Kathy Retakes the Lead

 On the strength of TCU's overtime victory, featuring a 3rd and 20 touchdown on the last play, Kathy is now back in the lead by one game over Will and Margaret. Analicia was the only picker to get all three games correct today and she has made a move to get within striking distance. Should be a fun couple of days as the Bowl Mania gets going on New Year's Eve and New Year's Day. It's still not over by any stretch of the imagination.

Moving Day

 We had like 10 bowls yesterday so it was going to have huge effects on the standings. When the dust settled, yours truly, the Commissioner, ran off eight games in a row to take a lead. But then lost the last three games of the night to fall into a tie with the powerhouse ladies, Kathy and Margaret. Bowl season really got going with wild results and comebacks. BYU looked dead in the water; New Mexico blew a late lead; and North Texas and San Diego State played an incredible 49-47 thriller. 

We are going to take a two-day break and then pick up on December 29th with three bowl games. Everyone is technically still in it, but the Baker boys, Joe and Matt, are struggling. I'll try to start doing some previews on Tuesday as we should be back home and I will have some time to write. Look for the email to go out today about making semi-final picks.

Hope you are well.

Christmas Day 2025

 Good morning! Hopefully, you are awaking to good food, presents and a peaceful Christmas morning. I know, I know, you are wondering where my daily blog posts have been. Unfortunately, I am busier than ever so I really needed the last few days to unplug from the world and concentrate on family. We will be traveling soon too, so blog posts will be limited this year.

So let's talk some football briefly. If you check the standings you will see that we have done an incredible job of picking winners this year. I've never seen so many of us above .500. There are two exceptions. One being our defending champion who is struggling to say the least. Not to mention his brother who is even in worse shape at the moment. 

But I bury the lead. I don't think in all my years of monitoring and running the pool that I've ever seen as incredible a start as Kathy has had this year. Ten victories in a row! She is undefeated. Last night, very late because I went to bed with Cal comfortably ahead, Hawai'i scored the winning touchdown with 10 seconds left to cap a 21 point comeback. Kathy, like most of you, picked Hawai'i and remained undefeated by that slim margin.

 You would think Kathy would be way ahead in the pool, but Alex and Margaret (our most consistent year-to-year performer) are hot on her tail with only one defeat a piece. Just incredible to see their ability to stay up at the top with Kathy.

However, we have tons of picking to do. I think it's time for me to start asking for your CFP Quarterfinal Picks. I'll be sending out an email later today to ask you for those. Merry Christmas everybody. Today belongs to the NFL and the NBA. Tomorrow the college football starts up again with three bowl games and then Saturday is a HUGE football fest with like one million bowls.

2025-26 Starts

Well, we have already started. We are HOT. We have two pickers who are undefeated through the first eight games. That is incredible. Margaret and Kathy really do well in this contest. And they are not disappointing this year. In the ninth game though, Margaret has picked UNLV and Kathy has Ohio. So at the end of this night we will have a leader. This year we are picking more games than ever, so hang on! It should be a fun time.