One Sentence Predictions: Third Week's the Charm?
Seven games this past week, ten bowls total and our In The Bleachers official tally sits at 4-3 for the week and 5-5 overall. We're tied for 14th place over at the In The Bleacher's Bowl Pick 'Em. So we're not the worst, that title belongs to Foreigner's picks while Mark Noe of College Football Campus sits in the lead in our current standings. .500 for the bowls and with ten games down we're still looking to reach that 70% mark that eluded us during the regular season. Luckily in the confidence picks we still have plenty of points left to gain and 24 games to do it in.
This week the slate is jampacked as some twenty bowl games to pick. Only two BCS bowls in this timeframe so we get to save the best for last and wrap up this edition of One Sentence Predictions with the Rose Bowl and the Sugar Bowl.
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Advocare V100 Independence Bowl
Texas A&M and Georgia both have an aversion to tackling so watch for Jerrod Johnson to follow up his monster performance against Texas with a scorefest; Texas A&M 38 Georgia 27
Eaglebank Bowl
Temple comes into this game fired up and with Al Golden's smashmouth style the Owls can take it to a Bruins team that limped into the post season; Temple 24 UCLA 17
Champs Sports Bowl
Miami has too much speed, too much swag and they will easily hand the Badgers their second straight Champs Sports Bowl loss; Miami 34 Wisconsin 20
Roady's Humanitarian Bowl
We'll take the Vandals playing in their home state for their first bowl appearance since '98 and second ever bowl trip; Idaho 24 Bowling Green 10
Pacific Life Holiday Bowl
Nebraska keeps the Pac 10's bowl season in the gutter by unleashing Big Suh on Nick Foles and beating up on Mike Stoops' Wildcats; Nebraska 14 Arizona 10
Bell Helicopter Armed Forces Bowl
Case Keenum and the potent Houston attack are too much for the Air Force to contain; Houston 42 Air Force 34
Brut Sun Bowl
Oklahoma isn't happy to be in El Paso but the Sooners are more talented than Stanford and their defense should bottle up Gerhart; Oklahoma 42 Stanford 28
Texas Bowl
The Midshipmen's potent attack should be on display against Mizzou and this could turn into a high scoring contest; Navy 37 Mizzou 30
Insight Bowl
One of the worst bowl games on the slate should see Tim Brewster get his first bowl victory as Minnesota's head man; Minnesota 20 Iowa State 13
Chick-fil-A Bowl
Mirror image game should see Tyrod Taylor as the difference maker in the contest as the Hokie quarterback can do things with his legs that Crompton cannot match; Virginia Tech 24 Tennessee 17
Outback Bowl
Auburn, specifically Ben Tate, is too much for the Wildcats to contain as Northwestern just walked into a bad match up in the Outback Bowl; Auburn 31 Northwestern 17
Capital One Bowl
LSU's defense takes advantage of Darryl Clark's propensity for throwing picks when he faces a top 15 program and the Bayou Bengals roll over Penn State; LSU 28 Penn State 14
Konica Minolta Gator Bowl
Bobby Bowden goes out a loser but not without putting on an exciting offensive show where his former team just out lasts his current team; West Virginia 38 Florida State 30
International Bowl
South Florida gets a win across the border although they'll have to scrap for it because Northern Illinois runs the football very well; South Florida 27 Northern Illinois 24
AT&T Cotton Bowl
Two teams with explosive offenses but only one team has got a solid defense that shows up to play on a weekly basis plus Dexter McCluster is one of ITB's favorites; Ole Miss 31 Oklahoma State 24
PAPAJOHNS.com Bowl
The Huskies are not better than the Gamecocks but they do enter playing inspired football and this game means a lot more to Edsall and Co; UConn 24 Sakerlina 20
AutoZone Liberty Bowl
The Razorbacks have got the most potent attack ECU has seen all season and the Pirates will get dissected by Ryan Mallette; Arkansas 41 East Carolina 27
Valero Alamo Bowl
The Red Raiders have got too much fire power for this Michigan State team that is even more depleted due to recent suspensions; Texas Tech 30 Michigan State 24
ROSE BOWL GAME PRESENTED BY CITI
The Oregon Ducks have got one of the most potent rushing attacks in the nation and with Ohio State struggling to consistently score the football all season Chip Kelly gets a win; Oregon 27 Ohio State 20
ALLSTATE SUGAR BOWL
With the Meyer controversy the Gators have refocused themselves and New Years Day will see the Orange and Blue dismantle the overmatched Cincinnati Bearcats; Florida 27 Cincinnati 7
