Pigskin Pickers conclude season with college bowl/playoff games
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December 20, 2024

Pigskin Pickers conclude season with college bowl/playoff games

By Tim Miller 

The 2024 Pigskin Pickers season is coming to an end.

This is our college football bowl column, which for the first year includes the opening-round games of the College Football Playoff.

The first few bowl games have already been played and are not included in this list.

As far as the CFP, only the open...

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Jonathan Alder’s Caroline Timberlake (2) takes a shot while being guarded by an opposing Wildcat during the first half of play. (Journal-Tribune photo by Aleksei Pavloff)
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Jonathan Alder’s Caroline Timberlake (2) takes a shot while being guarded by an opposing Wildcat during the first half of play. (Journal-Tribune photo by Aleksei Pavloff)
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Jonathan Alder’s Byron Byerly (32) scores inside the paint after getting past Wildcat defenders during the first half of action. The sophomore Pioneer accounted for eight points in the team’s loss to Hilliard Davidson. (Journal-Tribune photo by Aleksei Pavloff)
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