<div dir="ltr">An advance Merry Xmas to all! Plus a reminder to send in your College Bowl picks before the Independence Bowl kicks off on December 27.<div><br></div><div>Good luck and best wishes to all ...</div><div><br></div><div>-The Commissioner<br><div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Dec 17, 2017 at 7:38 PM, Andy Klein <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:anrklein@gmail.com" target="_blank">anrklein@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><p class="m_-1641001022316568183gmail-MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt">The 23rd Annual College Bowl Pool</span><span style="font-size:12pt"> </span></p>
<p class="m_-1641001022316568183gmail-MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt">Greetings and welcome to the College Bowl
Pool’s 23<sup>rd</sup> Year! </span><span style="font-size:12pt"> </span></p>
<p class="m_-1641001022316568183gmail-MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt">Given the large number of games – and in order
to give everyone a chance to submit picks --, we’ll start a little later this
year, beginning with the Independence Bowl on <b><i>December 27. </i></b>Once again, we <b><i>will </i></b>include the National
Champion Game. That means entering one
of four teams as a title game winner (Alabama, Clemson, Oklahoma, or Georgia)
and assigning points according to your own tolerance for risk. Here’s a reminder on how things work …</span><span style="font-size:12pt"> </span></p>
<p class="m_-1641001022316568183gmail-MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt">THE RULES</span><span style="font-size:12pt"> </span></p>
<p class="m_-1641001022316568183gmail-MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt">This is a confidence pool. Pick the winners of each bowl game and weight
your confidence accordingly (i.e., 23 on the game in which you have the most
confidence down to 1 on the game in which you have the least confidence). <b><i>All entries must be submitted to
<a href="mailto:anrklein@gmail.com" target="_blank">anrklein@gmail.com</a> BEFORE KICKOFF OF THE INDEPENDENCE BOWL ON DECEMBER 27. <u>Please put the words “Bowl Pool” in the
subject line of your message.</u></i></b></span><i><span style="font-size:12pt"> </span></i></p>
<p class="m_-1641001022316568183gmail-MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt">One other note: <i>Don’t
pick in order</i> (e.g., chronologically from 1-23 or 23-1.) That is not in the spirit of the game! </span><span style="font-size:12pt"> </span></p>
<p class="m_-1641001022316568183gmail-MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt">THE PARTICIPANTS</span><span style="font-size:12pt"> </span></p>
<p class="m_-1641001022316568183gmail-MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt">I am sending this message to players from
previous years and other potentially interested people (or at least those for
whom I have an e-mail address). Please
feel free to forward the message to others who might want to play.</span><span style="font-size:12pt"> </span></p>
<p class="m_-1641001022316568183gmail-MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt">THE STAKES</span><span style="font-size:12pt"> </span></p>
<p class="m_-1641001022316568183gmail-MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt">The pool is for pride and charity. NFL Pool players already have “paid” through
a gift to the Devin Shafron Memorial Fund, which is now managed by the Chicago
Community Trust. (<i>And if you haven’t
paid, this is an excellent time to send your check.</i>) The Fund is a foundation established by
Phyllis Shafron in memory of her son, and our friend, Devin. Its historical purpose has been to provide
new books for Chicago public school libraries,; more recently it has expanded to support a variety of other youth-related causes in the Chicago area. The foundation has raised tens of thousands
of dollars and donated to dozens of organizations in Devin’s memory. There are several schools that have plaques
in honor of The Pool’s contribution. If
anyone would like more information about the foundation, or how to make a small
contribution as a “fee” for the pool, let me know.<span></span></span></p>
<p class="m_-1641001022316568183gmail-MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt"><span> </span></span></p>
<p class="m_-1641001022316568183gmail-MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt">PREVIOUS CHAMPIONS<span></span></span></p>
<p class="m_-1641001022316568183gmail-MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt"><span> </span></span></p>
<p class="m_-1641001022316568183gmail-MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt">1995-1996: Historical data lost in the Great Klein
Computer Crash of '97<span></span></span></p>
<p class="m_-1641001022316568183gmail-MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt">1997:
Mark Winick<span></span></span></p>
<p class="m_-1641001022316568183gmail-MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt">1998:
Michelle DiOrio<span></span></span></p>
<p class="m_-1641001022316568183gmail-MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt">1999:
Rick Gammons<span></span></span></p>
<p class="m_-1641001022316568183gmail-MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt">2000:
Jeff Cohen<span></span></span></p>
<p class="m_-1641001022316568183gmail-MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt">2001:
Jim DiOrio<span></span></span></p>
<p class="m_-1641001022316568183gmail-MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt">2002:
Andy Klein<span></span></span></p>
<p class="m_-1641001022316568183gmail-MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt">2003:
Pete Klein<span></span></span></p>
<p class="m_-1641001022316568183gmail-MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt">2004:
Jeff Winick<span></span></span></p>
<p class="m_-1641001022316568183gmail-MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt">2005:
Pete Klein<span></span></span></p>
<p class="m_-1641001022316568183gmail-MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt">2006: Andy Klein<span></span></span></p>
<p class="m_-1641001022316568183gmail-MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt">2007:
Bill Jones<span></span></span></p>
<p class="m_-1641001022316568183gmail-MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt">2008:
Bob Schussel<span></span></span></p>
<p class="m_-1641001022316568183gmail-MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt">2009:
Jason Klein<span></span></span></p>
<p class="m_-1641001022316568183gmail-MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt">2010:
Sam Winick<span></span></span></p>
<p class="m_-1641001022316568183gmail-MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt">2011:
Mark Winick<span></span></span></p>
<p class="m_-1641001022316568183gmail-MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt">2012:
Dan Cole<span></span></span></p>
<p class="m_-1641001022316568183gmail-MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt">2013:
Jim Weil<span></span></span></p>
<p class="m_-1641001022316568183gmail-MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt">2014:
Ezra Blocker<span></span></span></p>
<p class="m_-1641001022316568183gmail-MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt">2015:
Tim Klein<span></span></span></p>
<p class="m_-1641001022316568183gmail-MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt">2016: Sam
Winick<span></span></span></p>
<p class="m_-1641001022316568183gmail-MsoNormal"><span> </span></p>
<p class="m_-1641001022316568183gmail-MsoNormal"><b>THE GAMES<span></span></b></p>
<p class="m_-1641001022316568183gmail-MsoNormal">Independence Dec. 27 Florida State
vs. Southern Miss<span></span></p>
<p class="m_-1641001022316568183gmail-MsoNormal">Pinstripe Dec. 27 Boston College vs. Iowa<span></span></p>
<p class="m_-1641001022316568183gmail-MsoNormal">Foster Farms Dec. 27 Arizona vs.
Purdue<span></span></p>
<p class="m_-1641001022316568183gmail-MsoNormal">Texas Dec. 27 Texas
vs. Missouri<span></span></p>
<p class="m_-1641001022316568183gmail-MsoNormal">Military Dec. 28 Virginia
vs. Navy <span></span></p>
<p class="m_-1641001022316568183gmail-MsoNormal">Camping World Dec. 28 Oklahoma State
vs. Virginia Tech <span></span></p>
<p class="m_-1641001022316568183gmail-MsoNormal">Alamo Dec. 28 Stanford
vs. TCU <span></span></p>
<p class="m_-1641001022316568183gmail-MsoNormal">Holiday Dec. 28 Michigan
State vs. Washington State <span></span></p>
<p class="m_-1641001022316568183gmail-MsoNormal">Belk Dec. 29 Wake
Forest vs. Texas A&M<span></span></p>
<p class="m_-1641001022316568183gmail-MsoNormal">Sun Dec. 29 NC
State vs. Arizona State<span></span></p>
<p class="m_-1641001022316568183gmail-MsoNormal">Music City Dec. 29 Kentucky vs.
Northwestern<span></span></p>
<p class="m_-1641001022316568183gmail-MsoNormal">Arizona Dec. 29 New
Mexico State vs. Utah State<span></span></p>
<p class="m_-1641001022316568183gmail-MsoNormal">Cotton Dec. 29 Ohio
State vs. USC<span></span></p>
<p class="m_-1641001022316568183gmail-MsoNormal">Taxslayer Dec. 30 Louisville vs.
Mississippi State <span></span></p>
<p class="m_-1641001022316568183gmail-MsoNormal">Liberty Dec. 30 Iowa
State vs. Memphis <span></span></p>
<p class="m_-1641001022316568183gmail-MsoNormal">Fiesta Dec. 30 Washington
vs. Penn State <span></span></p>
<p class="m_-1641001022316568183gmail-MsoNormal">Orange Dec. 30 Miami
vs. Wisconsin<span></span></p>
<p class="m_-1641001022316568183gmail-MsoNormal">Outback Jan. 1 Michigan vs.
South Carolina<span></span></p>
<p class="m_-1641001022316568183gmail-MsoNormal">Peach Jan. 1 Auburn
vs. UCF <span></span></p>
<p class="m_-1641001022316568183gmail-MsoNormal">Citrus Jan. 1 Notre
Dame vs. LSU <span></span></p>
<p class="m_-1641001022316568183gmail-MsoNormal">Rose (CFP Semifinals) Jan.
1 Oklahoma
vs. Georgia <span></span></p>
<p class="m_-1641001022316568183gmail-MsoNormal">Sugar (CFP Semifinals) Jan.
1 Clemson
vs. Alabama <span></span></p>
<p class="m_-1641001022316568183gmail-MsoNormal">CFP Championship Jan.
8 Oklahoma/Georgia
v. Clemson/Alabama (pick one actual team)<span></span></p></div>
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