get so many bowls you'll wonder if the Campbell's Soup Bowl and the
Kellogg's Cereal Bowl are gonna be shown on ESPNU or Fox Sports South
Central East. But these three at least have been around for awhile.
December 28th
NCAA College Football
PetroSun Independence Bowl
Alabama (6-6) vs Oklahoma State (6-6)
Independence Stadium, Shreveport, LA -4:30 (ESPN)
Favorite-Oklahoma State by 2.5
Its A Fact-Oklahoma State got the bowl invite over 6-6 Kansas because
of their head to head win
Both these teams should be ashamed to be in a bowl game. Alabama's a
mess having had first took West Va's Rich Rodriguez only to have him
jump back after the Mountaineers matched their offer and have several
coaches openly disdain the position. They are in disarray. The Cowboys
aren't much better, but they at least have a coach. Their defense is the
one that is a joke, one of the worst in the nation. Their offense though
is credible. Adarius Bowman and D'Juan Woods are a formidable wideout combo and if QB Bobby Reid can stay upright, he'll get the ball to them a few times. I think that the Cowboys will take adavntage of the Tide's disarray and roll (pun intended)
Pick-Oklahoma State
Pacific Life Holiday Bowl
California (9-3) vs Texas A&M (9-3)
Qualcomm Stadium, San Diego- 8:00 (ESPN)
Favorite-Cal by 3
Its A Fact-This is the Golden Bears 4th straight bowl after not going
to bowls from 1997-2002
Usually one of the more entertaining of the pre-New Years Day Bowl
games, the Holiday Bowl has two teams that have strong running games.
Cal's Marshawn Lynch is expected to be showcased here as he is widely
rumored to be headed to the NFL after this his junior season. Cal has
stumbled as of late, nearly losing to wretched archrival Stanford but
Nathan Longshore has big play capabilty. Cal's Defense is very suspect
and may be vunerable to the Aggie running attack which features scatback Mike Goodson and behemoth RB Jorvorskie Lane who scored 19 TD's this season. Both teams can score, but I give A&M the edge with a running game that can wear down a shaky Bear defense.
Pick-Texas A&M
Texas Bowl
Kansas State (7-5) vs Rutgers (10-2)
Reliant Stadium, Houston-8:00 (NFL Network)
Favorite Rutgers by 8
Its A Fact-This is Rutgers third bowl game in school history
The Scarlet Knights put a serious scare in the BCS with their fast
start, though they lost 2 of their last 3. I felt as if they were being
punished for shedding their long time patsy label. Ray Rice is all that
and then some for Rutgers. His breakaway capability complements FB Brian Leonard's punishing inside presence. Kansas State is decent, but their run defense is suspect. Not a good thing when facing a top running
squad. The Wildcats have a decent running game themselves with James
Johnson and Leon Patton each possesing good size and speed, but QB JoshFreeman is a bit too erratic, playing great against Texas and abysmal against Kansas and Louisville. Given Rutgers big play defense, it'll only take a mistake or two for this one to get messy.
Pick-Rutgers
Last Night 0-1
Overall 7-2
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