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It's Bowl Season!
Posted: Mon Dec 07, 2009 10:10 am
by abiscuit
inb4 someone from Canada makes some comment about Bowls. I just thought I'd get that out of the way now.
Anyway! Bowls are official as of yesterday.
I know we have our share of college football fans here at The Ville, so let's have some fun with bowl predictions and forum points.
The rules are simple:
Post your prediction of who you think will win each of the 34 bowl games
Deadline for entries is kickoff of the first bowl game (December 19th, 3:30pm CST)
Entry fee is 1000 forum points, points will be given to me for entries. You can trust me right?
Top three records get a share of the pot. How much of the pot is given will depend on how many people play
Click here for the complete list of bowl games.
[table]
[mrow]Name[mcol]Record
[row]Plinko[col]24-10
[row]MasterChef[col]24-10
[row]jim beam[col]22-12
[row]Mr. Blah[col]20-14
[row]BETTEH CROCKHURR[col]19-15
[row]Red Seal[col]19-15
[row]Aez[col]18-16
[row]gator[col]17-17
[row]abiscuit[col]16-18
[row]NoahTheBoa[col]16-18
[/table]
December 19th, 2009
New Mexico Bowl - Wyoming 35, Fresno State 28 (2OT)
St. Petersburg Bowl - Rutgers 45, UCF 24
December 20th, 2009
New Orleans Bowl - Middle Tennessee State 42, Southern Miss 32
December 22nd, 2009
Las Vegas Bowl - BYU 44, Oregon State 20
December 23rd, 2009
Poinsettia Bowl - Utah 37, Cal 27
December 24th, 2009
Hawaii Bowl - SMU 45, Nevada 10
December 26th, 2009
Little Caesars Bowl - Marshall 21, Ohio 17
Car Care Bowl - Pitt 19, UNC 17
Emerald Bowl - USC 24, Boston College 13
December 27th, 2009
Music City Bowl - Clemson 21, Kentucky 13
December 28th, 2009
Independence Bowl - Georgia 44, Texas A&M 20
December 29th, 2009
EagleBank Bowl - UCLA 30, Temple 21
Champs Sports Bowl - Wisconsin 20, Miami (FL) 14
December 30th, 2009
Humanitarian Bowl - Idaho 43, Bowling Green 42
Holiday Bowl - Nebraska 33, Arizona 0
December 31st, 2009
Armed Forces Bowl - Air Force 47, Houston 20
Sun Bowl - Oklahoma 31, Stanford 27
Texas Bowl - Navy 35, Missouri 13
Insight Bowl - Iowa State 14, Minnesota 13
Chick-fil-a Bowl - Virginia Tech 37, Tennessee 14
January 1st, 2010
Outback Bowl - Auburn 38, Northwestern 35 (OT)
Capital One Bowl - Penn State 19, LSU 17
Gator Bowl - Florida State 33, West Virginia 21
Rose Bowl - Ohio State 26, Oregon 17
Sugar Bowl - Florida 51, Cincinnati 24
Re: It's Bowl Season!
Posted: Mon Dec 07, 2009 2:10 pm
by Aez
Let it be known that I am so in. I am so obsessed with college football that more sensible denizens of the Ville might wonder "Man, if he didn't spend so much time with college football, he might actually, you know, play!" Blasphemy and bladderdash I say.
My picks are not yet formulated, but I fully expect my pick percentage to continue its trend of decreasing in proportion to my increase in obsession. But I do predict to still beat Biscuit for the fourth third fourth year running (for what it's worth).
Posted: Mon Dec 07, 2009 3:14 pm
by Plinko
I'll be in, gotta look. I know nothing this year so we'll see if I can pull off the inverse of Aez.
I know some of you are VA Tech fans, right? Their in the Chick Fil-A bowl, so it's my backyard. So, if you're going to try to go, drop me a PM.
Re: It's Bowl Season!
Posted: Mon Dec 07, 2009 4:58 pm
by NoahTheBoa
I'm in. Formulating predictions as we speak.
New Mexico
Fresno State vs. Wyoming
St. Petersburg
UCF vs. Rutgers
R+L Carriers New Orleans
Southern Miss vs. Middle Tennessee
MAACO Las Vegas
Oregon State vs. BYU
S.D. County Credit Union Poinsettia
Utah vs. Cal
Sheraton Hawaii
Nevada vs. SMU
Little Caesars
Marshall vs. Ohio
Meineke Car Care
Pitt vs. North Carolina
Emerald
Boston College vs. USC
Gaylord Hotels Music City
Kentucyk vs. Clemson
AdvoCare V100 Independence
Texas A&M vs. Georgia
EagleBank
Army or UCLA vs. Temple
Champs Sports
Miami vs. Wisconsin
Roady's Humanitarian
Bowling Green vs. Idaho
Pacific Life Holiday
Arizona vs. Nebraska
Bell Helicopter Armed Forces
Houston vs. Air Force
Brut Sun
Oklahoma vs. Stanford
Texas
Navy vs. Missouri
Insight
Minnesota vs. Iowa State
Chick-fil-A
Virginia Tech vs. Tennessee
Outback
Northwestern vs. Auburn
Capital One
Penn State vs. LSU
Konica Minolta Gator
West Virginia vs. Florida State
Rose Bowl Game presented by Citi
Ohio State vs. Oregon
Allstate Sugar
Florida vs. Cincinnati
International
South Florida vs. Northern Illinois
Papajohns.com
South Carolina vs. UConn
AT&T Cotton
Oklahoma State vs. Ole Miss
AutoZone Liberty
Arkansas vs. East Carolina
Valero Alamo
Michigan State vs. Texas Tech
Tostitos Fiesta
Boise State vs. TCU
FedEx Orange
Iowa vs. Georgia Tech
GMAC
Central Michigan vs. Troy
Citi BCS National Championship Game
Texas vs. Alabama
Little to now research was involved in making these picks
Re: It's Bowl Season!
Posted: Mon Dec 07, 2009 6:55 pm
by jim beam
New Mexico
Wyoming
St. Petersburg
Rutgers
R+L Carriers New Orleans
Southern Miss
MAACO Las Vegas
BYU
S.D. County Credit Union Poinsettia
Cal
Sheraton Hawaii
Nevada
Little Caesars
Marshall
Meineke Car Care
Pitt Look Forwards to this one
Emerald
USC
Gaylord Hotels Music City
Clemson
AdvoCare V100 Independence
Georgia even though im not sure I always have to cheer against the aggies
EagleBank
Army or UCLA just dont have faith in temple
Champs Sports
Miami only cause its in florida i think
Roady's Humanitarian
Idaho
Pacific Life Holiday
Nebraska
Bell Helicopter Armed Forces
Houston
Brut Sun
Ok after thinking about it im changing this one
Stanford
Texas
Missouri
Insight
Iowa State
Chick-fil-A
Virginia Tech Look Forwards to this one
Outback
Auburn
Capital One
Penn State even though i think lsu will win Look Forwards to this one
Konica Minolta Gator
West Virginia
Rose Bowl Game presented by Citi
Ohio State
Allstate Sugar
Florida Look Forwards to this one not anymore with an assistant coach incharge
International
South Florida
Papajohns.com
UConn
AT&T Cotton
Oklahoma State Look Forwards to this one
AutoZone Liberty
Arkansas
Valero Alamo
Texas Tech
Tostitos Fiesta
TCU
FedEx Orange
Georgia Tech
GMAC
Central Michigan
Citi BCS National Championship Game
Texas im going against conventional wisdom on this one
Re: It's Bowl Season!
Posted: Mon Dec 07, 2009 7:43 pm
by BETTEH
New Mexico
Fresno State vs. Wyoming
I lived in laramie for 2 years and Wyo always lossed when i went to a game lol.
St. Petersburg
UCF vs. Rutgers
R+L Carriers New Orleans
Southern Miss vs. Middle Tennessee
MAACO Las Vegas
Oregon State vs. BYU
S.D. County Credit Union Poinsettia
Utah vs. Cal
Sheraton Hawaii
Nevada vs. SMU
Little Caesars
Marshall vs. Ohio
Meineke Car Care
Pitt vs. North Carolina
Emerald
Boston College vs. USC
Gaylord Hotels Music City
Kentucky vs. Clemson
AdvoCare V100 Independence
Texas A&M vs. Georgia
EagleBank
Army or UCLA vs. Temple
Champs Sports
Miami vs. Wisconsin
Roady's Humanitarian
Bowling Green vs. Idaho
Pacific Life Holiday
Arizona vs. Nebraska
Bell Helicopter Armed Forces
Houston vs. Air Force
Brut Sun
Oklahoma vs. Stanford
Texas
Navy vs. Missouri
Insight
Minnesota vs. Iowa State
Chick-fil-A
Virginia Tech vs. Tennessee
Outback
Northwestern vs. Auburn
Capital One
Penn State vs. LSU
Konica Minolta Gator
West Virginia vs. Florida State
Rose Bowl Game presented by Citi
Ohio State vs. Oregon
Allstate Sugar
Florida vs. Cincinnati
Go Gators!
International
South Florida vs. Northern Illinois
Papajohns.com
South Carolina vs. UConn
As my native South Carolina friend always says about the Gamecocks, "No one can beat our cocks!"
AT&T Cotton
Oklahoma State vs. Ole Miss
AutoZone Liberty
Arkansas vs. East Carolina
Valero Alamo
Michigan State vs. Texas Tech
Tostitos Fiesta
Boise State vs. TCU
FedEx Orange
Iowa vs. Georgia Tech
GMAC
Central Michigan vs. Troy
Citi BCS National Championship Game
Texas vs. Alabama
LoL
Re: It's Bowl Season!
Posted: Mon Dec 07, 2009 11:13 pm
by Dirty Dan
[quote="jim beam";p="212858"]New Mexico
Wyoming
St. Petersburg
Rutgers
R+L Carriers New Orleans
Southern Miss
MAACO Las Vegas
BYU
S.D. County Credit Union Poinsettia
Cal
Sheraton Hawaii
Nevada
Little Caesars
Marshall
Meineke Car Care
Pitt Look Forwards to this one
Emerald
USC
Gaylord Hotels Music City
Clemson
AdvoCare V100 Independence
Georgia even though im not sure I always have to cheer against the aggies
EagleBank
Army or UCLA just dont have faith in temple
Champs Sports
Miami only cause its in florida i think
Roady's Humanitarian
Idaho
Pacific Life Holiday
Nebraska
Bell Helicopter Armed Forces
Houston
Brut Sun
Ok after thinking about it im changing this one
Arizona
Texas
Missouri
Insight
Iowa State
Chick-fil-A
Virginia Tech Look Forwards to this one
Outback
Auburn
Capital One
Penn State even though i think lsu will win Look Forwards to this one
Konica Minolta Gator
West Virginia
Rose Bowl Game presented by Citi
Ohio State
Allstate Sugar
Florida Look Forwards to this one
International
South Florida
Papajohns.com
UConn
AT&T Cotton
Oklahoma State Look Forwards to this one
AutoZone Liberty
Arkansas
Valero Alamo
Texas Tech
Tostitos Fiesta
TCU
FedEx Orange
Georgia Tech
GMAC
Central Michigan
Citi BCS National Championship Game
Texas im going against conventional wisdom on this one[/quote]
Wait, you have pac-10 teams winning games?
Posted: Tue Dec 08, 2009 3:45 am
by MrBlah
Florida over Cincinnati.
I abstain all the rest. I was not a happy camper on Saturday when Florida lost.
I don't want Texas or Alabama to win the BCS title game. I was it to end in a tie.
Re: It's Bowl Season!
Posted: Tue Dec 08, 2009 10:10 am
by Aez
I was pretty shocked by the Florida game. I felt that Alabama was better coming in, but McElroy's performance was pretty impressive, especially considering his earlier games. The Texas game on the other hand.... Yeah, it wasn't wise to talk to me after that. I was broiling mad. Goes to figure that I'd have a couple rage/despair games in the end after a surprisingly placid season in Aez's head.
Posted: Tue Dec 08, 2009 12:28 pm
by MrBlah
[quote="Aez";p="212963"]
I was pretty shocked by the Florida game. I felt that Alabama was better coming in, but McElroy's performance was pretty impressive, especially considering his earlier games. The Texas game on the other hand.... Yeah, it wasn't wise to talk to me after that. I was broiling mad. Goes to figure that I'd have a couple rage/despair games in the end after a surprisingly placid season in Aez's head.
[/quote]
Alabama isn't better than Florida though. They just got terribly out coached.
Posted: Tue Dec 08, 2009 1:42 pm
by abiscuit
[quote="MrBlah";p="212977"][quote="Aez";p="212963"]
I was pretty shocked by the Florida game. I felt that Alabama was better coming in, but McElroy's performance was pretty impressive, especially considering his earlier games. The Texas game on the other hand.... Yeah, it wasn't wise to talk to me after that. I was broiling mad. Goes to figure that I'd have a couple rage/despair games in the end after a surprisingly placid season in Aez's head.
[/quote]
Alabama isn't better than Florida though. They just got terribly out coached.[/quote]
On that day, Alabama was better. And that was the day that counted.
Posted: Tue Dec 08, 2009 3:03 pm
by Plinko
I'd say what information we have suggests, odds are, Alabama is the better team. Since they'll never play again this season, it's all ee've got.
Posted: Tue Dec 08, 2009 4:43 pm
by jim beam
[quote="MrBlah";p="212977"][quote="Aez";p="212963"]
I was pretty shocked by the Florida game. I felt that Alabama was better coming in, but McElroy's performance was pretty impressive, especially considering his earlier games. The Texas game on the other hand.... Yeah, it wasn't wise to talk to me after that. I was broiling mad. Goes to figure that I'd have a couple rage/despair games in the end after a surprisingly placid season in Aez's head.
[/quote]
Alabama isn't better than Florida though. They just got terribly out coached.[/quote]
Dude your nuts if you think that. Stack up position by position in that one and bama is better in 90%. And if you look at in a traditional role of each position its more likly 95%
Also yes I did pick a few Pac 10 teams to win. Im not sure why I just did
Re: It's Bowl Season!
Posted: Tue Dec 08, 2009 5:21 pm
by Red Seal
count me in here is mine
New Mexico
Wyoming
St. Petersburg
UCF
R+L Carriers New Orleans
Southern Miss
MAACO Las Vegas
BYU
S.D. County Credit Union Poinsettia
Utah
Sheraton Hawaii
Nevada
Little Caesars
Marshall
Meineke Car Care
Pitt
Emerald
USC
Gaylord Hotels Music City
Clemson
AdvoCare V100 Independence
Texas A&M
EagleBank
Temple
Champs Sports
Wisconsin
Roady's Humanitarian
Idaho
Pacific Life Holiday
Nebraska
Bell Helicopter Armed Forces
Houston
Brut Sun
Stanford
Texas
Missouri
Insight
Iowa State
Chick-fil-A
Tennessee
Outback
Auburn
Capital One
LSU
Konica Minolta Gator
West Virginia
Rose Bowl Game presented by Citi
Oregon
Allstate Sugar
Florida
International
South Florida
Papajohns.com
S. Carolina
AT&T Cotton
Oklahoma State
AutoZone Liberty
Arkansas
Valero Alamo
Texas Tech
Tostitos Fiesta
TCU
FedEx Orange
Iowa
GMAC
Central Michigan
Citi BCS National Championship Game
Alabama
Posted: Tue Dec 08, 2009 6:00 pm
by Aez
[quote="jim beam";p="213011"][quote="MrBlah";p="212977"][quote="Aez";p="212963"]
I was pretty shocked by the Florida game. I felt that Alabama was better coming in, but McElroy's performance was pretty impressive, especially considering his earlier games. The Texas game on the other hand.... Yeah, it wasn't wise to talk to me after that. I was broiling mad. Goes to figure that I'd have a couple rage/despair games in the end after a surprisingly placid season in Aez's head.
[/quote]
Alabama isn't better than Florida though. They just got terribly out coached.[/quote]
Dude your nuts if you think that. Stack up position by position in that one and bama is better in 90%. And if you look at in a traditional role of each position its more likly 95%[/quote]
I wouldn't say that - not to mention that it's difficult to compare the two teams in that way considering that individual players can have such a disproportionate role (Tim Tebow). And because they play fairly distinct styles of offense and defense so you can't go position by position like that.
However, Alabama did have a better schedule coming in, having played a tougher out of conference slate and the stronger SEC West this year. In addition, they had the "payback" factor, which I can personally say is huge in college sports. I had some other desperate reasons, but those were the big ones. Of course, I was also expecting a nail-biter even game...