It is that time of the year again! Mike Skelton...Are you ready for some FOOTBALL?

Hard to believe that I have now done 14 of these. I will take the first 32 people who sign up for the contest by sending me an E-Mail with their mailing address AND first & last name AND number. AND they need to post here with their first & last name AND number. If you only post here or only send me an E-Mail then you are not in the contest. You must do BOTH to get in.

I will not be sending out reminders if you don't do both! Don't E-Mail me once you see the draw & ask why you did not get into the contest if you do not follow ALL of the rules above. I won't be telling people they did not get in. Follow the rules & you are in the contest & will see your name when the draw is done!

Please indicate "Chippers Pro Football Contest $5 Chips" in the subject line of your E-Mail. Each person is putting up 4 $5 chips for the regular contest. They can be from anywhere, but MUST be chips in very good shape with NO damage AND chips that are or were used in a CASINO! The Contest will be in two parts (first half & second half of the season) PLUS a 33 point pool! The $5 chips for the 33 point pool are in ADDITION to the other 4 chips you are putting up above. So, keep in mind that you are putting up 4 $5 chips for the entire season AND whatever $5 chips are needed for the 33 point pool.

In the 33 point pool your team just needs to score 33 points win or lose. The chipper who has the team that scores 33 points will get two thirds of the $5 chips in the pool & the chipper who has the other team in that game will get one third of the $5 chips! We will add another $5 every week until the 33 point pool is hit. IF it does not get hit for the entire regular season (or the regular season ends without it getting hit an additional time) then the 33 point pool ends. The team you have in the regular contest is also your 33 point pool team!

The regular part of the contest will include the first half of the season (after your team has played their FIRST 8 games) & then the second half (after your team has played their LAST 8 games).

This way one person does not get stuck with the same dog for the entire season! Whoever has the team with the best record at the end of the first half of the season will get 20 $5 chips & the person who has the team with the second best record in the first half of the season gets 10 $5 chips. The same thing for the second half of the season.

Whoever has the team with the worst record at the end of the first half of the season will get 20 $5 chips & the person who has the team with the second worst record in the first half of the season gets 10 $5 chips. The same thing for the second half of the season.

Tie breakers will be most points scored, followed by least amount of points given up for the best record part of the contest. It will be least amount of points scored followed by most points given up for the worst record part of the contest.

Once we have winners I will post their address here showing who to send chips to & then you will send the chips directly to the winners of each half. If you do not want your address posted on the board then please do not enter the contest!

The blind draw will be done & posted by the 1st game which is Wednesday, September 5th!

You can learn more about the upcoming season by going to the link below.

www.NFL.com