After Texas Bowl

Well, there are 3 more Bowl games in the books today.  Two of them were technically upsets, since the teams that was picked less often won the game outright.  The non-upset was pretty lopsided though, so we wound up ahead on points as a group.

As a group, we managed to get 1.48 games correct out of 3.  The average points won was 26.18, which is pretty low.  I think we knew going in that there weren't a lot of points at stake today, so that's not a big surprise.  The average points lost today was 22.45.

Only 2 people managed to go 3/3, and it's pretty amazing that the some of the same names come up when I talk about the extremes.  The first person to go 3/3 was Hal R. #1 (34 total points - Move up from 29th to 24th).  The big winner of the day was Presley J., who was a big loser the other day.  Today he went 3/3, gaining 64 points in the process.  Unfortunately, it was only good enough to move him up from 53rd to 46th.

On the opposite end of the spectrum, there were 4 people that went 0/3 today.  The worst of them was Dave M., who lost 63 points today.  That was enough to drop him only from 44th to 48th.  I am getting the impression that moving a lot in this pool is becoming very difficult.  Someone is going to have to really buck a trend if they are going to spring to the top of the board from a low position at this point.

Here are the standings:

1. CBS Hinnen: 316 (-92)

2. Ray R.: 293 (-129)

3. CBS Fornelli: 290 (-95)

4. Mark N. #2: 285 (-96)

5. Brett W.: 276 (-225)

6. Hal R. #3: 274 (-131)

7. Adam E.: 267 (-80)

8. Ryan W.: 267 (-133)

9. Mike W.: 265 (-156)

10. Mike S.: 250 (-73)

11. Bruce G.: 246 (-159)

12. Andrew D.: 246 (-182)

13. Carl B.: 241 (-47)

14. Dustin B.: 240 (-84)

15. Ryan G.: 240 (-101)

16. Hutch H. #1: 240 (-137)

17. Jim W.: 240 (-170)

18. Brent E. #1: 237 (-90)

19. Marc R.: 235 (-127)

20. Daniel D.: 234 (-112)

21. Chad L.: 231 (-140)

22. Sarah G.: 230 (-104)

23. Hal R. #2: 230 (-126)

24. Hal R. #1: 229 (-127)

25. Hutch H. #2: 227 (-123)

26. Ben W.: 226 (-184)

27. Brent S. #2: 224 (-119)

28. Brent E. #2: 220 (-90)

29. Damien R. #2: 219 (-197)

30. Tim N.: 217 (-116)

31. Mark N. #1: 217 (-138)

32. Andrew O.: 217 (-184)

33. Scott H. #2: 216 (-73)

34. Matt N.: 216 (-130)

35. Scott H. #1: 214 (-119)

36. Brent S. #1: 214 (-146)

37. Klei R.: 211 (-211)

38. Pete J. #2: 210 (-174)

39. Ally H.: 203 (-246)

40. Pete J. #1: 202 (-182)

41. Michelle L. #1: 201 (-129)

42. Kevin W.: 192 (-73)

43. Amos W.: 188 (-193)

44. Lance L.: 184 (-105)

45. Michelle L. #2: 182 (-166)

46. Presley J.: 177 (-193)

47. Brad R.: 172 (-223)

48. Dave M.: 160 (-158)

49. Damien R. #1: 159 (-146)

50. Sally R.: 158 (-168)

51. Becky H.: 155 (-245)

52. Mandi A.: 147 (-223)

53. Chad C.: 145 (-86)

54. Jay H. #2: 120 (-118)

55. Dylan B.: 112 (-157)

56. Jay H. #1: 104 (-127)

...and the net points standings:

1. CBS Hinnen: 224

2. CBS Fornelli: 195

3. Carl B.: 194

4. Mark N. #2: 189

5. Adam E.: 187

6. Mike S.: 177

7. Ray R.: 164

8. Dustin B.: 156

9. Brent E. #1: 147

10. Hal R. #3: 143

10. Scott H. #2: 143

12. Ryan G.: 139

13. Ryan W.: 134

14. Brent E. #2: 130

15. Sarah G.: 126

16. Daniel D.: 122

17. Kevin W.: 119

18. Mike W.: 109

19. Marc R.: 108

20. Brent S. #2: 105

21. Hal R. #2: 104

21. Hutch H. #2: 104

23. Hutch H. #1: 103

24. Hal R. #1: 102

25. Tim N.: 101

26. Scott H. #1: 95

27. Chad L.: 91

28. Bruce G.: 87

29. Matt N.: 86

30. Mark N. #1: 79

30. Lance L.: 79

32. Michelle L. #1: 72

33. Jim W.: 70

34. Brent S. #1: 68

35. Andrew D.: 64

36. Chad C.: 59

37. Brett W.: 51

38. Ben W.: 42

39. Pete J. #2: 36

40. Andrew O.: 33

41. Damien R. #2: 22

42. Pete J. #1: 20

43. Michelle L. #2: 16

44. Damien R. #1: 13

45. Dave M.: 2

45. Jay H. #2: 2

47. Klei R.: 0

48. Amos W.: -5

49. Sally R.: -10

50. Presley J.: -16

51. Jay H. #1: -23

52. Ally H.: -43

53. Dylan B.: -45

54. Brad R.: -51

55. Mandi A.: -76

56. Becky H.: -90

I've derided the CBS "experts" from day 1, but I am looking like a big plate of crow is being prepared for me.  They are having a really good run so far.  I'm still convinced they will eventually lose, but so far they are hanging tough.

There are 3 more games tomorrow, so here's the breakdown.  There may be some opportunity to move way up if there's a big upset:

Music City Bowl:

Vegas Line: LSU  -7.5 over Notre Dame

Total points wagered: 1616 (4th overall)

Picks for LSU: 49 (average pick: 30.37 points)

Picks for Notre Dame: 7 (average pick: 18.29 points)

Average points: LSU for 24.3 points.

Median pick: LSU for 31 points.

Here are the picks for LSU:

Presley J.: 38

Bruce G.: 38

Ben W.: 37

Matt N.: 37

Carl B.: 36

Hutch H. #1: 36

Jim W.: 36

Lance L.: 36

Ryan W.: 36

Scott H. #2: 36

Tim N.: 36

Jay H. #2: 35

Hal R. #1: 34

Hal R. #2: 34

Hal R. #3: 34

Marc R.: 34

Michelle L. #2: 33

Pete J. #1: 33

Pete J. #2: 33

Scott H. #1: 33

Adam E.: 32

Becky H.: 32

Hutch H. #2: 32

Michelle L. #1: 32

Ryan G.: 32

Sarah G.: 32

Brad R.: 31

Daniel D.: 31

Mark N. #1: 31

Brent E. #1: 30

Brent E. #2: 30

CBS Fornelli: 30

Ray R.: 30

Brent S. #1: 29

Chad L.: 29

Kevin W.: 29

Sally R.: 29

Brent S. #2: 27

Amos W.: 26

Dustin B.: 26

Ally H.: 25

Andrew O.: 25

Mike S.: 25

Mike W.: 24

Andrew D.: 23

Jay H. #1: 22

CBS Hinnen: 21

Klei R.: 9

Brett W.: 9

...and for Notre Dame:

Chad C.: 38

Mandi A.: 32

Damien R. #1: 20

Dylan B.: 17

Dave M.: 9

Mark N. #2: 7

Damien R. #2: 5

Belk Bowl:

Vegas Line: Georgia  -7 over Louisville

Total points wagered: 1370 (8th overall)

Picks for Georgia: 47 (average pick: 26.3 points)

Picks for Louisville: 9 (average pick: 14.89 points)

Average points: Georgia for 19.7 points.

Median pick: Georgia for 28 points.

Picks for Georgia:

Scott H. #2: 37

Andrew O.: 36

Scott H. #1: 36

Brent S. #1: 35

Damien R. #2: 34

Kevin W.: 34

Hal R. #1: 33

Hal R. #2: 33

Mike S.: 33

Mike W.: 33

CBS Hinnen: 31

Lance L.: 31

Carl B.: 30

Dave M.: 30

Pete J. #1: 30

Pete J. #2: 30

Adam E.: 29

Hutch H. #1: 29

Hutch H. #2: 29

Ryan G.: 29

Sarah G.: 29

Amos W.: 28

Brent E. #1: 28

Brent E. #2: 28

Brent S. #2: 28

CBS Fornelli: 28

Daniel D.: 28

Dustin B.: 28

Mark N. #1: 28

Ray R.: 27

Michelle L. #1: 26

Matt N.: 25

Ben W.: 24

Ryan W.: 24

Jay H. #1: 23

Michelle L. #2: 23

Chad C.: 22

Damien R. #1: 21

Klei R.: 19

Mark N. #2: 19

Andrew D.: 18

Dylan B.: 18

Brett W.: 18

Becky H.: 12

Presley J.: 10

Jim W.: 8

Mandi A.: 4

Picks for Louisville:

Ally H.: 35

Bruce G.: 34

Sally R.: 23

Jay H. #2: 22

Tim N.: 9

Brad R.: 6

Marc R.: 3

Chad L.: 1

Hal R. #3: 1

...and finally:

Foster Farms Bowl:

Vegas Line: Stanford -14 over Maryland

Total points wagered: 1752 (1st overall)

Picks for Stanford: 54 (average pick: 32.11 points)

Picks for Louisville: 2 (average pick: 9 points)

Average points: Stanford for 30.6 points.

Median pick: Stanford for 37 points.

Here are the picks for Stanford:

Adam E.: 38

CBS Fornelli: 38

CBS Hinnen: 38

Daniel D.: 38

Hal R. #1: 38

Hal R. #2: 38

Hal R. #3: 38

Hutch H. #1: 38

Hutch H. #2: 38

Jay H. #2: 38

Kevin W.: 38

Lance L.: 38

Mark N. #1: 38

Mark N. #2: 38

Michelle L. #2: 38

Pete J. #1: 38

Pete J. #2: 38

Ryan G.: 38

Sarah G.: 38

Tim N.: 38

Brent E. #1: 37

Brent E. #2: 37

Brent S. #1: 37

Damien R. #2: 37

Dave M.: 37

Marc R.: 37

Michelle L. #1: 37

Mike S.: 37

Mike W.: 37

Amos W.: 36

Becky H.: 36

Matt N.: 35

Presley J.: 35

Brent S. #2: 34

Scott H. #1: 34

Carl B.: 33

Klei R.: 33

Bruce G.: 33

Ryan W.: 31

Mandi A.: 29

Sally R.: 26

Chad L.: 25

Jay H. #1: 24

Ray R.: 24

Chad C.: 23

Damien R. #1: 23

Dylan B.: 20

Scott H. #2: 20

Ally H.: 19

Andrew D.: 17

Brad R.: 15

Andrew O.: 14

Brett W.: 14

Ben W.: 8

...and the brave souls who took Maryland:

Jim W.: 15

Dustin B.: 3

So, we have a ton of points up for grabs tomorrow.  We have had 15/17 of the bottom bowls in terms of points already played, so we are getting into the part of the pool where there are a lot of points available.  Good luck to everyone!!!!!