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.)

Monday, December 29, 2008

Independence Bowl -- Louisiana Tech 17, Northern Illinois 10

Politi and I just watched the second half of this game at the bar at a TGI Friday's near the intersection of Route 3 and the Garden State Parkway on our way home from the Jets game, and I think he'll back me up when I say it has to rank among the worst bowl games of all time. I mean, these two teams STUNK.

However, Northern Illinois stunk worse, and as a result this is a win and a cover for Louisiana Tech and head coach Derek Dooley, who is the son of Vince Dooley. La Tech was getting 1.5 points in this game.

It is a win for Jon, Mark, Ed, Nino and Steve.

It is a loss for Dan, Jim, Greg, Chris, Yohan, Rob and Sal.

It moves Steve into first place, one point ahead of Yohan and Nino.

It leaves Steve and Jon as the only ones still eligible for the Louis Armstrong's sax bonus.

I think that takes care of it. I wish I could say the matchups got a lot better Monday, when the base point values of the games goes up to 3, but I'm not sure they do.

More on that later...

Posted by Dan at 12:12 AM  

1 comments:

robbiebiro said...

Hey- wait a minute. Monday night brings us the Alamo bowl and my Northwestern Mildcats!
I know everyone will be glued to the big screen TV for that one.

December 29, 2008 at 12:25 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.

Blog Archive

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