From The Rumble Seat · Jan 7, 2022
The Binion Index: After the Bowls
Binion Index Bowl Performance
When we first shared bowl picks from TBI, we mentioned the need during bowl season to be particularly attuned to opt-outs and other significant roster shifts. Those changes led me to make a manual adjustment to the picks for 6 bowl games:
Dropping Oregon by 14 points, as they were missing up to 31 players by the day of the game
Dropping Pitt by 6 points because of the absence of Kenny Pickett
Dropping Arizona State by 6 points because of cluster opt outs at RB and CB
Dropping Rutgers by 6 points because of limited practice and travel difficulties
Dropping Ohio State by 4 points because of cluster opt out at WR