CFB Bowl Blowout

It's the most wonderful time of the year.

Bowl season.

Here's how it's going to go down. 1. I'm going to give you my pick for who I want to win. 2. Who I think will win. 3. A short analysis.

Let's preview this shit. (Non BCS bowls through the 26th) all times EST.

December 20th

Eagle Bank Bowl 11 am (ESPN) Navy V Wake Forest
Fan Pick- Navy, I've been to the forest of Wake, and there is some serious flavor deficiency, many bro's, cake eaters, jockfaces etc.
Real Pick-Wake
This is a very intriguing match up. For starters the two teams played earlier this year with Navy coming out on top 24-17. Wake's offense blows this year, but in that game they had like 500 turnovers. (Actually I think Skinner had 4 picks) Another intriguing factor is the fact that coach Grobes has ties to the flexbone, he coached at Air Force during their flex/wishbone days. He should know how to stop it. Plus if you really think about it, even with the turnovers, they did hold the Midshipman to 24 points. I think Wake wins, but I really don't want them to.

New Mexico Bowl 2:30 pm (ESPN) Fresno State V Colorado State
Fan Pick-Fresno State, Pat Hill has a sweet stache.
Real Pick-Colorado State
Pat Hill always does well in bowl games, and Fresno played a killer schedule. Hill was up for the Washington Job, but withdrew his name, so the distraction factor should be minimal. CSU first year coach, Steve Fairchild will have to prepare for his first bowl game as a header. My confidence level is pretty low on this one, but CSU played well in the pretty damn hard MWC, including competitive games against TCU and Utah. at the end of the day it was a coin flip between logic and the stache, I chose logic. I'll probably regret it.

MagicJack St. Petersburg 4:30 pm (ESPN 2) South Florida V Memphis
Fan Pick- Dirty Memphis
Real Pick- USF
Yeah so this is pretty much a home game for USF, it's a 30 minute drive, no need for mapquest. The Bulls really underachieved this year, but they're still better than the Tigers. Memphis has the edge offensively, boasting a 1000+ rusher in Curtis Steele and a 2000+ passer in Arkelon Hall, both JUCO's. The USF offense consists of...Matt Grothe, who is the leading rusher and passer. USF went 2-5 in the Big East, but minus the Rutgers beatdown they lost the other 4 games by a combined 27 points. The Bulls had some bad luck down the stretch, but some home cookin' should flip that Karma.

Pioneer Las Vegas Bowl 8 pm (ESPN) (17) BYU V Arizona
Fan Pick- Mormons
Real Pick- BYU
Mormons is Vegas!!! BYU has a sick sick offense, but their defense is also decent. They're giving up 21 points a game, which is respectable. Arizona also has a good offense, and their defense is also giving up 21 points a game. How do I know BYU will win? BYU won't be distracted by Vegas. Affliction University will.

December 21st

R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl 8:15 pm (ESPN) Troy V Southern Miss
Fan Pick- Uhhhhh Southern Miss?
Real Pick- Troy
I'm pretty sure I'll be watching the NFL on the 21st. Troy has done well this year even after losing OC Tony Franklin to Auburn. Statistically speaking, both teams are fairly even on both sides of the ball. However, Troy has had a much tougher schedule and performed admirably. Troy played at Ohio State, at OK State, and nearly beat LSU in the Bayou. their only other loss was a 31-30 battle at Louisiana Monroe. Southern Miss played at Auburn (hahahaha) and Boise. Troy impressed me this year, they get the nod.

December 23rd

San Diego County Credit Union Poinsettia Bowl 8 pm (ESPN) Boise State V TCU

Fan Pick- Boise, I was on the bandwagon in 03.
Real Pick- Daaaamn I have no clue....TCU? I think?
This is easily the best non-BCS matchup in this year's bowl schedule. Boise, the undefeated WAC champion against the two loss Horned Frogs. (Again from the difficult MWC, and keep in mind the two losses were at Utah and Oklahoma, both BCS teams) Boise's offense is always solid and they roll into Saint Diego with the 12th ranked scoring offense but this was all achieved against shitty competition. In fact the only stand out win was against...Oregon. But here is the big kicker, while Boise's defense is statistically ranked higher, TCU is nasty on D. I hate stats and so do the TCU defenders. Horned Frogs win.

December 24th


Sheraton Hawaii Bowl 8 pm (ESPN) Hawaii V Notre Dame
Fan Pick- What do you think?
Real Pick- Hawaii
It's a home game for Hawaii. Notre Dame Sucks. Furthermore, the Irish have not won a bowl game since 1993. If you would like to know what has happened since Notre Dame won a bowl please contact Icehouse. Seriously though, it's a home game and Hawaii is better.

December 26th

Motor City Bowl 7:30 pm (ESPN) FAU V Central Michigan
Fan Pick- Central Michigan
Real Pick- Central Michigan
QB Dan Lefevour is pretty solid. MAC > Sun Belt. It's in Michigan. That's about it.

Ok we'll have the rest of the non-BCS bowls up later

Merry Christmas everyone!!!!