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So far 120 people have committed for the 2025 season per: 
   000 people have Activated their Usernames.  
    120 people paid all/some of their entry fee. 
00 New participant have joined.      
 

July 16, 2025-

A)  Dougsqbclub is a go for the 47th season in 2025.

B)  I hope all 398 People who participated in the 2024 club come back this season.  If any of your family, friends or
      co-workers might be interested in joining our club in time for this season have them email Doug now and he will 
      1) Send them info on how the club works and  
      2) Keep their name/email on file to be invited to join in early August.
 
C) As of today July 16 Doug has NOT received any ideas for making this club more fun so as of today
     dougsqbclub will operate in the same way it did last season, 2024. 

D) Around the first week of August previous participants will receive the invitation from officefootball.com
     to join the club for 2025.  Participants are asked to Accept that invitation as soon as possible after
     receiving it to prevent confusion and missed acceptance messages before game 1.

E) New Participant INCENTIVE  The entry fee for New participants is $50 for their first season. The extra $5 goes
     into a pool then at the end of the season for the NEW participant with the highest point total and the person
     who invited him/her to join the club share the extra $5 collected.
    ie: If we get 18 new participants @ $5 each the winners get to share $90 or win $45 each. If this total goes
        over $150 we will add additional winners.  Once the season starts, on the 'Participants Names'
        page will have New participants Usernames in blue. 

 F) First Time Visitors If this is your visit to this website, "Welcome" and here are three suggestions:
     1) We suggest that that you read  'Club History' to learn what this club is all about.
     2) Then read  "Club Rules" to learn how the club works and how to join.
     3) If you are interested in joining our club have the person who told you about our club to email me.
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 Remembering Friends who have passed while still a club participant.  R.I.P. Football friends
 TOMSN      Tom Snodgrass original club participant passed on Sept. 14, 2024.
 SEAHAWKS   Joce Vincelette friend who got 0 one week. Joined the club in the early 2000 passed in January 2024.
 CLAYSGIRL  Mary Mooney joined the club before 2010 passed in Oct. 2023.
RUVESE     Frank Galella joined the club before 2015 passed in Oct. 2023.
 THECRUSHER Al Todd joined the club before 2015 passed in September 2023.
 DEE DEE    Dolores Casey joined the club before 2010 passed in February 2023 @ 93 years of age..
 GORD MTL   Gord McFarland joined the club before 2015 passed in Dec. 2022.
 KILLERS    Steve Midanik joined the club before 2015. Steve passed in June 2021.
 KASSY      Jack Milne Toronto, joined the club before 2015. Jack passed in January 2021.  
 LEO        Norm Ortofsky Toronto,  joined the club in 2019. Norm passed in February 2021.
 BALMYBEACH Dr. Stafford Dobbin Niagara Falls joined before 2015. Stafford passed in October 2020.
 CLIFFORD   Gary Rankin St. Catharines Ontario. Gary joined the club in 2015 and he passed in October 2019.
 
                           Message for the 2025 NFL Season

Tell Doug if you are interested in 6. or have an update for 7. below.
 
Here are a few reminders for the 2025 NFL season.

1. Club Status: When the ofp pools are activated in early August you will get an email stating that you can activate your username(s) on our club for 2025.  To ensure you get that email you should verify that your email address on ofp is correct. To check your email address Log into ofp and click on the little circle that looks like a head at the top right of your screen.
 

2. When Activated: When you get that email telling you to Activate your Username(s), accept the invitation and log into ofp.  And because of the bookkeeping needed, Doug asks that if you are playing this season please Activate your Username(s) asap so he is not overwhelmed the week before the first games. To previous participants, you can pay entry fees at your convenience but we do ask for all fees to be paid by the second Sunday games in September.  A number of participants are already paid. Doug is notified when a username is activated on OFP after which he will send an email stating how much you have paid and/or give you entry fee payment options.

 3. New Participants: More participants means more & possibly better prizes so by all means invite family/friends/co-workers to join this year. Having people you know in the club may provide more fun during the season watching how they do. Send them the link to our club, this page, and get them to email Doug giving your name as reference and Doug will help them get set up.

4. Analysis: After you activate your username, whenever you are logged into dougsqbclub, from any screen click on "analysis" at the top of the screen to see analysis on team defenses, offences, match ups for the upcoming games etc.  Stats for 2024 should still be on the site until August but they get deleted at the start of the season and 2025 stats will appear. Stats get updated weekly. This may help you when doing picks, but of course it could also confuse you lol. The top of the ofp screen is where you click on standings to see club members weekly and season standings. Weekly winners in our club can be found on the club website by clicking on 'Weekly Winners' link on the menu.

 5. Improvements: Unless Doug gets some good suggestions the club will operate the same as previous years. If you have an idea that could make the club more fun, tell Doug now and he'll look into whether or not your idea is useable this year.

 6. User Names: Doug says: "I enjoy watching how friends, family and people I've known for 15-20-25 years or more do during the season." If you don't mind club members knowing who you are and where you live and watching your progress during the season, let Doug add your name & where you live to the 'Participants Names' page, link is on the menu at the left. Just email Doug giving that info and he will add you. This page stays on this website all season so you can check it anytime. If you'd like to communicate with a participant let Doug know and he will ask that person if they have any issue with giving their email address out.

 7. Ctfs: This quarterback club was started when Doug worked at ctfs in Welland for 39 years until 2009. The "Participants Names" file shows current and former ctfs people who are or were in the club.  Please tell Doug any Ctfs people you know are missing.


 8. MY Participation: Doug says: "You know my Username and I submit my picks just like every participant does. If I, as Pool Manager, alter any user's picks including my own you will know because the system puts an M beside that username in the All Picks AND Standings reports. M means the Pool Manager altered that persons data. Pool Managers are NOT able to remove any letter including an M. If you see an M beside a username I will put an explanation in the Managers Note area on the left side of the ofp main page. M is kind of like the A beside a Username. An A means that user did not submit picks before the cut off time so Insurance did the picks for that user ie: Autopicks kicked in. If you see any letter beside a username in any report scroll to the bottom of that page to find out what that letter is telling you."

Have a great Summer and again I hope you participate in 2025.


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                                            Fun Football Facts   From 22. down added July 16, 2019

1.      Did you know that the Superbowl Trophy costs $25,000? It stands at 22" (56 cm) tall, weighs 7 pounds (3.2 kg) and looks a football in a kicking position on a three concave sided stand. Plus it is made entirely of sterling silver. The original trophy was produced by Tiffany & Co. in Newark, New Jersey back in the day.

2.         Total play time in an NFL football game is just 11 minutes.

3.      Every NFL football is made in a Wilson factory in the village of Ada, Ohio.

4.      The NFL requires that all stadiums be facing North & South... so the sun never interferes with a play.

5.      Football "Huddle" created by a deaf quarterback, Paul Hubbard so the other team couldn't see his hand signals.

6.      The league minimum salary for a rookie in 2013 was $405,000.

7.      The NFL is considered Non-Profit.. and is thus Tax-Exempt.

8.      President Theodore Roosevelt introduced the Forward Pass to the NFL in 1906.

9.      Since the American Football Association became the NFL in 1922 the Chicago Bears is the only team not to change it's name or city.

10.  The NFL averages 290 million tv viewers a week... that's 4x's the population of the United Kingdom.

11.  It takes about 600 cows to make one full season's worth of NFL footballs.

12.  A cow has a 1 in 17,420,000 chance of becoming a football used in the Super Bowl.

13.  Approximately 80% of Super Bowl tickets go to corporate sponsors.

14.  Only two players have caught, rushed, and thrown a touchdown against the same team in the same game: Walter Payton in 1979 and David Patton in 2001.

15.  Just two years after finishing their careers, approximately 78% of NFL players go bankrupt.

16.  Deion Sanders is the only person in history to both hit an MLB home run and score an NFL touchdown in the same week. He's the only person to play in the World Series and the Super Bowl.

17.  The NFL has an annual revenue of $9 billion, with a profit of 1 billion. MLB has an annual revenue of $7.2 billion, with a profit of $49 million.

18.  The 'G' on the Green Bay Packers helmet doesn't stand for Green Bay- it stands for 'Greatness'.

19.  Helmets weren't mandatory for football players until 1939.

20.  Ronnie Lott had his left pinky amputated after the 1985 season. It had been crushed during a tackle on running back Timmy Newsome.

21.  The oldest NFL stadium still in use is Soldier Field in Chicago.

22.  The longest oldest franchise in the history of the NFL Green Bay Packers.. joined the league in 1921.

23.  The NFL is a non-profit unincorporated organization. Because it does not make a profit it does not have to pay income tax. All teams except the Green Bay Packers pay tax because they make a profit.

24.  A large percentage of professional football players are bankrupt within a few years of retiring.

25.  On Super Bowl Sunday each year fewer people get married than on any other day in the United States.

26.  The largest point spread in NFL history came when the Denver Broncos were favoured by 26.5 over the Jacksonville Jaguars in Week 2 of 2013. The Jags covered, falling 35-19.

27.  The Arizona Cardinals had the longest postseason victory drought in NFL history (1947 to 1998).

28.  The Baltimore Colts made an 80-cent long-distance call to sign Johnny Unitas as a free agent.

29.  Jerry Rice and Brett Favre are the only non-kickers to play in more than 300 games.

30.  The defensive player with the highest total is Darrell Green, who played in 295 games.

31.  Emmitt Smith won the rushing title in 93, the year he held out the first 2 season games in a contract dispute.

32.  Steve Young is the only left-handed quarterback in the Pro Football Hall of Fame.

33.  Andrew Luck already has more playoff passing yards than two-time Super Bowl champion Bart Starr.

34.  The Indianapolis Colts won 23-straight regular-season games in 2008 and 2009.

35.  The Arizona Cardinals scored 126 POINTS in the first three weeks of the 2015 season. In 1992, the Seattle Seahawks scored 140 points for the entire season.

36.  Only one quarterback in NFL history has an undefeated record in multiple playoff starts. It's Frank Reich, who went 2-0 in relief of Jim Kelly in 1993 and helped pull the biggest comeback of all time, something he'd also done while in college at Maryland.

37.  In 2004, 26 of the 32 NFL teams were in playoff contention with two weeks left in the season, a record.

38.  NFL Hall of Famer, Terry Bradshaw, and Duck Dynasty cast member, Phil Robertson, played collegiate football together. He started over the future football legend for two years and eventually turned down an offer to play professionally in order to pursue hunting.

39.  Only 1 NFL player has died on the field: Chuck Hughes in 1971. The game continued with a silent crowd.

40.  As of Sept. 8/14 Brett Farve & Peyton Manning are the only NFL Quarterbacks that have beaten all 32 teams.

41.  Crazy but Joe Gibbs is the only coach in the history of the NFL to average more than one playoff win in 10+ seasons of coaching. This former Redskins coach had 17 playoff wins in his 16 year career, and 17 in his first 12 with the Redskins.

42.  At the end of the 1985 NFL season, both Joe Namath and O.J. Simpson would be replaced as commentators, with critics noting their lack of journalistic skills.

43.  That's right, Carl Weathers, who played the legendary Apollo Creed in the Rocky franchise once played two seasons with the Oakland Raiders back in the 70s.

44.  Today, if you signed up for the Green Bay Packers season ticket waiting list, you'd wait about 1,000 to get your tickets. The Packers list has about 86,000 people on it. And with something like just under 100 people giving up their tickets per year, if you do the math, that's 955 years.

45.  There were 1,286 offensive touchdowns scored this season, the most in a single season in NFL history. The previous high was 1,229, which was set during the 2016 campaign.

46.  The quarterback position thrived in 2018. In fact, the position scored a collective 8,805 fantasy points. That's the most in a single season since at least 2000 (as far back as we can track).

47.  Brady turned 42 on Aug. 3, 2018. Only two players in NFL history have recorded more than 150 fantasy points at the age of 42 or older, and both were kickers ...Matt Bryant and John Kasay.

48.  The Denver Broncos and Seattle Seahawks have gone a combined 46-8 since their states became the first and only to date to legalize recreational use of marijuana.

49.  Of the past 17 QB's to win the Heisman, only 1 has won an NFL playoff game: Tim Tebow.

50.  The Pittsburgh Steelers first-ever draft pick was William Shakespeare


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