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2017-18 Donkey Bowl Contest


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Why Pin the Tail on the Donkey? Because it will look like most of your picks came as a result of you being spun around in a circle until dizzy, then wandered around until you came up with a random off-the-wall guess.

You predict the winner and the MoV (margin of victory) of all 40 bowl games. The closer you come to the actual MoV, the more points you will earn. Post your picks in a reply to this thread.

Based on the difference between the MoV to your pick and the weight of the game, you are awarded a certain amount of points (see below).

You can still earn points if you guess the wrong team, but are still close enough in the overall point difference. However you will be penalized two points in accuracy for a wrong pick. It is possible to score negative points if you pick the wrong team and the margin of your error is greater than 15.

Some games are worth more than others (see below). The amount of points you will win is based on the accuracy of your picks multiplied by the weight factor of the game.

All Picks are due by kickoff of the first game - 11:00 AM CST, December 16. If you are late with your picks, you get a zero for all games that you missed the opening kickoff.

Margin of Error: 0 to 3 = 5 Donkey Points
Margin of Error: 4 to 7 = 4 Donkey Points
Margin of Error: 8 to 11 = 3 Donkey Points
Margin of Error: 12 to 15 = 2 Donkey Points
Margin of Error: 16 to 20 = 1 Donkey Points
Margin of Error: 21 or more = 0 Donkey Points

Of the 40 games, 25 are worth one point each, the eight games involving Husker opponents plus other Big Ten teams not in the New Year's Six are worth two points each, the four non-playoff New Year's Six games are worth three points each, the Playoff Semi-Finals are worth four points, and the National Championship game is worth five points, for a total weighted value of 66. The maximum amount of Donkey Points you can earn is 330; if you get half that many you will likely win. You will have to re-post your selection for the National Championship game between January 1st and kickoff of the game.

Example: Say you picked Boise State to win the Las Vegas Bowl by three points, but Oregon wins by two points. Your pick was off by only five points, which would have earned you 4 accuracy points had you selected the correct team. Since you picked the wrong team, you lose 2 points and only get 2 accuracy points. But since the Poinsettia is double weighted, your 2 points are doubled for a total of 4 Donkey Points.

Current Standings can be found here

Regular Games:
New Orleans - Troy vs. North Texas
Cure - Western Kentucky vs. Georgia State
New Mexico - Marshall vs. Colorado State
Boca Raton - Akron vs. Florida Atlantic

Frisco - Louisiana Tech vs. SMU

Gasparilla - Temple vs. Florida International

Bahamas - UAB vs. Ohio
Idaho Potato - Central Michigan vs. Wyoming
Birmingham - Texas Tech vs. South Florida
Armed Forces - San Diego State vs. Army
Dollar General - Appalachian State vs. Toledo
Hawai'i - Fresno State vs. Houston
Heart of Dallas - Utah vs. West Vriginia
Cactus - Kansas State vs. UCLA
Independence - Southern Mississippi vs. Florida State

Texas - Texas vs. Missouri
Military - Virginia vs. Navy

Camping World - Virginia Tech vs. Oklahoma State
Alamo - Stanford vs. TCU
Belk - Wake Forest vs. Texas A&M
Sun - North Carolina State vs. Arizona State
Arizona - New Mexico State vs. Utah State
TaxSlayer - Louisville vs. Mississippi State
Liberty - Iowa State vs. Memphis
Citrus - Notre Dame vs. LSU

Double Point Games:
Las Vegas - Boise State vs. Oregon
Camellia - Middle Tennessee vs. Arkansas State

Quick Lane - Duke vs. Northern Illinois
Pinstripe - Iowa vs. Boston College
Foster Farms - Arizona vs. Purdue
Holiday - Washington State vs. Michigan State

Music City - Kentucky vs. Northwestern

Outback - Michigan vs. South Carolina


Triple Point Games:
Cotton - USC vs. Ohio State
Fiesta - Washington vs. Penn State

Orange - Wisconsin vs. Miami

Peach - Central Florida vs. Auburn

Quadruple Point Game:

Rose - Georgia vs. Oklahoma
Sugar - Alabama vs. Clemson


Quintuple Point Game:

National Champ - TBD
 
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Bolded = winners and by how much!

Regular Games:

New Orleans - Troy vs. North Texas by 8
Cure - Western Kentucky vs. Georgia State by 4
New Mexico - Marshall vs. Colorado State by 1
Boca Raton - Akron vs. Florida Atlantic by 17

Frisco - Louisiana Tech vs. SMU by 3

Gasparilla - Temple vs. Florida International by 10

Bahamas - UAB vs. Ohio by 13
Idaho Potato - Central Michigan vs. Wyoming by 3
Birmingham - Texas Tech vs. South Florida by 1
Armed Forces - San Diego State vs. Army by 7
Dollar General - Appalachian State vs. Toledo by 11
Hawai'i - Fresno State vs. Houston by 3
Heart of Dallas - Utah vs. West Virginia by 1
Cactus - Kansas State vs. UCLA by 1
Independence - Southern Mississippi vs. Florida State by 18

Texas - Texas vs. Missouri by 8
Military - Virginia vs. Navy by 1

Camping World - Virginia Tech vs. Oklahoma State by 4
Alamo - Stanford vs. TCU by 2
Belk - Wake Forest vs. Texas A&M by 3
Sun - North Carolina State vs. Arizona State by 1
Arizona - New Mexico State vs. Utah State by 3
TaxSlayer - Louisville vs. Mississippi State by 4
Liberty - Iowa State vs. Memphis by 1
Citrus - Notre Dame vs. LSU by 5

Double Point Games:
Las Vegas - Boise State vs. Oregon by 8
Camellia - Middle Tennessee vs. Arkansas State by 2

Quick Lane - Duke vs. Northern Illinois by 5
Pinstripe - Iowa vs. Boston College by 7
Foster Farms - Arizona vs. Purdue by 3
Holiday - Washington State vs. Michigan State by 2

Music City - Kentucky vs. Northwestern by 4

Outback - Michigan vs. South Carolina by 2


Triple Point Games:
Cotton - USC vs. Ohio State by 7
Fiesta - Washington vs. Penn State by 4

Orange - Wisconsin vs. Miami by 11

Peach - Central Florida vs. Auburn by 12

Quadruple Point Game:

Rose - Georgia vs. Oklahoma by 9
Sugar - Alabama vs. Clemson by 4


Quintuple Point Game:

National Champ - TBD
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Bolded winners and point differential 

 

Regular Games:
New Orleans - Troy vs. North Texas by 15
Cure - Western Kentucky vs. Georgia State by 3
New Mexico - Marshall vs. Colorado State by 3
Boca Raton - Akron vs. Florida Atlantic by 10

Frisco - Louisiana Tech vs. SMU by 10

Gasparilla - Temple vs. Florida International by 6

Bahamas - UAB vs. Ohio Fightin' Frankies by 17
Idaho Potato - Central Michigan vs. Wyoming by 6
Birmingham - Texas Tech vs. South Florida by 7
Armed Forces - San Diego State vs. Army by 9
Dollar General - Appalachian State vs. Toledo by 3
Hawai'i - Fresno State vs. Houston by 7
Heart of Dallas - Utah vs. West Vriginia by 10
Cactus - Kansas State vs. UCLA by 3
Independence - Southern Mississippi vs. Florida State by 6

Texass - Texass vs. Missouri by 1
Military - Virginia vs. Navy by 7

Camping World - Virginia Tech vs. Oklahoma State by 10
Alamo - Stanford vs. TCU by 10
Belk - Wake Forest vs. Texas A&M by 3
Sun - North Carolina State vs. Arizona State by 14
Arizona - New Mexico State vs. Utah State by 3
TaxSlayer - Louisville vs. Mississippi State by 17
Liberty - Iowa State vs. Memphis by 7
Citrus - Notre Dame vs. LSU by 9

Double Point Games:
Las Vegas - Boise State vs. Oregon by 10
Camellia - Middle Tennessee vs. Arkansas State by 6

Quick Lane - Duke vs. Northern Illinois by 7
Pinstripe - Iowa vs. Boston College by 5
Foster Farms - Arizona vs. Purdue by 10
Holiday - Washington State vs. Michigan State by 9

Music City - Kentucky vs. Northwestern by 4

Outback - Michigan vs. South Carolina by 6


Triple Point Games:
Cotton - USC vs. Ohio State by 20
Fiesta - Washington vs. Penn State by 10

Orange - Wisconsin vs. Miami by 14

Peach - Central Florida vs. Auburn by 10

Quadruple Point Game:

Rose - Georgia vs. Oklahoma by 17
Sugar - Alabama vs. Clemson by 14


Quintuple Point Game:

National Champ - Oklahoma vs. Clemson by 7
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4 hours ago, Mavric said:

Sorry, didn't explain that well enough.  Post your predictions here.  I'll transfer them into the spreadsheet.

 

If you want you can copy the list from above and then designate who your pick is and by how far.

 

Thanks. BTW, you have Auburn playing UCF and Alabama. Sorry to be nitpicky there. 

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Regular Games:
New Orleans - Troy by 7
Cure - Western Kentucky by 8
New Mexico -  Colorado State by 6
Boca Raton - Akron by 2

Frisco - Louisiana Tech by 3

Gasparilla - Temple by 5

Bahamas -  Ohio by 10
Idaho Potato -  Wyoming by 12
Birmingham - Texas Tech by 3
Armed Forces -  Army by 7
Dollar General - Toledo by 5
Hawai'i - Houston by 14
Heart of Dallas - West Vriginia by 8
Cactus - Kansas State by 5
Independence -  Florida State by 17

Texas - Missouri by 3
Military - . Navy by 5

Camping World - Virginia Tech by 7
Alamo - Stanford by 3
Belk -  Texas A&M by 6
Sun - North Carolina State by 7
Arizona - . Utah State by 1
TaxSlayer - Louisville by 12
Liberty - Iowa State by 7
Citrus - Notre Dame by 10

Double Point Games:
Las Vegas - Boise State by 2
Camellia -. Arkansas State by 4

Quick Lane - Duke by 14
Pinstripe - Iowa by 1
Foster Farms - Arizona by 6
Holiday -  Michigan State by 3

Music City - Northwestern by 7

Outback - Michigan by 13


Triple Point Games:
Cotton - Ohio State by 3
Fiesta -  Penn State by 6

Orange - Wisconsin by 7

Peach - Central Florida by 1

Quadruple Point Game:

Rose -  Oklahoma by 7
Sugar -  Clemson by 3


Quintuple Point Game:

National Champ - TBD
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Regular Games:
New Orleans - Troy by 7
Cure - Western Kentucky by 6
New Mexico -  Colorado State by 7
Boca Raton - Florida Atlantic by 17

Frisco - SMU by 7

Gasparilla - Temple by 6

Bahamas -  Ohio by 9
Idaho Potato -  Wyoming by 3
Birmingham - South Florida by 4
Armed Forces -  SDSU by 4
Dollar General - Toledo by 10
Hawai'i - Houston by 7
Heart of Dallas - Utah by 7
Cactus - Kansas State by 4
Independence -  Florida State by 11

Texas - Missouri by 4
Military - . Navy by 7

Camping World - Oklahoma St by 7
Alamo - Stanford by 1
Belk -  Wake Forest by 4
Sun - North Carolina State by 10
Arizona - . Utah State by 4
TaxSlayer - Louisville by 7
Liberty - Memphis by 4
Citrus - LSU by 4

Double Point Games:
Las Vegas - Oregon by 10
Camellia -. Arkansas State by 6

Quick Lane - Northern Illinois by 2
Pinstripe - Iowa by 6
Foster Farms - Arizona by 7
Holiday -  Wazzou by 3

Music City - Northwestern by 4

Outback - Michigan by 7


Triple Point Games:
Cotton - Ohio State by 7
Fiesta -  Penn State by 4

Orange - Wisconsin by 7

Peach - Auburn by 7

Quadruple Point Game:

Rose -  Georgia by 4
Sugar -  Clemson by 3


Quintuple Point Game:

National Champ - TBD
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Regular Games:
New Orleans - Troy by 10
Cure - Western Kentucky by 8
New Mexico - Colorado State by 3
Boca Raton - Florida Atlantic by 21

Frisco - SMU by 3

Gasparilla - Temple by 3

Bahamas - Ohio by 1
Idaho Potato - Central Michigan by 3
Birmingham - South Florida by 4
Armed Forces - San Diego State by 6
Dollar General - Toledo by 10
Hawai'i - Fresno State by 3
Heart of Dallas - Utah by 4
Cactus - Kansas State by 3
Independence - Florida State by 5

Texas - Texas by 6
Military - Virginia by 2

Camping World - Oklahoma State by 4
Alamo - TCU by 2
Belk - Wake Forest by 3
Sun - North Carolina State by 8
Arizona - New Mexico State by 3
TaxSlayer - Louisville by 15
Liberty - Memphis by 14
Citrus - Notre Dame by 4

Double Point Games:
Las Vegas - Boise State by 3
Camellia - Arkansas State by 5

Quick Lane - Northern Illinois by 2
Pinstripe - Iowa by 1
Foster Farms - Purdue by 3
Holiday - Michigan State by 3

Music City - Northwestern by 2

Outback - Michigan by 4


Triple Point Games:
Cotton - Ohio State by 2
Fiesta - Washington by 5

Orange - Wisconsin by 2

Peach - Auburn by 11

Quadruple Point Game:

Rose - Oklahoma by 5
Sugar - Clemson by 4


Quintuple Point Game:

National Champ - TBD
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Regular Games:
New Orleans - Troy by 7
Cure - Western Kentucky by 14
New Mexico - Colorado State by 7
Boca Raton -  Florida Atlantic by 21

Frisco - Louisiana Tech by 3

Gasparilla -  Florida International 7

Bahamas - UAB by10
Idaho Potato - Wyoming by 7
Birmingham - . South Florida by 17
Armed Forces - San Diego State by 14
Dollar General - Appalachian State 10
Hawai'i - Houston 7
Heart of Dallas - Utah by 3
Cactus - Kansas State by 10
Independence - Florida State by 7

Texas - Texas by 14
Military - Virginia by 3

Camping World - Oklahoma State by 17
Alamo - Stanford by 3
Belk - Texas A&M by 21
Sun - North Carolina State by 10
Arizona - New Mexico State by 3
TaxSlayer - Louisville by 10
Liberty - Iowa State by 7
Citrus - Notre Dame by 7

Double Point Games:
Las Vegas - Boise State by 14
Camellia - Arkansas State by 10

Quick Lane - Duke by 3
Pinstripe - Iowa by 7
Foster Farms - Arizona by 10
Holiday - Washington State by 17

Music City - . Northwestern by 3

Outback - Michigan by 7


Triple Point Games:
Cotton -  Ohio State by 17
Fiesta -  Penn State by 10

Orange - Miami by 3

Peach - Central Florida by 35

Quadruple Point Game:

Rose -  Oklahoma  by 14
Sugar - Clemson by 7


Quintuple Point Game:

National Champ - TBD
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Regular Games:
New Orleans - Troy by 6
Cure - Western Kentucky by 8
New Mexico - Colorado State by 5
Boca Raton - Florida Atlantic by 13

Frisco - Louisiana by 6

Gasparilla - Temple by 12

Bahamas - Ohio by 3
Idaho Potato - Wyoming by 2
Birmingham - South Florida by 11
Armed Forces - Army by 2
Dollar General - Toledo by 9
Hawai'i - Fresno State by 2
Heart of Dallas - Utah by 2
Cactus - Kansas State by 9
Independence - Florida State by 6

Texas - Texas by 5
Military - Virginia by 7

Camping World - Oklahoma State by 3
Alamo - TCU by 7
Belk - Wake Forest by 2
Sun - Arizona State by 3
Arizona - Utah State by 6
TaxSlayer - Louisville by 1
Liberty - Memphis by 2
Citrus - Notre Dame by 4

Double Point Games:
Las Vegas - Oregon by 2
Camellia - Arkansas State by 1

Quick Lane - Northern Illinois by 3
Pinstripe - Iowa by 9
Foster Farms - Purdue by 5
Holiday - Washington State by 6

Music City - Northwestern by 3

Outback - Michigan by 9


Triple Point Games:
Cotton - Ohio State by 12
Fiesta - Washington by 3

Orange - Miami by 5

Peach - Auburn by 12

Quadruple Point Game:

Rose - Oklahoma by 4
Sugar - Alabama by 7


Quintuple Point Game:

National Champ - TBD
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On 12/4/2017 at 11:10 PM, Mavric said:


Regular Games:
New Orleans - Troy vs. North Texas by 14
Cure - Western Kentucky vs. Georgia State by 3
New Mexico - Marshall vs. Colorado State by 6
Boca Raton - Akron vs. Florida Atlantic by 10

Frisco - Louisiana Tech vs. SMU by 13

Gasparilla - Temple vs. Florida International by 9

Bahamas - UAB vs. Ohio by 7
Idaho Potato - Central Michigan vs. Wyoming by 3
Birmingham - Texas Tech vs. South Florida by 3
Armed Forces - San Diego State vs. Army by 10 
Dollar General - Appalachian State vs. Toledo by 7
Hawai'i - Fresno State vs. Houston by 10 
Heart of Dallas - Utah vs. West Vriginia by 14
Cactus - Kansas State vs. UCLA by 7
Independence - Southern Mississippi vs. Florida State by 13

Texas - Texas vs. Missouri by 17 
Military - Virginia vs. Navy by 7 

Camping World - Virginia Tech vs. Oklahoma State by 17 
Alamo - Stanford vs. TCU by 14 
Belk - Wake Forest vs. Texas A&M by 10 
Sun - North Carolina State vs. Arizona State by 3
Arizona - New Mexico State vs. Utah State by 7 
TaxSlayer
 - Louisville vs. Mississippi State by 14
Liberty - Iowa State vs. Memphis by 14
Citrus - Notre Dame vs. LSU by 13 

Double Point Games:
Las Vegas - Boise State vs. Oregon by 3
Camellia - Middle Tennessee vs. Arkansas State by 7 

Quick Lane - Duke vs. Northern Illinois by 10 
Pinstripe - Iowa vs. Boston College by 7 
Foster Farms - Arizona vs. Purdue by 14
Holiday - Washington State vs. Michigan State by 10 

Music City - Kentucky vs. Northwestern by 3 

Outback - Michigan vs. South Carolina by 7 


Triple Point Games:
Cotton - USC vs. Ohio State by 14 
Fiesta - Washington vs. Penn State by 17 

Orange - Wisconsin vs. Miami by 7 

Peach - Central Florida vs. Auburn by 14

Quadruple Point Game:

Rose - Georgia vs. Oklahoma by 7 
Sugar - Alabama vs. Clemson by 10 


Quintuple Point Game:

National Champ - TBD
 

 

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Winners in Bold:  

 

Regular Games:
New Orleans - Troy vs. North Texas - By 7
Cure - Western Kentucky vs. Georgia State- By 10
New Mexico - Marshall vs. Colorado State -  By 3
Boca Raton - Akron vs. Florida Atlantic - By 21

Frisco - Louisiana Tech vs. SMU - By 3

Gasparilla - Temple vs. Florida International- By 7

Bahamas - UAB vs. Ohio - by 3
Idaho Potato - Central Michigan vs. Wyoming - By 3

Birmingham - Texas Tech vs. South Florida - By 10
Armed Forces - San Diego State vs. Army - By 10
Dollar General - Appalachian State vs. Toledo - By 14
Hawai'i - Fresno State vs. Houston -  by 7
Heart of Dallas - Utah vs. West Vriginia - by 7
Cactus - Kansas State vs. UCLA - by 7
Independence - Southern Mississippi vs. Florida State - by 10

Texas - Texas vs. Missouri - by 6
Military - Virginia vs. Navy - By 3

Camping World - Virginia Tech vs. Oklahoma State - by 5
Alamo - Stanford vs. TCU - by3
Belk - Wake Forest vs. Texas A&M- by 3
Sun - North Carolina State vs. Arizona State - by 14
Arizona - New Mexico State vs. Utah State - by 7
TaxSlayer - Louisville vs. Mississippi State - by 10
Liberty - Iowa State vs. Memphis - by 4
Citrus - Notre Dame vs. LSU - by 3

Double Point Games:
Las Vegas - Boise State vs. Oregon - by 8
Camellia - Middle Tennessee vs. Arkansas State - by 5

Quick Lane - Duke vs. Northern Illinois - by 6
Pinstripe - Iowa vs. Boston College - by 4
Foster Farms - Arizona vs. Purdue - by 5
Holiday - Washington State vs. Michigan State - by 4

Music City - Kentucky vs. Northwestern - by 10

Outback - Michigan vs. South Carolina - by 13


Triple Point Games:
Cotton - USC vs. Ohio State - by 13
Fiesta - Washington vs. Penn State - by 3

Orange - Wisconsin vs. Miami - by 12

Peach - Central Florida vs. Auburn - by 1

Quadruple Point Game:

Rose - Georgia vs. Oklahoma - by 3
Sugar - Alabama vs. Clemson - by 7


Quintuple Point Game:

National Champ - TBD
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