Just a reminder that all bowl pool entries are due before the first
game on Saturday.

doug


Tuesday, December 9, 2008, 2:23:14 AM, you wrote:

DP> Howdy all!

DP> (In a continuing tradition, I reuse as much of last year's email as
DP> possible... This may be 4 straight years of essentially the same
DP> email)

DP> First I'd like to congratulate you all on being selected to be on my
DP> 2008/9 bowl pool invitation list. You should feel very honored! (I've
DP> been using that joke for as long as I can remember, now, and I'm very
DP> likely the only one who gets it. But I sure do enjoy it...) For those
DP> of you who rarely hear from me, feel free to consider this a Christmas
DP> (or similar (non-)religious holiday) card.

DP> ***
DP> *** Stop skimming now! Actual rules follow! ***
DP> ***

DP> There are a whopping 34 bowl games this year (!!). For each game pick
DP> the winner (straight up, we don't use the line, I only include it for
DP> informational purposes). Then, rank the games from most confident to
DP> least confident where for the game you're most confident about there
DP> are 34 points on the line. Second most confident is worth 33 points...
DP> for the game you're least confident about there is 1 point on the
DP> line.

DP> Clearly you will all pick Virginia Tech as your most confident game
DP> and will win 34 points when they roll over Cincinnati.

DP> (And if that wasn't clear, let's say you choose Cincinnati as the
DP> Orange Bowl winner and put it as your 27 point game. If Cincinnati
DP> wins you get 27 points. If Cincinnati loses you get 0 points. Zippo.
DP> Not a sausage.)

DP> Whoever gets the most total points, well, wins.

DP> Entry is $3. It's not $3 because it was last year (and every year).
DP> It's not $3 because that's what it costs me to buy a small blizzard at
DP> Dairy Queen (heh, not anymore...). It's not $3 because that's as much
DP> as I can get for renting my dog out for stud. It's $3 because it's the
DP> proper amount. Period. Anyone entering a pool that charges a different
DP> amount will suffer panic attacks throughout the holiday season and be
DP> doomed to a miserable 2009. Be good to yourself and stick to the three
DP> dollar pools.

DP> Last year we had 38 entries and paid out the top 5. The particulars of
DP> the payout are up to me because I am all powerful or, at least, am the
DP> one sending the email... and I choose to keep them secret for now and
DP> will for the foreseeable future or until I figure out what they are. I
DP> will announce the payout after all the entries show up... if I feel
DP> like it.

DP> *********************************************************************
DP> Entries must be received before the first game on December 20! Entry
DP> fees can take their sweet time but PLEASE don't make me hunt you down.
DP> There nothing less fun about running this than fighting to get $3 from
DP> you. Just do it now, eh? PayPal it in... you'll be done in 2 minutes.
DP> *********************************************************************

DP> EMAIL your entry to doug@...

DP> PLEASE make it VERY CLEAR in your entry which games get 34 points, 33,
DP> 32, and so on. Assume I'm a drooling idiot and need things spelled
DP> out. If your entry is confusing you owe me an extra $10 per entry as a
DP> processing fee.

DP> **** **** **** **** **** ****
DP> I include a partial example of my preferred entry style at the
DP> bottom of this email. Please make it look like that!
DP> **** **** **** **** **** ****

DP> Feel free to enter as many times as you like.

DP> I prefer payment by PayPal, if possible.

DP> If you are NOT using a credit/debit card, PayPal to Doug@...

DP> If you ARE using a credit/debit card, PayPal to doug@... and
DP> include an extra $.50 to cover the fees.

DP> Or, if you're not into modern technology, send your big buxx to

DP> 170 Windfall Dr
DP> Winterville, GA 30683

DP> ----------------------------------------------------------------
DP> If this table looks messy change your font to a fixed width font and
DP> it will look sun shiningly beautiful!

DP> Date Bowl Favorite Line Underdog
DP> -----------------------------------------------------------------------
DP> Dec 20 Eagle Bank Wake Forest 3 Navy
DP> Dec 20 New Mexico Fresno St 3 Colorado St
DP> Dec 20 St. Petersburg South Florida 13 Memphis
DP> Dec 20 Las Vegas Arizona 3.5 BYU
DP> Dec 21 New Orleans Troy 3.5 Southern Miss
DP> Dec 23 Poinsettia TCU 2 Boise St
DP> Dec 24 Hawaii Hawaii 1.5 Notre Dame
DP> Dec 26 Motor City Central Mich 6.5 Florida Atlantic
DP> Dec 27 Meineke West Virginia 0 North Carolina
DP> Dec 27 Champs Sports Florida St 5.5 Wisconsin
DP> Dec 27 Emerald California 6 Miami
DP> Dec 28 Independence Northern Ill 2 Louisiana Tech
DP> Dec 29 Paja Johns Rutgers 6.5 NC State
DP> Dec 29 Alamo Missouri 13.5 Northwestern
DP> Dec 30 Humanitarian Maryland 0 Nevada
DP> Dec 30 Texas Rice 3 Western Michigan
DP> Dec 30 Holiday Oklahoma St 3.5 Oregon
DP> Dec 31 Armed Forces Houston 3 Air Force
DP> Dec 31 Sun Oregon St 3 Pittsburgh
DP> Dec 31 Music City Boston College 4 Vanderbilt
DP> Dec 31 Insight Kansas 10 Minnesota
DP> Dec 31 Chick-fil-A Georgia Tech 4 LSU
DP> Jan 01 Outback Iowa 3 South Carolina
DP> Jan 01 Gator Clemson 3 Nebraska
DP> Jan 01 Capital One Georgia 6 Michigan St
DP> Jan 01 Rose Southern Cal 10 Penn St
DP> Jan 01 Orange Cincinnati 2 Virginia Tech
DP> Jan 02 Cotton Texas Tech 6 Mississippi
DP> Jan 02 Liberty East Carolina 2.5 Kentucky
DP> Jan 02 Sugar Alabama 11 Utah
DP> Jan 03 International Connecticut 4.5 Buffalo
DP> Jan 05 Fiesta Texas 10 Ohio St
DP> Jan 06 GMAC Ball St 2.5 Tulsa
DP> Jan 08 BCS Champ Florida 3 Oklahoma


DP> ------------------------------------------------------------------

DP> Make your entry look like this and I will love you!

DP> 34 Georgia Tech
DP> 33 Virginia Tech
DP> 32 Georgia
DP> 31 Texas
DP> 30 Notre Dame
DP> 29 Southern Cal
DP> ...
DP> 2 Minnesota
DP> 1 Tulsa

DP> (That is, put the point value and the winning team)