note: with 1:30 remaining in the third quarter and west virginia with the rock and leading clemson 63 to 26, i'm going to go out on a limb and publish these results. if the tigers come back to win, i'll repost the results after i get over the shock of the biggest bowl game comeback ever.

well, i pretty much owned the bowl season pick'em second round. the only game i missed was the rose bowl and had wisconsin's quarterback not thrown a late fourth quarter interception, who knows how that game could have turned out?

anyway, i ended up seven and one. chiefsfan and pack_fan tied for second at five and three each. roflcopter16 overcame a slow start and, despite computer problems and not getting his picks in before the start of the houston/penn st game, recorded a three and four record.

since there were only four contestants for the second round, i'm going to arbitrarily change the game. this next round will be a head to head matchup. i will be the number one seed by virtue of having the best second round record. chiefsfan will be number two since he had the closer tiebreaker guess. pack_fan is number three and roflcopter16 is number four.

it will play out this way...

one versus four and two versus three. head to head. mano a mano. picking these three games:

at&t cotton bowl -- kansas state vs arkansas (pick the final score of this game as the tiebreaker)

bbva compass bowl -- smu vs pittsburgh

godaddy.com bowl -- arkansas st vs northern illinois

the top two will advance to the one game championship picking a winner and guessing the final score of:

the allstate bcs national championship game -- #1 lsu vs #2 alabama.

make all four picks and tiebreaker scores and record them as a comment to this fanpost prior to the start of the cotton bowl on january 6th.

i'll post a short commentary after the godaddy.com bowl and then announce the winner after the lsu-alabama matchup.

whoever ends up on top will receive a genuine paper certificate, suitable for framing, identifying him as the winner of the mountain west connection's 2011-12 national collegiate athletic association football pick'em constest for all his friends and family to drool over and envy. it will be printed with proper capitalization, punctuation and everything and mailed first class to the winner.

thanks for playing and good luck!

round one is done. pack_fan led the way with ten wins. roflcopter16, chiefsfan_in_tacoma, joe bob and bluesyourdaddy each had nine correct picks and newcomers aggiejm and eyeofthebeholder finished with 8 winners. greekpadre and hawkeyedfrog, with 6 and 5 right, respectively, failed to make the cut. eyeofthebeholder with a tiebreaker pick of 35-28 lost the tiebreaker to aggiejm with his tiebreaker guess of 30-21 and also, sadly, won’t advance to round two.

congratulations to pack_fan, roflcopter16, chiefsfan_in_tacoma, joe bob priddy, bluesyourdaddy and aggiejm who will continue in the competition and pick the winners of these 8 games:

ticketcity bowl -- penn st vs houston

outback bowl -- michigan st vs georgia

capital one bowl -- nebraska vs south carolina

taxslayer.com bowl -- ohio st vs florida

rose bowl -- wisconsin vs oregon (this is the tiebreaker game. pick a final score.)

tosititos fiesta bowl -- oklahoma st vs stanford

allstate sugar bowl -- michigan vs virginia tech

discover orange bowl -- clemson vs west virginia

please post your picks in the comments before the beginning of the ticketcity bowl at 10 am, january 2nd. the top three from round two will advance to the finals. results and the list of final round games will be posted as soon as the orange bowl is over. good luck to all.

only six entries so far. you've got until just before the independence bowl starts the day after christmas to get your picks in. if you've recorded them on either of the other two posts regarding the pick'em game, you're already in!

first round open to anyone who wants to play. pick the winners of these fourteen games:

independence bowl - north carolina vs missouri

belk bowl - nc state vs louisville

holiday bowl - cal vs texas

champs sports bowl - florida state vs notre dame (this will be the tie-breaker game. pick the final score)

alamo bowl - baylor vs washington

armed forces bowl - byu vs tulsa

new era pinstripe bowl - iowa st vs rutgers

music city bowl - wake forest vs mississippi st

insight bowl - iowa vs oklahoma

meineke car care bowl - northwestern vs texas a&m

sun bowl - georgia tech vs utah

liberty bowl - cincinnati vs vanderbilt

kraft fight hunger bowl - illinois vs ucla

chick-fil-a bowl - virginia vs auburn

i'd like to have as many participants as possible. spread the word. and thanks for playing.

remember, only the players (half of the field) with the best records advance to the second round.

watch for first round results and the list of second round games shortly after the end of the chick-fil-a bowl. second round picks need to be in before the start of the ticket city bowl on january 2. good luck and good picking.

did rebelfan1 take his ball and go home? it's been almost three weeks since the regular season ended and there's been no end-of-the-season tally with who finished first, second, third, etc. there's been no seeding of players for the post season playoff he touted so heavily towards the end of the season. there's been no response to emails. no fanposts or fanshots explaining that he'd have an update soon or even that he'd lost interest and didn't have time to finish what he started. c'mon man. lame.