Seven days.
A deadline for every game.
One referee.
A week in a pro football pick 'em pool, minute by minute. Pickwarden lives inside your Google Sheet and works every one of them, so the commissioner doesn't have to.
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Members pick in the sheet they already know.
A dropdown in their own column, with only the two teams in that game. Nobody else can type there.
Game 1 locks. The rest of the week doesn't.
Every game has its own deadline, an hour before its own kickoff. Sunday's games stay open while Thursday's is shut.
How it plays out
The argument ends before it starts.
Things the group always asks.
Can I change a pick after it locks?
No. Before a game locks you can change your pick as often as you like. After the lock, a change is put back to your earlier pick, you see a message saying why, and the commissioner's Lock Log records it.
What if a game is flexed to another time?
Kickoff times are checked against the published schedule, so a flexed game moves its own deadline. A game with no announced time yet holds a deadline at the earliest slot it could possibly start.
Do members have to install anything?
No. The commissioner installs Pickwarden; members pick from the dropdowns in the shared sheet. Anyone who wants the live-scores sidebar can add it too.
What happens when a game ends in a tie?
The Winner reads TIE. A tie counts for nobody and is left out of games played.
Which ways can we play?
Straight up (one point per correct pick) or confidence points (rank every game; a correct pick earns its points), plus an optional survivor contest on its own tab.
Does Pickwarden handle the money?
No. Pickwarden runs pools for fun. It never handles entry fees or any money between members.
The scores keep themselves.
Live scores and the leaders in the sidebar while games are on. After each final, the winner, everyone's correct picks and the standings fill in. Nobody types a score.
A winner. No recount.
- TIEBREAK 1 Most correct picks
- TIEBREAK 2 Block bonus Best record inside one kickoff window.
- TIEBREAK 3 Monday night total Closest guess, under beats over.