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It’s that time again Rocky Bowlers …

The Three Wise Men want to welcome the new, the past, the young and the old Rocky Bowlers back for another great year.

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The format remains the same as last year and is based on the “College Football Playoff” (CFP) system put into place by the Rocket Scientists, Politicians, University Presidents and Network Producers.  This year there is a total of 40 bowl games to evaluate, prognosticate and apply confidence points to your projected bowl game winners.
And, again you can earn CFP bonus points, Read on …

The commissioners have stood by 2 guiding principles when making changes to the format:

• Confidence points should be included to ensure the spirit of the Rocky Bowl is met
• Rocky Bowlers that put higer confidence points on the biggames should be reward. 

With these principles at work, the Semi-Final and CFP Championship game should help determine the Rocky Bowl Champion.  So, you can now earn CFP bonus points based on your CFP semi-final team and confidence points selections from the Peach and Fiesta bowls. Your selected winner with the most confidence points from these games will be carried forward as your CFP National Champion along with its confidence points == CFP Bonus == More Points Possible.  The higher your semi-final confidence points, the higher your Rocky Bowl CFP Bonus.

For you Rocky Bowl veterans, this boils down to one familiar data point and calculation in the Master Sheet, "Points Possible".  You can start the 2016-2017 Rocky Bowl with a “Points Possible" of 820 + 1 = 821, or a “Points Possible” of 820 + 40 = 860.  The bottom line, “How confident are you” and "How badly do you want to win"?

  

The Selection sheet will guide you through this simple process if you read it.  If you don’t read it and you fill it out incorrectly, your entry could be disqualified.  So read and follow the instructions!!! 

If you have been a Rocky Bowler in the past, you understand it is really pretty easy. The CFP Bonus Points have added an interesting twist and controversy to the competition in line with the new College Football Playoff system.  If you’re new to the Rocky Bowl, then you will find out in a year or two that this whole Rocky Bowl thing is entirely luck for some and true skill for others.

You can find the Selection Sheet in the left column of this blog under "Rocky Bowl Selection Sheet ".  Click, download, edit in Excel, read and follow instructions to complete picks for your chance for big fun and winnings.  

We will continue with a $20 entry fee.  Remember, all entries and $$$ must be received prior to the start time of first game. 8:00am PT, Dec 17.  

Please send your completed sheet and submit your entry fee. Sorry, no PDF or FAX entries are accepted.  It's called email Harriet. Send the Excel sheet via email to Rockybowl@live.com.  

PayPal Users submitting entry fees --- Please only indicate that this is for Services rendered --- Submit Paypal payments to:  steverockylong@yahoo.com

The prize money will be determined by the total entries, but we strive for $1,380.00 in prize money and the balance after minimal expenses for the Rocky Bowl party will go to charity. (We are hoping to reach $600.00 for charity again).  We thank you all for enabling our donations each year.  If you have suggestions for which charity the Rockybowl should donate to please let us know.

Reminder, Rocky Bowlers can enjoy the latest in the internet craze and follow @rockybowl on Twitter  (http://twitter.com/rockybowl), Facebook (Friends of Rocky Bowl) and Windows Live (email: rockybowl@live.com).  We will keep everyone updated with score sheets and access to the blog at http://rockybowl2017.blogspot.com.

The three wise commissioners are unsure of where or what format the Rockybowl party will be this year.  Please visit the blog site for more details. We hope that each and every one of you enjoys watching and caring about all 40 meaningless games + the CFP Championship.  

Happy Holidays and Good Bowling,

The Three Wise Commissioners (Rocky, Doug and Jim)