# Oak's Bowl Pick'em 2011 **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [December 4, 2011, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oaks-bowl-pickem-2011/605034 "2011-12-04T16:23:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**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 19, 2011, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oaks-bowl-pickem-2011/605034/61 "2011-12-19T02:02:10Z")
I guess I did ok. Had La Lafayette over SD St. for 16 pts and Ohio for 7. Lost my 11-pointer on Wyoming. ---
**Author:** ![MentalGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/439d5e/32.png) [@MentalGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MentalGuy)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2011, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oaks-bowl-pickem-2011/605034/62 "2011-12-21T14:20:06Z")
> [@notfrommensa](#): > > You didn’t pick either of the first two games. > > Either did **Excavating**. Not sure who that is. > remember everybody, to save your picks!!! > > Oh, I am 1-0!!! (only 3 confidence points) well behind **Gone Mental** who had 30 pts worth of confidence in Temple. > > **Gone Mental**?, could that be **Mental Guy**? Yes, it is. ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2011, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oaks-bowl-pickem-2011/605034/63 "2011-12-21T21:21:53Z")
FWIW, the SDMB sucks at Bowl Pick’em. We got 19 players, (actually playing) and 4 games, 76 opportunities to pick winners. We have picked 21 winners out of 76. 27.6% No one has picked 4 winners One player has picked 3 winners. (THRILLHO, but his lowest confidence games) Five players have picked 2 winners. Eight players have picked 1 winner. Five players have been shut out. Of course, the Yahoo Dog has won three of four games played, but thus far it is a pretty pathetic performance by the Doper pool. (and the point spread was less than a TD). At least I am treading water in **SDMB Bowl Pool of Suckitude** as I am one of the five players who has picked two games correctly. ---
**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2011, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oaks-bowl-pickem-2011/605034/64 "2011-12-21T21:30:29Z")
As one of the sucking masses, I agree. Compared to the regular season, bowl pick’em is hard. LSU vs Marshall (for example) – that’s easy. La-Lafayette vs Marshall: who the hell knows? ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2011, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oaks-bowl-pickem-2011/605034/65 "2011-12-22T04:45:40Z")
**REDEMPTION!!** 17 of us 19 people picked TCU!! Whoopee! And everyone has a correct pick Our fearless leader looks like he is back-loading is lineup. He has not changed a confidence pick from the default. My guess, he is saving the big hitters for the last games. ---
**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 22, 2011, 9:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oaks-bowl-pickem-2011/605034/66 "2011-12-22T09:46:05Z")
I was one of the ones who picked La Tech. In my other pool this counts as a win, as they covered the spread. ---
**Author:** ![Knorf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/58956e/32.png) [@Knorf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knorf)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2011, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oaks-bowl-pickem-2011/605034/67 "2011-12-22T17:10:05Z")
I cling with desperation considerable to my single point. ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2011, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oaks-bowl-pickem-2011/605034/68 "2011-12-23T02:17:40Z")
No Sun Devil fans in this pool. At least, none that are supporting their team with a pity pick. Boise all the Way. Nearly everyone has Boise well up their confidence list. Except: **Oakminster** apparently has not adjusted the confidence picks of any games. He is going with the default. ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2011, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oaks-bowl-pickem-2011/605034/69 "2011-12-29T04:51:57Z")
About 1/3 of way through the bowl season, after a slow start, everyone is starting to score some points!! I am third place in actual standings, and in first place in potential points. I got 10/12 picks correct. Our fearless leader is still going with the lazy strategy. he has not adjusted confidence levels at all. It still means that he has a lot potential points. Cal Bears looked really bad tonight! Everytime I looked up their QB was getting sacked. Sorry JSC! ---
**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 29, 2011, 10:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oaks-bowl-pickem-2011/605034/70 "2011-12-29T10:06:48Z")
Gah, I was thinking my Air Force pick for 27 points was a win b/c they covered the spread. I guess if we aren’t factoring in the spread, I was way stupid for picking 16 underdogs. I think I’d be 9-3 so far if I just went with the favorites straight down the line. Sounds like a strategy for next year. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2011, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oaks-bowl-pickem-2011/605034/71 "2011-12-29T17:33:35Z")
As of this time, after the 12th game (Texas-California) has been posted, the standings are not in sync with the “Group Picks” numbers. Anybody else have things in sync? Know why they aren’t? ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2011, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oaks-bowl-pickem-2011/605034/72 "2011-12-29T17:56:31Z")
Same problem. Looks like they have updated the total games, but not the results from yesterday’s games. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2011, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oaks-bowl-pickem-2011/605034/73 "2011-12-30T16:00:48Z")
> [@Zeldar](#): > > In last year’s thread there was some discussion of the by-conference breakdown of the bowl games starting with [this post](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=13311494&postcount=103) > > ======================================= > > This year’s counterpart wiki page is [2011–12 NCAA football bowl games - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011-12_NCAA_football_bowl_games) and it would be reasonable to assume a similar feature will be added this year. > > The question is: do we want to create a separate thread to guess which conference will have the best percentage wins this year? > [@Zeldar](#): > > As of this time, after the 12th game (Texas-California) has been posted, the standings are not in sync with the “Group Picks” numbers. > > Anybody else have things in sync? Know why they aren’t? It appears this morning that the Pick’em numbers are up-to-date. As for the conference standings, all I have run across so far are the notes at [The Best of Recruiting and High School Sports](http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/football/recap?gid=201112290079) where you can see: ```auto Conference Bowl Records Bowl Subdivision Record Atlantic Coast 2-1 Big 12 3-0 Big East 0-1 Big Ten 1-0 Conference USA 2-0 Independents (FBS) 0-1 Mid-American 3-1 Mountain West 2-3 Pac-12 0-3 Southeastern 0-0 Sun Belt 1-1 Western Athletic 0-3 ``` At this time [2011–12 NCAA football bowl games - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011-12_NCAA_football_bowl_games) has yet to add that feature and they’re still not up-to-date on the latest completed games! Have any of y’all found a better source for the conference stuff? ---
**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2011, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oaks-bowl-pickem-2011/605034/74 "2011-12-30T17:06:02Z")
> [@notfrommensa](#): > > Cal Bears looked really bad tonight! Everytime I looked up their QB was getting sacked. Sorry JSC! Just back from San Diego; I can’t believe I paid good money for that experience. It looked like our O-line missed the plane to the game. ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2011, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oaks-bowl-pickem-2011/605034/75 "2011-12-30T23:19:13Z")
Wow, I just a female referee in the Iowa St/Rutgers game! I think she is a line judge. I saw an ESPN feature a few months ago on a women referee, I think from Mississippi, in one of the mid-major conferences. Is she the only one? ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2011, 8:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oaks-bowl-pickem-2011/605034/76 "2011-12-31T08:23:37Z")
Mississippi State got the win, beating Wake Forest in the Music City Bowl. Wasn’t pretty, but a win is a win. State’s D racked up half a dozen sacks, and Ballard had a couple of nifty runs…but State turned the ball over at least 4 times, including an interception in the endzone at the end of the first half when they really should have just kicked the field goal, and a double-tipped pass inside the 5 in the 2nd half. ---
**Author:** ![USCDiver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/uscdiver/32/354_2.png) [@USCDiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/USCDiver)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2012, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oaks-bowl-pickem-2011/605034/77 "2012-01-02T21:20:36Z")
Tough day for the Big Ten so far. Go SEC! ---
**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2012, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oaks-bowl-pickem-2011/605034/78 "2012-01-03T00:53:50Z")
> [@USCDiver](#): > > Tough day for the Big Ten so far. > > Go SEC! Almost always is, right? I think there are 3 Big 10 - SEC\* matchups every year on New Year’s Day, and the SEC usually takes 2 out of 3 at least. \*and why the hell is that, anyway? ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2012, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oaks-bowl-pickem-2011/605034/79 "2012-01-03T01:42:26Z")
> [@jsc1953](#): > > \*and why the hell is that, anyway? Well even the lowly Pac-12 beats the B1G. (except UCLA) Ducks 45 Badgers 38 B1G — 1-4 today. ---
**Author:** ![Lamar\_Mundane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/85f322/32.png) [@Lamar\_Mundane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamar_Mundane)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2012, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oaks-bowl-pickem-2011/605034/80 "2012-01-03T03:02:17Z")
I haven’t missed on any pick with more points than 21. Of course, picks 22-28 have yet to be played. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oaks-bowl-pickem-2011/605034.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oaks-bowl-pickem-2011/605034.md?page=5)