# 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:** 10\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![HubZilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ccd318/32.png) [@HubZilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HubZilla)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2014, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2014-cfb-bowls-season-discussion-thread/706491/21 "2014-12-18T00:08:48Z")
Free betting tip, my guaranteed lock of the week. Call now on a pre-recorded message… USC to slaughter Nebraska in the Holiday Bowl. My Huskers have some distractions: [(ex-coach) Bo Pelini insults A.D. in expletive-filled talk during final meeting with players](http://m.omaha.com/huskers/bo-pelini-insults-a-d-shawn-eichorst-in-expletive-filled/article_b202b14a-8633-11e4-8c91-f3f5386da4f8.html?mode=jqm) :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2014, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2014-cfb-bowls-season-discussion-thread/706491/22 "2014-12-19T17:11:32Z")
> [@Zeldar](#): > > 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! 🙂 Updating: > **[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 Multiple Choice Poll. Voters: 10. This poll is closed > **[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 This poll will close on 12-21-2014 at 07:47 AM Multiple Choice Poll. Voters: 9 > **[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 This poll will close on 12-25-2014 at 08:04 AM Multiple Choice Poll. Voters: 10 > **[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 This poll will close on 12-28-2014 at 08:30 AM Multiple Choice Poll. Voters: 9 > **[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 This poll will close on 12-30-2014 at 08:47 AM Multiple Choice Poll. Voters: 13 > **[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 This poll will close on 01-01-2015 at 08:58 AM Multiple Choice Poll. Voters: 10 The total number of individuals voting in at least one poll is now 15. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2014, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2014-cfb-bowls-season-discussion-thread/706491/23 "2014-12-22T15:19:49Z")
Anybody care to make any predictions on where the conferences will finish in [this table](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2014_NCAA_Division_I_FBS_football_season#Bowl_Challenge_Cup_standings) which is a detail at [this page?](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2014_NCAA_Division_I_FBS_football_season) For a different slant on things see [http://fvsports.com/forum/forum/the-stadium/150481-2014-bowl-challenge-cup-standings](http://fvsports.com/forum/forum/the-stadium/150481-2014-bowl-challenge-cup-standings) And one more: [Bowl Challenge Cup](http://montag.org/Football/cups/bowl_challenge_cup.php) **Add links if you have them, please.** 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2014, 6:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2014-cfb-bowls-season-discussion-thread/706491/24 "2014-12-31T06:59:05Z")
Here’s a progress report for all who have picked outcomes of completed games as of Dec/30: \<\< **Totals at far right** \>\> ```auto ========================================================================================================================================== Dec/20 Dec/22-24 Dec/26-27 Dec/29-30 Total thru Dec/30 excavating (for a mind)+3/5 excavating (for a mind)+5/5 excavating (for a mind)+2/8 excavating (for a mind) +2/6 +12/24 Zeldar +1/5 Zeldar +5/5 Zeldar +2/8 Zeldar +2/6 +10/24 Zakalwe +3/5 Zakalwe +5/5 Zakalwe -2/8 Zakalwe +2/6 +8/24 Oakminster +1/5 Oakminster +3/5 Oakminster 0/8 Oakminster +4/6 +8/24 Nauplius +3/5 Nauplius -1/5 Nauplius 0/8 Nauplius +2/6 +4/24 madsircool +2/8 madsircool +2/6 +4/14 Death of Rats +3/5 +3/5 zoog +3/5 zoog -1/5 zoog 0/8 zoog 0/6 +2/24 Wolverine -1/5 Wolverine -1/5 Wolverine +2/8 Wolverine +2/6 +2/24 Biotop Biotop 0/8 0/8 basset hound basset hound -2/8 -2/8 astorian astorian -3/5 -3/5 BobLibDem +1/5 BobLibDem -5/5 BobLibDem +2/8 BobLibDem -2/6 -4/24 Typo Negative -1/5 Typo Negative -3/5 Typo Negative 0/8 Typo Negative -2/6 -6/24 =========================================================================================================================================== ``` ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2015, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2014-cfb-bowls-season-discussion-thread/706491/25 "2015-01-05T15:43:32Z")
Here’s the tally for all six threads/polls: **Ranking** ```auto ===================== Rank All Total Player 1 +10/38 excavating (for a mind) 2 +6/38 Zeldar 2 +6/38 Oakminster 4 +4/38 Zakalwe 4 +4/14 madsircool 4 +4/8 Kitten Mitten 7 +3/5 Death of Rats 8 +2/38 Nauplius 8 +2/38 Wolverine 8 +2/8 Sterling Archer 11 0/38 zoog 11 0/38 BobLibDem 11 0/38 Typo Negative 11 0/14 Zyanthia 11 0/8 Biotop 11 0/8 jjohns828 11 0/8 ZipperJJ 18 -2/8 Fred Garvin 18 -2/8 Snowboarder Bo 20 -3/5 astorian 21 -4/22 basset hound ====================== ``` **Breakdown by Poll** ```auto ========================================================================================================================================== All Total Dec/20 Dec/22-24 Dec/26-27 Dec/29-30 Total thru Dec/30 Dec/31-Jan/1 Jan/2-4 All Total +10/38 excavating (for a mind)+3/5 excavating (for a mind)+5/5 excavating (for a mind)+2/8 excavating (for a mind) +2/6 +12/24 excavating (for a mind) -4/8 excavating (for a mind) +2/6 +10/38 +6/38 Zeldar +1/5 Zeldar +5/5 Zeldar +2/8 Zeldar +2/6 +10/24 Zeldar -2/8 Zeldar -2/6 +6/38 +6/38 Oakminster +1/5 Oakminster +3/5 Oakminster 0/8 Oakminster +4/6 +8/24 Oakminster -4/8 Oakminster +2/6 +6/38 +4/38 Zakalwe +3/5 Zakalwe +5/5 Zakalwe -2/8 Zakalwe +2/6 +8/24 Zakalwe -6/8 Zakalwe +2/6 +4/38 +4/14 madsircool madsircool +2/8 madsircool +2/6 +4/14 +4/14 +4/8 Kitten Mitten Kitten Mitten +4/8 +4/8 +3/5 Death of Rats +3/5 +3/5 +3/5 +2/38 Nauplius +3/5 Nauplius -1/5 Nauplius 0/8 Nauplius +2/6 +4/24 Nauplius -2/8 Nauplius 0/6 +2/38 +2/38 Wolverine -1/5 Wolverine -1/5 Wolverine +2/8 Wolverine +2/6 +2/24 Wolverine 0/8 Wolverine 0/6 +2/38 +2/8 Sterling Archer Sterling Archer +2/8 +2/8 0/38 zoog +3/5 zoog -1/5 zoog 0/8 zoog 0/6 +2/24 zoog -2/8 zoog 0/6 0/38 0/38 BobLibDem +1/5 BobLibDem -5/5 BobLibDem +2/8 BobLibDem -2/6 -4/24 BobLibDem +4/8 BobLibDem 0/6 0/38 0/38 Typo Negative -1/5 Typo Negative -3/5 Typo Negative 0/8 Typo Negative -2/6 -6/24 Typo Negative +6/8 Typo Negative 0/6 0/38 0/14 Zyanthia Zyanthia +2/8 Zyanthia -2/6 0/14 0/8 Biotop Biotop 0/8 0/8 0/8 0/8 jjohns828 jjohns828 0/8 0/8 0/8 ZipperJJ ZipperJJ 0/8 0/8 -2/8 Fred Garvin Fred Garvin -2/8 -2/8 -2/8 Snowboarder Bo Snowboarder Bo -2/8 -2/8 -3/5 astorian astorian -3/5 -3/5 -3/5 -4/22 basset hound basset hound -2/8 -2/8 basset hound -2/8 basset hound 0/6 -4/22 =========================================================================================================================================== ``` **Thanks to all for playing along! Should we have one more for the Championship game?** 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![excavating\_for\_a\_mind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e8c25b/32.png) [@excavating\_for\_a\_mind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/excavating_for_a_mind)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2015, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2014-cfb-bowls-season-discussion-thread/706491/26 "2015-01-06T03:15:25Z")
Whooo Hoooo !!! Who’s number one? Who’s number one!? Who’s number one!!?? Although, **Zeldar** , you know, it really doesn’t mean anything just to end up with a Number One ranking in the end. We really should adopt a playoff system to be able to declare a clear and undisputed winner. Whoooo! Hoooo! ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2015, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2014-cfb-bowls-season-discussion-thread/706491/27 "2015-01-06T03:52:42Z")
Cool idea, **excavating (for a mind)**, but unless I’m missing your humor, how would that work? Are you thinking you’re not a clear winner? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2015, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2014-cfb-bowls-season-discussion-thread/706491/28 "2015-01-06T15:41:33Z")
> [@excavating\_for\_a\_mind](#): > > Whooo Hoooo !!! > > Who’s number one? > Who’s number one!? > Who’s number one!!?? > > Although, **Zeldar** , you know, it really doesn’t mean anything just to end up with a Number One ranking in the end. We really should adopt a playoff system to be able to declare a clear and undisputed winner. > > Whoooo! Hoooo! > [@Zeldar](#): > > Cool idea, **excavating (for a mind)**, but unless I’m missing your humor, how would that work? Are you thinking you’re not a clear winner? 🙂 If I read you right (this late anyway) you must have been calling for a “Pick the Winner” thread/poll for the Oregon-Ohio State game. Even if that wasn’t what you meant, that thread is now up! 😃 ETA: Link [Pick the WINNER in the Jan/12 CFB Bowl Game - The Game Room - Straight Dope Message Board](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=745506) ---
**Author:** ![excavating\_for\_a\_mind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e8c25b/32.png) [@excavating\_for\_a\_mind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/excavating_for_a_mind)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2015, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2014-cfb-bowls-season-discussion-thread/706491/29 "2015-01-07T00:38:15Z")
> [@Zeldar](#): > > Cool idea, **excavating (for a mind)**, but unless I’m missing your humor, how would that work? Are you thinking you’re not a clear winner? 🙂 No, not that. I was just taking a jab at the whole College Football Playoff idea; the idea that a clear and undisputed champion in College Football is just as ridiculous as someone trying to say I wasn’t the leader in your “Pick The Winner” polls for the Bowl Games. That topic has been beat to death, so I only wanted to make an oblique jab at it. Suffice it to say, and I think I will have a lot of agreement with this, I would have preferred to see Alabama and Oregon go head to head. Seeing Oregon and Ohio State is exactly what we would have had before the BCS, isn’t it? > [@Zeldar](#): > > If I read you right (this late anyway) you must have been calling for a “Pick the Winner” thread/poll for the Oregon-Ohio State game. Even if that wasn’t what you meant, that thread is now up! No, but I’m not complaining. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2015, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2014-cfb-bowls-season-discussion-thread/706491/30 "2015-01-07T01:56:03Z")
In that case, **excavating (for a mind)**, I agree wholeheartedly with the putdown. That horse was dead months ago. I had hoped it would have been Bama and Oregon and that Oregon could have gotten partial justice over the state by beating Auburn’s nemesis. As it is, I’m hoping to see a similar show to the FSU slaughter. Looks like (10-3 last I looked) most people are expecting the Ducks to dominate. I just don’t really want a 50-6 massacre! 🙂 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2014-cfb-bowls-season-discussion-thread/706491.md?page=1)