**BOWL CONTEST** compared to Las Vegas line, using BCS Rank who they beat & NCAA SOS

[Grady]

-09.0 Mtn W 34Utah 8-4 (SOS 77) beat 47 Ind 38Navy 8-4 (SOS 116) beat 31
-01.5 Sun B 67FlorAtl 7-5 (SOS 107)beat 55 CUSA 86Memphis 7-5(SOS 119)beat81
-04.5 Mtn W 17BYU 10-2 (SOS 62) beat 31 Pac 10 47UCLA 6-6 (SOS 31) beat 17
-03.5 Mtn W 56NewMex 8-4 (SOS 102) beat 31 WAC 83Nev 6-6 (SOS 114) beat 88
-11.0 Big E 22Cin,9-3 (SOS 53) beat 21 & 25 CUSA 81So.Miss 7-5 (SOS 96) beat 70
-10.5 WAC 24Boise St 10-2 (SOS 108) beat 58 CUSA 70E.Car. 7-5(SOS 68) beat30
-09.5 Big 10 58Purdue 7-5 (SOS 45) beat 68 MAC 68CntrlMich 8-5(SOS101)beat75
-01.5 Big 12 19Texas 9-3 (SOS 58) beat 29 Pac 10 11ArizonaSt 10-2(SOS63)beat26
-03.5 ACC 14Bos.Col 10-3(SOS 20) beat 3 & 15 Big 10 36MichSt 7-5(SOS34)beat33
-04.0 Pac 10 26Ore.St 8-4 (SOS 21) beat 28 ACC 49Maryland 6-6 (SOS 27) beat 14
-03.5 Mtn W 63TCU 7-5 (SOS 100)beat 56 CUSA 36Houston 8-4 (SOS 118)beat 98
-05.5 Big 10 33Penn St 8-4(SOS 40) beat 18 Big 12 44TexasA&M 7-5(SOS 2)beat19
-03.0 C-USA 30UCF 10-3 (SOS 69) beat 40 SEC 45Miss St 7-5 (SOS 45) beat 23
-03.5 ACC 35WakeFor. 8-4 (SOS 70) beat 38 Big E 25UConn 9-3 (SOS 64) beat 21
-03.5 SEC 52Alabama 6-6 (SOS 10) beat 16 Big 12 53Colorado 6-6 (SOS 30)beat 4
-04.0 Pac 10 54Calif 6-6 (SOS 55) beat 16 Mtn W 31AirForce 9-3 (SOS 81)beat 34
-02.5 ACC 15Clemson 9-3 (SOS 27) beat 35 SEC 23Auburn 8-4 (SOS 29) beat 12
-04.5 ACC 46Ga.Tech 7-5 (SOS 59) beat 15 WAC 58Fresno St 8-4 (SOS 90)beat 72
-04.0 Big 12 51Okla. St 6-6 (SOS 1) beat 29 Big 10 62Indiana 7-5 (SOS 56) beat 58
-01.0 SEC 38Kentucky 7-5 (SOS 9) beat 2 ACC 43Florida St 7-5 (SOS 52) beat 14
-06.5 Big E 21So.Fl. 9-3 (SOS 16)beat 9 & 23 Pac10 28Oregon 8-4(SOS 18)beat 7 11
-10.5 SEC 12Florida 9-3 (SOS 8) beat 16 Big 10 32Michigan 8-4 (SOS 25)beat 13
-03.0 Big 12 6Missouri 11-2 (SOS 13) beat 8 & 13 SEC 27Ark. 8-4 (SOS 65) beat 2
-05.5 Big 12 29Tx.Tech 8-4 (SOS 75) beat 4 ACC 20Virginia 9-3 (SOS 73) beat 25
-03.5 Big 10 18Wis, 9-3 (SOS 48) beat 32 SEC 16Tennessee 9-4 (SOS 19) beat 5
-13.5 Pac 10 7So. Calif.10-2 (SOS 80) beat 11 Big 10 13Illinois 9-3 (SOS 10)beat 1 18
-09.5 SEC 5UGA 10-2 (SOS 25)beat 12 & 23 WAC 10Hawaii 12-0 (SOS 117)beat 24
-07.0 Big 12 4Okla.11-2 (SOS 39)beat 6 6 19 Big E 9WVirginia10-2 (SOS 47) beat 22
-03.5 ACC 3VaTech 11-2 (SOS 3) beat 14 15 Big 12 8Kansas 11-1 (SOS 81) beat 44
-09.5 Big E 50Rutgers 7-5 (SOS 44) beat 21 MAC 75Ball State 7-5 (SOS 85) beat 38
-04.0 C-USA 40Tulsa 9-4 (SOS 84) beat 17 MAC 41BowlinGrn 8-4(SOS115)beat93
-06.0 SEC 2LSU 11-2(SOS 24) beat 3 12 16 23 Big 10 1OhioSt 11-1 (SOS 48beat 18

(1) Who Number 2 AP?_______ (2) Who loses by most?______ (3) # Colt Brennan sacks in game?__ (4) How many passing yards Ohio State?__

By date, each bowl game is listed with first the opening Las Vegas Line. What the line is at game time doesn't matter, you choose a team to WIN the game and beat the Opening Line listed. The team on the left is picked by Las Vegas to WIN the game by the Line listed as Minus. The number before the team name is the Final BCS Ranking this season. After team name, you get their W-L record. And, you get their NCAA Official Strength of Schedule (SOS) before their bowl game. After their Strength of Schedule, if the team beat any BCS Top 25 team, all those wins are listed as beat BCS Ranked Teams. If the team beat NO BCS Top 25 Ranked Team, then it will read beat and show the best win they had this season. The team on the right is predicted by Las Vegas to lose the game by the line listed.

For example :

-10.5 SEC 12Florida 9-3 (SOS 8) beat 16 Big 10 32Michigan 8-4 (SOS 25)beat 13

Florida is picked by Las Vegas to WIN by 10 and a half points. Florida is Number 12 in the BCS and played NCAA SOS Number 8. Florida beat 1 BCS Top 25 Ranked Team Number 16 (vols).

Michigan is picked to lose by 10 and a half. Has 8-4 Record with SOS Number 25 and beat BCS Ranked Team Number 13 (Illinois.)

If you think Florida will cover the 10.5 points, you choose Florida. If you think Michigan will WIN the bowl game, or NOT LOSE by as many as 10.5 points, you choose Michigan.

In some bowl games, it is possible for a line to be minus 3 and indeed a team wins by 3, in which case this game is considered a tie.

You end up with 15 Bowl Game Right, 15 Bowl Games Wrong and maybe 2 ties. A tie counts as half a WIN.

Person who has the most bowl games correct would win, unless there is a tie. Then, you have 4 tie-breaker questions which would then come into play starting with tie-breaker question 1, and proceeding to question 2 etc. until a winner is determined.

This is usually pretty fun, and we have two weeks and a day before the 1st bowl game, at which time the edited date and time of the post is locked prior to game kickoff.

You might want to pick a couple of bowl games.

[AFWarrior83]

SI.com - Writers - Stewart Mandel: The best and worst of the postseason, from 1 to 32 - Tuesday December 4, 2007 4:12PM (http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/writers/stewart_mandel/12/04/bowl.rankings/index.html)

I voted 8, but we could sweep and go 8-0.

[Gator2753]

Que the welcome back Kotter theme song.

[Tider27]

I didn't even have to look at who posted this...I knew by the ridiculously long thread title.

[volimhtown]

I didn't even have to look at who posted this...I knew by the ridiculously long thread title.

Exactly....I started reading it and saying to myself "it can't be....he was banned" and then I saw the author and :jawdrop::sign_teot:scream::shrug::eek::barf:

[KillerNut]

Well being that this was the second time Grady was banned and then allowed to return is questionable IMHO. Sounds like someone is protecting him. Smells fishy.

[Grady]

I will take :

Navy and the 9 points
Florida Atlantic giving up the 1.5
BYU giving up the 4.5
New Mexico giving up the 3.5
Cincinnati giving up the 11 and will be largest margin bowl win
East Carolina who isn't losing by 10.5
Central Michigan who isn't losing by 9.5
Arizona State and the 1.5
Boston College giving up 3.5
Maryland taking the 4
TCU giving up the 3.5
Texas A&M taking the 5.5
Mississippi State taking the 3
U Conn taking the 3.5
Colorado taking the 3.5
Air Force taking the 4
Auburn taking the 2.5
Georgia Tech giving up the 4.5
Oklahoma giving up the 4
Kentucky giving up the 1
South Florida giving up the 6.5
Michigan taking the 10.5
Missouri giving up the 3
Texas Tech giving up the 5.5
Tennessee taking the 3.5
Illinois taking the 13.5
Georgia giving up the 9.5
West Virginia taking the 7
Virginia Tech giving up the 3.5
Rutgers giving up the 9.5
Tulsa giving up the 4
LSU giving up the 6

188 yards Ohio State Passing yardage
12 Colt Brennan sacks
Southern Mississippi losing by the largest margin
UGA Number 2 final poll