# 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:** 8
**Author:** ![Ogre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ecb155/32.png) [@Ogre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ogre)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2009, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-football-bowl-season-bowl-pool/520733/141 "2009-12-29T23:24:33Z")
UCLA/Temple is my 1-point game, so meh (but it’s college football, so you can be damn sure I’m watching!) ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2009, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-football-bowl-season-bowl-pool/520733/142 "2009-12-29T23:56:31Z")
A lot of people put this low in the confidence rankings. I picked UCLA, but gave it for only two points. The Capt Socks (and jsc?) fan had a lot of confidence in Temple. I really thought UCLA and the PAC-10 would get more respect than low confidence points. If UCLA loses this game, it does not bode well for Stanford, 'zona, and Oregon. IIRC, The MAC conference has not won a bowl game in a long, long time. ---
**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2009, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-football-bowl-season-bowl-pool/520733/143 "2009-12-30T00:09:24Z")
I gave Temple 18 points. Now UCLA is coming back, just to piss me off. Screw Pac-10 pride…I can’t stand UCLA. ---
**Author:** ![wolfman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a8b319/32.png) [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2009, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-football-bowl-season-bowl-pool/520733/144 "2009-12-30T00:22:35Z")
Perhaps my one bit of confidence I had in the Pac-10 will come through after all ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2009, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-football-bowl-season-bowl-pool/520733/145 "2009-12-30T01:54:40Z")
Looks like about 8 people (and 3 out of the top 5) didn’t get the memo of putting the Miami/Wisconsin game as a 2nd tier game. That is why I said upthread that I liked the KISS system. ---
**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2009, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-football-bowl-season-bowl-pool/520733/146 "2009-12-30T02:24:09Z")
I put my picks in and was off line for about 4 days. Should I go through the trouble of re-rating whats left? ---
**Author:** ![Ogre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ecb155/32.png) [@Ogre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ogre)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2009, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-football-bowl-season-bowl-pool/520733/147 "2009-12-30T02:29:09Z")
> [@notfrommensa](#): > > Looks like about 8 people (and 3 out of the top 5) didn’t get the memo of putting the Miami/Wisconsin game as a 2nd tier game. > > That is why I said upthread that I liked the KISS system. Yeah, it’s going to make it a bit of a mess to sort out. ---
**Author:** ![Ogre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ecb155/32.png) [@Ogre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ogre)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2009, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-football-bowl-season-bowl-pool/520733/148 "2009-12-30T02:38:33Z")
Oooooh, Wisconsin’s looking good. Wish I’d picked 'em. ☹ (Actually, this is another one I don’t mind. I always love to see old school power football. Wisky’s doing it right.) ---
**Author:** ![Ogre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ecb155/32.png) [@Ogre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ogre)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2009, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-football-bowl-season-bowl-pool/520733/149 "2009-12-30T03:06:35Z")
And Jacory Harris is getting beaten up pretty badly. ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2009, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-football-bowl-season-bowl-pool/520733/150 "2009-12-30T03:34:13Z")
> [@gonzomax](#): > > I put my picks in and was off line for about 4 days. Should I go through the trouble of re-rating whats left? If you got the time, I would do it. ---
**Author:** ![Ogre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ecb155/32.png) [@Ogre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ogre)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2009, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-football-bowl-season-bowl-pool/520733/151 "2009-12-30T04:03:11Z")
Now that it’s the 4th quarter, do you suppose someone should go let the Miami team know they can get off the plane now? I mean, good Lord. They just never showed up tonight. ---
**Author:** ![wolfman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a8b319/32.png) [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2009, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-football-bowl-season-bowl-pool/520733/152 "2009-12-30T04:08:35Z")
> [@Ogre](#): > > Now that it’s the 4th quarter, do you suppose someone should go let the Miami team know they can get off the plane now? I mean, good Lord. They just never showed up tonight. Hey now they dominated the hell out of the first 16 seconds of the game. ---
**Author:** ![Ogre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ecb155/32.png) [@Ogre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ogre)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2009, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-football-bowl-season-bowl-pool/520733/153 "2009-12-30T04:14:15Z")
Touchdown Miami! If the 'Canes win this one on an onside kick, I’m gonna shit myself (and get a significant Pick 'Em boost). ---
**Author:** ![Ogre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ecb155/32.png) [@Ogre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ogre)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2009, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-football-bowl-season-bowl-pool/520733/154 "2009-12-30T04:15:25Z")
> [@wolfman](#): > > Hey now they dominated the hell out of the first 16 seconds of the game. If it’s the 1st and last 16 seconds, they’ll be OK. 🙂 Holy shit. Miami recovered the onside kick. ---
**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2009, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-football-bowl-season-bowl-pool/520733/155 "2009-12-30T04:34:10Z")
> [@Ogre](#): > > If it’s the 1st and last 16 seconds, they’ll be OK. 🙂 > > Holy shit. Miami recovered the onside kick. Well, that was entertaining, if anticlimactic. I guess Wisconsin figured out that no QB pressure = Miami scores; QB pressure = Miami goes nowhere. ---
**Author:** ![fiddlesticks](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiddlesticks/32/18129_2.png) [@fiddlesticks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fiddlesticks)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2009, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-football-bowl-season-bowl-pool/520733/156 "2009-12-30T05:04:25Z")
Harris spent more time on his hairdo than game prep. As a Badger fan, this game was a nice surprise, Bielema’s first bowl win with “his” own players, and hopefully a good sign for a real competitive season next year (a not just happy to make it to the Outback or Capital One type year). ---
**Author:** ![Ogre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ecb155/32.png) [@Ogre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ogre)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2009, 12:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-football-bowl-season-bowl-pool/520733/157 "2009-12-30T12:53:36Z")
Ouch. Took a big hit in the standings because of last night. Was middle of the pack, now waaaaaaay back there. ---
**Author:** ![divemaster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/divemaster/32/78_2.png) [@divemaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/divemaster)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2009, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-football-bowl-season-bowl-pool/520733/158 "2009-12-30T14:15:04Z")
> [@notfrommensa](#): > > Looks like about 8 people (and 3 out of the top 5) didn’t get the memo of putting the Miami/Wisconsin game as a 2nd tier game. Yeah, I’m currently in 10th place but 6 of the people ahead of me did not comply with the ranking rules. It’d be more fun if everyone was on the same level playing field. Oh well, it is what it is. Wins by Nebraska and Bowling Green today would jump me up I’m sure… ---
**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2009, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-football-bowl-season-bowl-pool/520733/159 "2009-12-30T16:02:58Z")
I am not compliant because after I picked I was off line for a few days when the rules changed. I do have the bottom 9 games in already, so I am not far off. If you are close ,you will have an advantage at the end because all your last picks will have high values. My wont . ---
**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2009, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-football-bowl-season-bowl-pool/520733/160 "2009-12-30T16:08:23Z")
I had Wisconsin because I have seen them play a few times. They outplayed Ohio State. They have a winebago offense with huge backs and tight ends. They can cause a lot of problems for a smaller defense. I also know many avoid big ten teams .so a good result would be helpful. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-football-bowl-season-bowl-pool/520733.md?page=7) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-football-bowl-season-bowl-pool/520733.md?page=9)