Who Needs a College Football Playoff...

...when you've got The Second Annual Graziano Brothers College Bowl Game Point Spread Bonanza? (A gloriously complex pool in which contestants pick all 34 college bowl games against the spread and can earn bonus points for practically anything.)

Tuesday, November 25, 2008

Notre Dame to Brut Sun Bowl?

Many thanks to Steve Politi for this breaking news update. It appears, as long as they lose to USC this weekend (and really, how could they not?), that Notre Dame will get an invitation to the Brut Sun Bowl.

We had originally projected West Virginia to the Brut Sun Bowl and Notre Dame to the Texas Bowl, so we're going to shift some Big East projections around. We're moving Pitt to the Texas Bowl and West Virginia to the Meineke Car Care Bowl. Of course, those assignments could depend on the result of the Pitt-West Virginia game this weekend.

But anyway, looks like that ND-Cal matchup is set for El Paso on New Year's Eve. Even though ND is 6-6. Pathetic.

UPDATE: Politi now tells me he believes the above report to be false -- that a Big East team will get into the Brut Sun Bowl ahead of Notre Dame. He bases this on the reporting by a very respected writer at The Star-Ledger of Newark, N.J. -- a fine publication whose baseball coverage will be significantly worse on Jan. 1, 2009 but which is to be trusted on an issue such as Big East football.

Anyway, we'll leave the projections alone for now and maybe put West Virginia back in this bowl later in the week when things get a little clearer.

Posted by Dan at 10:57 AM  

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Scoring Rules

BASIC SCORING RULES

-Games held between Dec. 20 and Dec. 21: 1 point each (5 bowls)

-Games held between Dec. 23 and Dec. 28: 2 points each (7 bowls)

-Games held between Dec. 29 and Dec. 30: 3 points each (5 bowls)

-Games held on Dec. 31: 4 points each (5 bowls)

-Games held between Jan. 1 and Jan. 2: 5 points each (8 bowls)

-Game held on Jan. 3: 2 points (1 bowl)

-Game held on Jan. 5: 5 points (1 bowl)

-Game held on Jan. 6: 2 points (1 bowl)

-Game held on Jan. 8: 7 points (1 bowl)


LOCKS AND SUPER LOCKS

Each player shall designate one of his 34 picks as a “Lock” and another as a “Super Lock.” Should a player correctly pick either or both of those games, against the point spread, he would be awarded bonus points as follows:

-“Lock” game: 5 bonus points

-“Super Lock” game: 10 bonus points

These bonuses pertain no matter how many points you receive for the game under the basic scoring rules. For example, if your “Lock” game is the Pioneer Las Vegas Bowl, a 1-point game, and you pick it correctly, you will receive 6 points – 1 under the basic scoring rules and an additional 5 because you designated it as your “Lock.” If your “Lock” game is the FedEx Orange Bowl, a 5-point game, and you pick it correctly, you will receive 10 points – 5 under the basic scoring rules and an addition 5 because you designated it as your “Lock.”


ADDITIONAL BONUS POINTS

In addition to the basic scoring rules and the Lock/Super Lock points, a player may earn bonus points for picking many different combinations of games. These combo bonuses, which range from three points to twelve points depending on the number of games included in the combo, are detailed under the BONUSES tab above.

FINAL STANDINGS

Steve Politi 102
Yohan Sengamalay 90
Jon Graziano 81
Ed Price 74
Mark Feinsand 66
Jim Graziano 65
Sal Sabatino 63
Chris Sabatino 63
Greg Lester 60
Nino Canino 57
Dan Graziano 50
Rob Biro 50