4 games to go...so many ways to win

Well, the scores have been added up. There are a few of you who have earned extra points for calling the total conference wins correctly:

C-USA (2 points): Alexis, Butch, Josh, Marilee, Sam Hirt, Steve

Big East (4 points): Amanda, Ben Carter, Ben Puffer, Jill, Josh, Larry, Woodson

And (including those points above) here is where everyone has ended up at the end of the day:

Troy 188, Amanda 165, Scott Birk 140, Marilee 135, Larry 131, Alexis 129, Huffs 124, Patrick 120, Steve 114, Kent 113, Josh 113, Rick 112, Lance 110, Ben Carter 106, Ben Puffer 104, Judy 100, Sam Hirt 99, Woodson 95, Christian 88, Butch 85, Dayne 80, Jill 57, Giles 56

Here are the 'family averages' for those with more than 1 entry in the mix:

Parker 902/9=100.23

Sears 379/3=126.33

Puffer 734/6=122.33

Only 4 more games to go. Somebody better pass up Troy!

January 1st bowl games

At the end of the day (Jan. 1st), here are our scores:

Troy 168, Amanda 123, Alexis 117, Scott 115, Marilee 106, Larry 105, Patrick 103, Steve 102, Rick 102, Josh 100, Huffs 90, Judy 88, Ben Carter 85, Kent 83, Sam 82, Ben Puffer 80, Lance 80, Dayne 68, Woodson 64, Butch 63, Christian 51, Jill 48, Giles 39

And the family averages:

Sears 294/3=98.0
Puffer 604/6=100.67
Parker 734/9=81.56

Have a good one.

Ben

GETTIN' SOAKED

Here are the scores after Nebraska manhandled Arizona, which comes from a 'powerhouse' conference.


Amanda 76, Troy 73, Josh 72, Sam Hirt 70, Larry 63, Scott Birk 63, Marilee 61, Alexis 57, Patrick 52, Ben Puffer 51, Dayne 49, Rick 44, Steve 44, Lance 44, Woodson 43, Huffs 42, Kent 41, Judy 32, Ben Carter 29, Jill 27, Butch 25, Christian 24, Giles -5



Sears 165/3=55.0

Puffer 316/6=52.67
Parker 348/9= 38.67

Seriously, after tonight's game, I realized that some conferences are bringing their game to their bowls, while others appear to have no game to bring. Here's a synopsis of what I'm talking about:

ACC: 1 win by 8 points, 3 losses by an average of 6.33
Big East: 2 wins, by an average of 11.5 points, no losses
Conference USA: 2 wins by average of 19.5 points, 2 losses by average of 15.5
Mountain West: 3 wins by average of 13.7points, no losses
PAC-10: 2 wins by average of 10.0 points, 3 losses by average of 22.3
SEC: 1 win by 24, 1 loss by 8
WAC: 1 win by 1 point, 2 losses by average of 21

Take note of those undefeated conferences...and they are winning by alot. What else stands out are those conferences who are losing games, and losing big. Like the WAC. Like the PAC-10 (those losses have been UUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUGLY!!!!). Those PAC-10 arguments just aren't holding water, it's shooting through like a firehose, so watch out. Kent, you got soaked.

Steve...way to stay in the game. Maybe someday Liz will let you stay for the other ones.

Goodnight to y'all.

Good evening folks:

Well, I’ll begin this one with an apology to Larry, Steve, and Giles. You 3 picked Kentucky to win, and for whatever reason, while scoring, I awarded you points as if you had selected Clemson. So now I’ve fixed that…and your scores were affected as a result. After the UG win over Texas A&M, here are the scores:

Marilee 61, Sam 50, Larry 47, Woodson 46, Amanda 44, Josh 41, Ben Carter 37, Huffs 36, Scott 35, Lance 34, Troy 33, Steve 29, Alexis 29, Judy 25, Ben Puffer 24, Patrick 22, Rick 21, Dayne 19, Christian 17, Jill 16, Butch 9, Kent 8, Giles -3

Family Averages

Sears 116/3= 38.67
Puffers 181/6= 30.17
Parkers 206/9=22.89

Not that I watch TV on Sunday...but did you see how that bottom-scraper SEC team (Kentucky) pushed that nearly-ACC-best Clemson team to the end of the game? Just goes to show what a superior conference Kentucky is from. It's really too bad that 'Bama is going to win it all, but maybe as a starter, the folks from lesser conferences could come out to SEC-land and get a taste for REAL tailgating. I think that could help jump-start football at your respective programs.


So after the 27th, here are the scores: Marilee 56, Larry 52, Amanda 47, Sam 45, Woodson 41, Ben Carter 40, Troy 36, Josh 33, Steve 30, Scott 30, Huff 30, Lance 29, Ben Puffer 27, Alexis 24, Dayne 22, Judy 20, Patrick 17, Jill 16, Rick 16, Giles 15, Christian 12, Butch 4, Kent 3



And the average family scores:


Sears: 111/3= 37 Way to pull your weight, Kent



Puffers 173/6= 28.83 Just wait



Parkers 194/9= 21.56 Well, the Parker conference, considered as a whole, is looking rather weak

New Leaders!

Today is a perfect example of how calling the spread correctly (or close) can really add to your points. The leaders have been changed up a bit as a result:


Marilee 50, Larry 42, Amanda 32, Sam Hirt 30, Josh 28, Troy 26, Woodson 26, Ben Carter 25, Steve 24, Lance 24, Ben Puffer 22, Scott 20, Alexis 19, Huffs 15, Jill 9, Christian 7, Patrick 7, Dayne 7, Judy 5, Rick 1, Giles 0, Butch -6, Kent -7


More to come!


Ben

Christmas Eve Scores

The 1980 Holiday Bowl matched up an 11-1 BYU team against 8-3 SMU. BYU, who had never won a bowl game previously, looked to have yet another bowl loss. They trailed 45-25 in the 4th quarter, and most BYU fans had left the game (much to Jim McMahon's chagrin, who chided fans as they left their seats and told them the game was not over). BYU score 21 points in the final 2:33 of the game, winning 46-45. This bowl has been called the "Miracle Bowl" and is arguably the best football bowl-game comeback of all time.

So what the heck does this have to do with this post? SMU played tonight, thrashing Nevada 45-10. For the 3 folks (Scott Birk, Sam Hirt, Lance Puffer) that picked SMU, this could mark the beginning of a miracle comeback. Here are the scores after tonight:

Amanda 27, Troy 21, Marilee 20, Sam Hirt 20, Ben Carter 15, Alexis 14, Lance 14, Woodson 14, Steve 13, Josh 13, Ben 12, Larry 12, Scott 10, Jill 4, Dayne 2, Huffs 2, Giles -1, Patrick -3, Christian -3, Judy -3, Rick -11, Butch -11, Kent -16

Folks, here are the scores after Utah's win over Cal. And by the way, the Mountain West Conference is looking very good. If Air Force can pull off the win against Houston, the MWC may well go undefeated in this years bowl games. GIve us our automatic bid!

Scores: Amanda 37, Troy 31, Marilee 30, Ben Carter 25, Alexis 24, Woodson 24, Josh 23, Steve 23, Ben Puffer 22, Larry 22, Sam 15, Jill 14, Huffs 12, Dayne 12, Giles 9, Lance 9, Christian 7, Patrick 7, Judy 7, Butch -1, Rick -1, Kent -6

Average family scores:

Puffers: 19.0

Sears: 15.333

Parkers: 11. 89

Kent, you're supposed to pick the winning team!

RAH! RAH! RAH! RAH! RAH! Gooooooooo COUGARS!!!

Sorry for posting this the day after, but I was having too much fun on espn.com and on oregonlive.com, where I could post some remarks about BYU's win. Especially enjoyable on oregonlive's website. So anyways...Scores after BYU/Oregon State:

Woodson, Josh 18

Troy, Alexis 24, Larry, Amanda, Ben P. 17, Steve 15, Sam, Marilee, Ben C. 10, Jill 9, Huffs, Dayne 7, Christian 5, Lance, Patrick, Giles 2Rick, Judy -1,

Kent,Butch -6.

Kent, way to keep Butch good company.

Hey, BYU may have the worst fight song in the country, but even today, I'd be proud to stand up and go "RAH! RAH! RAH! RAH! RAH! GOOOOOOOOOO COUGARS! (Minus the 'do-as-I'm doing' hand gestures).

So, how are those PAC-10 fans feeling?

Ben

It's ok Giles, you'll get into positive #'s someday

Today I'm feeling sorry for Giles Parker. He so confidently picked his teams, but so far has yet to break into the positive #'s. He's a real trooper. I just know, deep down inside, he'll get into the positive #'s soon enough.

So here are the scores after day 2:

Troy, Alexis 19

Josh, Woodson 13

Ben, Amanda, Larry 12

Steve, Huff Bros. 10

Sam Hirt, Ben Carter, Marilee 5

Jill 4

Rick, Judy, Dayne 2

Patrick, Kent, Lance, Giles, Christian, Butch -3

And the family averages:

Puffer Avg.: 8.67..........cream rising to the top

Sears Avg.: 4.67........hey, c'mon up, the weather's great up here!

Parker Avg.: 4.33........it's not whether you win, it's how you play the game, right?

Scores after day 1

My apologies, as the scores listed in last night's email were incorrect. Guess that's what you get when you're trying to tally scores w/ your left hand and keep a 1-month old asleep with your right. A couple people were given points for a win they didn't have, as well (sorry Sam & Steve). Updated spreadsheet is attached, both in new and old versions of Excel

After 1 day:

Troy & Amanda: 12

Woodson, Steve, Sam Hirt, Marilee, Larry, Josh, Huff Bros., Ben Carter: 5

Jill, Ben Puffer, Alexis: 4

Dayne Godbold: 2

Rick, Patrick, Kent, Lance, Judy, Giles, Christian, Butch: -3

Avg. Family Scores:
Puffers: 3.16
Sears: 2.33
Parkers: 1.375

We don't need no stinkin' Beavers!!!

This is what happens when Beavers attack. Sheffields, you've been warned.

Yes, this is the blog.

Thanks for checking out the blog. I never touch this thing except for when bowl games are upon us. Then I spend pretty much all my time creating entries and trying to rile people up enough to leave comments for each other. Check back once the bowl games begin...or if you like, leave a comment now for others to see. And get those entries in by Dec. 19th!!!

How very, very, VERY sweet it is!!!

Right now I'm just a proud dad. I mean, when your daughter beats EVERYONE in the bowl game showdown, how can you not be proud? By the way, Alexis and Quinn's selection of the BCS championship game went something like this:

Ben: Do you guys want Florida or Oklahoma?
Quinn: Oklahoma! Oklahoma! Oklahoma!...
Alexis: Florida! Florida! Florida!....
Ben: Well, we've got to pick one. Oklahoma has tornadoes, and Florida has Disneyworld....

Alexis and Quinn (in unison): "Florida!!! Florida!!! Florida!!!"

Then they picked the spread. (They were only off by one)

So there you have it. Scientific research that led to the bowl game showdown win. You Oregonians need to congratulate Quinn when you have a chance.

And here are the ending scores:

Alexis and Quinn 175
Rick 169
Giles 165
Kent 159
Troy 138
Ben 137
Steve 114
Marilee 94
Jill 92
Paul 92
Judy 88
Lance 84
Scott 80
Christian 76
Jim 71
Robbs 60
Carma 59
Liz 59
Amanda 57

I lost to Troy by one measly point!!!
Robbs, congratulations, you pulled ahead of a few folks in the end.
Amanda, what gives? Behind Liz?

Scott and Lance did a good job of pulling into the middle of the pack, despite both having a terrible start. (Scott started 0-8.....that's Washington/WSU territory!)

The SEC showed that they are the power conference. I'm not saying Utah doesn't have a legitimate claim to the national championship, just saying that SEC is the best conference, top to bottom. Don't even start the PAC-10 talk, it's not the same, folks. Big 12? Nope. Big Ten? Pleeeeeeease!

And for some fun last stats:

Average Parker Score: 111.8
Average Puffer Score:101.7
Average Sears Score:126.5
Average Male Score:116.82
Average Female Score:72.71 (Alexis/Quinn not considered in this number)
Average Male Puffer Score:111.17 " "
Average Male Parker Score:126.33
Average Female Puffer Score:58.3 (Alexis/Quinn not considered in this number)
Average Female Parker Score:90.0

Whew! I am done! And I'm really tired of watching football and updating this blog!

Which, by the way, brings us to March Madness. In all sincerity, I know this semester (which is going to gear up next week) is going to kick my butt....so I'll/we'll need someone else to step up to the bat for March Madness. Troy? Kent? Giles? I know you can do it!

All right, it's been good. Y'all take care and we'll be in touch....War Eagle! BP

What does this all mean?

Kent will win if Oklahoma wins by exactly 3.
Giles will win if Oklahoma wins by any number other than 3.
It doesn't look as though Rick can win.
Alexis and Quinn will win if Florida wins.

I'll pass up Troy if Florida wins by 12-14 or if Oklahoma loses by 26 or more.

And the rest, well there's just too many scenarios. It's midnight and I have my first day of school tomorrow. Goodnight.