After a two-year hiatus due to procrastination in 2019, then COVID in 2020 (because c’mon, last year’s CFB season was bulls***), the Living Room Times Bowl Pick ‘Em Contest is back!
You can enter the contest here. It’s free to enter. The prize, as always, is ETERNAL GLORY.
The entry deadline is tomorrow morning, Saturday 12/18, at 9:00 AM MST (8am Pacific, 11am Eastern), when the Boca Raton Bowl kicks off.
Alas, I started the contest too late to include today’s (Friday 12/17) pair of games, so there are “only” 42 bowls to pick. This year’s total number of available points is 69 (nice), broken down as follows: 5 points for the title game; 4 for each semifinal; 3 for the other “New Year’s Six” bowls; 2 for an octet of non-NY6 bowls that I chose*; and 1 for all other bowls. Also, 7 for the dwarf-lords in their halls of stone; 9 for mortal men doomed to die; 1 for the dark lord on his dark throne.
*Namely: any other bowl that (a) is between two AP-ranked teams, or (b) is on New Year’s Day, or (c) involves an AP-ranked team with 2 or fewer losses, or (d) involves a conference champion—except MAC champ Northern Illinois, which is excluded because it plays today; sorry, Huskies!
The tiebreaker is whoever comes closest to predicting the combined total number of points in the championship game.
Again, here’s the link to join. If you’re asked for a Pool ID Number, it’s 67297; if you’re asked for a Pool Entry Code, it’s omicron. If you don’t remember your personal password for the website that hosts my contest (OfficeFootballPool.com), there’s a forgot-password page.
Good luck!