Thanks for saving me, Max. I was dreading posting them all.

anyone doing bowl picks yet? here are mine:

Navy vs. Utah
Florida Atlantic vs. Memphis
Cincinnati vs. Suthern Miss
New Mexico vs. Nevada
Brigham Young vs. UCLA
Boise State vs. East Carolina
Purdue vs. Central Michigan
Arizona State vs. Texas
Boston College vs. Michigan State
TCU vs. Houston
Oregon State vs. Maryland
Connecticut vs. Wake Forest
Mississippi State vs. UCF
Penn State vs. Texas A&M
Colorado vs. Alabama
Air Force vs. California
Fresno State vs. Georgia Tech
South Florida vs. Oregon
Kentucky vs. Florida State
Indiana vs. Oklahoma State
Auburn vs. Clemson
Tennessee vs. Wisconsin
Missouri vs. Arkansas
Virginia vs. Texas Tech
Florida vs. Michigan
USC vs. Illinois
Georgia vs. Hawaii
Oklahoma vs. West Virginia
Virginia Tech vs. Kansas
Rutgers vs. Ball State
Tulsa vs. Bowling Green
LSU vs. Ohio State

And just for the hell of it:
Nat. Championship final score - LSU 24, Ohio State 14

Oh shit! The Bowls start today. I'll be back.

Thu., Dec. 20
9 p.m.
Poinsettia Bowl: Utah vs. Navy

Fri., Dec. 21
8 p.m.
New Orleans Bowl: Florida Atlantic vs. Memphis

Sat., Dec. 22
1 p.m. Papajohns.com Bowl: Cincinnati vs. Southern Mississippi

Sat., Dec. 22
4:30 p.m.
New Mexico Bowl: New Mexico vs. Nevada

Sat., Dec. 22
8 p.m.
Las Vegas Bowl: Brigham Young vs. UCLA

Sun., Dec. 23
8 p.m.
Hawaii Bowl: East Carolina vs. Boise State

Wed., Dec. 26
7:30 p.m.
Motor City Bowl: Michigan vs. Purdue

I'll be back for the rest of my picks.

Navy vs. Utah
Florida Atlantic vs. Memphis
Cincinnati vs. Suthern Miss
New Mexico vs. Nevada
Brigham Young vs. UCLA
Boise State vs. East Carolina
Purdue vs. Central Michigan
Arizona State vs. Texas
Boston College vs. Michigan State
TCU vs. Houston
Oregon State vs. Maryland
Connecticut vs. Wake Forest
Mississippi State vs. UCF
Penn State vs. Texas A&M
Colorado vs. Alabama
Air Force vs. California
Fresno State vs. Georgia Tech
South Florida vs. Oregon
Kentucky vs. Florida State
Indiana vs. Oklahoma State
Auburn vs. Clemson
Tennessee vs. Wisconsin
Missouri vs. Arkansas
Virginia vs. Texas Tech
Florida vs. Michigan
USC vs. Illinois
Georgia vs. Hawaii
Oklahoma vs. West Virginia
Virginia Tech vs. Kansas
Rutgers vs. Ball State
Tulsa vs. Bowling Green
LSU vs. Ohio State

Navy vs. Utah

Navy vs. Utah
Florida Atlantic vs. Memphis
Cincinnati vs. Southern Miss
New Mexico vs. Nevada
Brigham Young vs. UCLA
Boise State vs. East Carolina
Purdue vs. Central Michigan
Arizona State vs. Texas
Boston College vs. Michigan State
TCU vs. Houston
Oregon State vs. Maryland
Connecticut vs. Wake Forest
Mississippi State vs. UCF
Penn State vs. Texas A&M
Colorado vs. Alabama
Air Force vs. California
Fresno State vs. Georgia Tech
South Florida vs. Oregon
Kentucky vs. Florida State
Indiana vs. Oklahoma State
Auburn vs. Clemson
Tennessee vs. Wisconsin
Missouri vs. Arkansas
Virginia vs. Texas Tech
Florida vs. Michigan
USC vs. Illinois
Georgia vs. Hawaii
Oklahoma vs. West Virginia
Virginia Tech vs. Kansas
Rutgers vs. Ball State
Tulsa vs. Bowling Green
LSU vs. Ohio State

I haven't been doing so great, but here are my next few picks:


Thu., Dec. 27
8 p.m. Holiday Bowl: Arizona State vs. Texas

Fri., Dec. 28

Champs Sports Bowl: Boston College vs. Michigan State

Fri., Dec. 28

Texas Bowl: TCU vs. Houston

Fri., Dec. 28
Emerald Bowl: Oregon State vs. Maryland

Shoot, I completely forgot about all of the bowl games. Here are the next few days:

Arizona State
Boston College
TCU
Oregon State
Connecticut
Central Florida
Penn State
Alabama

Air Force vs. California
Fresno State vs. Georgia Tech
South Florida vs. Oregon
Kentucky vs. Florida State
Indiana vs. Oklahoma State
Auburn vs. Clemson
Tennessee vs. Wisconsin
Missouri vs. Arkansas
Virginia vs. Texas Tech
Florida vs. Michigan
USC vs. Illinois
Georgia vs. Hawaii
Oklahoma vs. West Virginia
Virginia Tech vs. Kansas
Rutgers vs. Ball State
Tulsa vs. Bowling Green
LSU vs. Ohio State

Well as you can imagine if you read the "What's going on" thread, my holidays have been pretty chaotic. Sorry I never got back here to make my final picks, but I've only had a few minutes a day to spare on the lap top. I did get some quality time over the weekend watching some bowl games. Here are some thoughts:

1. The SEC won their first 5 (of 9) Bowls and are currently 6-2. Don't forget that South Carolina was bowl eligible. Anyone who still thinks the SEC is over-rated please send me a PM and I'll set you straight.

2. I'm glad Lloyd Carr finished with a win. It's also no skin off my behind that the Gators lost-- they will be a FORCE next year and that's bad enough. But the way, why the hell was an unranked Michigan squad who lost to a D2 school even given such a decent Bowl? It was a lose, lose situation for Florida. Not fair.

3. While we're at it, why the hell did Missouri have to face the 5th best team in the SEC? That was a mismatch if ever there was one. Mizzou should have either been in the Sugar against GA or in the Citrus (Capitol One) against Florida. Personally, I wish the Sugar Bowl would make a deal with the Big 12 so it would always be the B12 vs the SEC.

4. Much as I hate the Bulldogs, I'm so glad they took care of business against the WAC champions down in New Orleans. Can we once and for all leave them out of the big bowls please? Stop pretending that that is a real conference.

5. Did you see all the empty seats in the lesser bowls? When is College football going to realize that a playoff is more exciting and ultimately more profitable?

I agree with a lot of what you said MJ, I shared a lot of the same sentiments here.

I did pick Florida to win but I was happy for Michigan and Lloyd Carr. He always seems to have his bowl teams ready and they were impressive in that win against “Superman” and the Gators.

And you are so right about Hawai’i, those guys should have lost somewhere in the regular season and yes, the empty seats is pretty bad. What’s worse is all of these remote locations where some bowls are held that teams need to travel to. They are pointless and all the positives seem to be on the playoff side of this issue.

One more day before the 'big' game (It's hard to get too excited as it's possible that they will both have two losses after tomorrow night). Any last minute observations? Did you guys hear about the "DVD" that the OSU coaches gave their team before the holidays?

Insults Still Sting OSU

Crazy.

I guess Oregon welcomed South Florida to the big time, big time!

Can't say I didn't see that coming. OSU goes to 0-9 (?) against the SEC in Bowl games. Lucky for them, most their team will be back next year and they'll have pretty much the same cake walk season they had this season and be back to lose in the BCS Championship game next year

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Originally posted by Maximum Jack:
Can't say I didn't see that coming. OSU goes to 0-9 (?) against the SEC in Bowl games. Lucky for them, most their team will be back next year and they'll have pretty much the same cake walk season they had this season and be back to lose in the BCS Championship game next year

Can't say I didn't see that coming either. As an OSU fan since birth, I have to admit defeat to a better team. No adjustments to their defense at all throughout the game really hurt. Also, I really liked their offensive look at the beginning of the game. If they didn't have stupid penalties based on frustration or whatever, it could have been closer. But, that wouldn't have altered the outcome.

MJ: OSU does have a more difficult schedule next year (USC at USC in non-conference), so I don't know about being back next year. I kind of wish they played a lesser bowl this year when they were extremely young and then compete next year. If they beat USC early, they will have a lot less people rolling their eyes at their schedule if they happen to end up there. Wins over Akron, Kent St., etc. just don't cut it. This was a really weak non-conference year for them, which has not been the case in other years (they had Texas the last two, USC for the next two).

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Originally posted by Wilsonna:
OSU does have a more difficult schedule next year (USC at USC in non-conference), so I don't know about being back next year.

That's good to hear. I don't know why there aren't more regular season matchups between the power conferences. I for one, would love to see a Big Ten team on Tennessee's schedule every year as opposed to playing Vandy year in and year out.

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Originally posted by Maximum Jack:
I for one, would love to see a Big Ten team on Tennessee's schedule every year as opposed to playing Vandy year in and year out.

Because they have such a hard time beating them every year, regardless of record?

[Sorry, you've been getting me for the last few times in a row and the set up was there.]

What? Since 1976 they've beaten us twice.