# College Football Bowl Season, Bowl Pool? **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [December 10, 2009, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-football-bowl-season-bowl-pool/520733 "2009-12-10T15:52:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Darth\_Sensitive](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/58956e/32.png) [@Darth\_Sensitive](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Sensitive)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2009, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-football-bowl-season-bowl-pool/520733/61 "2009-12-18T23:01:40Z")
OU has blown goats away from home. I think that’s a big part of it. ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2009, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-football-bowl-season-bowl-pool/520733/62 "2009-12-19T16:16:28Z")
The first game is today, better get your picks in. Make sure you hit the “Submit Picks” Button. ---
**Author:** ![wolfman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a8b319/32.png) [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2009, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-football-bowl-season-bowl-pool/520733/63 "2009-12-19T20:51:03Z")
I’m in, I think got it all to format just before the buzzer. ---
**Author:** ![wolfman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a8b319/32.png) [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2009, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-football-bowl-season-bowl-pool/520733/64 "2009-12-19T20:55:28Z")
Was Petrino the guy Ryan Mallet wanted to play for at Arkansas? If so the kid is having bad luck. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Captain\_Socks](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a8b319/32.png) [@Captain\_Socks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Socks)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2009, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-football-bowl-season-bowl-pool/520733/65 "2009-12-19T21:42:52Z")
I’ve joined the pool. I’ve picked every game except for the New Mexico Bowl, as I registered literally right after kickoff. Got hunches on Texas, Temple, and Navy. ---
**Author:** ![Rucksinator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/898d66/32.png) [@Rucksinator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rucksinator)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2009, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-football-bowl-season-bowl-pool/520733/66 "2009-12-20T02:00:06Z")
I’m already 0-1. Only 3 confidence points, though. ---
**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2009, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-football-bowl-season-bowl-pool/520733/67 "2009-12-20T04:57:10Z")
Good start to the bowl season - double OT, goal line stand, missed FG… ---
**Author:** ![Rucksinator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/898d66/32.png) [@Rucksinator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rucksinator)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2009, 5:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-football-bowl-season-bowl-pool/520733/68 "2009-12-20T05:37:08Z")
It looks like Longhorn Dave is out to a quick lead by putting 14 points into a big Wyoming upset. I see a lot of people that haven’t seemed to finalize their picks. A lot have (-1) and (-2) by the first 2 games. Lock them in, people. > [@](#): > > Ataraxy’s Picks – (1) FrSt (2) – – – – – – – 0 592 > zamboniracer – (1) FrSt (2) – – – – – – – 0 592 > Sigmagirl – (1) Wyo (2) – – – – – – – 0 592 > ptom – (1) Wyo (2) – – – – – – – 0 592 ---
**Author:** ![Ogre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ecb155/32.png) [@Ogre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ogre)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2009, 6:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-football-bowl-season-bowl-pool/520733/69 "2009-12-21T06:20:01Z")
And my bleeding continues. Didn’t pick Wyoming, and didn’t pick MTSU (glad they won, though. Fun game, and Dasher is a player. Looked like he shattered a knee or an ankle on 3 separate occasions. Played all the way through the end.) ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2009, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-football-bowl-season-bowl-pool/520733/70 "2009-12-21T17:55:26Z")
“O” fer three. LOL. Tied for last. ---
**Author:** ![Rucksinator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/898d66/32.png) [@Rucksinator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rucksinator)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2009, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-football-bowl-season-bowl-pool/520733/71 "2009-12-22T02:40:01Z")
[Lepak injury could mean Sooners play 4th center](http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/football/news?slug=ap-oklahoma-offensiveline&prov=ap&type=lgns) Lepak injury could mean Sooners play 4th center > [@](#): > > Lepak, a transfer from Colorado State, became the starter after Ben Habern and converted tight end Brody Eldridge were both lost for the season due to injuries. Eldridge suffered a neck injury last month and Habern broke his left leg in the Sooners’ next-to-last game of the regular season at Texas Tech. > > Jarvis Jones, who split time between guard and tackle, is also out for the season while left tackle Trent Williams is expected to return after missing the regular season finale against Oklahoma State due to a concussion. Tackle Donald Stephenson has been ineligible the whole season. > > “I don’t count them,” Stoops said. “I’m done counting. Too many.” > > Another tight end, Eric Mensik, was moved from tight end to start at tackle after Williams was hurt and he could be staying there at least through the Dec. 31 bowl game in El Paso, Texas. ---
**Author:** ![Ogre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ecb155/32.png) [@Ogre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ogre)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2009, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-football-bowl-season-bowl-pool/520733/72 "2009-12-23T02:26:59Z")
Damn it. Between the wind and BYU’s defense, my pick 'em stats are heading to the toilet. ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2009, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-football-bowl-season-bowl-pool/520733/73 "2009-12-23T03:57:56Z")
Oregon St is blowing chunks in this game. I picked a lot PAC-10 teams to win in this pick’m. I wonder if this game is indicative on how the PAC-10 will perform this bowl season? ---
**Author:** ![Ogre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ecb155/32.png) [@Ogre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ogre)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2009, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-football-bowl-season-bowl-pool/520733/74 "2009-12-23T04:25:17Z")
That 30-yard helmet-to-helmet/unsportsmanlike penalty was ludicrous. He put his helmet on the ball. Oops. Never mind. Johnson just got revenge. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Rucksinator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/898d66/32.png) [@Rucksinator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rucksinator)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2009, 8:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-football-bowl-season-bowl-pool/520733/75 "2009-12-23T08:44:46Z")
1-3 now. 4 bowl games… 3 upsets. Just who is this “Matt Millen’s Legacy” with his prescient picks? ---
**Author:** ![Gray\_Ghost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c0e974/32.png) [@Gray\_Ghost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gray_Ghost)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2009, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-football-bowl-season-bowl-pool/520733/76 "2009-12-23T15:59:19Z")
Could be worse, you could be 0-4… Are there more upsets during the college bowl season than during the regular season? Assuming so, is it because it’s hard to predict which coach will be able to get their team back into the mindset of just playing football? Or is it because bowls throw together teams that don’t usually play each other, nor have a lot of common opponents, so the comparison data we have is more limited than in the regular season? ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2009, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-football-bowl-season-bowl-pool/520733/77 "2009-12-23T16:11:20Z")
0-4, uh that would be me. This is why I don’t bet on football games. ---
**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2009, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-football-bowl-season-bowl-pool/520733/78 "2009-12-23T16:24:51Z")
Can’t believe how bad Oregon St. looked last night. We can usually count on the Beavs to come together at the end of the season and finish strong…I fear this does not bode well for the Pac-10. Maybe the SEC will suck too, and the big story will be that the Mountain West sweeps the bowls. Reporting to you live from the Poinsettia Bowl and the lobby of the Cal Bears team hotel, this is jsc1953. ---
**Author:** ![wolfman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a8b319/32.png) [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2009, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-football-bowl-season-bowl-pool/520733/79 "2009-12-23T16:52:41Z")
> [@Rucksinator](#): > > 1-3 now. 4 bowl games… 3 upsets. Just who is this “Matt Millen’s Legacy” with his prescient picks? That would be me. I voted with my gut, then checked the experts, and realized I picked about 15 upsets in 34 games. I wasn’t expecting to do very well(and since we are 4 out ot 34 games in with my small confidence mostly, still probably won’t). ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2009, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-football-bowl-season-bowl-pool/520733/80 "2009-12-23T17:16:12Z")
I’m 2 of 4 now, tied with Omni for 2nd. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-football-bowl-season-bowl-pool/520733.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-football-bowl-season-bowl-pool/520733.md?page=5)