Late Season Bowl Projections

Well, it's that time of year. Bowl season is nearing and it's time to predict the matchups. Get ready for bowl madness predictions.

New Mexico: Idaho 27, Wyoming 14
Las Vegas: Stanford 34, Utah 23
St.Petersburg: Connecticut 30, Central Florida 24
New Orleans: Troy 20, East Carolina 23
Poinsettia: Air Force 16, USC 35
Holiday: Cal 33, Nebraska 31
Emerald: Oregon State 41, Boston College 27
Sun: Arizona 37, West Virginia 24
Hawaii: Nevada 41, UCLA 28
Outback: Wisconsin 23, Auburn 20
Capital One: Penn State 24, Mississippi 16
Little Ceaser's (Motor City): Central Michigan 34, Minnesota 31
Alamo: Northwestern 27, Oklahoma 24
Rose: Oregon 45, Ohio State 31
Sugar: Florida 30, TCU 28
Orange: Cincinnati 41, Georgia Tech 38
Fiesta: Boise State 35, Iowa 31
BCS Title: Alabama 24, Texas 20
Texas: Navy 31, Duke 10
GMAC: Florida State 40, Northern Illinois 28
International: Temple 26, Rutgers 38
Gator: Kansas State 19, Miami 34
Meineke Car Care: Pittsburgh 38, North Carolina 33
Chick-Fil-A: Clemson 30, LSU 28
Cotton: Oklahoma State 27, Georgia 17
Armed Forces: Houston 38, BYU 24
Champs Sports: Michigan State 13, Virginia Tech 24
Independence: Iowa State 16, Kentucky 14
Music City: Tennessee 17, Notre Dame 24
Liberty: SMU 19, South Carolina 31
Papajohns.com: Middle Tennessee State 14, South Florida 41
Insight: Missouri 38, Ohio 23
Humanatarian: Fresno State 35, Bowling Green 17
EagleBank: Southern Miss 16, Texas A&M 34

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Baily D said…
The Pac-10 comes down to Oregon winning out and Cal upsetting Stanford, and with Oregon State and Arizona losing Cal wins a 4 way tiebreaker over Stanford, OSU, and Arizona. I like UCLA to beat Arizona State and squeeze in a bowl bid at 6-6, even with a 3-6 conference record. Alabama beats Florida 23-20 in the SEC Title and wins the BCS Title over Texas, who dumps Kansas 45-21, Texas A&M 30-17 and Kansas State, who beats Nebraska to earn a automatic bowl bid and a Big 12 Title berth 37-20. I like Central Michigan to win the MAC, SMU to surprisingly win Conference USA, and Troy winning the Sun Belt. In the major conferences I like Cincinnati, Georgia Tech, Alabama, Ohio State, Oregon and Texas, along with Boise State, who holds off Nevada 59-41 and TCU. TCU plays in the Sugar Bowl and Boise in the Fiesta Bowl. Boise beats Iowa 35-31 and TCU loses to Florida 30-28. Both aren't ranked as high as they could be because for TCU Utah, Air Force and BYU aren't great, and they only escaped Colorado Springs with a 3 point victory. Oregon is good, and Boise has blown out Idaho and Fresno State, but both haven't shown much. This doesn't mean much, but TCU beat Boise 17-16 in last year's Poinsettia Bowl. I think TCU is better than Boise and Jerry Hughes keyes a great defense, and Andy Dalton is a good, experienced play-caller. The Horned Frogs can blow out or beat almost anybody (maybe not Florida, Texas and Alabama) but I think TCU could be the best team in the nation. I think TCU-Boise would create a great matchup with Boise putting up like 40 points a game, with TCU allowing little points. TCU would win 34-24. I think Boise is great, but great defenses can take them over and beat them, and maybe even blow them out. Kellen Moore and Austin Pettis are great, and CB Kyle WIlson leads a powerful D, and Jeremy Avery is a good RB. Both TCU and Boise State are a real threat, and Boise thinks that they can beat anyone, so they offered a deal asking anyone in college football to play them in 2011. No team has responded! Cincinnati and Georgia Tech win their conferences and meet in the Orange Bowl, and a bunch of others (Iowa, Boise, TCU) play in other BCS Bowls.
November 19, 2009 at 8:01 PM
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