The 2006-2007 NCAA bowl season kicks of tonight in sunny San Diego, where TCU faces Northern Illinois in the Poinsettia Bowl. Nothing too exciting for the first week of bowl games, at least until Florida State faces off against UCLA. It will be interesting to see how UCLA bounces back after their big win against USC, and we could possibly be watching Bobby Bowden’s last game as the FSU head coach. And hey, maybe we will get to see those hideous Oregon helments.
Here’s our picks for the coming week’s bowl games both straight up and against the spread:
| Brian | Matt | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Straight | Spread | Straight | Spread | |
| Poinsettia Bowl TCU vs. Northern Illinois Dec. 19 @ 8pm (ESPN2) Spread: NIU +12.5 |
TCU | NIU | TCU | TCU |
| Las Vegas Bowl BYU vs. Oregon Dec. 21 @ 8pm (ESPN) Spread: Oregon +3 |
Oregon | Oregon | BYU | BYU |
| New Orleans Bowl Troy vs. Rice Dec. 22 @ 8pm (ESPN2) Spread: Rice -4 |
Rice | Rice | Rice | Rice |
| PapaJohn’s.Com Bowl South Florida vs. East Carolina Dec. 23 @ 1pm (ESPN2) Spread: ECU +4.5 |
SF | SF | SF | SF |
| New Mexico Bowl New Mexico vs. San Jose St. Dec. 23 @ 4:30pm (ESPN) Spread: SJSU +3.5 |
SJSU | SJSU | SJSU | SJSU |
| Armed Forces Bowl Tulsa vs. Utah Dec. 23 @ 8pm (ESPN) Spread: Utah -1 |
Utah | Utah | Tulsa | Tulsa |
| Hawaii Bowl Arizona St. vs. Hawaii Dec. 24 @ 8pm (ESPN) Spread: Hawaii -7 |
Hawaii | Hawaii | Hawaii | ASU |
| Motor City Bowl Central Michigan vs. Middle Tenn. St. Dec. 26 @ 7:30pm (ESPN) Spread: MTSU +9.5 |
CMU | MTSU | CMU | MTSU |
| Emerald Bowl Florida St. vs. UCLA Dec. 27 @ 8pm (ESPN) Spread: UCLA -4.5 |
FSU | FSU | FSU | FSU |
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Brad
December 19th, 2006 at 10:36 pm
so apparently Desmond Howard is lookin forward to yall’s game against Cal on Dec. 28th. He thinks DeSean Jackson vs. Aaron Ross is gonna be a great matchup.
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Brian
December 20th, 2006 at 8:55 am
Dude that is freaking hilarious. Freaking ESPN has run their college football coverage into the ground the last couple of years. First Big & Rich, then Nick Lachey, firing the hated Trev Alberts (who at least had half a clue), and keeping Lou Holtz and his lisp on the air.