Another Sports Blog: December 2010

It’s the day after the College Football Bowl Game matchups were announced I’ve decided to make some early bird predictions and see how they hold up (probably not well)

New Mexico Bowl (December 18th, Albuquerque, NM)

BYU v UTEP – BYU wins because they are mormon

uDrove Humanitarian Bowl (December 18th, Boise, ID)

Northern Illinois v Fresno State – Fresno beats UNI because their coach is now the coach of the Gophers. Jerry Kill that is, not Pat Hill

R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl (December 18th, New Orleans, LA)

Ohio v Troy – Troy wins because of this

Beef ‘O’ Brady’s St. Petersburg Bowl (December 21st, St. Petersbug, FL)

Southern Mississippi v Louisville – First off, great Bowl sponsor. Second off, Charlie Strong finishes the season strong. I’ll be here all night folks.

MAACO Las Vegas Bowl (December 22nd, Las Vegas)

Utah v Boise State – The “This would have been a top 5 matchup in week 10” Bowl game. Kyle Brotzman kicks the game winning field goal.

S.D. County Credit Union Poinsettia Bowl (December 23rd, San Diego)

Navy v San Diego State – San Diego State wins in their first ever bowl appearance. And its at home.

Sheraton Hawaii Bowl (December 24th, Honolulu)

Hawaii v Tulsa – Another home game for a team in a bowl game. Poor Tulsa, they don’t want to play football, they just want to surf.

Little Caesars Bowl (December 26th, Detroit)

Florida International v Toledo – Why not?

AdvoCare V100 Independence Bowl (December 27th, Shreveport, LA)

Air Force v Georgia Tech – Don’t bet against our nations finest. Plus they do this

Champs Sports Bowl (December 28th, Orlando)

West Virginia v North Carolina State – This one’s for Steven and Adam.

Insight Bowl (December 28th, Tempe, AZ)

Missouri v Iowa – Who Hates Iowa? Missouri Hates Iowa!

Military Bowl Presented By Northrop Grumman (December 29th, DC)

East Carolina v Maryland – Maryland had a surprising year this season. So it should be no surprise that now that I picked them they will lose.

Texas Bowl (December 29th, Houston)

Illinois v Baylor – Baylor University is closer.

Valero Alamo Bowl (December 29th, San Antonio)

Oklahoma State v Arizona – Did you see that interception a few weeks back by the Oklahoma State players? Yeah, that’s why they will win. That play right there.

Bell Helicopter Armed Forces Bowl (December 30th, Dallas)

Army v SMU – While the SMU campus may be closer, how can you go against the Army in the Armed Forces Bowl?

New Era Pinstripe Bowl (December 30th, Bronx, NY)

Kansas State v Syracuse – This game will be played in Yankee Stadium and Syracuse is in New York. And they are very improved since their glory days of going 2-10 each year.

Franklin American Mortgage Music City Bowl (December 30th, Nashville)

North Carolina v Tennessee – Knoxville is two hours away from Nashville. I would know, I’ve been there… Bridgepoint Education Holiday Bowl (December 30th, San Diego)

Nebraska v Washington – This is always my favorite non-BCS bowl because something crazy happens in it each year. Usually this favors the underdog and former consensus number one pick Jake Locker goes out on top.

Meineke Car Care Bowl (December 31st, Charlotte)

South Florida v Clemson – Kyle Parker is thinking about roaming right field for the Rockies, not playing the Bulls of South Florida.

Hyundai Sun Bowl (December 31st, El Paso, TX)

Notre Dame v Miami – Ahh, the old Catholics v Convicts game. Only this time it’s been Notre Dame that has been more controversial with the death of their student videographer. Notre Dame wins this time…

AutoZone Liberty Bowl (December 31st, Memphis)

Georgia v UCF – AJ Green has a huge final college football game before he bolts for the pros.

Chick-fil-A Bowl (December 31st, Atlanta)

South Carolina v Florida State – I miss Chick-fil-A. Real bad…I’m picking the Gamecocks.

TicketCity Bowl (January 1st, Dallas)

Northwestern v Texas Tech - Northwestern has been playing without their MVP Dan Persa for the last few games, that means they will be playing without him here. They will lose because of it.

Outback Bowl (January 1st, Tampa)

Florida v Penn State – Urban Meyer will beat Joe Pa because Joe Pa won’t know where he is and will only want to go to Disneyworld.

Capitol One Bowl (January 1st, Orlando)

Alabama v Michigan State – The two flukey college football teams square off as Alabama was suppose to dominate and didn’t and Michigan wasn’t suppose to be good and was. Bama will be too much.

Gator Bowl (January 1st, Jacksonville)

Mississippi State v Michigan – Denard is fast, with or without shoelaces.

Rose Bowl Game presented by VIZIO (January 1st, Padadena)

Wisconsin v TCU – Like I would pick Wisconsin? C’mon man.

Tostitos Fiesta Bowl (January 1st, Glendale, AZ)

Connecticut v Oklahoma – Oklahoma struggles in the Fiesta Bowl (Statue of Liberty anyone?) but c’mon, this is UCONN. And it’s the football team, not the woman’s basketball team.

Discover Orange Bowl (January 3rd, Miami)

Stanford v Virginia Tech – I haven’t picked VT yet this year so why start now?

Allstate Sugar Bowl (January 4th, New Orleans)

Ohio State v Arkansas – O H – I O!

GoDaddy.com Bowl (January 6th, Mobile, AL)

Middle Tennessee v Miami (Ohio) – Yeah, sure, whatever.

AT&T Cotton Bowl (January 7th, Dallas)

LSU v Texas A&M – Les Miles last game in Baton Rouge? Well not in obvioulsy because the game is played in Dallas but you get the idea…

BBVA Compass Bowl (January 8th, Birmingham, AL)

Pittsburgh v Kentucky – Pitt is semi solid. Something like that. Sure, more bowl games.

Kraft Fright Hunger Bowl (January 9th, San Francisco)

Nevada v Boston College – Nevada wins because the pistol is all the rage these days. Started here.

Tostitos BCS National Championship Game (January 10th, Glendale, AZ)

Oregon v Auburn – How can you bet against Cam Newton right now? The guy is unreal on the football field. I hope this game is a classic and my gut tells me Auburn right now. Unless something crazy happens to the eligibility of Newton…