Birdog Pilot Wins!

Birdog Pilot takes the pot this year. He had Dave and Rachel from the start, along with -almost everyone else- 7 others. But he also had some good scoring teams like Art and JJ and Mark and Bopper. Between all of his teams, they won every. single. leg.
Well done Birdog Pilot, your cash is en route.

The Phinale!

This is it. Tonight is final episode and it's two hours. If you saw the scenes from last week, you know that someone makes it to the mat, only to be told they didn't complete something.

Like last year, you'll need to make a wager as to who you think is going to take the win tonight. You can wager some or all of your points. You can spread your points out over more than one team if you have a couple favorites.

Here's a list of the points people will be playing with:

2035 Charlie Brown
2015 Reemus
1980 Birdog Pilot
1930 Snails Pace
1230 Syclone
1045 grizzlyadam
915        Team Mathison
830        goodoleboy007
815        Cox
470        SalsaGal
340       charlotte
250       Amazing Racer Tracy
-5       Team Roth

Let me know who you'd like to spend your points on. For example, I could spend 500 on Vanessa and Ralph and the remaining on Art and JJ. Or all of my points on Art and JJ.

Good luck!!

Philimination Picks

Weird how vacations can get you behind in your favorite shows.....

Well, we're back and going to get caught up tonight by watching two shows tonight. I'll be scoring this weeks episode after we watch the show from 2 weeks ago. Scores should be updated sometime Monday.

In the meantime, get tonight's guesses for Philimination in to me and I'll give you bonus points if you guess correctly.

Good luck!

Bonus: Caption This

Here's another chance for you to earn some bonus points. Leave a caption  - in the comments below - for this photo and you'll earn 15 bonus points:

Philimination: Week VI

Let me know who you think is going home tonight! The correct guess earns bonus points in your account.

Good luck.

Philimination: Week IV

After last week's non elimination round, it's time to put your thinking caps on and figure out who's going home. Each person who leaves a correct answer gets 20 extra bonus points. Leave a comment, send me an email or text.

Good luck!

Philimination: Week III

You know the drill...

Philimination: Week II

Tough choice on what to watch tonight - TAR or Oscars....
This household will be all over the Oscars tonight, so there will be no live scoring of TAR tonight. That also means the score sheet won't be updated until Monday night.
However, I still need your Philimination picks for tonight. Thanks to everyone who's been sending them in, even though I didn't send an email on Friday.

Good luck!

Bonus Time

In the opening scene, the racers are all riding to the start line. They're decked out in special Amazing Race kits. I'll give you 20 points if you tell me the manufacturer of those kits they were wearing. Good luck!

Been There! Bonus Reminder

Just like last year's race pool, if you can prove to me that you've been to a place on the race, show me and you'll get some bonus points. So pay attention to their destinations, find old photos, receipts, something that proves you were there and you'll earn some sweet points.

Enjoy!

Philimination: Week I

Whoa - the race is already here. Part of the race is guessing who's going to end up going home. Leave your guess for week 1 here, in an email or text to me before the show starts tonight.

Good luck!

Pick Your Teams

Let's get started!
If you need to review the teams, go here: http://www.cbs.com/shows/amazing_race/cast/

Otherwise, if you're ready to go send me an email with your team selections. aemanoff@gmail.com
Remember, pick some alternates as you may have to change your team if you have picked the same 4 as someone else.

Good Luck!

Sign Up

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Teams!

CBS.com has the list of teams for this year's race posted. I miss the bios, but the video option is pretty cool (when it works). Visit the site and get an idea of who you want for your team. I'll be asking for your picks very soon.
If you haven't signed up yet, you can do so right here:

Welcome and Rules

Welcome and Rules

Hello and welcome to the Amazing Race 20 Pool! The latest edition of The Race is set to begin on February 19th.
This is a low entry fee, moderate prize way of tracking 4 of your favorite teams as they criss-cross the globe.

Here's how it works:
The entry fee is $5 via check, cash, or paypal
Each player picks four teams. You must make certain that your picks are not the same as another players. This will help eliminate the chance of a tie. As you make submissions, I'll let you know if your choices are okay.

Points will be based upon what happens in each episode and here's how they'll be assigned:

1. Place at the Pit Stop
First Place: 100 points
Second Place: 90 points
Third Place: 80 points
Fourth Place: 70 points
Fifth Place: 60 points
Sixth Place: 50 points
Seventh Place: 40 points
Eigth Place: 30 points
Ninth Place: 20 points
Tenth Place: 10 points
LAST (ALL ELIMINATIONS): -100 points

2. Team uses Fast Forward: 100 points

3. Team uses their Yield: 50 points

4. Team Gets Yileded: -50 points

5. Screen shows the team "Currently in first place": 10 points

6. Screen shows the team "Currently in last place": -10 points

7. Only team to complete a detour option: 20 points

8. Team gives up on Detour option: -10 points

9. MONKEY points: a team says monkey, 10 points. They show a monkey onscreen, 5 points to all teams.

10. Team says the quote that is the episode title: 10 points

I'll keep tabs of scores and post them here on the blog "reasonably quick" and in a Google Spreadsheet after the episode.

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