🟦Championship Squares
How Do Squares Work?
You claim one or more boxes on a 10x10 grid. Each row and column gets a random digit once the board locks, so every box is a unique pair of digits — and whichever box matches the last digit of each team's score when a quarter ends wins that quarter.
How squares works, step by step
- 1Start your boardPick one football game from the coming week and name your board. It takes about a minute.
- 2Share one link with your groupEveryone claims one or more boxes by name, free, until the board is full or the game kicks off.
- 3Digits are drawn at kickoffOnce the board locks, a digit 0–9 is assigned to each row and column, so every box becomes a unique pair of digits.
- 4A winner every quarterTake the last digit of each team's score. The box where those two digits meet wins that quarter — up to four winners a game.
Played for bragging rights
Championship Squares is a score-prediction game: points and bragging rights for whoever's box hits. OvertimePools is an independent tool for private groups and is not affiliated with the NFL.
Frequently asked questions
- How do squares work?
- You claim one or more boxes on a 10x10 grid. Each row and column gets a random digit once the board locks, so every box is a unique pair of digits — and whichever box matches the last digit of each team's score when a quarter ends wins that quarter.
- Do I need to know anything about football to play?
- No. You do not pick a team or predict anything — you just end up owning a pair of digits, and the final score decides the rest.
- When are the numbers assigned, and is it fair?
- The digits are drawn once the board locks — when every box is claimed or kickoff arrives, whichever comes first — and the draw is reproducible afterward from what is stored, so it is checkable rather than "trust me."
- What does it cost?
- Free until the Super Bowl. The Super Bowl board has a flat $10 software fee, paid once by whoever sets it up. Everyone who claims a box plays free.
- What happens if the board does not fill up before kickoff?
- It is cancelled and never played short. If it was a paid Super Bowl board, the $10 fee is refunded automatically.
- How is this different from a printed squares sheet?
- Nobody has to hand out boxes, track who has what, or do the math by hand. Boxes are claimed from a phone, the digit draw happens on its own, and the winning box is found automatically each quarter.
- Can I run squares alongside a regular playoff pool?
- Yes — one commissioner account can run both, each with its own link to share. Squares boards are free until the Super Bowl, and the pool has its own $10 software fee.
- Is OvertimePools affiliated with the NFL?
- No. OvertimePools is an independent scoring tool for private group games and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by the NFL.
Start your squares board before kickoff
Digits are drawn when the board locks, so boxes need to be claimed before then.