Well, here it is.  The final four...or "FOUL FOUR" as we say here at Hate Bowl Central.  The battle for the newly named "You Bastard Trophy" continues.

Yup, YBT won over "no trophy" by a mere two votes.  However, there were so many outstanding ideas for our award that I feel compelled to incorporate some aspect of each into our "corporate logo" design.  Which leads to another question:  should we look for a corporate sponsor?  Send me your ideas.  Something like The Summer's Eve Hate Bowl would be great.  I'll await your suggestions.

Well, here they are...now with ZERO Transfats!  Ohio State earns an upset win in the 2vs7 bracket, otherwise our "favorites" have pushed through.  YOUR HATE BOWL 2008 FOUL FOUR MATCH-UPS!!

SCORES UPDATED 6:00 PM ON WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 19.  ONE MORE DAY UNTIL THE FINALS!!!

#1 Notre Dame vs #4 BYU  NOTRE DAME LEADS 12-9

#7 Ohio State vs #3 Miami  OHIO STATE LEADS 14-7

As always, you can submit your votes here in the comment thread.  Gotta pick both games...no partial ballots will be counted.  I'll give this four days to "ferment" and try to post our championship contest on Thursday, November 20.

My people, you have evidently seeded our contestants correctly.  Round Two of the Hate Bowl Playoffs is in the books, and our Unsweet 16 is now the Hate Eight.  In the round just completed, Notre Dame (23-4 over Washington), USC (25-2 over Oregon), and Ohio State (22-5 over Tennessee) all came through strong with double-digit wins.  As they say in Little Italy, " 'Atsa lotta HATE!"  Our closest game was Florida State's three point win over Florida .  I guess they had one that DIDN'T go wide right.

In any event, now it's time for Round Three...the "HATE EIGHT".  The rules are the same as before.  You must pick a larger lowlife in each pairing.  Incomplete ballots won't be counted.  Keep in mind that these matchups are based on the ORIGINAL SEEDING that resulted from our "regular season".  I take NO CREDIT for the USC-tOSU or BYU-Idaho pairings.  Wish I could!

There's one bonus to this round...our "Name The Trophy" contest.  The proposed names are listed at the bottom of the ballot.  Just give me your #1 pick.  

I'd like to finish this round by Sunday, November 16 so we can march this along and keep some interest.  That said, HEEEERE WE GO!!!

Pick the team you hate most in each pairing...

UPDATED STANDINGS AS OF 10:00pm ON FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 14!!!

 

#1 Notre Dame vs #8 Florida State  NOTRE DAME LEADS 27-15

#2 USC vs #7 Ohio State  OHIO STATE LEADS 28-14

#3 Miami vs #6 Michigan MIAMI LEADS 25-17

#4 BYU vs #5 Idaho  BYU LEADS 28-14

NAME THE TROPHY (select ONE)

The Al Davis Trophy  3VOTES

The "He Hate Me" Trophy  5 VOTES

The Haterade Cup  3 VOTES

The "You Bastard" Trophy  10 VOTES

The "F- OFF" Cup  4 VOTES

The Detest Crest  3 VOTE

Nothing.  No trophy.  Just call it the Crapple Cup.  9 VOTES

Well, well, well!  We're down to the round of 16 in our Hate Bowl 2008 Playoffs.  Interesting match-ups include one that's already been played on the field (BYU vs UCLA) and one that'll end the regular season in the Sunshine State (Florida vs Florida State).  All in all, there's a LOTTA hate to be had in these brackets. 

I'll set an initial target of Wednesday, November 12 for closing the "Unsweet 16".  Here are your match-ups.  Just post your selections in the comments under this blog.  As with last round, only complete ballots with ALL GAMES SELECTED will be counted.  No hanging chads allowed.

Enjoy!

SCORING UPDATE!!! UPDATED 6:42PM SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 8.  EARLY UPDATE...GOTTA GET READY FOR THE GATOR GAME!

#1 Notre Dame vs #16 Washington  NOTRE DAME LEADS 21-2

#2 USC vs #18 Oregon  USC LEADS 22-1

#3 Miami vs #14 Georgia  MIAMI LEADS 15-8

#4 BYU vs #20 UCLA  BYU LEADS 15-8

#5 Idaho vs #12 Alabama  IDAHO IN A SQUEAKER, 13-10

#6 Michigan vs #11 Auburn  MICHIGAN LEADS 16-7

#7 Ohio State vs #10 Tennessee  OHIO STATE LEADS 18-5

#8 Florida State vs #9 Florida  FLORIDA STATE IN A SQUEAKER 12-11

As Dr. Johnny Fever would say, "HERE IT IS, MY BABIES!"  What we've all been looking for.  Our top four seeds (Notre Dame, Miami, USC, and BYU) all drew a bye for the first round, since we had 28 schools "nominated".  As promised, we have some interesting match-ups...a backyard battle between Ohio State and West Virginia, a match-up featuring two teams destined to battle for the ACC Atlantic Division championship (FSU and Maryland), and a pairing of two teams who could potentially meet in this year's BCS National Championship (Penn State and Georgia...keep in mind that this is written before The World's Largest Outdoor Cocktail Party). 

So here's how it works now.  I give you the matchups.  You give me your picks for each pairing.  By pick, I mean the teams you hate more than the other.  I know some of you won't have any particular feelings about some teams, but COME ON!  IT'S FOR FUN!  I'll set a target of closing out voting on Round One by Friday, November 7 (will move that up or back depending on when incoming votes die off)  So talk amongst yourselves and give me your best hate! 

HERE ARE YOUR FINAL RESULTS FOR ROUND ONE!!  ROUND TWO COMING SOON!!!

SCORES UPDATED AT 6:11PM THURSDAY NOVEMBER 6!!!

#5 Idaho vs #28 Ball State    (Idaho WINS 23-7)

#6 Michigan vs #27 Clemson   (Michigan WINS 21-9)

#7 Ohio State vs #26 West Virginia   (Ohio State WINS 28-2)

#8 Florida State vs #25 Maryland  (Florida State WINS 21-9)

#9 Florida vs #24 Nebraska   (Florida WINS 18-12)

#10 Tennessee vs #23 Boston College  (Tennessee WINS 18-12)

#11 Auburn vs #22 Missouri  (Auburn WINS 21-9)

#12 Alabama vs #21 Colorado   (Alabama WINS 19-11)

#13 Oklahoma vs #20 UCLA   (UCLA WINS 17-13)

#14 Georgia vs #19 Penn State   (Georgia WINS 20-10)

#15 Utah vs #18 Oregon   (Oregon WINS 19-11)

#16 Washington vs #17 Iowa   (Washington WINS 23-7)

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