I thought we might have an informal bowl game confidence pool. I was in one last year and it made the college bowl season so much more interesting. The games involving Eastern Carolina actually have some significance.

Here's how the confidence pool works.

1. You pick the winner of each of this year's bowl games. You aren't picking against the line. You pick games straight up. (I included lines, just as a quick reminder of where Vegas set the odds on these games. I will have it right in front of me, so I figured everyone else should, without having to search around.)

2. The catch is you assign a number value to each pick. These are based on the confidence you have in the pick. You assign numbers between 1 and 32, though you can only assign a particular number value to one game apiece. (Ex. You can only give one team/game a confidence rating of 32.) To the game you are the most confident in picking, you assign a confidence number of 32. To the game you are least confident in picking, you assign a confidence number of 1.

3. If the team you picked wins their bowl game, you get the number value you assigned to that team/game. We add up all the scores, and the person with the most points by the end of the bowl season wins.

EXAMPLE: I am absolutely confident that O.S.U. will skunk Florida. This is the game I feel best about, so I pick Ohio State and place a 32 by the pick. So a list of picks might start to look like...

OSU 32
Southern Miss. 11
Cincinnati 3
LSU 18
Wake Forest 29

...and so on for all 32 games. (I sure hope I listed them all. Let me know if anyone sees any discrepancies.)

I'll make my picks later. This took a little time in and of itself.


THE 2006-2007 COLLEGE BOWL SEASON


BCS National Championship Game - January 8

#1 OHIO STATE vs. #2 FLORIDA

Line: OSU by 8

GMAC Bowl - January 7

OHIO vs. SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI

Line: Southern Miss. by 6.5

International Bowl - January 6

CINCINNATI vs. WESTERN MIGHIGAN

Line: Cincinnati by 8.5

Allstate Sugar Bowl - January 3

#4 LSU vs. #11 NOTRE DAME

Line: LSU by 8.5

Fedex Orange Bowl - January 2

#5 LOUISVILLE vs. #15 WAKE FOREST

Line: Louisville by 9.5

Tostitos Fiesta Bowl - January 1

#7 OKLAHOMA vs. #9 BOISE STATE

Line: OU by 8.5

Rose Bowl - January 1

#3 MICHIGAN vs. #8 U.S.C.

Line: Michigan by 1.5

Toyota Gator Bowl - January 1

#13 WEST VIRGINIA vs. GEORGIA TECH

Line: West Virginia by 7

Capital One Bowl - January 1

#6 WISCONSIN vs. #12 ARKANSAS

Line: Arkansas by 1

AT&T Cotton Bowl - January 1

#10 AUBURN vs. #22 NEBRASKA

Line: Auburn by 3

Outback Bowl - January 1

#17 TENNESSEE vs. PENN STATE

Line: Tennessee by 4

MPC Computers Bowl - December 31

MIAMI vs. NEVADA

Line: Miami by 3

Chick-Fil-A Bowl - December 30

#14 VIRGINIA TECH vs. GEORGIA

Line: VT by 2.5

Alamo Bowl - December 30

#18 TEXAS vs. IOWA

Line: UT by 10.5

Meineke Car Care Bowl - December 30

#23 BOSTON COLLEGE vs. NAVY

Line: B.C. by 7

Champ Sports Bowl - December 29

PURDUE vs. MARYLAND

Line: Maryland by 3.5

Insight Bowl - December 29

TEXAS TECH vs. MINNESOTA

Line: Tech by 7

Autozone Liberty Bowl - December 29

HOUSTON vs. SOUTH CAROLINA

Line: South Carolina by 7

Brut Sun Bowl - December 29

#24 OREGON STATE vs. MISSOURI

Line: Oregon St. by 3.5

Gaylord Hotel Music City Bowl - December 29

KENTUCKY vs. CLEMSON

Line: Clemson by 10

Texas Bowl - December 28

#16 RUTGERS vs. KANSAS STATE

Line: Rutgers by 7

Pacific Life Holiday Bowl - December 28

#20 CALIFORNIA vs. #21 TEXAS A&M

Line: California by 5

Petrosun Independence Bowl - December 28

ALABAMA vs. OKLAHOMA STATE

Line: OSU by 2.5

Emerald Bowl - December 27

UCLA vs. FLORIDA STATE

Line: UCLA by 4.5

Motor City Bowl - December 26

MIDDLE TENNESSEE vs. CENTRAL MICHIGAN

Line: Central Michigan by 11.5

Sheraton Hawaii Bowl - December 24

HAWAII vs. ARIZONA STATE

Line: Hawaii by 8.5

Bell Helicopter Armed Forces Fort Worth Bowl - December 23

UTAH vs. TULSA

Line: Utah by 3

New Mexico Bowl - December 23

SAN JOSE STATE vs. NEW MEXICO

Line: New Mexico by 5

PAPAJOHNS.COM Birmingham Bowl - December 23

EAST CAROLINA vs. SOUTH FLORIDA

Line: Southern Florida by 4

R&L Carriers New Orleans Bowl - December 22

RICE vs. TROY

Line: Rice by 7

Pioneer Purevision Las Vegas Bowl - December 21

#19 BYU vs. OREGON

Line: BYU by 5.5

San Diego County Credit Union Poinsettia Bowl - December 19

#25 TCU vs. NORTHERN ILLINOIS

Line: TCU by 13

Thanks for all of your work VI!! I'm in!!
32 Wisconsin
31 Oklahoma
30 TCU
29 Central Michigan
28 Rutgers
27 South Carolina
26 Boston College
25 West Virginia
24 Louisville
23 Cincinnati
22 Southern Mississippi
21 Clemson
20 Rice
19 Ohio State
18 Hawaii
17 New Mexico
16 UCLA
15 California
14 BYU
13 South Florida
12 Texas
11 Texas Tech
10 Oregon State
9 Auburn
8 Utah
7 Virginia Tech
6 Tennessee
5 Oklahoma State
4 Michigan
3 Purdue
2 Nevada
1 Notre Dame

Great idea, Village Idiot! Here goes nothing:

32-OSU
31-West Virginia
30-Louisville
29-LSU
28-Auburn
27-Tennessee
26-Virginia Tech
25-Texas
24-Rutgers
23-BYU
22-TCU
21-Hawaii
20-UCLA
19-Southern Mississippi
18-Cincinnati
17-Maryland
16-Oregon State
15-Utah
14-Boise State
13-Central Michigan
12-New Mexico
11-USC
10-Texas Tech
9-South Carolina
8-Kentucky
7-South Florida
6-Rice
5-Arkansas
4-Miami
3-Boston College
2-California
1-Alabama

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"You gonna bark all day, little doggie, or are you gonna bite?" - Mr. Blonde from Reservoir Dogs

I was amazed at how many of these I had little confidence in.

Ended up with that one game I hadn't picked at 29, and couldn't remember which one I left out. Turned out it was that scintillating Clemson/Kentucky game. Thought about moving games around, but then I decided, "Kentucky usually sucks", and just stuck Clemson there. Now I have all kinds of confidence in Clemson.

Here's goes nothing.

32 Texas
31 T.C.U.
30 Ohio State
29 Clemson
28 South Carolina
27 Louisville
26 Oklahoma
25 California
24 Boston College
23 Central Michigan
22 Wisconsin
21 L.S.U.
20 Auburn
19 U.S.C.
18 Cincinnati
17 Oregon State
16 Maryland
15 Tennessee
14 New Mexico
13 Hawaii
12 B.Y.U.
11 Georgia
10 Alabama
9 Rice
8 Minnesota
7 Kansas State
6 Florida State
5 Southern Mississippi
4 South Florida
3 Tulsa
2 Georgia Tech
1 Nevada

We need more players in this.

I agree. Eight days until the first game.

We need more folks in this pool to make it interesting.

I've stuck it at the top of the page.

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"You gonna bark all day, little doggie, or are you gonna bite?" - Mr. Blonde from Reservoir Dogs

AOK......hope we get more folks.