TheOwlBay
Football squares
Fill names on the 10×10 grid first, then shuffle 0–9 on both axes. This is a watch-party board, not a sportsbook.
Football squares is a 10×10 office-pool board for any game with a score, not only the Super Bowl. Paste names (they repeat if you have fewer than 100), fill the grid, then shuffle digits 0–9 on both axes after names are placed so nobody picks a lucky number in advance. Print the board. This is not a sportsbook: no buy-in, no payouts, no live NFL scores. Axis shuffles use crypto.getRandomValues. Names can stay in localStorage.
Why football squares is not a sportsbook
Office pools and watch parties want a printed 10×10 grid with names in cells and random 0–9 headers for the last digit of each team’s score. A sportsbook wants stakes, odds, and live lines. TheOwlBay will not take a buy-in or pay a winner. This football squares page exists so you can fill names, then shuffle digits after the names are placed — the usual fairness story, because nobody claims a favorite number before the axes lock. It works for Thanksgiving football, playoff games, and Super Bowl LXI on 14 February 2027; ship the URL before January if you want it crawled. Hat-draw assigns people to teams 1:1; that is a different job. Bingo caller is a different game entirely. Use this grid, print it, and settle any pool money yourselves if you even have a pool.
How to build the board
Paste names, one per line. Press fill grid to lay them on the 10×10 board; names repeat in order if you have fewer than 100. Read the hint: shuffle digits only after names are placed. Press shuffle digits to set 0–9 on both axes with crypto.getRandomValues. Press print for a paper copy. You can shuffle digits again if the room agrees to redraw axes before kickoff. Share a URL if the payload fits; a full board may be better printed or copied. There is no live score overlay. Empty names still fill with blanks you can write in by hand after print. localStorage can remember the name list on this device.
How names and digits are placed
Fill walks the 100 cells using your name list in a repeating cycle so a small office still covers the board. Shuffle digits builds two independent 0–9 permutations with crypto.getRandomValues and writes them on the axes after names exist, which is the point — cells are claimed as people, not as favorite numbers. We do not fetch NFL or college scores. We do not compute payouts for 1st quarter, halftime, or final. The board is text digits, not colour-only, so it stays readable. At 360px the grid is tight; print is the honest path for a party table. Clear site data to drop stored names.
Who this squares board is for
Offices, family rooms, and campus clubs that already run a paper pool and want a fair axis shuffle. It is for any football game with a score, not a Super Bowl-only doorway URL. It is not for placing bets through TheOwlBay and not for live odds. If you are assigning World Cup or March Madness teams to people, use hat-draw. If you are playing the ties, use the tournament bracket. Thanksgiving 2026 is 26 November; Super Bowl LXI shares 14 February 2027 with Valentine’s — print early. TheOwlBay will not hold the pot.
FAQ
Should I shuffle digits before or after filling names?
Fill the 10×10 names first, then shuffle digits so nobody claims a lucky number in advance.
Is this a sportsbook?
No. Football squares here is a watch-party board. No buy-in, no payouts, no live scores.
What if I have fewer than 100 people?
Names repeat until the grid is full. That is normal for a small office pool.
Can I use this for games other than the Super Bowl?
Yes. Any football game with a score. The H1 says football squares on purpose.
I wanted to assign teams to people.
Use hat-draw for 1:1 people × teams. This page is only the 10×10 grid.