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   For the second consecutive year, Marc Hogan wins the Andrew C. Reinbold BigFlax.com College Bowl Challenge Trophy.  This year it was 19 picks instead of 13 that won it for him, but in both cases he won by the result of the last game.  The winner's column below appears in silver (just like last year).  As usual, my lame picks (which got me eliminated early though I wound up tied for third) can be found with bitchin' graphics and thrilling explanations right here.
    For easy reference, correct picks are in blue bold and incorrect picks in red strikethrough.

Bowl

My Picks Marc's Picks Ric's Picks Drew's Picks Jordan's Picks Dave's Picks
New Orleans Colorado State Colorado State Colorado State Colorado State Colorado State Colorado State
GMAC Marshall Marshall Marshall Marshall Marshall Marshall
Tangerine NC State Pittsburgh NC State Pittsburgh NC State Pittsburgh
Las Vegas USC USC USC USC USC USC
Seattle Stanford Stanford Stanford Stanford Stanford Stanford
Independence Iowa State Iowa State Alabama Alabama Iowa State Alabama
galleryfurniture.com Texas A&M Texas A&M Texas A&M Texas A&M Texas A&M TCU
Music City Georgia Boston
College
Boston
College
Georgia Georgia Boston
College
Holiday Texas Washington Texas Texas Texas Texas
Motor City Toledo Toledo Toledo Toledo Toledo Toledo
Alamo Texas Tech Iowa Iowa Texas Tech Texas Tech Iowa
Insight.com Syracuse Syracuse Kansas State Syracuse Syracuse Syracuse
Humanitarian Clemson Clemson Clemson Clemson Louisiana
Tech
Clemson
Sun Washington
State
Washington
State
Washington
State
Washington
State
Washington
State
Washington
State
Silicon Valley Fresno State Fresno State Fresno State Fresno State Fresno State Fresno State
Liberty Louisville Louisville BYU BYU Louisville BYU
Peach North
Carolina
North
Carolina
North
Carolina
Auburn Auburn North
Carolina
Cotton Oklahoma Oklahoma Oklahoma Oklahoma Oklahoma Oklahoma
Outback South
Carolina
South
Carolina
South
Carolina
South
Carolina
Ohio State Ohio State
Gator Florida State Florida State Florida State Florida State Florida State Virginia Tech
Citrus Tennessee Tennessee Michigan Tennessee Tennessee Tennessee
Fiesta Oregon Oregon Oregon Oregon Colorado Oregon
Sugar LSU Illinois Illinois Illinois Illinois LSU
Orange Florida Florida Florida Florida Florida Florida
Rose Miami Miami Miami Nebraska Miami Miami
Rose Score* 31-21 28-21 31-28 24-21 31-20 35-17
Tiebreaker Points   16        
Total Points 18 19 17 16 13 18

And now the rest...

Bowl

Pearl's Picks Rudnik's Picks Jan's Picks
New Orleans Colorado
State
Colorado
State
Colorado
State
GMAC Marshall Marshall Marshall
Tangerine NC State Pittsburgh Pittsburgh
Las Vegas Utah Utah Utah
Seattle Stanford Stanford Stanford
Independence Iowa State Alabama Alabama
galleryfurniture.com Texas A&M Texas A&M Texas A&M
Music City Georgia Georgia Georgia
Holiday Texas Texas Texas
Motor City Cincinnati Toledo Toledo
Alamo Iowa Texas Tech Iowa
Insight.com Syracuse Syracuse Syracuse
Humanitarian Clemson Clemson Clemson
Sun Washington
State
Washington
State
Washington
State
Silicon Valley Fresno State Fresno State Fresno State
Liberty BYU Louisville BYU
Peach Auburn North
Carolina
North
Carolina
Cotton Oklahoma Oklahoma Oklahoma
Outback Ohio State South
Carolina
Ohio State
Gator Florida State Florida State Florida State
Citrus Tennessee Tennessee Tennessee
Fiesta Oregon Oregon Colorado
Sugar LSU Illinois Illinois
Orange Florida Florida Florida
Rose Miami Nebraska Miami
Rose Score* 31-24 30-28 35-24
Tiebreaker Points   0  
Total Points 16 19 18

* Each correct prediction gives the winner one point.  In the event of a tie, the contestant picking closest to the correct score of the Rose Bowl will be declared the winner.  Due to the confusion that arose last year, I point out now that in order for the tiebreaker to apply, you must also have picked the winner correctly.  Don't like that?  Too bad.

Contestants are Jordan Burgess, Eric Burnheimer, Robert Flaxman, Marc Hogan, Dave Leonardis, Matt Pearl, Andrew Reinbold, Andrew Rudnik, and Jan Zasowski.