{"id":408,"date":"2010-12-18T09:56:25","date_gmt":"2010-12-18T14:56:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/byrneweb.com\/sunburn\/blog\/2010\/12\/18\/bowls-part-i\/"},"modified":"2010-12-18T09:56:25","modified_gmt":"2010-12-18T14:56:25","slug":"bowls-part-i","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/byrneweb.com\/sunburn\/blog\/2010\/12\/bowls-part-i\/","title":{"rendered":"Bowls, Part I"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I think there are 35 bowls this year, so if I go in three stages, thats 11 or 12 each time. I\u2019ll ease into it with the first 11 bowls.<\/p>\n<p><em>12\/18, New Mexico, BYU vs. UTEP(+11.5)<\/em><br \/>\nThe Cougars have at least played some decent teams, like, ever, which the Miners have not. Give the points.<\/p>\n<p><em>12\/18, Humanitarian: Northern Illinois vs. Fresno State(+1.5)<\/em><br \/>\nThe Huskies seem to always be able to run the ball, so I\u2019ll take NIU.<\/p>\n<p><em>12\/18, New Orleans: Ohio vs. Troy(-2)<\/em><br \/>\nThe Bobcats have never won a bowl game, whereas Troy has won a couple in recent memory. Give the points.<\/p>\n<p><em>12\/21, St. Petersburg: Southern Miss vs. Louisville(-3)<\/em><br \/>\nTotally underwhelmed by the entire Big East this year. I think I\u2019ll pick against all of them. Go Golden Eagles!<\/p>\n<p><em>12\/22, Las Vegas: Utah vs. Boise State(-17)<\/em><br \/>\nWow, that\u2019s a lot of points! I know the Broncos will be ticked off that they\u2019re in this bowl. Will it be a letdown, or will they run it up to show that they\u2019re actually still good? And will anybody see this game? I say that\u2019s too many points and will take the Utes.<\/p>\n<p><em>12\/23, Poinsettia: Navy vs. San Diego State(-4.5)<\/em><br \/>\nSure, it\u2019s a home game for the Aztecs, but they\u2019ve not been to a bowl in forever. Take the Midshipmen and the points.<\/p>\n<p><em>12\/24, Hawaii: Hawaii vs. Tulsa(+10)<\/em><br \/>\nI don\u2019t see this as a blowout. I like the Warriors to win, but that\u2019s too many points. Take the over, too.<\/p>\n<p><em>12\/26, Little Caesars: Florida International vs. Toledo(-1.5)<\/em><br \/>\nThe Rockets were actually decent this year, so I\u2019m going to give the points.<\/p>\n<p><em>12\/27, Independence: Air Force vs. Georgia Tech(+3)<\/em><br \/>\nOh, look, another ACC team I can pick against. Look, I\u2019ll be rooting for the Jackets, but I don\u2019t think they win this one. There might even be like five or six passes thrown in the entire game!<\/p>\n<p><em>12\/28: Champs Sports: West Virginia vs. NC State(+3)<\/em><br \/>\nI wasn\u2019t particularly impressed by the ACC this year, to be honest, but they\u2019re still better than the Big East. I will take the points.<\/p>\n<p><em>12\/28: Insight: Missouri vs. Iowa(+1)<\/em><br \/>\nNow <strong>this<\/strong> is a bowl game!  Really not sure who to go with here, but in my defense, Vegas doesn\u2019t appear to know, either. Mizzou finished the season really well, and Iowa fell off the map. However, the Hawkeyes will have time to heal and they are well-coached, which matters with all this time to prepare. Still, the Tigers are probably the better team overall. I want to pick Iowa here but I just can\u2019t do it, I have to take Missouri.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I think there are 35 bowls this year, so if I go in three stages, thats 11 or 12 each time. I\u2019ll ease into it with the first 11 bowls. 12\/18, New Mexico, BYU vs. UTEP(+11.5) The Cougars have at least played some decent teams, like, ever, which the Miners have not. Give the points. &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/byrneweb.com\/sunburn\/blog\/2010\/12\/bowls-part-i\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Bowls, Part I<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4],"tags":[16],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/byrneweb.com\/sunburn\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/408"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/byrneweb.com\/sunburn\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/byrneweb.com\/sunburn\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/byrneweb.com\/sunburn\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/byrneweb.com\/sunburn\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=408"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/byrneweb.com\/sunburn\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/408\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/byrneweb.com\/sunburn\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=408"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/byrneweb.com\/sunburn\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=408"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/byrneweb.com\/sunburn\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=408"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}