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This is exactly the type of situation a playoff was supposed to avoid. See 2004 -- undefeated #3 Auburn shut out of a top-2 system.

Conference USA
Liberty wins (Howie and I said Flames)

Pac-12
Huskies take down the Ducks (Chip got it)

Big 12
Texas wins (we all got this one)

MAC
Redhawks defeat the Rockets (Howie was the lone wolf here)

Mountain West
Broncos beat the Rebels (Howie and I got it)

SEC
Alabama wins (we all picked Georgia)

AAC
SMU wins (Howie lone wolf)

Sun Belt
Trojans win (I was the lone wolf here)

Big 10
Wolverines shut out Iowa (we all got this one)

ACC
FSU wins though apparently by not enough to get in the playoff (we all got this one)

FCS Playoffs
Grizzlies maul the Hens (we all got this one)


jbeeman85 - 500 points (430 + 70)
bluedevil2002 - 480 points (430 + 50)
MoonKnight1 - 410 points (330 + 80)

How far do we take this ? Is it over ?
Do the Army/Navy game and an FCS game next week and stop ?
Do those plus some/all bowl games ?

Chip, Howie, let me know.

Hey Jeremy, I've always been a fan of some type of Bowl Challenge. Can't do all of them obviously because there are like 75 of them but pick a dozen or so. The New Years games, any with Top 25 teams and throw in a couple of FCS playoffs plus the finals of both them and FBS.

Bowl games. We will do the New Years 6, the Tennessee and Virginia Tech bowls, and any other that involves a Top 25 team. That will be 16 of the 42 Bowl games.

December 27
Military Bowl
Virginia Tech Hokies vs Tulane Green Wave

Holiday Bowl
Louisville Cardinals vs Southern Cal Trojans

Texas Bowl
Texas A&M Aggies vs Oklahoma State Cowboys

December 28
Pop Tarts Bowl
North Carolina State Wolfpack vs Kansas State Wildcats

Alamo Bowl
Arizona Wildcats vs Oklahoma Sooners

Fenway Bowl
Boston College Eagles vs Southern Methodist Mustangs


December 29
Gator Bowl
Clemson Tigers vs Kentucky Wildcats

Sun Bowl
Oregon State Beavers vs Norte Dame Fighting Irish

Cotton Bowl
Missouri Tigers vs Ohio State Buckeyes


December 30
Orange Bowl
Georgia Bulldogs vs Florida State Seminoles

Peach Bowl
Ole Miss Rebels vs Penn State Nittany Lions


January 1
ReliaQuest Bowl
Louisiana State Tigers vs Wisconsin Badgers

Citrus Bowl
Iowa Hawkeyes vs Tennessee Volunteers

Fiesta Bowl
Liberty Flames vs Oregon Ducks

Rose Bowl
Alabama Crimson Tide vs Michigan Wolverines

Sugar Bowl
Texas Longhorns vs Washington Huskies

December 27
Military Bowl
Virginia Tech Hokies

Holiday Bowl
Louisville Cardinals

Texas Bowl
Oklahoma State Cowboys

December 28
Pop Tarts Bowl
Kansas State Wildcats

Alamo Bowl
Arizona Wildcats

Fenway Bowl
Southern Methodist Mustangs


December 29
Gator Bowl
Clemson Tigers

Sun Bowl
Norte Dame Fighting Irish

Cotton Bowl
Ohio State Buckeyes


December 30
Orange Bowl
Florida State Seminoles

Peach Bowl
Penn State Nittany Lions


January 1
ReliaQuest Bowl
Louisiana State Tigers

Citrus Bowl
Tennessee Volunteers

Fiesta Bowl
Oregon Ducks

Rose Bowl
Michigan Wolverines

Sugar Bowl
Washington Huskies

December 27
Military Bowl
Virginia Tech Hokies

Holiday Bowl
Louisville Cardinals

Texas Bowl
Oklahoma State Cowboys

December 28
Pop Tarts Bowl
North Carolina State Wolfpack

Alamo Bowl
Oklahoma Sooners

Fenway Bowl
Southern Methodist Mustangs

December 29
Gator Bowl
Clemson Tigers

Sun Bowl
Notre Dame Fighting Irish

Cotton Bowl
Ohio State Buckeyes


December 30
Orange Bowl
Georgia Bulldogs

Peach Bowl
Ole Miss Rebels


January 1
ReliaQuest Bowl
Louisiana State Tigers

Citrus Bowl
Tennessee Volunteers

Fiesta Bowl
Oregon Ducks
(This one has trap written all over it.)

Rose Bowl
Michigan Wolverines

Sugar Bowl
Texas Longhorns

Howie, are you picking ?
Games start today at 2pm. I am 99% sure how you're going to pick the Military Bowl since your top team is in it, so 8:00 eastern is the next one.

I'm on it, Jeremy! Thought I had time yesterday but apparently Colleen had plans for us that I was unaware of.

Yeah, you can pencil me in for the Green Wave!

December 27
Military Bowl
Virginia Tech Hokies vs Tulane Green Wave - Nobody knows what a Hokie is so I'm taking the Green Wave.

Holiday Bowl
Louisville Cardinals vs Southern Cal Trojans - Don't think that the Cards have the firepower to hang with USC - Trojans

Texas Bowl
Texas A&M Aggies vs Oklahoma State Cowboys - Cannot stress this enough, will not pick a team named Cowboys - Aggies it is.

December 28
Pop Tarts Bowl
North Carolina State Wolfpack vs Kansas State Wildcats - The Pop Tarts Bowl, are you kidding me? I would like to go with the cat team here but I think the Wolfpack will take care of business.

Alamo Bowl
Arizona Wildcats vs Oklahoma Sooners - Cats - ASU

Fenway Bowl
Boston College Eagles vs Southern Methodist Mustangs - Welcome to the ACC, SMU! Eagles win.

December 29
Gator Bowl
Clemson Tigers vs Kentucky Wildcats - Can't stand Clemson, on WIldcats!

Sun Bowl
Oregon State Beavers vs Notre Dame Fighting Irish - Irish are overrated, Beavers triumph.

Cotton Bowl
Missouri Tigers vs Ohio State Buckeyes - I would so love to go Missouri but the Buckeyes are too much.

December 30
Orange Bowl
Georgia Bulldogs vs Florida State Seminoles - Bulldogs beat down the Crybabies

Peach Bowl
Ole Miss Rebels vs Penn State Nittany Lions - Eh, think I'll go PSU

January 1
ReliaQuest Bowl
Louisiana State Tigers vs Wisconsin Badgers - On the one hand I like tigers but on the other hand I think that Norbert Sykes, The Badger is an overlooked comic character so Wisconsin it is, Larry.

Citrus Bowl
Iowa Hawkeyes vs Tennessee Volunteers - Hawkeye is one of my favorite Marvel characters but I think the Vols are better.

Fiesta Bowl
Liberty Flames vs Oregon Ducks - At least one Virginia team will win a Bowl game. Liberty

Rose Bowl
Alabama Crimson Tide vs Michigan Wolverines - Battle of two coaches that make me ill. Oh heck, Wolverines

Sugar Bowl
Texas Longhorns vs Washington Huskies - I don't think the Huskies can handle the Longhorns. Texas

The Pop Tarts Bowl was hyping up their edible mascot. Turns out they cheated a little bit.

Waiting for Duke's Mayo to put a guy in a jar and fill it up with mayo next year.

December 27
Military Bowl
Hokies beat the Wave in incredible weather (Chip and I got this one)

Holiday Bowl
Southern Cal wins (Howie was the Lone Wolf here)

Texas Bowl
Cowboys take down the Aggies (Chip and I got this one)

December 28
Pop Tarts Bowl
Wildcats take down the Wolfpack (I was the only one to take K-State)

Alamo Bowl
Wildcats beat the Sooners (Howie and I were right here)

Fenway Bowl
Eagles beat the Mustangs (Howie got this one)


December 29
Gator Bowl
Clemson downs Kentucky (Chip and I were right here)

Sun Bowl
Irish beat the Beavers (Chip and I got this)

Cotton Bowl
Tigers beat the Buckeyes (we all missed here)


December 30
Orange Bowl
Bulldogs beat the Seminoles in the battle of the 3rd stringers (Howie and Chip got this)

Peach Bowl
Ole Miss wins the battle of two coaches I can't stand (Chip was the only one to take the Rebels)


January 1
ReliaQuest Bowl
LSU beats the Badgers (Chip and I got this one)

Citrus Bowl
Tennessee wins the only bowl that truly mattered (we all took the Vols here)

Fiesta Bowl
Oregon reminds Liberty where they belong (Chip and I took the Ducks)

Rose Bowl
Michigan wins (and the entire southeast thanks them) (we all took the Wolverines)

Sugar Bowl
Huskies beat the Longhorns (I was the Lone Wolf here)



jbeeman85 - 610 points (500 + 110)
bluedevil2002 - 580 points (480 + 100)
MoonKnight1 - 470 points (410 + 60)

Figure we will go ahead and do the last two games:

National Championship week

FCS - Sunday Jan 7
Montana Grizzlies vs South Dakota State Jackrabbits


FBS - Monday January 8
Washington Huskies vs Michigan Wolverines

FCS - Sunday Jan 7
South Dakota State Jackrabbits


FBS - Monday January 8
Michigan Wolverines

At least you got that part right. :)

I'm gonna go with Montana and Washington, if only to play the points game.

Small consolation.

I've got Washington tonight (at least one team named Washington can win something ) and I'm taking South Dakota over Montana 23-3.

Seriously though, I was going to pick Montana because they had never lost to SD before. Figures.