Winner Winner Chicken Dinner (Jenny) lived up to her name as the 1st Champion of the Friends Bowl Battle. The Mixologist (Trey) finished a close second followed by J-Bizzle (John) in 3rd. Final payouts were $60, $20 & $10 respectively.
– The Commish
Family – Matt or Vivian to play Jenny in the Championship
We’re down to the final game. Jenny has locked in 1st place & her choice between Alabama & Ohio St in the Championship game.
An Orange Bowl win by UNC will give us a sibling showdown between Jenny and Matt.
If the favorite, Texas A&M, wins tonight, Vivian will represent the youngsters in the final against Jenny.
– The Commish
Friends – Championship Time
How bragging rights & dollars will play out based on the results of tonight’s Orange Bowl…
Texas A&M win: Jenny Champ ($60), Trey 2nd ($20), John 3rd ($10)
North Carolina win: Jenny & Trey Co-Champ ($40 each), John & Mark 3rd place tie ($5 each)
– The Commish
Friends – Down to 3 for the championship!
Today’s 3:00 Fiesta Bowl is the pivotal game in determining the first Friends Bowl Battle Champ.
A win by slightly favored Iowa St locks Jenny into at least a tie for the championship. Trey can leverage his Ohio St fueled comeback for a share of the title with wins by ISU + UNC today. ISU + A&M gives Jenny the solo title.
An Oregon win would hand the title to Mark, regardless of the results of the 7:00 Orange Bowl.
While those 3 dominate the standings in the final 4 scenarios, John is still alive for 3rd place if the two favorites (ISU + A&M) win today and would tie for 3rd with ISU + UNC wins. Joey will finish in a 3-way tie for 2nd if his Fiesta Bowl pick ISU loses and Mack Brown’s Tar Heels upset A&M.
– The Commish
Family – Final Day Scenarios
Fast-paced and surprising first half of the Sugar Bowl with Ohio State up 35-14 over Clemson!
Assuming the Buckeyes hold serve for the win (96.9% probability), Paden is eliminated and we are down to 5 heading into tomorrow’s final games: Jenny, Matt, Vivian, Alexander & Pop.
Here is a preview of how tomorrow plays out listed by probability. The couple instances with ties will go to the tie-breaker rules.
If Clemson defies the odds and wins the Sugar Bowl, then Paden & the 5 others remain alive and I will provide an update Saturday morning.
– The Commish
Family – 3 games today!
Happy New Year to all and 21st to Noah!!!!
Jenny heads in 2021 with a one game lead. 6 have been eliminated from a top 2 slot: Channe/Kyler, Ella, Gabby, Heather, Lance & Rhett. Newcomers Channe/Kyler were dealt a unique mathematical ti-breaker elimination with a win in the Armed Forces Bowl because Tulsa lost by less than 3 points.
Today’s 3 back-to-back games will narrow down the current field of 9.
We’re at halftime of the 1st game with Cincinnati upsetting Georgia 14 -10. Here are the scenarios for the Peach Bowl results.
- Cincy win: London joins Jenny in 1st. Papa eliminated. Vivian (4+ pt win) or Noah (<3 pt win) eliminated based on tie-breaker.
- Georgia win: Jenny solo 1st. Birthday Boy eliminated. London (14+ pt win) or Papa (< 13 pt win) eliminated based on tie-breaker
What are the odds?
We’ve upgraded our analytics on the Family Battle.
On the Standings (Family) page (link), you can now see the odds of each person winning ALL their remaining games per ESPN’s Football Power Index (see row 19 in the table). Here is the current snapshot with 8 games remaining.
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