17th Annual Pioneer Bowl Pool

     The 17th ANNUAL College Bowl Pool rules are as follows:


    1)  Pick the winners of each of the 17 bowl games versus the point
    spread.  Note all point spreads supplied are with a 1/2.  This is to
    assure that no game ends in a tie in the pool.  For example, Nebraska
    is a 3 1/2 point favorite over Florida.  If you pick Nebraska, they must
    win by at least 4 points for you to win that game.  If Nebraska wins
    by 1 to 3 points, they may win the National Championship, but YOU would
    lose that game.


    2)  Weigh each game by assigning a value from 17 (best pick) to 1
    (worst pick) for each bowl.


    3)  If the team you pick in a game beats the spread, you score the
    value you assigned to the game (a perfect score would be 153).


    4)  If you lose the game, you get no points.


    5)  Pool winnings are distributed as follows:

        1st place       30%
        2nd place       22%
        3rd place       17%
        4th place       13%
        5th place        9%
        6th place        6%
        7th place        3%
        8th place       free

     Proceeds coming from 9th place and on at $20 a piece.

     For example, if 50 contestants are in the pool the payout would be:
        1 - $252.00
        2 - $184.80
        3 - $142.80
        4 - $109.20
        5 -  $75.60
        6 -  $50.40
        7 -  $25.20
        8 -  had fun
        rest pay $20 each.
 

    6)  Payment ($20) is expected as soon as possible after the New Year! 
    Do not pay till the pool is over, because - who knows? - you might win.


    7)  Any ties in positions are broken by looking at the games in the
    tie-breaker order.  Tie-breaker order is the reverse order of the
    games as listed.  For example, if there is a tie and one person
    picked the correct winner of the Fiesta Bowl and the other didn't,
    the one who picked the Fiesta Bowl winner would win.  But - not to
    worry - the computer aided pool engineered (CAPE) 'all possibilities'
    chart will have that all taken into account (see #10).


    8)  E-mail your picks to me (STOWE) by Friday, December 22nd please. 
    Indicate your choice somehow and be sure to indicate the value you
    assign to each game.  The first game is Christmas afternoon.


    9)  I will electronically produce a recap probably by Tuesday,
    December 26th.


    10)  Current expected value of each entry will be computed while the
    pool is in progress and a list of all possibilities will be produced
    so you can readily see precisely your chances and which games are
    most crucial to your winning and placing in the pool.


    11)  LET OTHERS KNOW ABOUT THE POOL.  Anyone may enter (even Drozd
    and Holland relatives).


    12)  Current pool status information will be accessible by clicking
    on the football from:

    http://phiwebt/bud/