kmoose
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I know it's too late for this year, but here's an idea for those of you looking to get more out of the bowl season:
Some friends and I "play" for the Bob Davie Award, every year. Here's how it works;
There are 5 (+/- a couple of stragglers, from year to year) of us who play. Each person "drafts" teams from the non-BCS bowls. You throw cards (or however), to determine draft order. Once a team has been drafted, they are off of the board. So basically what you want to do is try to rank the games according to confidence. Each person drafts the same number of teams. This year, there were 24 non-BCS bowls, for a total of 48 teams. So we had 9 draft rounds (9x5=45), with 3 undrafted teams. Non-BCS bowls are straight up win or lose, no spread. Then everyone picks all of the BCS bowls, against the spread. At the end, the person with the worst record wins The Bob Davie Award, which is a framed, autographed picture of the coach who started ND's current run at mediocrity. They are required to display this picture in a conspicuous place in their domicile. It's a fun way to up your interest in the Brut Toilet Bowl, or the Minnesota Lifeguard's Association Snow Bowl. One interesting part is that you eventually are picking teams that you think are going to lose, but you feel they have a better chance off pulling off an upset than the other teams that are still available. It's strictly for bragging rights, though. We don't play for any money. The first place person gets to gloat, and doesn't have to see Bob Davie's mug grinning at him, every day.
Some friends and I "play" for the Bob Davie Award, every year. Here's how it works;
There are 5 (+/- a couple of stragglers, from year to year) of us who play. Each person "drafts" teams from the non-BCS bowls. You throw cards (or however), to determine draft order. Once a team has been drafted, they are off of the board. So basically what you want to do is try to rank the games according to confidence. Each person drafts the same number of teams. This year, there were 24 non-BCS bowls, for a total of 48 teams. So we had 9 draft rounds (9x5=45), with 3 undrafted teams. Non-BCS bowls are straight up win or lose, no spread. Then everyone picks all of the BCS bowls, against the spread. At the end, the person with the worst record wins The Bob Davie Award, which is a framed, autographed picture of the coach who started ND's current run at mediocrity. They are required to display this picture in a conspicuous place in their domicile. It's a fun way to up your interest in the Brut Toilet Bowl, or the Minnesota Lifeguard's Association Snow Bowl. One interesting part is that you eventually are picking teams that you think are going to lose, but you feel they have a better chance off pulling off an upset than the other teams that are still available. It's strictly for bragging rights, though. We don't play for any money. The first place person gets to gloat, and doesn't have to see Bob Davie's mug grinning at him, every day.
