Posted December 19th, 2007 by Brian
Filed under: Bowls, Football, Quick Hits
Stewart Mandel’s bowl picks. He think the Horns top Arizona State 35-32, but I think the winner will have to score more than 35.
I know you have been eagerly waiting our expert opinions (yeah right) on who will win and who will cover in Super Bowl XLI.
I think this is actually a pretty interesting match-up, with Peyton’s offense going up against the great Bear’s defense. I think for the Bear’s to win they need to jump out to a fast start. With their offense, I really don’t see them being able to come back against the Colts. The Colts have proven they can recover from a slow start with their win against the Patriots, where they were down by 18 in the first half.
I see a close game in the first half with the Colts pulling away in the end. Feel free to add your own predictions.
| Brian | Matt | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Straight | Spread | Straight | Spread | |
| Super Bowl XLI Chicago Bears vs. Indianapolis Colts Feb 4 @ 6:25pm (CBS) Spread: Colts -7 |
Bears | Bears | Colts | Colts |
Happy New Year’s! Texas finished out 2006 a winner of 10 games for a nation’s best sixth straight year and 2007 will begin with a great slate of New Year’s Day games. Make sure you wake up early Monday and don’t sleep too late to catch the Outback and Cotton Bowls. The week finishes up in Glendale, Arizona as Florida will try to upset Ohio State for the national title.
Here’s our picks for the final set of bowl games and the BCS Championship Game:
| Brian | Matt | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Straight | Spread | Straight | Spread | |
| Outback Bowl Penn St vs. Tennessee Jan 1 @ 10am (ESPN) Spread: Tenn -4.5 |
Tenn | Tenn | Tenn | Tenn |
| Cotton Bowl Nebraska vs. Auburn Jan 1 @ 10:30am (Fox) Spread: Auburn -2.5 |
Nebraska | Nebraska | Auburn | Auburn |
| Capital One Bowl Wisconsin vs. Arkansas Jan 1 @ 12pm (ABC) Spread: Ark -2.5 |
Arky | Arky | Wisky | Wisky |
| Gator Bowl Ga Tech vs. West Virginia Jan 1 @ 12pm (CBS) Spread: WVU -11 |
WVU | Ga Tech | WVU | Ga Tech |
| Rose Bowl Michigan vs. USC Jan 1 @ 4pm (ABC) Spread: USC +1 |
USC | USC | Mich | Mich |
| Fiesta Bowl Boise St vs. Oklahoma Jan 1 @ 7pm (Fox) Spread: OU -7.5 |
OU | OU | OU | OU |
| Orange Bowl Wake Forest vs. Louisville Jan 2 @ 7pm (Fox) Spread: Louisville -10.5 |
Louisville | Wake Forest | Louisville | Louisville |
| Sugar Bowl Notre Dame vs. LSU Jan 3 @ 7pm (Fox) Spread: LSU -10 |
LSU | LSU | LSU | LSU |
| International Bowl W. Michigan vs. Cincinatti Jan 6 @ 11am (ESPN) Spread: Cincy -7.5 |
WMU | WMU | Cincy | Cincy |
| GMAC Bowl Ohio vs. Southern Miss Jan 7 @ 7pm (ESPN) Spread: USM -6 |
USM | USM | USM | USM |
| BCS Championship Game Florida vs. Ohio State Jan 8 @ 7pm (Fox) Spread: OSU -8 |
Ohio St | Ohio St | Ohio St | Ohio St |
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Finally some decent games. Week one of the bowl season was boring and ugly, a bunch of bowls you’ve never heard of featuring two teams you couldn’t care less about.
Here’s this week’s bowl games both straight up and against the spread:
| Brian | Matt | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Straight | Spread | Straight | Spread | |
| Independence Bowl Okie St. vs. Alabama Dec. 28 @ 3:30pm (ESPN) Spread: Bama +2.5 |
OSU | OSU | Alabama | Alabama |
| Holiday Bowl Texas A&M vs. Cal Dec. 28 @ 7pm (ESPN) Spread: Cal -3 |
Cal | Cal | Cal | Cal |
| Texas Bowl Kansas St. vs. Rutgers Dec. 28 @ 7pm (NFL) Spread: Rutgers -8.5 |
Rutgers | KSU | Rutgers | Rutgers |
| Music City Bowl Kentucky vs. Clemson Dec. 29 @ 12pm (ESPN) Spread: Clemson -10 |
Clemson | Clemson | Clemson | Clemson |
| Sun Bowl Missouri vs. Oregon St. Dec. 29 @ 1pm (CBS) Spread: OSU -4 |
Mizzou | Mizzou | Mizzou | Mizzou |
| Liberty Bowl Houston vs. S. Carolina Dec. 29 @ 3:30pm (ESPN) Spread: USC -6 |
USC | Houston | USC | USC |
| Insight Bowl Minn. vs. Texas Tech Dec. 29 @ 6:30pm (NFL) Spread: Tech -6.5 |
Tech | Minn | Tech | Tech |
| Champs Sports Bowl Purdue vs. Maryland Dec. 29 @ 7pm (ESPN) Spread: Maryland +1 |
Maryland | Maryland | Maryland | Maryland |
| Meineke Car Care Bowl Navy vs. Boston College Dec. 30 @ 12pm (ESPN2) Spread: BC -6.5 |
BC | BC | BC | BC |
| Alamo Bowl Iowa vs. Texas Dec. 30 @ 3:30pm (ESPN) Spread: Texas -9 |
Texas | Texas | Texas | Texas |
| Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl Va Tech vs. Georgia Dec. 30 @ 7pm (ESPN) Spread: Georgia +3 |
VT | VT | VT | VT |
| MPC Computers Bowl Nevada vs. Miami Dec. 30 @ 6:30pm (ESPN) Spread: Miami -3.5 |
Miami | Miami | Miami | Miami |
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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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Well after the Texas loss to Aggy, it almost felt like the college football season was over. But… there are actually some good football games this weekend. I am really looking forward to seeing the Arkansas/Florida match-up to see if Florida can shake up the BCS Championship picture. Rutgers is playing West Virginia in a match-up that looked interesting a few weeks ago but now just seems kind of boring.
Nebraska is playing Oklahoma in the Big 12 Championship, both of whom Texas beat earlier in the season. Doesn’t that just make you sick?
Here’s our picks for the games this weekend:
| Brian Last week: 11 – 3 YTD: 121 – 41 |
Matt Last week: 12 – 2 YTD: 139 – 23 |
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|---|---|---|
| Connecticut @ (6) Louisville | Louisville | Louisville |
| (16) Wake F. @ (23) G. Tech | Ga Tech | Wake Forest |
| (2) USC @ UCLA | USC | USC |
| (8) Arkansas @ (4) Florida | Arkansas | Arkansas |
| (13) Rutgers @ (15) W. Virginia | Rutgers | W. Virginia |
| (19) Nebraska @ (8) Oklahoma | Oklahoma | Oklahoma |
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Rivalry week in college football is a great time of the year. Everyone gets to stuff their faces for Thanksgiving on Thursday, and then on Friday and Saturday you are treated to some great college football games.
I am really looking forward to seeing how the USC / Notre Dame game shakes everything up in the BSC. Should be fun to watch. Go Horns!!
Here’s our picks for the games this weekend:
| Brian Last week: 10 – 4 YTD: 110 – 38 |
Matt Last week: 10 – 4 YTD: 127 – 21 |
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|---|---|---|
| (9) LSU @ (5) Arkansas | LSU | LSU |
| South Florida @ (7) West Virginia | W. Virginia | W. Virginia |
| (4) Florida @ Florida St | Florida | Florida |
| (8) Louisville @ Pittsburgh | Louisville | Louisville |
| (6) Notre Dame @ (3) USC | USC | USC |
| Texas A&M @ (11) Texas | Texas | Texas |
| Colorado @ (23) Nebraska | Nebraska | Nebraska |
| Kansas @ Missouri | Missouri | Missouri |
| (13) Oklahoma @ Oklahoma St | Oklahoma | Oklahoma |
| South Carolina @ (24) Clemson | Clemson | South Carolina |
| Virginia @ (17) Virginia Tech | Va Tech | Va Tech |
| Kentucky @ (19) Tennessee | Tennessee | Tennessee |
| (16) Georgia Tech @ Georgia | Georgia | Georgia |
| (21) BYU @ Utah | BYU | BYU |
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Texas gets a bye week at a much needed time for them, since Colt McCoy is still recovering from the stinger he suffered against Kansas St. There is some big action this week as #1 Ohio State hosts #2 Michigan, in what should be one of the biggest games of the year. As a college football fan you have to love these match-ups, and I am sure most of you will be tuned in to ABC at 3:30 PM ET on Saturday.
Some interesting games in the Big 12 this weekend. Will A&M’s biggest rival Baylor pull the upset on OU? Will Kansas St have a letdown game against Kansas. We will see.
Here’s our picks for the games this weekend:
| Brian Last week: 8 – 5 YTD: 100 – 34 |
Matt Last week: 10 – 3 YTD: 117 – 17 |
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|---|---|---|
| W Carolina @ (3) Florida | Florida | Florida |
| (21) Maryland @ (20) B.C. | B.C. | Maryland |
| Army @ (6) Notre Dame | Notre Dame | Notre Dame |
| (5) Arkansas @ Miss St | Arkansas | Arkansas |
| (2) Michigan @ (1) Ohio St | Ohio St | Ohio St |
| (19) Va Tech @ (14) Wake Forest | Va Tech | Wake Forest |
| South Florida @ (10) Louisville | Louisville | Louisville |
| (7) Rutgers @ Cincinnati | Rutgers | Cincinnati |
| Ole Miss @ (9) LSU | LSU | LSU |
| (17) Cal @ (4) USC | USC | USC |
| (16) Oklahoma @ Baylor | Oklahoma | Oklahoma |
| Missouri @ Iowa St | Missouri | Missouri |
| Oklahoma St @ Texas Tech | Oklahoma St | Texas Tech |
| Kansas St @ Kansas | Kansas St | Kansas St |
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A match-up all Texas fans will probably be watching is Louisville at Rutgers. If Rutgers can pull off the upset, Texas will sitting in a nice position to get a spot in the BCS National Championship game. Another big game this week is in the SEC, where Tennessee tries to bounce back after their LSU loss and goes heads up against Arkansas. Arkansas controls their own destiny in the SEC and will have to lose twice relinquish their lead over Auburn.
Texas travels to Kansas St and can clinch a spot in the Big 12 Championship with a win. And Texas Tech travels to OU. You remember what happened last time they played right?
Here’s our picks for the games this weekend:
| Brian Last week: 11 – 1 YTD: 92 – 29 |
Matt Last week: 12 – 0 YTD: 107 – 14 |
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|---|---|---|
| (3) Louisville @ (15) Rutgers | Louisville | Rutgers |
| Cincinnati @ (10) West Virginia | West Virginia | West Virginia |
| Georgia @ (5) Auburn | Auburn | Auburn |
| (1) Ohio State @ Northwestern | Ohio State | Ohio State |
| South Carolina @ (6) Florida | Florida | Florida |
| (2) Michigan @ Indiana | Michigan | Michigan |
| (8) California @ Arizona | California | California |
| (9) Notre Dame @ Air Force | Notre Dame | Notre Dame |
| (13) Tenn. @ (11) Arkansas | Arkansas | Arkansas |
| (4) Texas @ Kansas St | Texas | Texas |
| (21) Oregon @ (7) USC | Oregon | USC |
| Nebraska @ (24) Texas A&M | Nebraska | Nebraska |
| Texas Tech @ (17) Oklahoma | Oklahoma | Oklahoma |
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Finally we get some good match-ups this week. West Virginia and Louisville face off in what has been a pretty anticipated battle. The winner of this game will probably get to determine their own destiny when it comes to the BCS National Championship.
There are some solid Big 12 match-ups as well. Texas of course plays Okie Lite, on TBS, which could spell trouble if you remember the last 2 games against them. Aggy is going heads up with Oklahoma, their second biggest rival to Baylor. And finally Missouri and Nebraska square off in a battle for the Big 12 North.
Here’s our picks for the games this weekend:
| Brian Last week: 5 – 7 Year to date: 81 – 28 |
Matt Last week: 8 – 4 Year to date: 95 – 14 |
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|---|---|---|
| (3) W. Virginia @ (5) Louisville | W. Virginia | Louisville |
| Ball State @ (2) Michigan | Michigan | Michigan |
| (7) Florida @ Vanderbilt | Florida | Florida |
| Arkansas State @ (6) Auburn | Auburn | Auburn |
| (1) Ohio State @ Illinois | Ohio State | Ohio State |
| (13) LSU @ (8) Tennessee | LSU | LSU |
| (9) USC @ Stanford | USC | USC |
| Oklahoma State @ (4) Texas | Texas | Texas |
| UCLA @ (10) California | California | California |
| Missouri @ Nebraska | Nebraska | Nebraska |
| Baylor @ Texas Tech | Texas Tech | Texas Tech |
| (18) Oklahoma @ (21) A&M | Oklahoma | Oklahoma |
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