{"id":3142,"date":"2026-09-27T07:27:13","date_gmt":"2026-09-27T12:27:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shanahanfamily.com\/?p=3142"},"modified":"2026-09-27T07:27:13","modified_gmt":"2026-09-27T12:27:13","slug":"3142","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shanahanfamily.com\/?p=3142","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>2026-27 Shanahan Family NFL Pool Rules<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol start=\"1\" class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Entry<\/strong>: If you want to enter the Pool, text \u201cI\u2019m in\u201d to me at (512) 836-9724. If you have no interest and want to be removed from this group, just text me.<br \/><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Weekly Picks<\/strong>: Each week, submit your NFL team pick to me <strong><u>before<\/u><\/strong> that game starts.<br \/><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Submission Method<\/strong>: Text your pick each week to me at (512) 836-9724.<br \/><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Fresh Start<\/strong>: Forget your picks from Buckley Pool if you are in that pool. This pool starts fresh. You can only pick a team once, and ties count as losses. <strong>There is no point spread involved<\/strong>.<br \/><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Entry Fee<\/strong>: The entry fee is <strong>$30.00<\/strong>.<br \/><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Start Date<\/strong>: The pool begins with the NFL games starting in Week #4 of the NFL season. The first game in that week is on Thursday, October 1<sup>st<\/sup>.<br \/><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Missed Picks<\/strong>: <strong>If you miss a week, it counts as a loss. This year I will not be sending reminders to people who forget to send a pick. \u201cYou snooze. You lose\u201d.<\/strong> <strong>):<\/strong><br \/><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>No Loser\u2019s Bracket<\/strong>: Everyone stays in the pool until the end, or until they are mathematically eliminated.<br \/><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Winning Criteria<\/strong>: The winner is the person with the most correct picks by the end of the regular season. If 2 or more players are tied at that point, they will split the Pool money evenly. <strong>This is different from last year, giving more people a chance to win money.<\/strong><br \/><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u00a0<strong>Disputes<\/strong>: I will make the final decision on any issues that may come up, unless I am involved in the dispute, in which case I will select someone to decide.<br \/><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u00a0<strong>Status Report<\/strong>: After the Monday Night game each week, I will post the current standings at:<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.shanahanfamily.com\"><strong>www.shanahanfamily.com<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you have questions, please contact me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you want to enter the Pool, send your <strong>$30.00<\/strong> entry fee to:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>@Joe-Shanahan-12 (Venmo)<\/strong> \u2013 If Venmo asks for the last 4 digits of my phone number, they are: <strong>9724<\/strong>.<strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>OR<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>omahajoe45@gmail.com (PayPal)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you don\u2019t do Venmo or PayPal, just mail me a check at:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Joe Shanahan<br \/>105B Victor Street<br \/>Austin, TX&nbsp; 78753<\/strong><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2026-27 Shanahan Family NFL Pool Rules <a href=\"http:\/\/www.shanahanfamily.com\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/www.shanahanfamily.com<\/a> If you have questions, please contact me. If you want to enter the Pool, send your $30.00 entry fee to: @Joe-Shanahan-12 (Venmo) \u2013 If Venmo asks for the last 4 digits of my phone number, they are: 9724. OR <a href=\"mailto:omahajoe45@gmail.com\">omahajoe45@gmail.com<\/a> (PayPal) If you don\u2019t do Venmo or PayPal, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/shanahanfamily.com\/?p=3142\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\"><\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","_wpcom_ai_launchpad_first_post":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3142","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-other"],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/sh7A2m-3142","jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/shanahanfamily.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3142","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/shanahanfamily.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/shanahanfamily.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shanahanfamily.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shanahanfamily.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3142"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/shanahanfamily.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3142\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3144,"href":"https:\/\/shanahanfamily.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3142\/revisions\/3144"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/shanahanfamily.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3142"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shanahanfamily.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3142"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shanahanfamily.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3142"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}