Follow Bowl Season with the 2012-2013 Bowl Blitz Invitational

:Beef_O_Bradys_Bowl:
:Ball_State::UCF:
http://statboxstories.wordpress.com/...ate-cardinals/

It's a Saturday double-header today!

:New_Orleans_Bowl:
:East_Carolina::Louisiana:
http://statboxstories.wordpress.com/...-ragin-cajuns/

:Las_Vegas_Bowl:
:Washington::Boise_State:
http://statboxstories.wordpress.com/...state-broncos/

The New Orleans Bowl sim was pretty close. Only a combined 14 points off. That may be tough to beat.

:Hawaii_Bowl:
:Fresno_State::SMU:
http://statboxstories.wordpress.com/...-smu-mustangs/

The following Bowl Games are now open due to the initial person claiming them being unable to play:

:Holiday_Bowl: (:Baylor: versus :UCLA:)
:BWW_Bowl: (:TCU: versus :Michigan_State:)

If you are interested in playing one (or both) of these games, please respond ASAP. The :Holiday_Bowl: needs to be done by 12/26/2012 and the :BWW_Bowl: needs to be done by 12/28/2012.



UPDATE: JB has reclaimed the :Holiday_Bowl: due to the short notice. If the :BWW_Bowl: is not claimed by mid-day tomorrow, I will be playing it to ensure that we keep up with the schedule.

just finished my game (:USC:/:Georgia_Tech:), paakaa. will get highlights and a writeup done later on today/this week.

:LittleCaesars_Bowl:
:Western_Kentucky::Central_Michigan:
http://statboxstories.wordpress.com/...cmu-chippewas/

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Originally Posted by baseballplyrmvp

just finished my game (:USC:/:Georgia_Tech:), paakaa. will get highlights and a writeup done later on today/this week.

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Sweet, sounds good!

Also, since nobody here or on social media claimed it, I will take the :BWW_Bowl:.

Thursday Triple-header!

:Military_Bowl:
:San_Jose_State::Bowling_Green:
http://statboxstories.wordpress.com/...-bgsu-falcons/

:Belk_Bowl:
:Cincinnati::Duke:
http://statboxstories.wordpress.com/...e-blue-devils/

:Holiday_Bowl:
:Baylor::UCLA:
http://statboxstories.wordpress.com/...s-ucla-bruins/

:Independence_Bowl:
:Ohio::UL_Monroe:
http://statboxstories.wordpress.com/...-ulm-warhawks/

:Russell_Athletic:
:Rutgers::Virginia_Tech:
http://statboxstories.wordpress.com/...a-tech-hokies/

:Meineke_Texas_Bowl:
:Minnesota::Texas_Tech:
http://statboxstories.wordpress.com/...h-red-raiders/

Big day of games on this Saturday of Bowl Season...

:Armed_Forces_Bowl:
:Rice::Air_Force:
http://statboxstories.wordpress.com/...force-falcons/

:Pinstripe_Bowl:
:West_Virginia::Syracuse:
http://statboxstories.wordpress.com/...racuse-orange/

:Fight_Hunger_Bowl:
:Navy::Arizona_State:
http://statboxstories.wordpress.com/...te-sun-devils/

:Alamo_Bowl:
:Texas::Oregon_State:
http://statboxstories.wordpress.com/...state-beavers/

:BWW_Bowl:
:TCU::Michigan_State:
http://statboxstories.wordpress.com/...tate-spartans/

The link for the Fight Hunger Bowl is wrong.

Some updates through last night's games, which places us at 19 Bowl Games covered and 16 remaining:

Prediction Results

• 11 Correct 57.8%
• 8 Wrong 42.2%

Top 5 Closest Scores (The Race for Bowl Blitz Invitational Champion)

1. Armed Forces Bowl (Romo_timex9) -- 12 (5, 7)
2. New Orleans Bowl (souljahbill) -- 14 (8, 6)
3. Russell Athletic Bowl (psuexv) -- 15 (0, 15)
4. Hawai'i Bowl (Romo_timex9) -- 19 (7, 12)
5. Meineke Car Care Bowl of Texas (Romo_timex9) -- 20 (10, 10)

Bottom 5 Closest Scores (The Race for The Golden :sf:)

1. Independence Bowl (Paakaa10) -- 65 (28, 37)
2. Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl (gschwendt) -- 57 (14, 43)
3. Famous Idaho Potato Bowl (psuexv) -- 33 (2, 31)
4. Poinsettia Bowl (Paakaa10) -- 33 (1, 32)
5. Pinstripe Bowl (RedZoneD25) -- 32 (17, 15)

Top 10 Closest Individual Team Scores

1. Russell Athletic Bowl (psuexv) -- Rutgers, 0 off
2. Poinsettia Bowl (Paakaa10) -- BYU, 1 off
3. Famous Idaho Potato Bowl (psuexv) -- Toledo, 2 off
4. Alamo Bowl (Romo_timex9) -- Texas, 3 off
5. Beef 'O' Brady's Bowl (psusnoop) -- UCF, 3 off
6. Buffalo Wild Wings Bowl (Paakaa10) -- Michigan State, 3 off
7. MAACO Bowl Las Vegas (Paakaa10) -- Boise State, 3 off
8. Belk Bowl (Paakaa10) -- Cincinnati, 4 off
9. Armed Forces Bowl (Romo_timex9) -- Rice, 5 off
10. New Orleans Bowl (souljahbill) -- Louisiana-Lafayette, 6 off

The biggest two day set of Bowl Games begins today with four match-ups...

:Music_City_Bowl:
:NC_State::Vanderbilt:
http://statboxstories.wordpress.com/...lt-commodores/

:Sun_Bowl:
:USC::Georgia_Tech:
http://statboxstories.wordpress.com/...ellow-jackets/

:Liberty_Bowl:
:Iowa_State::Tulsa:
http://statboxstories.wordpress.com/...den-hurricane/

:Chick_fil_A_Bowl:
:LSU::Clemson:
http://statboxstories.wordpress.com/...lemson-tigers/

Today we ring in 2013 with the biggest day of the entire Bowl Season!

:TaxSlayer_Gator:
:Mississippi_State::Northwestern:
http://statboxstories.wordpress.com/...tern-wildcats/

:Heart_of_Dallas:
:Purdue::Oklahoma_State:
http://statboxstories.wordpress.com/...state-cowboys/

:Outback_Bowl:
:South_Carolina::Michigan:
http://statboxstories.wordpress.com/...an-wolverines/

:Capital_One_Bowl:
:Georgia::Nebraska:
http://statboxstories.wordpress.com/...a-cornhuskers/

:Rose_Bowl:
:Wisconsin::Stanford:
http://statboxstories.wordpress.com/...ford-cardinal/

:Orange_Bowl:
:Northern_Illinois::Florida_State:
http://statboxstories.wordpress.com/...ate-seminoles/

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Originally Posted by Paakaa10

Top 5 Closest Scores (The Race for Bowl Blitz Invitational Champion)

1. Armed Forces Bowl (Romo_timex9) -- 12 (5, 7)
2. New Orleans Bowl (souljahbill) -- 14 (8, 6)
3. Russell Athletic Bowl (psuexv) -- 15 (0, 15)
4. Hawai'i Bowl (Romo_timex9) -- 19 (7, 12)
5. Meineke Car Care Bowl of Texas (Romo_timex9) -- 20 (10, 10)

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i should be in first place....i just had the scores backwards. :D

:Sugar_Bowl:
:Louisville::Florida:
http://statboxstories.wordpress.com/...lorida-gators/

:Fiesta_Bowl:
:Oregon::Kansas_State:
http://statboxstories.wordpress.com/...tate-wildcats/

If anybody has anything they would like to have included in the write-up for the BBVA Compass Bowl between Pitt and Ole Miss regarding Darius and your experience of knowing him in the community, please get in touch with me--whether as a reply to this thread, a PM here at TGT, or an email--and let me know. I'll collect the thoughts, memories, and stories and add them in to the write-up once psusnoop plays the game. The post will go live this Saturday morning, so I'll need to set a deadline of 8:00PM ET tomorrow night (Friday, 1/4) to make sure that I can get everybody's thoughts added in on time.

Thank you!

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Originally Posted by Paakaa10

If anybody has anything they would like to have included in the write-up for the BBVA Compass Bowl between Pitt and Ole Miss regarding Darius and your experience of knowing him in the community, please get in touch with me--whether as a reply to this thread, a PM here at TGT, or an email--and let me know. I'll collect the thoughts, memories, and stories and add them in to the write-up once psusnoop plays the game. The post will go live this Saturday morning, so I'll need to set a deadline of 8:00PM ET tomorrow night (Friday, 1/4) to make sure that I can get everybody's thoughts added in on time.

Thank you!

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I will be playing Ole Miss vs Pitt tonight. This will give you a little time to piece things together.

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Originally Posted by psusnoop

I will be playing Ole Miss vs Pitt tonight. This will give you a little time to piece things together.

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you edit every player's last name to Darius. that'd be cool

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Originally Posted by baseballplyrmvp

you edit every player's last name to Darius. that'd be cool

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Or at least the QB. His name will be shown the most. Maybe the MLB or whoever you control the most on defense.

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Originally Posted by JBHuskers

Or at least the QB. His name will be shown the most. Maybe the MLB or whoever you control the most on defense.

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I will change the QB, HB, WR1, WR2, TE, MLB and Kickers to Darius tonight before I start.

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Originally Posted by psusnoop

I will change the QB, HB, WR1, WR2, TE, MLB and Kickers to Darius tonight before I start.

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:up:

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Originally Posted by psusnoop

I will change the QB, HB, WR1, WR2, TE, MLB and Kickers to Darius tonight before I start.

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Just don't lose

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Originally Posted by psuexv

Just don't lose

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Then you should play as Pitt! ;)

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Originally Posted by ryby6969

Then you should play as Pitt! ;)

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Not a chance of that happening the score and stats may be ugly once this one is in the books, after all it is $hit on Pitt.

I was talking about E using Pitt vs you. :D

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Originally Posted by ryby6969

I was talking about E using Pitt vs you. :D

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http://gifsoup.com/webroot/animatedgifs2/1371421_o.gif

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Originally Posted by Paakaa10

:Fiesta_Bowl:
:Oregon::Kansas_State:
http://statboxstories.wordpress.com/...tate-wildcats/

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Very low scoring :D I'll laugh if I get close with this sim.

:Cotton_Bowl:
:Texas_A&M::Oklahoma:
http://statboxstories.wordpress.com/...ahoma-sooners/

:BBVA_Compass_Bowl:
:Pitt::Ole_Miss:
http://statboxstories.wordpress.com/...e-miss-rebels/

If anybody would still like to add their thoughts about DariusLock to the end of the article, let me know and I will put the edits in.

I sent this to Zach's brother Jace, thought he would like to see it.

:GoDaddycom_Bowl:
:Kent_State::Arkansas_State:
http://statboxstories.wordpress.com/...te-red-wolves/

Today is the penultimate day of the 2012-2013 Bowl Blitz Invitational; only one game remains! Be sure to check out gschwendt's playthrough today and come back tomorrow for the BCS National Championship Game.

And now, for the biggest game of them all...

:BCS:
:Alabama::Notre_Dame:
http://statboxstories.wordpress.com/...ighting-irish/

Nicely done, Paakaa!

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Nicely done, Paakaa!

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:+1: :))

Go Irish!

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With all of the games now played and game articles posted, the attention turns to breaking down the numbers and statistics from the 35 Bowl Games that were played. The first entry in the "statistical analysis" phase of the project has gone live this morning:

2012-2013 Bowl Blitz Invitational Final Results & Bowl Blitz Invitational Champion

Two new articles have been posted on the site today:

2012-2013 Bowl Blitz Invitational Fan Vote: Game of the Season
As suggested by that title, this is a new push this year; I went through the 35 Bowl Games and selected 10 which were really interesting or exciting results. There's a poll on the bottom of the page for people to vote for which game they felt was the best of the Bowl Season; hope to see votes from a number of people here!

2012-2013 Bowl Blitz Invitational: Player of the Game Breakdown
This article is a more traditional statistical analysis read, as I look at the "Player of the Game" winners for all 35 Bowl Games and look at the trends (offense versus defense, positional breakdown, stats for players receiving this award, etc.).

One new article today:

2012-2013 Bowl Blitz Invitational: Team Statistical Averages
This article breaks down the average team statistics over the 35 Bowl Games to arrive at a "snapshot" of what a typical team performance looked like during this year's project.