# Pick the WINNER in the Jan/12 CFB Bowl Game **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [January 6, 2015, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pick-the-winner-in-the-jan-12-cfb-bowl-game/709127 "2015-01-06T15:28:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2015, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pick-the-winner-in-the-jan-12-cfb-bowl-game/709127/1 "2015-01-06T15:28:37Z")
Not a lot of rules, just pick the winner. Score 1 for picking the winner, 0 for missing. Public Poll (others can see your pick). \*\*Monday, January 12 CFP Championship 8:30 PM EST ESPN (4) Ohio St. vs. (2) Oregon \*\* Poll on the way… ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2015, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pick-the-winner-in-the-jan-12-cfb-bowl-game/709127/2 "2015-01-06T16:21:45Z")
_Wanders off to find a “Ducks vs. Bucks” tee shirt_ ---
**Author:** ![Duckster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duckster/32/1244_2.png) [@Duckster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duckster)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2015, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pick-the-winner-in-the-jan-12-cfb-bowl-game/709127/3 "2015-01-06T16:46:31Z")
You don’t have a selection for “Neither.” ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2015, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pick-the-winner-in-the-jan-12-cfb-bowl-game/709127/4 "2015-01-06T16:55:14Z")
> [@Duckster](#): > > You don’t have a selection for “Neither.” The no-vote option is invisible. It’s way ahead at the moment! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Thing\_Fish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecb155/32.png) [@Thing\_Fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thing_Fish)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2015, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pick-the-winner-in-the-jan-12-cfb-bowl-game/709127/5 "2015-01-06T20:43:32Z")
Let’s see…decisions, decisions! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Icarus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/icarus/32/72_2.png) [@Icarus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Icarus)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2015, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pick-the-winner-in-the-jan-12-cfb-bowl-game/709127/6 "2015-01-07T00:42:56Z")
My kid’s a Duck, my other kid was a Wolverine, and I grew up in Ann Arbor - so, \*maybe \*I’m a little biased… ---
**Author:** ![MadTheSwine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MadTheSwine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MadTheSwine)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2015, 10:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pick-the-winner-in-the-jan-12-cfb-bowl-game/709127/7 "2015-01-07T10:34:17Z")
> [@Icarus](#): > > My kid’s a Duck, my other kid was a Wolverine, and I grew up in Ann Arbor - so, \*maybe \*I’m a little biased… You should change your name to Platypus. ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2015, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pick-the-winner-in-the-jan-12-cfb-bowl-game/709127/8 "2015-01-07T13:35:13Z")
Picking Ohio State out of Big Ten pride. Though any team whose only losses are to both of these teams would clearly be #3 in the nation. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2015, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pick-the-winner-in-the-jan-12-cfb-bowl-game/709127/9 "2015-01-09T16:03:50Z")
I don’t know if there’s anything to the idea, but it would appear that the prognosticators and hypesters are not happy with our results (so far – right now it’s 14 - 5 Oregon) and are trying to pump in some sunshine to persuade bettors that tOSU is going to mop up the field with the Ducks. Have they changed your mind? Anyway, this is a glorified bump to try to run up our numbers! 😃 The best we’ve done in these polls/threads that I’ve started since late July was that very first one which had 25 Voters. It may also be worth a note that 14 people who never voted in the regular season threads have done so in the post-season ones. And eight of you are first-timers in this very poll! Maybe it’s the simpler one-choice nature of this one? ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2015, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pick-the-winner-in-the-jan-12-cfb-bowl-game/709127/10 "2015-01-09T16:18:54Z")
I picked Ohio State, since they beat Bama fair and square. ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2015, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pick-the-winner-in-the-jan-12-cfb-bowl-game/709127/11 "2015-01-09T16:21:53Z")
> [@Oakminster](#): > > I picked Ohio State, since they beat Bama fair and square. OAK…You are alive!! Thank goodness. You have been notably absent from the CFB discussion thread! We sent out an APB but with no results. Have you been BBQing some crow? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![MOIDALIZE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e274bd/32.png) [@MOIDALIZE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MOIDALIZE)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2015, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pick-the-winner-in-the-jan-12-cfb-bowl-game/709127/12 "2015-01-09T16:29:35Z")
> [@notfrommensa](#): > > OAK…You are alive!! Thank goodness. You have been notably absent from the CFB discussion thread! We sent out an APB but with no results. > > Have you been BBQing some crow? 😃 You’ve been the biggest SEC shittalker on this board, **mensa** , so make a plate. ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2015, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pick-the-winner-in-the-jan-12-cfb-bowl-game/709127/13 "2015-01-10T03:43:05Z")
> [@MOIDALIZE](#): > > You’ve been the biggest SEC shittalker on this board, **mensa** , so make a plate. I am an ACC fan, proud alumnus of Ga Tech. I really don’t like the SEC but not as much as I dislike the B1G, the SEC has been the best CFB conference for the last 10 years. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2015, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pick-the-winner-in-the-jan-12-cfb-bowl-game/709127/14 "2015-01-12T04:55:05Z")
One last bump… ---
**Author:** ![PSXer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/48db29/32.png) [@PSXer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PSXer)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2015, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pick-the-winner-in-the-jan-12-cfb-bowl-game/709127/15 "2015-01-12T04:59:21Z")
I think Oregon will win. I also thought FSU and Bama would win. So I’m voting for OSU so my prediction will be right ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2015, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pick-the-winner-in-the-jan-12-cfb-bowl-game/709127/16 "2015-01-12T05:07:35Z")
> [@PSXer](#): > > I think Oregon will win. > > I also thought FSU and Bama would win. > So I’m voting for OSU so my prediction will be right Good plan! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2015, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pick-the-winner-in-the-jan-12-cfb-bowl-game/709127/17 "2015-01-12T21:01:51Z")
There’s some amusing “analysis” of how the country is split on the game at [Map shows country split on Ohio State vs. Oregon](http://www.sbnation.com/college-football/2015/1/12/7532703/oregon-ohio-state-title-game-merchandise) and since our voters may or may not live in those states that went one way or the other, it may be interesting for those who care to do so to indicate where (at least as far as you’re personally concerned) the map is wrong! 😃 I, from Tennessee, expect the Ducks to win! ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2015, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pick-the-winner-in-the-jan-12-cfb-bowl-game/709127/18 "2015-01-12T21:38:51Z")
I voted Oregon. I went to a Big 10 school, but I just can’t bring myself to root for Ohio State. I’m not sure why–they’ve never done anything to me personally, but I just can’t root for OSU. ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2015, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pick-the-winner-in-the-jan-12-cfb-bowl-game/709127/19 "2015-01-13T03:00:58Z")
Carrington’s going to be lucky if his own team doesn’t take him out back and beat him up. ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2015, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pick-the-winner-in-the-jan-12-cfb-bowl-game/709127/20 "2015-01-13T03:35:40Z")
Missed the poll, but I’m rooting for the Bugeyes. Not sure if I would have voted that way but that’s what my heart said. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pick-the-winner-in-the-jan-12-cfb-bowl-game/709127.md?page=2)