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Well, we are finally done with the pool, and it all came down to the final game, which doesn’t always happen. Honestly, it may not have happened this year either, but everyone lost points due to matchups getting changed and bowl games getting cancelled.
The average sheet lost 141.5 points because of COVID-related
games. I was on the low end, with only
108 points lost in those games, while my Dad topped out the list with 204
points lost. That clearly skewed the
results, although the three people that won money were pretty close to the
average.
The take away for me with this data is that there are too
many bowl games. I particularly don’t like
when there are so many that they have to play more than one at the same
time. That just makes my job
harder. I propose one or two games a day
during the week, and 4 games on weekends.
One game at a time. That will
never happen, but I would like it. I
also may actually watch more of them if that were the case, but it’s hard to
say. I was pretty dead set against
watching many of the bowl games and I still watched all or part of easily 15 of
the games.
We also needed the Championship game to decide the winner of
this thing. We all knew Hutch was going
to get either 1st or 2nd, but every other place was up
for grabs. So, there was something on
the line in the last game.
So, here are the final standings of the 2021-22 Bowl Pool:
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1. Matt N.: 587
(-394) |
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2. Hutch H.: 577
(-404) |
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3. Chad L.: 552
(-429) |
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4. Becky H.: 551
(-430) |
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5. Dan D.: 545
(-436) |
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6. Klei R.: 535
(-446) |
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7. Mark A.: 534
(-447) |
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8. Cam L.: 533
(-448) |
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9. Scott H. #2:
530 (-451) |
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10. Dylan B.: 523
(-458) |
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11. Josiah T. #2:
521 (-460) |
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12. Brian K.: 507
(-474) |
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13. Adam O. #3:
503 (-478) |
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14. Mike W.: 500
(-481) |
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15. Josiah T. #1:
494 (-487) |
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16. Mike N.: 492
(-489) |
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17. Daniel E.:
484 (-497) |
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18. Brent S.: 483
(-498) |
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19. Adam O. #2:
482 (-499) |
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20. Dylan L.: 481
(-500) |
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21. Jay H. #2:
480 (-501) |
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22. Adam O. #1:
478 (-503) |
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23. Michelle L.
#1: 477 (-504) |
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24. Jason S.: 474
(-507) |
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25. Marc R.: 472
(-509) |
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25. Ben S.: 472
(-509) |
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27. Ryan W.: 462
(-519) |
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28. Adam O. #4:
456 (-525) |
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29. Damien R.:
448 (-533) |
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30. Michelle L.
#2: 441 (-540) |
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31. Stefan K.:
440 (-541) |
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32. Larry G. #2:
436 (-545) |
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33. Pete J. #2:
435 (-546) |
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34. Brad R.: 425
(-556) |
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35. Scott H. #1:
423 (-558) |
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36. Lee K.: 416
(-565) |
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37. Amy L.: 415
(-566) |
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38. Pete J. #1:
409 (-572) |
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39. Dustin B.:
402 (-579) |
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39. Jay H. #1:
402 (-579) |
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41. Brett W.: 398
(-583) |
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42. Tom B.: 395
(-586) |
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43. Matt M.: 393
(-588) |
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44. Adam E.: 390
(-591) |
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45. Larry G. #1:
380 (-601) |
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46. Weston T.
(Shane): 370 (-611) |
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47. Emily T.: 367
(-614) |
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48. Doug L.: 357
(-624) |
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49. Ally H.: 354
(-627) |
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50. Grant F.: 333
(-648) |
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51. Creighton H.:
304 (-677) |
Congratulations to Matt N.
He is the big winner this year.
Matt N. was always lurking at the top of the % chance
rankings from the start. In my initial
calculations, he was 4th with a 7.7% chance to win. He dropped down as low as 5th
after the Tennessee loss in the Liberty Bowl with a 4.7% chance to win. His odds almost doubles after Pitt lost to
Michigan State and he survived a must-win game with Georgia over Michigan. All in all, he 8-3 over the last 11 games, picking
up 251 points and only dropping 43 (with 22 coming in the LSU / Kansas State
game, when his odds couldn’t change).
However, he wasn’t the person that picked the most games
correctly. That honor goes to 2nd
place finisher, Hutch H. Hutch H. picked
27 games correctly to beat the field by 2 games. Matt N. had 25 to come in 2nd. The average # of correct guesses was 19.27,
so these two really separated themselves from the field. Hutch, I know has won this pool before. I’m not sure what his secret is, but it’s not
easy to even place in these pools, so to get money in more than one is very
impressive.
Some more fun facts:
Highest points per win: Adam O. #4: 26.82 (456 points / 17
wins)
Lowest points per win: Emily T.: 19.32 (367 points / 19 wins)
Most Top 10 wins: 5 people tied with 8
Least Top 10 wins: 2 people tied with 2 (Emily T., Grant F.)
Best finish for someone who was dead for 1st when
I first calculated odds: Josiah T. #2 (11th place)
Best finish for someone who was totally dead when I first
calculated odds: Dylan L. (20th place).
# of people knocked out of all 3 payouts by the same team: 6
(Adam O. #3, Josiah T. #1 – Pitt, Ben S. – Tennessee, Stefan K. – Cincinnati,
Pete J. #2, Brad R. – Michigan)=
I hope everyone enjoyed the pool this year. It was pretty stressful as we were doing it complements
of COVID. Here’s hoping that next year
is smoother and that March Madness goes better (it went OK last year).
Thanks!!!!!!
