So, what was your secret? Were you just lucky? Or do you do well every year because of your incredible football intellect?
No one does well every year because of superior football intellect.
For the most part, I picked the teams I thought had the better players. I did not believe the MAC hype, realized the Sun Belt programs have really moved ahead, separated the real strength of the SEC from the pretenders, etc.
I only went with 5 underdogs the entire bowl season, but I was right on 4 of them (only missing Rutgers)
Always a bit of luck involved, and I got hot at the end - only missed two games after December 30 (Florida and LSU) ... even picking straight up, 14-2 is a ridiculous hot streak.