College Football Bowl Picks

The College Football Bowl Season begins Saturday.  There are a couple of great match-ups, a few good ones, but a lot of mediocre games as well.  Many of these games provide the feeling of ‘why would I watch this?’

If you notice a couple games missing, those picks will come closer to the beginning of the College Football Playoff.

Last Week: 1-0 (1.000) [Got to keep it positive.]

Overall:  290-83 (.777)

R&L Carriers New Orleans Bowl [December 20th – 11:00 AM – ESPN]: Nevada vs. Louisiana-Lafayette

Gildan New Mexico Bowl [December 20th – 2:20 PM – ESPN]:  Utah State vs. UTEP

Royal Purple Las Vegas Bowl [December 20th – 3:30 PM – ABC]:  #22 Utah vs. Colorado State (I’d pick the upset if Jim McElwain was still at Colorado State.)

Famous Idaho Potato Bowl [December 20th – 5:45 PM – ESPN]:  Western Michigan vs. Air Force

Raycom Media Camellia Bowl [December 20th – 9:15 PM – ESPN]:  South Alabama vs. Bowling Green (Going with the home team.)

Miami Beach Bowl [December 22nd – 2:00 PM – ESPN]:  BYU vs. Memphis

Boca Raton Bowl [December 23rd – 6:00 PM – ESPN]:  Marshall vs. Northern Illinois

San Diego Credit Union Poinsettia Bowl [December 23rd – 9:30 PM – ESPN]:  Navy vs. San Diego State (Going with the home team.)

Popeyes Bahamas Bowl [December 24th – 12:00 PM – ESPN]:  Central Michigan vs. Western Kentucky

Hawaii Bowl [December 24th – 8:00 PM – ESPN]:  Fresno State vs. Rice

Zaxby’s Heart of Dallas Bowl [December 26th – 1:00 PM – ESPN]:  Illinois vs. Louisiana Tech

Quick Lane Bowl [December 26th – 4:30 PM – ESPN]:  Rutgers vs. North Carolina

BITCOIN St. Petersburg Bowl [December 26th – 8:00 PM – ESPN]:  North Carolina State vs. UCF (Going with the home team.)

Military Bowl presented by Northrop Grumman [December 27th – 1:00 PM – ESPN]:  Cincinnati vs. Virginia Tech

Hyundai Sun Bowl [December 27th – 2:00 PM – CBS]:  #15 Arizona State vs. Duke

Duck Commander Independence Bowl [December 27th – 3:30 PM – ABC]:  Miami (FL) vs. South Carolina

New Era Pinstripe Bowl [December 27th – 4:30 PM – ESPN]: Boston College vs. Penn State

National University Holiday Bowl [December 27th – 8:00 PM – ESPN]: Nebraska vs. #24 USC

AutoZone Liberty Bowl [December 29th – 2:00 PM – ESPN]:  Texas A&M vs. West Virginia

Russell Athletic Bowl [December 29th – 5:30 PM – ESPN]:  Oklahoma vs. #17 Clemson (No faith in a Cole Stoudt led Clemson offense, even with the strong defense.)

AdvoCare V100 Texas Bowl [December 29th – 9:00 PM – ESPN]:  Arkansas vs. Texas

Franklin American Mortgage Music City Bowl [December 30th – 3:00 PM – ESPN]: Notre Dame vs. #23 LSU

Belk Bowl [December 30th – 6:30 PM – ESPN]:  #13 Georgia vs. #21 Louisville

Foster Farms Bowl [December 30th – 10:00 PM – ESPN]:  Maryland vs. Stanford (Got to go with the home team.)

Chick-Fil-A Peach Bowl [December 31st – 12:30 PM – ESPN]:  #9 Ole Miss vs. #6 TCU

VIZIO Fiesta Bowl [December 31st – 4:00 PM – ESPN]:  #20 Boise State vs. #10 Arizona (Got to go with the home team.)

Capital One Orange Bowl [December 31st – 8:00 PM – ESPN]:  #7 Mississippi State vs. #12 Georgia Tech (The Bulldogs will prove why they were on top most of the year.)

Outback Bowl [January 1st – 12:00 PM – ESPN2]:  #19 Auburn vs. #18 Wisconsin

Goodyear Cotton Bowl Classic [January 1st – 12:30 PM – ESPN]:  #8 Michigan State vs. #5 Baylor

Buffalo Wild Wings Citrus Bowl [January 1st – 1:00 PM – ABC]:  #16 Missouri vs. #25 Minnesota (This is a mis-match.)

Lockheed Martin Armed Forces Bowl [January 2nd – 12:00 PM – ESPN]:  Houston vs. Pittsburgh

TaxSlayer Bowl [January 2nd – 3:20 PM – ESPN]:  Iowa vs. Tennessee (This is a mis-match.)

Valero Alamo Bowl [January 2nd – 6:45 PM – ESPN]:  #11 Kansas State vs. #14 UCLA (The Bruins will prove why they were a College Football Playoff pick at the beginning of the season.)

TicketCity Cactus Bowl [January 2nd – 10:15 PM – ESPN]:  Washington vs. Oklahoma State

Birmingham Bowl [January 3rd – 12:00 PM – ESPN]:  East Carolina vs. Florida

GoDaddy Bowl [January 4th – 9:00 PM – ESPN]:  Toledo vs. Arkansas State

College Football Week 14 Picks

It is the first of the last two weeks of the College Football season.  It means tons of rivalry games.  Next week will be a mix of regular season games and conference championship games.

If you haven’t had a chance, check out the most recent bowl projections, posted earlier this week here.  Teams that need to win to be bowl eligible will be denoted with an asterisk.

Last Week:  19-7 (.731)

Overall:  261-71 (.786)

#5 TCU vs. Texas

LSU vs. Texas A&M

Stanford vs. #8 UCLA

#13 Arizona State vs. #11 Arizona

Arkansas vs. #17 Missouri

Western Kentucky vs. #24 Marshall (It is sad that an undefeated team may not be in one of the big games.)

*Virginia vs. *Virginia Tech (Winner goes to a bowl game, loser, especially if its Virginia Tech, will be extremely disappointed.)

#15 Auburn vs. #1 Alabama

#2 Oregon vs. *Oregon State

Florida vs. #3 Florida State

#4 Mississippi State vs. #19 Ole Miss

*Michigan vs. #6 Ohio State

#7 Baylor vs. Texas Tech

#16 Georgia Tech vs. #9 Georgia (This game has the potential to be one of the best of the weekend.)

#10 Michigan State vs. Penn State

Kansas vs. #12 Kansas State

#18 Minnesota vs. #14 Wisconsin (Winner in this game goes to the Big Ten Championship game against Ohio State.)

South Carolina vs. #21 Clemson (Without Deshaun Watson or an injured Watson, I don’t think Clemson can win.)

*Kentucky vs. #22 Louisville

Utah State vs. #23 Boise State (Winner could go to the Mountain West Championship game.)

#25 Utah vs. Colorado

Syracuse vs. Boston College

NC State vs. North Carolina

Wake Forest vs. Duke

*Pittsburgh vs. Miami (FL)

*Tennessee vs. Vanderbilt

College Football Picks for Week 13

The season is winding down, and the college football schedule makers are loving the mess they have created.  Several games have a huge impact on conference championships, and ultimately bowl placement.

Last Week:  19-5 (.792)

Overall:  261-55 (.826)

#16 Northern Illinois vs. Toledo

Rutgers vs. #18 UCF (Big BCS implications in this game.)

Chattanooga vs. #1 Alabama

Idaho vs. #2 Florida State

Indiana vs. #3 Ohio State

#4 Baylor vs. #10 Oklahoma State (For the second straight week, Oklahoma State is in a game to determine the Big 12 Champion.)

#5 Oregon vs. Arizona

Citadel vs. #7 Clemson

#8 Missouri vs. #24 Ole Miss (Mississippi is too hot and cold to figure out, plus Missouri has one more week before its big battle against Texas A&M.)

California vs. #9 Stanford

Coastal Carolina vs. #11 South Carolina

#12 Texas A&M vs. #22 LSU (It is hard to go against LSU at home.)

#13 Michigan State vs. Northwestern

#17 Arizona State vs. #14 UCLA (UCLA starts a stretch of games to determine the winner of the Pac-12 South.)

New Mexico vs. #15 Fresno State

#19 Wisconsin vs. #25 Minnesota (Another game with big BCS implications.)

#20 Oklahoma vs. Kansas State

Memphis vs. #21 Louisville

#23 USC vs. Colorado

Old Dominion vs. North Carolina

Duke vs. Wake Forest

Virginia vs. Miami (FL)

East Carolina vs. North Carolina State (North Carolina State is in complete disarray.)

Pittsburgh vs. Syracuse

Alabama A&M vs. Georgia Tech

Boston College vs. Maryland

Mississippi State vs. Arkansas

Georgia Southern vs. Florida

Kentucky vs. Georgia

Vanderbilt vs. Tennessee (The Commodores are on a hot streak.)