# Oak's Bowl Pick'em **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [December 6, 2010, 7:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oaks-bowl-pickem/563126 "2010-12-06T07:27:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2010, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oaks-bowl-pickem/563126/61 "2010-12-22T03:10:03Z")
> [@gonzomax](#): > > What is a “Beef ‘o’ Brady” anyway? [sportsbars](http://www.beefobradys.com/) Frankly I never have seen one. I assume they are in Florida. ---
**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2010, 5:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oaks-bowl-pickem/563126/62 "2010-12-22T05:46:45Z")
> [@divemaster](#): > > I only had a total of 10 points on the line–a 6, a 3, and a 1. Two came in for my current 7 points. All in all I’m still okay with a possible of 627. I’m 3 out of 4, with a whopping 9 points. I thought I’d failed to enter, since I didn’t see my name until I went all the way to the bottom. ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2010, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oaks-bowl-pickem/563126/63 "2010-12-22T16:46:04Z")
I wonder what the winning total will actually be. 630 is the the theoretical best. My guess for the best score will be about 560 points. ---
**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2010, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oaks-bowl-pickem/563126/64 "2010-12-22T16:59:24Z")
> [@notfrommensa](#): > > I wonder what the winning total will actually be. > > 630 is the the theoretical best. My guess for the best score will be about 560 points. you could start a pool! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2010, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oaks-bowl-pickem/563126/65 "2010-12-22T17:21:55Z")
I haven’t checked, but I think I had Southern Miss over Louisville last night, so another loss for me. ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_the\_Turtle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_the_turtle/32/2926_2.png) [@Fear\_the\_Turtle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_the_Turtle)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2010, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oaks-bowl-pickem/563126/66 "2010-12-22T18:39:14Z")
> [@Oakminster](#): > > I haven’t checked, but I think I had Southern Miss over Louisville last night, so another loss for me. Same here. That nonfumble nonreversal in the 4th Q. cost us. ---
**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:** [December 22, 2010, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oaks-bowl-pickem/563126/67 "2010-12-22T19:27:53Z")
I had the same, but I only had it at a 6, so it didn’t hurt me too bad. I have 34 riding on Boise State tonight. ---
**Author:** ![Rucksinator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/898d66/32.png) [@Rucksinator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rucksinator)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2010, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oaks-bowl-pickem/563126/68 "2010-12-23T01:49:29Z")
I just realized that Boise St over Utah was one of the few confidences that I had changed… to 35. Guess I should go watch it… ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2010, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oaks-bowl-pickem/563126/69 "2010-12-23T04:10:20Z")
ESPN just an update on tomorrow night’s SDCCU Poinsettia Bowl between Navy and San Diego St. At Qualcomm Stadium in San Diego. The field looked like it had about 6" of water on it. ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2010, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oaks-bowl-pickem/563126/70 "2010-12-23T04:22:00Z")
Ohio State could [suspend some players](http://www.sportingnews.com/ncaa-football/story/2010-12-22/reports-osu-investigating-tattoo-allegations) for the Sugar Bowl. Quid Pro Quo arrangement between players and a Tattoo Parlor. ---
**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2010, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oaks-bowl-pickem/563126/71 "2010-12-23T05:08:44Z")
> [@notfrommensa](#): > > Ohio State could [suspend some players](http://www.sportingnews.com/ncaa-football/story/2010-12-22/reports-osu-investigating-tattoo-allegations) for the Sugar Bowl. > > Quid Pro Quo arrangement between players and a Tattoo Parlor. Only about 9 including pryor. ---
**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:** [December 23, 2010, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oaks-bowl-pickem/563126/72 "2010-12-23T13:49:37Z")
Yep, I already have Arkansas winning that game, but at Confidence 2, I may move that up a bit if the suspensions go through. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2010, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oaks-bowl-pickem/563126/73 "2010-12-23T15:33:40Z")
> [@USCDiver](#): > > Yep, I already have Arkansas winning that game, but at Confidence 2, I may move that up a bit if the suspensions go through. Try 34. OSU may win a bowl game against an SEC team, just not this year. ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2010, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oaks-bowl-pickem/563126/74 "2010-12-23T16:18:06Z")
> [@Zeldar](#): > > Try 34. OSU may win a bowl game against an SEC team, just not this year. 34? Confidence or # of players? ---
**Author:** ![Nars\_Glinley](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nars_glinley/32/8177_2.png) [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2010, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oaks-bowl-pickem/563126/75 "2010-12-23T17:49:31Z")
> [@USCDiver](#): > > Yep, I already have Arkansas winning that game, but at Confidence 2, I may move that up a bit if the suspensions go through. Never fear, it looks like they’ll sit out the first five games of next season instead of the Sugar Bowl. [QUOTE=SI] The NCAA did not suspended the players for Jan. 4 Sugar Bowl against the eighth-ranked Razorbacks because the “student-athletes did not receive adequate rules education during the time period the violations occurred.” [/QUOTE] Uh huh. ISTM that tOSU players really are in “good hands.” ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2010, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oaks-bowl-pickem/563126/76 "2010-12-23T17:53:13Z")
> [@notfrommensa](#): > > 34? Confidence or # of players? Confidence. I guess I don’t know about # of players. ---
**Author:** ![Rucksinator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/898d66/32.png) [@Rucksinator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rucksinator)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2010, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oaks-bowl-pickem/563126/77 "2010-12-23T18:11:56Z")
> [@notfrommensa](#): > > Ohio State could [suspend some players](http://www.sportingnews.com/ncaa-football/story/2010-12-22/reports-osu-investigating-tattoo-allegations) for the Sugar Bowl. > > Quid Pro Quo arrangement between players and a Tattoo Parlor. They’re saying that they can play in the Sugar Bowl. I’m still picking Arkansas. I’m an SEC homer. ---
**Author:** ![MOIDALIZE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e274bd/32.png) [@MOIDALIZE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MOIDALIZE)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2010, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oaks-bowl-pickem/563126/78 "2010-12-23T18:47:45Z")
NCAA is such a joke. Notice that they’re allowed to play in the Sugar Bowl, because we can’t have THAT screwed up. And really, NCAA? It’s against the rules for a player to sell his personal property? I understand that selling stuff can be a way for players to launder money from agents, but isn’t that something you could investigate and determine? Of course, seeing as how they took all of a week to clear Cam Newton, maybe the NCAA is short-staffed in the investigative department (or maybe they’re all still busy investigating Reggie Bush). And I don’t wanna hear any BS about integrity either. Dez Bryant got pushed out for telling one little white lie, yet Bruce Pearl is still coaching. And even though I think Cam Newton knew what his father was up to, I’m not sure I even care. Even if Auburn paid to get him, it’s not like he was a sure thing. Nobody knew what kind of player he was until he started lighting it up this year. Can we stop acting like it’s the 1950s and start paying these players a stipend, please? Enough is enough. ---
**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:** [December 23, 2010, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oaks-bowl-pickem/563126/79 "2010-12-23T19:31:06Z")
> [@MOIDALIZE](#): > > NCAA is such a joke. > > Notice that they’re allowed to play in the Sugar Bowl, because we can’t have THAT screwed up. > > And really, NCAA? It’s against the rules for a player to sell his personal property? I understand that selling stuff can be a way for players to launder money from agents, but isn’t that something you could investigate and determine? Of course, seeing as how they took all of a week to clear Cam Newton, maybe the NCAA is short-staffed in the investigative department (or maybe they’re all still busy investigating Reggie Bush). > > And I don’t wanna hear any BS about integrity either. Dez Bryant got pushed out for telling one little white lie, yet Bruce Pearl is still coaching. And even though I think Cam Newton knew what his father was up to, I’m not sure I even care. Even if Auburn paid to get him, it’s not like he was a sure thing. Nobody knew what kind of player he was until he started lighting it up this year. > > Can we stop acting like it’s the 1950s and start paying these players a stipend, please? Enough is enough. Wrong thread. ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2010, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oaks-bowl-pickem/563126/80 "2010-12-23T19:37:46Z")
> [@Rucksinator](#): > > They’re saying that they can play in the Sugar Bowl. I’m still picking Arkansas. I’m an SEC homer. I am guessing that we haven’t heard the last of the suspensions. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oaks-bowl-pickem/563126.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oaks-bowl-pickem/563126.md?page=5)