Last Chance to Enter the '17 Contest!

If you're reading this e-mail, you are officially entered in the 2017 Baddest Bowl Pick Em Ever sweepstakes.  I call it a "sweepstakes" because that's what we're dealing with here.  There's very little skill involved here, despite what some of you meatheads think.  I might as well throw all your names in a hat and draw five of them.  It would save us all a great deal of time.  But it sure wouldn't be very much fun.  Like many of you, I prefer to lose my $10 as slowly and agonizingly as possible.

As of press time, we have 103 entries.  There will most definitely be some more between now and kickoff.  There's a Steve Sarkisian look-alike out in Licking County, OH who should be scrambling to get his picks in as we speak.  So once the numbers are finalized, I will publish the payouts.  But we're looking at $500-ish for the winner at this point.  Remember, I pay out the top 5 and last place gets a special prize.

Attached is the file.  This is the only time I'm publishing it so familiarize yourself with it, caress it, nurture it.  The "Picks" tab is the most useful one, as it gives you all of this information below about how many people picked each team and what the avg. confidence points are.  LANE KIFFIN is an overwhelming favorite, at 93.2% and 36.5 avg. confidence points.  According to this collection of college football degenerates, the Zips have no shot.

Finally, PAY ME.

Matchup	% Picked	Avg. Confidence	Matchup	% Picked	Avg. Confidence
Grambling	31.1%	8.8	North Carolina A&T	68.9%	16.4
Troy	86.4%	20.4	North Texas	13.6%	11.4
Western Kentucky	87.4%	20.1	Georgia St.	12.6%	10.6
Boise St.	23.3%	10.7	Oregon	76.7%	23.2
Marshall	26.2%	11.1	Colorado St.	73.8%	20.0
Middle Tennessee	35.0%	10.7	Arkansas St.	65.0%	14.6
Akron	6.8%	15.4	Florida Atlantic	93.2%	36.5
Louisiana Tech	21.4%	11.9	SMU	78.6%	17.7
Temple	72.8%	22.6	Florida International	27.2%	14.6
UAB	12.6%	15.2	Ohio	87.4%	23.9
Central Michigan	44.7%	12.6	Wyoming	55.3%	14.6
Texas Tech	30.1%	14.8	South Florida	69.9%	17.3
San Diego St.	77.7%	22.5	Army	22.3%	15.0
Appalachian St.	6.8%	16.3	Toledo	93.2%	26.6
Fresno St.	45.6%	14.3	Houston	54.4%	13.6
Utah	62.1%	22.9	West Virginia	37.9%	18.1
Duke	69.9%	19.3	Northern Illinois	30.1%	18.4
Kansas St.	52.4%	19.0	UCLA	47.6%	17.9
Southern Miss.	9.7%	15.3	Florida St.	90.3%	33.5
Iowa	72.8%	19.1	Boston College	27.2%	16.8
Arizona	71.8%	21.5	Purdue	28.2%	14.5
Texas	54.4%	18.6	Missouri	45.6%	17.4
Virginia	29.1%	17.2	Navy	70.9%	16.7
Virginia Tech	14.6%	17.9	Oklahoma St.	85.4%	28.2
Stanford	49.5%	20.2	TCU	50.5%	17.9
Washington St.	39.8%	19.3	Michigan St.	60.2%	20.9
Wake Forest	61.2%	19.0	Texas A&M	38.8%	18.0
North Carolina St.	87.4%	26.6	Arizona St.	12.6%	19.6
Kentucky	12.6%	21.5	Northwestern	87.4%	29.8
Utah St.	71.8%	20.3	New Mexico St.	28.2%	17.9
USC	14.6%	18.8	Ohio St.	85.4%	28.1
Louisville	83.5%	28.5	Mississippi St.	16.5%	18.2
Iowa St.	38.8%	20.4	Memphis	61.2%	23.8
Washington	18.4%	17.9	Penn St.	81.6%	24.1
Miami	24.3%	22.0	Wisconsin	75.7%	27.4
Michigan	81.6%	27.8	South Carolina	18.4%	19.4
Central Florida	13.6%	11.9	Auburn	86.4%	33.5
Notre Dame	45.6%	20.4	LSU	54.4%	20.8
Georgia	32.0%	16.5	Oklahoma	68.0%	18.0
Alabama	44.7%	19.9	Clemson	55.3%	15.2