Just for fun (No free HI subscription nor NIL deal to the winner, and no shameful humiliation to the losers), I give you the 1st annual Hawgs Illustrated SEC/Big 12 Challenge prediction contest…….
Simple rules: 1). Choose a (straight up) winner of each of the 10 games.
2). For tie-breaking purposes, predict the score of the Arkansas-WV game (incorrect predictions of this game winner will be eliminated from the tie breaker)
(Tie breaker scoring will follow the formula: |pPD - aPD| + |pPT - aPT| = x
where pPD = Predicted Point Differential
aPD = Actual Point Differential
pPT = Predicted Point Total
aPT = Actual Point Total
x = Subscore. A perfect prediction will always have a subscore of zero)
3) No entries nor editing after tip-off of the LSU-TCU game (honor system).
Scheduled games (home team in bold):
LSU vs TCU
Missouri vs Iowa State
Oklahoma vs Auburn
West Virginia vs Arkansas
Kansas State vs Ole Miss
Oklahoma State vs Florida
Baylor vs Alabama
Mississippi State vs Texas Tech
Kentucky vs Kansas
Tennessee vs Texas
My predictions:
LSU, Iowa State, Auburn, Arkansas, Ole Miss, Oklahoma State, Baylor, Texas Tech, Kansas, Texas
LSU vs TCU
Missouri vs Iowa State
Oklahoma vs Auburn
West Virginia vs Arkansas
Kansas State vs Ole Miss
Oklahoma State vs Florida
Baylor vs Alabama
Mississippi State vs Texas Tech
Kentucky vs Kansas
Tennessee vs Texas