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Peter’s Pack of Pickled Pigskin Picks 2018 Bowl Edition

Who’s up for one last college try?  🙂

I thought we’d try something a little different this holiday season. A Bowl Edition of PPPPP, with a few added twists.

First up, a selection of games with ranked teams playing games starting Wed. 12-26. But there’s a catch…..

This time you will have to pick 2 games where #1 Alabama plays #4 Oklahoma and #2 Clemson plays #3 Notre Dame. Pick the winner of these games and then pencil them in for the last game finale, which will be the winners playing for the National Championship. Tell me who wins, with the tie breaker being the final score. And remember, even if you get 1 or no teams right for the title game, you still need to pick the final score, as it will remain the tie breaker. Do well enough in the first part and you might be able to win without getting the title game correct.

How’s that for a wrench in the gears. 🙂

Get your guesses in by 12-26-18 at 12:00 noon. 

First up….

12-26-18 Boston College vs. #25 Boise State in the First Responder Bowl

12-28-18 #16 West Virginia vs. #20 Syracuse in the Camping World Bowl

12-28-18 #24 Iowa State vs. #13 Washington State in the Alamo Bowl

12-29-18 #10 Florida vs. #7 Michigan in the Peach Bowl

12-29-18 #3 Notre Dame vs. # 2 Clemson in the Cotton Bowl Classic

12-29-18 #4 Oklahoma vs. #1 Alabama in the Orange Bowl

12-30-18 #11 LSU vs. #8 UCF in the Fiesta Bowl

12-31-18 Oklahoma State vs. #23 Missouri in the Liberty Bowl

1-1-19 #14 Kentucky vs. #12 Penn State in the Citrus Bowl

1-1-19 #9 Washington vs. #6 Ohio State in the Rose Bowl

1-1-19 #15 Texas vs. #5 Georgia in the Sugar Bowl

1-7-19 The National Championship – pencil in your winners from the above games in blue and the final score

 

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Peter’s Pack of Pickled Pigskin Picks 2018 Week 14

It’s the last week of the regular season. All of these games are conference championships, and several will decide which teams play in the four team “playoff”. The SEC winner is a shoe in. And perhaps so is Notre Dame, which finished the season 12-0 and is an independent. Personally, I think the play-off is good idea, but not really complete since other undefeated teams in non-power conferences (i.e. CFU) don’t get a chance to prove themselves. I say, if Central Florida wins, make them the #4 seed to play the #1 seed in the first round, meaning they would probably play Alabama.

At any rate, here are your final selections. I’ve included some non-championship games in order to round it out to 10 games. Make your selection by Friday, 7:00 PM EST, since that is when the first game happens.

  1. PAC-12: #17 Utah (9-3, 6-2) vs #11 Washington (9-3, 7-2)

  2. Big 12: #14 Texas (9-3, 7-2) vs #5 Oklahoma (11-1, 8-1) (a rematch of the Red River Rivalry)

  3. American: Memphis (8-4, 5-3) vs #8 Central Florida (11-0, 8-0)

  4. SEC: #1 Alabama (12-0, 8-0) vs #4 Georgia (11-1, 7-1)

  5. Mountain West: #25 Fresno St. vs #22 Boise St. (both teams 10-2, 7-1)

  6. ACC: #2 Clemson (12-0, 8-0) vs Pitt (7-5, 6-2)

  7. B1G (formerly known as the Big 10): #21 Northwestern (8-4, 8-1) vs #6 Ohio St. (11-1, 8-1)

  8. MAC: Northern Illinois (7-5, 6-2) vs Buffalo (10-2, 7-1)

  9. C-USA: Alabama-Birmingham (9-3, 7-1) vs Middle Tennessee (8-4, 7-1)

10. Tie breaker: Pick winner and final score: Sun Belt: Louisiana [NOT LSU] (7-5, 5-3) vs Appalachian St (9-2, 7-1)

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Peter’s Pack of Pickled Pigskin Picks 2018 Week 13

It’s RIVALRY WEEK folks! Many of the Big boys play against their main rivals for boasting rights. Some are even making a last ditch effort to make it to the so-called “playoff”. So while enjoying that left-over turkey, enjoy some of these on TV. Just make sure to get in your guesses before 7:30 EST Thursday, when the first game happens.

 1. Thursday 7:30pm EST: #22 Mississippi St @ Ole Miss

 2. Nebraska @ Iowa

 3. #8 Central Florida @ South Florida

 4. #16 Washington @ #7 Washington State

 5. Arkansas @ Mizzou

 6. #13 Florida @ Florida State

 7. Auburn @ #1 Alabama

 8. Arizona State @ Arizona

 9. Wake Forest @ Duke

10. Tie Breaker: Pick winner and final score: #4 Michigan @ #10 Ohio State

BONUS: Guess who will win the Illinois small school (1A) championship to be played Friday @ 10AM in Champaign. I’ll be there cheering on the boys from my school. The teams are: Camp Point Central Panthers (12-1) vs Forreston Cardinals (11-2)

(I won’t say which is my school so as not to influence your selection.)

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Peter’s Pack of Pickled Pigskin Picks 2018 Week 12

It’s Week 12. And since AJ picked a small college rivalry game, I have decided that this is Small College Week. Two reason: Why not? And we need a break from the usual, don’t we? Well, there are a few “big” schools in the list for those who need that fix.

Next week has a lot of rivalries for the big schools, so we’ll do those then. But this week, enjoy the challenge, even though I did a little research to see which teams have the better records.

Get the guesses in by NOON EST Saturday. (This time I double checked to make sure no games are on Friday.)

 1. Colgate (9-0) @ Army (8-1)

 2. Ivy League: Yale @ Harvard (Both 5-4, 3-3 conf)

 3. Pioneer League: San Diego (8-2, 7-0 conf) @ Marist (5-5, 5-2 conf) [My oldest brother attended USD for two years.]

 4. Southwestern Athletic: Alabama State  @ Prairie View (Both 3-6, 2-3 conf)

 5. Big Sky: Weber State (8-2, 6-1 conf) @ Idaho State (6-4, 5-2 conf)

 6. Missouri Valley: Indiana State (6-4, 4-3 conf) @ Western Illinois (5-5, 4-3 conf) [I live 90 miles from WIU.]

 7. Missouri Valley: Missouri State (4-6, 2-5 conf) @ Northern Iowa (5-5, 4-3 conf) [I got my MA at UNI.]

 8. North Dakota (6-4) @ Northern Arizona (3-6) [I almost went to NAU for grad school.]

 9. Pillow Fight: Conference USA: UTEP (1-9, 1-5 conf) @ Western Kentucky (1-9, 0-6 conf)

10. Tie Breaker: Pick winner and final score:  Patriot League: Lehigh (2-8, 1-4 conf) @ Lafayette (3-7, 2-3 conf)

Note – This is called “The Rivalry”.