After BW3 Bowl - 12/28

Good evening everyone.  There were 4 games on TV today, so if you sat through all 4, you are a better football fan than I am.  My wife and I went to the movies.  Despite the fact that "Inside Llewyn Davis" was a little melancholy, it was still probably better than watching some of these games. 

Today all 4 favorites won.  The only problem with that is that in 2 of them, we went against the favorite as a group.  Michigan and Cincinnati didn't have very good showings in the least, so it seems like our confidence in them was ill-founded.  On the plus side, we collectively did better than yesterday.  The average today was 2.34 correct picks out of 4.  No one went 0/4.  The average amount of points won today was 46.10, and the average net points today was 21.82 points.  Only 23 people managed to lose more points than they won today.

Let's dole out the kudos today.  Here are the 8 people that went 4/4 today (with points)

1. Larry G. #3 (105 points)

2. Larry G. #1 (80 points)

3. Carl B. (77 points)

4. Roth W. #1 (69 points)

5. Kevin W. (62 points)

6. Jay H. #1 (60 points)

7. Scott Her. #2 (53 points)

8. Roth W. #2 (51 points)

That's some really good picking.  I'm sure we'll see a lot of those same names when I go over the biggest movers up the charts.  The top 5 net point gainers today were:

1. Larry G. #3 (105 points - 4 wins)

2. Larry G. #1 (80 points - 4 wins)

3. Steve D. (78 points - 3 wins)

4. Carl B. (77 points  - 4 wins)

5. Larry G. #2 (72 points - 3 wins)

That's some pretty good movement from Larry G.  I'm guessing that he was really counting on today to make this pool.  Obviously, that is working well for him.  He's right back in it after that performance.  Sadly, every coin has 2 sides, so here are the biggest net losers for the day:

t5. Dennis R. (-32 points - 1 win)

t5. Tim N. (-32 points - 1 win)

4. DesGru (-46 points - 1 win)

3. Marc R. #2 (-48 - 1 win)

2. Becky H. (-51 -1 win)

1. Sammie B. (-60 -1 win)

Amazingly, Sammie was our day 1 leader, but he has slowly dipped in the standings day after day (1st - 4th - 12th - 15th - 24th - 65th).  There isn't much further to fall, so maybe he can turn it around in the next few games.

As for the rankings, here are the top 5 movers on the day:

1. Larry G. #3 (72nd - 11th) + 61 places.

2. Steve D. (63rd - 18th) + 45 places.

3. Chris L. #1 (58th - 26th) +32 places.

4. Matt J. (60th - 31st) +29 places.

5. Larry G. #2 (79th - 51st) +28 places.

...and the top 5 droppers of the day:

5. Ben P. (32nd - 68th) -36 places.

4. Sammie B. (24th - 65th) -41 places.

3. Dennis R. (14th - 56th) -42 places.

2. Marc R. #2 (19th - 62nd) -43 places.

1. Becky H. (16th - 64th) -48 places.

Finally, after all that, we are at the list.  For the first time in the pool, we end a day with the same name at the top as we started the day.  Adam E. managed to keep the top spot, despite relinquishing it for a little while to Jim W. after the Russell Athletic Bowl.

1. Adam E.: 186 (-69)

2. Brent S. #1: 174 (-89)

3. Jim W.: 174 (-133)

4. Carl B.: 167 (-43)

5. Kansas C.: 165 (-53)

6. Brett W.: 165 (-130)

7. Roth W. #1: 163 (-50)

8. Bosun Ava: 162 (-143)

9. Huki Julie: 159 (-128)

10. Kevin F.: 158 (-122)

11. Larry G. #3: 155 (-65)

12. Michelle L. #1: 155 (-80)

13. BAD: 154 (-106)

14. Miguel D.: 147 (-77)

15. Chris L. #2: 146 (-61)

16. Klei R. #1: 146 (-79)

17. Bruce G.: 145 (-76)

18. Steve D.: 145 (-114)

19. Matt N.: 144 (-111)

20. Brent E. #2: 144 (-114)

21. Roth W. #2: 143 (-52)

22. Scott Has.: 143 (-70)

23. Karl K.: 142 (-118)

24. Hutch H. #2: 140 (-78)

25. Sally R.: 138 (-137)

26. Chris L. #1: 137 (-61)

27. Damien R. #2: 135 (-71)

28. Mike W.: 134 (-150)

29. Hutch H. #1: 133 (-85)

30. Klei R. #2: 132 (-68)

31. Matt J.: 132 (-113)

32. Luis B. #1: 131 (-183)

33. Erica A.: 130 (-37)

34. Marc R. #3: 129 (-110)

35. Justin: 129 (-178)

36. Chad L.: 127 (-74)

37. Mandi A.: 125 (-116)

38. Amos W.: 125 (-129)

39. Kevin W.: 124 (-77)

40. Michelle L. #2: 123 (-76)

41. Brent S. #2: 123 (-100)

42. Brad R.: 123 (-105)

43. Andy M.: 122 (-71)

44. Jay H. #1: 121 (-99)

45. James G. #2: 119 (-66)

46. Max W.: 119 (-142)

47. CJ: 118 (-72)

48. Mike L. #2: 118 (-86)

49. Scott Her. #1: 118 (-124)

50. Dave M.: 117 (-99)

51. Larry G. #2: 115 (-82)

52. Scott Her. #2: 114 (-82)

53. Luis B. #2: 114 (-188)

54. Mike L. #1: 112 (-94)

55. Larry G. #1: 112 (-99)

56. Dennis R.: 112 (-178)

57. Dre: 111 (-121)

58. Peter J. #1: 110 (-140)

59. Greg F.: 109 (-96)

60. Damien R. #1: 109 (-115)

61. Jeff W.: 107 (-74)

62. Marc R. #2: 107 (-163)

63. Jeff D.: 104 (-147)

64. Becky H: 99 (-129)

65. Sammie B.: 99 (-180)

66. Shawn S.: 98 (-149)

67. Peter J. #2: 98 (-152)

68. Ben P.: 97 (-107)

69. Tim N.: 97 (-129)

70. Ally H.: 97 (-240)

71. Easten S.: 95 (-117)

72. Abel R.: 94 (-70)

73. Michelle R.: 94 (-189)

74. Howard S.: 91 (-126)

75. Tony S.: 89 (-155)

76. Mike S.: 86 (-141)

77. Sailor Dan: 81 (-108)

78. Chad C.: 77 (-128)

79. Daryl J.: 72 (-48)

80. Amy D.: 72 (-114)

81. James G. #1: 71 (-95)

82. Brent E. #1: 66 (-54)

83. Jay H. #2: 60 (-60)

84. Jay H. #3: 58 (-74)

85. Brent E. #3: 57 (-63)

86. Ben W.: 51 (-132)

87. Jackie S.: 46 (-196)

88. Marc R. #1: 37 (-83)

89. DesGru: 30 (-150)

...and the net points rankings:

1. Carl B.: 124

2. Adam E.: 117

3. Roth W. #1: 113

4. Kansas C.: 112

5. Erica A.: 93

6. Roth W. #2: 91

7. Larry G. #3: 90

8. Brent S. #1: 85

8. Chris L. #2: 85

10. Chris L. #1: 76

11. Michelle L. #1: 75

12. Scott Has.: 73

13. Miguel D.: 70

14. Bruce G.: 69

15. Klei R. #1: 67

16. Damien R. #2: 64

16. Klei R. #2: 64

18. Hutch H. #2: 62

19. Chad L.: 53

19. James G. #2: 53

21. Andy M.: 51

22. BAD: 48

22. Hutch H. #1: 48

24. Kevin W.: 47

24. Michelle L. #2: 47

26. CJ: 46

27. Jim W.: 41

28. Kevin F.: 36

29. Brett W.: 35

30. Matt N.: 33

30. Larry G. #2: 33

30. Jeff W.: 33

33. Mike L. #2: 32

33. Scott Her. #2: 32

35. Huki Julie: 31

35. Steve D.: 31

37. Brent E. #2: 30

38. Karl K.: 24

38. Abel R.: 24

38. Daryl J.: 24

41. Brent S. #2: 23

42. Jay H. #1: 22

43. Bosun Ava: 19

43. Matt J.: 19

43. Marc R. #3: 19

46. Brad R.: 18

46. Dave M.: 18

46. Mike L. #1: 18

49. Larry G. #1: 13

49. Greg F.: 13

51. Brent E. #1: 12

52. Mandi A.: 9

53. Sally R.: 1

54. Jay H. #2: 0

55. Amos W.: -4

56. Scott Her. #1: -6

56. Damien R. #1: -6

56. Brent E. #3: -6

59. Dre: -10

59. Ben P.: -10

61. Mike W.: -16

61. Jay H. #3: -16

63. Easten S.: -22

64. Max W.: -23

65. James G. #1: -24

66. Sailor Dan: -27

67. Peter J. #1: -30

67. Becky H: -30

69. Tim N.: -32

70. Howard S.: -35

71. Amy D.: -42

72. Jeff D.: -43

73. Marc R. #1: -46

74. Justin: -49

75. Shawn S.: -51

75. Chad C.: -51

77. Luis B. #1: -52

78. Peter J. #2: -54

79. Mike S.: -55

80. Marc R. #2: -56

81. Dennis R.: -66

81. Tony S.: -66

83. Luis B. #2: -74

84. Sammie B.: -81

84. Ben W.: -81

86. Michelle R.: -95

87. DesGru: -120

88. Ally H.: -143

89. Jackie S.: -150

There are no games tomorrow, so I am going to take that opportunity to not write anything about the games on Monday until tomorrow.  I recommend taking some time out to digest everything we've seen up until now.  We've only seen 15/35 games so far.  When we are down to 16, that's when the real fun begins, as I can calculate the probabilities of winning.

Good luck!!!!!!