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2011 Pick 'Em Gauntlet: Bowl Week 1

Time to start picking the bowls (and we will be picking all 35). Here's this week's slate of bowl games to pick (POINT SPREADS MATTER):

  • New Mexico Bowl - Temple v. Wyoming (+7)
  • Famous Idaho Potato Bowl - Ohio v. Utah State (-1.5)
  • R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl - San Diego State v. Louisiana Lafayette (+5)
  • Beef ‘O’ Brady’s St. Petersburg Bowl - Florida International v. Marshall (+4)
  • San Diego County Credit Union Poinsettia Bowl - TCU v. Louisiana Tech (+10.5)
  • MAACO Las Vegas Bowl - Arizona St v. Boise State (-14)

Picks are due by 2pm EST, Saturday.

macker605 had a strong week to re-tie dawg'eer8488 once again amongst the commenters, but Caleb's 5 jumps him to the overall lead (he's not eligible for the prize, just bragging rights). We did have 2 perfect slates last go around, t3 and kml2157. With all 35 of the bowls up for grabs, there's still plenty of moves to make, so get back in if you haven't been picking for a while. Staff picks and the leaderboard are after the jump...

Commenter leaderboard (Top 11 and Ties)

Entrant Total Correct
dawg'eer8488 49
macker605 49
dubveeyou 44
kml2157 44
bicklefischerkane 43
rumplestiltskin 41
roolgol90 41
mtnr_n_minco 39
t3 39
Harry O'Dell 38
Oregon Mountaineer
36


Here are this week's staff picks (overall correct):

Caleb Wygal (50)

  • Temple (-7) v. Wyoming

  • Utah State (-1.5) v. Ohio

  • Louisiana Lafayette (+5) v. San Diego State

  • Florida International (-4) v. Marshall

  • TCU (-10.5) v. Louisiana Tech

  • Boise State (-14) v. Arizona State

WVUIE97 (43)

  • Wyoming (+7) v. Temple

  • Utah State (-1.5) v. Ohio

  • San Diego State (-5) v. Louisiana Lafayette

  • Florida International (-4) v. Marshall

  • TCU (-10.5) v. Louisiana Tech

  • Boise State (-14) v. Arizona State

JP Fanshawe (43)

  • Wyoming (+7) v. Temple

  • Ohio (+1.5) v. Utah State

  • Louisiana Lafayette (+5) v. San Diego State

  • Florida International (-4) v. Marshall

  • Louisiana Tech (+10.5) v. TCU

  • Arizona State (+14) v. Boise State

John Radcliff (43)

  • Temple (-7) v. Wyoming

  • Utah State (1.5) v. Ohio

  • Louisiana Lafayette (+5) v. San Diego State

  • Marshall (+4) v. Florida International

  • TCU (-10.5) v. Louisiana Tech

  • Boise State (-14) v. Arizona State

Country Roads (41)

  • Wyoming (+7) v. Temple

  • Utah State (-1.5) v. Ohio

  • San Diego State (-5) v. Louisiana Lafayette

  • Florida International (-4) v. Marshall

  • TCU (-10.5) v. Louisiana Tech

  • Boise State (-14) v. Arizona State

5th Year Senior (41)

  • Temple (-7) v. Wyoming

  • Utah State (-1.5) v. Ohio

  • San Diego State (-5) v. Louisiana Lafayette

  • Marshall (+4) v. Florida International

  • TCU (-10.5) v. Louisiana Tech

  • Boise State (-14) v. Arizona State

Mountaineer Chuck (31)

  • Temple (-7) v. Wyoming

  • Ohio (+1.5) v. Utah State

  • Louisiana Lafayette (+5) v. San Diego State

  • Florida International (-4) v. Marshall

  • TCU (-10.5) v. Louisiana Tech

  • Boise State (-14) v. Arizona State