SmootyGator's Pick'Em - Bowl Week(s)

Queue the music!!! "It's the mooooost, wonderful tiiiiiiiime, of the year!!!" Bowl Games are right around the corner. The first bowl game is this Saturday, but it's not among the games for selection. The bowl games available for selection range from Tuesday December 17th and the last one (available) is New Year's Eve. That means that this portion of the contest will last for two weeks! As I stated in last week's thread, there appears to be some good matchups on paper at least. If I remember correctly last year wasn't the case. So... YAY!!!

Remember, since this is "Bowl Week", there will be 15 matchups available to choose from, and you will be pick 10 (TEN) games instead of the usual 5. Maximum scoring is 55 points this week instead of 15. So pick well, as this will be your best chance to make a move to beat the long-time leader @tommyvee and try to lay claim as this year's champion!

As noted, the first game is on Tuesday, December 17th and starts at 9:00. That means the deadline will be at 9:00PM next Tuesday. There will be NO grace period for late picks. If you miss the deadline, you get zero points.***

Here are the matchups for Bowl-Mania:
(For ease of entering the names into my spreadsheet, please call out TAMU, ISU and WAZZU for their respective teams if you pick them)

Memphis @ West Virginia
California @ UNLV
Northern Illinois @ Fresno State
USF @ San Jose State
Georgia Tech @ Vanderbilt
Texas Tech @ Arkansas
Syracuse @ WAZZU (Washington State)
TAMU (Texas A&M) @ USC
Uconn @ UNC
Boston College @ Nebraska
ISU (Iowa State) @ Miami
BYU @ Colorado
Iowa @ Missouri
Louisville @ Washington
Baylor @ LSU

*Like the championship games, these are bowl games and played on a neutral field, so the "home" designations aren't really true home teams.

**If anyone want to hide their picks for "strategic" reasons, feel free to PM me your picks.

***The reason for not extending the deadline like I sometimes do in the regular season is that with bowl games there is a high probability for late spread changes via last minute opt-outs, etc. It might prove to be an advantage to wait a few days after the first few games to get more intel on teams, so it won't be allowed.

Good luck to everyone, and to everyone: GO GATORS!!!

 

Here are the standings through Week 15, Championship Week:

--Total-- Name
---151--- tommyvee
---147--- MRG8R
---143--- gatormonk
---143--- gator954
---142--- Wanne15
---138--- Bazza
---133--- phatGator
---133--- ETGator
---131--- SmootyGator
---131--- pigpen
---131--- gator_n_sc
---128--- manigordo
---127--- Gatorhead
---126--- gatordavisl
---125--- danmanne65
---125--- ApexNC
---124--- obone
---124--- bperkins10
---123--- senecagator
---123--- eastowest
---122--- gatortenor37
---121--- 2oldgator
---119--- kes
---118--- ocalaman
---118--- igabradley
---118--- audiogatorjim
---116--- GoCocks3877
---111--- GratefulGator
---106--- Gatorrick22
---106--- GatorPrincess8
---085--- jcmiller910
---067--- wrrgator
---013--- gatorstevelp

 

For reference, here is the scoring from last year's Bowl Week. I forgot how erratic the scoring was! There is definitely going to be some shuffling amongst the leader board after it's all said and done!


-Bowls------TOTAL--Name
----45--------182----SmootyGator
----50--------175----bperkins10
----30--------170----gator_n_sc
----31--------168----gatormonk
----46--------165----allhailmeyer
----33--------165----gator954
----28--------156----manigordo
----29--------155----gatortenor37
----23--------152----senecagator
----36--------151----Bazza
----22--------150----gatorbate91
----19--------146----Gatorrick22
----23--------144----ApexNC
----21--------143----igabradley
----25--------143----2oldgator
----20--------141----phatGator
----15--------137----62gator
----20--------135----gatordavisl
----32--------135----MRG8R
----22--------129----obone
----17--------129----pigpen
----11--------123----ETGator
----00--------123----TWGator
----27--------120----Gatorhead
----00--------118----GoCocks3877
----00--------117----danmanne65
----12--------114----Mikog8tor
----14--------103----Wanne15
----00--------102----GratefulGator
----00--------100----midwestfin
----00--------092----nawlinsgator
----00--------090----wrrgator
----00--------073----gatorwilly
----00--------029----gcger520

 

Be scared. We comin' for ya!

 

There's 4 people within 9 points of you. They all ain't picking the same!

EDIT: To all 4 of those within striking distance... please don't pick the same!