Welcome to The Pool.
No passwords. No app to install. If you can check your email, you can play.
This is a friends-only NFL confidence pool. Every week you'll pick the winner of each game and rank how confident you are — your biggest confidence number wins you the most points if you're right, and costs you the most if you're wrong. The trash talk is free. Below is exactly how to sign in for the first time, with every click spelled out.
Click the “Sign in” button in the top-right corner of any page on this site, or use this link:
You'll land on a page that looks like this:
Two fields to fill in:
- Email: the email address you check most often. This is where we'll send your sign-in link.
- Display name: what you want shown on the leaderboard. Your real name, a nickname, whatever your friends will recognize. If you've signed in before, you can leave this blank.
Then click the “Send magic link” button. The page will tell you to check your email.
Within a minute or two, you'll get an email from us. The subject will say something like “Your sign-in link.” Open it and click the big button inside.
That's it — clicking the button signs you in. You'll land right back on this site, signed in, ready to make picks.
The link expires after a while — don't request a link tonight and try to click it tomorrow morning. If the link doesn't work, just come back to the sign-in page and request a new one. Easy.
The first time you sign in, you'll see a message saying your account is awaiting approval. The commissioner (that's the person who told you about the pool) needs to give you a thumbs-up before you can make picks. This usually takes a few minutes to a few hours.
Once you're approved, sign in again the same way — email link, click — and you'll go straight to the picks page.
“The email never showed up.”
Check your spam folder first — it's the most common cause. If it's not there, double-check the email address you typed (a typo in the email means the link went to nowhere) and request a fresh link from the sign-in page.
“I clicked the link and got an error.”
The link probably expired. Just go back to the sign-in page and request another one. Each link is single-use — clicking it twice won't work the second time either.
“It opened in a weird browser.”
If clicking the email opens a different browser than the one you usually use, that's fine — you'll still be signed in, just in that browser. Or copy the link from the email and paste it into your usual browser instead.
“I'm still stuck.”
Text or call the person who sent you to this site. They can sort it out in a minute. Don't suffer in silence.
Here's the link one more time:
See you on the leaderboard.