With college football bowl season kicking off tonight, here are my predictions for all 32 bowl games. When I last did this two years ago, I missed more than I predicted correctly. We'll see how it goes this year. I'll update this thread with the official final scores of each game, as well as my won/loss record in picking the winning teams.
Disclaimers: First, I do not pretend to be any sort of college football expert, just an avid fan who has watched a number of games over the past season. I'm doing this for fun, no money is involved or wagered by me on the outcomes of these games. And Yours Truly and Rockpage are not responsible for any money, wages, beer, house, car or children lost on wagers based on my predictions. So with that in mind, let 'em rip:
DEC. 20 - POINSETTIA BOWL, San Diego: Utah 35, Navy 24
FINAL SCORE: Utah 35-32 (JP 1-0)
DEC. 21 - NEW ORLEANS BOWL, New Orleans: Florida Atlantic 31, Memphis 27
FINAL SCORE: Florida Atlantic 44-27 (JP 2-0)
DEC. 22 - PAPA JOHNS.COM BOWL, Birmingham: Cincinnati 24, Southern Mississippi 10
FINAL SCORE: Cincinnati 31-21 (JP 3-0)
DEC. 22 - NEW MEXICO BOWL, Albuquerque: New Mexico 21, Nevada 17
FINAL SCORE: New Mexico 23-0 (JP 4-0)
DEC. 22 - PIONEER PURE VISION LAS VEGAS BOWL, Las Vegas: BYU 35, UCLA 17
FINAL SCORE: BYU 17-16 (JP 5-0)
DEC. 23 - SHERATON HAWAII BOWL, Honolulu: Boise State 31, East Carolina 17
FINAL SCORE: EAST CAROLINA 41-38 (JP 5-1)
DEC. 26 - MOTOR CITY BOWL, Detroit: Purdue 33, Central Michigan 19
FINAL SCORE: PURDUE 51-48 (JP 6-1)
DEC. 27 - PACIFIC LIFE HOLIDAY BOWL, San Diego: Arizona State 35, Texas 31
FINAL SCORE: TEXAS 52-34 (JP 6-2)
DEC. 28 - CHAMPS SPORTS BOWL, Orlando: Michigan State 30, Boston College 23
FINAL SCORE: Boston College 24-21 (JP 6-3)
DEC. 28 - TEXAS BOWL, Houston: TCU 23, Houston 21
FINAL SCORE: TCU 20-13 (JP 7-3)
DEC. 28 - EMERALD BOWL, San Francisco: Oregon State 37, Maryland 23
FINAL SCORE: Oregon State 21-14 (JP 8-3)
DEC. 29 - MEINEKE CAR CARE BOWL, Charlotte: Connecticut 24, Wake Forest 16
FINAL SCORE: Wake Forest 24-10 (JP 8-4)
DEC. 29 - AUTOZONE LIBERTY BOWL, Memphis: Central Florida 23, Mississippi State 10
FINAL SCORE: Mississippi State 10-3 (JP 8-5)
DEC. 29 - ALAMO BOWL, San Antonio: Penn State 27, Texas A&M 13
FINAL SCORE: Penn State 24-17 (JP 9-5)
DEC. 30 - PETRO SUN INDEPENDENCE BOWL, Shreveport: Alabama 28, Colorado 7
FINAL SCORE: Alabama 30-24 (JP 10-5)
DEC. 31 - BELL HELICOPTER ARMED FORCES BOWL, Fort Worth: California 28, Air Force 23
FINAL SCORE: California 42-36 (JP 11-5)
DEC. 31 - SUN BOWL, El Paso: South Florida 31, Oregon 10
FINAL SCORE: Oregon 56-21 (JP 11-6)
DEC. 31 - HUMANITARIAN BOWL, Boise: Georgia Tech 23, Fresno State 14
FINAL SCORE: Fresno State 40-28 (JP 11-7)
DEC. 31 - GAYLORD HOTELS MUSIC CITY BOWL, Nashville: Kentucky 44, Florida State 17
FINAL SCORE: Kentucky 35-28 (JP 12-7)
DEC. 31 - CHICK FIL-A BOWL, Atlanta: Clemson 23, Auburn 21
FINAL SCORE: Auburn 23-20 OT (JP 12-8 )
DEC. 31 - INSIGHT BOWL, Tempe: Indiana 44, Oklahoma State 42
FINAL SCORE: Oklahoma State 49-33 (JP 12-9)
JAN. 1 - OUTBACK BOWL, Tampa: Tennessee 27, Wisconsin 21
FINAL SCORE: Tennessee 21-17 (JP 13-9)
JAN. 1 - AT&T COTTON BOWL, Dallas: Missouri 35, Arkansas 27
FINAL SCORE: Missouri 38-7 (JP 14-9)
JAN. 1 - GATOR BOWL, Jacksonville: Texas Tech 41, Virginia 20
FINAL SCORE: Texas Tech 31-28 (JP 15-9)
JAN. 1 - CAPITOL ONE BOWL, Orlando: Florida 33, Michigan 21
FINAL SCORE: Michigan 41-35 (JP 15-10)
JAN. 1 - ROSE BOWL, Pasadena: USC 37, Illinois 20
FINAL SCORE: USC 49-17 (JP 16-10)
JAN. 1 - ALLSTATE SUGAR BOWL, New Orleans: Hawaii 35, Georgia 23
FINAL SCORE: Georgia 41-10 (JP 16-11)
JAN. 2 - TOSTITOS FIESTA BOWL, Glendale: Oklahoma 41, West Virginia 20
FINAL SCORE: West Virginia 48-28 (JP 16-12)
JAN. 3 - FEDEX ORANGE BOWL, Miami: Virginia Tech 27, Kansas 24
FINAL SCORE: Kansas 24-21 (JP 16-13)
JAN. 5 - INTERNATIONAL BOWL, Toronto: Rutgers 30, Ball State 20
FINAL SCORE: Rutgers 52-30 (JP 17-13)
JAN. 6 - GMAC BOWL, Mobile: Tulsa 23, Bowling Green 16
FINAL SCORE: Tulsa 63-7 (JP 18-13)
JAN. 7 - BCS NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP, New Orleans: LSU 37, Ohio State 28
FINAL SCORE: LSU 38-24 (JP 19-13)
JP FINAL BOWL PICK RECORD 19-13
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