Bowlicious Picks

Sooo Sad. The final Picks blog of the year. Oh well. Keep that chinnychinchin up. The Bowls start TOMORROW! huh?
Maybe next year Georgia will be good and playing in a bowl game that doesn't want me to stick a yule log into my eye. With no further ado..........

New Mexico Bowl: BYU v UTEP. The New Mexico Bowl? Maybe if they instead held this in Cabo and called it the Old Mexico Bowl, people might actually WANT to go. BYU

Humanitarian Bowl: Northern Illinois v Fresno State. Played on the blue turf. It is my hope that the bands for these two schools "accidentally" spill a bunch of green paint on the turf. But that likely won't happen. Instead NIU will win.

New Orleans Bowl: Ohio v Troy. A trucking company sponsors this bowl. I just wish that trucking company would come to Atlanta and pick up all of the dregs of Nawlins that came over after Katrina and take them back to their city. Troy.

Beef O'Brady Bowl: Southern Miss v Louisville. I've never eaten at a Beef O'Bradys, but if they can only afford a bowl in Tampa, I don't think I'm missing much. Louisville.

Las Vegas: 19 Utah v 10 Boise State. How ironical is it that Boise State loses to Nevada and then has to go BACK to the state for its bowl game. SUCK IT Broncos! After you lose here, get ready to lose to Georgia in the Dome next year! Wait, BSU will beat Utah. OK, so get ready to lose to Georgia ANYWAY next year!

Poinsettia Bowl: Navy v San Diego State. SDSU becomes bowl eligible for the first time in ages...and they travel about 15 minutes for their bowl game. BUT, the game is played in San Diego aka a Whale's Vajayjay, so I wouldn't be complaining. Navy wins

Hawaii Bowl: 24 Hawaii v Tulsa. Nothing says Christmas Eve QUITE like the Hawaii playing in the Hawaii bowl. remember when Colt Brennan and company got their poop pushed in by Georgia much to the chagrin of FOX in the 2007-08 Sugar Bowl? I do. I would ask Colt Brennan but....(what, too soon?) FINE. Hawaii wins.

Lil Caesars Bowl: FIU v Toledo. I love Little Caesars. Period. I will watch this bowl WITH Crazy Bread and a $5 pepperoni pizza. I LOVE Lil Caesars. And in this game...Toledo. Hopefully they give the winners a trophy with Crazy Bread in it.

Independence Bowl: Air Force v GT. I remember when the Yellow Jackets were mocking the Dawg fans for going to the Independence Bowl. Suck it. Tech does win this one though.

Champs Sports Bowl: 22 West Va v NC State. So we get to see a neutered Bill Stewart on the sidelines. WOW. That will be neat. And Noel Devine, who has to be 36 by now will run all over NC State. Sorry Pack, but I'm going with the Neers.

Insight Bowl: 12 Mizzou v Iowa. I want to take Iowa but I simply cannot. I'm going with Mizzou in the Insight Bowl. Sorry I couldn't give you anymore of the bowl's namesake for this matchup. RIMSHOT!

Military Bowl: Maryland v ECU. This is one of two Military/Armed Forces bowls. I appreciate what the military is doing for our country, but maybe college football doesn't. You honor our troops with THIS crappy matchup? Maryland and ECU? Come on. These guys are fighting for us. You give them the Pirates and the Terps? Child Please. Terps win.

Texas Bowl: Illinois v Baylor. I drove through Waco recently. It was kinda cool but nothing was on fire. A bit disappointing. I am still taking Baylor though for this one.

Alamo Bowl: 14 Okie State v Arizona. The Cowboys lost their OC, but that's OK because they still have Mike Gundy, who is a man and I believe 43 at this point. Sorry Mike Stoops but I cannot see you ending your recent skid. Okie State wins the Pierce Bowl (my in-laws' alma mater vs where they currently reside).

Armed Forces Bowl. Army v SMU. This matchup doesn't honor our troops much more than the Maryland game. That 30-30 documentary was pretty good though. SMU.

Pinstripe Bowl: K-State v Syracuse. REALLY? we REALLY needed to have a bowl at Yankees stadium? This was necessary? Come on. K-State wins just to spit on New Yorkers everywhere.

Music City Bowl: UNC v Tennessee. So UNC has about six more players that will miss the bowl game. Come on Butch. Get a grip on your program. Tennessee wins this one because its coach will have the team playing like the Germans in 1940, not in 1945.

Holiday Bowl: 18 Nebraska v Washington. These two have already played once this season. Why will this game be ANY different. Nebraska rolls.

Meineke Car Care bowl: SoFla v Klimpsen. Dabo is my favorite ACC coach but he could be coaching against his replacement with Skip Holtz. Think about it: Ties to the state, traditional name, solid play-caller. Hmmmm. Dabo might need to win this to keep his job. And the Tigers just have soo much more talent. At least they should...

Sun Bowl: Notre Dame v Miami. Crappy overrated team v team without its next head coach. Ummm, I'm going with Rudy's alma mater. Miami is in disarray. ND isn't good, but they at least have their regular coach.

Liberty Bowl: Georgia v UCF. The last time these two got together, a missed extra point let Georgia escape with a 24-23 win. I should have known right then, my freshman year at Georgia, that I'd be in for a lifetime of heartbreak. Georgia wins. And PS, for more coverage of Georgia, head to www.chuckoliver.net. Also, I want it on the record: I want Richt to win and win big. i want him as Georgia's coach. I want HIM to be the one that turns it around again. i want him, not muschamp, mullen, etc., to be the coach for a long and successful time. We'll see.

Chick-fil-A Bowl: 23 FSU v 20 South Carolina. What a letdown for both of these teams. Both played in their respective conference championship games. FSU is probably a little happier to be here though. I've got to go with SoCar though as Ponder is likely out for the Noles. Though they'll have a shot because Garcia is IN for the Gamecocks. Lattimore is too much though.

Ticketcity Bowl: Texas Tech v Northwestern. Sorry to my pxp partner but I've got to go with Tubs here. They can pass and he'll outcoach Fitz just because Tubs is an SEC-level coach and NU cannot beat the SEC.

Capital One: 16 Bama v 9 Michigan State. Hey Sparty, you are probably boasting that Tri-Big 10 champions card but if you had just taken care of business v Iowa....and if you couldn't beat Iowa, how will you beat Bama? You think your coach had a heart attack against ND. Wait until Ingram runs all over them....

Outback Bowl: Florida v Penn State. Urban's last dance...maybe. Apparently he'll stick around Gainesville with an office on campus and help Muschamp with recruiting. I am sure Will is going to LOVE that. PS, Brantley's last go as Florida's QB? Probably with Driskel coming in. Do we REALLY think that the Student Body's new alma mater can win this? I would LOVE to pick Paul State U, but Florida wins. Sorry Body

Gator Bowl: 21 Miss State v Michigan. Two words: Denard Robinson. Michigan wins. And we may have to replace Greg Shiano with Dan Mullen, in terms of turning down a plum to stay at your hellhole.

Rose: 5 Wisco v 3 TCU. Really? Andy Dalton and the Horney Frogs against a team that put up 80+ a few weeks back? Wisco will run and pass and run and run and run all over the horney toads.

Fiesta: UConn v 7 Oklahoma. The Huskies aren't even ranked. Repeat: UConn isn't even ranked. Why is a team in a BCS bowl NOT RANKED? I think Sparty just slit his wrists. Sooners BOOM UConn by 90 as Bob tries to earn back the Big Game title.

Orange Bowl: 4 Stanford v 13 VaTech. This one is sponsored by Discover Card. Does ANY store take the Discover card? Will Discover try and pay the schools with a Discover card, only to have both Stanford and VaTech say, umm, we do Visa, Amex and Mastercard, you know, REAL credit cards. Can you provide some OTHER form of REAL payment? Confederate currency perhaps? Stanford wins and then Jim Harbaugh goes immediately to the 49ers.

Sugar Bowl: 6 Ohio State v 8 Arkansas. Oh, because Ohio State has SUCH success against the SEC in BCS bowl games.....Arkansas wins this one and Mallet goes off to the Redskins.

godaddy.com bowl: MTSU v Miami (OH). Didn't miami (oh) just lose its coach to Pitt? For that reason, I'll take MTSU. PS, maybe Godaddy.com should try and gets some attractive spokeswomen? Danica and Jillian are NOT lookers. Quit trying to tell me they are!

Cotton Bowl: 11 LSU v 17 Texas A&M. I read that Pat Forde of ESPN.com is actually picking TAMU. I watched Georgia lay waste to the Aggies last year. And beating Texas doesn't mean you are good. I'm going with LSU. They have better players, better coaches, better everything.

Compass Bowl: Pitt v Kentucky. Put on your Hartline was popped for DUI so he won't play. Doesn't matter. Kentucky still has Randall Cobb. That is enough. Bye Bye Wanny.

Fight Hunger Bowl: 15 Nevada v BC. Nevada, you beat Boise State but could ONLY manage the Fight Hunger Bowl? I will root for you anyways. Nevada.

BCS Title game: 2 Oregon v 1 Auburn. I thought Karma would rear its ugly head against Bama but karma is certainly going to come into play after that Heisman speech. What was that? Cam Newton was HORRIBLE in that speech. Couldn't someone have helped him with that? Ducks win, which is fine because imagine the Auburn fans in four years when the NCAA takes away this season. They'd be talking about it forever, just like they do with 2004. This way, the NCAA won't have to worry about it.

That's it. Have a great bowl-watching season.