The most wonderful time of the year has arrived: Meaningless football on all day, every day! It's Bowl Season 2022, and your friends at DK Nation have arrived with the best picks on the planet to help you win all the cash on exhibition games in weird places where you have no idea who's actually going to play in the game.
It's a gamblers paradise if you know what you're doing and pay attention, so start here and use this as a rough guide when making your handicapping picks for the next three weeks.
The Rules
1. All games are ATS as of Dec. 12 at 5pm. One point per correct answer.
2. Each participant chose the three games they like the most (in bold below). Those count for double points.
3. Each participant picked their favorite underdog of seven points or more (in bold and italicized), and it's triple points if they win outright.
Most points wins, and if there's a tie the winner will be chosen by a coin flip to honor the FCS Playoffs. Is that arbitrary and capricious? Of course! But so is college football.
Our contestants are playing for a truly special prize: A ticket stub from the 2012 Russell Athletic Bowl, possibly the worst postseason game that's ever been played. Nothing like Logan Thomas and Gary Nova battling in a monsoon to a 13-10 overtime final score in an empty Downtown Orlando stadium.
Here we go!
Date | Game | Team | Team | Collin | Nick | Grace | Chinmay | Ben | Lance | David | Chet | Teddy | Murjani |
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Date | Game | Team | Team | Collin | Nick | Grace | Chinmay | Ben | Lance | David | Chet | Teddy | Murjani |
Dec 16 | Bahamas | Miami (Ohio) | UAB -11 | Miami | Miami | UAB | UAB | UAB | UAB | ||||
Dec 16 | Cure | UTSA | Troy -1.5 | Troy | UTSA | Troy | UTSA | UTSA | UTSA | ||||
Dec 17 | Fenway | Louisville PK | Cincinnati PK | Louisville | Cincinnati | Louisville | Cincinnati | Louisville | Cincy | ||||
Dec 17 | New Mexico | BYU | SMU -4 | SMU | SMU | SMU | SMU | BYU | SMU | ||||
Dec 17 | LA | Washington State | Fresno State -3 | Fresno State | Fresno State | Washington St. | Washington St. | Fresno State | Wash U | ||||
Dec 17 | LendingTree | Rice | Southern Miss -7 | Rice | Southern Miss | Southern Miss | Southern Miss | Southern Miss | Southern Miss | ||||
Dec 17 | Las Vegas | Florida | Oregon State -10 | Florida | Oregon State | Oregon State | Oregon State | Florida | Oregon State | ||||
Dec 17 | Frisco | North Texas | Boise State -10 | North Texas | North Texas | Boise State | Boise State | Boise State | Boise State | ||||
Dec 19 | Myrtle Beach | UConn | Marshall -10 | Marshall | UConn | Marshall | UConn | UConn | UConn | ||||
Dec 20 | Potato | Eastern Michigan | San Jose State -3.5 | EMU | EMU | SJSU | EMU | SJSU | SJSU | ||||
Dec 20 | Boca Raton | Liberty | Toledo -5 | Toledo | Toledo | Toledo | Toledo | Toledo | Toledo | ||||
Dec 21 | New Orleans | Western Kentucky | South Alabama -8 | Western Kentucky | South Alabama | Western Kentucky | South Alabama | Western Kentucky | Western KY | ||||
Dec 22 | Armed Forces | Air Force | Baylor -6.5 | Air Force | Baylor | Baylor | Air Force | Baylor | Baylor | ||||
Dec 23 | Independence | Louisiana | Houston -6.5 | Louisiana | Louisiana | Houston | Louisiana | Louisiana | Louisiana | ||||
Dec 23 | Gasparilla | Missouri | Wake Forest -1 | Mizzou | Wake Forest | Mizzou | Mizzou | Wake Forest | Mizzou | ||||
Dec 24 | Hawai'i | Middle Tenn | San Diego State -7 | MTSU | MTSU | SDSU | SDSU | SDSU | SDSU | ||||
Dec 26 | Quick Lane | New Mexico State | Bowling Green -3 | NMSU | NMSU | Bowling Green | NMSU | NMSU | NMSU | ||||
Dec 27 | First Responder | Utah State | Memphis -7 | Memphis | Memphis | Memphis | Memphis | Utah State | Utah State | ||||
Dec 27 | Birmingham | Coastal Carolina | East Carolina -9 | Coastal | East Carolina | East Carolina | East Carolina | East Carolina | ECU | ||||
Dec 27 | Camellia | Buffalo | Georgia Southern -3.5 | Ga. Southern | Ga. Southern | Buffalo | Ga. Southern | Georgia Southern | GA Southern | ||||
Dec 27 | Guaranteed Rate | Oklahoma State | Wisconsin -3 | Ga. Southern | Ga. Southern | Oklahoma St. | Wisconsin | Oklahoma State | OK State | ||||
Dec 28 | Military | C. Florida | Duke -1 | Duke | Duke | UCF | Duke | Duke | Duke | ||||
Dec 28 | Liberty | Kansas | Arkansas -3 | Kansas | Arkansas | Arkansas | Arkansas | Kansas | Kansas | ||||
Dec 28 | Holiday | North Carolina | Oregon -13.5 | North Carolina | North Carolina | North Carolina | North Carolina | Oregon | North Carolina | ||||
Dec 28 | Texas | Texas Tech | Mississippi -3 | Ole Miss | Ole Miss | Ole Miss | Ole Miss | Texas Tech | Ole Miss | ||||
Dec 29 | Pinstripe | Syracuse | Minnesota -7 | Syracuse | Minnesota | Minnesota | Minnesota | Syracuse | Syracuse | ||||
Dec 29 | Cheez-It | Oklahoma | Florida State -7.5 | Florida State | Florida State | Florida State | Florida State | Florida State | Oklahoma | ||||
Dec 29 | Alamo | Washington | Texas -5.5 | Texas | Washington | Texas | Washington | Texas | Texas | ||||
Dec 30 | Mayo | NC State | Maryland -1.5 | NC State | Maryland | Maryland | Maryland | NC State | NC State | ||||
Dec 30 | Sun | Pitt | UCLA -6.5 | UCLA | Pitt | UCLA | UCLA | UCLA | UCLA | ||||
Dec 30 | Gator | South Carolina | Notre Dame -2.5 | South Carolina | South Carolina | Notre Dame | South Carolina | South Carolina | South Carolina | ||||
Dec 30 | Arizona | Wyoming | Ohio -1.5 | Ohio | Wyoming | Wyoming | Ohio | Ohio | Wyoming | ||||
Dec 30 | Orange | Tennessee | Clemson -6.5 | Clemson | Tennessee | Tennessee | Tennessee | Clemson | Clemson | ||||
Dec 31 | Peach | Ohio State | Georgia -6.5 | Georgia | Georgia | Georgia | Georgia | Georgia | Georgia | ||||
Dec 31 | Fiesta | TCU | Michigan -8 | TCU | Michigan | TCU | TCU | TCU | Michigan | ||||
Dec 31 | Music City | Kentucky | Iowa -2.5 | Kentucky | Kentucky | Kentucky | Kentucky | Iowa | Kentucky | ||||
Dec 31 | Sugar | Kansas State | Alabama -3.5 | Alabama | Kansas State | Alabama | Kansas State | Alabama | Alabama | ||||
Jan 2 | ReliaQuest | Mississippi State | Illinois -2 | Mississippi State | Illinois | Illinois | Illinois | Illinois | Miss St. | ||||
Jan 2 | Cotton | Tulane | USC -1.5 | Tulane | Tulane | USC | Tulane | USC | USC | ||||
Jan 2 | Citrus | Purdue | LSU -10.5 | LSU | Purdue | Purdue | Purdue | Purdue | Purdue | ||||
Jan 2 | Rose | Penn State | Utah -2.5 | Utah | Utah | Utah | Utah | Penn State | Utah |