UPDATE: BUMPED BACK TO THE TOP OF THE PAGE. PICKS ARE DUE AT NOON TOMORROW.
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That’s right loyal readers…the Bowl Pick ‘Em Contest is back for its <\/span>third season.<\/p>\n It is simple to participate. Simply reply to this thread with your <\/span>picks. You will need to pick both against the spread, as well as the <\/span>over\/under, so you will have two picks per game. The spreads are LOCKED, so <\/span>a movement in the line will not be taken into account. The spreads are <\/span>courtesy of bookmaker.com because…well…that’s the one I could find (and unless otherwise noted) They also represent where the lines were when they opened, which was a week ago (had to wait for Army\/Navy to be played to determine Eagle Bowl and Texas Bowl line)<\/p>\n Our winner from last year is FSUncensored, who went 39-27 to win by three <\/span>games over The Cool Alonzo and myself. All time, MU 1839 (our first <\/span>winner) holds the best two-year record at 18 games over .500 (74-56). <\/span>Of the “couples” category, The Beef and Tailgate Queen came out 3 game <\/span>ahead of Bill C and Bill C’s wife last year, tying their annual battle <\/span>at 1-1. Overall, the contest generated a won-loss record of 1066-1244 <\/span>for a not so good percentage of .461. Over the two years, we currently <\/span>sit at 1711-1879 for a winning percentage of .477. Yes…I’ve kept <\/span>track.<\/span><\/p>\n Picks are due by noon on Saturday, December 19th (since the first games <\/span>are later that evening). Picks are lined up after the jump.<\/span><\/p>\n As for prizes…1st prize will get you the Rock M Nation T-shirt of your <\/span>choice, unless RPT (who somehow is the keeper of the purse strings <\/span>around here) decides we want to pony up some additional swag.<\/p>\n Anyway, we had a good time with this last year with 35 participants (up <\/span>from 20 the first year) and somehow I am thinking we are going to have a <\/span>FEW more than that \ud83d\ude42 Come one, come all (and that certainly includes <\/span>non-Rock M regulars…anyone from SB Nation is welcome to <\/span>participate)…make me work hard at this. If you were here last season <\/span>and have changed names, just let me know and I will do my best to give you your two or three-season score when all is said and done as well. I will also be adding a couple set of special picks. We will have the “coin-flip” picks, where each pick will be decided by heads or tails. I will also compile the “Consensus” picks, which will be the most popular pick on each game, to see how RMN did as a community (in the majority at least). <\/p>\n
<\/span><\/p>\nNew Mexico<\/b><\/span><\/pre>\nFresno State -10 1\/2 vs. Wyoming<\/span><\/pre>\nOver\/Under - 55 1\/2<\/span><\/pre>\n
<\/pre>\nSt. Petersburg<\/b><\/span><\/pre>\nRutgers -2 vs. UCF<\/span><\/pre>\nOver\/Under - 44 1\/2<\/span><\/pre>\n
<\/pre>\nNew Orleans<\/b><\/span><\/pre>\nSothern Miss -3 1\/2 vs. Mid Tenn St.<\/span><\/pre>\nOver\/Under - 59<\/span><\/pre>\n
<\/pre>\nLas Vegas<\/b><\/span><\/pre>\nOregon State - 1 1\/2 vs. BYU<\/span><\/pre>\nOver\/Under - 60 1\/2<\/span><\/pre>\n
<\/pre>\nPoinsetta<\/b><\/span><\/pre>\nCal -3 vs. Utah<\/span><\/pre>\nOver\/Under - 53 1\/2<\/span><\/pre>\n
<\/pre>\nHawaii<\/b><\/span><\/pre>\nNevada -14 vs. SMU<\/span><\/pre>\nOver\/Under - 73 1\/2<\/span><\/pre>\n
<\/pre>\nLittle Caesers<\/b><\/span><\/pre>\nOhio -2 vs. Marshall<\/span><\/pre>\nOver\/Under - 50<\/span><\/pre>\n
<\/pre>\nMeineke<\/b><\/span><\/pre>\nPitt -3 vs. UNC<\/span><\/pre>\nOver\/Under - 44 1\/2<\/span><\/pre>\n
<\/pre>\nEmerald<\/b><\/span><\/pre>\nUSC -9 vs. BC<\/span><\/pre>\nOver\/Under - 45 1\/2<\/span><\/pre>\n
<\/pre>\nMusic Ci<\/b>ty<\/b><\/span><\/pre>\nClemson -7 vs. Kentucky<\/span><\/pre>\nOver\/Under - 52 1\/2<\/span><\/pre>\n
<\/pre>\nIndependence<\/b><\/span><\/pre>\nGeorgia -7 vs. Texas A&M<\/span><\/pre>\nOver\/Under - 64<\/span><\/pre>\n
<\/pre>\nEagle Bank (LSVC odds)
<\/b><\/span><\/pre>\nUCLA -4 vs. Temple<\/pre>\n
Over\/Under - 46 1\/2
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<\/pre>\nChamps Sports<\/b><\/span><\/pre>\nMiami (FL) -3 vs. Wisconsin<\/span><\/pre>\nOver\/Under - 56<\/span><\/pre>\n
<\/pre>\nHumanitarian<\/b><\/span><\/pre>\nBowling Green PK vs. Idaho<\/span><\/pre>\nOver\/Under - 68 1\/2<\/span><\/pre>\n
<\/pre>\nHoliday<\/b><\/span><\/pre>\nArizona -1 vs. Nebraska<\/span><\/pre>\nOver\/Under - 41<\/span><\/pre>\n
<\/pre>\nArmed Forces<\/b><\/span><\/pre>\nHouston -5 vs. Air Force<\/span><\/pre>\nOver\/Under - 61<\/span><\/pre>\n
<\/pre>\nSun<\/b><\/span><\/pre>\nOklahoma -9 1\/2 vs. Stanford<\/span><\/pre>\nOver\/Under - 56 1\/2<\/span><\/pre>\n
<\/pre>\nTexas (LVSC odds)
<\/b><\/span><\/pre>\nMizzou -6 vs. Navy<\/span><\/pre>\nOver\/Under - 54
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<\/pre>\nInsight<\/b><\/span><\/pre>\nMinnesota -3 vs. Iowa State<\/span><\/pre>\nOver\/Under - 48<\/span><\/pre>\n
<\/pre>\nChick-Fil-A<\/b><\/span><\/pre>\nVa Tech -4 1\/2 vs. Tenn<\/span><\/pre>\nOver\/Under - 50 1\/2<\/span><\/pre>\n
<\/pre>\nOutback<\/b><\/span><\/pre>\nAuburn -8 vs. Northwestern<\/span><\/pre>\nOver\/Under - 54 1\/2<\/span><\/pre>\n
<\/pre>\nGator<\/b><\/span><\/pre>\nWest Virginia -2 1\/2 vs. Florida St.<\/span><\/pre>\nOver\/Under - 60 1\/2<\/span><\/pre>\n
<\/pre>\nCapital One<\/b><\/span><\/pre>\nPenn State -3 vs. LSU<\/span><\/pre>\nOver\/Under - 44<\/span><\/pre>\n
<\/pre>\nRose<\/b><\/span><\/pre>\nOregon -3 1\/2 vs. Ohio State<\/span><\/pre>\nOver\/Under - 51 1\/2<\/span><\/pre>\n
<\/pre>\nSugar<\/b><\/span><\/pre>\nFlorida -10 vs. Cincy<\/span><\/pre>\nOver\/Under - 55 1\/2<\/span><\/pre>\n
<\/pre>\nInternational<\/b><\/span><\/pre>\nSouth Fla. -6 1\/2 vs. No. Illinois<\/span><\/pre>\nOver\/Under - 50<\/span><\/pre>\n
<\/pre>\nPapaJohns<\/b><\/span><\/pre>\nSouth Carolina -4 1\/2 vs. UCONN<\/span><\/pre>\nOver\/Under - 53<\/span><\/pre>\n
<\/pre>\nCotton<\/b><\/span><\/pre>\nOle Miss -3 vs. Okie State<\/span><\/pre>\nOver\/Under - 50 1\/2<\/span><\/pre>\n