# 2014 CFB Bowls Season -- Discussion Thread **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [December 6, 2014, 11:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2014-cfb-bowls-season-discussion-thread/706491 "2014-12-06T11:55:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2014, 11:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2014-cfb-bowls-season-discussion-thread/706491/1 "2014-12-06T11:55:04Z")
Please refer to [this earlier post](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=17942753&postcount=4) for links to last year’s Bowl Polls/Threads. How should we improve on last year’s format(s)? What should be the change(s) to make this coming season more fun to endure? ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2014, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2014-cfb-bowls-season-discussion-thread/706491/2 "2014-12-07T03:16:43Z")
Here’s the schedule for the Bowls: [2023 Bowl Schedule | College Football Poll.com](http://www.collegefootballpoll.com/bowl_games_bowl_schedule.html) ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2014, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2014-cfb-bowls-season-discussion-thread/706491/3 "2014-12-08T15:50:30Z")
There have been some comments in [Week 15 CFB – Which AP Top 25 team(s) will lose?](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=742211) (namely [these by **Zakalwe**](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=17956701&postcount=26) ) relating to ways to improve on [last year’s approach.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=17942753&postcount=4) There are numerous versions of the Bowls schedule, including > **[2023-24 College Football Bowl Schedule | FBSchedules.com](https://fbschedules.com/college-football-bowl-schedule/)** > > View the College Football Bowl Schedule for the 2023-24 season at FBSchedules.com. The schedule includes matchups with date, time, and TV. > **[2014-15 college football bowl results](https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/11419086/2014-15-college-football-bowl-schedule)** > > Here's a look at the entire College Football Playoff and college football bowl lineup for 2014-15. [http://www.ncaa.com/sports/football/bowls](http://www.ncaa.com/sports/football/bowls) > **[2014–15 NCAA football bowl games](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2014%E2%80%9315_NCAA_football_bowl_games)** > > The 2014–15 NCAA football bowl games were a series of college football bowl games. They completed the 2014 NCAA Division I FBS football season, and included 39 team-competitive games and four all-star games. The games began on December 20, 2014 and, aside from the all-star games, ended with the 2015 College Football Playoff National Championship which was played on January 12, 2015. > A new record total of 39 team-competitive bowl games were played, including the national championship game and the... and I have chosen this batch to repost here: ```auto ======================================================= http://www.ncaa.com/sports/football/bowls BOWL MATCHUP LOCATION TIME (ET) DATE TV New Orleans Nevada vs. La.-Lafayette New Orleans 11 a.m. Dec. 20 ESPN New Mexico UTEP vs. Utah State Albuquerque, N.M. 2:20 p.m. Dec. 20 ESPN Las Vegas Colorado St. vs. Utah Las Vegas 3:30 p.m. Dec. 20 ABC Famous Idaho Potato West. Mich. vs. Air Force Boise, Idaho 5:45 p.m. Dec. 20 ESPN Camellia Bowl. Green vs. South Ala. Montgomery, Ala. 9:15 p.m. Dec. 20 ESPN Miami Beach BYU vs. Memphis Miami 2 p.m. Dec. 22 ESPN Boca Raton Marshall vs. Northern Ill. Boca Raton, Fla. 6 p.m. Dec. 23 ESPN Poinsettia Navy vs. San Diego St. San Diego 9:30 p.m. Dec. 23 ESPN Popeyes West. Ky. vs. Central Mich. Nassau, Bahamas Noon Dec. 24 ESPN Hawaii Rice vs. Fresno State Honolulu 8 p.m. Dec. 24 ESPN Heart of Dallas Illinois vs. La. Tech Dallas 1 p.m. Dec. 26 ESPN Quick Lane Rutgers vs. North Carolina Detroit 4:30 p.m. Dec. 26 ESPN St. Petersburg NC State vs. UCF St. Petersburg, Fla. 8 p.m. Dec. 26 ESPN Military Virginia Tech vs. Cincinnati Annapolis, Md. 1 p.m. Dec. 27 ESPN Sun Duke vs. Arizona State El Paso, Texas 2 p.m. Dec. 27 CBS Independence Miami (Fla.) vs. South Caro. Shreveport, La. 3:30 p.m. Dec. 27 ABC Pinstripe Boston College vs. Penn St. Bronx, N.Y. 4:30 p.m. Dec. 27 ESPN Holiday Nebraska vs. USC San Diego 8 p.m. Dec. 27 ESPN Liberty West Va. vs. Texas A&M Memphis, Tenn. 2 p.m. Dec. 29 ESPN Russell Athletic Clemson vs. Oklahoma Orlando, Fla. 5:30 p.m. Dec. 29 ESPN Texas Texas vs. Arkansas Houston 9 p.m. Dec. 29 ESPN Music City Notre Dame vs. LSU Nashville, Tenn. 3 p.m. Dec. 30 ESPN Belk Louisville vs. Georgia Charlotte, N.C. 6:30 p.m. Dec. 30 ESPN Foster Farms Maryland vs. Stanford Santa Clara, Calif. 10 p.m. Dec. 30 ESPN Peach Ole Miss vs. TCU Atlanta 12:30 p.m. Dec. 31 ESPN Fiesta Boise St. vs. Arizona Glendale, Ariz. 4 p.m. Dec. 31 ESPN Orange Miss. State vs. Ga. Tech Miami Gardens, Fla. 8 p.m. Dec. 31 ESPN Cotton Mich. St. vs. Baylor Arlington, Texas 12:30 p.m. Jan. 1 ESPN Citrus Minnesota vs. Missouri Orlando, Fla. 12:30 p.m. Jan. 1 ABC Outback Wisconsin vs. Auburn Tampa, Fla. 1 p.m. Jan. 1 ESPN2 * Rose Oregon vs. Florida State Pasadena, Calif. 5 p.m. Jan. 1 ESPN * Sugar Alabama vs. Ohio State New Orleans 8:30 p.m. Jan. 1 ESPN Armed Forces Pittsburgh vs. Houston Fort Worth, Texas Noon Jan. 2 ESPN TaxSlayer Iowa vs. Tennessee Jacksonville, Fla. 3:20 p.m. Jan. 2 ESPN Alamo Kansas State vs. UCLA San Antonio 6:45 p.m. Jan. 2 ESPN Cactus Oklahoma St. vs. Washington Tempe, Ariz. 10:15 p.m. Jan. 2 ESPN Birmingham Florida vs. East Carolina Birmingham, Ala. 1 p.m. Jan. 3 ESPN2 GoDaddy Toledo vs. Arkansas St. Mobile, Ala. 9 p.m. Jan. 4 ESPN CFP Champ. Game TBD vs. TBD Arlington, Texas 8:30 p.m. Jan. 12 ESPN * -- College Football Playoff semifinal games ======================================================= ``` Those visual breaks are to show one way to break up the 39 games into smaller groups, to make the polls a little easier to work with. There may be better subdivisions than those, so let’s talk about that aspect of it all. To me, the Wikipedia link ( [2014–15 NCAA football bowl games - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2014%E2%80%9315_NCAA_football_bowl_games) ) has the most information in one place that I’ve run across. If you have an even better version please post a link to it. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2014, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2014-cfb-bowls-season-discussion-thread/706491/4 "2014-12-08T20:04:03Z")
I thought I’d look into a different approach to the problem of the Postseason Games. Based on my own lack of intense interest in at least half of the matchups, I thought I’d look at the Massey Rankings to see which games have the closest matchups in those numbers. Here are the ones where the difference is ten or less: ```auto http://www.ncaa.com/sports/football/bowls http://masseyratings.com/cf/compare.htm BOWL MATCHUP LOCATION TIME (ET) DATE TV New Orleans Nevada vs. La.-Lafayette New Orleans 11 a.m. Dec. 20 ESPN 63 73 Camellia Bowl. Green vs. South Ala. Montgomery, Ala. 9:15 p.m. Dec. 20 ESPN 95 92 Miami Beach BYU vs. Memphis Miami 2 p.m. Dec. 22 ESPN 44 37 Poinsettia Navy vs. San Diego St. San Diego 9:30 p.m. Dec. 23 ESPN 64 74 Hawaii Rice vs. Fresno State Honolulu 8 p.m. Dec. 24 ESPN 77 84 Quick Lane Rutgers vs. North Carolina Detroit 4:30 p.m. Dec. 26 ESPN 57 61 St. Petersburg NC State vs. UCF St. Petersburg, Fla. 8 p.m. Dec. 26 ESPN 52 46 Independence Miami (Fla.) vs. South Caro. Shreveport, La. 3:30 p.m. Dec. 27 ABC 43 48 Holiday Nebraska vs. USC San Diego 8 p.m. Dec. 27 ESPN 25 23 Liberty West Va. vs. Texas A&M Memphis, Tenn. 2 p.m. Dec. 29 ESPN 30 31 Russell Athletic Clemson vs. Oklahoma Orlando, Fla. 5:30 p.m. Dec. 29 ESPN 21 22 Peach Ole Miss vs. TCU Atlanta 12:30 p.m. Dec. 31 ESPN 7 3 Fiesta Boise St. vs. Arizona Glendale, Ariz. 4 p.m. Dec. 31 ESPN 19 15 Orange Miss. State vs. Ga. Tech Miami Gardens, Fla. 8 p.m. Dec. 31 ESPN 8 13 Cotton Mich. St. vs. Baylor Arlington, Texas 12:30 p.m. Jan. 1 ESPN 9 5 Outback Wisconsin vs. Auburn Tampa, Fla. 1 p.m. Jan. 1 ESPN2 16 11 * Rose Oregon vs. Florida State Pasadena, Calif. 5 p.m. Jan. 1 ESPN 2 6 * Sugar Alabama vs. Ohio State New Orleans 8:30 p.m. Jan. 1 ESPN 1 4 Alamo Kansas State vs. UCLA San Antonio 6:45 p.m. Jan. 2 ESPN 12 14 CFP Champ. Game TBD vs. TBD Arlington, Texas 8:30 p.m. Jan. 12 ESPN * -- College Football Playoff semifinal games ``` ================================================== We could split that group into the Early Half and the Later Half and have ten games in each set. Picking the Winner (or Loser) the way we have been doing would be easy enough to set up. Any thoughts/comments on this idea? ETA: Found one of those articles: [2014-2015 college football bowl watchability rankings, according to the numbers - SBNation.com](http://www.sbnation.com/college-football/2014/12/8/7352423/bowl-rankings-2014-2015-college-football-playoff) ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2014, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2014-cfb-bowls-season-discussion-thread/706491/5 "2014-12-09T23:32:43Z")
Here’s some reading that might assist in getting fewer games to have to pick winners/losers in. > **[Betting lines for every bowl](https://www.sbnation.com/college-football/2014/12/8/7355747/2014-college-football-bowl-game-odds-spreads-vegas)** > > Check out all of the lines and over/unders for this year's bowls. ---
**Author:** ![Zakalwe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zakalwe/32/270_2.png) [@Zakalwe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zakalwe)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2014, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2014-cfb-bowls-season-discussion-thread/706491/6 "2014-12-10T01:46:11Z")
> [@Zeldar](#): > > Here’s some reading that might assist in getting fewer games to have to pick winners/losers in. > > [2014 bowl game Vegas lines have Big Ten as underdogs in all 10 Big Ten games - SBNation.com](http://www.sbnation.com/college-football/2014/12/8/7355747/2014-college-football-bowl-game-odds-spreads-vegas) Speaking for me, I don’t want fewer games. I want 'em all! Those boys worked hard all season to make it to a bowl game, the least we can do is lay down no-cost on-line bets for bragging rights, right? ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2014, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2014-cfb-bowls-season-discussion-thread/706491/7 "2014-12-10T01:53:02Z")
Well, **Zakalwe** , that would surely cut down on any serious head-scratching as to who’s in and who’s out! 🙂 But based on last year’s participation, it’s only the Big Games near New Year’s Day that get much in the way of voting. I have even toyed with an idea of a pre-polls poll to see if there’s more interest in some specific Bowls than others. May not be worth the effort seeing as you and I are only ones speaking up yet! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Nauplius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nauplius/32/51_2.png) [@Nauplius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nauplius)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2014, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2014-cfb-bowls-season-discussion-thread/706491/8 "2014-12-10T15:59:37Z")
I appreciate all the work that you’ve put into setting these up each week and will be participating no matter how divide up the bowls. I personally would like to see all the bowls represented but I’ll go with whatever you decide to do. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2014, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2014-cfb-bowls-season-discussion-thread/706491/9 "2014-12-10T16:08:07Z")
> [@Nauplius](#): > > I appreciate all the work that you’ve put into setting these up each week and will be participating no matter how divide up the bowls. I personally would like to see all the bowls represented but I’ll go with whatever you decide to do. That’s beginning to look like the best approach after all, so as not to have to play favorites and such. Thanks for the reply. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2014, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2014-cfb-bowls-season-discussion-thread/706491/10 "2014-12-10T17:57:43Z")
Here’s my latest thinking (thanks to your input) on the threads to do with CFB Post Season Games: ======================================================= [http://www.ncaa.com/sports/football/bowls](http://www.ncaa.com/sports/football/bowls) [http://masseyratings.com/cf/compare.htm](http://masseyratings.com/cf/compare.htm) > **[Ranking all 38 bowl games](https://www.sbnation.com/college-football/2014/12/8/7352423/bowl-rankings-2014-2015-college-football-playoff)** > > Some bowls are more watchable than others. Let science rank all 38 games and tell you which you least want to miss. > **[Ranking the bowls 1-38 (excluding the national championship)](https://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/ncaaf-dr-saturday/ranking-the-bowls-1-38--excluding-the-national-championship-233337590.html)** > > Dr. Saturday ranks the bowls from first to worst. ```auto BOWL MATCHUP LOCATION TIME (ET) DATE TV Massey SBN Sat New Orleans Nevada vs. La.-Lafayette New Orleans 11 a.m. Dec. 20 ESPN 63 73 36 36 New Mexico UTEP vs. Utah State Albuquerque, N.M. 2:20 p.m. Dec. 20 ESPN 99 47 38 24 Las Vegas Colorado St. vs. Utah Las Vegas 3:30 p.m. Dec. 20 ABC 91 29 16 15 Famous Idaho Potato West. Mich. vs. Air Force Boise, Idaho 5:45 p.m. Dec. 20 ESPN 71 53 13 20 Camellia Bowl. Green vs. South Ala. Montgomery, Ala. 9:15 p.m. Dec. 20 ESPN 95 92 30 32 Miami Beach BYU vs. Memphis Miami 2 p.m. Dec. 22 ESPN 44 37 6 28 Boca Raton Marshall vs. Northern Ill. Boca Raton, Fla. 6 p.m. Dec. 23 ESPN 26 49 23 10 Poinsettia Navy vs. San Diego St. San Diego 9:30 p.m. Dec. 23 ESPN 64 74 32 26 Popeyes West. Ky. vs. Central Mich. Nassau, Bahamas Noon Dec. 24 ESPN 67 85 29 21 Hawaii Rice vs. Fresno State Honolulu 8 p.m. Dec. 24 ESPN 77 84 27 38 Heart of Dallas Illinois vs. La. Tech Dallas 1 p.m. Dec. 26 ESPN 70 45 35 37 Quick Lane Rutgers vs. North Carolina Detroit 4:30 p.m. Dec. 26 ESPN 57 61 26 35 St. Petersburg NC State vs. UCF St. Petersburg, Fla. 8 p.m. Dec. 26 ESPN 52 46 17 23 Military Virginia Tech vs. Cincinnati Annapolis, Md. 1 p.m. Dec. 27 ESPN 54 40 18 31 Sun Duke vs. Arizona State El Paso, Texas 2 p.m. Dec. 27 CBS 38 20 11 13 Independence Miami (Fla.) vs. South Caro. Shreveport, La. 3:30 p.m. Dec. 27 ABC 43 48 34 22 Pinstripe Boston College vs. Penn St. Bronx, N.Y. 4:30 p.m. Dec. 27 ESPN 41 62 22 33 Holiday Nebraska vs. USC San Diego 8 p.m. Dec. 27 ESPN 25 23 7 12 Liberty West Va. vs. Texas A&M Memphis, Tenn. 2 p.m. Dec. 29 ESPN 30 31 31 16 Russell Athletic Clemson vs. Oklahoma Orlando, Fla. 5:30 p.m. Dec. 29 ESPN 21 22 4 14 Texas Texas vs. Arkansas Houston 9 p.m. Dec. 29 ESPN 42 27 24 17 Music City Notre Dame vs. LSU Nashville, Tenn. 3 p.m. Dec. 30 ESPN 36 18 19 19 Belk Louisville vs. Georgia Charlotte, N.C. 6:30 p.m. Dec. 30 ESPN 24 10 14 8 Foster Farms Maryland vs. Stanford Santa Clara, Calif. 10 p.m. Dec. 30 ESPN 51 28 28 27 Peach Ole Miss vs. TCU Atlanta 12:30 p.m. Dec. 31 ESPN 7 3 1 4 Fiesta Boise St. vs. Arizona Glendale, Ariz. 4 p.m. Dec. 31 ESPN 19 15 8 6 Orange Miss. State vs. Ga. Tech Miami Gardens, Fla. 8 p.m. Dec. 31 ESPN 8 13 3 5 Cotton Mich. St. vs. Baylor Arlington, Texas 12:30 p.m. Jan. 1 ESPN 9 5 5 3 Citrus Minnesota vs. Missouri Orlando, Fla. 12:30 p.m. Jan. 1 ABC 32 17 10 11 Outback Wisconsin vs. Auburn Tampa, Fla. 1 p.m. Jan. 1 ESPN2 16 11 9 9 * Rose Oregon vs. Florida State Pasadena, Calif. 5 p.m. Jan. 1 ESPN 2 6 14 1 * Sugar Alabama vs. Ohio State New Orleans 8:30 p.m. Jan. 1 ESPN 1 4 2 2 Armed Forces Pittsburgh vs. Houston Fort Worth, Texas Noon Jan. 2 ESPN 59 75 37 29 TaxSlayer Iowa vs. Tennessee Jacksonville, Fla. 3:20 p.m. Jan. 2 ESPN 50 39 21 18 Alamo Kansas State vs. UCLA San Antonio 6:45 p.m. Jan. 2 ESPN 12 14 12 7 Cactus Oklahoma St. vs. Washington Tempe, Ariz. 10:15 p.m. Jan. 2 ESPN 55 35 33 30 Birmingham Florida vs. East Carolina Birmingham, Ala. 1 p.m. Jan. 3 ESPN2 34 56 20 25 GoDaddy Toledo vs. Arkansas St. Mobile, Ala. 9 p.m. Jan. 4 ESPN 68 79 25 34 CFP Champ. Game TBD vs. TBD Arlington, Texas 8:30 p.m. Jan. 12 ESPN * -- College Football Playoff semifinal games ``` ======================================================= The deadlines for voting/picking in each group will be the day before the first game in the group. Must pick the WINNER in each game and will be docked -1 for no pick in that game (or both teams in the same game). Polls will show Game-Team for each school in that date group. ================================= What other tweaks or embellishments need to be there? I’ll give this thread another couple of days before putting up the polls themselves. Let’s say Saturday? ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2014, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2014-cfb-bowls-season-discussion-thread/706491/11 "2014-12-12T13:34:15Z")
I’m starting now to put together the set of Polls/Threads covering the CFB Postseason. They will be posted Saturday, Dec/13. Using the groupings in my previous post – essentially by ranges of dates – you will have the option of **not voting** in each thread/poll. But if you do vote the scoring will be along the lines of the threads from the regular season: * * * 1. You will pick a **WINNER** in each game on that particular poll 2. Correct (WINNER) pick(s) score **+1** point for each game 3. Incorrect (LOSER), NO PICK IN THAT GAME. and PICK BOTH TEAMS will all result in a **-1** point score for that game Each game will have a poll choice for both teams in the game. PICK JUST ONE WINNER per game. Omit voting at all in polls/threads you don’t care about. NO penalty for not participating in a particular poll/thread. Each thread/poll will have a deadline for voting: the day BEFORE the first game in that poll. * * * That should cover it unless I have left out something important. If I have done such a thing please alert me before this Saturday (tomorrow Dec/13). If you have yet to do so, check out [Oak’s Bowl Pick’em 2014](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=743203) where the whole set of 39 Bowls is available for picking WINNERS in one poll/thread. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2014, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2014-cfb-bowls-season-discussion-thread/706491/12 "2014-12-13T15:12:04Z")
The first six Threads/Polls are now up: > **[Pick the WINNERS in the Dec/20 CFB Bowl Games](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=743395)** > > For background and more specifics please see 2014 CFB Bowls Season – Discussion Thread especially this post and this post There are SIX Polls/Threads in this 2014-2015 CFB Bowls Series – PLUS one for CFP Champ. Game to be posted Jan/2 Please pick... Pick the WINNERS in the Dec/20 CFB Bowl Games > **[Pick the WINNERS in the Dec/22-24 CFB Bowl Games](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=743397)** > > For background and more specifics please see 2014 CFB Bowls Season – Discussion Thread especially this post and this post There are SIX Polls/Threads in this 2014-2015 CFB Bowls Series – PLUS one for CFP Champ. Game to be posted Jan/2 Please pick... Pick the WINNERS in the Dec/22-24 CFB Bowl Games > **[Pick the WINNERS in the Dec/26-27 CFB Bowl Games](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=743398)** > > For background and more specifics please see 2014 CFB Bowls Season – Discussion Thread especially this post and this post There are SIX Polls/Threads in this 2014-2015 CFB Bowls Series – PLUS one for CFP Champ. Game to be posted Jan/2 Please pick... Pick the WINNERS in the Dec/26-27 CFB Bowl Games > **[Pick the WINNERS in the Dec/29-30 CFB Bowl Games](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=743401)** > > For background and more specifics please see 2014 CFB Bowls Season – Discussion Thread especially this post and this post There are SIX Polls/Threads in this 2014-2015 CFB Bowls Series – PLUS one for CFP Champ. Game to be posted Jan/2 Please pick... Pick the WINNERS in the Dec/29-30 CFB Bowl Games > **[Pick the WINNERS in the Dec/31-Jan/1 CFB Bowl Games](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=743405)** > > For background and more specifics please see 2014 CFB Bowls Season – Discussion Thread especially this post and this post There are SIX Polls/Threads in this 2014-2015 CFB Bowls Series – PLUS one for CFP Champ. Game to be posted Jan/2 Please pick... Pick the WINNERS in the Dec/31-Jan/1 CFB Bowl Games > **[Pick the WINNERS in the Jan/2-Jan/4 CFB Bowl Games](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=743407)** > > For background and more specifics please see 2014 CFB Bowls Season – Discussion Thread especially this post and this post There are SIX Polls/Threads in this 2014-2015 CFB Bowls Series – PLUS one for CFP Champ. Game to be posted Jan/2 Please pick... Pick the WINNERS in the Jan/2-Jan/4 CFB Bowl Games The one for the Championship Game will go up after the results are in from ```auto * Rose Oregon vs. Florida State Pasadena, Calif. 5 p.m. Jan. 1 ESPN * Sugar Alabama vs. Ohio State New Orleans 8:30 p.m. Jan. 1 ESPN ``` I will be posting summaries of voting in the individual threads along the way as they change significantly. Comments and discussion are welcome both here and in the individual threads. ENJOY the Bowl Season! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2014, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2014-cfb-bowls-season-discussion-thread/706491/13 "2014-12-13T16:51:31Z")
Can I ask why you decided to post a bunch of individual threads rather than just one? ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2014, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2014-cfb-bowls-season-discussion-thread/706491/14 "2014-12-13T17:04:04Z")
> [@Munch](#): > > Can I ask why you decided to post a bunch of individual threads rather than just one? Too many options in an all-in-one poll. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2014, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2014-cfb-bowls-season-discussion-thread/706491/15 "2014-12-15T14:03:49Z")
So far, a total of 8 individuals have voted in at least one of the six threads listed in the post just above. They all have different deadlines, but the **Pick the WINNERS in the Dec/20 CFB Bowl Games** will close on 12-19-2014 at 07:06 AM Just FYI… ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2014, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2014-cfb-bowls-season-discussion-thread/706491/16 "2014-12-16T14:33:10Z")
Here’s a progress report on the six threads/polls so far: Pick the WINNERS in the Dec/20 CFB Bowl Games This poll will close on 12-19-2014 at 07:06 AM Multiple Choice Poll. Voters: 7 Pick the WINNERS in the Dec/22-24 CFB Bowl Games This poll will close on 12-21-2014 at 07:47 AM Multiple Choice Poll. Voters: 7 Pick the WINNERS in the Dec/26-27 CFB Bowl Games This poll will close on 12-25-2014 at 08:04 AM Multiple Choice Poll. Voters: 8 Pick the WINNERS in the Dec/29-30 CFB Bowl Games This poll will close on 12-28-2014 at 08:30 AM Multiple Choice Poll. Voters: 7 Pick the WINNERS in the Dec/31-Jan/1 CFB Bowl Games This poll will close on 12-30-2014 at 08:47 AM Multiple Choice Poll. Voters: 11 Pick the WINNERS in the Jan/2-Jan/4 CFB Bowl Games This poll will close on 01-01-2015 at 08:58 AM Multiple Choice Poll. Voters: 8 A total of 12 individuals have voted in at least one thread/poll! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2014, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2014-cfb-bowls-season-discussion-thread/706491/17 "2014-12-17T13:18:02Z")
> [@Zeldar](#): > > Too many options in an all-in-one poll. No, not really. At least in my opinion. It’s nice to have just one thread that you can see the results, the polling, the options, etc. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2014, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2014-cfb-bowls-season-discussion-thread/706491/18 "2014-12-17T13:31:19Z")
> [@Munch](#): > > No, not really. At least in my opinion. It’s nice to have just one thread that you can see the results, the polling, the options, etc. If it were just a poll and no crosstable I could agree. Have you looked at the regular season things? There’s no way I can think of to simulate those summaries for 39 games (78 teams). Another problem I tried to address is the lack of interest some people have in some of the games. This way you can avoid certain parts of the schedule and still participate in the big picture. Even if **Zakalwe** doesn’t choose to keep a running score of the polls, they can be treated as individual guessing games. I did try to get input BEFORE things got underway. Then would have been a better time to offer suggestions. I went with what I had. ETA: Have you looked at **Oakminster’s** Bowl Pick’em? (Link upthread – Post #11.) ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2014, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2014-cfb-bowls-season-discussion-thread/706491/19 "2014-12-17T23:47:40Z")
> [@Zeldar](#): > > ETA: Have you looked at **Oakminster’s** Bowl Pick’em? (Link upthread – Post #11.) I try not to. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2014, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2014-cfb-bowls-season-discussion-thread/706491/20 "2014-12-17T23:54:10Z")
> [@Munch](#): > > I try not to. Well, it’s an all-in-one way of picking all the postseason games, if that’s your thing. 🙂 [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2014-cfb-bowls-season-discussion-thread/706491.md?page=2)