Updated Standings - thru December 16th

Hopefully you enjoyed the first day's slate of games. Twenty-five members of the pool successfully picked all six games yesterday. We now have a couple days off while the NFL does its thing. We'll be back in action on Tuesday night for the Boca Raton Bowl.

In the interim, I hope you each have a trip to Costco on your agendas. Man, I love that place.

Name	Paid	Points	Correct Picks	Points Possible	# of Favorites Picked
Kevin Kmetz (2)	15-Dec	192	5	822	33
Mike Melink	15-Dec	167	5	857	34
John Beimer	7-Dec	163	6	861	29
Tom Lehman (1)	12-Dec	160	6	861	39
Paul Widenmeyer	12-Dec	156	6	861	28
Rodd Reinhart		153	5	831	31
Kyle Burton		146	5	855	31
Dan Bialek	15-Dec	144	6	861	33
Mike Merwin (1)	6-Dec	143	6	861	39
Rob Holub (1)	14-Dec	143	6	861	39
James Skidmore	15-Dec	140	6	861	35
Eric Fox		140	5	855	32
Rob Holub (2)	14-Dec	138	6	861	36
Curt Wininger		135	5	855	31
Max P. Hofmeyer	12-Dec	133	6	861	32
Bryan Hoenig	12-Dec	130	6	861	29
Mike McDonough	14-Dec	125	6	861	35
Kevin Kmetz (1)	15-Dec	122	5	839	33
Tom Lehman (2)	12-Dec	122	4	822	12
Mike Merwin (2)	6-Dec	121	5	839	25
Eric Cannon	6-Dec	120	5	855	30
Tom Kaufman	14-Dec	120	3	762	21
Shaen Somerlot		117	6	861	33
Mike MacKim	14-Dec	117	6	861	35
Theodore Carlin		117	5	860	29
Frankie Hofmeyer	12-Dec	116	4	853	29
Eli MacKim	14-Dec	114	6	861	34
Jason Walker (2)		114	5	834	30
Dan Grendziak (2)		113	6	861	34
David McDermott	11-Dec	113	4	834	27
Jim Dove		111	4	850	26
Lindsay Rice	14-Dec	111	5	850	32
Bella LaCommare	12-Dec	108	4	839	30
Tom Ancelet	15-Dec	105	5	841	28
Fred Blasing	14-Dec	105	3	802	18
Graham Hostetter	14-Dec	104	4	845	29
Marc Kellogg (1)	14-Dec	103	5	844	26
Jim Davis	15-Dec	102	5	860	32
Kevin Dietz	12-Dec	101	5	841	27
Rudy Hofmeyer	12-Dec	97	4	850	27
Tom Lasko		97	3	821	23
Ian Johnson		95	4	849	25
James Hancock	15-Dec	93	4	840	28
Ed Purcell	14-Dec	92	5	857	32
Brian Jones	11-Dec	91	6	861	34
Eric Hostetter	11-Dec	91	4	845	29
Max J. Hofmeyer	12-Dec	90	4	846	24
Robbie Walnuts	12-Dec	90	3	825	27
Dan Grendziak (1)		89	6	861	33
Chad Welty (2)	14-Dec	89	6	861	28
Matt Neugebauer	15-Dec	89	4	850	31
Leo O'Keefe (2)		89	4	843	28
Jason Walker (1)		89	3	833	14
Tony Bolek		87	4	858	26
Rick Tober	10-Dec	87	4	829	34
Anthony Hofmeyer	12-Dec	86	4	840	23
Bridget Day Kozub	14-Dec	83	6	861	25
Julie Carter	10-Dec	83	4	838	25
Chris Duff (2)		82	5	859	32
Dan Bailey	14-Dec	79	5	857	26
Andrew Guidi	15-Dec	77	4	856	27
Jason Jakubson	12-Dec	76	5	860	29
Chris Duff (1)		76	4	856	31
Rob LaCommare	12-Dec	75	4	828	28
Jake Hofmeyer	12-Dec	74	4	820	21
Chad Welty (1)	14-Dec	73	4	845	28
Morgan Helmick	9-Dec	73	4	842	20
Sheli Jones	11-Dec	72	6	861	33
Angela Hofmeyer	12-Dec	72	6	861	30
Isaac Hofmeyer	12-Dec	72	4	849	29
John Stromberg	15-Dec	72	4	844	28
Ed Jones	14-Dec	71	6	861	39
Dave Adams		71	6	861	29
Katie Robbins	12-Dec	71	5	845	21
Kristy Kaufman	14-Dec	67	4	852	32
Mike Lasko		66	6	861	34
Tim Bolek		66	5	842	26
Ben Cranston	14-Dec	65	3	802	30
Leo O'Keefe (1)		63	5	860	24
John Carter	10-Dec	61	2	838	27
Alex Athan		60	6	861	37
Corey Ohalek		60	4	858	22
Michael Kerins		60	4	857	28
Brian Reedy	14-Dec	60	4	849	32
Mia LaCommare	12-Dec	57	5	842	23
Chad Shinabargar (1)	14-Dec	51	4	857	33
Jason Walker (3)		49	2	827	28
Kenon Carter	12-Dec	49	3	797	22
Brad Gmerek	15-Dec	47	4	849	26
Tim Smith (2)		46	5	829	31
Mike Fitzpatrick (1)	12-Dec	46	3	821	21
Jeff Gilkey		44	5	860	31
Stacy Carter	14-Dec	43	3	802	24
Mike Fitzpatrick (2)	12-Dec	41	2	786	19
Brian Kibler	14-Dec	40	5	859	31
Nick Sianis	14-Dec	40	4	823	29
Ryan Stewart	12-Dec	39	5	857	31
Tom Christy	15-Dec	37	4	852	31
Angie Guidi		37	2	760	20
Marc Kellogg (2)	14-Dec	36	3	807	25
Andy Scism	15-Dec	35	4	846	32
Nicholas Carter	15-Dec	34	5	858	32
Dallas Hannigan	12-Dec	33	3	831	28
Kyle Robbins	12-Dec	32	4	836	23
George Neugebauer	15-Dec	30	3	846	18
Doug Rice	14-Dec	30	3	843	22
Alan Jozefiak	11-Dec	29	3	822	27
Sean Davis	14-Dec	26	3	852	29
Seth Bancroft (2)	15-Dec	21	3	838	22
Tim Smith (1)		19	2	842	27
Noah LaCommare	12-Dec	19	1	771	16
Kevin Kmetz (3)	15-Dec	18	5	858	33
Nic Ancelet	15-Dec	18	4	843	23
Tim Herold	14-Dec	18	3	840	28
Kelly Winternheimer	14-Dec	16	4	850	29
Chad Shinabargar (2)	14-Dec	15	3	831	17
Seth Bancroft (1)	15-Dec	13	3	853	26
Ryan Hannigan	11-Dec	9	3	847	20
Allan Guidi	15-Dec	8	3	844	26
Hudson Pratt	11-Dec	7	3	847	18

Baddest Bowl Pick 'Em Ever is back for year 13!

It's hard to believe it was way back in 2006 when I decided I needed to have some sort of gambling interest in every single bowl game, and preferably in a way that enabled me to talk trash to my friends, my family, and my friends' friends and families.

We had just 36 participants in that inaugural season and have since tripled in size--allowing for larger payouts, more strangers sending me entry fees in bizarre monetary formats, and continued opportunities for me to mess around with automation tools in Excel that help me manage this thing.

In other news, Kirby Smart just faked a punt on 4th & 26 with his squad pinned back on his own 2-yard line. Nice call, Kirb.

Rules haven't changed, but I'll reiterate them here anyhow: 

Entry fee is $10 and there is no limit on the number of forms you can submit. 

Paypal is the easiest:

kjcarter@gmail.com 

or Venmo

@Kenon-Carter

or send cash or check (one guy last year sent me a money order):

Kenon Carter 

5719 Alderbrook Dr.

Dublin, OH 43016 

Please try to have forms to me by Friday, December 14th at 6:00 PM EST. I will accept forms up until kickoff at 12:00 PM Eastern on the 15th, but prefer to have them a little in advance. 

Rules are as follows: 

Pick the outright winner of all 41 Bowl Games (no point spreads), including the BCS National Championship game. 

You will assign confidence points to each selection. Assign 41 points to the pick with which you are MOST confident. Assign 1 confidence point to the pick with which you are LEAST confident. 

The participant with the most points WINS! 

S/he who finishes last will win the Angie Guidi Lack of Achievement Award, which is really hard to do. I encourage you to submit a secondary form in an attempt to finish dead last. Harder than you think, tough guy. 

Payouts will be contingent upon the number of participants and announced on Saturday, December 15th.  

Last year's winners and payouts:

1st place $550 - Seth Bancroft (1)
2nd place $275 - Mike Fitzpatrick (2)
3rd place $150 - Stacy Carter
4th place $100 - Tyler Henry
5th place $50 - Jeff Crouse

AGLOA - Chad Shinabargar (1)

Final Standings

Congratulations to Seth Bancroft fro taking home the title in the 12th Annual Baddest Bowl Pick 'Em Ever!  Okay, enough about the first place guy.  How about the Angie Guidi Lack of Achievement Award winner, Chad Shinabargar? 

41 confidence points on LSU
40 confidence points on Auburn
39 confidence points on Miami
37 confidence points on Utah St.
35 confidence points on WVU

A total of THIRTEEN correct picks out of 41.  Truly an astounding performance, Chad.  One for the ages. 

Thanks to everyone for another great year; I think this was the biggest pool we've ever had.  I'm sure next year will be a touch bigger.  And I think this is also the first time in my 12 years that I've had 100% payment! 

Payouts are as follows.  I'll be in touch with the winners to arrange payment:

1st place $550 - Seth Bancroft (1)
2nd place $275 - Mike Fitzpatrick (2)
3rd place $150 - Stacy Carter
4th place $100 - Tyler Henry
5th place $50 - Jeff Crouse

AGLOA - Chad Shinabargar (1)

Name	Paid	Points	Correct Picks	Points Possible	# of Favorites Picked
Seth Bancroft (1)	18-Dec	612	27	612	20
Mike Fitzpatrick (2)	11-Dec	606	26	606	21
Stacy Carter	15-Dec	596	23	596	19
Tyler Henry	16-Dec	592	26	592	27
Jeff Crouse (2)	28-Dec	587	27	587	28
Jared Penrod (1)	16-Dec	581	28	581	31
Ryan Hannigan	21-Dec	580	26	580	29
David McDermott	12-Dec	568	25	568	20
Mike Fitzpatrick (1)	11-Dec	563	23	563	25
Mike Lasko	18-Dec	562	22	562	28
Bella LaCommare	15-Dec	556	25	556	32
Randy Jacobs (2)	18-Dec	549	26	549	32
Sean Davis	12-Dec	547	23	547	28
Mike Melink	18-Dec	545	27	545	29
Mike Kerins	21-Dec	545	22	545	21
Tom Ancelet	18-Dec	542	25	542	24
John Carter	14-Dec	541	23	541	34
Larry Frischen	16-Dec	539	25	539	28
Matt Jones	15-Dec	538	23	538	27
Kenon Carter	12-Dec	537	26	537	24
Boy2 O'Keefe	19-Dec	535	22	535	29
Randy Jacobs (1)	16-Dec	534	26	534	33
Andy Barrell	14-Dec	533	19	533	19
Allan Guidi	18-Dec	533	25	533	22
James Skidmore	21-Dec	529	22	529	30
Jared Penrod (2)	16-Dec	529	22	529	28
John Stromberg	16-Dec	526	24	526	27
Mike McDonough	16-Dec	524	23	524	27
Morgan Helmick	11-Dec	516	21	516	31
Jeff Crouse (1)	28-Dec	514	26	514	32
Matt Neugebauer	12-Dec	514	24	514	27
Jimmy Norris	16-Dec	513	25	513	25
Jason Jakubson (2)	5-Dec	510	25	510	23
James Hancock	13-Dec	505	22	505	32
Doug Rice	16-Dec	505	22	505	31
Max P Hofmeyer	11-Dec	503	24	503	32
Kyle Burton	16-Dec	502	26	502	29
Tim Smith (1)	16-Dec	500	23	500	25
Ben Widenmeyer (2)	16-Dec	498	24	498	22
Jake Hofmeyer	11-Dec	497	20	497	24
Curt Wininger	18-Dec	496	22	496	32
Brad Laney	16-Dec	496	25	496	20
Brad Gmerek	16-Dec	494	23	494	27
Kristy Kaufman	16-Dec	494	20	494	29
Rob Holub	15-Dec	491	22	491	28
Chris Duff (1)	18-Dec	490	22	490	34
Seth Bancroft (2)	18-Dec	488	23	488	24
Lindsay Rice	16-Dec	488	24	488	31
Sheli Jones	16-Dec	488	22	488	29
Jason Jakubson (1)	5-Dec	486	23	486	26
Ben Widenmeyer (1)	16-Dec	482	22	482	24
Brian Reedy	22-Dec	482	22	482	30
Andrew Guidi	14-Dec	482	22	482	30
Jim Dove	23-Dec	481	23	481	23
Ryan Stewart	15-Dec	480	22	480	31
Paul Widenmeyer	20-Dec	479	23	479	27
Mike Merwin (1)	5-Dec	478	23	478	38
Mike Merwin (3)	5-Dec	477	22	477	38
Joe Smith	16-Dec	475	20	475	25
Bryan Hoenig	15-Dec	474	23	474	33
Mike Merwin (2)	5-Dec	473	21	473	37
Jim Davis	21-Dec	473	19	473	22
Rick Tober	11-Dec	473	20	473	35
Jeff Gilkey	15-Dec	468	22	468	27
P. O'Keefe	19-Dec	466	21	466	30
Eric Cannon	13-Dec	463	18	463	34
Max J Hofmeyer	11-Dec	462	22	462	25
Marc Kellogg (2)	14-Dec	461	19	461	21
Rodd Reinhart	18-Dec	458	22	458	28
Eric Hostetter	23-Dec	458	20	458	34
Dan Bialek	15-Dec	457	23	457	30
Andy Scism	15-Dec	456	21	456	23
Doug Beebe	20-Dec	453	18	453	32
L. O'Keefe	19-Dec	453	18	453	27
Jason Tolman	21-Dec	448	23	448	25
Chad Welty (2)	9-Dec	447	22	447	27
Eric Fox	16-Dec	445	19	445	31
Alex Athan	27-Dec	444	22	444	22
George Neugebauer	14-Dec	444	22	444	28
Mike Merwin (4)	5-Dec	438	22	438	38
Dan Bailey	16-Dec	437	22	437	31
Jeff Zipp	15-Dec	437	17	437	26
Tim Smith (2)	16-Dec	436	19	436	18
Brian Kibler	15-Dec	436	21	436	27
Ross Hoewischer	31-Dec	436	21	436	28
Mia LaCommare	15-Dec	434	22	434	24
Paul Luxem	21-Dec	430	19	430	32
Brian Jones	16-Dec	428	22	428	22
Nick Carter	20-Dec	428	18	428	28
Chris Duff (1)	18-Dec	427	20	427	28
Kevin Dietz (2)	15-Dec	424	20	424	37
John Biemer (1)	9-Dec	424	21	424	27
Julie Carter	14-Dec	421	18	421	28
Corey Ohalek	21-Dec	421	20	421	28
Dallas Hannigan	8-Dec	421	23	421	21
Kevin Dietz (1)	15-Dec	420	24	420	22
James Schiro	16-Dec	420	21	420	18
Dan Grendziak	21-Dec	415	20	415	28
Ed Purcell	29-Dec	415	20	415	32
Ed Jones	14-Dec	415	23	415	35
Kurt Rosenwald	15-Dec	411	20	411	30
John Biemer (2)	9-Dec	407	18	407	28
Kevin Kmetz	11-Dec	404	18	404	26
Chad Welty (1)	9-Dec	398	17	398	31
Alan Jozefiak	5-Dec	396	20	396	24
Chad Shinabargar (2)	18-Dec	392	17	392	22
Noah LaCommare	15-Dec	390	18	390	21
Marc Kellogg (1)	14-Dec	387	20	387	23
Chad Gorfido	15-Dec	376	17	376	23
Kyle Robbins	11-Dec	373	19	373	24
Jason Walker	19-Dec	370	21	370	28
Kelly Winternheimer	23-Dec	355	18	355	24
Rob LaCommare	15-Dec	322	14	322	23
Angie Guidi	18-Dec	300	15	300	18
Robbie Walnuts	15-Dec	297	15	297	21
Chad Shinabargar (1)	18-Dec	279	13	279	24

Updated Standings - thru January 1st

Anytime Baker Mayfield is seen crying at a press conference, that is a good day!  Congratulations to Seth Bancroft, who has locked up the championship regardless of the final game's outcome.  Mike Fitzpatrick, Stacy Carter (woohoo!), and Tyler Henry are also guaranteed payouts -- while Jeff Crouse and Ryan Hannigan have a lot at stake still.  Congrats to Chad Shinabargar, who submitted a woeful sheet with only 13 correct games.  You had fierce competition at the bottom of the table this year, but you managed to be worse than all of them.  I salute you, sir.

If Alabama wins:

1st place $550 - Seth Bancroft (1)
2nd place $275 - Mike Fitzpatrick (2)
3rd place $150 - Stacy Carter
4th place $100 - Tyler Henry
5th place $50 - Jeff Crouse

AGLOA - Chad Shinabargar (1)

If Georgia wins:

1st place $550 - Seth Bancroft (1)
2nd place $275 - Ryan Hannigan
3rd place $150 - Mike Fitzpatrick (2)
4th place $100 - Stacy Carter
5th place $50 - Tyler Henry

AGLOA - Chad Shinabargar (1)

Name	Paid	Points	Correct Picks	Points Possible	# of Favorites Picked
Seth Bancroft (1)	18-Dec	612	27	653	20
Ryan Hannigan	21-Dec	580	26	609	29
Mike Fitzpatrick (2)	11-Dec	604	25	606	21
Stacy Carter	15-Dec	596	23	599	19
Tyler Henry	16-Dec	589	25	592	27
Jared Penrod (1)	16-Dec	580	27	581	31
Jeff Crouse (2)	28-Dec	579	26	587	28
Mike Fitzpatrick (1)	11-Dec	563	23	571	25
Mike Lasko	18-Dec	562	22	565	28
Kenon Carter	12-Dec	537	26	554	24
Randy Jacobs (2)	18-Dec	549	26	551	32
Mike Melink	18-Dec	545	27	546	29
Mike Kerins	21-Dec	545	22	546	21
Andy Barrell	14-Dec	533	19	543	19
Bella LaCommare	15-Dec	539	24	556	32
Larry Frischen	16-Dec	539	25	580	28
Matt Jones	15-Dec	538	23	539	27
David McDermott	12-Dec	533	24	568	20
Allan Guidi	18-Dec	533	25	574	22
James Skidmore	21-Dec	529	22	530	30
Jared Penrod (2)	16-Dec	529	22	530	28
Boy2 O'Keefe	19-Dec	526	21	535	29
John Stromberg	16-Dec	526	24	529	27
Mike McDonough	16-Dec	524	23	539	27
Tom Ancelet	18-Dec	523	24	542	24
John Carter	14-Dec	522	22	541	34
Morgan Helmick	11-Dec	516	21	527	31
Sean Davis	12-Dec	514	22	547	28
Jimmy Norris	16-Dec	513	25	517	25
Seth Bancroft (2)	18-Dec	488	23	511	24
Jason Jakubson (2)	5-Dec	510	25	528	23
Randy Jacobs (1)	16-Dec	508	25	534	33
Jeff Crouse (1)	28-Dec	506	25	514	32
James Hancock	13-Dec	505	22	507	32
Doug Rice	16-Dec	505	22	506	31
Max P Hofmeyer	11-Dec	503	24	504	32
Kyle Burton	16-Dec	500	25	502	29
Tim Smith (1)	16-Dec	500	23	511	25
Ben Widenmeyer (2)	16-Dec	498	24	499	22
Joe Smith	16-Dec	475	20	498	25
Jake Hofmeyer	11-Dec	497	20	498	24
Curt Wininger	18-Dec	496	22	497	32
Brad Gmerek	16-Dec	494	23	506	27
Kristy Kaufman	16-Dec	494	20	497	29
Rob Holub	15-Dec	491	22	498	28
Chris Duff (1)	18-Dec	490	22	491	34
Ben Widenmeyer (1)	16-Dec	482	22	483	24
Brian Reedy	22-Dec	482	22	483	30
Andrew Guidi	14-Dec	482	22	483	30
Lindsay Rice	16-Dec	481	23	488	31
Jim Dove	23-Dec	481	23	482	23
Ryan Stewart	15-Dec	480	22	481	31
Paul Widenmeyer	20-Dec	479	23	500	27
Mike Merwin (3)	5-Dec	477	22	478	38
Mike Merwin (1)	5-Dec	477	22	478	38
Matt Neugebauer	12-Dec	476	23	514	27
Bryan Hoenig	15-Dec	474	23	475	33
Mike Merwin (2)	5-Dec	473	21	474	37
Jim Davis	21-Dec	473	19	478	22
Rick Tober	11-Dec	473	20	477	35
Mike Merwin (4)	5-Dec	438	22	470	38
Jeff Gilkey	15-Dec	468	22	509	27
Eric Cannon	13-Dec	463	18	464	34
Tim Smith (2)	16-Dec	436	19	463	18
Max J Hofmeyer	11-Dec	461	21	462	25
Marc Kellogg (2)	14-Dec	461	19	485	21
Rodd Reinhart	18-Dec	458	22	480	28
Eric Hostetter	23-Dec	458	20	463	34
Dan Bialek	15-Dec	456	22	457	30
Andy Scism	15-Dec	456	21	494	23
Brad Laney	16-Dec	455	24	496	20
Sheli Jones	16-Dec	455	21	488	29
P. O'Keefe	19-Dec	455	20	466	30
Doug Beebe	20-Dec	453	18	458	32
Jason Tolman	21-Dec	448	23	450	25
Jason Jakubson (1)	5-Dec	449	22	486	26
Chad Welty (2)	9-Dec	446	21	447	27
Eric Fox	16-Dec	445	19	446	31
Kevin Dietz (1)	15-Dec	420	24	445	22
Alex Athan	27-Dec	444	22	481	22
George Neugebauer	14-Dec	444	22	476	28
Dan Bailey	16-Dec	437	22	440	31
Jeff Zipp	15-Dec	437	17	438	26
Mia LaCommare	15-Dec	434	22	464	24
Brian Kibler	15-Dec	432	20	436	27
Paul Luxem	21-Dec	430	19	433	32
Brian Jones	16-Dec	428	22	468	22
Nick Carter	20-Dec	428	18	442	28
Chris Duff (1)	18-Dec	427	20	428	28
Kevin Dietz (2)	15-Dec	424	20	438	37
John Biemer (1)	9-Dec	424	21	425	27
Julie Carter	14-Dec	421	18	462	28
Corey Ohalek	21-Dec	421	20	452	28
James Schiro	16-Dec	420	21	435	18
Dallas Hannigan	8-Dec	418	22	421	21
Dan Grendziak	21-Dec	415	20	416	28
Ed Purcell	29-Dec	415	20	416	32
Ross Hoewischer		413	20	436	28
L. O'Keefe	19-Dec	412	17	453	27
Kurt Rosenwald	15-Dec	411	20	425	30
Chad Gorfido	15-Dec	376	17	411	23
Ed Jones	14-Dec	410	22	415	35
John Biemer (2)	9-Dec	407	18	408	28
Kevin Kmetz	11-Dec	404	18	415	26
Chad Welty (1)	9-Dec	398	17	399	31
Alan Jozefiak	5-Dec	396	20	430	24
Chad Shinabargar (2)	18-Dec	392	17	393	22
Noah LaCommare	15-Dec	390	18	399	21
Marc Kellogg (1)	14-Dec	387	20	415	23
Kyle Robbins	11-Dec	373	19	401	24
Jason Walker	19-Dec	370	21	371	28
Kelly Winternheimer	23-Dec	355	18	360	24
Rob LaCommare	15-Dec	322	14	341	23
Angie Guidi	18-Dec	300	15	301	18
Robbie Walnuts	15-Dec	286	14	297	21
Chad Shinabargar (1)	18-Dec	279	13	287	24