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The Independence Bowl

December 28th, 2009 Leave a comment Go to comments

Each day during bowl season in my daily blog, I will give you my forecasts on the bowl games taking place that day. My forecasts will include a detailed write-up with my computer’s projected box score including rushing and passing yards, points and turnovers along with a detailed write-up on each game.

Also check out the bowl matchup section to get the latest and greatest information on all the upcoming bowl games including, game by game stats, 2009 recaps, and checklists for every position and intangible.

Independence Bowl

Georgia vs Texas A&M

Team Rushing Passing Points TO’s ST
Georgia 177 240 36 2.4 •••
Texas A&M 163 280 34 1.7 –

Both teams in their last game benefited from playing teams that had championship games on deck. Georgia is better than their 7-5 record indicates and with 2 games left in the season outgained Kentucky 487-260 but somehow lost 34-27. Georgia has plenty of weapons on offense and even though Texas A&M has the better offensive numbers, Georgia has taken on a tougher set of defenses. Georgia has a large edge on the defensive side of the ball (#29-83) and a good size special teams edge (#10-74). Mark Richt is 6-2 in bowl games while Sherman is coaching his 1st bowl game. There have been a lot of upsets this bowl season but it would be embarrassing if the Bulldogs slip to 7-6 so this one is important.

PHIL’S FORECAST: GEORGIA 39 TEXAS A&M 28

CONFERENCE BOWL STANDINGS

Bowl Conference VS ConFerence Records
OVERALL vs BCS CONF
W L % W L %
MWC 3 0 100% 2 0 100%
BIG EAST 2 0 100% 1 0 0
SUN BELT 1 0 100% 0 0 0
C USA 2 2 50% 0 1 0%
PAC 10 1 2 33% 1 0 100%
ACC 1 2 33% 1 2 33%
SEC 0 1 0% 0 1 0%
BIG 12 0 0 0 0 0 0
BIG 10 0 0 0 0 0 0
INDEP 0 0 0 0 0 0
MAC 0 1 0% 0 0 0%
WAC 0 1 0% 0 0 0

The MWC is off to a great start with a 3-0 record thanks to Wyoming’s upset over Fresno St in the New Mexico Bowl and two big wins over the Pac-10 the last week. The Big East has picked up a couple of wins including Pittsburgh’s win over North Carolina on Saturday. CUSA after starting 0-2 has won their last two including SMU’s impressive win over Nevada in the Hawaii Bowl. The PAC 10 also got their first win of the bowl season with USC beating Boston College 24-13 over the weekend and the ACC got its first victory last night with Clemson beating Kentucky 21-13 in the Music City Bowl. The Big 12 and Big 10 conferences have yet to play in a bowl game.

BOWL CONFIDENCE CONTEST

Make sure to check the daily blog every day as we will be posting the standings here after every bowl game is played.

There will be two Top 50 leaderboards. The first one will be points won and the second is best win percentage of their points. Sometimes the early leaders are the ones that risked the most on the early bowls and they fall by the wayside as the contest goes on so that is why I will also keep track of those that have the best win percentage.

After 10 bowl games William Meleski continues to lead the contest for the fifth day in a row with 212 points won and a 79% win %. Bob Knight and Jeff Hamilton switched places with Bob Knight taking over 2nd place with 193 points and Jeff Hamilton dropping down to 3rd with 190 points. Both picked Clemson to win however Bob Knight had Clemson for five more points. Gary Magnus is the new leader in win % with 88 points won and only 14 points lost 86%!

After a tough start I now have 101 points and there are still 24 bowl games left!

Thanks again to all that have entered. If you have any problems with your points or do not see your name please email Brandon@philsteele.com. Here are the current leaderboards.

THE TOP 50 IN POINTS WON

Rank Name Pts Won Pts Lost Win % % Rank
1 William J Meleski 212 55 79% 13
2 Bob Knight 193 48 80% 11
3 Jeff Hamilton 190 33 85% 2
4 Gene Winters 176 79 69% 51
5 Lyell Marks 169 126 57% 217
6 Richie Thomas 164 47 78% 15
7 Don Seebold 161 36 82% 6
7 Jack Hawn 161 53 75% 19
9 Matthew Goodman 157 84 65% 90
10 Marc Ostrom 156 37 81% 9
11 Dick Rosser 152 61 71% 35
12 Michael Mancini 151 94 62% 133
13 Mike Guzzo 147 69 68% 60
14 Mitchell Sanpei 146 68 68% 59
14 Tony Orioli 146 92 61% 143
14 Bud Converse 146 106 58% 202
17 Ben Brin 141 57 71% 37
17 Aaron Trauger 141 65 68% 58
17 Sherry Shoup 141 154 48% 487
17 Duston Turner 141 154 48% 487
21 Anthony Chapman 140 75 65% 92
22 Craig Domingues 139 79 64% 107
23 Don Deavers 138 70 66% 73
23 Eugene Mangino 138 71 66% 80
23 James Bigley 138 90 61% 155
26 adam muscat 136 68 67% 67
26 Carl Ciaramitaro 136 103 57% 223
28 plhokie 135 31 81% 7
29 Josh Farnsworth 134 49 73% 28
29 Jerry Chieffalo 134 55 71% 38
29 Mark Walsh 134 102 57% 228
29 Ron Stroman 134 119 53% 308
33 Jerry Thornton 133 89 60% 166
34 Frank Elia 131 25 84% 5
34 John Mina 131 71 65% 93
34 Steven Birmingham 131 88 60% 169
34 Michael Sprangers 131 92 59% 187
38 Kevin Wise 130 68 66% 84
38 Rich Ribera 130 81 62% 135
38 Terry McDowell 130 109 54% 276
41 Joey Novak 129 72 64% 104
41 Luke Savage 129 74 64% 112
43 Lisa DiBello 128 42 75% 18
43 Gordon Goldbach 128 88 59% 178
43 Doug Nelms 128 94 58% 208
43 Leon Rosenblum 128 102 56% 250
43 Dave Klaehn 128 102 56% 249
48 pegsmon 127 65 66% 78
48 Jim Merriman 127 68 65% 91
48 Timothy Divis 127 82 61% 151
48 Jay Henry 127 87 59% 177
48 Matthew Edmundson 127 97 57% 230

THE TOP 50 IN WIN %

Name Pts Won Pts Lost Win % % Rank
Gary Magnus 88 14 86% 1
Jeff Hamilton 190 33 85% 2
Dan Maurer 103 18 85% 3
Jerry Bankhead 118 21 85% 4
Frank Elia 131 25 84% 5
Don Seebold 161 36 82% 6
plhokie 135 31 81% 7
Timothy Zelek 82 19 81% 8
Marc Ostrom 156 37 81% 9
Scott Walsky 73 18 80% 10
Bob Knight 193 48 80% 11
Frank Scott 87 22 80% 12
William J Meleski 212 55 79% 13
Matt Schupp 105 28 79% 14
Richie Thomas 164 47 78% 15
Anthony Marcello 116 37 76% 16
Marc Caruso 103 33 76% 17
Lisa DiBello 128 42 75% 18
Jack Hawn 161 53 75% 19
Jason Harris 112 37 75% 20
Phillip Mason 126 43 75% 21
Gary Cotton 82 28 75% 22
Steve MacDonald 108 37 74% 23
Michael Prychodczenko 69 24 74% 24
Frank Hillman 64 23 74% 25
Giovanni Sicurella 111 40 74% 26
John Galliera 115 42 73% 27
Josh Farnsworth 134 49 73% 28
Don Armstrong 123 45 73% 29
Scott Jasinkowski 71 26 73% 30
Jason Fry 114 42 73% 31
James Marzano 40 15 73% 32
Doug Mayfield 112 43 72% 33
ray59 43 17 72% 34
Dick Rosser 152 61 71% 35
Bobby Welles 114 46 71% 36
Ben Brin 141 57 71% 37
Jerry Chieffalo 134 55 71% 38
DAWN KING 123 51 71% 39
Jeffrey Gans 82 34 71% 40
Mike Magee 90 38 70% 41
James W Phillips 87 37 70% 42
Jeremy Zinn 114 49 70% 43
Erik Sweress 97 42 70% 44
Rick Perk 113 49 70% 45
Matthew Anderson 106 46 70% 46
Patti Lanoy 106 47 69% 47
Jim Martindale 74 33 69% 48
Paul Flatt 103 46 69% 49
Richard Specht 38 17 69% 50
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