Bill Geiger

And as it turns out, a terrible day of picks.

Dr_Evil

Current Standings

1	Rank	Username	Correct	Incorrect
2	1	Daryl	19	3
3	2	kenbuzz	17	5
4	3	Jeremy517	16	6
5	3	Byron_T	16	6
6	5	Dr_Evil	15	7
7	5	3nthebag	15	7
8	5	BearFan	15	7
9	5	shizawn	15	7
10	5	Bill Geiger	15	7
11	5	LorenzoL	15	7
12	5	Kal Varnsen	15	7
13	12	LurkerDan	14	8
14	12	BrewCrew	14	8
15	12	davidlynchfan	14	8
16	15	Sonny Corinthos	13	9
17	15	MrX	13	9
18	15	Decker	13	9
19	15	Shamus McAnally	13	9
20	19	Trevor	12	10
21	19	namja	12	10
22	21	devilshalo	11	11
23	21	Redrocker	11	11
24	23	printerati	10	12
25	23	Quake1028	10	12
26	25	sleepyhead55	8	14

There are four games on the schedule for Monday December 30
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Bowl	Location	Time (ET) / TV	Tickets
SERVPRO First Responder Bowl WKU vs. Western Michigan	Gerald J. Ford Stadium Dallas, TX	12:30pm ET ESPN	Buy Tickets
Franklin Amer. Mort. Music City Bowl Mississippi State vs. Louisville	Nissan Stadium Nashville, TN	4:00pm ET ESPN	Buy Tickets
Redbox Bowl California vs. Illinois	Levi's Stadium Santa Clara, CA	4:00pm ET FOX	Buy Tickets
Capital One Orange Bowl 9 Florida vs. 24 Virginia	Hard Rock Stadium Miami Gardens, FL	8:00pm ET ESPN	Buy Tickets

Pick Breakdowns

Western Kentucky 80% - printerati, kenbuzz, Dr_Evil, sleepyhead55, devilshalo, 3nthebag, BearFan, shizawn, Bill Geiger, LurkerDan, MrX, Shamus McAnally, Jeremy517, davidlynchfan, Redrocker, LorenzoL, Byron_T, Daryl, Kal Varnsen, Quake1028
Western Michigan 20% - Sonny Corinthos, Trevor, Decker, namja, BrewCrew

Mississippi State 68% - kenbuzz, Dr_Evil, sleepyhead55, devilshalo, 3nthebag, Sonny Corinthos, shizawn, Bill Geiger, MrX, namja, BrewCrew, Jeremy517, davidlynchfan, Redrocker, LorenzoL, Byron_T, Kal Varnsen
Louisville 32% - printerati, BearFan, LurkerDan, Trevor, Decker, Shamus McAnally, Daryl, Quake1028

California 76% - printerati, kenbuzz, sleepyhead55, 3nthebag, Sonny Corinthos, shizawn, Bill Geiger, LurkerDan, MrX, Trevor, Decker, Shamus McAnally, BrewCrew, Jeremy517, davidlynchfan, Redrocker, Byron_T, Daryl, Kal Varnsen
Illinois 24% - Dr_Evil, devilshalo, BearFan, namja, LorenzoL, Quake1028

Florida 88% - printerati, kenbuzz, Dr_Evil, sleepyhead55, 3nthebag, Sonny Corinthos, BearFan, shizawn, Bill Geiger, LurkerDan, MrX, Decker, Shamus McAnally, namja, BrewCrew, Jeremy517, davidlynchfan, Redrocker, Byron_T, Daryl, Kal Varnsen, Quake1028
Virginia 12% - devilshalo, Trevor, LorenzoL

Top of the Standings

Daryl has picked 10 in a row correctly and has opened up a 2 game lead on the field.

Streaking

kenbuzz and Daryl/b] are both on 10 game correct pick streaks


Potential Movers

Daryl picked a larger underdog in Lousiville, so those at the top could gain a game if Mississippi State wins.

davidlynchfan

Congrats! Daryl. I don’t think anybody is ketchingup already.

Dr_Evil

Current Standings

1	Rank	Username	Correct	Incorrect
2	1	Daryl	23	3
3	2	kenbuzz	20	6
4	3	Jeremy517	19	7
5	3	Byron_T	19	7
6	5	3nthebag	18	8
7	5	BearFan	18	8
8	5	shizawn	18	8
9	5	Bill Geiger	18	8
10	5	LurkerDan	18	8
11	5	Kal Varnsen	18	8
12	11	Dr_Evil	17	9
13	11	Shamus McAnally	17	9
14	11	davidlynchfan	17	9
15	14	MrX	16	10
16	14	Decker	16	10
17	14	BrewCrew	16	10
18	14	LorenzoL	16	10
19	18	Sonny Corinthos	15	11
20	19	printerati	14	12
21	19	Trevor	14	12
22	19	Redrocker	14	12
23	22	namja	13	13
24	22	Quake1028	13	13
25	24	devilshalo	12	14
26	25	sleepyhead55	11	15

There are five games on the schedule for Tuesday December 31
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Bowl	Location	Time (ET) / TV	Tickets
Belk Bowl Virginia Tech vs. Kentucky	Bank of America Stadium Charlotte, NC	12:00pm ET ESPN	Buy Tickets
Tony the Tiger Sun Bowl Florida State vs. Arizona State	Sun Bowl Stadium El Paso, TX	2:00pm ET CBS	Buy Tickets
AutoZone Liberty Bowl 23 Navy vs. Kansas State	Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium Memphis, TN	3:45pm ET ESPN	Buy Tickets
NOVA Home Loans Arizona Bowl Georgia State vs. Wyoming	Arizona Stadium Tucson, AZ	4:30pm ET CBSSN	Buy Tickets
Valero Alamo Bowl 11 Utah vs. Texas	Alamodome San Antonio, TX	7:30pm ET ESPN	Buy Tickets

Pick Breakdowns

Virginia Tech 56% - printerati, sleepyhead55, devilshalo, Sonny Corinthos, BearFan, shizawn, namja, BrewCrew, davidlynchfan, LorenzoL, Byron_T, Daryl, Kal Varnsen, Quake1028
Kentucky 44% - kenbuzz, Dr_Evil, 3nthebag, Bill Geiger, LurkerDan, MrX, Trevor, Decker, Shamus McAnally, Jeremy517, Redrocker

Florida State 16% - namja, Jeremy517, LorenzoL, Quake1028
Arizona State 84% - printerati, kenbuzz, Dr_Evil, sleepyhead55, devilshalo, 3nthebag, Sonny Corinthos, BearFan, shizawn, Bill Geiger, LurkerDan, MrX, Trevor, Decker, Shamus McAnally, BrewCrew, davidlynchfan, Redrocker, Byron_T, Daryl, Kal Varnsen

Navy 68% - kenbuzz, Dr_Evil, sleepyhead55, 3nthebag, Sonny Corinthos, BearFan, shizawn, Bill Geiger, LurkerDan, MrX, Trevor, Decker, Shamus McAnally, namja, Redrocker, Kal Varnsen, Quake1028
Kansas State 32% - printerati, devilshalo, BrewCrew, Jeremy517, davidlynchfan, LorenzoL, Byron_T, Daryl

Georgia State 8% - sleepyhead55, Sonny Corinthos
Wyoming 92% - printerati, kenbuzz, Dr_Evil, devilshalo, 3nthebag, BearFan, shizawn, Bill Geiger, LurkerDan, MrX, Trevor, Decker, Shamus McAnally, namja, BrewCrew, Jeremy517, davidlynchfan, Redrocker, LorenzoL, Byron_T, Daryl, Kal Varnsen, Quake1028

Utah 80%- printerati, kenbuzz, 3nthebag, Sonny Corinthos, BearFan, shizawn, Bill Geiger, LurkerDan, MrX, Trevor, Decker, Shamus McAnally, namja, BrewCrew, Jeremy517, Redrocker, Byron_T, Daryl, Kal Varnsen, Quake1028
Texas 20% - Dr_Evil, sleepyhead55, devilshalo, davidlynchfan, LorenzoL

Top of the Standings

Daryl is now 3 games clear at the top with another perfect day of picks yesterday

Streaking

Daryl has a 14 game correct pick streak going

Potential Movers

The only games where significant ground could be made up on Daryl are Kentucky beating Virginia Tech and Navy beating Kansas State. kenbuzz could close the gap to 1 game if both of these games go in his direction.

Dr_Evil

I've gone through and did a quick look at who could still win. It's not a very big list.

kenbuzz
Dr_Evil
3nthebag
Bill Geiger
Jeremy517
Daryl

From what I can tell, all of these people still have the possibility to at least tie Daryl.

A Kentucky loss today would eliminate everyone but 3nthebag
A Florida State loss today would eliminate Jeremy517
A Navy loss eliminates everyone but Jeremy517 and 3nthebag.
If both Kentucky and Navy lose 3nthebag is eliminated.

So if Kentucky and Navy lose today, Daryl will be crowned the champion at what I think is our earliest point ever.

Decker

Daryl on FIRE 🔥

Dr_Evil

Current Standings

1	Rank	Username	Correct	Incorrect
2	1	Daryl	25	6
3	2	kenbuzz	24	7
4	3	Dr_Evil	22	9
5	3	3nthebag	22	9
6	3	Bill Geiger	22	9
7	3	LurkerDan	22	9
8	7	BearFan	21	10
9	7	shizawn	21	10
10	7	Shamus McAnally	21	10
11	7	Jeremy517	21	10
12	7	Byron_T	21	10
13	7	Kal Varnsen	21	10
14	13	MrX	20	11
15	13	Decker	20	11
16	13	davidlynchfan	20	11
17	16	Trevor	18	13
18	16	BrewCrew	18	13
19	16	Redrocker	18	13
20	16	LorenzoL	18	13
21	20	Sonny Corinthos	17	14
22	21	printerati	16	15
23	22	devilshalo	15	16
24	22	namja	15	16
25	22	Quake1028	15	16
26	25	sleepyhead55	14	17

There are four games on the schedule for Wednesday January 1
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Bowl	Location	Time (ET) / TV	Tickets
Outback Bowl 18 Minnesota vs. 12 Auburn	Raymond James Stadium Tampa, FL	1:00pm ET ESPN	Buy Tickets
Vrbo Citrus Bowl 14 Michigan vs. 13 Alabama	Camping World Stadium Orlando, FL	1:00pm ET ABC	Buy Tickets
Rose Bowl Game 6 Oregon vs. 8 Wisconsin	Rose Bowl Stadium Pasadena, CA	5:00pm ET ESPN	Buy Tickets
Allstate Sugar Bowl 5 Georgia vs. 7 Baylor	Mercedes-Benz Superdome New Orleans, LA	8:45pm ET ESPN	Buy Tickets

Pick Breakdowns

Minnesota 8% - sleepyhead55, Byron_T
Auburn 92% - printerati, kenbuzz, Dr_Evil, devilshalo, 3nthebag, Sonny Corinthos, BearFan, shizawn, Bill Geiger, LurkerDan, MrX, Trevor, Decker, Shamus McAnally, namja, BrewCrew, Jeremy517, davidlynchfan, Redrocker, LorenzoL, Daryl, Kal Varnsen, Quake1028

Michigan 12% - devilshalo, 3nthebag, MrX
Alabama 88% - printerati, kenbuzz, Dr_Evil, sleepyhead55, Sonny Corinthos, BearFan, shizawn, Bill Geiger, LurkerDan, Trevor, Decker, Shamus McAnally, namja, BrewCrew, Jeremy517, davidlynchfan, Redrocker, LorenzoL, Byron_T, Daryl, Kal Varnsen, Quake1028

Oregon 32% - sleepyhead55, Sonny Corinthos, Bill Geiger, LurkerDan, MrX, davidlynchfan, Redrocker, Quake1028
Wisconsin 68% - printerati, kenbuzz, Dr_Evil, devilshalo, 3nthebag, BearFan, shizawn, Trevor, Decker, Shamus McAnally, namja, BrewCrew, Jeremy517, LorenzoL, Byron_T, Daryl, Kal Varnsen

Georgia 88% - printerati, kenbuzz, Dr_Evil, devilshalo, 3nthebag, BearFan, shizawn, Bill Geiger, LurkerDan, MrX, Trevor, Decker, Shamus McAnally, namja, BrewCrew, Jeremy517, davidlynchfan, LorenzoL, Byron_T, Daryl, Kal Varnsen, Quake1028
Baylor 12% - sleepyhead55, Sonny Corinthos, Redrocker

Top of the Standings

kenbuzz has pulled within one game of Daryl at the top.

Streaking

LurkerDan has picked 11 game in a row correctly


Who Can Still Win
kenbuzz
Dr_Evil
3nthebag
Bill Geiger
Daryl


Potential Movers

Bill Geiger is eliminated with an Oregon loss

kenbuzz

Looks like Daryl has conveniently copied all of my picks today. Lol.

In fact, it looks like he's covered ALL of my future picks except Indiana/Tennessee. So I have to root for the frigging Hoosier football team?!? Lol, okay, I give. 'Grats Daryl.

Dr_Evil

Yep, that is an elimination game for both of you. You hold the tiebreaker with Daryl due to a better record in the 13 Hardest to Call Games.

Sonny Corinthos

I say next year let's all copy off of Daryl's list.

LurkerDan

it's a Festivus miracle!

Bill Geiger

Still in this. Oregon wins!

kenbuzz

Lol - I didn't even look at *MY* picks. Daryl has the Hoo-hoo-hoosiers, while I have Tennessee. And looking at the rest, it seems that I have to have a Tennessee win (to catch Daryl) which is also one of the 2 I need to hold off Bill Geiger (the other being Tulane or LSU), and if I get that, I'll also hold off Dr_Evil and 3inthebag. So it's Tennessee and at least one of Tulane/LSU. Bleh - I gotta root for southern teams. Lol.

Dr_Evil

Current Standings

1	Rank	Username	Correct	Incorrect
2	1	Daryl	27	8
3	2	kenbuzz	26	9
4	3	Bill Geiger	25	10
5	3	LurkerDan	25	10
6	5	Dr_Evil	24	11
7	5	Byron_T	24	11
8	7	3nthebag	23	12
9	7	BearFan	23	12
10	7	shizawn	23	12
11	7	Shamus McAnally	23	12
12	7	Jeremy517	23	12
13	7	davidlynchfan	23	12
14	7	Kal Varnsen	23	12
15	14	MrX	22	13
16	14	Decker	22	13
17	16	Trevor	20	15
18	16	BrewCrew	20	15
19	16	Redrocker	20	15
20	16	LorenzoL	20	15
21	20	Sonny Corinthos	19	16
22	21	printerati	18	17
23	21	Quake1028	18	17
24	23	sleepyhead55	17	18
25	23	namja	17	18
26	25	devilshalo	16	19

There are two games on the schedule for Thursday January 2
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Bowl	Location	Time (ET) / TV	Tickets
TicketSmarter Birmingham Bowl Boston College vs. 21 Cincinnati	Legion Field Birmingham, AL	3:00pm ET ESPN	Buy Tickets
TaxSlayer Gator Bowl Indiana vs. Tennessee	TIAA Bank Field Jacksonville, FL	7:00pm ET ESPN	Buy Tickets

Pick Breakdowns

Boston College 4%- 3nthebag
Cincinnati 96% - printerati, kenbuzz, Dr_Evil, sleepyhead55, devilshalo, Sonny Corinthos, BearFan, shizawn, Bill Geiger, LurkerDan, MrX, Trevor, Decker, Shamus McAnally, namja, BrewCrew, Jeremy517, davidlynchfan, Redrocker, LorenzoL, Byron_T, Daryl, Kal Varnsen, Quake1028

Indiana 40%- 3nthebag, Sonny Corinthos, Bill Geiger, Decker, namja, Redrocker, Byron_T, Daryl, Kal Varnsen, Quake1028
Tennessee 60%- printerati, kenbuzz, Dr_Evil, sleepyhead55, devilshalo, BearFan, shizawn, LurkerDan, MrX, Trevor, Shamus McAnally, BrewCrew, Jeremy517, davidlynchfan, LorenzoL

Top of the Standings

The top of the standings remains the same after yesterday's games.


Streaking

Bill Geiger, LurkerDan, davidlynchfan and Quake1028 have 3 game correct pick streaks

Who Can Still Win
kenbuzz
Dr_Evil
3nthebag
Bill Geiger
Daryl


Potential Movers

Everyone that can still win has a chance to be eliminated today.

3nthebag is eliminated with a loss by Boston College. (Can't beat Daryl)

Dr_Evil and kenbuzz are eliminated with a Tennessee loss. (Can't beat Daryl)

Daryl and Bill Geiger are eliminated with an Indiana loss. (Can't beat kenbuzz/Dr_Evil)

Dr_Evil

Here's some information on those who can still win and their picks. There are 3 games that will still factor into the Hardest Games Record: Indiana/Tennesseee, Southern Miss/Tulane and LSU/Clemson.

Reminder on the tiebreaking order:
5) If there is a tie, picking the winner of the national championship game will be used as the first tie breaker
6) The second tie breaker will be correctly picking both of the participants of the national championship game
7) Third tiebreaker will be the most correct picks among the 10 Hardest To Call games as determined by DVDTalk. I look at the distribution of DVDTalk picks for all the games, and the 10 that are closest to 50/50 will be used. I'll post the list of games that will be included in this after all the picks are in.
8) If there is still a tie after this, I'll keep adding the next Hardest to Call game, and repeating the process until we have a winner.
9) If somehow there is still a tie, the earliest submitted pick set will be the winner

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	kenbuzz	Dr_Evil	3nthebag	Bill Geiger	Daryl
Correct	26	24	23	25	27
Incorrect	9	11	12	10	8
Boston College/Cincinnati	Cincinnati	Cincinnati	Boston College	Cincinnati	Cincinnati
Indiana/Tennessee	Tennessee	Tennessee	Indiana	Indiana	Indiana
Ohio/Nevada	Ohio	Ohio	Nevada	Ohio	Ohio
Southern Miss/Tulane	Tulane	Southern Miss	Southern Miss	Southern Miss	Tulane
LSU/Clemson	LSU	Clemson	Clemson	Clemson	LSU
Hardest Games Record
Correct	9	7	7	6	8
Incorrect	1	3	3	4	2

Dr_Evil

Current Standings

1	Rank	Username	Correct	Incorrect
2	1	kenbuzz	28	9
3	1	Daryl	28	9
4	3	LurkerDan	27	10
5	4	Dr_Evil	26	11
6	4	Bill Geiger	26	11
7	6	BearFan	25	12
8	6	shizawn	25	12
9	6	Shamus McAnally	25	12
10	6	Jeremy517	25	12
11	6	davidlynchfan	25	12
12	6	Byron_T	25	12
13	12	MrX	24	13
14	12	Kal Varnsen	24	13
15	14	3nthebag	23	14
16	14	Decker	23	14
17	16	Trevor	22	15
18	16	BrewCrew	22	15
19	16	LorenzoL	22	15
20	19	Redrocker	21	16
21	20	printerati	20	17
22	20	Sonny Corinthos	20	17
23	22	sleepyhead55	19	18
24	22	Quake1028	19	18
25	24	devilshalo	18	19
26	24	namja	18	19

There is one game on the schedule for Friday January 3
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Bowl	Location	Time (ET) / TV	Tickets
Famous Idaho Potato Bowl Ohio vs. Nevada	Albertsons Stadium Boise, ID	3:30pm ET ESPN	Buy Tickets

Pick Breakdowns

Ohio 80% - printerati, kenbuzz, Dr_Evil, sleepyhead55, shizawn, Bill Geiger, LurkerDan, MrX, Trevor, Decker, Shamus McAnally, namja, BrewCrew, Jeremy517, davidlynchfan, Redrocker, Byron_T, Daryl, Kal Varnsen, Quake1028
Nevada 20% - devilshalo, 3nthebag, Sonny Corinthos, BearFan, LorenzoL

Top of the Standings

After his amazing run, Daryl has been eliminated with the Tennessee come back win. kenbuzz is now in the driver's seat to win.

Streaking

davidlynchfan and LurkerDan have 5 game correct pick streaks

Who Can Still Win

kenbuzz
Dr_Evil

Potential Movers

namja

So this is why I didn't play this for many years. I suck at it!


If Southern Miss wins, then the NC game will determine the winner of this pick 'em. From drama's sake, hope Southern Miss wins.

LurkerDan

goddammit, so close this year!

printerati

Not as close as 2013-14, though.

Dr_Evil

I had to go back and look at this one. Four people could have won depending on the outcome of the national championship game and the points. It was a bit more fun to have the points involved, but the addition of the playoff made that hard to do not knowing for sure the teams.

LurkerDan

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Bill Geiger

Thanks guys! See you next year.

printerati

If it’s any consolation, I have been absolute shit since then.

Sonny Corinthos

Glad to see i'm keeping up my shitting the bed record in this event. Congrats to ever who wins and thanks DE for putting this together once again. You do a fantastic job every year.

kenbuzz

That's a wonderful sentiment.... but in light of how dominant Daryl was this bowl season and how he's only out because of an unlikely Tennessee comeback and a pool tie breaker, I really think it would be best for all involved if we acknowledged his amazing run and gave him 2nd place right now.

Go Tulane. You know, for Daryl.