Bowl Predictions

[NoMoneyDown]

Anyone want to take a stab at who will win each bowl game this year? I'm still looking, but will post my predictions here soon.

[Thunder Dan]

12/20 Poinsetta Navy vs Utah
12/21 New Orleans Florida Atlantic vs Memphis
12/22 Papajohns.com Cincinnati vs Southern Miss
12/22 New Mexico New Mexico vs Nevada
12/22 Las Vegas UCLA vs Brigham Young
12/23 Hawaii East Carolina vs Boise St
12/26 Motor City Central Michigan vs Purdue
12/27 Holiday Arizona State vs Texas
12/28 Champs Sports Boston College vs Michigan St
12/28 Texas Houston vs Texas Christian
12/28 Emerald Maryland vs Oregon State 7:30
12/29 Meineke Connecticut vs Wake Forest
12/29 Liberty Central Florida vs Miss. St
12/29 Alamo Penn State vs Texas A&M
12/30 Independence Colorado vs Alabama
12/31 Armed Forces Air Force vs California
12/31 Humanitarian Georgia Tech vs Fresno St
12/31 Sun South Florida vs Oregon
12/31 Music City Florida State vs Kentucky
12/31 Insight Indiana vs Oklahoma State
12/31 Chick-fil-A Clemson vs Auburn
1/1 Outback Tennessee vs Wisconsin
1/1 Cotton Arkansas vs Missouri
1/1 Capital One Florida vs Michigan
1/1 Gator Texas Tech vs Virginia
1/1 Rose Southern Cal. vs Illinois
1/1 Sugar Hawaii vs Georgia
1/2 Fiesta Oklahoma vs West Virginia
1/3 Orange Virginia Tech vs Kansas
1/5 International Ball State vs Rutgers
1/6 GMAC Bowling Green vs Tulsa
1/7 BCS Champ Louisiana St vs Ohio St


Picked some upsets

[samikeyp]

12/20 Poinsetta Navy vs Utah 8:00 ESPN
12/21 New Orleans Florida Atlantic vs Memphis 7:00 ESPN2
12/22 Papajohns.com Cincinnati vs Southern Miss 12:00 ESPN2
12/22 New Mexico New Mexico vs Nevada 4:30 ESPN
12/22 Las Vegas UCLA vs Brigham Young 7:00 ESPN
12/23 Hawaii East Carolina vs Boise St 7:00 ESPN
12/26 Motor City Central Michigan vs Purdue 6:30 ESPN
12/27 Holiday Arizona State vs Texas 7:00 ESPN
12/28 Champs Sports Boston College vs Michigan St 4:00 ESPN
12/28 Texas Houston vs Texas Christian 7:00 NFL
12/28 Emerald Maryland vs Oregon State 7:30 ESPN
12/29 Meineke Connecticut vs Wake Forest 12:00 ESPN
12/29 Liberty Central Florida vs Miss. St 3:30 ESPN
12/29 Alamo Penn State vs Texas A&M 7:00 ESPN
12/30 Independence Colorado vs Alabama 7:00 ESPN
12/31 Armed Forces Air Force vs California 11:30 ESPN
12/31 Humanitarian Georgia Tech vs Fresno St 1:00 ESPN2
12/31 Sun South Florida vs Oregon 1:00 CBS
12/31 Music City Florida State vs Kentucky 3:00 ESPN
12/31 Insight Indiana vs Oklahoma State 4:30 NFL
12/31 Chick-fil-A Clemson vs Auburn 6:30 ESPN
1/1 Outback Tennessee vs Wisconsin 10:00 ESPN
1/1 Cotton Arkansas vs Missouri 10:30 FOX
1/1 Capital One Florida vs Michigan 12:00 ABC
1/1 Gator Texas Tech vs Virginia 12:00 CBS
1/1 Rose Southern Cal. vs Illinois 3:30 ABC
1/1 Sugar Hawaii vs Georgia 7:30 FOX
1/2 Fiesta Oklahoma vs West Virginia 7:00 FOX
1/3 Orange Virginia Tech vs Kansas 7:00 FOX
1/5 International Ball State vs Rutgers 11:00 ESPN2
1/6 GMAC Bowling Green vs Tulsa 7:00 ESPN
1/7 BCS Champ Louisiana St vs Ohio St 7:00 FOX

[SrA Husker]

12/20 Poinsetta Navy vs Utah
12/21 New Orleans Florida Atlantic vs Memphis
12/22 Papajohns.com Cincinnati vs Southern Miss
12/22 New Mexico New Mexico vs Nevada
12/22 Las Vegas UCLA vs Brigham Young
12/23 Hawaii East Carolina vs Boise St
12/26 Motor City Central Michigan vs Purdue
12/27 Holiday Arizona State vs Texas
12/28 Champs Sports Boston College vs Michigan St
12/28 Texas Houston vs Texas Christian
12/28 Emerald Maryland vs Oregon State 7:30
12/29 Meineke Connecticut vs Wake Forest
12/29 Liberty Central Florida vs Miss. St
12/29 Alamo Penn State vs Texas A&M
12/30 Independence Colorado vs Alabama
12/31 Armed Forces Air Force vs California
12/31 Humanitarian Georgia Tech vs Fresno St
12/31 Sun South Florida vs Oregon
12/31 Music City Florida State vs Kentucky
12/31 Insight Indiana vs Oklahoma State
12/31 Chick-fil-A Clemson vs Auburn
1/1 Outback Tennessee vs Wisconsin
1/1 Cotton Arkansas vs Missouri
1/1 Capital One Florida vs Michigan
1/1 Gator Texas Tech vs Virginia
1/1 Rose Southern Cal. vs Illinois
1/1 Sugar Hawaii vs Georgia
1/2 Fiesta Oklahoma vs West Virginia
1/3 Orange Virginia Tech vs Kansas
1/5 International Ball State vs Rutgers
1/6 GMAC Bowling Green vs Tulsa
1/7 BCS Champ Louisiana St vs Ohio St

[NoMoneyDown]

12/20 Poinsetta Navy vs Utah
12/21 New Orleans Florida Atlantic vs Memphis
12/22 Papajohns.com Cincinnati vs Southern Miss
12/22 New Mexico New Mexico vs Nevada
12/22 Las Vegas UCLA vs Brigham Young
12/23 Hawaii East Carolina vs Boise St
12/26 Motor City Central Michigan vs Purdue
12/27 Holiday Arizona State vs Texas
12/28 Champs Sports Boston College vs Michigan St
12/28 Texas Houston vs Texas Christian
12/28 Emerald Maryland vs Oregon State 7:30
12/29 Meineke Connecticut vs Wake Forest
12/29 Liberty Central Florida vs Miss. St
12/29 Alamo Penn State vs Texas A&M
12/30 Independence Colorado vs Alabama
12/31 Armed Forces Air Force vs California
12/31 Humanitarian Georgia Tech vs Fresno St
12/31 Sun South Florida vs Oregon
12/31 Music City Florida State vs Kentucky
12/31 Insight Indiana vs Oklahoma State
12/31 Chick-fil-A Clemson vs Auburn
1/1 Outback Tennessee vs Wisconsin
1/1 Cotton Arkansas vs Missouri
1/1 Capital One Florida vs Michigan
1/1 Gator Texas Tech vs Virginia
1/1 Rose Southern Cal. vs Illinois
1/1 Sugar Hawaii vs Georgia
1/2 Fiesta Oklahoma vs West Virginia
1/3 Orange Virginia Tech vs Kansas
1/5 International Ball State vs Rutgers
1/6 GMAC Bowling Green vs Tulsa
1/7 BCS Champ Louisiana St vs Ohio St

I agree with all your's except the following:

1/1 Outback Tennessee vs Wisconsin
1/2 Fiesta Oklahoma vs West Virginia

[RonMexico]

I hope West Va. rebounds and destroys Oklahoma so I can stop hearing from Sooner nation how much they got shafted, even though they lost to two unranked teams this year.

My roommate (from OU) said with a straight face yesterday that they're the "best team in the nation."

[AFE7FATMAN]

Is there a national contest? I couldn't find one in MYSA.Com, SI or ESPN.
Could someone start a poll in the Club, to get more people,to partake,or maybe Kori
could do it. Winner gets bragging rights or whatever.

[Indazone]

1/1 Sugar Hawaii vs Georgia

That's not a bad Bowl game. I hope they kick the tar outta Georgia. If they can beat Arkansas a team that just beat LSU then I think they can hang with anybody in the country.

[LaMarcus Bryant]

I hope West Va. rebounds and destroys Oklahoma so I can stop hearing from Sooner nation how much they got shafted, even though they lost to two unranked teams this year.

My roommate (from OU) said with a straight face yesterday that they're the "best team in the nation."

It's amazing how delusional OU fans are. It's like they're all on the same crack that Venables uses. I heard two of them at the liquor store on saturday saying how after they beat Mizzou no doubt they will be ranked number 1.

[spursRgay]

12/20 Poinsetta Navy vs Utah 8:00 ESPN
12/21 New Orleans Florida Atlantic vs Memphis 7:00 ESPN2
12/22 Papajohns.com Cincinnati vs Southern Miss 12:00 ESPN2
12/22 New Mexico New Mexico vs Nevada 4:30 ESPN
12/22 Las Vegas UCLA vs Brigham Young 7:00 ESPN
12/23 Hawaii East Carolina vs Boise St 7:00 ESPN
12/26 Motor City Central Michigan vs Purdue 6:30 ESPN
12/27 Holiday Arizona State vs Texas 7:00 ESPN
12/28 Champs Sports Boston College vs Michigan St 4:00 ESPN
12/28 Texas Houston vs Texas Christian 7:00 NFL
12/28 Emerald Maryland vs Oregon State 7:30 ESPN
12/29 Meineke Connecticut vs Wake Forest 12:00 ESPN
12/29 Liberty Central Florida vs Miss. St 3:30 ESPN
12/29 Alamo Penn State vs Texas A&M 7:00 ESPN
12/30 Independence Colorado vs Alabama 7:00 ESPN
12/31 Armed Forces Air Force vs California 11:30 ESPN
12/31 Humanitarian Georgia Tech vs Fresno St 1:00 ESPN2
12/31 Sun South Florida vs Oregon 1:00 CBS
12/31 Music City Florida State vs Kentucky 3:00 ESPN
12/31 Insight Indiana vs Oklahoma State 4:30 NFL
12/31 Chick-fil-A Clemson vs Auburn 6:30 ESPN
1/1 Outback Tennessee vs Wisconsin 10:00 ESPN
1/1 Cotton Arkansas vs Missouri 10:30 FOX
1/1 Capital One Florida vs Michigan 12:00 ABC
1/1 Gator Texas Tech vs Virginia 12:00 CBS
1/1 Rose Southern Cal. vs Illinois 3:30 ABC
1/1 Sugar Hawaii vs Georgia 7:30 FOX
1/2 Fiesta Oklahoma vs West Virginia 7:00 FOX
1/3 Orange Virginia Tech vs Kansas 7:00 FOX
1/5 International Ball State vs Rutgers 11:00 ESPN2
1/6 GMAC Bowling Green vs Tulsa 7:00 ESPN
1/7 BCS Champ Louisiana St vs Ohio St 7:00 FOX

[johngateswhiteley]

what contest did we do last time? ...the one i won, btw. i have to defend my le.

[BeerIsGood!]

The only one that means anything is a definite route in the making, LSU owns this game if they played today, tomorrow, or two months from now.

What's Arizona St's history in meaningless bowl games? Somehow I think they tend to choke when they get there, so I actually like our " tiest team since '98" to pop them, and that's much more of a slight and complete disrepect towards Arizona St. because I think they truly suck. I know we suck, but I think they suck worse. They have to prove otherwise to me. All other bowls aren't even worth my time.

[RonMexico]

Arizona State has a decent record in bowl games - they only lost the Hawaii Bowl last year because, well, they were playing Hawaii and had a lame-duck coach. Their last trip to the Holiday Bowl was a 34-27 loss to a K-State team that ended the season ranked in the top 10. They beat Purdue in the Sun and Rutgers in the Insight in their other two recent bowls.

I also wouldn't call the bowl that most people consider better than some BCS matchups this year to be "meaningless."

[BeerIsGood!]

Arizona State has a decent record in bowl games - they only lost the Hawaii Bowl last year because, well, they were playing Hawaii and had a lame-duck coach. Their last trip to the Holiday Bowl was a 34-27 loss to a K-State team that ended the season ranked in the top 10. They beat Purdue in the Sun and Rutgers in the Insight in their other two recent bowls.

I also wouldn't call the bowl that most people consider better than some BCS matchups this year to be "meaningless."

If it doesn't determine a champion, and the winner of the game doesn't have a chance to later become champion, then it's meaningless except for the people who actually paid money to attend either ins ution... OR to the people who care about games that lead you absolutely nowhere. The NC game is a horrible matchup, but it leads somewhere and determines something. All the other games are all fluff and no substance. You win and whoooooopie, you get nada. You lose and you get nada.

[RonMexico]

So how is any bowl other than the NC "worth your time"? If Texas wins, I don't want you posting about the win or cheering for that team since it's meaningless.

[Thunder Dan]

The only one that means anything is a definite route in the making, LSU owns this game if they played today, tomorrow, or two months from now.

I think the Buckeyes' 'route' to the game is by airplane and then I bet they drive from the airport once they land.

[romad_20]

1/1 Sugar Hawaii vs Georgia

That's not a bad Bowl game. I hope they kick the tar outta Georgia. If they can beat Arkansas a team that just beat LSU then I think they can hang with anybody in the country.

When did they beat Arkansas? They beat Alabama a few years ago.... but they are not going to kick the tar out of UGA. That's very wishful thinking.

Correction they lost to Alabama 2 years ago.


Under June Jones, the Warriors are 8-10 against B.C.S. conference compe ion. During that span, the Warriors have gone 0-3 against major conference opponents on the mainland, falling to Southern California in Los Angeles in 2003, to Michigan State in East Lansing in 2005, and to Alabama in Tuscaloosa in 2006.

No Mark Richt-coached Georgia team has ever lost a non-conference game to a team from outside a B.C.S. conference

Remember Boise State from 05. UGA was suppose to have a close game with them and we saw how that turned out.

[BeerIsGood!]

So how is any bowl other than the NC "worth your time"? If Texas wins, I don't want you posting about the win or cheering for that team since it's meaningless.

I'm one of the people who paid money to attend UT so its fairly meaningful. Read what I wrote.

[BeerIsGood!]

I'm one of the people who paid money to attend UT so its fairly meaningful. Read what I wrote.

Here's the problem, these bowl games are meaningless to everyone whose team isn't playing. Make some of these Bowls part of a playoff system and they mean something to most football fans

[Horry For 3!]

12/20 Poinsetta Navy vs Utah
12/21 New Orleans Florida Atlantic vs Memphis
12/22 Papajohns.com Cincinnati vs Southern Miss
12/22 New Mexico New Mexico vs Nevada
12/22 Las Vegas UCLA vs Brigham Young
12/23 Hawaii East Carolina vs Boise St
12/26 Motor City Central Michigan vs Purdue
12/27 Holiday Arizona State vs Texas
12/28 Champs Sports Boston College vs Michigan St
12/28 Texas Houston vs Texas Christian
12/28 Emerald Maryland vs Oregon State 7:30
12/29 Meineke Connecticut vs Wake Forest
12/29 Liberty Central Florida vs Miss. St
12/29 Alamo Penn State vs Texas A&M
12/30 Independence Colorado vs Alabama
12/31 Armed Forces Air Force vs California
12/31 Humanitarian Georgia Tech vs Fresno St
12/31 Sun South Florida vs Oregon
12/31 Music City Florida State vs Kentucky
12/31 Insight Indiana vs Oklahoma State
12/31 Chick-fil-A Clemson vs Auburn
1/1 Outback Tennessee vs Wisconsin
1/1 Cotton Arkansas vs Missouri
1/1 Capital One Florida vs Michigan
1/1 Gator Texas Tech vs Virginia
1/1 Rose Southern Cal. vs Illinois
1/1 Sugar Hawaii vs Georgia
1/2 Fiesta Oklahoma vs West Virginia
1/3 Orange Virginia Tech vs Kansas
1/5 International Ball State vs Rutgers
1/6 GMAC Bowling Green vs Tulsa
1/7 BCS Champ Louisiana St vs Ohio St

[Thunder Dan]

Here's the problem, these bowl games are meaningless to everyone whose team isn't playing. Make some of these Bowls part of a playoff system and they mean something to most football fans

did you just reply to yourself on your own argument?

[BeerIsGood!]

did you just reply to yourself on your own argument?

no, I accentuated what I said. Made a point off of it.

[RonMexico]

Here's the problem, these bowl games are meaningless to everyone whose team isn't playing. Make some of these Bowls part of a playoff system and they mean something to most football fans

So, as a lifetime Arizona State fan and a Texas A&M graduate, this bowl has quite a lot of "meaning" for me. Also, I resent you saying the Pac-10 co-champions "suck worse than you" since Texas lost to OU on a neutral field, K-State at home, and A&M on the road.

I would agree that at least half (16) of the 32 bowl games are meaningless to non-fans, but this bowl season is chock full of great and interesting bowl matches, including such questions as:

"Does Arizona State 'suck' like BeerIsGood says they do?"

"Is the SEC really that great of a conference?"

"Will OU get busted by a healthy Pat White and will Sooner fans finally STFU with their 'what if' questions?"

"Will Kansas prove they deserved a BCS shot over Missouri?"

"Will Mizzou destroy a Nutt-less Arkansas team in the Cotton Bowl to avenge their snubbing?"

"Will Ohio State fight back for the Big 10 or get blown out again, continuing the conference's slide to 2nd tier in every major sport?"

"Will anyone care about the Houston Bowl?"

"How boring will the Illinois-USC game be except for the 'Pete Carroll Face vs. Ron Zook Face' drinking game (i.e. the battle of gray-haired clueless looking buffoons)?"

"How much does it suck to have to watch Tulsa, Bowling Green, Rutgers, and Ball State play during the 4 days between the Orange Bowl and BCS NC?"

"Will the Sugar Bowl finally prove that Colt Brennan is just a y, ty system QB?"

[BeerIsGood!]

So, as a lifetime Arizona State fan and a Texas A&M graduate, this bowl has quite a lot of "meaning" for me. Also, I resent you saying the Pac-10 co-champions "suck worse than you" since Texas lost to OU on a neutral field, K-State at home, and A&M on the road.

I would agree that at least half (16) of the 32 bowl games are meaningless to non-fans, but this bowl season is chock full of great and interesting bowl matches, including such questions as:

"Does Arizona State 'suck' like BeerIsGood says they do?"

"Is the SEC really that great of a conference?"

"Will OU get busted by a healthy Pat White and will Sooner fans finally STFU with their 'what if' questions?"

"Will Kansas prove they deserved a BCS shot over Missouri?"

"Will Mizzou destroy a Nutt-less Arkansas team in the Cotton Bowl to avenge their snubbing?"

"Will Ohio State fight back for the Big 10 or get blown out again, continuing the conference's slide to 2nd tier in every major sport?"

"Will anyone care about the Houston Bowl?"

"How boring will the Illinois-USC game be except for the 'Pete Carroll Face vs. Ron Zook Face' drinking game (i.e. the battle of gray-haired clueless looking buffoons)?"

"How much does it suck to have to watch Tulsa, Bowling Green, Rutgers, and Ball State play during the 4 days between the Orange Bowl and BCS NC?"

"Will the Sugar Bowl finally prove that Colt Brennan is just a y, ty system QB?"

i think ASU sucks worse than we do but they can still prove otherwise. Do they get the opportunity to prove they deserve more than just the right to suck less than UT? No, because the NCAA won't let them. Thats what truly sucks. The other stuff you mentioned is all fluff.

[RonMexico]

It's not fluff if you're a true college football fan instead of a UT homer.