2001-2 Free College Bowl Pool Home Page

Entry Form

The 2001-2 Entry Form is still available. But you are kind of late.

Standings

See how you are doing so far and see the schedule of bowls to come. A text file of everyone's predictions is now available for those of you who want to follow the scores at home.

Commentary

Game 1

The first-ever New Orleans Bowl featured a 5-6 team (North Texas) that probably didn't belong on the same field as Colorado State. Nonetheless, three people picked it, hoping to get out in front with an early upset victory. One honest person even picked North Texas to win after it had lost.

Game 2

The GMAC/Mobile Alabama Bowl may be the king maker. Marshall tied the game in the final seconds at 51! The combined 102 points was well over the over/under line (66.5). However, Marshall missed the extra point, sending the game into (eventually double) overtime. East Carolina scored 61 points and lost by three in the highest scoring game in bowl history. Erik Andrews had low point total in the game: 1629. That's 2000 points better than eight others and 4000 points better than one unfortunate soul.

Game 3

The first Tangerine Bowl in nearly 20 years is clearly an indicator of the way this pool should go. Whoever could predict this game best certainly is going to do well the rest of the way. Pittsburgh was 1-5 early this season (like North Texas) before winning out.

Games 4-9

I was out of town. So I'll just post the standings without comment.

Games 10-12

This will be the last update before January 1, when most games will be played. I don't recall seeing quite such large numbers this early in the pool! Happy New Year.

Games 13-23

It is very disturbing to see the betting line do better than all of the rest of us. I was not happy that Steve Bellesari was allowed to play the Outback Bowl after his drunk driving incident. Although my score would be better if Ohio State had been successful, I'm still happy that an interception of his last college pass led to the winning field goal. Purdue, Michigan, and Illinois also revealed the Big Ten as a post-season patsy (2-4 overall). I guess BYU did not belong in the BCS, and should not argue next time it is undefeated and ignored. Colorado has been a very dominant team recently but was destroyed by Oregon. Too bad Oregon choked away a lead to Stanford this season.

Game 24

The Orange Bowl did not have a large effect on the outcome of the pool. Herbie Lee (5th after 23 games, 14th after 24) was the only Maryland backer.

Game 25

Gorman Findley (9th after 24 games, 2709 points back) is the highest ranked player to pick Nebraska in the Rose Bowl. Seems like the leaders will be hard to catch. Thanks for playing everyone, even if I didn't kick your collective butt as promised.

Scoring

Game scores and winners determine your point total, LOW score wins.

For each team in a game, square the difference between your prediction and the actual score. Add them. To complete your point total for the game, add 1000 points if you did not choose the correct team to win.

E.g. prediction team A 28 team B 14
     actual     team A 21 team B 24
     your score =      49     + 100     + 1000 = 1149

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