You want to win your 2018 bowl pool.  But you probably don’t have the time to research all 41 games that ESPN has in its contest.

I can help.  In this episode of The Football Analytics Show, I discuss 3 tips for winning your bowl pool.

To explain the first tip, I use Steph Curry as an example.  The second tip relates whether you want to enter a pool with confidence points or not.

The third tip asks you to think contrarian.  I offer Virginia Tech versus Cincinnati as an example, and argue that you must consider context in making these selections.

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On this short solo episode, I dig 3 fascinating college football stories:

• The great Alabama versus Michigan debate, and why it’s not much of a debate (0:41)
• How the markets split a difference in Michigan at Ohio State (5:19)
• The hilarity in making predictions for Oklahoma at West Virginia (9:06)

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