It's B-A-C-K.. The ITB Suicide Contest

[HPF Bob]

More popular that a haiku contest, more powerful than an Eric Winston throwdown, it's the 2010 ITB.com Suicide contest.

For the uninitiated, the quick rules for the game are that you choose one game each week where you declare which team wins. If that team loses, you're out of the contest. If your team wins, you continue to the next week but you are forbidden from choosing that team again for the rest of the game, making each week a little harder because you'll have fewer good teams left to choose from.

Obviously, whichever game you choose, you have to call it before that game kicks off and you can't change your mind after the game you select has begun (i.e. don't call Tennessee and then change your selection to San Diego at halftime of the Tennessee game.)

I don't know if Keith has any prizes for this year but, if you ask nicely, maybe he'll come up with a grand prize.

Here's your Week 1 schedule: (all times Central)

Thurs, Sep 9:
Minnesota at New Orleans - NBC 7:30

Sunday, Sep 12 (which should be a national holiday):
Atlanta at Pittsburgh - FOX 12:00
Carolina at NY Giants - FOX 12:00
Cincinnati at New England - CBS 12:00
Cleveland at Tampa Bay - CBS 12:00
Denver at Jacksonville - CBS 12:00
Detroit at Chicago - FOX 12:00
Indianapolis at Houston - CBS 12:00
Miami at Buffalo - CBS 12:00
Oakland at Tennessee - CBS 12:00
Arizona at St. Louis - FOX 3:15
Green Bay at Philadelphia - FOX 3:15
San Francisco at Seattle - FOX 3:15
Dallas at Washington - NBC 7:20

Monday, Sep 13:
Baltimore at NY Jets - ESPN 6:00
San Diego at Kansas City - ESPN 9:15

Since I'm practically a jinx at this, I'll try to take one for the team and choose: Indianapolis

Good luck, everyone.