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Robin PottratzHow to Create a College Football Bowl Game Pool
December 16th 2008 20:43
To get the best out of the Bowl Season, having a pool is a great way to add extra excitement - not that any more of that is needed. Use the following formula to get a great pool together.
This year, there are 34 total bowl games. Using this formula, you can use all or some of the games to the same result.
The first step is to take your bowl games and create a sheet that has all the matchups on it (for this example we'll use all 34 games).
Once you have all teams (68 teams) written down on a sheet - organized by bowl matchup.
Now, have your pool players assign a number (1-34) to the teams they think will win the matchup. The more confidence that you have that the team will win - you assign them a higher number.
Example: If you feel that USC is a lock to beat Penn State in the Rose Bowl, you would assign USC a high number. If you think that Oklahoma will beat Florida in the championship game, butaren't completely sure - you would assign Florida a mid range number. If you are at a complete toss up between Hawaii and ND, then you would assign them a lower number.
Continue this process until you have ranked each bowl game winner (1-34 for our example).
Scoring is as follows: For every correct bowl game winner you have selected you get the number of points that you assigned to them. If you assigned points to the losing team - you get zero points.
Examples: You assigned USC a 34 and they won - you get 34 points. You assigned Oklahoma a 15 and they won - you get 15 points. You assigned 3 points to ND and they lost - you get 0 points.
After alll the bowl are completed you simply add up your pools players points and name your winner. With this scenario ties should be very rare, but you should always prepare for the tie to avoid any controversy. Tiebreaker suggestions would be picking the most BCS Bowl Game winners; final score in the national title game; total combined passing yards of Tim Tebow and Sam Bradford.
This year, there are 34 total bowl games. Using this formula, you can use all or some of the games to the same result.
The first step is to take your bowl games and create a sheet that has all the matchups on it (for this example we'll use all 34 games).
Once you have all teams (68 teams) written down on a sheet - organized by bowl matchup.
Now, have your pool players assign a number (1-34) to the teams they think will win the matchup. The more confidence that you have that the team will win - you assign them a higher number.
Example: If you feel that USC is a lock to beat Penn State in the Rose Bowl, you would assign USC a high number. If you think that Oklahoma will beat Florida in the championship game, butaren't completely sure - you would assign Florida a mid range number. If you are at a complete toss up between Hawaii and ND, then you would assign them a lower number.
Continue this process until you have ranked each bowl game winner (1-34 for our example).
Scoring is as follows: For every correct bowl game winner you have selected you get the number of points that you assigned to them. If you assigned points to the losing team - you get zero points.
Examples: You assigned USC a 34 and they won - you get 34 points. You assigned Oklahoma a 15 and they won - you get 15 points. You assigned 3 points to ND and they lost - you get 0 points.
After alll the bowl are completed you simply add up your pools players points and name your winner. With this scenario ties should be very rare, but you should always prepare for the tie to avoid any controversy. Tiebreaker suggestions would be picking the most BCS Bowl Game winners; final score in the national title game; total combined passing yards of Tim Tebow and Sam Bradford.
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