College Bowl game predictions

Yesterday was the beginning of the end to my favorite sport, college football, with some weird bowls starting it off (Idaho Potato Bowl, wtf?) and more oddballs to come (Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl, wth?).

Regardless of how the teams were selected for various bowl games (not debating the f'ed-up selection methods or why there are some .500 teams even playing this time of year), with three bowls down and 30+ more to come, anybody up for making some game predictions?

Bowl games completed:

New Mexico Bowl - 12/17/11 - Temple (W) vs. Wyoming (L)
Idaho Potato Bowl - 12/17/11 - Ohio (W) vs. Utah State (L)
New Orleans Bowl - 12/17/11 - San Diego State (L) vs. Louisiana-Lafayette (W)

Upcoming bowl games:

Beef 'O' Brady's Bowl - 12/20/11 - Florida International vs. Marshall
Poinsettia Bowl - 12/21/11 - TCU vs. Louisiana Tech
Las Vegas Bowl - 12/22/11 - Arizona State vs. Boise State
Hawaii Bowl - 12/24/11 - Nevada vs. Southern Mississippi
Independence Bowl - 12/26/11 - Missouri vs. North Carolina
Little Caesars Bowl - 12/27/11 - Western Michigan vs. Purdue
Belk Bowl - 12/27/11 - Louisville vs. North Carolina State
Military Bowl - 12/28/11 - Toledo vs. Air Force
Holiday Bowl - 12/28/11 - California vs. Texas
Champs Sports Bowl - 12/29/11 - Florida State vs. Notre Dame
Alamo Bowl - 12/29/11 - Washington vs. Baylor
Armed Forces Bowl - 12/30/11 - BYU vs. Tulsa
Pinstripe Bowl - 12/30/11 - Rutgers vs. Iowa State
Music City Bowl - 12/30/11 - Mississippi State vs. Wake Forest
Insight Bowl - 12/30/11 - Iowa vs. Oklahoma
Meineke Car Care Bowl - 12/31/11 - Texas A&M vs. Northwestern
Sun Bowl - 12/31/11 - Georgia Tech vs. Utah
Liberty Bowl - 12/31/11 - Cincinnati vs. Vanderbilt
Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl - 12/31/11 - Illinois vs. UCLA
Chick-fil-A Bowl - 12/31/11 - Virginia vs. Auburn
TicketCity Bowl - 1/2/12 - Houston vs. Penn State
Outback Bowl - 1/2/12 - Michigan State vs. Georgia
Capital One Bowl - 1/2/12 - Nebraska vs. South Carolina
Gator Bowl - 1/2/12 - Ohio State vs. Florida
Rose Bowl - 1/2/12 - Wisconsin vs. Oregon
Fiesta Bowl - 1/2/12 - Stanford vs. Oklahoma State
Sugar Bowl - 1/3/12 - Michigan vs. Virginia Tech
Orange Bowl - 1/4/12 - West Virginia vs. Clemson
Cotton Bowl - 1/6/12 - Kansas State vs. Arkansas
Compass Bowl - 1/7/12 - SMU vs. Pittsburgh
Godaddy.com Bowl - 1/8/12 - Arkansas State vs. Northern Illinois
BCS National Championship - 1/9/12 - Alabama vs. LSU

My predictions:

Beef 'O' Brady's Bowl - 12/20/11 - Florida International
Poinsettia Bowl - 12/21/11 - TCU
Las Vegas Bowl - 12/22/11 - Boise State
Hawaii Bowl - 12/24/11 - Southern Mississippi
Independence Bowl - 12/26/11 - Missouri
Little Caesars Bowl - 12/27/11 - Western Michigan
Belk Bowl - 12/27/11 - North Carolina State
Military Bowl - 12/28/11 - Toledo
Holiday Bowl - 12/28/11 - California
Champs Sports Bowl - 12/29/11 - Florida State
Alamo Bowl - 12/29/11 - Baylor
Armed Forces Bowl - 12/30/11 - BYU
Pinstripe Bowl - 12/30/11 - Rutgers
Music City Bowl - 12/30/11 - Mississippi State
Insight Bowl - 12/30/11 - Oklahoma
Meineke Car Care Bowl - 12/31/11 - Texas A&M vs.
Sun Bowl - 12/31/11 - Georgia Tech
Liberty Bowl - 12/31/11 - Cincinnati
Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl - 12/31/11 - Illinois
Chick-fil-A Bowl - 12/31/11 - Virginia
TicketCity Bowl - 1/2/12 - Houston
Outback Bowl - 1/2/12 - Georgia
Capital One Bowl - 1/2/12 - South Carolina
Gator Bowl - 1/2/12 - Florida
Rose Bowl - 1/2/12 - Wisconsin
Fiesta Bowl - 1/2/12 - Oklahoma State
Sugar Bowl - 1/3/12 - Virginia Tech
Orange Bowl - 1/4/12 - Clemson
Cotton Bowl - 1/6/12 - Arkansas
Compass Bowl - 1/7/12 - Pittsburgh
Godaddy.com Bowl - 1/8/12 - Arkansas State
BCS National Championship - 1/9/12 - LSU

No need to rip on any particular team...I don't care who wins as I don't follow any one team with rabid intensity and all my selections are guesses for the most part. Going to miss Saturday football when this is all over.

I predict South Carolina will finally get their shit together in a bowl game and beat Nebraska!

Woo Hoo go cocks!

Don't really care about any of the other games.

Only game I care about:
Alamo Bowl - 12/29/11 - Washington vs. Baylor

Good picks. Except Ohio state is gonna ass rape Florida

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Oh man ohio state might finally beat a sec team in a bowl game!

Seriously. Florida is terrible this year, 3-5 in the SEC.

But then Again, Ohio State also went 3-5 in the Big Ten.

3-0 in two pickems. YAAAAAABOYYY

Originally posted by: Allen
Seriously. Florida is terrible this year, 3-5 in the SEC.

But then Again, Ohio State also went 3-5 in the Big Ten.

By comparison, Florida is like a BCS champ team!

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Originally posted by: Allen
Seriously. Florida is terrible this year, 3-5 in the SEC.

But then Again, Ohio State also went 3-5 in the Big Ten.

There are four bowl games with opposing teams with 6-6 (or worse) records and the Florida/Ohio State game is one of them. Almost a coin toss for the pick but gave a small edge to Florida just because the game is in Jacksonville.

The biggest bowl joke of the year imo is the Las Vegas Bowl. 6-6 Arizona State vs. 11-1 Boise State? I mean, wtf?

Originally posted by: Dead One

Originally posted by: Allen
Seriously. Florida is terrible this year, 3-5 in the SEC.

But then Again, Ohio State also went 3-5 in the Big Ten.

There are four bowl games with opposing teams with 6-6 (or worse) records and the Florida/Ohio State game is one of them. Almost a coin toss for the pick but gave a small edge to Florida just because the game is in Jacksonville.

The biggest bowl joke of the year imo is the Las Vegas Bowl. 6-6 Arizona State vs. 11-1 Boise State? I mean, wtf?

Dont forget Florida lost their OC for this game, so theyll have an all new play caller. Vegas had OSU at +8, I put money on it, seems like easy money to me.

Doing this just for fun, can't be any worse than I was at the NFL picks a couple of years ago...or can I?

Mine

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