The Front Porch - Online Edition

Well, there have been about 5 games since the last update, so we have a lot to catch up on.  I’ll keep it brief but try to bring everyone up to speed on the current status of the Bowl Picks Contest.

Clemson was the hands down favorite among the entries in our contest for the Music City Bowl.  It seems the Strong Rock Nation doesn’t have a lot of confidence in the football prowess of the Kentucky Wildcats.  Though this game was not as lopsided as you may have thought, the Tigers did come out on top with a solid victory and CJ Spiller had a great night in his final college game.

In the Independence Bowl predictions, we pretty much had a split with even a few Bulldog faithful choosing A&M.  However, Georgia showed up in a big way and seemed somewhat like a different team than we have seen all season.  The Bulldogs pulled away for a huge victory and sent many of us to bed with a blemish on our Bowl Picks.

In the sleeper Eagle Bank Bowl, most of you sided with Bacon and chose UCLA to come out on top.  It’s a good thing you did.  However, Temple gave a big scare as they took a 21 - 7 lead early in the game.  UCLA finally woke up and scored 23 unanswered points to take the victory.

Finally, in the Champs Sports Bowl, most of us chose Miami to come out on top.  This game was not as close as the final score indicates, but Miami did bring some last minute magic to give many of us some short-lived hope.  Wisconsin put huge pressure on the Miami quarterback all night and smothered the Miami offense.  Wisconsin played a solid game all around and probably should have won big, but a few key turnovers kept Miami in the game.  At the final buzzer though, the Badgers were able to take a knee to run out the clock.

With all that said, here are the current contest standings:

Rambo 7-6
Bacon 7-6
Rebecca 7-6

Leader (10-3) Rick Reeves - impressive record!
2nd Place (9-4) Paige Fierbaugh
3rd Place (8-5) Teressa Munday, Chris Jimenez, Allison Russell, Maggie Davidson
Notables Three campers are tied for last place at 2-11.  I’m happy to report that all of our staff have finally made it out of last place, though Scuttle is only 1 step ahead at 3-10.

Tags: bowl picks, football, Strong Rock Camp

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