# Oak's Bowl Pick'em 2014 **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [December 11, 2014, 8:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oaks-bowl-pickem-2014/706927 "2014-12-11T08:32:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2014, 8:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oaks-bowl-pickem-2014/706927/1 "2014-12-11T08:32:56Z")
As promised, I’ve renewed the league. Everyone that played last year should get an invitation at the email address you used to sign up. There is no limit to the number of players, everyone is welcome. We’re doing confidence point scoring. The game is at Yahoo. Group ID# 8908 Password: cecil ROLL TIDE! ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2014, 9:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oaks-bowl-pickem-2014/706927/2 "2014-12-11T09:42:08Z")
After several tries I keep getting > [@](#): > > The password is incorrect. Please make sure that it matches the password that you got from the commissioner. The commissioner may also have changed the password since they last sent it to you. (Error #109) ETA: Never mind, I’m in! (Beasley) ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2014, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oaks-bowl-pickem-2014/706927/3 "2014-12-11T13:33:54Z")
Rumbling Wreck is in. Thanks OAK! Picks will be made next week ---
**Author:** ![flickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/7bcc69/32.png) [@flickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flickster)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2014, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oaks-bowl-pickem-2014/706927/4 "2014-12-11T22:49:04Z")
I’m In - Big Orange Bowl Buster ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2014, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oaks-bowl-pickem-2014/706927/5 "2014-12-18T16:10:40Z")
Bump: Get your picks in. Odd that the tiebreaker is the score of the National Championship game. It can’t be entered until Jan 2nd. ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2014, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oaks-bowl-pickem-2014/706927/6 "2014-12-19T02:57:33Z")
I think they really need to reduce the number of bowl games next year. Way too many of the things. ---
**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, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oaks-bowl-pickem-2014/706927/7 "2014-12-19T03:20:55Z")
> [@Oakminster](#): > > I think they really need to reduce the number of bowl games next year. Way too many of the things. Absolutely! I’ve pared down the list of the ones I plan to watch at least the start of to 16. Mostly SEC (homer!) games and the CFP set. I guess as long as they’re getting big money from ESPN they don’t much care if the stands are empty, but it’s sad to see just a few hundred people at the things. ---
**Author:** ![zoog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7ea924/32.png) [@zoog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoog)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2014, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oaks-bowl-pickem-2014/706927/8 "2014-12-19T03:54:17Z")
> [@Oakminster](#): > > I think they really need to reduce the number of bowl games next year. Way too many of the things. Way, way too many. 38 bowl games (39 if you count the championship game). That means 76 teams get bowl invites, over 60% of all the FBS division teams. At this rate, they’ll have to start letting 5 win teams play in games soon. ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2014, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oaks-bowl-pickem-2014/706927/9 "2014-12-19T04:03:53Z")
Maybe they should require 8 wins to be bowl eligible…but there’s too much money involved for that to happen… ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2014, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oaks-bowl-pickem-2014/706927/10 "2014-12-19T05:22:25Z")
The number of bowl games doesn’t bother me. These kids have been practicing hard for almost 6 months, with “Two-a-Days” in August. Plus most of them are not Marcus Marioti and Jameis Winston. and most of them are actually studying and progressing to a degree. If they can go to some minor bowl like the Famous Idaho Potato Bowl and get some SWAG, who am I to say they cannot go. But 39 bowl games was a lot of games to pick in this pool. That is way too many. 25 is plenty. It took me about a half hour to do it…and it was all instinct. No research. ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2014, 7:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oaks-bowl-pickem-2014/706927/11 "2014-12-20T07:41:16Z")
Yeah, gotta admit I just went with my gut on the picks this year. Guess I’m sorta burned out at this point. I still care about Mississippi State and Alabama (and to a lesser extent the rest of the SEC), but I just couldn’t muster up much giveadamn for Whosit State vs Dunnoem U in the CorporateSponsor ™ Bowl.