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Pastimes : FOOTBALL: College Bowl Prognostication Contest 98/99 -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?


To: Tazman who wrote (1)12/18/1998 9:58:00 PM
From: tombet  Respond to of 12
 
Bill here are my picks:

Kansas St.(-12.5) 6stars GOTY
Tulane(-7.5) 5stars
Va. Tech(-4.5) 4stars
Texas(-7) 3stars
Virginia(-2) 2stars
Fla. St.(-5.5) 2stars
Nebraska(-3.5) 2stars
N. Carolina(-7) 1star
Michigan(-3) 1star
Missouri(-3.5) 1star

This is scary, I picked all favorites. Also I'm going to the Gator Bowl on Jan. 1 and wouldn't touch that game! Bill I hope I did this right....tom



To: Tazman who wrote (1)12/23/1998 10:02:00 AM
From: DScottD  Respond to of 12
 
DScottD:

4. Louisville -4.0 3*
7. Colorado +6.0 1*
9. Washington +3.0 2*
12. Missouri -3.5 3*
13. Alabama +4.5 2*
15. NC State +6.5 2*
18. Kansas State -12.5 10*(GOTY)
19. S. Mississippi -16.5 2*
22. Nebraska -3.5 3*
23. BYU +7.5 2*
25. USC -15.5 2*
28. Georgia +2.0 5*
30. Mississippi +9.5 1*
31. Kentucky +6.5 2*
33. Notre Dame +2.5 1*
36. Michigan -3.0 5*
38. Texas -7.0 2*
39. Wisconsin +8.5 2*
42. Ohio State -11.5 4*
44. Florida -7.5 2*
46. Florida State -5.5 5*



To: Tazman who wrote (1)12/25/1998 12:07:00 AM
From: BubbaFred  Respond to of 12
 
OOPS! Submitted by mistake. Let me redo this one.

Aloha Bowl Frid 25th December,1998
Colorado/Oregon UNDER 53.5

Alamo Bowl Tues 29th December,1998
Kansas St -12.5

Liberty Bowl Thur 31st December,1998
Tulane -7.5

Sun Bowl Thur 31st December,1998
So Cal -15.5

Independence Bowl Thur 31st December,1998
Mississippi +9.5

Citrus Bowl Frid 01st January,1998
Michigan -3.0

Rose Bowl Frid 01st January,1998
U.C.L.A./Wisconsin UNDER 56.0

Sugar Bowl Frid 01st January,1998
Ohio St -11.5
Ohio St/Texas A&M OVER 46.0

Fiesta Bowl Mond 04th January,1998
Florida St -5.5



To: Tazman who wrote (1)12/25/1998 5:51:00 AM
From: BubbaFred  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 12
 
Bubba's picks

Aloha Bowl Frid 25th December,1998
7. Colorado +6.0 ... 3*
Colorado /Oregon UNDER 53.5 ... 3*

Oahu Bowl Frid 25th December,1998
9. Washington +3.0 ... 4*

Insight.COM Bowl Satd 26th December,1998
11.West Virginia +3.5 ... 2*

Music City Bowl Tues 29th December,1998
14.Virginia Tech -4.5 ... 3*

Micron Pc Sunshine Classic Tues 29th December,1998
16.Miami Fla -6.5 ... 1*

Alamo Bowl Tues 29th December,1998
18.Kansas St -12.5 ... 5* (Third choice for GOTY)

Humanitarian Bowl Weds 30th December,1998
20.Idaho +16.5 ... 3*

Holiday Bowl Weds 30th December,1998
21.Arizona +3.5 ... 4*
Arizona /Nebraska OVER 49.5 ... 4*

Liberty Bowl Thur 31st December,1998
23.B.Y.U +7.5 ... 2*

Sun Bowl Thur 31st December,1998
25.So Cal -15.5 ... 2*

Independence Bowl Thur 31st December,1998
30.Mississippi +9.5 ... 2*

Gator Bowl Frid 01st January,1998
33.Notre Dame +2.5 ... 2*

Citrus Bowl Frid 01st January,1998
36.Michigan -3.0 ... 2*

Cotton Bowl Frid 01st January,998
37.Mississippi St +7.0 ... 2*
Miss/Texas UNDER 50.0 ... 2*

Rose Bowl Frid 01st January,1998
39.Wisconsin +8.5 ... 2*

Sugar Bowl Frid 01st January,1998
42.Ohio St -11.5 ... *****10*****
Ohio St/Texas A&M OVER 46.0 ... 5*

Orange Bowl Satd 02nd January,1998
43.Syracuse +7.5 ... 4*

Fiesta Bowl Mond 04th January,1998
46.Florida St -5.5 ... 5* (Second choice for GOTY)
Fla St/Tenn OVER 42.5 ... 2*



To: Tazman who wrote (1)12/25/1998 12:55:00 PM
From: Tazman  Respond to of 12
 
Bowl Picks:

2* Under 53.5 Oregon-Colorado
4* Air Force -3
1* Over 52.5 WV-Mizzou
2* Bama +4.5
4* Over 61 NCS-Miami
5* NCS +6.5
2* Purdue +12.5
10* Arizona +3.5 (GOY)
1* BYU +7.5
1* Ol'Miss +9.5
5* Penn State -6.5
2* GTech -2.5
3* Over 41.5 Ark-Michigan
1* Miss State +7
2* Over 56 Wisky-UCLA
5* Over 46 Tex A&M-Ohio State
5* Fla -7.5
2* Under 42.5 Tenn-FSU



To: Tazman who wrote (1)12/25/1998 1:49:00 PM
From: robbie  Respond to of 12
 
Bill - thanks for the contest. My picks:

Penn State -6.5, 5* (UK grad, but you don't give the guy in white socks a month to prepare for you)
PSU/UK over 57, 2*
Michigan -3, 5*
Miami FL -6.5, 2*
S. Miss -16.5, 5*
S. Miss/Idaho over 57.5, 10*, GOTY
Nebraska -3.5, 5*
Georgia +2, 2*
Missouri -3.5, 2*
Tennessee +5.5, 2*



To: Tazman who wrote (1)1/5/1999 1:26:00 PM
From: Tazman  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 12
 
===== FINAL RESULTS =====

Name W-L-T Pct. Rank Stars Rank Total Rank
---- ----- ---- ---- ----- ---- ----------
1 Bill Dummer 12-6-0 .667 1 23.4 1 2
2 Robbie 6-4-0 .600 2 10.6 2 4
3 Tombet 4-5-1 .450 3 (1.3) 3 6
4T BubbaFred 9-13-0 .409 4 (34.0) 5 9
4T DScottD 7-14-0 .333 5 (29.3) 4 9

Well, it was a very small gathering for this contest. Not quite
sure what happened to my buddies BubbaFred and DScottD, just
hoping that financial ruin was not part of the debacle ;> At
least I stepped up to the plate once this year.

Thanks for participating everyone!

Bill