BONUS PICKS - TOP 24

Now that you have seen the performances, it is time to make some educated picks. You have FOUR bonus picks that are due before the results show on Thursday. They are worth 8, 6, 4 and 2 points. You can assign them to ANY of the contestants. If they are voted off, you will get the bonus point that you assigned to them.
For example, let's pretend that people will get voted off because of their hair. In that case, my picks might look something like this ...

8. Garrett Haley
6. Amanda Overmyer
4. Colton Berry
2. Ramiele Malubay or David Cook

Two guys and two girls will be voted off on Thursday - but you don't have to assign your bonus picks to two girls and two guys - you can do any configuration you want.

So MAKE YOUR PICKS BEFORE 7PM THURSDAY.

For those of you who are still wasting your time reading this post, here is something I like to call ...


RANDOM THOUGHTS FROM THIS WEEK'S PERFORMANCES


Is anyone else starting to think that Paula might have been the speech writer for Caitlin Upton on Miss Teen USA? The whole "the Iraq" thing makes at least as much sense as the gibberish dribbling out of Paula's mouth.

This year's cast is not quite as talented as I thought it was going to be.

Was anyone else reminded of Wayne Kirkpatrick's voice during Garrett's performance? (I love Wayne's voice by the way)

Michael Johns made David Cook look like a bar-band singer from Missouri. No comparison.

I enjoyed Jason Castro's performance but I didn't think his voice was all that great and was honestly a bit weirded out at some of his facial expressions.

What was Chikezie wearing?

Danny Noriega got bad comments from the judges - but it wasn't so bad to me. I guess I was just expecting something horribly offensive - so it was a pleasant surprise.

Alaina Whitaker (whom I will now call Carrie Underage) was surprisingly good and confident while Kristy Lee Cook was surprisingly not.

Alexandrea was very entertaining and I think she did a great job - but her voice was not good enough. She can't belt out the high notes.

Amanda Overmyer was the best of the night for the girls in my opinion.

Amy Davis was horrible.

The way my Mrs. Commissioner watched Luke Menard - I could tell that he is the male answer to Antonella Barba. That means it is only a matter of time before we hear about his sex tape.

Every time Paula said that Robbie Carrico was "authentic" I wanted to stab her in the eye with one of those corn on the cob holders. Simon said he didn't believe it. Robbie followed that up by saying "This is me" while pointing to the chains hanging down from both sides of his jeans. What is that supposed to prove? That you buy your clothes online from Hot Topic?

I kept turning to Jill throughout the girls performance saying that Syesha was going to "bring it". She didn't. She was definitely charismatic, but she was missing all of the big notes. Last year Melinda hit EVERY note.

Kady Malloy should never try to sing vocal runs ever again.

Joanne was no LaKisha.

Does it make me a crotchety old man if I agree with almost everything Simon says?

Brooke White is as nice as her earrings are big. Unfortunately there is a lot of ground between her and the really good performers.

I was surprised by what the judges said about Carly. I didn't think it was THAT good and I thought the song she picked was awful. Also, for a few seconds of that performance I thought I was looking at Steve Perry.

Top 12 GIRLS (Week 1)

Second verse - same as the first. Rank these girls 1-12 - giving 12 points to the person you think is MOST likely to be voted out and 1 point to the person who is LEAST likely to be voted out. After the eliminations Thursday night, you will get the number of points that you assigned to the two girls who were voted out.

MAKE THESE PICKS BEFORE 7:00 PM (CST) Wednesday night.

Also - after the girls performance, check back with the site to make your bonus picks before the results show on Thursday night.

Now, on to the girls ...

Alaina Whitaker, 16
"I am just like Carrie Underwood - only not as famous or good."
Alaina is the young girl from Oklahoma that they kept comparing to Carrie Underwood. All I have to say is that when we first saw Carrie Underwood audition, we knew that she was going to win. Two minutes after we watched Alaina audition, I totally forgot that I saw it. There are too many other young girls here with a bit more personality that will make them stand out. The most interesting thing about her now is that she is the captain of her pom squad and she is good at shopping. Unless Alaina pulls off something spectacular I think people will just forget to vote for her - even if they like her.

Alexandrea Lushington, 17
"I am as forgettable as this picture."
Who? Alexandrea? I have no clue who this girl is. All I know is that she writes "scripts" as her talent, she likes the Beatles and she has the same pose in this picture as my wife did on her first record. As far as I know she could be a young Whitney Houston or she could just as easily be an old Whitney Houston. Wait. I think I remember her audition. She had her 90+ year old grandma there that Seacrest was macking on. She sounded a little like Queen Melinda Doolittle. The difference is that Melinda was mature - so she was able to avoid some stupid mistakes that a 17 year old is bound to make.

Amanda Overmyer, 23
"Wanna arm wrestle?"
I don't think that anyone can say that Amanda doesn't have a good voice. It is powerful. There are just a couple of things that I wonder about her. What did this bad ass motorcycle ridin' tough girl act like when she was waiting in line for a day with ten thousand little pop stars to get into the first audition? Just the thought of her waiting in that line makes her seem so much less authentically tough. Also, how can she be 8 years younger than me but I still feel like she is older than my mom? Oh - and my third question. Is this picture supposed to be sexy? I am confused.

Amy Davis, 25
"I am so glad I left Grey's Anatomy to start my own show."
I was so ready to rip into Amy because she was didn't even make it past the 2nd round of Nashville Star, she is a model and she is in a cover band with some guys from Survivor. Then I read that her favorite quote was "His grace is sufficient for me." Assuming she isn't talking about one of those Survivor guys, I felt bad about tearing her apart. Then, when listing her influences, she said, "Definitely Patty Griffin. I have never been more affected by an artist!! I hope one day I can be even a fraction as good as her, both in song writing and singing." That is pretty admirable for any American Idol contestant. I guess that even though my web filtering software blocks me from some of the google links to her, she might not be so bad.

Asia'h Epperson, 19
"I borrowed this outfit from Haley Scarnato."
Asia'h is the girl who lost her dad just before her initial audition. She is also the missing consonant girl I talked about earlier. She has a great voice but could easily get lost in the mix like Vonzell or LaToya London. She says a couple of her talents are fashion and make-up. I didn't know you could just list things you like as talents. In that case, I would like to change my information in my High School yearbook to add the talents of hamburgers and poker.

Brooke White, 24
"The Matrix? Never saw it."
Brooke is the famed Rated R girl. She doesn't seem to have the best voice of all of the girls, but she might just be one of the nicest. That could take her pretty far. Brooke was supposedly on tour with Phil Vassar and released a CD two years ago, but she probably won't get lumped in with all of the negative publicity the other "professionals" will get. She says her influences are James Taylor, Carole King, Carly Simon and Hall&Oates among others. At least I would prefer that to Fergie and Amy Winehouse.

Carly Smithson, 24
"If only I had met Michael Johns before I got married ..."
Carly was one of our favorites from the first auditions. After doing more research we found that this Irish girl wasn't quite pretty enough to be grafted into the Corrs so she signed a solo record deal with MCA when she was 17. It was produced by one of my wife's favorite artists - Greg Alexander (New Radicals). They spent over $2 million on the record and it sold under 400 copies. Ouch. Some people think it is a crooked American Idol set-up to have her on the show like with Kristy Lee Cook (see below), but if she had to live through the pressure of a $2 million record and only selling 300 copies - I think she could use a break just as much as anyone else. On another note, every shot of her in Hollywood was with Michael Johns (another professional). Let's just hope nothing happens or else we will find Carly's fully tattooed husband beating the crap out of the Australian dude.

Joanne Borgella, 25
"I have a plus-size voice."
Joanne is a nice girl with a good voice. The thing that bugs me is that every time they feature her on the show, she talks about being a plus-size model or how she is big and beautiful. Then she talks about how it is hard to make it in the music industry as a plus-sized singer. If I were her, I would just stop talking about it and making it an issue. Well, that will be hard to do since she WAS the winner of Mo'Nique's Fat Chance reality show in 2005. She was crowned "Miss F.A.T" (Fabulous And Thick). Every young girl's dream. The good news is that size hasn't really mattered on American Idol - at least until you get to the final 4.

Kady Malloy, 18
"There is only one reason why I would take a sideways profile picture like this."
Kady is the girl who did the impression of Britney Spears in her first audition. She was actually a pretty good singer. When asked when she first started to sing, she said that she was singing in her mommy's tummy. That pretty much makes her a liar. Let's see what else she lied about. "I'm also a pretty good actress." Sure. "I am 18 years old." Kady, how are we supposed to believe you when you insist that you were a singing fetus? Now, if you said that you were doing impressions of Britney in your mom's tummy - just floating around naked and bald while drinking like a fish - I would believe it.


Kristy Lee Cook, 24
"Us country girls love sittin' on tires."
Kristy was an early favorite because she is pretty, has a nice voice and is a cage-fighter. Really - it was probably enough just to be a pretty cage-fighter. The problem is that she was signed to a record label that is associated with Clive Davis - so people are going crazy saying she should be kicked off the show. It also doesn't help that in this old music video, she is singing in front of a confederate flag on the wall. It is a small part of the video, but people are already calling her KKKristy. That is ridiculous, but it could eventually work against her. Looks like the fighting skills might come in handy.

Ramiele Malubay, 20
"Look for my picture in a hair salon near you."
Ramiele is a Filipino girl who is somewhere around 34 inches tall. Her favorite quote is "If you're hated, you're are doing something right." Hmmm. There are times that I would agree with that quote, but it sounds like this 20 year old has heard that a lot in her life from her parents - which either means she is doing stuff right all of the time or she is hated by a lot of people. I can totally picture her saying something on the show like, "I am here to win - not to make friends." There is someone who always says something like that in every reality show. They always lose. Then again, she could be the nicest girl in the world. I hate nice girls.

Syesha Mercado, 21
"Oh, my aching neck."
Syesha is the girl who lost her voice in Hollywood and had to communicate with little written signs. Apparently she is no stranger to show business. She was on ABCs version of AI called "The One". It was cancelled. She also did commercials for Nigerian beer, the MedVance Institute , calling "direk", KFC, and Florida. If you just watch the first 15 seconds of this video you will understand why she was a popular pre-Hollywood pick. She should go really far in this competition, but odds are that she will follow in the footsteps of Tamyra Gray, Christina Christian, Jennifer Hudson and Nadia Turner.

Top 12 BOYS (Week 1) MAKE YOUR PICKS

Here are the guys. They will perform Tuesday night @ 7PM CST. Before the show starts, you will need to leave a comment to this post with your picks.
Here is how you should make your picks:
You need to number these contestants 1 through 12 - giving 12 points to the person you think is MOST LIKELY TO BE VOTED OUT and 1 point to the person you think is LEAST LIKELY TO BE VOTED OUT. On Thursday night they will announce which two guys were voted out. You will receive the number of points you allotted to each of those contestants. So the maximum number of points you could get from these picks is 23 (12 + 11).
If you have any questions about how this works, send me an e-mail or leave the question as a comment to this post. If for some reason you can't leave the picks on the site, you can e-mail them to me. Just make sure they are in before the show begins.
**NOTE - I will be posting the girls sometime soon as well - and you will have to rank them before the show on Wednesday.

Here are the male contestants. If there is anything offensive in these descriptions - my wife wrote it.


Chikezie Eze, 22
"There are two things I love. These wooden boxes and flying Magnum P.I. around in my chopper."
Please see Chikezie Eze sneezing easy and wheezing from breezy, greasy, sleazy allergens. Say that ten times in a row. I don't know what else to write about him. He says he has NO other talents. He doesn't know when he started singing. He doesn't say much about his formal vocal training. It is like talking to Roger Clemens.

Colton David Berry, 17
"I can't believe I beat out the president guy with the glasses."
Colton is from Virginia. He is involved in theatre. He started singing in church. His favorite quote is "Hey, girl, hey." Wow. Of all of the quotes in the world - that is his favorite. Well, that pretty much sums up this kid. Mark my words - if Colton makes it to the final 12 I will change my favorite quote from "Who let the dogs out?" to "Hey, girl, hey."

Danny Noriega, 18
"No you dih-ent!"
Some people say he was born that way. Some people say he chose to be that way. I personally believe he was born with more of a pre-disposition towards singing and then he chose to follow that dream later in life. What did you think I was talking about? Danny lists herself as one of his favorite male pop artists as if to clear up any confusion we might have. Then he lists his only musical influence as Fantasia and his only talent as dancing. He apparently also owns a webcam. (make sure to watch the last five seconds)


David Archuleta, 16
"Hey there pretty lady. How would you like to be one of my wives?"
I think this guy is the Melinda Doolittle of last year. He has a great voice. He is a nice person. He is 5 feet tall. He will also have every child under 12 voting for him. I would be amazed if he didn't make it to the top three based on all of those factors.
Did I mention he was on StarSearch?


David Cook, 25
"It is a little known fact that SCARF is really an acronym for Super Cool Authentic Rock Famousperson. That is why I always wear one."
And I thought Jimmy Fallon was too old to audition. For his favorite quote, David cites Patrick Swayze from Roadhouse - "Pain don't hurt." I don't care what the quote is. Don't EVER quote Patrick Swayze. He says his favorite female pop star is Mandy Moore, but "not for the music." He probably likes her acting. He also says his other talent is that he is a great TV watcher. Well, at least we have one thing in common.

David Hernandez, 24
"Vests are cool!"
David is from Phoenix. He says he acted in an independent film. It looks like he was a "male dancer" in Reefer Madness. He really likes this white t-shirt. He wore it a long time ago in this video. He likes Peabo Bryson. I thought he had a nice voice but for some reason Simon doesn't like him. Simon doesn't like Hispanics.

Garrett Haley, 17
"Help! My hair is swallowing my face."
I could be wrong, but I swear I saw Garrett working at Corner Music or Guitar Center. Wait. He is 17 and from Ohio? Oh - it must have been some other person with REO Speedwagon hair. He lists his other talents as "soccer and video games". Big surprise. No idea what this guy sounds like.

Jason Castro, 20
"I get my secret edge from my Battlefield Earth John Travolta look."
Jason is from Texas. He is a drummer. He just started playing guitar and singing a couple of years ago. I have no idea what he really sounds like because for some reason they didn't show much of him on TV. But there is this video of him covering Gnarls Barkley.

Jason Yeager, 28
"This streak in my hair says I am in but not of this world."
Jason plays in his mom's worship band. His favorite singer is Steve Perry. He has said in numerous interviews that he plays piano "by ear". Good for you Jason. Do you want a cookie? He compares himself to Taylor Hicks. Oh, that is a fantastic idea. Taylor sold hundreds of CDs.

Luke Menard, 29
"Get it? Look! Me Nard! Hehehe."
Luke likes to lift weights and ride his motorcycle. He is more of a rock star than Robbie Carrico (see below). However, this picture makes him look like he was an extra on Ally McBeal. He was in Chapter 6, an acapella group from Millikin University. His influences include James Taylor and the Bee Gees. I wonder if that is what he listens to on his iPod when he is cruising around on his Honda Goldwing. Can you say bad to the bone?

Michael Johns, 29
"I am a professional among amateurs so let's go eat at Outback Steakhouse, mate."
I really had no idea what to write there. Michael used to be signed to Maverick records as a part of a band. He is obviously a good singer and much easier to look at than Phil Stacey. He is Australian for beer. He also lists Neil Finn as one of his influences. This guy is awesome!!
Here is a video of him with his former band, Film. If I learned anything at Belmont it was that you should never perform in shorts ...



Robbie Carrico, 26
"Long hair, a beard and a winged skull will transform me from a boy band singer to a real hard-core rocker."
Robbie used to be in a band called Boys and Girls United. Excuse me. I meant Boyz 'n Girlz United. He used to date Britney Spears. He lists his other talent as "Impressions". This season he will do an impression of a rocker.

Pre-Hollywood Picks Compiled

Most of you got your Pre-Hollywood Picks in. If you didn't and you still want to play (I believe there are a few of you) - don't worry. Most of us aren't going to get any points from this anyways. Now is the time to jump in because once next week rolls around the GAME IS ON. But I will get to the great Top 24 later. Now is the time to post all of the "pre"-Hollywood picks if for no other reason than to have them somewhere I won't lose them.

ASAIH EPPERSON (Shivers / Simonsays)
Of course this girl has a compelling story. Her dad died like the day before her first audition. Unfortunately, that will only mean something the first few weeks. She has a very good voice - but if I remember correctly, she is the girl who kind of forgets to sing the beginning consonants of words starting a phrase. It sounds as if she is singing through the drive through speaker at Krystal's. "Ood you like eyes with at?" I would be happy if she made it far, but her days are numbered based on previous contestants like her - which I will go into more in my "Meet the Contestants" post. Something to look forward to.

CARLY SMITHSON (PaulaTics / JC)
I liked this girl in the initial audition and am a sucker for that Irish accent. My only reservation was her tattoos. Not that there is anything wrong with them, but she will be singing in front of the same national audience that championed Sanjaya, Clay Aiken, John Stephens, Anthony Federov and Kevin Covais. Not exactly hard-core people.
When she started singing in Hollywood I was sure we had picked the wrong person. She was good but not great. Then she hit the chorus ... "How do I get you alone" ... and I remembered why we picked her.

DAVID COOK (profB)
I know Melinda Doolittle was Belmont University's ambassador to American Idol. I know David Cook probably has no official ties to Belmont. However, I think he is a better representative for Belmont's music school than Melinda - only because he looks like 60% of the "rockers" that go to school there. He easily fails my hair threshold test (which means we could never be great friends). Surely profB knows that rockers (posers) like David (Constantine) end up as TV actors (daytime soaps). I guess Mr. Cook must have had some sort of rodeo background to lasso the vote of "Country" ProfB.

BROOKE WHITE (Team 35 / Sanjaya Rocks)
Rated "R" girl made it! She has a good shot because she seems really nice. She supposedly opened for Phil Vassar on tour which either means she is good or that Phil thought she was hot. That is what Country music is all about. I can already see that she took facial reaction lessons from our good friend Ms. Doolittle - and that might work against her.

SYESHA MERCADO (Team Hasselhoff / Badnewz)
Oh Syesha. She definitely has a good voice. She looks cool. She seems nice. I bet she loses her voice again with the hectic performance schedule she will have if she makes it to the top 12. She was a contestant on a similar show on ABC called The One. That show went under. There just might be a connection.

KRISTY LEE COOK (The Indiananans)
I was surprised that the Indiananans were the only ones taking the "front runner". I figured everyone would take the cage fighting horse girl. Based on how well Carrie Underwood did, I think Kristy will probably go really far in the competition. She used to be signed to a country label (Arista) so that could work for or against her.

JOSIAH LEMING (Seacrest Out)
Oops. Weepy McWeeperson got voted out of the top 24. I was kind of sad about it (not as sad as he was) because he actually seemed to have a special "artist" quality that other folks didn't have. Sure he might have been overconfident, but I think there is a fine line between overconfidence and trying to follow artistic instincts. I think Josiah will definitely be making music for a while and it is probably better for him not to be in this competition. He already got lots of face time. Maybe he could just find someone from the Seacrest Out Agency to book him some shows.

AMANDA OVERMEYER (Fire and Ice)
This girl has quite a voice. But I find it hard to believe that we are going to want to hear Janis Joplin sing a latin song in the inevitable Gloria Estefan week. Then again, I would be afraid to vote her off. She might run me over with her motorcycle.

MICHAEL JOHNS (The Smiths)
Michael was another one of our favorites from the initial auditions. He has the total package. Ok, I am never writing that phrase again. But it is true. And he is Australian which means that he could probably beat up Amanda Overmeyer.

DAVID ARCHULETA (Bessie Moo / American Midol)
This little Mormon boy won star search when he was twelve. I watched the video. He was good back then. When this week's episodes ended, I was kind of wishing that we had picked him. His voice is really good and he has that good old mormon niceness about him. However, Mitt Romney was voted off early because this country isn't quite ready to fully support anyone who believes in magic underwear.

Extended Deadline

The deadline for the Pre-Hollywood Bonus picks has been extended to tonight at 7PM CST. Leave your pick as a comment to the previous post below.

Pre-Hollywood Bonus Picks

Time to get the Pre-Hollywood picks in.
Pick ONE person you think will make it the farthest in the competition BEFORE the show on Tuesday night. (OK - I realize I am posting this pretty late - so there might be some leniency on lateness of these picks)
To put everyone on equal footing, feel free to browse the web to see who other people are excited about. There are rumors about who actually makes it past Hollywood - so feel free to use any of the information out there to help you make your pick.

LEAVE A COMMENT ON THIS POST TO MAKE YOUR PICK.

The Rules

Welcome once again to Fantasy American Idol. The season is about to officially begin so there are a few matters of business that we need to discuss. Please make sure to subscribe to this blog so you can get all of the important updates when you need them.

Here are the things we need to talk about …
1. Joining the League / E-mail list
2. Pre-Hollywood Bonus Picks
3. THE RULES (how to play the rest of the season)
4. Other things to know

I will try to be brief and not waste your time – but it is important that you read this stuff so you know what to do.

1. JOINING THE LEAGUE / E-MAIL LIST
If you are playing this year and have not e-mailed me – please do so. (If you do not know “me” then leave a comment and beg to become grafted in to this fabulous network of geniuses). 99% of the communication for this league will be on this site. Occasionally, however, there might be times where I need to send e-mails to the whole group.

I also plan on sending an e-mail to everyone letting you know who the teams are. We don’t typically use our real names on here to ensure that we have freedom to speak the truth (and to not ruin any chance we might have of working with any of the people we might make fun of). So if someone leaves a comment with actual names on it, I reserve the right to remove the comment.

Other than sending me an e-mail message to join the group, the only thing you have to do is have an account (preferably with your team name) that will allow you to leave comments to the posts on this site. I think it is a google account or something like that.

2. PRE-HOLLYWOOD BONUS PICKS
We added something new this year in an attempt to get people involved before Hollywood came along. We call this new event the “Pre-Hollywood Pick”. You need to pick a contestant that actually made it past the initial auditions to Hollywood that you think will go farthest in the competition. I know we didn’t actually get to see everyone who made it through to Hollywood – so I don’t want to hear anyone whining about not having enough information. We all have the same information. Just pick someone you think will do well. (see the earlier post about Pre-Hollywood Bonus picks to see how the picks will be scored).
To ensure an even playing field, know that there are sites on the internet that claim to know who made it past Hollywood. Feel free to do research there for your Pre-Hollywood bonus pick. It is like an open book test.
YOU MUST MAKE YOUR PICK BEFORE THE SHOW ON TUESDAY!!!!!
I will create a new post for this pick and you can just leave your pick as a comment on that post.

3. THE RULES
Here is the way things will work this year. Please keep in mind that those tricky folks at AI change things around every year, so we have to adapt the rules to the show. So just pay attention to the posts on here and you will be fine.

Once Hollywood is over, if this year is anything like last year, they will narrow the contestants down to 12 guys and 12 girls. Then they will have the guys perform on Tuesday night, the girls Wednesday night, and then to vote off two guys and two girls on Thursday. Sometime before the Tuesday night performance, I will make a post on this blog telling you who the twelve male contestants are (you should probably already know) and telling you to make your PRE-PERFORMANCE PICKS.

As a comment to that post, you should rank all twelve contestants from 1-12 points – giving 12 points to the person you think is MOST LIKELY to be voted off and 1 point to the person you think is LEAST LIKELY to be voted off. When a contestant is voted off, you get the amount of points you allotted to that contestant. Here is an example from last year.

12. Paul Kim
11. Sundance Head
10. Sanjaya Malakar
9. AJ Tabaldo
8. Jared Cotter
7. Nicholas Pedro
6. Blake Lewis
5. Rudy Cardenas
4. Chris Sligh
3. Chris Richardson
2. Phil Stacey
1. Brandon Rogers

That week, I believe that Rudy Cardenas and Paul Kim were voted off. This team got 12 points (Paul Kim) + 5 points (Rudy Cardenas) for a grand total of 17 points from the PRE-PERFORMANCE PICKS.

After the performance, but before the results are announced on Thursday, you have a chance to make BONUS PICKS. These bonus picks are a way to make an informed decision after seeing how well the contestants did on performance night. For these first rounds, you get 4 bonus picks worth 8,6,4 and 2 points. Since the Thursday show announces two girls and two guys getting voted off, you can assign these bonus picks to ANY of the 24 contestants. If they get voted off, you get the points you assigned to them. I will make a separate post after the last performances of the week for the BONUS PICKS. You can leave your picks as a comment to that post.

This is basically how the scoring will be structured throughout the season, but as I said before – we have to change some details as the season goes along to coincide with changes that they make on the show.

It is IMPORTANT that you submit your picks before the deadline each time. There is a time stamp to the comments you leave online so we will be able to keep track of that. If for some reason you don’t have access to the website, you can e-mail me your picks, text them to me, or call them in. If you need my cell number, you will have to e-mail me directly for it.

OTHER THINGS TO KNOW

Rules will change throughout the season. If you have a good idea for an addition to the rules or scoring system, please feel free to let me know. My goal is to make it as fun and competitive as possible.

Feel free to make comments about the contestants along with your picks. Trash talking is also heavily encouraged.

My team is going to win.