iSportsLinks College Bowl Challenge
$1000 Grand Prize / $500 Super Prize
Welcome to the iSportsLinks BCS College Bowl Challenge! Think you are good, then win $1000 for picking all 32 games correctly, $500 for 31 of 32 games. Otherwise, win $25 for first place. You can enter twice FREE and then each additional entry will be $1. Please encourage your friends to enter by using the Tell a Friend link above - the more that enter, the bigger the prize!
2009 CONTEST
Reports for 2008
There are 319 entries this year, just beating last year! There were a few extra paid entries this year!
Note - Thanks to Fireman Paul for noticing that there are only 32 bowl games in the contest! A true football fan! The software can only handle 64 teams.
The EagleBank Bowl with
Wake Forest vs. Navy and the magicJack St. Petersburg Bowl with
Memphis vs. South Florida are NOT included in the challenge.
Note 2 - Due to an out of town wedding, the reports and picks won't be posted until Sunday evening - December 21 - As of 12/19 11pm, there were ~270 entries
In 2007 there were 306 entries.
Rules
- Picks must be made by 11:00am EST Thursday, December 20
- You must pick all 32 games
- Your name, hometown, and email address are the only things needed to enter. You can also enter your favorite team.
- Your email address will only be used for this contest - I'm a big SPAM hater and I use many techniques to avoid SPAM on this website.
- Points will be awarded for 1 point for each correct pick, with BCS games worth 2 points and the BCS Championship Game worth 3 points. Therefore the total points possible to win are 40.
- Tiebreakers -
- Total Points FedEx BCS Championship Game
- Please enter upto 2 times maximum per person (in the free portion). For the 2nd bracket, put a "(2)" behind your name.
- Pick the entire bracket and choose the total score in the FedEx BCS Championship Game as the tie breaker.
Prizes
The Grand Prize is as follows:
- $1000 for the team picking all 34 games correctly
- Ties will split the $1000
- Since this is a small site, the payout will be paid in 10 equal payments of $100 each month
- 1st Place - $25 - no matter how many correct picks
- Other Cash Prizes
- Super Prize - Pick 33 of 34 games correctly - $500
- Ties will split the $500
- between 500 - 750 entries - Extra $25 1st;
- between 750 - 999 entries - Extra $50 1st, $25 2nd
- 1000 entries - Extra $75 1st, $50 2nd, $25 Third
- to be eligible for the cash prize, you must reveal your winning strategy!
- Super Prize - Pick 33 of 34 games correctly - $500
$5 College Bowl Challenge
- We are suspending the $5 Challenge for this year. If you would like more than your 2 FREE picks, the cost is only $1 for each additional entry payable via PayPal only. A portion of the fee will be used for additional prizes.
College Bowl Challenge for 2008
Reports