The Midshipmen’s upset of the Sooners gave us our 6th casualty of 2024. More carnage is likely this evening.
Papa remains undefeated and alone in first as we pass the half-way mark of the regular season.
Friday Tripleheader
The first of today’s 3 battles kicks off at 11:00 when the Oklahoma Sooners take on the Navy Midshipmen in the Armed Forces Bowl.
Standings will be updated throughout the day.
Clear as Mud?
If the diagram is unclear, please refer to Section C of Rules 2.0.
The 1st Bowl Battle Playoffs are coming!
Bowl Battle 2.0 brings our first-ever 4-team playoff with a draft and two rounds of games. Our quarterfinals and finals will align with the new College Football Playoffs format.
Who makes the playoffs?
The top four players from the regular season make the playoffs.
The top four players (and the order of their finish) are determined by total Wins. The first tiebreaker is the total Point Differential in losses. Tiebreakers 2 (a & b) and 3 are outlined in Rules 2.0.
Ok, then what?
The four players will each select 2 of the 8 teams remaining in the actual College Football Playoffs.
The Bowl Battle Playoff Draft will be a ‘snake format’ with the draft order based on the regular season finish of each player. For example, first-place in the regular season will have the 1st and 8th (final) selections in the draft.
The draft will be held after the four playoff teams (and their order) are determined and before the first quarterfinal game. The 2024 draft is (currently) scheduled to be broadcast live on Google Meet at 4:00p CST on Tuesday, December 31st.
Who wins?
The player who selected the eventual CFP National Champion wins Bowl Battle 2024.
Calm before the Storm.
21 of the 22 players still alive for the Bowl Battle playoffs picked Kansas State in today’s Rate Bowl. The lone Rutgers fan, SOUM, can’t be eliminated with a loss. So, enjoy your stress-free battle.
This is, however, the calm before the storm. The upcoming schedule …
- Friday: 3 Battles
- Saturday: 4 Battles
- Sunday: rest
- Monday: Penultimate Battle
- Tuesday (New Year’s Eve): Final Battle + Playoff Draft + 1st Quarterfinal Game
- Wednesday (Jan 1): Final 3 Quarterfinal Games
12 and Oh No! – Princess P‘s prodigious performance.
The year? 2016. The player of glory and heartbreak? Birthday Girl, Princess P.
2016 was the eighth installment of Bowl Battle, and Princess P was making her third appearance. She showed grit going 7-6 and 5-6 in the 2015 and 2016 campaigns. But nothing prepared the world for the dominance she would display in 2016.
The spirited Princess P started the season strong, taking a 3-0 record into the Texas Bowl. The Texas Bowl featured two 8-4 teams, the Kansas State Wildcats and the Texas A&M Aggies. Princess P picked the slightly favored Aggies. The highly competitive game came down to the final minutes. The Wildcats secured a 33-28 win by stopping the Aggies on a 4th & 8 play at the Wildcat’s 23-yard line.
That would be the only blemish on Princess P’s 2016 regular season. The following day, she would ride the momentum of Oklahoma State’s 38-8 rout of Colorado in the Alamo Bowl to win 9 consecutive Battles and finish the regular season at 12-1!
Then came THE DRIVE.
Princess P’s record-breaking season set up a Bowl Battle Championship versus the 11-2 Commish. She also had her choice of teams in the 2017 CFP Championship Game. The game was a rematch of the 2016 CFP Championship Game that saw the Alabama Crimson Tide defeat the Clemson Tigers. Alabama entered the 2017 game as the defending National Champions with a 14-0 record and a 26-game winning streak. The 13-1 Tigers entered the game riding high after demolishing Ohio State 31-0 in the semifinals. Princess P chose the touchdown favorite Tide.
An epic game came down to a frantic fourth quarter and was decided by THE DRIVE. With 1 second left, Clemson’s Deshaun Watson completed a 2-yard touchdown pass to Hunter Renfrow. Clemson 35. Alabama 31. The Tigers became national champions for the first time since 1981 and the first team to beat Nick Saban’s Crimson Tide dynasty in a national title game. They also sank Princess P’s dreams of her first Bowl Battle Championship.
Two plays from perfection. Princess P’s 12 wins and 91.7% winning percentage in 2016 remain records for a Bowl Battle regular season.
Happy Birthday to Paden!
Merry Christmas to all!
Bowl Battle Holiday Cheer!
South Florida's overtime win kept Papa, Princess P, and Retro undefeated.
Their excitement was so high that Papa almost tweeted.
Instead of sharing their success across the digital sphere.
They created a video to spread their holiday cheer.
Battles resume on Thursday.
Feliz Navidad!
Reposted from 12/24. Techincal error . 🙂
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