Updated Standings - thru December 19th

Apologies for the late post today. It's been a rough day at the office. Frank Solich put down the bottle of bourbon long enough to blow out San Diego St. last night. Kevin Kmetz, with his front-loaded confidence point system, remains atop the leader board heading into tonight's Gasparilla Bowl tilt between the South Florida Bulls and the Fightin' Randy Moss's from Hungtington, West By God Virginia.  The most exciting thing to watch in this affair is whether there are more people in attendance at the Trop than the Tampa Bay Rays drew in their 3-game set, regular season finale against Toronto (that would be 38,509 for those scoring at home).

Name	Paid	Points	Correct Picks	Points Possible	# of Favorites Picked
Kevin Kmetz (2)	15-Dec	261	7	822	33
Tom Kaufman	14-Dec	193	5	762	21
Tom Lehman (1)	12-Dec	186	8	861	39
Paul Widenmeyer	12-Dec	186	7	860	28
Lindsay Rice	14-Dec	185	7	850	32
James Skidmore	15-Dec	178	8	861	35
Mike Melink	15-Dec	177	6	856	34
John Beimer	7-Dec	177	7	849	29
Kyle Burton		168	6	852	31
Dan Bialek	15-Dec	163	8	861	33
Tom Lehman (2)	12-Dec	162	5	819	12
Rodd Reinhart		160	7	831	31
Mike McDonough	14-Dec	159	8	861	35
Mike Merwin (1)	6-Dec	159	8	861	39
Dan Grendziak (2)		158	8	861	34
Frankie Hofmeyer	12-Dec	158	6	853	29
Jason Walker (2)	18-Dec	158	7	834	30
Eric Fox		155	6	850	32
Rob Holub (1)	14-Dec	154	8	861	39
Mike MacKim	14-Dec	153	8	861	35
Curt Wininger	19-Dec	150	6	854	31
David McDermott	11-Dec	150	6	834	27
Rob Holub (2)	14-Dec	149	7	851	36
Theodore Carlin	17-Dec	147	7	860	29
Chad Welty (2)	14-Dec	144	8	861	28
Jim Davis	15-Dec	141	7	860	32
Shaen Somerlot		140	8	861	33
Jason Jakubson	12-Dec	139	7	860	29
Max P. Hofmeyer	12-Dec	138	7	860	32
Ian Johnson	16-Dec	138	6	849	25
Fred Blasing	14-Dec	135	4	778	18
Kevin Kmetz (1)	15-Dec	134	7	839	33
Kevin Dietz	12-Dec	133	7	841	27
Eli MacKim	14-Dec	132	8	861	34
Bella LaCommare	12-Dec	132	6	839	30
Jim Dove		132	5	838	26
Bryan Hoenig	12-Dec	130	6	854	29
Tony Bolek		129	6	858	26
Ed Purcell	14-Dec	128	6	850	32
Chad Welty (1)	14-Dec	128	6	845	28
Rick Tober	10-Dec	127	6	853	35
Eric Cannon	6-Dec	127	6	852	30
Rudy Hofmeyer	12-Dec	123	6	850	27
Brian Jones	11-Dec	121	8	861	34
Kristy Kaufman	14-Dec	121	6	852	32
Mike Merwin (2)	6-Dec	121	5	823	25
Marc Kellogg (1)	14-Dec	119	6	805	26
Anthony Hofmeyer	12-Dec	118	5	805	23
James Hancock	15-Dec	117	5	838	28
Tom Ancelet	15-Dec	116	6	835	28
Tom Lasko	19-Dec	115	4	804	23
Max J. Hofmeyer	12-Dec	114	5	842	24
Katie Robbins	12-Dec	112	6	813	21
Chris Duff (2)		105	7	859	32
John Stromberg	15-Dec	104	6	844	28
Graham Hostetter	14-Dec	104	4	798	29
Bridget Day Kozub	14-Dec	103	7	858	25
Chad Shinabargar (1)	14-Dec	100	6	857	33
Leo O'Keefe (2)	17-Dec	100	5	838	28
Matt Neugebauer	15-Dec	96	5	836	31
Dan Grendziak (1)		95	7	853	33
Angela Hofmeyer	12-Dec	92	8	861	30
Eric Hostetter	11-Dec	91	4	825	29
Ed Jones	14-Dec	90	8	861	39
Sheli Jones	11-Dec	90	8	861	33
Andrew Guidi	15-Dec	90	6	856	27
Robbie Walnuts	12-Dec	90	3	794	27
Jason Walker (1)	18-Dec	89	3	800	14
Julie Carter	10-Dec	88	5	834	25
Chris Duff (1)		87	5	850	31
Corey Ohalek	17-Dec	85	5	848	22
Isaac Hofmeyer	12-Dec	83	5	841	29
Mike Lasko	19-Dec	82	8	861	34
Mike Fitzpatrick (1)	12-Dec	81	4	815	21
Dan Bailey	14-Dec	79	5	834	26
Dallas Hannigan	12-Dec	79	5	831	28
Dave Adams	17-Dec	78	7	852	29
John Carter	10-Dec	75	3	837	27
Rob LaCommare	12-Dec	75	4	800	28
Jake Hofmeyer	12-Dec	74	4	781	21
Morgan Helmick	9-Dec	73	4	810	20
Michael Kerins	19-Dec	71	5	848	28
Mike Fitzpatrick (2)	12-Dec	70	4	786	19
Brad Gmerek	15-Dec	68	6	849	26
Ben Cranston	14-Dec	68	5	802	30
Brian Reedy	14-Dec	67	5	846	32
Tim Bolek		66	5	817	26
Alex Athan		65	8	861	37
James Beckmann		65	5	818	28
Marc Kellogg (2)	14-Dec	65	4	793	25
Jason Walker (3)	18-Dec	64	3	816	28
Leo O'Keefe (1)	17-Dec	63	5	815	24
Doug Rice	14-Dec	60	4	815	22
Stacy Carter	14-Dec	60	5	802	24
Mia LaCommare	12-Dec	57	5	808	23
Ryan Stewart	12-Dec	56	7	857	31
Brian Kibler	14-Dec	55	7	859	31
Tim Smith (2)		53	6	828	31
Chad Shinabargar (2)	14-Dec	53	4	794	17
Jeff Gilkey		51	7	860	31
Kenon Carter	12-Dec	49	3	744	22
Nick Sianis	14-Dec	47	5	822	29
George Neugebauer	15-Dec	45	4	839	18
Seth Bancroft (2)	15-Dec	44	4	811	22
Andy Scism	15-Dec	42	5	842	32
Noah LaCommare	12-Dec	42	2	739	16
Tom Christy	15-Dec	41	5	850	31
Kyle Robbins	12-Dec	41	5	816	23
Nic Ancelet	15-Dec	38	6	843	23
Angie Guidi		37	2	742	20
Nicholas Carter	15-Dec	34	5	847	32
Kevin Kmetz (3)	15-Dec	33	7	858	33
Alan Jozefiak	11-Dec	31	4	819	27
Kelly Winternheimer	14-Dec	28	5	834	29
Sean Davis	14-Dec	26	3	822	29
Tim Herold	14-Dec	24	4	832	28
Seth Bancroft (1)	15-Dec	20	4	845	26
Tim Smith (1)		19	2	815	27
Ryan Hannigan	11-Dec	18	4	839	20
Hudson Pratt	11-Dec	15	4	840	18
Allan Guidi	15-Dec	8	3	822	26

Updated Standings - thru December 18th

After a two-day lull allowing the NFL to do its thing, college football was back in action on Tuesday night as the UAB Blazers dismantled Northern Illinois in a 37-13 rout. Garret Wolfe was reportedly punching himself in the head repeatedly at whatever insurance company he works at in DeKalb, Illinois, as the Huskies managed just 108 yards rushing on 44 attempts.

Tonight, my alma mater, Ohio University, will remind me why I went to maybe a half dozen football games during my five years (don't judge me) in Athens, when they take on San Diego St. in the prestigious Frisco Bowl. The Aztecs are led by Rocky Long, who succeeded some guy named Brady Hoke who left SDSU to coach at Michigan prior to the 2011 season. Hoke went on to an illustrious career in Ann Arbor, where he posted a 1-3 record against Ohio State, making him the winningest Michigan coach vs. Ohio State in the 21st century.

Name	Paid	Points	Correct Picks	Points Possible	# of Favorites Picked
Kevin Kmetz (2)	15-Dec	227	6	822	33
Mike Melink	15-Dec	177	6	857	34
Tom Lehman (1)	12-Dec	169	7	861	39
Kyle Burton		168	6	855	31
John Beimer	7-Dec	163	6	849	29
James Skidmore	15-Dec	162	7	861	35
Tom Kaufman	14-Dec	157	4	762	21
Paul Widenmeyer	12-Dec	156	6	860	28
Dan Bialek	15-Dec	155	7	861	33
Rodd Reinhart		155	6	831	31
Mike McDonough	14-Dec	151	7	861	35
Curt Wininger		150	6	855	31
Lindsay Rice	14-Dec	150	6	850	32
Rob Holub (1)	14-Dec	148	7	861	39
Mike Merwin (1)	6-Dec	147	7	861	39
Theodore Carlin	17-Dec	145	6	860	29
Eric Fox		140	5	850	32
Max P. Hofmeyer	12-Dec	138	7	861	32
Rob Holub (2)	14-Dec	138	6	851	36
Dan Grendziak (2)		136	7	861	34
Frankie Hofmeyer	12-Dec	136	5	853	29
Jason Walker (2)	18-Dec	134	6	834	30
Mike MacKim	14-Dec	133	7	861	35
Jim Davis	15-Dec	133	6	860	32
Bryan Hoenig	12-Dec	130	6	859	29
Shaen Somerlot		128	7	861	33
Eric Cannon	6-Dec	127	6	855	30
Kevin Kmetz (1)	15-Dec	127	6	839	33
Ian Johnson	16-Dec	126	5	849	25
Kevin Dietz	12-Dec	124	6	841	27
Tony Bolek		122	5	858	26
Tom Lehman (2)	12-Dec	122	4	819	12
Mike Merwin (2)	6-Dec	121	5	835	25
Eli MacKim	14-Dec	120	7	861	34
Marc Kellogg (1)	14-Dec	119	6	844	26
David McDermott	11-Dec	119	5	834	27
Rick Tober	10-Dec	116	5	853	35
Bella LaCommare	12-Dec	115	5	839	30
Chad Welty (2)	14-Dec	114	7	861	28
Max J. Hofmeyer	12-Dec	114	5	846	24
Jim Dove		111	4	838	26
Rudy Hofmeyer	12-Dec	105	5	850	27
Tom Ancelet	15-Dec	105	5	835	28
Fred Blasing	14-Dec	105	3	778	18
Kristy Kaufman	14-Dec	104	5	852	32
Graham Hostetter	14-Dec	104	4	826	29
Jason Jakubson	12-Dec	103	6	860	29
Chad Welty (1)	14-Dec	98	5	845	28
Tom Lasko		97	3	804	23
Brian Jones	11-Dec	96	7	861	34
Matt Neugebauer	15-Dec	96	5	850	31
Dan Grendziak (1)		95	7	861	33
James Hancock	15-Dec	93	4	838	28
Ed Purcell	14-Dec	92	5	850	32
Eric Hostetter	11-Dec	91	4	826	29
Robbie Walnuts	12-Dec	90	3	808	27
Leo O'Keefe (2)	17-Dec	89	4	838	28
Jason Walker (1)	18-Dec	89	3	816	14
Chris Duff (2)		88	6	859	32
Anthony Hofmeyer	12-Dec	86	4	805	23
John Stromberg	15-Dec	85	5	844	28
Bridget Day Kozub	14-Dec	83	6	858	25
Andrew Guidi	15-Dec	83	5	856	27
Julie Carter	10-Dec	83	4	834	25
Ed Jones	14-Dec	79	7	861	39
Mike Lasko		79	7	861	34
Dan Bailey	14-Dec	79	5	843	26
Dave Adams	17-Dec	78	7	861	29
Chris Duff (1)		76	4	850	31
Sheli Jones	11-Dec	75	7	861	33
Angela Hofmeyer	12-Dec	75	7	861	30
Chad Shinabargar (1)	14-Dec	75	5	857	33
Rob LaCommare	12-Dec	75	4	808	28
Jake Hofmeyer	12-Dec	74	4	793	21
Morgan Helmick	9-Dec	73	4	840	20
Isaac Hofmeyer	12-Dec	72	4	841	29
Michael Kerins		71	5	857	28
Katie Robbins	12-Dec	71	5	813	21
Brian Reedy	14-Dec	67	5	849	32
Tim Bolek		66	5	824	26
Ben Cranston	14-Dec	66	4	802	30
Leo O'Keefe (1)	17-Dec	63	5	839	24
Alex Athan		61	7	861	37
John Carter	10-Dec	61	2	837	27
Corey Ohalek	17-Dec	60	4	848	22
Mike Fitzpatrick (2)	12-Dec	59	3	786	19
Brad Gmerek	15-Dec	57	5	849	26
Mia LaCommare	12-Dec	57	5	835	23
Stacy Carter	14-Dec	56	4	802	24
Dallas Hannigan	12-Dec	55	4	831	28
Tim Smith (2)		53	6	829	31
Jason Walker (3)	18-Dec	49	2	816	28
Kenon Carter	12-Dec	49	3	763	22
Jeff Gilkey		47	6	860	31
Ryan Stewart	12-Dec	47	6	857	31
Nick Sianis	14-Dec	47	5	823	29
Mike Fitzpatrick (1)	12-Dec	46	3	815	21
Brian Kibler	14-Dec	44	6	859	31
Seth Bancroft (2)	15-Dec	44	4	838	22
Andy Scism	15-Dec	42	5	846	32
Tom Christy	15-Dec	37	4	850	31
Angie Guidi		37	2	748	20
Marc Kellogg (2)	14-Dec	36	3	793	25
Nicholas Carter	15-Dec	34	5	852	32
Kyle Robbins	12-Dec	32	4	816	23
Alan Jozefiak	11-Dec	31	4	822	27
George Neugebauer	15-Dec	30	3	839	18
Doug Rice	14-Dec	30	3	815	22
Nic Ancelet	15-Dec	29	5	843	23
Sean Davis	14-Dec	26	3	831	29
Kevin Kmetz (3)	15-Dec	25	6	858	33
Seth Bancroft (1)	15-Dec	20	4	853	26
Tim Smith (1)		19	2	820	27
Noah LaCommare	12-Dec	19	1	739	16
Tim Herold	14-Dec	18	3	832	28
Kelly Winternheimer	14-Dec	16	4	834	29
Chad Shinabargar (2)	14-Dec	15	3	794	17
Ryan Hannigan	11-Dec	9	3	839	20
Allan Guidi	15-Dec	8	3	830	26
Hudson Pratt	11-Dec	7	3	840	18

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)