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Welcome Back! I did it! I watched at least part of all 41 bowl games! But I almost didn't make it, because I was on the road during 99% of the Rose Bowl, and only got to see Utah's last TD (though I did get to listen to it on the radio).  What an exciting bowl season! 2 games were decided in overtime (1 in 3 OTs), and 4 games were decided by 1 point! 23 of the 41 games were decided by single digits, and only 8 were decided by 21 points or more, which means most of the games were competitive from beginning to end. 22 games were within one score! As expected, I wasn't able to maintain my 83% prediction success rate that I had for the 1st week, but I still ended up at a respectable 27-14 for the bowl season, which is 65.9%. If we add that to my season totals, I finish at 629-266, or 70.3%. This just may be my lowest percentage since I was 8 years old, but I hope it's because there is more parity in college football, and the games are just harder to predict. If I get this g...

  Welcome Back! Instead of an Odds and Ends this week I'm doing a Conference Call. With the bowl season coming to a close, I wanted to revisit how each conference did in their out-of-conference (OOC) games. Once again, you'll discover that the SEC is KING ! At least as far as OOC games go. First, let's start with how each conference did in their bowl games (where the SEC was NOT king...). NOTE : I am keeping last week's feature on the future of the conferences at the bottom, in case you missed it, and there are some updates.  Conference Wins Losses Pct Games Remaining MAC 4 2 .667 0 Independents 3 2 .600 0 AAC 4 3 .571 0 Big Ten 5 4 .556 0 ACC 5 4 .556 0 SEC 6 5 .545 1 CUSA 3 3 .500 0 Pac 12 3 4 .429 0 Mountain West 3 4 .429 0 Sun Belt 3 4 .429 0 Big 12 2 6 .250 1 As you can see, the MAC did the best overall, with the Big Ten and ACC tying for best among the Power 5 conferences. However, if Georgia wins the National Championship Game, the SEC record and percentage will...