The "Upsets Galore" edition.

Well, if you liked upsets, today was the day for you.  I think I mentioned this yesterday, but there were a lot of points up for grabs today, and a lot of lopsided game picks.  As such, there weren't a ton of points to go around.  As a matter of fact, there were no less than 10 people today that went 0/4, with Matt N. taking the worst of the pounding losing a grand total of 135 points today.

There was a clear winner today though.  That person was Dorthea R.   She was the only person to go 4/4, picking up 74 points in the process.  Actually, only one other person even managed to go 3/4 today, and that was Nichole W.

The average person only managed to get 1 game right today.  That means that the average amount of points won today was 22.88, but the average amount of points lost was 83.66.  I always encourage people to take chances in these pools, as days like today could have really paid off.  As it was, most of the picks were in the same direction, so there wasn't much movement in the standings.

Here are the total points standings:

1. Mark ESPN: 364 (-143)

2. Brent E. #2: 359 (-140)

3. Brent E. #1: 343 (-156)

4. Freitag B.: 336 (-198)

5. Roth W.: 332 (-214)

6. Klei R.: 328 (-151)

7. Nick B.: 317 (-182)

8. Hal R. #1: 312 (-173)

8. Hal R. #2: 312 (-173)

10. Tim N.: 304 (-170)

11. Dave M.: 304 (-208)

12. Hutch H.: 301 (-178)

13. Adam E.: 296 (-164)

14. Michelle L. #2: 293 (-191)

15. Mike W.: 292 (-174)

16. Marc S.: 288 (-192)

17. Mike S.: 287 (-187)

18. Josiah T. #2: 284 (-198)

19. Michelle L. #1: 281 (-188)

20. Marc R.: 276 (-187)

21. Pete J. #1: 274 (-172)

22. Deborah G.: 261 (-174)

23. Mason A.: 254 (-210)

24. Scott Her. #2: 251 (-186)

25. Scott H.: 247 (-232)

26. Stephanie P.: 238 (-207)

27. Brent S.: 236 (-138)

28. Josiah T. #1: 234 (-219)

29. Jim P.: 233 (-174)

30. Ben S.: 232 (-202)

31. Damien R.: 228 (-168)

32. Kevin F. #1: 225 (-201)

33. Kevin F. #2: 221 (-204)

34. Matt N.: 216 (-222)

35. Dan S.: 215 (-238)

36. Pete J. #2: 212 (-234)

37. Julie S.: 210 (-243)

38. Dorthea R.: 208 (-194)

39. Jay H. #3: 198 (-228)

40. Ryan W.: 197 (-198)

41. Ray R.: 197 (-247)

42. Becky H.: 193 (-133)

43. Jim W.: 182 (-239)

44. Scott Her. #1: 181 (-178)

45. Dan Dz.: 177 (-209)

46. Brad R.: 173 (-284)

47. Ally H.: 170 (-157)

48. Chad L.: 168 (-211)

49. Dylan B.: 149 (-248)

50. Dan Du.: 147 (-285)

51. Brett W.: 118 (-137)

52. Jay H. #2: 117 (-114)

53. Jay H. #1: 114 (-289)

54. Dustin B.: 109 (-181)

55. Ash D.: 103 (-259)

56. Nichole W.: 84 (-164)

...and the net points standings:

1. Mark ESPN: 221

2. Brent E. #2: 219

3. Brent E. #1: 187

4. Klei R.: 177

5. Hal R. #1: 139

5. Hal R. #2: 139

7. Freitag B.: 138

8. Nick B.: 135

9. Tim N.: 134

10. Adam E.: 132

11. Hutch H.: 123

12. Roth W.: 118

12. Mike W.: 118

14. Michelle L. #2: 102

14. Pete J. #1: 102

16. Mike S.: 100

17. Brent S.: 98

18. Dave M.: 96

18. Marc S.: 96

20. Michelle L. #1: 93

21. Marc R.: 89

22. Deborah G.: 87

23. Josiah T. #2: 86

24. Scott Her. #2: 65

25. Damien R.: 60

25. Becky H.: 60

27. Jim P.: 59

28. Mason A.: 44

29. Stephanie P.: 31

30. Ben S.: 30

31. Kevin F. #1: 24

32. Kevin F. #2: 17

33. Scott H.: 15

33. Josiah T. #1: 15

35. Dorthea R.: 14

36. Ally H.: 13

37. Scott Her. #1: 3

37. Jay H. #2: 3

39. Ryan W.: -1

40. Matt N.: -6

41. Brett W.: -19

42. Pete J. #2: -22

43. Dan S.: -23

44. Jay H. #3: -30

45. Dan Dz.: -32

46. Julie S.: -33

47. Chad L.: -43

48. Ray R.: -50

49. Jim W.: -57

50. Dustin B.: -72

51. Nichole W.: -80

52. Dylan B.: -99

53. Brad R.: -111

54. Dan Du.: -138

55. Ash D.: -156

56. Jay H. #1: -175

We are about 1/2 way through the bowl season, and the top of the standings seem to be well covered by 3 people, Brent E., Hal R. and myself (I entered under my name and "Mark ESPN").  There's still plenty of time for people to make a move, but they really ought to be doing soon.  We're getting down to not many games left pretty soon.

Here are the particulars on the 4 games tomorrow:

Foster Farms Bowl:

Vegas Line: Utah -7.5

Median Pick: Utah for 28

Picks:

Utah: 50 (average points: 27.86)

Indiana: 6  (average points: 13.00)

Pinstripe Bowl:

Vegas Line: Pittsburgh -6

Median Pick:  Pittsburgh for 20.5

Picks:

Pittsburgh: 47 (average points: 23.34)

Northwestern: 9  (average points: 21.67)

Russell Athletic Bowl:

Vegas Line: West Virginia -3

Median Pick:  0

Picks:

West Virginia: 28 (average points: 14.36)

Miami-Florida:  28 (average points: 14.18)

Texas Bowl:

Vegas Line:  Texas A&M -1.5

Median Pick:  Texas A&M for 9.5

Picks:

Texas A&M: 45 (average points: 15.44)

Kansas State: 11 (average points: 14.82)

Good luck to everyone tomorrow!!!    I'm hoping for more upsets.  It's much, much more fun when there are some.....