College Bowl Predictions!!!

Jan 10
NCG
Auburn beats Oregon

Jan 9
Fight Hunger Bowl
Boston College over Nevada

Jan 8
BBUA Compass Bowl
Kentucky over Pitt

Jan 7
Cotton Bowl
LSU over Texas A&M

Jan 6
GoDaddy.Com
Miami (OH) over Middle Tenn St.

Jan 4
Sugar Bowl
Arkansas over OSU

Jan 3
Orange Bowl
Stanford over Virginia Tech

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Jan 1
Ticket City Bowl
Northwestern over Texas Tech

Outback Bowl
Florida over Penn State

Capital One Bowl
Alabama over Michigan St. (Perhaps the most mismatched rating of all match ups)

Gator Bowl
Mississippi St. over Meatchicken

Rose Bowl
Wisconsin over TCU

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Dec 31
Meinche Bowl
South Florida over Clemson

Sun Bowl
Miami over Notre Dame

Liberty Bowl
Georgia over UCF

Chick-fil-A Bowl
South Carolina over Florida St.
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Dec 30
Armed Forces Bowl
SMU over Army

Pinstripe Bowl
Kansas over Syracuse

Music City Bowl
Tennessee over North Carolina

Holiday Bowl
Nebraska over Washington

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Dec 29
Military Bowl
Maryland over East Carolina

Texas Bowl
Illinios over Baylor

Alamo Bowl
Arizona over Oklahoma St.

Too lazy to write my own so I took whodey's and commented next to his picks! (thanks whodey for the hard work!)

Jan 10
NCG
Auburn beats Oregon (Agree)

Jan 9
Fight Hunger Bowl
Boston College over Nevada (Nevada!)

Jan 8
BBUA Compass Bowl
Kentucky over Pitt (agree)

Jan 7
Cotton Bowl
LSU over Texas A&M (A&M!)

Jan 6
GoDaddy.Com
Miami (OH) over Middle Tenn St. (agree)

Jan 4
Sugar Bowl
Arkansas over OSU (OSU all the way!)

Jan 3
Orange Bowl
Stanford over Virginia Tech (no brainer, agree)

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Jan 1
Ticket City Bowl
Northwestern over Texas Tech (agree!)

Outback Bowl
Florida over Penn State (agree)

Capital One Bowl
Alabama over Michigan St. (Perhaps the most mismatched rating of all match ups) (disagree; MSU all the way!)

Gator Bowl
Mississippi St. over Meatchicken (no brainer)

Rose Bowl
Wisconsin over TCU ( TCU all the way!)

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Dec 31
Meinche Bowl
South Florida over Clemson (Clemson!)

Sun Bowl
Miami over Notre Dame ( nah! Notre Dame hands their hineys to them)

Liberty Bowl
Georgia over UCF ( UCF all the way!)

Chick-fil-A Bowl
South Carolina over Florida St. (agree)
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Dec 30
Armed Forces Bowl
SMU over Army (agree)

Pinstripe Bowl
Kansas over Syracuse (ditto)

Music City Bowl
Tennessee over North Carolina (tossup!)

Holiday Bowl
Nebraska over Washington ( Washington)

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Dec 29
Military Bowl
Maryland over East Carolina (ECU all the way!)

Texas Bowl
Illinios over Baylor ( are you for real? no way Illini are up to the task of beating Baylor! Go Bears!)

Alamo Bowl
Arizona over Oklahoma St. (nah! OkST will overrun these Pac10 wannabes!)

Originally posted by whodey
Jan 10
NCG
Auburn beats Oregon

Jan 9
Fight Hunger Bowl
Boston College over Nevada

Jan 8
BBUA Compass Bowl
Kentucky over Pitt

Jan 7
Cotton Bowl
LSU over Texas A&M

Jan 6
GoDaddy.Com
Miami (OH) over Middle Tenn St.

Jan 4
Sugar Bowl
Arkansas over OSU

Jan 3
Orange Bowl
Stanford over Virginia Tech

-------------------------------- ...[text shortened]... over East Carolina

Texas Bowl
Illinios over Baylor

Alamo Bowl
Arizona over Oklahoma St.

There's a bunch of bowls missing from whodey's picks. I'll post picks in ALL the bowls tomorrow.

I thought there were some missing! Thanks no1marauder! Here's my amended list!

Too lazy to write my own so I took whodey's and commented next to his picks! (thanks whodey for the hard work!) semi-thsnka since it was incomplete!

Jan 10
NCG
Auburn beats Oregon (Agree)

Jan 9
Fight Hunger Bowl
Boston College over Nevada (Nevada!)

Jan 8
BBUA Compass Bowl
Kentucky over Pitt (agree)

Jan 7
Cotton Bowl
LSU over Texas A&M (A&M!)

Jan 6
GoDaddy.Com
Miami (OH) over Middle Tenn St. (agree)

Jan 4
Sugar Bowl
Arkansas over OSU (OSU all the way!)

Jan 3
Orange Bowl
Stanford over Virginia Tech (no brainer, agree)

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Jan 1
Ticket City Bowl
Northwestern over Texas Tech (agree!)

Outback Bowl
Florida over Penn State (agree)

Capital One Bowl
Alabama over Michigan St. (Perhaps the most mismatched rating of all match ups) (disagree; MSU all the way!)

Gator Bowl
Mississippi St. over Meatchicken (no brainer)

Rose Bowl
Wisconsin over TCU ( TCU all the way!)

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Dec 31
Meinche Bowl
South Florida over Clemson (Clemson!)

Sun Bowl
Miami over Notre Dame ( nah! Notre Dame hands their hineys to them)

Liberty Bowl
Georgia over UCF ( UCF all the way!)

Chick-fil-A Bowl
South Carolina over Florida St. (agree)
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Dec 30
Armed Forces Bowl
SMU over Army (agree)

Pinstripe Bowl
Kansas over Syracuse (ditto)

Music City Bowl
Tennessee over North Carolina (tossup!)

Holiday Bowl
Nebraska over Washington ( Washington)

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Dec 29
Military Bowl
Maryland over East Carolina (ECU all the way!)

Texas Bowl
Illinios over Baylor ( are you for real? no way Illini are up to the task of beating Baylor! Go Bears!)

Alamo Bowl
Arizona over Oklahoma St. (nah! OkST will overrun these Pac10 wannabes!)

New Mexico Bowl: UTEP over BYU

uDrove Bowl: Fresno State over North Ill.

R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl: Troy over Ohio

Beef 'O' Brady's Bowl St. Petersburg Bowl: Southern Miss over Louisville

MAACO Bowl Las Vegas: Boise St over Utah

San Diego County Credit Union Poinsettia: SDSU over Navy

Sheraton Hawaii Bowl: Tulsa over Hawaii

Little Caesars Bowl: Toledo over FIU

AdvoCare V100 Independence Bowl: Air Force over GTech

Champs Sports Bowl: WVirg over NCSt

Insight Bowl: Mizzou over Iowa

I think that's all the missing ones!

Originally posted by no1marauder
There's a bunch of bowls missing from whodey's picks. I'll post picks in ALL the bowls tomorrow.

Curses!! There are just too darn many of them!!

Since whodey started last to first, I'll go first to last:

New Mexico - BYU over UTEP

Humanitarian - N. Illinois over Fresno St. (Normally MAAC teams do terrible in bowls - 3-16 over the last 5 years - but N. Illinois is a high scoring squad that I think can win a shootout over Fresno St.)

New Orleans - Ohio U. over Troy

Beef O'Brady - S. Miss over Louisville

MAACO - Boise State over Utah (A let down for the Broncos and a Duper Bowl for the Utes; it'll be closer than expected but Boise is still one of the best teams in the country)

Poinsettia - San Diego St. over Navy (Navy usually plays tough in their bowls, but SD St. is a good team that almost knocked off TCU and led Missouri w/ less than a minute to go)

Hawaii - Hawaii over Tulsa (Expect a 52-49 final but Hawaii wins in their own digs)

Little Ceasar's - Florida International over Toledo (I'm not picking 3 MAAC teams to win)

Independence - Air Force over Georgia Tech

Champ Sports - West Virginia over NC St. (The Big East has done very well in these midlevel bowls over the last 5 years and the Mountaineers are the most complete team in that conference)

Insight - Missouri over Iowa (It's going to be a rough year for the Big 10; this looks like a mismatch)

Military - Maryland over East Carolina (Pirates in the Military Bowl is great, but East Carolina gives up more than 43 points a game playing mostly C-USA foes)

Texas - Baylor over Illinois

Alamo - Oklahoma State over Arizona (Arizona a Top Ten team for a while has melted down the stretch. I think it will be a close game though)

Armed Forces - SMU v. Army (June Jones picks up a bowl win)

Pinstripe - Syracuse over Kansas State (Orange win in NYC)

Music City - North Carolina over Tennessee

Holiday - Nebraska over Washington (Huskers destroyed 'em earlier in the year; this one will be closer but same result. Hate bowls which are rematches)

Car Care - Clemson over South Florida (Tigers almost derailed Auburn)

Sun - Notre Dame over Miami(FL) (Kelly has Irish hot at the end)

Liberty - Georgia over Central Florida

Chick-Fil-A- South Carolina over Florida st.

Ticket City - Texas Tech over Northwestern (7-5 Big 12 v. 7-5 Big Ten, but Red Raiders haven't given up 70+ in a game)

Outback - Penn St. over Florida (I changed my mind on this one after Meyer stepped down; Paterno's always tough to go against in a bowl game and the extra turmoil in GatorLand is making me think upset)

Capital One - Alabama over Michigan State ('Bama is still one of the best teams in the country and waxes the pretender Spartans)

Gator - Mississippi St. over Michigan (Wolverines have packed it in)

Go Daddy - Miami (O) over Middle Tennessee (I guess I will pick 3 MAAC teams; Middle Tennessee is the worst team in any bowl)

Cotton - LSU over Texas A&M (Should be a good tight game with two very good defensive teams. I love the Cotton Bowl; how'd it ever it get passed over for the Fiesta as a BCS bowl?)

Compass - Pitt over Kentucky (Pitt's playing well and Kentucky's the worst SEC team to make it to a bowl)

Fight Hunger - Nevada over Boston College (Another WAC win over an AQ conference team)

Rose - TCU over Wisconsin (The Horned Frogs are for real and another midmajor scores a convincing win in a BCS bowl)

Fiesta - Oklahoma over UConn (It'll be closer than expected but Sooners have too much firepower for the Big East champs)

Orange - Stanford over Virginia Tech (Tech's redhot but Andrew Luck is auditioning for pick #1. I think Stanford wins big)

Sugar - Ohio St. over Arkansas (Surprise! I still think the Big Ten isn't a top conference but the Buckeyes have an experienced team that won a BCS bowl last year and the #2 SEC team doesn't always do well in the BCS such as when Bama got blasted by Utah two seasons ago)

BCS Championship - Oregon over Auburn (I think this game is a complete tossup, but the universal laws of Karma say the SEC's reign must end.

Originally posted by whodey
Curses!! There are just too darn many of them!!

Get busy and pick the rest.

Originally posted by no1marauder
There's a bunch of bowls missing from whodey's picks. I'll post picks in ALL the bowls tomorrow.

Here they are:

Dec 18
New Mexico Bowl: BYU over UTEP

New Orleans Bowl: Ohio U over Troy

Humanitarian Bowl: Northern Illinios over Fresno St.

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Dec 21

Beef 'O' Brady's Bowl: Southern Miss over Louisville

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Dec 22

MAACO Bowl: Boise State over Utah

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Dec 24

Hawaii Bowl: Hawaii over Tulsa

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Dec 26

Little Ceaser's Bowl: Toledo over Florida Intl.

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Dec 27

Independence Bowl: Georgia Tech over Air Force

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Dec 28

Champs Bowl: N.C. State over WVU

Insight Bowl: Iowa over Missu.




There, that about does it!! As for the one pick that pains me the most, I will say that I will be rooting for my Buckeyes, however, to overcome history, namely a 0/10 record against SEC teams, is just too hard to overcome my picking them. :'(

Originally posted by whodey
Here they are:

Dec 18
New Mexico Bowl: BYU over UTEP

New Orleans Bowl: Ohio U over Troy

Humanitarian Bowl: Northern Illinios over Fresno St.

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Dec 21

Beef 'O' Brady's Bowl: Southern Miss over Louisville

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Dec 22

MAACO Bow ...[text shortened]... namely a 0/10 record against SEC teams, is just too hard to overcome my picking them. :'(

All good things come to an end; I think Arkansas is ripe for the picking. Besides, I couldn't go against ALL 8 Big Ten teams (though I went with Penn State after Meyer's resignation).

Originally posted by no1marauder
All good things come to an end; I think Arkansas is ripe for the picking. Besides, I couldn't go against ALL 8 Big Ten teams (though I went with Penn State after Meyer's resignation).

should be a great bowl season indeed! I like everyone's picks.

Originally posted by scacchipazzo
should be a great bowl season indeed! I like everyone's picks.

I say we make each bowl game a point each except for the BCS games which will be awarded 2 points.

What does everyone think?

Originally posted by whodey
I say we make each bowl game a point each except for the BCS games which will be awarded 2 points.

What does everyone think?

That runs against my egalitarian principles. 1 point apiece like a couple of years ago. http://www.redhotpawn.com/board/showthread.php?threadid=82114&page=&page=5

New Mexico - BYU

Humanitarian - Fresno St.

New Orleans - Ohio U.

Beef O'Brady - Southern Miss

MAACO - Boise State

Poinsettia - Navy Tough call here going against home field advantage

Hawaii - Hawaii

Little Ceasar's - Toledo

Independence - Air Force

Champ Sports - NC State

Insight - Missouri

Military - Maryland

Texas - Baylor

Alamo - Oklahoma State

Armed Forces - SMU

Pinstripe - Kansas State

Music City - North Carolina

Holiday - Nebraska

Car Care - South Forida

Sun - Notre Dame

Liberty - Georgia

Chick-Fil-A- South Carolina

Ticket City - Texas Tech

Outback - Florida This one could go either way

Capital One - Alabama

Gator - Mississippi St.

Go Daddy - Miami (O)

Cotton - LSU

Compass - Pitt

Fight Hunger - Nevada

Rose - Wisconsin This one could go either way

Fiesta - Oklahoma

Orange - Stanford

Sugar - Ohio St.

BCS Championship - Auburn This one could go either way.

Originally posted by no1marauder
That runs against my egalitarian principles. 1 point apiece like a couple of years ago. http://www.redhotpawn.com/board/showthread.php?threadid=82114&page=&page=5

I wholeheartedly agree. Since we don't like the BCS that much then no wieghted games should be given extra points. Point a piece and that's it!