BOWLING FOR DOLLARS – TSE College Football Bowl Contest
The Saturday Edge Guest Handicapper Challenge that we ran on a weekly basis throughout the season produced some great results. I thought the biggest benefit of the Challenge was all the great information and insight that was shared by everyone. So let’s try something similar for the College Bowl Season.
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Have followed the site for a while. First time posting. Thanks for putting this together.
Notre Dame (+10) – Alabama is getting too much respect based on the past couple of years. They have a great team this year but are not unstoppable. They went 2-1 against the three toughest opponents they played, beating the two teams by a combined 8 points. After the Pitt game, ND has that “destined” feeling, much like Florida in 2006 when the Gators blocked a last second S. Carolina FG in week 10 and ended up playing Ohio St in the National Championship. No one thought they deserved to be there and then they steamrolled the Buckeyes. Not to mention they were a TD underdog (if my memory serves me correctly). Not saying history will repeat itself, just keep it in mind. Am I worried about how long ND has had off? Absolutely. Double digits here are just too much though. Give me the Irish.
Florida (-13.5) – This Gator team has been the Rodney Dangerfield of college football….”they get no respect.” This team played a brutal SEC schedule (A&M, LSU, UGA, S. Carolina and FSU). They lost one game and if Reed doesn’t fumble on UGA’s 1 yd line w/ 3 minutes left there’s a good chance they win that game. Now for the matchup, Louisville has the better QB, but UF has the advantage at every other position. This is easily the toughest team Louisville has seen. It’s like Rutgers on steroids without the choke-factor. If Rutgers didn’t have a stupid penalty on a fake FG they would have gone into halftime up 21-3 and a Louisville comeback may have been off the table. Plus, aside from West Virginia, the Big East just hasn’t done well in BCS bowl games. Just ask UConn in the 2011 Fiesta Bowl or Cincinnati in the 2010 Sugar Bowl & 2009 Orange Bowl. I don’t expect a blow-out here, more like a dominant 24-7 or 21-0 performance. I’ll take the better team and lay the points.
Northern Illinois (+13.5) – FSU is overrated and laying double digits is just too much. I wasn’t a believer in Northern Illinois going into the MAC Championship because they put up big #s against cupcakes and then were so-so against decent teams. They showed me something against a good Kent St. team. I think with this offense they can hang around and cover this #.
LSU (-4) – Another overhyped ACC team. Clemson has some stud playmakers on offense but their defense stinks and they play in the ACC. LSU is a tested, legit SEC team. South Carolina took care of business against Clemson (w/o Lattimore) so only laying 4 may seem like a trap but I’ll take the bait.
Iowa St. (PK) – I love the early line movement and GoSooners had a good stat: “Just keep in mind that the last 17 teams who were in Tulsa’s revenge spot covered just 11% of the time.” I’ll go with the Cyclones.
Texas (+2) – I don’t get this line. I would think it’s at least higher than a FG. Seeing lots of love for Oregon St. and rightfully so. They looked like the real deal until they played the Ducks while Texas is limping into this game. I’ll play the old “if it’s too good to be true it probably is” card here.
TCU (-2.5) – I was impressed with how TCU played the second half of the year (not counting the OSU game). I’m hoping that it continues going against a 6-6 Big Ten team. Plus TCU has a big coaching advantage.
Texas Tech (-12.5) – Played a brutal schedule the second half of the year. Tubbs leaving doesn’t bother me because Minnesota doesn’t deserve to be in a bowl game. This is a crappy 6-6 Big 10 team.
Oklahoma St. (-16.5) – Big time “public” play but I don’t care. I’m going to go against all 6-6 Big Ten teams.
Vanderbilt (-7) – 3 simple reasons: SEC vs ACC, coaching change at NC St vs. one of the best coaches in the SEC, and it’s a home game for Vandy
Tiebreaker
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Florida – 31
Louisville – 7
Agree with quite a few of these, but really just wanted to say great write-ups.
Thanks for following.
ucla motivation = win in my eyes
washington no ones talking about them always like teams that go unnoticed
rutgers vir tech this year 0-3 betting them dont do it for me
rice again motivation bowls and rice in same sentence dont go together usually
syracuse west vir playing better syracuse defense plays roll in win
oregon st motivation would love to beat texas in texas
t c u for being the 5th scholl that kids go to in that state hes the best coach in country given all circumstances
northwestern simply a better team
nebraska no one in there right mind will be betting them georgia has no mojo to play in this one
wisconcin just better in my opinion
thats it ill expect the 50 soon after lol
tie breaker 34 tcu 17 mich st
i just realized my plays are clumped together so here they are a little neater
ucla
washington
rutgers
rice
syracuse
oregon st
t c u
northwestern
nebraska
wisconcin
tie breaker tcu34–mich st 17
Did I read this wrong or do we have a total 11 pix
were suppose to make. The way I read the instructions
is the tie-breaker should be in 1 of the 10, however
the 1st 2 posters have a total of 11 pix. Thanks for
any help–just want to get it right the 1st time.
TNVOLFAN, you are correct. You should make 10 selections and and the tie-breaker be included as 1 of the 10.
The first poster Baby_Jackson did use an 11th game, which I will have him correct. However tom f has TCU as one of his picks. He just posted the tie breaker separately.
So go ahead and make 10 bowl selections and use one of those selections as the tie breaker.
Thanks–Pezgordo
1.Mississippi-3 over Pitt 2.Florida State-13.5 over NIU 3.Oregon-9 over Kansas State 4.Northwestern over Miss State-2 5.TCU-2.5 over Michigan State 6.Oregon St-2 over Texas 7.Rice over Air Force-1 8.Duke over Cincinnati-7 9.SJSU-7 over Bowling Green 10.Utah State-10 over Toledo Tie-Breaker Mississippi-31 over Pitt-21.
This is my first time on this site. I look forward to enjoying it.
Thanks for the picks Ervin. I definitely hope you enjoy the site and BOL this bowl season.
1 SDSU
2 Boise State
3 UCF
4 Fresno State
5 WKU
6 Cincinnati
7 Vanderbilt
8 Tulsa
9 Stanford
10 Mississippi
stan 23
wisc 13
Northwestern +2
Georgia -10
Tulsa pk
Ball St. +7
Utah St. -10
Northern Ill. +13.5
Florida -13.5
Texas A&M -4.5 TexA&M 48 Okla. 34
Ul-Lafayette -5.5
Pittsburgh +3.5
Cin -7
Vandy -7
Fsu/NIU under 58.5
TxA&M -4.5
Fresno/SMU under 59
Navy +14.5
Stan/Wisc under 47.5
Nev/Arz over 75.5
UtahSt -10
AF/Rice over 61
Tie Breaker: UtahSt 38 Toledo 24
SDSU +3.5
Balanced SDSU team against a very good BYU defensive team with a bad offense. Should be low scoring and a FG plus has value.
Boise St/Washington under 46
Two good defenses, two very average offenses.
UCLA PK
High scoring, but UCLA has the better defense and should get more stops than Baylor.
Minnesota +12.5
Texas Tech is not good enough to be giving this many points on a neutral field.
Navy +14.5
Sorry Pez, your Sun Devils may win, but they won’t cover 3 scores.
West Virginia/Syracuse over 73.5
Two good quarterbacks against two bad defenses. Should be high scoring.
Georgia Tech +10
USC’s defense is not good and I know everyone has been debating the motivation thing, but I am betting USC has no desire to be in this bowl game.
LSU -4
SEC v ACC. We’ve seen this show before.
Purdue +16.5
No one is giving Purdue a chance in this game, but Oklahoma State’s defense isn’t very good and the Boilers should be able to score some points.
Florida/Louisville under 45.5
Florida struggles to score and Louisville won’t score. I will use this as my tie-breaker. Florida 27 – Louisville 10
LSU
UCLA
Washington
NW over 51.5
Kansas St
Alabama
San diego St
Kent St
Wisconsin
Mich st
Bama 31-10
Thanks for the opp.
I have also been following this site for a while and can honestly say you guys single-handedly helped me turn my betting season around. Your analysis is always very thorough and allows me to bet with confidence (if I agree with you of course, ha). Having said that, here are my 10 picks below.
1)Arizona v. Nevada Over 75.5
A thing we know about these teams: they run, and they run well. These two teams boast RB’s who rank highly (#1 and #2 if I am not mistaken) in YPG and have 42 TD’s between them. Due to the inconsistency of these defenses, I think the over is easily hit here. I’m actually looking closer to the 90’s.
2)Texas A&M -4.5 over Oklahoma
As a lifelong Alabama fan, it was tough to swallow the loss to Texas A&M and watch Johnny Football toast us for 20 points in the first quarter. With their fantastic O line, I look at them to score a lot of points here and the defense play just well enough keep Landry Jones at bay.
3)LSU -4 over Clemson.
After Les tastes the turf in Atlanta, I think they put the other Tigers in it. Although Clemson does have a top-10 offense, I do not think it matters much here against a top-10 defense. The Hat is certainly fired up, I expect the players to be as well.
4)USC -10 over GT
Barkley is back and I look for him to team up with Lee and Woods to put on a show against a not-good GT defense. I’d take the over, but I think GT stays on the field too long. Motivation could be a slight factor here for USC and I love Paul Johnson and the triple option, but with some time to prepare and this being Barkley’s last college game, USC easy here.
5)Ole Miss -3.5 over Pitt.
I have been with Saber all year on Ole Miss. I like them. I like Hugh Freeze and their offense. This was a team that narrowly missed downing LSU and Texas A&M. Any team that can put up 35 on LSU makes me pay attention. While Ole Miss is better than their 6-6 record says, Pitt is not. 5th in the Big East? Come on.
6)Florida -13.5 over Louisville
I hate to keep picking SEC teams, but it’s hard not to. I hate the BCS, the fact that the Big East champion still gets an auto bid to a BCS bowl game still kills me. This game won’t even be close. I love Charlie Strong and what he has done there, but Florida’s defense is going to be too much for them. Florida lost to Georgia, Lousiville lost to Syracuse and UConn?
7)TCU v. Michigan St Under 41
This will be a defensive struggle for the most part, even after TCU has had some losses on their side. Literally every game Michigan St has been in has been close (minus Notre Dame). I like that consistency.
8)Western Kentucky -5.5 over Central Michigan
This WKU team is as upstart as Bobby Petrino’s junk. First bowl game as an FBS school? Time to hop on the motorcycle and ride that solid defense to a win.
9)Wisconsin +6.5 over Stanford
I think Alvarez comes in and gets Wisconsin pumped up for this game despite the Bielma departure. I have liked Wisconsin’s potential all year long and I think Montee Ball keeps them in this game despite Stanford’s good run defense. I don’t know if Wisconsin will bring home the W, but I think they will keep it close at least.
10) Alabama -10 over Notre Dame
#1 defense. #2 defense. One played in the SEC, one played a usual random schedule. You give Nick Saban a month to prepare for anything, I don’t give you much of a chance. Plus he raises honey badgers in his office. Don’t get me wrong, I love Manti Te’o and I respect their defense, but I think they are way overmatched here. The Irish had close calls with Purdue, BYU and Pitt. They also barely beat a Michigan team 13-6 at home a few weeks after Bama routed them 41-14 on a neutral field. Bama lost to Heisman winner Johnny Manziel and played close games with LSU and Georgia.
I understand that these are two storied programs and that it is “great for college football” that Notre Dame is back in the title game, but they are going to have a hard time scoring. This is going to be one of those situations like last year where they end up not being able to determine which QB they should stick with. Bama wins back-to-back national championships and keeps the crystal in the SEC for the 7th straight year.
Tiebreaker- Alabama 24 Notre Dame 10 How could I not?
Great write-ups. Agree with a lot of these here. Goodluck and thanks for following.
Iowa State pick ’em
Oregon -9
Rutgers +2 1/2
Baylor pick ’em
South Carolina -5
Florida -13 1/2
Oklahoma +4 1/2
West VA -4
Oregon St -2
TCU -2 1/2
Tie Breaker: Iowa State 34 Tulsa 24
Ari/ Nev O 75′
Wash +5
Duke +7
Ucla pk
Ucla/Bay U 78′
VT -2′
Ohio +7
Ore st -2
Lsu -4
Miss st-2
Ore st 32-24 Tex
LSU -4 vs. Clemson
Kansas State +9 vs. Oregon
Notre Dame +10 vs. Bama
Navy +14.5 vs. ASU
USCe -5 vs. Michigan
Oklahoma +4.5 vs. TAMU
TCU -2.5 vs. Michigan State
Texas +2 vs. Oregon State
Nevada +9.5
Ball State +7
Tie-Breaker- Ball State 35, UCF 31
Arizona -9.5
Utah State -10
Fresno State -12.5
Central Michigan +5.5
North Carolina State +7
Southern California -10
LSU -4
South Carolina Gamecocks -5
Georgia -10
Ole Miss -3.5
Tie Breaker – South Carolina Gamecocks 27
Michigan Wolverines 20
Utah St. -10
Ball St. +7
Cincinnati -7
UL Mon. -7
Rutgers +2.5
Okl. St. -16.5
N. Ill. +12.5
Florida -13
Ole Miss -3.5
Alabama -10
Tie Breaker
Alabama 31 Notre Dame 17
Picks:
1. Ole Miss
2. Rutgers
3. TCU
4. Vandy
5. Fresno St.
6. Ttech
7. Kansas St.
8. Washington
9. South Carolina
10. LSU
Ole Miss wins 38-17
1. UCLA/Baylor O78.5 – do we really expect defense in a bowl game??
2. Alabama -10 – i hate Notre Dame. terrible reasoning but i want a blowout so bad!
3. Ball St +7 – drove through Muncie last summer. UCF not happy to be bowling in Tampa.
4. Florida -13.5 – Gators will punish Bridgewater all day. Cardinal birds stepping up in class here.
5. Kansas St +9 – Oregon’s unis are still flashy but this is not last year’s Ore offense. K State keeps it tight late.
6. FSU -13.5 – NIU? really??? should be a cakewalk but will be tight until late 3rd quarter when FSU pulls away.
7. Ok St/Purdue O70 – can’t root for the under, let the scoring begin.
8. Nevada +9.5 – Arizona is lucky to win this one on the field. Not much defense expected either.
9. Alabama/ND U41.5 – question is, will ND score a TD??
10. Texas Tech -12.5 – speed doesn’t take a day off, Minnesota way outclassed here.
TIE-BREAKER
Alabama 34 Notre Dame 3
SMU +12.5
DUKE +7
VA Tech -2.5
Texas +2
LSU -4
NW +2
OK +4.5
Syracuse +4
Boise/Wash Under 46
Kent State +4
TB = Alabama 21-ND 10
1-over 75.5 ari/nev 2-wash+5 3-syr+4 4-ncst.+7 5-over ncst/van 52 6-lsu-4 7-over lsu/clem58.5 8-pitt+3.5 9-nd+10 10-under nd/ala 41.5 tie breaker nd 19-17
Arizona / Nevada OVER 75.5 – Both offenses are above average in YPP, 3rd down conversions, Red Zone Scoring & Red Zone TD’s. Both defenses are below average in YPP, 3rd down conversions, Red Zone Scoring & Red Zone TD’s resulting in sustained drives resulting in TD’s.
UL-Lafayette / ECU OVER 64 – Again, above average offenses that score TD’s against below average defenses that give up yards and TD’s. Scorefest.
Fresno St -12 – Fresno St is better than SMU on both sides of the ball. While SMU can score, it’s going to be hard for them to match points with high-scoring Fresno O. While laying more than 10 pre-January hasn’t proved to be a money maker, the team that wins the game normally covers and Fresno will win. Their 11-1 YTD ATS record helps too.
WKU -5.5 – Central Michigan did not have ANY wins against a team with a winning record this year. The combined record for the teams they beat is 12- 48, worst of all bowl participants this year. The average score of games they played against teams with .500 or better records TY is 22-42. A little worried about WKU losing coach but a team in its 1st ever bowl should overcome that.
Cincinnati -7 – Duke is 0-5 TY against bowl teams by an average score of 17- 47 and losers of their last 4 games. While Cincy is another team losing a coach, they desperately want to jump the Big East sinking ship and get into the ACC. This could basically be a job interview for them to do that.
Virginia Tech / Rutgers UNDER 41.5 – Poor 3rd down conversions for both teams, below average Red Zone Scoring & TD’s for Rutgers, & VT kicks field goals 33% of time into the Red Zone. Poor offensive YPP for both. Strong defenses for both teams.
FINAL SCORE TIEBREAKER – Rutgers 20-19.
TCU / Michigan State UNDER 41 – This game screams under. The exact opposite stats of AZ/NV game with both teams having above average D in YPP, 3rd down conversions, RZ Scoring, & RZ TD’s and both O below average in same statistics.
Georgia Tech+10 – Motivation has to be clearly on the Tech side. USC started the season with BCS aspirations and have been relegated to non-January 1 bowl in El Paso, TX while Tech is the only team with a losing record to be bowling and have to be excited just to be there. Couple that with Tech’s strong rushing attack and USC’s poor performances against strong rushing attacks. I’ll take the 10 points with the more motivated team and better rushing attack.
Oklahoma State -16.5 – Huge mismatch in nearly every statistic on both sides of the ball. Favorites of 10+ points are 4-1 ATS on or after January 1 bowl games last five years. Woodshed!
Florida -13.5 – No need for another write-up, see above.
Finished 7-3. I’ll take 70%.
Arizona / Nevada OVER 75.5 – WINNER
UL-Lafayette / ECU OVER 64 – WINNER
Fresno St -12 – BIG TIME LOSER
WKU -5.5 – LOSER
Cincinnati -7 – WINNER
Virginia Tech / Rutgers UNDER 41.5 – WINNER
TCU / Michigan State UNDER 41 – WINNER
Georgia Tech +10 – WINNER
Oklahoma State -16.5 – WINNER
Florida -13.5 – BIG TIME LOSER #2
1. Arz/Nev over 75.5 …a gift ..
2. Org/K-state over 75 … A couple late Oregon TD’s keep this one respectable ..
3. cinc/duke over 60 .. loser here scores 31 …
4. okla st -16.5 … purdue can’t keep pace ..
5. s. carolina -5 … Michigan runs into a buzzsaw …
6. Baylor pk … Baylor hasn’t scored under 35 since October. they beat K-state,Tex tech and okl st by a combined total of 42 pts to end the year…
7. TCU -2.5 … I’m betting the coach here..
8. Fla st -13.5 … over @ the half ..
9. Oregon St -2 .. I just don;t like mac brown,,period!
10. Miss St. -2 … I’ll take my chances with the strong SEC team in this game. Especially considering NW bowl history …
tie break- TCU- 27 Michigan St.- 17
Excellent work this season guys and I wish you continued success with the site in the future. Unfortunately, I wasn’t able to drop by much the last couple of months due to a hectic schedule.
Florida -13.5: This game matches up two programs I have had incredible success with over the years, so it immediately caught my eye. Catching less than two TD’s was a number I’m comfortable with, as I expect a 17-21 point victory for the Gators here. Better schedule, conference and defense and I don’t pick up any hints of Florida not wanting to be here or lacking motivation.
Mississippi State -2: Northwestern is a tricky team and one I misread this season, however, this is a step up in competition from the god awful Big Ten. Playing against the B1G will be a common theme for me this bowl season.
Central Michigan +5.5: The MAC and Sun were I make my strides typically, off the beaten path. Like the Florida-Louisville game, this matchup features two teams that I typically do really well with and have a good feel for. The Hilltoppers are trending negatively all over the field and expect it will be difficult for them to simply turn the switch back to the early season version of their squad
Navy +14.5: I’m not impressed by ASU’s defense and expect them to have their hands full with the Midshipmen. I tend to play on military academies in bowl games versus perceived “better” big conference opponents when catching a ton of points. Navy should score in this game and stay within the number.
Tulsa PK: A rematch of the season opener, I played ISU the first time a round and am going the other way this time. Two programs I tend to struggle with and my analysis is calling for ISU here and I’m going to fade myself, because somewhere, somehow I’m flawed with both programs.
Georgia -10: I’m not expecting the letdown many are calling for although I certainly understand that line of thinking. I have UGA as the number four team in the country and don’t place the Huskers in the top forty. Barring UGA completely lacking focus and motivation they should humble Nebraska, another overrated B1G squad.
Rice +1: My numbers have Rice 7-8 points stronger than Air Force. Either my numbers are flawed, which is always a possibility, or this is a case of Rice being a bit under the radar and Air Force being a bit inflated. This is likely the worst Air Force team in years and the insignificant CUSA team is being overlooked.
Northern Illinois +13.5: I am expecting a lack of motivation from FSU here and you can always count on the Noles to be unprepared, undisciplined and lacking in focus. The players have been crying about being in this game against this opponent, when its there own doing. The fact FSU could run the table in the horrid ACC is a testament to their character. Did any team have an easier path to the title than FSU?
Washington +5: I think the Huskies can win this one or keep it tight. This is not Boise of recent years and the Broncos offense is sorely lacking. Peterson is a hell of a coach, but Washington has the playmakers to stay in this one and shouldn’t be lacking any motivation for this matchup. My perception, which may not be reality, is Sarkisian gets this squad up for big games and has shown well with extra time to prepare.
TCU -2.5: More fading of the B1G here and a decisive coaching edge to TCU, IMO. I have the Horned Frogs priced closer to a 6-7 point favorite, so I’m getting some heavy line value here.
Tie-breaker: Florida 34, Louisville 14
Hopefully we can all close another college season on a winning note. Keep up the excellent work guys.
Great to hear from you ERM. And thanks for the great write-ups. Sadly I am thinking along the same lines when it comes to my Devils laying 14.5 points.
I hope you can stop by more often, and even contribute during the off-season as we would like to add a bunch of content.
Talk to you later,
Pez
1. Wisconsin +6.5
Wisconsin possibly the best 5 loss team in history, lol. The run games should be pretty even, but Wisconsin has a better pass offense and defense.
2. Northern Illinois +13.5
Can NIU win this game? Yes. One team will definitely be more excited for this game than the other team — back that team.
3. Navy +14.5
Navy has a top running game that matches up well against ASU’s defensive weakness. Navy has just enough defense to stay close — they didn’t lose by more than 10 in any game after getting blown out by Notre Dame and Penn State in their first two games.
4. Cincinnati -7
Duke comes into the Bowls playing worse than any other team making a Bowl appearance. Cincy’s strong run game should cruise.
5. Northwestern/Mississippi State Over 51.5
Both teams should have at least average success with balanced offenses here, no reason for this game to be below average scoring-wise.
6. Stanford/Wisconsin Under 47.5
Two strong defenses with run dominant offenses? Check and check.
7. Oregon State/Texas Over 57.5
Both teams have offenses that can dictate to the opponent’s defense — this one easily scores into the mid 60s.
8. TCU/Michigan State Under 41
I think it will take 2+ defensive or special teams scores for this one to go Over this low total — the endzones will be difficult to crack for these offenses.
9. Eastern Carolina/UL Lafayette Over 64
Both teams finished the season on offensive upswings, especially in the passing game. Maaaaajor aerial show here, folks.
10. Michigan State +2.5
MSU should have the better day both running and passing, wrong team favored.
Tie Breaker, Michigan State 17 — TCU 14
Hey guys thanks for the help all season long. I loved all the write ups and time you guys take to analyze a game. Well here go my 10 picks. I don’t really want to do any big write ups so I’ll just list them.
1. Oklahoma +4.5
2. Michigan St. +2.5
3. Mississippi St. -2
4. Texas +2
5. Northern Illinois +13.5
6. LSU -4
7. Rice +1
8. Virginia Tech -2.5
9. Georgia -10
10. Baylor PK
Tie Breaker:
Baylor 42-35 UCLA
Late to the party. Been waiting for the dust to settle on coaching and coordinator movement. Hard enough with the time span between games. Anyway:
ucla
lsu
fla
ole miss
wash
usc
nw over
fresno over
la la over
fsu under
fla 31-14
Thanks for a great season guys! I’m going to pass your site off to a few buddies.
Here are my best plays (I’ve made 13 plays, none of which have kicked off yet):
Boise -5.5
FSU -13
LSU -3.5
BGSU +7
Vandy -7
NW +2
S. Car -5
UCLA pk
Tulsa pk
Oregon St -2
Tie breaker: LSU 34 Clemson 17
Good luck everyone! Happy holidays….I’m off to Lake Tahoe on Wednesday!
1.Fresno St -12.5
2.SJSU -7
3.UL-Monroe -7
4.West Virgina -4
5.TCU. -2.5
6.USC. -10
7.Iowa St. pk
8.LSU. -4
9.Oklahoma. +4.5
10.Alabama. -10
Tie-Breaker
Alabama 24 ND 13
Sorry for no write up guys, the holidays have gotten the best of me.
1. Cincinnati (-7)
2. W. Virginia (-4)
3. Ole Miss (-3.5)
4. Georgia (-10)
5. Northwestern (+2)
6. Vanderbilt (-7)
7. Fresno St (-12.5)
8. W. Kentucky (-5.5)
9. LSU (-4)
10. Florida (-13.5)
Not like me to take all of these favorites, oh well.
UCLA pk
Rutgers +2.5
So. Car -5
Syracuse +4
Vandy -7
Miss -3.5
Bowling Green +7
Mich St +2.5
Fresno -12.5
NIU +13.5
1. WVU -4
2. Oregon St. -2
3. TCU -2.5
4. TCU & Mich St Over 41
5. NC State +7
6. USC & GT Over 64
7. Miss St & N’western Over
*** Sorry about that… accidentally posted an incorrect card… please see below for complete card
1. WVU -4 (WVU 52 Syracuse 38…tiebreaker)
2. Oregon St. -2
3. TCU -2.5
4. TCU & Mich St Over 41
5. NC State +7
6. USC & GT Over 64
7. Miss St & N’western Over 51.5
8. Georgia -10
9. Florida -13.5
10. Oregon -9
Notre Dame +10–Bama over-rated this year, won’t be able to run their way to victory against front seven of Irish.
UCLA pk–More seasoned team, better defense, offense to match.
Syracuse +4–WVU defense stinks, Cuse will hang around.
Oregon St. -2–Texas is too up and down to depend on.
TCU -2.5–I’ve watched TCU a couple of times and I think they can beat a one dimesional MSU team.
Northwestern +2–I’ve liked this team all year. Miss St fell apart late in the season when they played anybody with a winning record.
Wisconsin +6.5–Barry coming back to coach the team is going to amp up the Badgers. Field goal type game, Ill take points!
Nebraska +10–Georgia might not be interested in this game and losing their best defender could hurt against this rushing attack that got EMBARRASSED last time out.
Oklahoma +4.5–Tired of hearing bout Johnny Football, everybody loves the guy and he has been doing everything but getting focused to beat OKL–Ill take the points!
Pitt +3.5–Pitt has a QB that has been there since the 80’s. Ill take the experience.
Irish 24 Bama 21
Rutgers +2.5
Syracuse +4
Oregon St -2
Vanderbilt -7
Georgia Tech +10
Northwestern +2
South Carolina -5
Oklahoma +4.5
Ole Miss -3.5
Kansas St +9
Tie Breaker
Ole Miss 28
Pittsburgh 17
Thanks guys for a great year,
Enjoyed it!
Ohio/ULMonroe UNDER the total
Rutgers/VTech UNDER the total
WV/Syracuse OVER the total
NCST/Vanderbilt UNDER the total
GTech/USC UNDER the total
Tulsa/Iowa St UNDER the total
Michigan/SC UNDER the total
Neb/Georgia OVER the total
Wisconsin/Stanford UNDER the total
Nill/Florida St. UNDER the total
Tiebreaker: Florida 27
Louisville 20
oregon st
tcu under
georgia tech
iowa st
lsu
northwestern
forida
oregon
oklahoma
alabama 24-13
Navy +14.5
Iowa St PK
LSU -4
OK St -16.5
Northwestern +2
Michigan +5
NIU +13.5
Oregon -9
Ole Miss -3.5
Kent St +4
NW 35 – MSU 24
AF – Rice U
Navy +
Syracuse +
Michigan St +
Michigan +
Nebraska +
Kansas St – Oregon U
Oklahoma +
Pitt+
Notre Dame + (24-21 Irish)
ND +10
Ole Miss -3.5
OU +4.5
GaTech +10
Neb +10
FSU -13.5
Louisville +13.5
Kent St +4
Clemson +4
Wisconsin +6.5
Tiebreaker OU 41 A&M 35
Kansas. + 9
Northern Illinois. + 13.5
South Carolina. – 5
Lsu -4
Georgia tech. + 10
Vandy – 7
Northwestern. + 2
Texas a & m. – 4.5
Pitt +. 3.5
Georgia and Nebraska. Over 60.5
Tiebreaker. Texas a&m. 48. Oklahoma. 34
Georgia Tech +10
USC/GT under 64
Tulsa/ISU over 51.5
LSU -4
Northwestern +2
Nebraska +10
Stanford -6.5
Oregon/KST under 75
Oklahoma +4.5 (Oklahoma 31-30)
Notre Dame +10
Thanks for all the great writeups, picks and information this year guys. Love the site and looking forward to bigger and better things next season.
GT+10
NW+2
Wisc+6′
Wis un47′
NIU+13′
FSU un58′
KSt+9
Ore un75
KentSt+4
ND+10
Wis 21-18
how about a update as to who still has a chance
Here are the standings so far, but there are several people right around .500 (or a game above) w/ a lot of games remaining:
Alex Rennie 3-1
DJ 5-2
Chez Sez 5-2
ERock Money 4-2
Paul Compton 5-1
Jose Mendez 5-1
David Eckes 4-2
Ave Atlantica 3-1
Tim H 2-0
Harnpar 2-1
bearmz 1-0
Alright guys, please correct me if I missed someone or something, but I believe the winner of The Saturday Edge College Football Bowl contest is Paul Compton.
Paul and DJ both ended the bowl contest with 8-2 records (NICE!). However based on their tie-breaker scores, Paul ends up as our winner. He picked Michigan State to beat TCU 17-14 (3 point difference) & the actual score was 17-16 (1 point difference)….. which equals 2 for the tie-breaker (3-1 = 2).
DJ picked Utah State to beat Toledo 38-24 (14) & the actual score was 41-15 (26 point difference) … which equals 12 for the tie-breaker (26-14 = 12).
So congrats to Paul Compton for winning the first TSE College Football Bowl contest.
Congratulations also to DJ for a fine bowl season and I would like to thank everyone who participated in the bowl contest. It was a lot of fun and I look forward to doing it again next year.
Congrats Paul, thought I had it, but it’s all cool. Also thanks to everyone on this site for some great winners throughout the season. See y’all next year.
Thanks, all. I’m feeling a bit lucky since I didn’t understand exactly how the tiebreaker worked when I entered. I thought it was just the differential from the final score for both teams (in which case I did amazingly well!). Not until later did I realize that if you didn’t pick the winner of the game correctly your tiebreaker was an automatic loser — I wouldn’t have picked a small dog as an outright winner like I did, lol.
See you again next season — I’ve personally become handicapping buddies with a couple of the cappers here on thesaturdayedge, so I’m twice a winner here 🙂 thanks.
Paul aka thecruncher