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« on: December 15, 2009, 11:54:42 am »

The college bowl season is upon us, and I've taken the liberty of starting a group for ESPN's game "College Bowl Mania."

The game is fairly simple. There are 34 college bowl games that will play between Saturday, Dec 19th (this Saturday) and Jan 7th. You simply go down the line and pick the team that you think will win each bowl game. Once you have picked all the winners, then you "adjust for confidence." What that means is that you can rank the games based on how confident you are in each pick. If you are absolutely positive that South Florida will destroy Northern Illinois in the International Bowl, then you can "drag and drop" that one to the #33 or #34 spot. If you feel that Penn State-LSU in the Capital One Bowl is too close to call, you can drag and drop that one down to the #1 or #2 position.

When each bowl game is played, if you pick that game correctly, then you get the number of points listed for the confidence.

Game front page:  http://games.espn.go.com/bowlmania/en/frontpage
Group: TDMMC Bowl Mania 2009
Password:  TDMMC

Remember to select the "confidence" option when setting up your entry initially, or else it won't let you join the TDMMC group.  If you have any issues getting in or setting up your entry, just let me know and I'll be glad to help.

Game on, folks...now show me your college knowledge!!
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« Reply #1 on: December 15, 2009, 03:04:22 pm »
I'm in
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« Reply #2 on: December 15, 2009, 04:40:21 pm »
I'm in and so are my picks.  Looks like fun.
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« Reply #3 on: December 16, 2009, 11:38:40 pm »
My picks are in.

Remember, the group password is case-sensitive.  (All CAPS)
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« Reply #4 on: December 16, 2009, 11:40:17 pm »

When I think of this site, Dave, it's upper case all the way. Wink
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« Reply #5 on: December 18, 2009, 05:36:46 pm »

LAST CHANCE... BOWL GAMES START TOMORROW.

Please make sure you have your picks set. So far, it looks like a pretty small group...
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« Reply #6 on: December 18, 2009, 06:53:03 pm »
I am in
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« Reply #7 on: December 18, 2009, 10:15:57 pm »
My picks are in.   I did not do my homework so I hope I don't embarrass myself.
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« Reply #8 on: December 19, 2009, 12:25:33 am »
Prepare to call me "Nostradamusfish"
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« Reply #9 on: December 19, 2009, 10:58:23 am »

Stinkstradamus?

Nostrastinkus?
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« Reply #10 on: December 19, 2009, 11:00:44 am »
Crap. I just did one with the point spreads, now I have to change my thinking.
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« Reply #11 on: December 19, 2009, 11:12:00 am »

Get on in there, D_B...just think of spread as "confidence rating"

Denver will give us 7...and that is decent-enough size (for now) for a fringe fantasy game.

Quote from: StL FinFan on December 18, 2009, 10:15:57 pm
My picks are in.   I did not do my homework so I hope I don't embarrass myself.

I did a little bit of "homework" for my picks... I had to, as this game goes toward my overall ranking on ESPN...and I'm "this close" to cracking the top-25 overall. I also watched a humongous amount of college pigskin this year, due to my playing college fantasy football for the first time.

Basically, I made my bowl picks by pulling up team stats for both teams in the matchup, spent about 5 minutes looking at their strengths and weaknesses for rush/pass, offense/defense, compared difficulty of schedule and weighted it toward the team that finished the regular season stronger. For confidence, I went "totally gut" and arranged them by how strongly I felt on the pick.
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« Reply #12 on: December 19, 2009, 11:19:25 am »
I am in !
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« Reply #13 on: December 19, 2009, 05:00:48 pm »
Do you think the investigation into the USC rb will affect the bowl game at all?
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« Reply #14 on: December 19, 2009, 07:48:10 pm »

I haven't heard that it will, so I didn't really factor it into my pick of that game.

Interesting start to the Bowl season: Wyoming makes a 4th qtr comeback to tie their game with Fresno State and send it to OT. This is a good omen, imo...
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