[USML Announce] COLLEGE BOWL POOL - REMINDER!

[Andy Klein]

An advance Merry Xmas to all!  Plus a reminder to send in your College Bowl
picks before the Independence Bowl kicks off on December 27.

Good luck and best wishes to all ...

-The Commissioner

On Sun, Dec 17, 2017 at 7:38 PM, Andy Klein <anrklein at gmail.com> wrote:

> The 23rd Annual College Bowl Pool
>
> Greetings and welcome to the College Bowl Pool’s 23rd Year!
>
> 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 Independence Bowl on *December 27.  *Once again, we *will *include
> the National Champion Game.  That means entering one of four teams as a
> title game winner (Alabama, Clemson, Oklahoma, or Georgia) and assigning
> points according to your own tolerance for risk.  Here’s a reminder on how
> things work …
>
> THE RULES
>
> This is a confidence pool.  Pick the winners of each bowl game and weight
> your confidence accordingly (i.e., 23 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 INDEPENDENCE BOWL ON DECEMBER
> 27.   Please put the words “Bowl Pool” in the subject line of your message.*
>
>
> One other note:  *Don’t pick in order* (e.g., chronologically from 1-23
> or 23-1.)  That is not in the spirit of the game!
>
> THE PARTICIPANTS
>
> 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.
>
> THE STAKES
>
> 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 historical purpose has been to provide new books for Chicago
> public school libraries,; more recently it has expanded to support a
> variety of other youth-related causes in the Chicago area.  The foundation
> has raised tens of thousands of dollars and donated to dozens of
> organizations 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.
>
>
>
> PREVIOUS CHAMPIONS
>
>
>
> 1995-1996:  Historical data lost in the Great Klein Computer Crash of '97
>
> 1997:  Mark Winick
>
> 1998:  Michelle DiOrio
>
> 1999:  Rick Gammons
>
> 2000:  Jeff Cohen
>
> 2001:  Jim DiOrio
>
> 2002:  Andy Klein
>
> 2003:  Pete Klein
>
> 2004:  Jeff Winick
>
> 2005:  Pete Klein
>
> 2006: Andy Klein
>
> 2007:  Bill Jones
>
> 2008:  Bob Schussel
>
> 2009:  Jason Klein
>
> 2010:  Sam Winick
>
> 2011:  Mark Winick
>
> 2012:  Dan Cole
>
> 2013:  Jim Weil
>
> 2014:  Ezra Blocker
>
> 2015:  Tim Klein
>
> 2016:   Sam Winick
>
>
>
> *THE GAMES*
>
> Independence                   Dec. 27                Florida State vs.
> Southern Miss
>
> Pinstripe                             Dec. 27                 Boston
> College vs. Iowa
>
> Foster Farms                     Dec. 27                Arizona vs. Purdue
>
> Texas                                    Dec. 27                Texas vs.
> Missouri
>
> Military                                Dec. 28                Virginia
> vs. Navy
>
> Camping World                Dec. 28                Oklahoma State vs.
> Virginia Tech
>
> Alamo                                  Dec. 28                Stanford vs.
> TCU
>
> Holiday                                Dec. 28                Michigan
> State vs. Washington State
>
> Belk                                      Dec. 29                Wake
> Forest vs. Texas A&M
>
> Sun                                       Dec. 29                NC State
> vs. Arizona State
>
> Music City                          Dec. 29                Kentucky vs.
> Northwestern
>
> Arizona                                Dec. 29                New Mexico
> State vs. Utah State
>
> Cotton                                 Dec. 29                Ohio State
> vs. USC
>
> Taxslayer                            Dec. 30                Louisville vs.
> Mississippi State
>
> Liberty                                 Dec. 30                Iowa State
> vs. Memphis
>
> Fiesta                                   Dec. 30                Washington
> vs. Penn State
>
> Orange                                Dec. 30                Miami vs.
> Wisconsin
>
> Outback                              Jan. 1                    Michigan
> vs. South Carolina
>
> Peach                                   Jan. 1                    Auburn
> vs. UCF
>
> Citrus                                   Jan. 1                    Notre
> Dame vs. LSU
>
> Rose (CFP Semifinals)      Jan. 1                    Oklahoma vs. Georgia
>
> Sugar (CFP Semifinals)    Jan. 1                    Clemson vs. Alabama
>
> CFP Championship           Jan. 8                    Oklahoma/Georgia v.
> Clemson/Alabama (pick one actual team)
>
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