Get Your Entries In

Dec. 16, 2008
The Christmas Season is upon us and I’m running later than usual. I’ll blame it on the sluggish economy as well as a late Thanksgiving and one less week between “turkey day” and the start of the much anticipated “bowl season.” The 2008-09 Bowl Season starts Saturday with four games, so please have your picks in by Friday. Feel free to invite your kids, in-laws, spouse's, girlfriends, etc. to play along. Girlfriends that your spouse doesn’t know about would really liven up the action!! Last year we had 24 contestants. Each entry costs $5.

Last year, Loel took our money via the tie-breaker by following the ‘Vegas line. I’m betting that the line isn’t as good this time around. However, if we get a bunch of entries that mimic the line, then we’ll have to go to the weighting method (ranking your picks 1 to 34). I sure hope it doesn’t come to that. At the other end of the spectrum, Rich inherited the dreaded “Mirror Award” (And displayed it proudly for the past year I might add.) Bryan escaped the "mirror" by the hair on his chinny-chin-chin. Past winners of the "Mirror" include...Dick Strader, Dave Bass, Matt Dowd and Dale Jurecka.

The rules are pretty much the same as last year. You will need to provide a non-lcra e-mail address (like last year) but this year I’m going to try to provide the updates via a blog site http://2008collegebowl.blogspot.com/ I’ll post updates to this site but occasionally send the updated Excel spreadsheet out to your e-mail (I doubt if I can post it to the blog site).

Happy picking.

Here are the 2008 rules:
1. Pick the winner of each bowl game. (fill in the pink-bordered cells on the "Entry form" of the attached Excel sheet). Then return either by replying or send to jwedig@yahoo.com


2. Tie-breaker one is the score of the BCS Championship Bowl (total points)
3. Tie-breaker two is the score of the Fiesta Bowl (total points)
4. Cost $5 for each set of picks
5. “Dale Rule” - You may enter as often as you like but it cost $5 per submittal
6. Picks should be in by Friday, Dec. 19th (e-mail or interoffice, mailstop L-421)
7. “Woody Rule” – You may enter late, but get credit for only correct future picks.
8. Prognosticator with the most correct picks WINS (2nd place pays $15 and 3rd place $10, and the winner gets the rest minus $5).
9. Prognosticator with fewest correct picks wins $5 and the Mirror Award!!
10. The ruling of the judge(s) is final.
11. Participants can post “comments” to the blog site but keep it clean. There will be young eyes reading.

Questions or comments please call or reply. Please get your picks in by Friday, Dec. 19th.