Man, I cannot believe these start tomorrow night already.
12/20, EagleBank: Wake Forest(-3) vs. Navy
Off to a terrific start, I have no clue whatsoever… Wake Forest, for no good reason.
12/20, New Mexico: Colorado State vs. Fresno State(-3)
I have to like the Bulldogs here, as I haven’t heard a thing about CSU all year long.
12/20, St. Petersburg: Memphis vs. South Florida(-11.5)
That’s a lot of points, but Memphis is pretty bad. I’ll give them.
12/20, Las Vegas: BYU vs. Arizona(-3.5)
The Cougars had a good start but then fell off a little bit late. On the other hand, the Wildcats have done nothing particularly meaningful all season long. I’ll take the points.
12/21, New Orleans: Southern Miss vs. Troy(-4.5)
I’ll give the points, I guess.
12/23, Poinsettia: Boise State vs. TCU(-2.5)
I really want to watch this game, but I’ll be on an airplane flying into some very cold air as we head up to visit my folks in Minny. Should be a great game. Odd that the higher-ranked team is the underdog. Vegas must know something I don’t so I’ll go with the Horned Frogs…
12/24, Hawaii: Hawaii vs. Notre Dame(-1)
The Domers suck, I’m taking Hawaii because I have to root against ND anyway.
12/26, Motor City: Florida Atlantic vs. Central Michigan(-6.5)
CMU… no, not Carnegie Mellon, but rather Central Michigan, is actually non-sucky. I think the MAC is maybe not too bad this year. I’ll give the points.
12/27, Meineke Car Care: West Virginia(-1.5) vs. North Carolina
I’m going to take the points on the basis of UNC doing well against the BigLeast this year, and it being in Charlotte, so therefore full of UNC fans.
12/27, Champs Sports: Wisconsin vs. Florida State(-5.5)
The Badgers suck—anybody who lost to Michigan sucks. However, I’m none to impressed with FSU this year, either. I like the Badgers to keep it close, they’ve played well in bowls of late.
12/27, Emerald: Miami vs. California(-8)
I’m down on the ACC this year, so I’m going with Cal to cover, but I have to say I feel like it’s too many points. Oh, well, go Bears!
12/28, Independence: Northern Illinois(-1) vs. Louisiana Tech
Man, how desperate are bowls for teams? A 6-6 MAC team got a bid? I have no idea here. I guess I’ll go with LaTech because, uhh, because they’ve had the hot hand lately.
12/29, Papajohns: NC State vs. Rutgers(-7)
Meh. Seems like a pretty even game, so that’s too many points. I will take the TD and hope.
12/29, Alamo: Missouri(-13) vs. Northwestern
Too many points, I like the Wildcats to make the most of their bid and keep it under 10.
Ack, I missed your post on this! I was waiting for it, but saw the latest NFL one and didn’t look down. /sigh
2/20, EagleBank: Wake Forest(-3) vs. Navy
Off to a terrific start, I have no clue whatsoever… Wake Forest, for no good reason.
I don’t know anything about this game. Would have picked Wake.
12/20, New Mexico: Colorado State vs. Fresno State(-3)
Fresno State has been a HUGE disappointment this year. They were supposed to make some noise nationally and it didn’t happen. But I’ll take Fresno State.
12/20, St. Petersburg: Memphis vs. South Florida(-11.5)
South Florida is sort of good. I’ll take them.
12/20, Las Vegas: BYU vs. Arizona(-3.5)
The Cougars had a good start but then fell off a little bit late. On the other hand, the Wildcats have done nothing particularly meaningful all season long. I’ll take the points
Exempting myself. I saw highlight on this game, but for the life of me, I don’t remember who won!
12/21, New Orleans: Southern Miss vs. Troy(-4.5)
Saw highlights on this one. I think Southern Miss won?
12/23, Poinsettia: Boise State vs. TCU(-2.5)
Ok, exciting! I saw Boise State play a couple of times this year and they’re good! Of course, it was at home. I dunno, they have magic. I’ll take the Broncos.
12/24, Hawaii: Hawaii vs. Notre Dame(-1)
Notre Dame needs this win so badly. Surely they can beat Hawaii?
12/26, Motor City: Florida Atlantic vs. Central Michigan(-6.5)
Seems like a big number. They must be ok. I’ll take Central Michigan as well.
12/27, Meineke Car Care: West Virginia(-1.5) vs. North Carolina
UNC has a stout defense and can handle the run. West Virigina, with White, has never lost a bowl game (ok, 3 in a row). Really a dice roll. I’ll riverside you.
12/27, Champs Sports: Wisconsin vs. Florida State(-5.5)
Two teams going in opposite directions. Florida State is the better team now. I’ll give the points.
12/27, Emerald: Miami vs. California(-8)
That seems like a lot of points, and Miami needs a win to help with recruiting. Too bad they’re not good. Give the points.
12/28, Independence: Northern Illinois(-1) vs. Louisiana Tech
Gosh, I don’t know. Northern Illinois?
12/29, Papajohns: NC State vs. Rutgers(-7)
NC State is awful and Rutgers is fairly decent still. Maybe for the last year. I’ll give the points.
12/29, Alamo: Missouri(-13) vs. Northwestern
Missouri used to be bandied about in National Title discussions. I guess they lost a few times since then. Northwestern isn’t a joke…they’ve won some big games, right? I’ll take the big number.