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The 2005/2006 NCAA bowl season starts off a little slow as a lot of 6 win teams face off in mid-December. Hard to get excited Southern Missippi versus Arkansas State. Heck I didn’t even know there was an Arkansas State. The matchups get better after Christmas as everything builds towards the epic Texas – USC matchup in the Rose Bowl. Should be entertaining to watch 28 teams try to end the year with a win. Be on the lookout for more detailed previews from Bevo Sports for most of the games.

Here’s our picks for all the bowl games both straight up and against the spread:

	Straight	Spread	Straight	Spread
	Brian		Matt
New Orleans Bowl Southern Miss vs. Arkansas St. Dec. 20 @ 7pm, Spread: ASU +15	USM	ASU	USM	ASU
GMAC Bowl Toledo vs. UTEP Dec. 21 @ 7pm, Spread: UTEP +3	UTEP	UTEP	Toledo	Toledo
Las Vegas Bowl BYU vs. California Dec. 22 @ 7pm, Spread: Cal -7.5	Cal	BYU	Cal	BYU
Poinsettia Bowl Colorado St. vs. Navy Dec. 22 @ 9:30pm, Spread: Navy -3	CSU	CSU	CSU	CSU
Fort Worth Bowl Houston vs. Kansas Dec. 23 @ 7pm, Spread: Kansas -3	KU	KU	KU	KU
Hawaii Bowl Central Florida vs. Nevada Dec. 24 @ 7:30pm, Spread: Nev. -2	Nevada	Nevada	Nevada	Nevada
Motor City Bowl Akron vs. Memphis Dec. 26 @ 3pm, Spread: Memphis -5	Memphis	Memphis	Memphis	Akron
Champs Sports Bowl (23) Clemson vs. Colorado Dec. 27 @ 4pm, Spread: Colorado +8	Colorado	Colorado	Clemson	Clemson
Insight Bowl Arizona St. vs. Rutgers Dec. 27 @ 7:30pm, Spread: RU +11	ASU	Rutgers	ASU	Rutgers
MPC Computers Bowl (19) B.C. vs. Boise St. Dec. 28 @ 3:30pm, Spread: BSU +1.5	B.C.	B.C.	B.C.	B.C.
Alamo Bowl (20) Michigan vs. Nebraska Dec. 28 @ 7pm, Spread: NU +11.5	Mich.	Mich.	Mich.	Mich.
Emerald Bowl (24) Ga. Tech vs. Utah Dec. 29 @ 3:30pm, Spread: Utah +9	GT	Utah
Holiday Bowl (6) Oregon vs. Oklahoma Dec. 29 @ 7pm, Spread: OU +3	OU	OU	OU	OU
Music City Bowl Virginia vs. Minnesota Dec. 30 @ 11am, Spread: Minn. -6	Minn.	Virginia	Minn.	Minn.
Sun Bowl Northwestern vs. (17) UCLA Dec. 30 @ 1pm, Spread: UCLA -3	NW	NW	NW	NW
Independence Bowl S. Carolina vs. Missouri Dec. 30 @ 2:30pm, Spread: MU +4	Mizzou	Mizzou	Mizzou	Mizzou
Peach Bowl (9) Miami vs. (10) LSU Dec. 30 @ 6:30pm, Spread: LSU +7	Miami	Miami	Miami	Miami
Meineke Car Care Bowl S. Florida vs. NC State Dec. 31 @ 10am, Spread: NCSt -3.5	NC State	NC State
Liberty Bowl Fresno St. vs. Tulsa Dec. 31 @ 12pm, Spread: UT +7.5	Tulsa	Tulsa
Houston Bowl (14) TCU vs. Iowa St. Dec. 31 @ 1:30pm, Spread: ISU +3	Iowa St.	Iowa St.
Cotton Bowl (18) Texas Tech vs. (13) Alabama Jan. 2 @ 10am, Spread: UA +3.5	Tech	Tech
Outback Bowl (25) Iowa vs. (16) Florida Jan. 2 @ 10am, Spread: UF -1.5	Florida	Florida
Gator Bowl (15) Louisville vs. (12) Va. Tech Jan. 2 @ 11:30am, Spread: VT -8.5	Va. Tech	Louisville
Capital One Bowl (21) Wisconsin vs. (7) Auburn Jan. 2 @ 12pm, Spread: AU -10.5	Auburn	Auburn
Fiesta Bowl (5) Notre Dame vs. (4) Ohio St. Jan. 2 @ 3:30pm, Spread: OSU -4.5	Ohio St.	Ohio St.
Sugar Bowl (11) W. Virginia vs. (8) Georgia Jan. 2 @ 7:30pm, Spread: UGA -6.5	Georgia	Georgia
Orange Bowl (3) Penn St. vs. (22) Florida St. Jan. 3 @ 7pm, Spread: FSU +10	Penn St.	Penn St.
Rose Bowl (1) Southern Cal vs. (2) Texas Jan. 4 @ 7pm, Spread: UT +7.5	Texas	Texas