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RojStock College Bowl Challenge

2005 - Rules of the Game

It is 20 'Credits' to enter.

You pick the winner of all 28 bowl games starting with the New Orleans Bowl that will be played on December 20^th, 2005.

Picks are made against the spread that was set using the Spread on Betonsports.com on December 13th. The spread used is included on the attached spreadsheet and is also posted on the College Bowl Challenge Website.

The weight of each game will be done using RojStock points that are also included on the spreadsheet. Each Bowl is assigned a certain number of RojStock points and if you pick the game correctly, you will receive that bowl's assigned points. If the game is a push, you will receive half that number of points. If you do not get the game correct, you get zero points.

The spreadsheet with your picks must be returned to me, Roger K the Bowl Challenge Master, by 4pm PST on December 20th. You can either place a mark in the box next to the team of your choice for each game (to the left of the Favorite or to the right of the Underdog), or you can highlight the team. That's up to you, just make sure that I can distinguish your picks in some way. Also make sure that you include your name at the top of your entry and add your name to the file-name when you save it and e-mail it back to me.

Once everyone's picks are posted on the web, (which should be by the night of 12/22), take a look at what is listed as your picks as soon as possible. If you think there has been a mistake, let me know and we'll figure it out. I will send out an email with the link to everyone's picks once I post it.

7a.

Pay-outs will be as follows:

# of Entries	Place	Pay-out
1-5	First	100%
6-10	First	75%
	Second	25%
	Last Place	Entry Back
>10	First	65%
	Second	25%
	Third	10%
	Last Place	Entry Back

7b.

The Last Place Pay-out will be subtracted from the total entry fee number prior to the above percentages being applied.

8a.

Tiebreaker Rules: (For 1^st, 2^nd, and 3^rd place Pay-outs)

The "Tiebreaker Game 1" is the Rose Bowl game currently scheduled for January 4, 2006 at 8:00 pm EST. Entrants may but are not required to submit a predicted score for the Tiebreaker Game. This prediction is used for tiebreaker purposes only. If no predicted score is submitted for an entry, it is given a default prediction of 0 points to 0 points.

The "Tiebreaker Game 2" is the New Orleans Bowl game currently scheduled for December 20, 2004 at 8:00pm EST. Entrants may but are not required to submit a predicted Total Score for the Tiebreaker Game. This prediction is used for tiebreaker purposes only. If no predicted score is submitted for an entry, it is given a default prediction of 0 points.

How the ties are broken:

The pool of tied entrants is reduced until only one potential winner remains by applying the rules below in the order listed. In all cases, an entry that does not win a tiebreaker is eliminated from consideration:

Tiebreaker #1 - The entry who correctly predicted the winner of the Tiebreaker Game 1 is considered the winning entry.

Tiebreaker # 2 - An entrant's predicted Tiebreaker Game 1 score is compared to the actual Tiebreaker Game 1 score. The differences between the predicted scores and actual scores for each team are added (positive numbers only). The entry with the smallest total difference is considered the winning entry.

Tiebreaker # 3 - The entrant whose predicted Total Score for the Tiebreaker Game 2 is closest to the actual Total Score of the Tiebreaker Game 2 is considered the winning entry.

Tiebreaker # 4 - The entrant who correctly selected the winner of the most bowl games is considered the winning entry.

Tiebreaker # 5 - The entrant who correctly predicted the winner of the Poinsettia Bowl is considered the winning entry.

Tiebreaker # 6 - Coin Toss

Tiebreaker # 7 - The entrant who can knock Bob out the fastest (to the nearest whole second).

If it's still a tie after that, then you split the pot.

8b.

Tiebreaker Rules: (For the Last Place Pay-out)

How the ties are broken:

Tiebreaker #1 - The entry who incorrectly predicted the winner of the Tiebreaker Game 1 is considered the Last Place entry.

Tiebreaker # 2 - An entrant's predicted Tiebreaker Game 1 score is compared to the actual Tiebreaker Game 1 score. The differences between the predicted scores and actual scores for each team are added (positive numbers only). The entry with the largest total difference is considered the Last Place entry.

Tiebreaker # 3 - The entrant whose predicted Total Score for the Tiebreaker Game 2 is furthest away from the actual Total Score of the Tiebreaker Game 2 is considered the Last Place entry.

Tiebreaker # 4 - The entrant who correctly selected the winner of the least bowl games is considered the Last Place entry.

Tiebreaker # 5 - The entrant who incorrectly predicted the winner of the Poinsettia Bowl is considered the Last Place entry.

Tiebreaker # 6 - Coin Toss

Tiebreaker # 7 - The entrant who can knock Bob out the fastest (to the nearest whole second).

If it's still a tie after that, then you split the entry fee.

Roger's Pick Integrity Clause: (Not that this will be needed based on my performance last year but I’m throwing it out there again.)

This is for those people that think I may have an unfair advantage because I get to see everyone else's picks as they come in. We here at RojStock want to make sure that the integrity of the process is upheld so I have already made my picks prior to sending out this email and have mailed them to myself so they will have either a 12/14 or 12/15 postmark on it. This will be opened at some point during the BCS games with other entrants present to witness and compare … unless my picks really suck, then I won’t bother.

9.	Roger's Pick Integrity Clause: (Not that this will be needed based on my performance last year but I’m throwing it out there again.)

	This is for those people that think I may have an unfair advantage because I get to see everyone else's picks as they come in. We here at RojStock want to make sure that the integrity of the process is upheld so I have already made my picks prior to sending out this email and have mailed them to myself so they will have either a 12/12 or 12/13 postmark on it. This will be opened at some point during the BCS games with other entrants present to witness and compare.