By Andrew Cato, ShowMe Times Sports Editor

Everyone at the ShowMe Times is proud to announce the launch of the 2011 Pigskin Pick’Em Challenge.

In the PPC, the object is simple: we give you 22 games a week for 10 weeks, spread across local high school teams, the NFL, and the NCAA, and you pick who wins. No scores, no ‘upset predictions’, just winners and losers. Every game that you pick correctly will get you a point - 22 possible points a week, and 220 possible points in the whole contest.

Your picks will be 'unlocked' at 8:00 a.m. on Tuesday mornings, and will be open until 2:00 p.m. on Friday, at which point they will be locked in.


All you have to do to enter is provide your full name and a working email address - used to notify you of any prizes you win - and then make your picks on a weekly basis.


Wait, PRIZES?!?


Yes, you read that correctly: we’re giving out prizes every week. Once the scores are tallied each week, the top three finishers will win a prize.

Don’t fret if you aren’t a football guru - we’re also giving out two prizes from a random drawing each week. Prizes have been donated by Locust Street Flowers, Montgomery Bank, Dexter Queen, Hideaway Pizza & Package, Faye’s Doughnuts, and other great local businesses.


At the end of the 10 week period, the top point scorer will win the grand prize: a 46” Flatscreen TV and a ‘Bearcat Fan Pack’ with all the essential fan gear you’ll need - t-shirts, blankets, stadium chairs, etc - to tough out cold Friday nights in the stands during Bearcat football games.

The full rules and regulations for the contest can be found here.

To go directly to the game page, click here, or you can navigate to the page by mousing over the sports button and clicking the link on the drop-down menu, or you can, from the home page, click the link on the left of the three buttons beneath the search bar.

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Make sure to check back with the ShowMe Times for updates on this exciting contest - the 2011 Pigskin Pick'Em Challenge can only be found on the ShowMe Times!