Who will have the best start to the new year (IE members)

[DomeX2 eNVy]

I started thinking about who I wanted to win the bowl games and thought it would be fun to put a formula together to see who on Irish Envy had the best collective bowl season for teams you want to win.

For me, if the Irish win I really don't give a crap about the rest of the games. But that wouldn't make for much of a contest on this site. The rules are you pick your top 10 teams you want to win the remaining bowl games in order and points will be assigned. It is weighted to the top picks because those games probably mean a lot more than the others when you look at the utility of your emotions.
Granted 95%+ should be picking Notre Dame as the #1 (unless you are ALLGATOR, or one of our OU, UM, or bama friends - or you are cheating)
There are 1000 total points, and the points go as follows:
#1 - 300 points
#2 - 200 points
#3 - 160 points
#4 - 120 points
#5 - 80 points
#6 - 60 points
#7 - 40 points
#8 - 20 points
#9 - 12 points
#10 - 8 points

Again, this is for who you WANT to win, not who you think will win.*

*unless you are betting with real money, then who you think will win is actually who you want to win.

My wants:
#1 - Notre Dame (bama)
#2 - Oklahoma (tAM)
#3 - Oregon State (texas)
#4 - Louisville (florida)
#5 - Northern Illinois (fla st)
#6 - Northwestern (miss st)
#7 - Clemson (lsu)
#8 - Oregon (kansas st)
#9 - Stanford (wisconsin)
#10 - Purdue (oklahoma st)

Merry Christmas everyone, and I hope you enjoy this contest of winning emotions and each of you who pick ND as the #1 pick score a lot of points.

Go Irish!

 

[NDhoosier]

Well, just tell you straight up, I am cheering for every SEC team to lose:

#1: Notre Dame (Alabama)
#2: Oklahoma (Texas A&M)
#3: Louisville (Florida)
#4: Northwestern (Miss St.)
#5: Clemson (LSU)
#6: NC State (Vanderbilt) - Dont even want Vanderbilt to add to their overall record
#7: Michigan (South Carolina) - I still hate Michigan, but I dislike the SEC more now
#8: Stanford (Wisconsin)
#9: Michigan State (TCU)
#10: Navy (Arizona State)

 

[fightincolts]

My wants:
#1 - Notre Dame (Alabama)
#2 - Oklahoma (tAM)
#3 - Texas (Oregon State)
#4 - Louisville (Florida)
#5 - Florida State (NIU)
#6 - Northwestern (miss st)
#7 - Clemson (lsu)
#8 - Kansas State (Oregon)
#9 - Wisconsin (Stanford)
#10 - Purdue (oklahoma st)

Probably not too many other people on this forum that want Wisky to win..

 

[NDohio]

#1 Notre Dame (AL)
#2 Clemson (LSU)
#3 OU (aTm)
#4 Michigan (S. Carolina)
#5 Nebraska (UGA)
#6 Stanford (Wisconsin)
#7 Navy (AZ St)
#8 Louisville (FL)
#9 K State (OR)
#10 Purdue (OK St)

 

[chicago51]

# 1 Notre Dame (Alabama)
# 2 TCU (Michigan St) - Nothing against Mich St just love Gary Patterson's defensive system
# 3 OU (Texas A&M) - A&M fans have been obnoxious
# 4 Virginia Tech (Rutgers) - Big fan of Frank Beamer and Bud Foster. Terrible year this team but hoping they end it on a high note.
# 5 Northwestern (Mississippi State) - Got to show some love for Chicago's local team. True student athletes like ND.
# 6 Kansas State (Oregon) - Utmost respect for Bill Snyder
# 7 Northern Illinios (Florida State) - Sort of a local team for me, love the underdog, and most of all I just can't stand the seminal chop.
# 8 Louisville (Florida) - Former ND lb coach Charlie Strong is doing great job. Will Muschamp makes weird faces when he is angry.
# 9 Wisconsin (Standford) - Much respect for the Cardinal but I got to root for former ND defensive coordinator Barry Alvarez making his one game return. Much appreciation for the former DC if they weren't playing a team I like in Standford this game would be much higher on the list.
# 10 Navy (Arizona State) - Got respect the men that will go on to serve our country

Don't care too much about the outcome but I am hoping for a Les Miles post game tirade of some sort against Clemson.

 

[eNDzone]

#1 ND (Bama)
#2 OU (Texas A&M)
#3 Stanford (Wisc.)
#4 Louisville (Florida)
#5 Nebraska (Georgia)
#6 Kansas State (Oregon)
#7 Clemson (LSU)
#8 Pitt. (Mississippi)
#9 Northwestern (Miss. State)
#10 Mich. (South Carolina)

Go down in flames SEC

 

[NDinFL]

#1 ND (Bama)
#2 OU (Texas A&M)
#3 Stanford (Wisc.)
#4 Louisville (Florida)
#5 Nebraska (Georgia)
#6 Kansas State (Oregon)
#7 Clemson (LSU)
#8 Pitt. (Mississippi)
#9 Northwestern (Miss. State)
#10 Mich. (South Carolina)

Go down in flames SEC

This, I want this to happen too

 

[GoIrish41]

#1 ND (Bama)
#2 OU (Texas A&M)
#3 Stanford (Wisc.)
#4 Louisville (Florida)
#5 Nebraska (Georgia)
#6 Kansas State (Oregon)
#7 Clemson (LSU)
#8 Pitt. (Mississippi)
#9 Northwestern (Miss. State)
#10 Mich. (South Carolina)

Go down in flames SEC

I would love for this to happen, but I suspect that A&M will beat OU; Florida will beat Louisville; GA will beat Nebraska; Oregon will beat KSU; and LSU is likely to beat Clemson.

 

[ShawneeIrish]

#1 Notre Dame (bama)
#2 Michigan (S Carolina)
#3 WKU (Central Michigan)
#4 Oklahoma (A&M)
#5 Stanford (Wisconsin)
#6Louisville (Florida)
#7 Pitt (Miss)
#8 Northwestern (Miss St)
#9 Nebraska (UGA)
#10 Oregon (K State)

 

[chicago51]

#1 Notre Dame (bama)
#2 Michigan (S Carolina)
#3 WKU (Central Michigan)
#4 Oklahoma (A&M)
#5 Stanford (Wisconsin)
#6Louisville (Florida)
#7 Pitt (Miss)
#8 Northwestern (Miss St)
#9 Nebraska (UGA)
#10 TIE Oregon (K State) Navy (ASU)

I'm not sure but for scoring purposes I don't think ties are allowed. Not that I really give a ****.

 

[ShawneeIrish]

I'm not sure but for scoring purposes I don't think ties are allowed. Not that I really give a ****.

Oh fair enough I forgot about the scoring, scratch the Navy game then.

 

[IrishSteelhead]

1. ND






2. Georgia Tech
3. K-State
4. Oklahoma
5. Nebraska
6. Purdue
7. Northern Illinois
8. Louisville
9. Stanford
10. Navy

*surprised nobody else really wants to see the tire fire out in LA continue

 

[chicago51]

1. ND






2. Georgia Tech
3. K-State
4. Oklahoma
5. Nebraska
6. Purdue
7. Northern Illinois
8. Louisville
9. Stanford
10. Navy

*surprised nobody else really wants to see the tire fire out in LA continue

Don't really care what happens with USC.

I actually kind of want to poison AD Pat Haden, and the souls of the USC fan base with hope. Make them believe that things will be ok. I want them to learn the truth about despair by giving them hope. I want them to win big simularly to the Hawaii Bowl with ND. I remember back then feeling great about the following but it was false.

After years of no player developement under Kiffin despite high profile recruiting, after getting hit by NCAA with new sanctions for Kiffin recruiting violations. When it is done and USC football is ashes, then Kiffin has my permission to die (metaphorically speaking of course no real killing).

 

[HawaiianIrish]

1. Catholics over Cousins
2. Bumble Bee's over FU$C
3. 1500 SAT Scores over Cheese Heads
4. Scum Bears over gameCOCKS
5. Uniform Changers over Purple Pussies
6. Boomers over Our Cotton Bowl Bitch
7. 3OT Wake up Call over The other cousins
8. Northern WHO over Tomahawk Chop
9. Sea Men over Pitchforks
10. Corn on the Cob over Waffle House Inc