[This post was originally published on The Living Room Tumblr.]
With six bowl games left, nine contestants – including my 6-year-old daughter, “Loyette” – are still mathematically alive to win the 9th annual Living Room Times Bowl Pick ‘em Contest, and earn Eternal Glory.
Here are the remaining games:
Sugar Bowl: Alabama vs. Oklahoma, tonight, 6:30 PM MST
Cotton Bowl: Missouri vs. Oklahoma State, Friday, 5:30 PM MST
Orange Bowl: Ohio State vs. Clemson, Friday, 6:30 PM MST
Compass Bowl: Vanderbilt vs. Houston, Saturday, 11:00 AM MST
GoDaddy Bowl: Ball State vs. Arkansas State, Sunday, 7:00 PM MST
BCS Title Game: Florida State vs. Auburn, Monday, 6:30 PM MST
And here are the teams that each of the still-alive LRT Bowl Pick ’em contestants need to win their respective bowl games. (NOTE: These scenarios were manually checked by me, and errors are possible, but I think I’ve got them right.)
Jonathan Bates (wins in 18 scenarios)
(Twitter @iampangean, pick ’em username YUTAKA731)
- Florida State and
- Either: a) Ohio State or b) Alabama, Missouri and Vanderbilt
Loyette (14 scenarios)
(My 6-year-old daughter; pick ’em username LOYETTE)
- Oklahoma and
- Clemson and
- Missouri or Vanderbilt or Florida State
Courtney Tawresey (9 scenarios)
(Twitter @ctawresey, pick ’em username CTAWRESEY)
- Missouri and
- Auburn and
- Either:
- Ohio State and
- Ball State
- Or…any 2 of the following 3:
- Alabama
- Ohio State
- Vanderbilt
Jan Gosau (8 scenarios)
(Twitter @J_Mu_G, pick ’em username J_MU_G)
- Oklahoma State and
- Houston and
- Auburn
Dave Roberts (6 scenarios)
(pick ’em username HOYASAXA2001)
- Oklahoma State and
- Vanderbilt and
- Auburn and
- Alabama or Ohio State
Stephen Peroz (4 scenarios)
(pick ’em username SPEROZ55)
- Alabama and
- Clemson and
- Oklahoma State and
- Florida State
Casey Zak (2 scenarios)
(Twitter @caseyzak, pick ’em username DARMOKANDJALAD)
- Alabama and
- Missouri and
- Clemson and
- Houston and
- Florida State
Chris Palmer (2 scenarios)
(Twitter @chrispalm, pick ’em username CHRISPALM)
- Alabama and
- Missouri and
- Clemson and
- Houston and
- Auburn
Russell Caplin (1 scenario)
(Twitter @TriRussC, pick ’em username THE BIG RUSS)
- Oklahoma and
- Missouri and
- Ohio State and
- Houston and
- Arkansas State and
- Auburn