OK well I'm undeafeated for 2024
Seriously I wrote the paragraph I am pasteing below on Saturday. Now that we moved to the more meaningful bowls you will note the opt outs are few. That makes handicapping possible otherwise as I stated below we are just guessing based on how the teams performed before all the opt outs and replacements. Keep this in mind next bowl season
From Saturday:
Well until now I've just went with what seemed right for whatever reason. It has become painfully clear it is impossible to handicap these bowl games. First you have to deal with who's not playing and the guys who are opting out are pretty much the best players that's why they have an option. Dealing with the guys who are out is bad enough but what makes the handicapping impossible is not knowing a thing about replacements.Sometimes the replacements are just as good and other times they are totally outclassed. I know there are guys who are having a good year in the bowls but that's more luck than skill. Tell me how you can handicap the unknown? Bowling is fun but winning has turned into a coin toss so if your winning congratulations but this is not bowl season like it use to be. If you aren't having some good luck you realize what a hopeless position these opt outs have left us with. I suspect the championship games will be more true to in season form but anything else is just a guess.
Today's guesses for me are:
PSU -5.5 (buy 1/2 to try and get any advantage I can)
Geo -21
Mary +4.5
Seriously I wrote the paragraph I am pasteing below on Saturday. Now that we moved to the more meaningful bowls you will note the opt outs are few. That makes handicapping possible otherwise as I stated below we are just guessing based on how the teams performed before all the opt outs and replacements. Keep this in mind next bowl season
From Saturday:
Well until now I've just went with what seemed right for whatever reason. It has become painfully clear it is impossible to handicap these bowl games. First you have to deal with who's not playing and the guys who are opting out are pretty much the best players that's why they have an option. Dealing with the guys who are out is bad enough but what makes the handicapping impossible is not knowing a thing about replacements.
Today's guesses for me are:
PSU -5.5 (buy 1/2 to try and get any advantage I can)
Geo -21
Mary +4.5
