NCAA Bowl Pool - Quick post-Christmas recap

Good morning.  I spent all day yesterday at my parents eating way too much food, so I didn't give any kind of update or preview to today's games.  There was a game on Christmas Eve, so there was some changes to the standings.  It was our 5th upset of the season, with Hawaii beating Middle Tennessee in the Hawaii Bowl.

Here are the up to date points rankings:

1. Freitag B.: 307 (-41)

2. Mark ESPN: 288 (-54)

3. Brent E. #2: 263 (-37)

4. Brent E. #1: 247 (-53)

5. Roth W.: 245 (-113)

6. Dave M.: 237 (-114)

7. Klei R.: 230 (-31)

8. Tim N.: 228 (-62)

9. Nick B.: 225 (-81)

10. Pete J. #1: 215 (-63)

11. Michelle L. #2: 214 (-85)

12. Hal R. #1: 214 (-106)

12. Hal R. #2: 214 (-106)

14. Hutch H.: 208 (-91)

15. Michelle L. #1: 204 (-66)

16. Josiah T. #2: 204 (-101)

17. Mike W.: 203 (-90)

18. Deborah G.: 203 (-123)

19. Adam E.: 199 (-58)

20. Mason A.: 198 (-80)

21. Mike S.: 196 (-90)

22. Scott H.: 194 (-96)

23. Scott Her. #2: 193 (-71)

24. Marc S.: 190 (-99)

25. Julie S.: 185 (-162)

26. Dan S.: 182 (-165)

27. Marc R.: 181 (-91)

28. Jim P.: 176 (-69)

29. Stephanie P.: 174 (-89)

30. Pete J. #2: 173 (-105)

31. Brent S.: 170 (-80)

32. Ben S.: 167 (-88)

33. Kevin F. #1: 166 (-94)

34. Damien R.: 162 (-54)

35. Matt N.: 158 (-73)

36. Josiah T. #1: 157 (-120)

37. Kevin F. #2: 155 (-106)

38. Ray R.: 150 (-111)

39. Ryan W.: 149 (-130)

40. Jay H. #3: 144 (-136)

41. Scott Her. #1: 142 (-74)

42. Brad R.: 135 (-171)

43. Jim W.: 130 (-135)

44. Dorthea R.: 98 (-194)

45. Ally H.: 91 (-58)

46. Dustin B.: 85 (-70)

47. Dylan B.: 84 (-160)

48. Jay H. #1: 84 (-171)

49. Becky H.: 76 (-103)

50. Chad L.: 70 (-159)

51. Dan Du.: 70 (-170)

52. Jay H. #2: 68 (-37)

53. Ash D.: 56 (-148)

54. Dan Dz.: 49 (-153)

55. Brett W.: 45 (-63)

56. Nichole W.: 12 (-117)

...and the up to date net points:

1. Freitag B.: 266

2. Mark ESPN: 234

3. Brent E. #2: 226

4. Klei R.: 199

5. Brent E. #1: 194

6. Tim N.: 166

7. Pete J. #1: 152

8. Nick B.: 144

9. Adam E.: 141

10. Michelle L. #1: 138

11. Roth W.: 132

12. Michelle L. #2: 129

13. Dave M.: 123

14. Scott Her. #2: 122

15. Mason A.: 118

16. Hutch H.: 117

17. Mike W.: 113

18. Hal R. #1: 108

18. Hal R. #2: 108

18. Damien R.: 108

21. Jim P.: 107

22. Mike S.: 106

23. Josiah T. #2: 103

24. Scott H.: 98

25. Marc S.: 91

26. Marc R.: 90

26. Brent S.: 90

28. Stephanie P.: 85

28. Matt N.: 85

30. Deborah G.: 80

31. Ben S.: 79

32. Kevin F. #1: 72

33. Pete J. #2: 68

33. Scott Her. #1: 68

35. Kevin F. #2: 49

36. Ray R.: 39

37. Josiah T. #1: 37

38. Ally H.: 33

39. Jay H. #2: 31

40. Julie S.: 23

41. Ryan W.: 19

42. Dan S.: 17

43. Dustin B.: 15

44. Jay H. #3: 8

45. Jim W.: -5

46. Brett W.: -18

47. Becky H.: -27

48. Brad R.: -36

49. Dylan B.: -76

50. Jay H. #1: -87

51. Chad L.: -89

52. Ash D.: -92

53. Dorthea R.: -96

54. Dan Du.: -100

55. Dan Dz.: -104

56. Nichole W.: -105

There are 3 games today, ranging in point value from the 2nd most (St. Petersburg Bowl) to the 2nd least (Quick Lane Bowl)

Here are the particulars:

St. Petersburg Bowl:

Vegas Line:  Mississippi State -13.5

Median Pick: Mississippi State for 36.5 points

Picks:

Mississippi State: 52 (average points: 31.40)

Miami-Ohio: 4 (average points: 18.25)

Quick Lane Bowl:

Vegas Line: Boston College -1

Median Pick: Boston College for 2

Picks:

Boston College: 28 (average points: 14.21)

Maryland: 28 (average points: 9.00)

Independence Bowl:

Vegas Line: NC State -4

Median Pick: NC State for 10

Picks:

NC State: 36 (average points: 16.83)

Vanderbilt: 20 (average points: 18.45)

Good Luck to everyone!!  I'll be back tonight with a recap and  a look towards the 4 games that go off tomorrow.