2025 Staff Pick’em Bowls and CFP First Round

Andrew lastly caught Import, who has stumbled the final 2 weeks. Nobody did spectacularly effectively, however Cole, Tom, Andrew, and you NERDS all had been 5-3. I used to be on the alternative facet of that coin at 3-5. Import was a disappointing 2-6. Christian was an abysmal 1-7. Overall, the employees went 21-27. Overall, we’re nonetheless on the great facet at 438-408.

The actual drawback from the convention championships was Duke beating Virginia outright. The ACC agrees with how dangerous that end result was for the convention, together with a falling out with partial member Notre Dame. The minority had been additionally proper with Troy overlaying as 23.5-point underdogs in opposition to JMU, Army solely shedding by 1 to Navy, Georgia bludgeoning Alabama, and Indiana beating Ohio State as an underdog.

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There is quite a bit on faucet for bowl season with 6 colleges in conventional bowls and 5 extra colleges within the CFP. Georgia has a bye. Alabama and Oklahoma sq. off in Norman. Texas A&M will host Miami, and Ole Miss will host former SEC staff Tulane. The solely unanimous decide was the Commodores as a result of we may be a bit biased. We do have a regarding quantity of settlement with 4 of the ten different video games solely having 1 dissenter. Another trio of video games have a majority. The final 2 video games are break up evenly.

Also, it’s my fault there was no Commentariat poll. I didn’t ship the decide record out to the employees till yesterday and by no means despatched it to parlagi to even make a poll for y’all. Mea culpa.

The Rules

1. Normally, the picks are for all SEC video games with one supplier’s selection the place I get to decide on one other sport to make us decide.

2. The picks can be made AGAINST THE SPREAD. Too many video games are simple to select heads up. Also, it will function a PSA for why you shouldn’t get into sports activities playing, which is very vital with sports activities playing being authorized in Tennessee now.

3. The strains can be taken from FanDuel, who SB Nation has partnered with this season, a while Monday, so they could not match what’s listed on the time this text is printed. I might also use a backup for FBS-FCS matchups if the road is obtainable elsewhere after I get the spreads.

The Standings

The Picks