It's Bowl Season!

[abiscuit]

inb4 someone from Canada makes some comment about Bowls. I just thought I'd get that out of the way now.

Anyway! Bowls are official as of yesterday.

I know we have our share of college football fans here at The Ville, so let's have some fun with bowl predictions and forum points.

The rules are simple:

Post your prediction of who you think will win each of the 34 bowl games
Deadline for entries is kickoff of the first bowl game (December 19th, 3:30pm CST)
Entry fee is 1000 forum points, points will be given to me for entries. You can trust me right?
Top three records get a share of the pot. How much of the pot is given will depend on how many people play

Click here for the complete list of bowl games.

[table]
[mrow]Name[mcol]Record
[row]Plinko[col]24-10
[row]MasterChef[col]24-10
[row]jim beam[col]22-12
[row]Mr. Blah[col]20-14
[row]BETTEH CROCKHURR[col]19-15
[row]Red Seal[col]19-15
[row]Aez[col]18-16
[row]gator[col]17-17
[row]abiscuit[col]16-18
[row]NoahTheBoa[col]16-18
[/table]

December 19th, 2009

New Mexico Bowl - Wyoming 35, Fresno State 28 (2OT)
St. Petersburg Bowl - Rutgers 45, UCF 24

December 20th, 2009

New Orleans Bowl - Middle Tennessee State 42, Southern Miss 32

December 22nd, 2009

Las Vegas Bowl - BYU 44, Oregon State 20

December 23rd, 2009

Poinsettia Bowl - Utah 37, Cal 27

December 24th, 2009

Hawaii Bowl - SMU 45, Nevada 10

December 26th, 2009

Little Caesars Bowl - Marshall 21, Ohio 17
Car Care Bowl - Pitt 19, UNC 17
Emerald Bowl - USC 24, Boston College 13

December 27th, 2009

Music City Bowl - Clemson 21, Kentucky 13

December 28th, 2009

Independence Bowl - Georgia 44, Texas A&M 20

December 29th, 2009

EagleBank Bowl - UCLA 30, Temple 21
Champs Sports Bowl - Wisconsin 20, Miami (FL) 14

December 30th, 2009

Humanitarian Bowl - Idaho 43, Bowling Green 42
Holiday Bowl - Nebraska 33, Arizona 0

December 31st, 2009

Armed Forces Bowl - Air Force 47, Houston 20
Sun Bowl - Oklahoma 31, Stanford 27
Texas Bowl - Navy 35, Missouri 13
Insight Bowl - Iowa State 14, Minnesota 13
Chick-fil-a Bowl - Virginia Tech 37, Tennessee 14

January 1st, 2010

Outback Bowl - Auburn 38, Northwestern 35 (OT)
Capital One Bowl - Penn State 19, LSU 17
Gator Bowl - Florida State 33, West Virginia 21
Rose Bowl - Ohio State 26, Oregon 17
Sugar Bowl - Florida 51, Cincinnati 24

[Aez]

Let it be known that I am so in. I am so obsessed with college football that more sensible denizens of the Ville might wonder "Man, if he didn't spend so much time with college football, he might actually, you know, play!" Blasphemy and bladderdash I say.

My picks are not yet formulated, but I fully expect my pick percentage to continue its trend of decreasing in proportion to my increase in obsession. But I do predict to still beat Biscuit for the fourth third fourth year running (for what it's worth).

[Plinko]

I'll be in, gotta look. I know nothing this year so we'll see if I can pull off the inverse of Aez.

I know some of you are VA Tech fans, right? Their in the Chick Fil-A bowl, so it's my backyard. So, if you're going to try to go, drop me a PM.

[NoahTheBoa]

I'm in. Formulating predictions as we speak.

New Mexico
Fresno State vs. Wyoming

St. Petersburg
UCF vs. Rutgers

R+L Carriers New Orleans
Southern Miss vs. Middle Tennessee

MAACO Las Vegas
Oregon State vs. BYU

S.D. County Credit Union Poinsettia
Utah vs. Cal

Sheraton Hawaii
Nevada vs. SMU

Little Caesars
Marshall vs. Ohio

Meineke Car Care
Pitt vs. North Carolina

Emerald
Boston College vs. USC

Gaylord Hotels Music City
Kentucyk vs. Clemson

AdvoCare V100 Independence
Texas A&M vs. Georgia

EagleBank
Army or UCLA vs. Temple

Champs Sports
Miami vs. Wisconsin

Roady's Humanitarian
Bowling Green vs. Idaho

Pacific Life Holiday
Arizona vs. Nebraska

Bell Helicopter Armed Forces
Houston vs. Air Force

Brut Sun
Oklahoma vs. Stanford

Texas
Navy vs. Missouri

Insight
Minnesota vs. Iowa State

Chick-fil-A
Virginia Tech vs. Tennessee

Outback
Northwestern vs. Auburn

Capital One
Penn State vs. LSU

Konica Minolta Gator
West Virginia vs. Florida State

Rose Bowl Game presented by Citi
Ohio State vs. Oregon

Allstate Sugar
Florida vs. Cincinnati

International
South Florida vs. Northern Illinois

Papajohns.com
South Carolina vs. UConn

AT&T Cotton
Oklahoma State vs. Ole Miss

AutoZone Liberty
Arkansas vs. East Carolina

Valero Alamo
Michigan State vs. Texas Tech

Tostitos Fiesta
Boise State vs. TCU

FedEx Orange
Iowa vs. Georgia Tech

GMAC
Central Michigan vs. Troy

Citi BCS National Championship Game
Texas vs. Alabama

Little to now research was involved in making these picks

[jim beam]

New Mexico
Wyoming

St. Petersburg
Rutgers

R+L Carriers New Orleans
Southern Miss

MAACO Las Vegas
BYU

S.D. County Credit Union Poinsettia
Cal

Sheraton Hawaii
Nevada

Little Caesars
Marshall

Meineke Car Care
Pitt Look Forwards to this one

Emerald
USC

Gaylord Hotels Music City
Clemson

AdvoCare V100 Independence
Georgia even though im not sure I always have to cheer against the aggies

EagleBank
Army or UCLA just dont have faith in temple

Champs Sports
Miami only cause its in florida i think

Roady's Humanitarian
Idaho

Pacific Life Holiday
Nebraska

Bell Helicopter Armed Forces
Houston

Brut Sun
Ok after thinking about it im changing this one
Stanford

Texas
Missouri

Insight
Iowa State

Chick-fil-A
Virginia Tech Look Forwards to this one

Outback
Auburn

Capital One
Penn State even though i think lsu will win Look Forwards to this one

Konica Minolta Gator
West Virginia

Rose Bowl Game presented by Citi
Ohio State

Allstate Sugar
Florida Look Forwards to this one not anymore with an assistant coach incharge

International
South Florida

Papajohns.com
UConn

AT&T Cotton
Oklahoma State Look Forwards to this one

AutoZone Liberty
Arkansas

Valero Alamo
Texas Tech

Tostitos Fiesta
TCU

FedEx Orange
Georgia Tech

GMAC
Central Michigan

Citi BCS National Championship Game
Texas im going against conventional wisdom on this one

[BETTEH]

New Mexico
Fresno State vs. Wyoming

I lived in laramie for 2 years and Wyo always lossed when i went to a game lol.

St. Petersburg
UCF vs. Rutgers

R+L Carriers New Orleans
Southern Miss vs. Middle Tennessee

MAACO Las Vegas
Oregon State vs. BYU

S.D. County Credit Union Poinsettia
Utah vs. Cal

Sheraton Hawaii
Nevada vs. SMU

Little Caesars
Marshall vs. Ohio

Meineke Car Care
Pitt vs. North Carolina

Emerald
Boston College vs. USC

Gaylord Hotels Music City
Kentucky vs. Clemson

AdvoCare V100 Independence
Texas A&M vs. Georgia

EagleBank
Army or UCLA vs. Temple

Champs Sports
Miami vs. Wisconsin

Roady's Humanitarian
Bowling Green vs. Idaho

Pacific Life Holiday
Arizona vs. Nebraska

Bell Helicopter Armed Forces
Houston vs. Air Force

Brut Sun
Oklahoma vs. Stanford

Texas
Navy vs. Missouri

Insight
Minnesota vs. Iowa State

Chick-fil-A
Virginia Tech vs. Tennessee

Outback
Northwestern vs. Auburn

Capital One
Penn State vs. LSU

Konica Minolta Gator
West Virginia vs. Florida State

Rose Bowl Game presented by Citi
Ohio State vs. Oregon

Allstate Sugar
Florida vs. Cincinnati
Go Gators!

International
South Florida vs. Northern Illinois

Papajohns.com
South Carolina vs. UConn
As my native South Carolina friend always says about the Gamecocks, "No one can beat our cocks!"

AT&T Cotton
Oklahoma State vs. Ole Miss

AutoZone Liberty
Arkansas vs. East Carolina

Valero Alamo
Michigan State vs. Texas Tech

Tostitos Fiesta
Boise State vs. TCU

FedEx Orange
Iowa vs. Georgia Tech

GMAC
Central Michigan vs. Troy

Citi BCS National Championship Game
Texas vs. Alabama
LoL

[Dirty Dan]

[quote="jim beam";p="212858"]New Mexico
Wyoming

St. Petersburg
Rutgers

R+L Carriers New Orleans
Southern Miss

MAACO Las Vegas
BYU

S.D. County Credit Union Poinsettia
Cal

Sheraton Hawaii
Nevada

Little Caesars
Marshall

Meineke Car Care
Pitt Look Forwards to this one

Emerald
USC

Gaylord Hotels Music City
Clemson

AdvoCare V100 Independence
Georgia even though im not sure I always have to cheer against the aggies

EagleBank
Army or UCLA just dont have faith in temple

Champs Sports
Miami only cause its in florida i think

Roady's Humanitarian
Idaho

Pacific Life Holiday
Nebraska

Bell Helicopter Armed Forces
Houston

Brut Sun
Ok after thinking about it im changing this one
Arizona

Texas
Missouri

Insight
Iowa State

Chick-fil-A
Virginia Tech Look Forwards to this one

Outback
Auburn

Capital One
Penn State even though i think lsu will win Look Forwards to this one

Konica Minolta Gator
West Virginia

Rose Bowl Game presented by Citi
Ohio State

Allstate Sugar
Florida Look Forwards to this one

International
South Florida

Papajohns.com
UConn

AT&T Cotton
Oklahoma State Look Forwards to this one

AutoZone Liberty
Arkansas

Valero Alamo
Texas Tech

Tostitos Fiesta
TCU

FedEx Orange
Georgia Tech

GMAC
Central Michigan

Citi BCS National Championship Game
Texas im going against conventional wisdom on this one[/quote]

Wait, you have pac-10 teams winning games?

[MrBlah]

Florida over Cincinnati.

I abstain all the rest. I was not a happy camper on Saturday when Florida lost. I don't want Texas or Alabama to win the BCS title game. I was it to end in a tie.

[Aez]

I was pretty shocked by the Florida game. I felt that Alabama was better coming in, but McElroy's performance was pretty impressive, especially considering his earlier games. The Texas game on the other hand.... Yeah, it wasn't wise to talk to me after that. I was broiling mad. Goes to figure that I'd have a couple rage/despair games in the end after a surprisingly placid season in Aez's head.

[MrBlah]

[quote="Aez";p="212963"]
I was pretty shocked by the Florida game. I felt that Alabama was better coming in, but McElroy's performance was pretty impressive, especially considering his earlier games. The Texas game on the other hand.... Yeah, it wasn't wise to talk to me after that. I was broiling mad. Goes to figure that I'd have a couple rage/despair games in the end after a surprisingly placid season in Aez's head.
[/quote]

Alabama isn't better than Florida though. They just got terribly out coached.

[abiscuit]

[quote="MrBlah";p="212977"][quote="Aez";p="212963"]
I was pretty shocked by the Florida game. I felt that Alabama was better coming in, but McElroy's performance was pretty impressive, especially considering his earlier games. The Texas game on the other hand.... Yeah, it wasn't wise to talk to me after that. I was broiling mad. Goes to figure that I'd have a couple rage/despair games in the end after a surprisingly placid season in Aez's head.
[/quote]

Alabama isn't better than Florida though. They just got terribly out coached.[/quote]

On that day, Alabama was better. And that was the day that counted.

[Plinko]

I'd say what information we have suggests, odds are, Alabama is the better team. Since they'll never play again this season, it's all ee've got.

[jim beam]

[quote="MrBlah";p="212977"][quote="Aez";p="212963"]
I was pretty shocked by the Florida game. I felt that Alabama was better coming in, but McElroy's performance was pretty impressive, especially considering his earlier games. The Texas game on the other hand.... Yeah, it wasn't wise to talk to me after that. I was broiling mad. Goes to figure that I'd have a couple rage/despair games in the end after a surprisingly placid season in Aez's head.
[/quote]

Alabama isn't better than Florida though. They just got terribly out coached.[/quote]

Dude your nuts if you think that. Stack up position by position in that one and bama is better in 90%. And if you look at in a traditional role of each position its more likly 95%

Also yes I did pick a few Pac 10 teams to win. Im not sure why I just did

[Red Seal]

count me in here is mine

New Mexico
Wyoming

St. Petersburg
UCF

R+L Carriers New Orleans
Southern Miss

MAACO Las Vegas
BYU

S.D. County Credit Union Poinsettia
Utah

Sheraton Hawaii
Nevada

Little Caesars
Marshall

Meineke Car Care
Pitt

Emerald
USC

Gaylord Hotels Music City
Clemson

AdvoCare V100 Independence
Texas A&M

EagleBank
Temple

Champs Sports
Wisconsin

Roady's Humanitarian
Idaho

Pacific Life Holiday
Nebraska

Bell Helicopter Armed Forces
Houston

Brut Sun
Stanford

Texas
Missouri

Insight
Iowa State

Chick-fil-A
Tennessee

Outback
Auburn

Capital One
LSU

Konica Minolta Gator
West Virginia

Rose Bowl Game presented by Citi
Oregon

Allstate Sugar
Florida

International
South Florida

Papajohns.com
S. Carolina

AT&T Cotton
Oklahoma State

AutoZone Liberty
Arkansas

Valero Alamo
Texas Tech

Tostitos Fiesta
TCU

FedEx Orange
Iowa

GMAC
Central Michigan

Citi BCS National Championship Game
Alabama

[Aez]

[quote="jim beam";p="213011"][quote="MrBlah";p="212977"][quote="Aez";p="212963"]
I was pretty shocked by the Florida game. I felt that Alabama was better coming in, but McElroy's performance was pretty impressive, especially considering his earlier games. The Texas game on the other hand.... Yeah, it wasn't wise to talk to me after that. I was broiling mad. Goes to figure that I'd have a couple rage/despair games in the end after a surprisingly placid season in Aez's head.
[/quote]

Alabama isn't better than Florida though. They just got terribly out coached.[/quote]

Dude your nuts if you think that. Stack up position by position in that one and bama is better in 90%. And if you look at in a traditional role of each position its more likly 95%[/quote]
I wouldn't say that - not to mention that it's difficult to compare the two teams in that way considering that individual players can have such a disproportionate role (Tim Tebow). And because they play fairly distinct styles of offense and defense so you can't go position by position like that.

However, Alabama did have a better schedule coming in, having played a tougher out of conference slate and the stronger SEC West this year. In addition, they had the "payback" factor, which I can personally say is huge in college sports. I had some other desperate reasons, but those were the big ones. Of course, I was also expecting a nail-biter even game...