Baddest Bowl Pick 'Em Year 14 is Underway!

Okay, it's 1:50 PM and the forms are all in. I have 148 entries this year, by far the biggest bowl pool I've ever done. Attached to this e-mail is the master pick sheet. This is the Ferrari of manually-run bowl pool systems and is currently pending review at the United States Patent Office. So don't try to knock it off for your stupid March Madness pools.

I'm only gonna send this out once, so you are welcome to follow along on your own if you want. Otherwise, my daily updates will come via blog posts, with the link send out to your e-mail address. The quality of my blog posts are a direct reflection of the magnitude of my hangover on any given day.

The "Standings" tab is self-explanatory. This is where I keep track of points, points possible, number of correct picks, and there's a meaningless column that denotes how many Vegas favorites you selected. (The sweet spot for winners is usually somewhere in the high 20's, but weird stuff has happened before). I also denote whether you've paid or not; so hit me up if you have actually paid and I don't have it acknowledged.

The "Picks" tab is the meat of the pool. Columns G & J will show you the % of participants who selected each team, and the average confidence points for those selections. Sometimes you will want to root against your picks to keep the field from gaining ground on you. For instance, 84.8% of participants have Buffalo in this opener at an avg. confidence point rating of 17.1. Michael Kerins picked Buffalo, but only with 3 confidence points. So he should be a Charlotte fan today. This is a little art, a little science, and a whole lotta luck, folks.

We have a lot of new names this year -- the coolest one, however, is Rick James Williams. Cocaine is a helluva drug.

Many of you who didn't even have children when I started this back in '06 now have children old enough to make their own picks. That's pretty cool, and it's always fun when folks make this a family thing to add some intrigue to their Holiday football-watching experience.

Payouts (subject to change if I have any last minute entries, which usually happens)

First Place: $700
Second Place: $350
Third Place: $200
Fourth Place: $125
Fifth Place: $75

$30 withheld for the Angie Guid Lack of Achievement Award, which goes to our last place finisher.

Good luck, Happy Bowling!

Name	Paid	Points	Correct Picks	Points Possible	# of Favorites Picked
Alex Athan		0	0	820	29
Allan Guidi		0	0	820	23
Andre Pogue	18-Dec	0	0	820	27
Andrew Guidi		0	0	820	28
Andy Scism	13-Dec	0	0	820	32
Angie Guidi	18-Dec	0	0	820	24
Avery Hannigan	16-Dec	0	0	820	24
Bella LaCommare		0	0	820	31
Brandon Wininger	13-Dec	0	0	820	26
Brian Kibler	19-Dec	0	0	820	23
Brian Reagle		0	0	820	26
Brian Reedy		0	0	820	27
Bryan Hoenig	20-Dec	0	0	820	34
Caden Davis		0	0	820	26
Cam Hannigan	16-Dec	0	0	820	24
Chad Shinabargar (1)	19-Dec	0	0	820	23
Chad Shinabargar (2)	19-Dec	0	0	820	27
Chad Weirich	20-Dec	0	0	820	30
Chad Welty (1)		0	0	820	24
Chad Welty (2)		0	0	820	28
Chris Duff		0	0	820	31
Chris Predieri	20-Dec	0	0	820	29
Clayton Korsan		0	0	820	27
Corey O'Halek (1)	20-Dec	0	0	820	28
Corey O'Halek (2)	20-Dec	0	0	820	26
Curt Wininger (1)	19-Dec	0	0	820	34
Curt Wininger (2)	19-Dec	0	0	820	26
Dallas Hannigan	16-Dec	0	0	820	28
Dan Bailey		0	0	820	26
Dan Bialek	18-Dec	0	0	820	31
Dan Grendziak		0	0	820	29
Dave Adams		0	0	820	29
Dave Hericks	20-Dec	0	0	820	34
David McDermott	15-Dec	0	0	820	32
Dick Robbins	11-Dec	0	0	820	21
Doug Rice		0	0	820	25
Drew Shaw	19-Dec	0	0	820	37
Eli MacKim	19-Dec	0	0	820	31
Emily Holub	19-Dec	0	0	820	34
Eric Cannon	16-Dec	0	0	820	35
Eric Daraswad	19-Dec	0	0	820	31
Eric Fox	20-Dec	0	0	820	34
Eric Hostetter	20-Dec	0	0	820	30
Frankie Hofmeyer	12-Dec	0	0	820	25
Fred Blasing	19-Dec	0	0	820	21
Gary Becher	19-Dec	0	0	820	33
Gary Likowski	17-Dec	0	0	820	35
George Neugebauer	12-Dec	0	0	820	20
George Yasso	18-Dec	0	0	820	32
Graham Hostetter		0	0	820	33
James Beckmann	16-Dec	0	0	820	28
James Hancock (1)	16-Dec	0	0	820	36
James Hancock (2)	16-Dec	0	0	820	30
James Skidmore		0	0	820	37
Jamey Sellers	20-Dec	0	0	820	32
Jason Jakubson	9-Dec	0	0	820	29
Jason Walker (1)		0	0	820	24
Jason Walker (2)		0	0	820	17
Jason Walker (3)		0	0	820	23
Jeff Crouse (1)		0	0	820	26
Jeff Crouse (2)		0	0	820	28
Jeff Gilkey (1)	20-Dec	0	0	820	25
Jeff Gilkey (2)	20-Dec	0	0	820	26
Jeff Silvia	13-Dec	0	0	820	26
Jess Bob Couch		0	0	820	28
Jim Dove		0	0	820	19
Jimmy Norris		0	0	820	28
Joe Smith	19-Dec	0	0	820	30
John Biemer (1)	12-Dec	0	0	820	32
John Biemer (2)	12-Dec	0	0	820	29
John Carter	17-Dec	0	0	820	30
John Stromberg (1)	17-Dec	0	0	820	22
John Stromberg (2)	17-Dec	0	0	820	34
Johnny Jenkins		0	0	820	22
Julie Carter	17-Dec	0	0	820	33
Kelly Winternheimer	20-Dec	0	0	820	11
Kenon Carter	16-Dec	0	0	820	33
Kevin Dietz (1)	17-Dec	0	0	820	22
Kevin Dietz (2)	17-Dec	0	0	820	21
Kristy Kaufman		0	0	820	32
Kurt Rosenwald	19-Dec	0	0	820	30
Kyle Johnston	19-Dec	0	0	820	33
Kyle Robbins	11-Dec	0	0	820	30
Leo O'Keefe (1)		0	0	820	30
Leo O'Keefe (2)		0	0	820	30
Lindsay Rice		0	0	820	30
Lynda Wininger	20-Dec	0	0	820	32
Matt Neugebauer	12-Dec	0	0	820	30
Max J. Hofmeyer	19-Dec	0	0	820	25
Max P. Hofmeyer	19-Dec	0	0	820	29
Mia LaCommare		0	0	820	19
Michael Guarnieri	20-Dec	0	0	820	23
Michael Kerins	9-Dec	0	0	820	21
Mike Fitzpatrick (1)	20-Dec	0	0	820	23
Mike Fitzpatrick (2)	20-Dec	0	0	820	26
Mike Fitzpatrick (3)	20-Dec	0	0	820	27
Mike Lasko (1)	16-Dec	0	0	820	29
Mike Lasko (2)	16-Dec	0	0	820	28
Mike MacKim	19-Dec	0	0	820	33
Mike McDonough	20-Dec	0	0	820	34
Mike Melink		0	0	820	32
Mike Merwin (1)	11-Dec	0	0	820	27
Mike Merwin (2)	11-Dec	0	0	820	23
Morgan Helmick	16-Dec	0	0	820	33
Nick Carter		0	0	820	33
Nick Lauvray (1)	11-Dec	0	0	820	39
Nick Lauvray (2)	11-Dec	0	0	820	24
Nick Sianis	20-Dec	0	0	820	31
Noah LaCommare		0	0	820	29
Owen MacKim	19-Dec	0	0	820	32
Patty Hericks	20-Dec	0	0	820	32
Paul Luxem		0	0	820	30
Paul Widenmeyer	20-Dec	0	0	820	32
Phil Lipari	19-Dec	0	0	820	28
Phillip Kyser	17-Dec	0	0	820	20
Randy Berke		0	0	820	23
Randy Jacobs (1)	19-Dec	0	0	820	31
Randy Jacobs (2)	20-Dec	0	0	820	30
Randy Jacobs (3)	20-Dec	0	0	820	35
Richard Tober (1)	15-Dec	0	0	820	38
Richard Tober (2)	15-Dec	0	0	820	30
Rick James Williams (1)	19-Dec	0	0	820	18
Rick James Williams (2)	19-Dec	0	0	820	23
Rob Holub	19-Dec	0	0	820	38
Rob LaCommare		0	0	820	27
Rob Taylor	19-Dec	0	0	820	30
Robbie Walnuts		0	0	820	25
Rodd Reinhart	19-Dec	0	0	820	31
Ryan Hannigan	18-Dec	0	0	820	26
Ryan McCrystal	19-Dec	0	0	820	26
Ryan Stewart	17-Dec	0	0	820	27
Sam Hayden	19-Dec	0	0	820	28
Sean Davis		0	0	820	26
Seth Bancroft (1)	20-Dec	0	0	820	29
Seth Bancroft (2)	20-Dec	0	0	820	26
Shaen Somerlot	20-Dec	0	0	820	33
Sheli Jones	16-Dec	0	0	820	32
Stacy Carter	20-Dec	0	0	820	27
Steven Hericks	20-Dec	0	0	820	34
Tim Bolek	19-Dec	0	0	820	31
Tim Heaven	19-Dec	0	0	820	37
Tim Smith		0	0	820	31
Tom Christy	20-Dec	0	0	820	28
Tom Kaufman		0	0	820	37
Tom Lehman (1)	11-Dec	0	0	820	36
Tom Lehman (2)	11-Dec	0	0	820	26
Tony Bolek	19-Dec	0	0	820	28
Will Stusek	19-Dec	0	0	820	30