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We run many features covering NFL football office pools that require simple 'pick the winner without regard for the point spread' rules. We figured though it was worthwhile to bring on board a true expert in the field, and Barrington surely qualifies as one of the best.

With picks, research, and optimized pick sets geared to specific rules, he may just be your single stop answer to winning the pool this week and this year!

NFL 2008 Season: Office Pool Mastery!

Barrington Henry:
The Office Pool Authority

Barrington is a bonafide winner in straight up football office pool type events. He has won multiple prizes, both weekly and season long, in the large Las Vegas "pick every game" contests.

“Focusing your life solely on making a buck shows a certain poverty of ambition. It asks too little of yourself. Because it's only when you hitch your wagon to something larger than yourself that you realize your true potential."
-- Barack Obama

The Henry Rules

#1: Know the odds of a team winning
#2: Upsets happen
#3: Take the odds of winning and adjust them
#4: Don't get crazy
#5: The last game matters
#6: Season has stages
#7: Look at the won-loss record
#8: Division, Conference, Non Conference
#9: Travel Counts
#10: The NFL means pain
#11: Loser teams have excuses ready
#12: It's all about the Quarterback
#13: Emotion Commotion

Most important is #3.

The Henry Rules
#3: Take the odds of winning and adjust them

--- Odds of Winning is odds of winning game STRAIGHT-UP (Spread NOT considered!)

UNADJUSTED ODDS (not his picks)

Away Team	Home Team	Spread	Likely Winner	Odds of Winning*
Kansas City	New England	-16.5	New England	95%
Chicago	Indianapolis	-9.5	Indianapolis	79%
Carolina	San Diego	-9	San Diego	78%
St. Louis	Philadelphia	-7.5	Philadelphia	75%
Houston	Pittsburgh	-6.5	Pittsburgh	72%
Dallas	Cleveland	5.5	Dallas	72%
Washington	N.Y. Giants	-4	N.Y. Giants	65%
Tampa Bay	New Orleans	-3.5	New Orleans	64%
Minnesota	Green Bay	-3	Green Bay	62%
Detroit	Atlanta	3	Detroit	59%
N.Y. Jets	Miami	3	N.Y. Jets	59%
Jacksonville	Tennessee	3	Jacksonville	59%
Denver	Oakland	3	Denver	59%
Seattle	Buffalo	0	Buffalo	52%
Cincinnati	Baltimore	1.5	Baltimore	51%
Arizona	San Francisco	2.5	San Francisco	50%

*=smoother chart

The above numbers are the raw odds of winning. Now you got to give it the shift. Long time readers know what I'm talking about.

The type of pool makes a difference. Season long you want to be conservative. Small shifts only. Don't get crazy. The next numbers are my base season long pool picks:

BARRINGTON's ADJUSTED ODDS

Away Team	Home Team	Spread	Pick	Adjusted Odds
Kansas City	New England	-16.5	New England	95%
Chicago	Indianapolis	-9.5	Indianapolis	84%
Carolina	San Diego	-9	San Diego	73%
St. Louis	Philadelphia	-7.5	Philadelphia	70%
Houston	Pittsburgh	-6.5	Pittsburgh	67%
Dallas	Cleveland	5.5	Dallas	67%
Tampa Bay	New Orleans	-3.5	New Orleans	66%
Washington	N.Y. Giants	-4	N.Y. Giants	65%
Denver	Oakland	3	Denver	61%
Jacksonville	Tennessee	3	Jacksonville	59%
Minnesota	Green Bay	-3	Green Bay	57%
Detroit	Atlanta	3	Detroit	56%
N.Y. Jets	Miami	3	N.Y. Jets	56%
Seattle	Buffalo	0	Seattle	55%
Cincinnati	Baltimore	1.5	Baltimore	55%
Arizona	San Francisco	2.5	Arizona	50%