2014-2015 Sowal College Football Pick'em

SoWal Insider

Aug 15, '14 · 8:08 PM92,544

Ok college football fans, it's almost that time of year again. Some have already asked if there is going to be a pick'em again this year. Comment here if you plan on playing this year. All are welcome to play. This is my 2nd year of being moderator over the pick'em, along with help from BR, whose husband will pick games for us again this year. Thanks to both of you. Here are the rules for this years pick'em, these are the same as last year with one addition.

1. The games for each week's SoWal Pick'em will be posted on or before Monday evenings.
2. The deadline for making your pick for any game is 9 AM Central Time on date of that game.
3. Anyone who misses the deadline (as defined in #2 above) will forfeit all games not picked for that date.
4. Any changes after a pick is made must appear in a new post, not in an edited prior post, and by 9 AM Central Time for the date of the game for which your pick is changed. Failure to do this will result in your change being invalid.
5. For some games that are of great interest, but in which one team has a lopsided advantage, points may be added to the underdog's score by the person choosing the slate of games each week.
6. Each correct pick earns one point.
7. The winner of the SoWal Pick'em will be the person who has the most points, not the highest percentage of correct picks.
8. Bonus questions may be included later in the season in case a tie-breaker is needed. The points from these questions will not be added to a picker's total points for the season.
9. Leaders for each week, for the regular season, and for the bowl games will be recognized. However, the winner of the SoWal Pick'em will be the person with the most wins for the season, including bowl games.

Happy picking!

Lady D

Edited Aug 16, '14 · 6:55 PM

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Beach Fanatic

Dec 19, '14 · 5:28 PM#727

Thanks for the head's up everybody. Good grief, Charlie Brown, this month is flying by.

UL Lafayette (8-4) vs. Nevada (7-5)
Utah St (9-4) vs. UTEP (7-5)
Colorado St (10-2) vs. Utah (8-4)
Air Force (9-3) vs. Western Michigan (8-4)
Bowling Green (7-6) vs. South Alabama (6-6)
Memphis (9-3) vs. BYU (8-4)
Marshall (12-1) vs. Northern Illinois (11-2)
San Diego St (7-5) vs. Navy (6-5)
Western Kentucky (7-5) vs. Central Michigan (7-5)
Fresno St (6-7) vs. Rice (7-5)
Illinois (6-6) vs. Louisiana Tech (8-5)
Rutgers (7-5) vs. North Carolina (6-6)
NC St (7-5) vs. UCF (9-3)
Virginia Tech (6-6) vs. Cincinnati (9-3)
Duke (9-3) vs. Arizona St (9-3)
Miami (Fla.) (6-6) vs. South Carolina (6-6)
Boston College (7-5) vs. Penn St (6-6)
Nebraska (9-3) vs. USC (8-4)
West Virginia (7-5) vs. Texas A&M (7-5)
Clemson (9-3) vs. Oklahoma (8-4)
Texas (6-6) vs. Arkansas (6-6)
Notre Dame (7-5) vs. LSU (8-4)
Louisville (9-3) vs. Georgia (9-3)
Maryland (7-5) vs. Stanford (7-5)
TCU (11-1) vs. Ole Miss (9-3)
Arizona (10-3) vs. Boise St (11-2)
Georgia Tech (10-3) vs. Mississippi St (10-2)
Wisconsin (10-3) vs. Auburn (8-4)
Baylor (11-1) vs. Michigan St (10-2)
Minnesota (8-4) vs. Missouri (10-3)
No. 2 Oregon (12-1) vs. No. 3 Florida St (13-0)
No. 1 Alabama (12-1) vs. No. 4 Ohio St (12-1)
Houston (7-5) vs. Pittsburgh (6-6)
Iowa (7-5) vs. Tennessee (6-6)
Kansas St (9-3) vs. UCLA (9-3)
Florida (6-5) vs. East Carolina (8-4)
Toledo (8-4) vs. Arkansas St (7-5)
Oklahoma St (6-6) vs. Washington (8-5)

Beach Lover

Dec 19, '14 · 5:49 PM#728

Happy Bowling! Good luck to all and a safe and joyous holiday season. Deedee

UL Lafayette (8-4) vs. Nevada (7-5)
Utah St (9-4) vs. UTEP (7-5)
Colorado St (10-2) vs. Utah (8-4)
Air Force (9-3) vs. Western Michigan (8-4)
Bowling Green (7-6) vs. South Alabama (6-6)
Memphis (9-3) vs. BYU (8-4)
Marshall (12-1) vs. Northern Illinois (11-2)
San Diego St (7-5) vs. Navy (6-5)
Western Kentucky (7-5) vs. Central Michigan (7-5)
Fresno St (6-7) vs. Rice (7-5)
Illinois (6-6) vs. Louisiana Tech (8-5)
Rutgers (7-5) vs. North Carolina (6-6)
NC St (7-5) vs. UCF (9-3)
Virginia Tech (6-6) vs. Cincinnati (9-3)
Duke (9-3) vs. Arizona St (9-3)
Miami (Fla.) (6-6) vs. South Carolina (6-6)
Boston College (7-5) vs. Penn St (6-6)
Nebraska (9-3) vs. USC (8-4)
West Virginia (7-5) vs. Texas A&M (7-5)
Clemson (9-3) vs. Oklahoma (8-4)
Texas (6-6) vs. Arkansas (6-6)
Notre Dame (7-5) vs. LSU (8-4)
Louisville (9-3) vs. Georgia (9-3)
Maryland (7-5) vs. Stanford (7-5)
TCU (11-1) vs. Ole Miss (9-3)
Arizona (10-3) vs. Boise St (11-2)
Georgia Tech (10-3) vs. Mississippi St (10-2)
Wisconsin (10-3) vs. Auburn (8-4)
Baylor (11-1) vs. Michigan St (10-2)
Minnesota (8-4) vs. Missouri (10-3)
No. 2 Oregon (12-1) vs. No. 3 Florida St (13-0)
No. 1 Alabama (12-1) vs. No. 4 Ohio St (12-1)
Houston (7-5) vs. Pittsburgh (6-6)
Iowa (7-5) vs. Tennessee (6-6)
Kansas St (9-3) vs. UCLA (9-3)
Florida (6-5) vs. East Carolina (8-4)
Toledo (8-4) vs. Arkansas St (7-5)
Oklahoma St (6-6) vs. Washington (8-5)

SoWal InsiderAuthor

Dec 19, '14 · 7:12 PM#729

Thanks for the head's up everybody. Good grief, Charlie Brown, this month is flying by.

UL Lafayette (8-4) vs. Nevada (7-5)
Utah St (9-4) vs. UTEP (7-5)
Colorado St (10-2) vs. Utah (8-4)
Air Force (9-3) vs. Western Michigan (8-4)
Bowling Green (7-6) vs. South Alabama (6-6)
Memphis (9-3) vs. BYU (8-4)
Marshall (12-1) vs. Northern Illinois (11-2)
San Diego St (7-5) vs. Navy (6-5)
Western Kentucky (7-5) vs. Central Michigan (7-5)
Fresno St (6-7) vs. Rice (7-5)
Illinois (6-6) vs. Louisiana Tech (8-5)
Rutgers (7-5) vs. North Carolina (6-6)
NC St (7-5) vs. UCF (9-3)
Virginia Tech (6-6) vs. Cincinnati (9-3)
Duke (9-3) vs. Arizona St (9-3)
Miami (Fla.) (6-6) vs. South Carolina (6-6)
Boston College (7-5) vs. Penn St (6-6)
Nebraska (9-3) vs. USC (8-4)
West Virginia (7-5) vs. Texas A&M (7-5)
Clemson (9-3) vs. Oklahoma (8-4)
Texas (6-6) vs. Arkansas (6-6)
Notre Dame (7-5) vs. LSU (8-4)
Louisville (9-3) vs. Georgia (9-3)
Maryland (7-5) vs. Stanford (7-5)
TCU (11-1) vs. Ole Miss (9-3)
Arizona (10-3) vs. Boise St (11-2)
Georgia Tech (10-3) vs. Mississippi St (10-2)
Wisconsin (10-3) vs. Auburn (8-4)
Baylor (11-1) vs. Michigan St (10-2)
Minnesota (8-4) vs. Missouri (10-3)
No. 2 Oregon (12-1) vs. No. 3 Florida St (13-0)
No. 1 Alabama (12-1) vs. No. 4 Ohio St (12-1)
Houston (7-5) vs. Pittsburgh (6-6)
Iowa (7-5) vs. Tennessee (6-6)
Kansas St (9-3) vs. UCLA (9-3)
Florida (6-5) vs. East Carolina (8-4)
Toledo (8-4) vs. Arkansas St (7-5)
Oklahoma St (6-6) vs. Washington (8-5)

You were getting messages from two people. BR and I have done that too many times this season, messaging the same people.

SoWal InsiderAuthor

Dec 19, '14 · 7:15 PM#730

He may do what he wants. He is the inventor of the SoWal Pick'ems. And he's probably very busy at work at this time of the year.

I didn't message 30A Skunkape. But the other 3 got messaged by both of us.

SoWal InsiderAuthor

Dec 19, '14 · 9:01 PM#731

Making a change to a few of my picks: Hope these don't come back to bite me.

Changing my Northern Illinois pick to Marshall.
Changing my Louisville pick to Georgia.
Changing my Maryland pick to Stanford.
Changing my Tennessee pick to Iowa.

Edited Dec 19, '14 · 9:40 PM

beats on hood

Dec 20, '14 · 10:02 AM#732

Anyone who is not in yet can still play. You just lose all games on that day back to December 20. If you've already posted, no changes are allowed after right now.

beats on hood

Dec 20, '14 · 10:47 AM#733

SteelyDanMan and CarMaxsonma seem to be competing for the lifetime SoWal " annuity income-4-Life" riches, so its time to unleash " the Pythagorean theorem" of NCAACFB betting in hopes of justifying an invitation to next years WINNER TAKES THE CAKE college football forum

The formula is simple, but not for the simple minded:

P = student population
Q = school distance from the equator, or Ecuador, whichever is less
R = How many undergrads take 5 ( or more) years to graduate, instead of 4
S = The number of Student athletes participating in any-and- all NCAA - sanctioned sports
T= Total student population
U = Performance against the Over/Under AGAINST-THE -SPREAD RECORD or D1 Football games N.O.T. involving a mascot of American Indian, Hispanic, Native Alaskan, Animal or 'SOUTHERN ALABAMA' origin...
V= Victories against teams having a winning record since 1922
W = Wins
X = ' the x-factor', as explained in a Utube video, if any, relative to the team playing
Y = "Yowzah" moments appearing on FOXNews nightly sports channel
Z = "Zat wun't me sayd they'd cover" the spread, uttered more than once a game

The formula thus becomes simple:

PICK = (W+4)/(ZxPxR-Q) to the Sth power, + T , divided by (U+V)...The sum for which is then subtracted from (X+Y)

THE BIGGER THE NEGATIVE NUMBER, THE GREATER THE CHANCE THE TEAM WILL WIN!!

Using THE "Scientific method", HOW EZ WAS THAT?

Is that the BCS formula?

Beach Fanatic

Dec 20, '14 · 11:40 AM#734

Typo - I picked NMST instead of UTST
Game hasn't started

Edited Dec 20, '14 · 11:49 AM

beats on hood

Dec 20, '14 · 11:53 AM#735

Typo - I NMST instead of UTST
Game hasn't started

Well, it is the New Mexico Bowl. LOL. Also another typo -- m1a1mg forgot to highlight the Alabama/OSU game. I sent an email.

Beach Fanatic

Dec 20, '14 · 12:10 PM#736

Here is how we picked...

UL Lafayette (12) @ Nevada (5)
Utah St (13) @ UTEP (4)
Colorado St (7) @ Utah (10)
Air Force (14) @ Western Michigan (3)
Bowling Green (6) @ South Alabama (11)
Memphis (10) @ BYU (7)
Marshall (13) @ Northern Illinois (4)
San Diego St (8) @ Navy (9)
Western Kentucky (11) @ Central Michigan (6)
Fresno St (3) @ Rice (14)
Illinois (3) @ Louisiana Tech (14)
Rutgers (4) @ North Carolina (13)
NC St (1) @ UCF (16)
Virginia Tech (0) @ Cincinnati (17)
Duke (3) @ Arizona St (14)
Miami (6) @ South Carolina (11)
Boston College (8) @ Penn St (9)
Nebraska (2) @ USC (15)
West Virginia (8) @ Texas A&M (9)
Clemson (6) @ Oklahoma (11)
Texas (4) @ Arkansas (13)
Notre Dame (2) @ LSU (15)
Louisville (3) @ Georgia (14)
Maryland (1) @ Stanford (16)
TCU (13) @ Ole Miss (4)
Arizona (15) @ Boise St (2)
Georgia Tech (4) @ Mississippi St (13)
Wisconsin (2) @ Auburn (15)
Baylor (13) @ Michigan St (4)
Minnesota (1) @ Missouri (16)
Oregon (13) @ Florida St (3)
Alabama (12) @ Ohio St (3)
Houston (5) @ Pittsburgh (12)
Iowa (5) @ Tennessee (12)
Kansas St (12) @ UCLA (5)
Florida (13) @ East Carolina (4)
Toledo (14) @ Arkansas St (3)
Oklahoma St (4) @ Washington (13)

beats on hood

Dec 20, '14 · 1:22 PM#737

So basically due to us picking:
Oregon (13) @ Florida St (3)
Alabama (12) @ Ohio St (3),
as a group we're thinking Oregon vs Alabama for the championship game.

SoWal InsiderAuthor

Dec 20, '14 · 7:58 PM#738

Apparently Colorado State barely showed up in their bowl game.

Beach Fanatic

Dec 20, '14 · 10:35 PM#739

Oops. Alabama.

SoWal InsiderAuthor

Dec 21, '14 · 12:10 AM#740

Thanks BGSU for missing a crucial field goal. Now South Alabama is ahead with 1:20 to go in the bowl game. Fixing to cause me a 3rd miss.

SoWal InsiderAuthor

Dec 21, '14 · 12:14 AM#741

Will take that back for now. What a pass play for a TD. C'mon Bowling Green.

SoWal InsiderAuthor

Dec 22, '14 · 5:14 PM#742

What a game between Memphis Tigers and BYU, Memphis only allowed 17 pts per game average all season long and this game ended up 55-48 in 2OT, everyone got their money's worth who paid to go to that game.

Beach Fanatic

Dec 22, '14 · 7:02 PM#743

Looks like I am 5 and 1, hope my picks continue winning.

SoWal InsiderAuthor

Dec 23, '14 · 11:28 PM#744

If I didn't know any better I would think San Diego State is trying to throw this ballgame. And they have managed to do just that by missing the 24 yard field goal after making the previous 3, chokes on the most important one, idiot. I've always said trying to win a ballgame with mostly field goals and with no more than 1 TD most times does not work. Know this because of all the games Tennessee lost due to very few td's and mostly field goals.

Edited Dec 23, '14 · 11:53 PM

Beach Fanatic

Dec 24, '14 · 7:00 AM#745

I am on fire.... Stop Drop and Roll

SoWal InsiderAuthor

Dec 24, '14 · 2:59 PM#746

I am on fire.... Stop Drop and Roll

BR is 8-0 as of last night. Not sure of what she has done with the game that just ended.

Beach Fanatic

Dec 24, '14 · 4:08 PM#747

BR is 9-0, guess I am a candle in the wind at 7-2....

SoWal InsiderAuthor

Dec 24, '14 · 5:50 PM#748

BR is 9-0, guess I am a candle in the wind at 7-2....

Way better than where I am sitting at 5-4 thanks to Central Michigan trying for a 2 pt conversion instead of trying a extra point to tie things up. Would have accomplished more in OT probably.