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.)

Thursday, December 4, 2008

Some Scoring Tidbits and other minutiae

Just got done putting together the spreadsheet on which the scoring for this year's pool will be conducted. It appears that a perfect score, which would mean picking every game correctly including your LOCK and SUPER-LOCK, thereby qualifying for all 18 bonuses, would be 251. If anybody does that, each of the other contestants in the pool must send that person $1 million.

The way it breaks down is that the bowls themselves are worth a total of 110 possible points. You can get an addition 5 for your LOCK, 10 for your SUPER-LOCK, and the combination bonuses are worth up to 126.

The game that counts toward the most bonuses is on the very first day -- the Dec. 20 St. Petersburg Bowl. You need that game to qualify for the Bobby Bowden's Belly Bonus (12 points), the CC Sabathia's Wallet Bonus (9), the ESPN Broadcast Overflow Bonus (3), the Purism Bonus (10) and the Climate Control Bonus (11). Pick this game wrong, and you're immediately eliminated from five of the 18 potential combo bonuses. So think real hard about your St. Petersburg Bowl pick.

The rest of the bowls, in order of their significance toward combo bonuses (click on the bowl along the right side of this page to see which specific ones it qualifies for):

FOUR BONUSES
Rose Bowl Presented by Citi
FedEx Orange Bowl
Allstate Sugar Bowl
International Bowl

THREE OR FOUR BONUSES (see climate control bonus)
Texas Bowl

THREE BONUSES
R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl
San Diego County Credit Union Poinsettia Bowl
Emerald Bowl
Outback Bowl
Capital One Bowl
Konica Minolta Gator Bowl
FedEx BCS National Championship Game

TWO OR THREE BONUSES (see climate control bonus)
Tostitos Fiesta Bowl

TWO BONUSES
EagleBank Bowl
Motor City Bowl
Independence Bowl
Papajohns.com Bowl
Valero Alamo Bowl
Pacific Life Holiday Bowl
Insight Bowl
Chick-fil A Bowl
AT&T Cotton Bowl
GMAC Bowl

ONE BONUS
New Mexico Bowl
Sheraton Hawaii Bowl
Champs Sports Bowl
Roady's Humanitarian Bowl
Bell Helicopter Armed Forces Bowl
Brut Sun Bowl
Gaylord Hotels Music City Bowl
AutoZone Liberty Bowl

NO BONUSES
Pioneer Las Vegas Bowl
Meineke Car Care Bowl

Posted by Dan at 8:00 AM  

2 comments:

Unknown said...

The St. Petersburg Bowl also plays into the Janus Bonus. So if you miss that bowl you lose a shot at 49 potential points. I dare say anyone that gets this wrong should just give up.

December 4, 2008 at 9:42 AM  
Dan said...

This is false. Janus Bonus is the first bowl (EagleBank) and the last (championship game). Not St. Petersburg.

December 4, 2008 at 11:55 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