Strickland takes pick 'em lead

Hal Strickland took sole possession of first place in the Irish Trojan Bowl Pick 'em Contest moments ago as Mississippi State beat Central Florida, 10-3 in the Liberty Bowl.

Strickland picked Penn State in the evening's final game, the Alamo Bowl against Texas A&M. But he will stay in first place at the end of the night even if the Aggies win.

Mark Gardner and 2005-06 pick 'em winner Brian Dupuis are tied for second place, one point behind Strickland. They also picked Penn State, as did Scott Fort, Courtney Tawresey and D. Brooks, who are tied for fourth place, two back of Strickland.

All of the bowls for the remainder of 2007 are worth two points each; the non-BCS New Year's Day bowls are worth three apiece; and the BCS bowls are worth five each. Current standings after the jump.

1. Hal Strickland - 14
2. Mark Gardner - 13
2. Brian Dupuis (DUP) - 13
4. DBrooks - 12
4. Scott Fort - 12
4. Courtney Tawresey - 12
7. AnthonyH - 11
7. chris healey - 11
7. JLR - 11
7. Timugen - 11
7. Steve C. - 11
7. Jeff Morrison - 11
7. Lisa Velte - 11
7. Rick Boeckler - 11
7. Seth - 11
7. Gerry deSimas - 11
7. Joel Thrift - 11
7. Andy Matthews - 11
7. Derek Walden - 11
7. Wobbly H - 11
7. Joey Kaufman - 11
7. Ken Stern - 11
7. Scott Robertson - 11
24. Jacque\' Wicker - 10
24. Johanna Cummings - 10
24. Buzz Lightyear - 10
24. Rob Atherton - 10
24. Andrew Long - 10
24. Matt Higgins - 10
24. Lane Buchan - 10
24. Jeremy K - 10
24. MT Swanson - 10
24. John Chung - 10
24. Andrew H - 10
24. Sergio Lopez - 10
36. Marty West - 9
36. Rachel L. - 9
36. edward eylar - 9
36. David K. - 9
36. Sandy Underpants - 9
36. Randy S - 9
36. Colin Son (CT) - 9
36. Anonymous Hoosier - 9
36. Scientizzle - 9
36. Jeff Dickens - 9
36. Trisha Neudorff - 9
36. Kay Torg - 9
48. Kate P. - 8
48. thebeef - 8
48. Anaconda - 8
48. Nate Djordjevic - 8
48. Colin Pedicini - 8
48. Bill P - 8
48. william arthur - 8
48. scott paine - 8
48. USC 2L - 8
48. Mike Donahue - 8
48. Chris - 8
48. Dan Dinunzio - 8
48. Benjamin Sloniker - 8
48. Russ - 8
48. Sam W - 8
48. Garry Moon - 8
64. Shireen Garcia - 7
64. Jeff Freeze - 7
64. Dean Thor - 7
64. Jay Johnson - 7
64. Jennifer Elam - 7
64. Jordan Pinjuv - 7
64. Mike Dagen - 7
64. BK - 7
64. C. Bassett - 7
64. Christine P. - 7
64. Jeff V - 7
64. Sean Sullivan - 7
64. Greg Plank - 7
64. Mike Wiser - 7
64. Becky Loy - 7
64. Alphadog - 7
64. Larry Caplin - 7
81. Pat Caplin - 6
81. Antonia Namnath - 6
81. TS Kelso - 6
81. Bill Reising - 6
81. Brendan Loy - 6
81. Victoria Lopez - 6
81. Marge - 6
88. Joanna Rubin - 5
88. Rob M - 5
88. Kevin Hauschulz - 5