[USML Announce] Back to Business - Get Your Bowl Picks In!
Andy Klein
anrklein at gmail.com
Mon Dec 26 06:30:01 EST 2016
I hope everyone enjoyed Christmas. Now it's back to business. Get your
Bowl Pool Picks to me before tomorrow's Heart of Dallas Bowl kickoff!
-The Commissioner
On Tue, Dec 20, 2016 at 7:18 AM, Andrew Klein <anrklein at gmail.com> wrote:
> The 22nd Annual College Bowl Pool
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> Greetings and welcome to the College Bowl Pool’s 22nd Year!
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> Given the large number of games – and in order to give everyone a chance
> to submit picks --, we’ll start a little later this year, beginning with
> the Heart of Texas Bowl on *December 27. *Once again, we *will *include
> the National Champion Game. That means entering one of the four playoff
> teams as a title game winner (Alabama, Clemson, Ohio State, or Washington)
> and assigning points according to your own tolerance for risk. Here’s a
> reminder on how things work …
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> THE RULES
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> This is a confidence pool. Pick the winners of each bowl game and weight
> your confidence accordingly (i.e., 25 on the game in which you have the
> most confidence down to 1 on the game in which you have the least
> confidence). *All entries must be submitted to anrklein at gmail.com
> <anrklein at gmail.com> BEFORE KICKOFF OF THE HEART OF TEXAS BOWL ON DECEMBER
> 27. Please put the words “Bowl Pool” in the subject line of your message.
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> Two other notes: *Don’t pick in order* (e.g., chronologically from 1-23
> or 23-1.) That is not in the spirit of the game!
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> THE PARTICIPANTS
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> I am sending this message to players from previous years and other
> potentially interested people (or at least those for whom I have an e-mail
> address). Please feel free to forward the message to others who might
> want to play.
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> THE STAKES
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> The pool is for pride and charity. NFL Pool players already have “paid”
> through a gift to the Devin Shafron Memorial Fund, which is now managed by
> the Chicago Community Trust. (And if you haven’t paid, this is an
> excellent time to send your check.) The Fund is a foundation established
> by Phyllis Shafron in memory of her son, and our friend, Devin. Its
> purpose purpose has been to provide new books for Chicago public school
> libraries. The foundation has raised tens of thousands of dollars and
> donated books to dozens of schools in Devin’s memory. There are several
> schools that have plaques in honor of The Pool’s contribution. If anyone
> would like more information about the foundation, or how to make a small
> contribution as a “fee” for the pool, let me know.
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> PREVIOUS CHAMPIONS
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> 1995-1996: Historical data lost in the Great Klein Computer Crash of '97
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> 1997: Mark Winick
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> 1998: Michelle DiOrio
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> 1999: Rick Gammons
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> 2000: Jeff Cohen
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> 2001: Jim DiOrio
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> 2002: Andy Klein
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> 2003: Pete Klein
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> 2004: Jeff Winick
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> 2005: Pete Klein
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> 2006: Andy Klein
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> 2007: Bill Jones
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> 2008: Bob Schussel
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> 2009: Jason Klein
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> 2010: Sam Winick
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> 2011: Mark Winick
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> 2012: Dan Cole
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> 2013: Jim Weil
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> 2014: Ezra Blocker
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> 2015: Tim Klein
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> *THE GAMES*
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> Dec. 27 — *Heart of Dallas Bowl*, North Texas vs. Army
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> Dec. 27 — *Military Bowl*, Wake Forest vs. Temple
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> Dec. 27 — *Holiday Bowl*, Minnesota vs. Washington State
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> Dec. 27 — *Cactus Bowl*, Baylor vs. Boise State
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> Dec. 28 — *Pinstripe Bowl*, Pittsburgh vs. Northwestern
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> Dec. 28 — *Russell Athletic Bowl*, Miami (Fla.) vs. West Virginia
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> Dec. 28 — *Foster Farms Bowl*, Indiana vs. Utah
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> Dec. 28 — *Texas Bowl*, Kansas State vs. Texas A&M
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> Dec. 29 — *Birmingham Bowl*, South Florida vs. South Carolina
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> Dec. 29 — *Belk Bowl*, Virginia Tech vs. Arkansas
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> Dec. 29 — *Alamo Bowl,* Oklahoma State vs. Colorado
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> Dec. 30 — *Liberty Bowl*, TCU vs. Georgia
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> Dec. 30 — *Sun Bowl*, North Carolina vs. Stanford
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> Dec. 30 — *Music City Bowl*, Nebraska vs. Tennessee
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> Dec. 30 — *Arizona Bowl*, South Alabama vs. Air Force
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> Dec. 30 — *Orange Bowl*, Florida State vs. Michigan
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> Dec. 31 — *Citrus Bowl*, Louisville vs. LSU
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> Dec. 31 — *TaxSlayer Bowl*, Georgia Tech vs. Kentucky
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> Dec. 31 — *Peach Bowl*, Alabama vs. Washington
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> Dec. 31 — *Fiesta Bowl*, Clemson vs. Ohio State
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> Jan. 2 — *Outback Bowl,* Iowa vs. Florida
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> Jan. 2 — *Cotton Bowl,* Wisconsin vs. Western Michigan
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> Jan. 2 — *Rose Bowl*, Penn State vs. Southern California
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> Jan. 2 — *Sugar Bowl*, Oklahoma vs. Auburn
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> Jan. 9 — *National Championship Game*: Peach Bowl winner v. Fiesta Bowl
> winner (Pick an actual team!)
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