Bowl Pool 2016 - All chalk edition

Good evening.  Another day, another 3 bowl games down.  Can you believe we still have 25 games to go?!  That seems like a lot to me.  I was watching the QuickLane Bowl today and it occurred to me that there is a pretty vast difference between the teams that get to play in the NCAA basketball tournament and the teams that get to play in Bowl games.  Every year, I hear a theory that you should at least be .500 in conference play to make the basketball tournament, but Boston College was something like 2-6 in conference play this year, and there they were, taking on a Maryland team that really wasn't much better.  I think that's probably why pools like this exist.  Why else would anyone watch these teams?

Anyway, there were 3 games, and compliments of a last second miss on a potentially game winner FG from Miami (Ohio), everyone got some points.  All 3 favorites won today, so the average sheet won 2.07 games, and 47.09 points.  The average sheet also lost 12.39 points today.

We have a new leader, since Freitag B. chose Miami (Ohio) for 34 points today.  That current leader is Mark ESPN.  I think I mentioned this before, but this is the sheet I entered copying straight out of an ESPN article I read.  I typically enter picks like this just to prove the point that "experts" on TV don't know much more than the rest of us, but maybe they do this year.  There's a lot of games left, so who knows....

12 sheets went perfect today, so it should be no surprise that they all filled out the top 5 point gainers today.  Here were the people that gained the most points:

4.  Brett W. (73)

4.  Dan Dz.  (73)

3.  Marc S.  (74)

2.  Becky H.  (78)

1.  Chad L.  (90)

Good picking to those people.  Here are the updated standings:

1. Mark ESPN: 345 (-54)

2. Freitag B.: 336 (-75)

3. Brent E. #2: 326 (-42)

4. Brent E. #1: 310 (-58)

5. Roth W.: 298 (-114)

6. Klei R.: 289 (-66)

7. Nick B.: 283 (-81)

8. Dave M.: 282 (-125)

9. Pete J. #1: 274 (-63)

10. Hal R. #1: 274 (-116)

10. Hal R. #2: 274 (-116)

12. Tim N.: 270 (-77)

13. Hutch H.: 268 (-98)

14. Josiah T. #2: 268 (-101)

15. Marc S.: 264 (-99)

16. Adam E.: 260 (-70)

17. Michelle L. #2: 260 (-88)

18. Mike S.: 257 (-90)

19. Mike W.: 255 (-93)

20. Mason A.: 254 (-85)

21. Michelle L. #1: 247 (-83)

22. Scott H.: 247 (-104)

23. Marc R.: 242 (-91)

24. Damien R.: 228 (-63)

25. Scott Her. #2: 225 (-74)

26. Brent S.: 221 (-84)

27. Deborah G.: 220 (-133)

28. Josiah T. #1: 218 (-123)

29. Stephanie P.: 217 (-117)

30. Matt N.: 216 (-87)

31. Jim P.: 213 (-87)

32. Pete J. #2: 209 (-128)

33. Ben S.: 206 (-103)

34. Kevin F. #1: 205 (-102)

35. Kevin F. #2: 201 (-107)

36. Dan S.: 197 (-187)

37. Julie S.: 192 (-192)

38. Ryan W.: 186 (-133)

39. Ray R.: 185 (-143)

40. Jim W.: 182 (-157)

41. Scott Her. #1: 181 (-85)

42. Jay H. #3: 181 (-166)

43. Chad L.: 160 (-159)

44. Becky H.: 154 (-103)

45. Brad R.: 149 (-207)

46. Ally H.: 148 (-92)

47. Dorthea R.: 134 (-194)

48. Dan Dz.: 122 (-153)

49. Brett W.: 118 (-63)

50. Dan Du.: 115 (-180)

51. Dylan B.: 115 (-189)

52. Dustin B.: 109 (-81)

53. Jay H. #1: 100 (-201)

54. Jay H. #2: 99 (-54)

55. Ash D.: 83 (-179)

56. Nichole W.: 28 (-146)

...and the net points rankings:

1. Mark ESPN: 291

2. Brent E. #2: 284

3. Freitag B.: 261

4. Brent E. #1: 252

5. Klei R.: 223

6. Pete J. #1: 211

7. Nick B.: 202

8. Tim N.: 193

9. Adam E.: 190

10. Roth W.: 184

11. Michelle L. #2: 172

12. Hutch H.: 170

13. Mason A.: 169

14. Josiah T. #2: 167

14. Mike S.: 167

16. Marc S.: 165

16. Damien R.: 165

18. Michelle L. #1: 164

19. Mike W.: 162

20. Hal R. #1: 158

20. Hal R. #2: 158

22. Dave M.: 157

23. Marc R.: 151

23. Scott Her. #2: 151

25. Scott H.: 143

26. Brent S.: 137

27. Matt N.: 129

28. Jim P.: 126

29. Ben S.: 103

29. Kevin F. #1: 103

31. Stephanie P.: 100

32. Scott Her. #1: 96

33. Josiah T. #1: 95

34. Kevin F. #2: 94

35. Deborah G.: 87

36. Pete J. #2: 81

37. Ally H.: 56

38. Brett W.: 55

39. Ryan W.: 53

40. Becky H.: 51

41. Jay H. #2: 45

42. Ray R.: 42

43. Dustin B.: 28

44. Jim W.: 25

45. Jay H. #3: 15

46. Dan S.: 10

47. Chad L.: 1

48. Julie S.: 0

49. Dan Dz.: -31

50. Brad R.: -58

51. Dorthea R.: -60

52. Dan Du.: -65

53. Dylan B.: -74

54. Ash D.: -96

55. Jay H. #1: -101

56. Nichole W.: -118

But the beat goes on tomorrow, as we have another 4 games.  There will be a lot of points up for grabs tomorrow, as 3/4 of the games are in the top 10 for points wagered, and the fourth is 16th.  It also means that a lot of the people picked the same teams...

Cactus Bowl:

Vegas Line: Boise State -7.5

Median pick:  Boise State for 28

Picks:

Boise State:  52 (average points: 26.73)

Baylor:  4  (average points: 27.50)

Heart of Dallas Bowl:

Vegas Line: Army -10

Median Pick:  Army for 19.5

Picks:

Army:  45 (average points: 24.38)

North Texas: 11 (average points: 20.91)

Holiday Bowl:

Vegas Line: Washington State -10

Median pick: Washington State for 30

picks:

Washington State:  52  (average points: 28.35)

Minnesota: 4  (average points: 12.75)

Military Bowl:

Vegas Line: Temple -11.5

Median pick:  Temple for 32

Picks:

Temple: 53 (average points: 30.02)

Wake Forest: 3 (average points: 7.67)

Like I said, a lot of points, but given that 39 sheets have the same 4 teams (Boise State, Army, Washington State & Temple), there may not be much movement in the standings, unless there is a big upset, which you know I almost always root for.

Good luck everyone!!!