Can someone explain College Football Pick-ems

Question

Can anyone explain the college football pickems w/ good detail. I did it last year and misunderstood it and sucked. I signed up for a public leauge and at the Pickems homepage I can pick my username "aaronje12", "Fans of LSU", or Fans of "Rhode Island" Does this mean I am in 2 or 3 differnt leagues or what? I give 10 points BTW

Answer 1

you have to pick against the spread meaning if lsu is playing lousinana tech it would list lsu in the favorite column and then have a number like -27.5 or something so if you picked lsu they have to win and win by 28 or more points if lsu only wins by 27 then you still dont get a point. the fans of is just puts you in a group where you get ranked against other lsu fans or other rhode island residents it doesnt really afftect anything