Bowl Pool - After Poinesttia Bowl

Good evening again.  I watched about 1 minute of the Poinsettia Bowl tonight.  I have to say that a lot of these games are not really all that interesting.  In years past, I would spend an inordinate amount of time watching game after game, only to be pretty disappointed.  At least this year, I have managed to watch fewer games.  I think the game I watched the most of so far was the Celebration Bowl, which was between two teams where I couldn't even tell you the mascot of either team.

Anyway, BYU beat Wyoming tonight, so all 3 of our undefeated sheets are still undefeated.  Favorites improve to 6-3 so far this bowl season.  I think that's about the right amount of upsets.  If you had told me at the beginning of the bowl season that 3 of the first 9 games would be upsets, I probably would have taken that.

Anyway, here are the points standings:

1. Freitag B.: 226 (0)

2. Brent E. #2: 219 (0)

3. Brent E. #1: 203 (-16)

4. Dave M.: 193 (-58)

5. Klei R.: 186 (0)

6. Hutch H.: 186 (-42)

7. Roth W.: 186 (-50)

8. Mark ESPN: 183 (-21)

9. Josiah T. #2: 178 (-29)

10. Michelle L. #1: 175 (-22)

11. Adam E.: 173 (-9)

12. Hal R. #1: 169 (-51)

12. Hal R. #2: 169 (-51)

14. Tim N.: 168 (-6)

15. Mason A.: 168 (-38)

16. Deborah G.: 167 (-67)

17. Mike S.: 164 (-55)

18. Michelle L. #2: 161 (-46)

19. Marc R.: 160 (-27)

20. Ben S.: 159 (-39)

21. Pete J. #1: 151 (-29)

22. Brent S.: 150 (-32)

23. Marc S.: 148 (-49)

24. Mike W.: 147 (-38)

25. Matt N.: 145 (-14)

26. Nick B.: 142 (-41)

27. Josiah T. #1: 141 (-48)

28. Ryan W.: 139 (-53)

29. Scott Her. #2: 137 (-33)

30. Damien R.: 134 (-30)

31. Jay H. #3: 133 (-98)

32. Scott H.: 132 (-40)

33. Ray R.: 128 (-50)

34. Kevin F. #1: 126 (-49)

35. Kevin F. #2: 112 (-64)

36. Jim P.: 109 (-18)

37. Pete J. #2: 104 (-76)

38. Stephanie P.: 103 (-30)

39. Brad R.: 95 (-93)

40. Julie S.: 91 (-131)

41. Dan S.: 88 (-134)

42. Jay H. #1: 84 (-77)

43. Dylan B.: 81 (-90)

44. Scott Her. #1: 79 (-60)

45. Dustin B.: 78 (-37)

46. Jim W.: 71 (-68)

47. Chad L.: 70 (-51)

48. Dorthea R.: 59 (-112)

49. Becky H.: 52 (-58)

50. Ally H.: 42 (-22)

51. Ash D.: 34 (-63)

52. Brett W.: 33 (-20)

53. Jay H. #2: 32 (-13)

54. Dan Du.: 32 (-114)

55. Dan Dz.: 24 (-66)

56. Nichole W.: 12 (-62)

Freitag B. maintains the lead, although perennial contender Brent E. is making a strong showing.  Here are the net point rankings:

1. Freitag B.: 226

2. Brent E. #2: 219

3. Brent E. #1: 187

4. Klei R.: 186

5. Adam E.: 164

6. Mark ESPN: 162

6. Tim N.: 162

8. Michelle L. #1: 153

9. Josiah T. #2: 149

10. Hutch H.: 144

11. Roth W.: 136

12. Dave M.: 135

13. Marc R.: 133

14. Matt N.: 131

15. Mason A.: 130

16. Pete J. #1: 122

17. Ben S.: 120

18. Brent S.: 118

18. Hal R. #1: 118

18. Hal R. #2: 118

21. Michelle L. #2: 115

22. Mike S.: 109

22. Mike W.: 109

24. Damien R.: 104

24. Scott Her. #2: 104

26. Nick B.: 101

27. Deborah G.: 100

28. Marc S.: 99

29. Josiah T. #1: 93

30. Scott H.: 92

31. Jim P.: 91

32. Ryan W.: 86

33. Ray R.: 78

34. Kevin F. #1: 77

35. Stephanie P.: 73

36. Kevin F. #2: 48

37. Dustin B.: 41

38. Jay H. #3: 35

39. Pete J. #2: 28

40. Ally H.: 20

41. Chad L.: 19

41. Jay H. #2: 19

41. Scott Her. #1: 19

44. Brett W.: 13

45. Jay H. #1: 7

46. Jim W.: 3

47. Brad R.: 2

48. Becky H.: -6

49. Dylan B.: -9

50. Ash D.: -29

51. Julie S.: -40

52. Dan Dz.: -42

53. Dan S.: -46

54. Nichole W.: -50

55. Dorthea R.: -53

56. Dan Du.: -82

Tomorrow's game doesn't promise to change much of the standings.  The Potato Bowl is the game with the 6th most points wagered on it.  That pretty much means that everyone thinks one team is going to mop the floor with the other team.  Below are the particulars:

Vegas line:  Colorado State -13.5

Median Pick:  Colorado State for 32.5

Picks:

Colorado State: 50 (average points: 30.64)

Idaho: 6 (average points: 22.67)

I have to admit that I was pretty surprised by the size of the Idaho points given the point spread.  At least 3 of the 6 people that took Idaho have them in their top 10, including Dorthea R. who took them for 39.  On the flip side, 2/3 of the people that took Colorado State have them in their top 10.  Maybe not surprisingly, the only person to have this as their max game is Freitag B.  My guess is that means there won't be any change at the top of the standings even if there is a massive upset.

Enjoy if you happen to watch the game.  I might catch some of it, especially if I leave work early tomorrow (which seems like a terrific idea).

Good Luck!!!!!!