Happy New Years and Happy Snow Day Spreadsheeters!

Well folks, we at Excel Rain Man have officially failed one of our New Year’s resolutions by procrastinating on this newsletter… HOWEVER, WE have made up for it with a SWEET NEW TEMPLATE. Ask and ye shall receive… The Excel Rain Man 2013 NFL Playoff Bracket Manager is now available and it is FREE!

Since the playoffs start tomorrow afternoon (4:35 pm EST)… all Pool Managers need to get your crew to download the 2013 NFL Playoff Bracket from the Tips & Tricks page of www.ExcelRainMan.com now to save you from dealing with the ‘ish of tallying up the winners. Note that depending on which seed you choose to win the Wild Card round this can potentially change who they play in the next round of the Divisional Playoffs (I also find this to be such a nerdy fabulous aspect of the spreadsheet… Allyssa you are so good).

Here’s how it works:

Direct the pool entrants to download the 2013 NFL Playoff Bracket for free from the Tips & Tricks page of www.ExcelRainMan.com. Ask all participants to enter their Name where indicated on the form then they will use simple drop-down menus in the Bracket to select their picks for each game.

After completing and saving their bracket, participants can send their completed brackets back to the Pool Manager, who can easily upload everyone’s 2013 NFL Playoff Bracket(s) into the 2013 NFL Playoff Bracket Manager (simple instructions for uploading brackets are provided in the Bracket Manager zip file). The Pool Manager has full control over the point system used for each round (i.e. First Round: 1 point per-win, Second Round: 2 points per-win etc.).

As the playoffs progress, the Pool Manager can simply select each game’s winner (in the “Winning Bracket” tab) using the drop-down menus, and our Bad Ass Bracket Manager will tally the standings.

PLEASE NOTE: Due to the use of Macros, the 2013 NFL Playoff Bracket Manager will not work properly on Mac Computers. However, individual Brackets can be filled out by Mac and PC users.

Download the 2013 NFL Playoff Bracket & 2013 NFL Playoff Bracket Manager free of charge from the Tips & Tricks section at ExcelRainMan.com.