end of the 2014-2015 season after 42 years of picking contests!!  He decided to resign his commission and end the WEW Picking Contest.  Take your pick of the following reasons for his decision:

1. The administration has decided to go in another direction with the program - and given my picking record the last few years, I can't say as I blame them.

2. I need to spend more time with my family and go to my daughter's volleyball games - oh wait, that was Urban "the Weasel" Meyer's reason for leaving Florida.

3. Rather than continuing to combat issues that I could never affect such as picking the right football teams to win each weekend, stipends for college players, expanding to an 8-team playoff, NFL domestic violence, concussions and getting Pope Frankie to tell those jerks at Notre Damn to join a real conference; I have decided to turn my efforts to resolving several issues on the near horizon that are severe threats to the future of football such as world hunger, proliferation of nuclear weapons to rogue nations, the rise of radical Islam and most insidious of all - global warming (tough to play in a stadium filled with water due to rising sea levels - I think it's called water polo then).

4. I am out of rants and I think that you have heard all my stories about when I was in college in the previous century, so if I am tired of ranting then you must be just as tired of reading those rants.

The good news, I am going to continue the tradition in this pool (which was inspired by WEW's picking contest)!  Check out the Rules page though they are pretty much the same (the penalty for missing a week is not quite as harsh).

Answer 6: What are some of the improvements to the new website?

Besides look and feel update, there were ALOT of behind the scenes improvements to the website.

Mobile Design

Designed for iPhone and Android, and ready for all sizes of mobile devices.

Tablet Tested

I hope you'll appreciate how awesome the new website will look on your iPad or Android tablet.

Latest Coding Standards

The future of the web is here with HTML5 and CSS3. This site is now coded with the HTML5 Symantec markup.

Validated HTML

I've tried to make sure that the code has been validated as per W3C standards.

Cross-Browser Compatible

This website should now render beautifully in all modern versions of the most popular web browsers (Chrome, IE, Firefox, Safari, Opera).