Welcome!

This is your guide to the
SIMONSEZ Football Conclave!

Select the links from the menu or scroll down for an overview of the site..

The main landing page for the SIMONSEZ Football Conclave changes based on the current NFL Season number

• In order to play, you need to create a user login and password.
• If you are new to the conclave, click the "sign up" link to create your account.
  Make sure you enter in all of the required information to create your account.
• Once you have a username and password, you can start "making your picks" to compete in the conclave.

If you forget your username or password, you can "request assistance" from the login page.

At the top of each page, the header menu provides links to each section of the site.

Home is the main page that displays the current week's status and each user's total points ranked by Division.

My Picks is where you choose which team you think has a better chance of winning.

Weekly Results is where you see everybody else's picks and how you matchup against your opponents

Overall Standings is where you can see a breakdown of weekly and total points

Library is where a lot of miscellaneous links are found

Account is where you can personalize your profile.

Scores accumulated from game results are located here.

For the most part, you are competing against players within your own division.
However, you can also gain bonuses within your conference and, on rare occasions, within the entire conclave.

Selecting the Predictions tab will allow you to compare your picks with others.

• If you chose to hide your picks, they will become visible once that particular game is locked (30 minutes before actual game time)
• Point spreads will become visible once that particular game is locked.

You can also compare your picks with everyone else's choices in column view.

If you have personalized your profile, your rivals can see what they are up against.

You can save conclave picks to view later in spreadsheet format (if you have spreadsheet software on your device/machine).

NOTE: If somebody hid their picks, they will only become viewable once that game is locked for that week.

If games have started for a particular week, you can see how many points you are eligible to receive based on how many games you have won.

NOTE: This number is only an estimate of Total Points.
Actual points will be tallied after all football games have been completed for that week.

If games have completed for a particular week, you can see how many games you predicted correctly.

If games have completed for a particular week, you can see how many points were awarded to you and your rivals.

Detailed information on how points are tallied can be found here.

• 3 points will be awarded for each game winner selected
• If any player fails to select the winner of any game, they will receive no points for that game.
• If a tie is awarded to both teams, no player will receive a win nor will any player receive a loss.

Bonus points are awarded based on the number of losses each week
• 0 losses = 15 bonus points
• 1 loss = 10 bonus points
• 2 losses = 7 bonus points
• 3 losses = 4 bonus points
• 4 losses = 2 bonus points
• 5 losses = 1 bonus points

• Everyone within their respective division picking the winner with the "exact" point spread earns 2 additional points.

• If no one in their respective division picks the "exact" point spread, whoever picks the winning team and is closest to the actual point spread earns 1 additional point.

• If only one person in their respective division selects the winner: 6 additional points will be awarded.
• If only two people in their respective division selects the winner: 3 additional points will be awarded to each member.
• If only three people in their respective division selects the winner: 2 additional points will be awarded to all three members.

• If only one person in their respective conference selects the winner: 6 additional points will be awarded.
• If only two people in their respective conference selects the winner: 3 additional points will be awarded to each member.
• If only three people in their respective conference selects the winner: 2 additional points will be awarded to all three members.

• If only one person in the entire conclave selects the winner: 6 additional points will be awarded.
• If only two people in the entire conclave selects the winner: 3 additional points will be awarded to each member.
• If only three people in the entire conclave selects the winner: 2 additional points will be awarded to all three members.

• Each week, the very last game on the schedule, usually the Monday night game is designated as the Game of the Week.
• For the Game of the Week, each player will predict who they think the winner of the game will be, the final score point differential, and select a number from 0-5 to indicate your confidence level in your selection.
• IMPORTANT! Members selecting the winning team will receive the number of confidence points indicated; members selecting the losing team will have that number of confidence points indicated subtracted from their total points that week.
• Please remember that both the point spread and confidence points must be indicated for the Game of the Week. If you fail to indicate any Confidence Points you will be assigned zero Confidence points.
• For weeks with multiple Monday Night games the last game listed on your schedule will be considered the Game of the Week.

NOTE: Sometimes the NFL changes games and game times for better viewer ratings. If the Commissioner is unable to adjust the conclave times to match the "new" NFL times, please base your predictions on what you see published on the site.

Your ranking is based on how well you perform within your division:

• El Supreme-o: If you scored the highest number of points in the entire conclave.
• El Exacto-o: If you scored the highest number of "exact-o" points in the division
• El Close-o: If you scored the highest number of "close-o" points in the division
• El Unique-o: If you scored the highest number of "unique-o" points in the division
• El Gross-o: If you scored the lowest number of points in the entire conclave
• El No Show: If you didn't even attempt to pick any winners

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• Failure to turn in selections for at least one game will result in you receiving points equal to one half of that week’s El-Gross-o score.