{"id":93,"date":"2005-12-19T15:14:23","date_gmt":"2005-12-19T20:14:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/byrneweb.com\/sunburn\/blog\/2005\/12\/19\/bowl-picks-part-i\/"},"modified":"2005-12-19T15:14:39","modified_gmt":"2005-12-19T20:14:39","slug":"bowl-picks-part-i","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/byrneweb.com\/sunburn\/blog\/2005\/12\/bowl-picks-part-i\/","title":{"rendered":"Bowl Picks, Part I"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Holy cow, the bowls start tomorrow! Gotta get those picks up there&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><em>12\/20, New Orleans: Southern Miss(16.5) vs. Arkansas State<\/em><br \/>\nYou wouldn&#x2019;t think two 6-5 teams could actually be that far apart, but Arkansas State plays who, exactly? I think I&#x2019;ll give the huge number. Yikes.<\/p>\n<p><em>12\/21, GMAC: UTEP vs. Toledo(3)<\/em><br \/>\nI think the WAC, now that Rice is gone, is not as bad as people think. I also think the MAC is down a little this year, so I&#x2019;ll take the Miners.<\/p>\n<p><em>12\/22, Pioneer Las Vegas:  BYU vs. Cal(7.5)<\/em><br \/>\nI&#x2019;m going to need to pick some upsets, so here&#x2019;s one I&#x2019;ll pick. Seems like a couple too many points.<\/p>\n<p><em>12\/22, Poinsetta: Colorado State vs. Navy(2.5)<\/em><br \/>\nNavy actually looked OK this year, I think. Since I know nothing about CSU this year, that&#x2019;ll have to be enough.<\/p>\n<p><em>12\/23, Fort Worth: Kansas(3) vs. Houston<\/em><br \/>\nThe Cougars have no business being in a bowl game. Then again, neither do the Jayhawks. Bleah. I think Kansas is better, and enough so to cover.<\/p>\n<p><em>12\/24, Hawaii: Nevada(2) vs. UCF<\/em><br \/>\nI will once again take the WAC team. Go Wolfpack!<\/p>\n<p><em>12\/26, Motor City: Memphis(5.5) vs. Akron<\/em><br \/>\nI don&#x2019;t see Akron with a chance in this game. First, Akron isn&#x2019;t very good, and second, that hotshot RB for Memphis will be healthy. They should steamroll.<\/p>\n<p><em>12\/27, Champs Sports: Clemson vs. Colorado, no line<\/em><br \/>\nWill Colorado rally around the new coach? Which Clemson team shows up? So many questions&#8230; and I have no answers. Clemson on a hunch.<\/p>\n<p><em>12\/27, Insight: Arizona State(11) vs. Rutgers<\/em><br \/>\nRutgers hasn&#x2019;t been to a bowl in like a zillion years, so they&#x2019;ll just be happy to be there, and this is a home game for the Sun Devils. I say they cover the big number!<\/p>\n<p><em>12\/28, MPC: Boise State vs. BC(1.5)<\/em><br \/>\nAhh, that blue Boise turf. How do they always end up playing in their own bowl? I think BC wins this one (and covers), though, especially since the Broncos will be coach-less.<\/p>\n<p><em>12\/28, Alamo: Michigan(11.5) vs. Nebraska<\/em><br \/>\nI have no idea how good or bad Nebraska is&#8211;they must be bad to be 7-4 in the Big XII North&#8211; but one thing I know about Michigan this year: they never made it look easy. I have to take the points.<\/p>\n<p><em>12\/29, Emerald: Georgia Tech(8.5) vs. Utah<\/em><br \/>\nRemember that Tech vs. Miami game? If that Tech team shows up, it won&#x2019;t be close at all. I actually though Tech acquitted themselves OK vs. UGA, which is a hell of a lot better team than Utah. Hard to give that many for Tech, though. OK, I&#x2019;m gritting my teeth and picking the Jackets.<\/p>\n<p><em>12\/29, Holiday: Oregon(3) vs. Oklahoma<\/em><br \/>\nWow, that&#x2019;s harsh. The Ducks should be in a serious BCS bowl, playing somebody really good&#8211;their only loss was to USC! And Oklahoma just isn&#x2019;t that good this year. Ducks all the way!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Holy cow, the bowls start tomorrow! Gotta get those picks up there&#8230; 12\/20, New Orleans: Southern Miss(16.5) vs. Arkansas State You wouldn&#x2019;t think two 6-5 teams could actually be that far apart, but Arkansas State plays who, exactly? I think I&#x2019;ll give the huge number. Yikes. 12\/21, GMAC: UTEP vs. Toledo(3) I think the WAC, &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/byrneweb.com\/sunburn\/blog\/2005\/12\/bowl-picks-part-i\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Bowl Picks, 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":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/byrneweb.com\/sunburn\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93"}],"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=93"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/byrneweb.com\/sunburn\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/byrneweb.com\/sunburn\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=93"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/byrneweb.com\/sunburn\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=93"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/byrneweb.com\/sunburn\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=93"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}