A number of games were near consensus, however. Nick Grays is the only backer of Colorado State over Washington State (-3) in the New Mexico Bowl, while Chris Morgan was the lone voice to say East Carolina would not cover the 13-point spread against Ohio in Beef 'O' Brady's Bowl. Chris Bennet is only writer picking Miami over Louisville (-3) in the Russell Athletic Bowl.
Mario Puig took the points with Central Florida in the Fiesta Bowl while Chris Winkler and Ethan Padway are confident enough that Baylor will cover the 16.5 spread to make the Bears their Best Bets. Padway is also the only writer to take Oklahoma State in the Cotton Bowl against Missouri (-1.5).
Jason Thornbury is the lone believer in Syracuse, a 4.5-point underdog to Minnesota in the Texas Bowl. Greg Vara went the other way by making the Golden Gophers his Best Bet.
As for the BCS Championship, six of the eight writers went with Florida State to cover the 6.5-point spread while Morgan and Bennett went with Auburn.
Picks are against the spread. Best Bets are in bold. Losers are noted as such.
Happy Bowling.
(UPDATE: Tony Goldenstein, who covers the Big Ten, was a late entry.)
POST-BOWL UPDATE: Congratulations to Mario Puig who lapped the field to win the Bowl Pick 'Em
A number of games were near consensus, however. Nick Grays is the only backer of Colorado State over Washington State (-3) in the New Mexico Bowl, while Chris Morgan was the lone voice to say East Carolina would not cover the 13-point spread against Ohio in Beef 'O' Brady's Bowl. Chris Bennet is only writer picking Miami over Louisville (-3) in the Russell Athletic Bowl.
Mario Puig took the points with Central Florida in the Fiesta Bowl while Chris Winkler and Ethan Padway are confident enough that Baylor will cover the 16.5 spread to make the Bears their Best Bets. Padway is also the only writer to take Oklahoma State in the Cotton Bowl against Missouri (-1.5).
Jason Thornbury is the lone believer in Syracuse, a 4.5-point underdog to Minnesota in the Texas Bowl. Greg Vara went the other way by making the Golden Gophers his Best Bet.
As for the BCS Championship, six of the eight writers went with Florida State to cover the 6.5-point spread while Morgan and Bennett went with Auburn.
Picks are against the spread. Best Bets are in bold. Losers are noted as such.
Happy Bowling.
(UPDATE: Tony Goldenstein, who covers the Big Ten, was a late entry.)
POST-BOWL UPDATE: Congratulations to Mario Puig who lapped the field to win the Bowl Pick 'Em title.
| BOWL MATCHUP | CHRIS WINKLER | MARIO PUIG | NICK GRAYS | CHRIS MORGAN | GREG VARA | CHRIS BENNETT | ETHAN PADWAY | JASON THORN- BURY | TONY GOLDEN- STEIN |
| New Mexico CSU vs. WSU -3 | CSU | ||||||||
| Las Vegas USC vs. Fresno St. -6 | USC | USC | USC | USC | USC | USC | USC | ||
| Potato Buffalo vs. SDSU +1 | SDSU | SDSU | SDSU | SDSU | |||||
| New Orleans Lafayette vs. Tulane -1 | LAF | LAF | LAF | ||||||
| Beef 'O' Brady's Ohio vs. ECU -13 | ECU | ECU | ECU | ECU | ECU | ECU | ECU | ECU | |
| Hawaii Oregon St. vs. Boise St. -4.5 | OSU | OSU | OSU | OSU | OSU | OSU | |||
| Little Caesars Pittsburgh vs. Bowling Green -6 | PIT | PIT | PIT | PIT | PIT | PIT | |||
| Poinsettia Utah St. vs. N. Illinois -2.5 | USU | USU | USU | ||||||
| Military Marshall vs. Maryland +3 | MARSH | MARSH | MARSH | MARSH | MARSH | ||||
| Texas Syracuse vs. Minnesota -4.5 | SYR | ||||||||
| Fight Hunger Washington vs. BYU +3 | UW | UW | UW | UW | UW | ||||
| Pinstripe Rutgers vs. Notre Dame -17.5 | RUT | RUT | RUT | ||||||
| Belk Cincinnait vs. UNC -2 | UNC | UNC | UNC | ||||||
| Russell Athletic Miami vs. Louisville -3 | LOU | LOU | LOU | LOU | LOU | LOU | LOU | LOU | |
| Buff. Wild Wings Michigan vs. Kansas St. -3 | KSU | KSU | KSU | KSU | |||||
| Armed Forces Mid. Tenn. vs. Navy -7 | NAVY | NAVY | NAVY | NAVY | NAVY | NAVY | |||
| Music City Mississippi vs. Georgia Tech +4 | MISS | MISS | MISS | MISS | MISS | ||||
| Alamo Texas vs. Oregon -14 | ORE | ORE | ORE | ORE | ORE | ORE | ORE | ||
| Holiday Texas Tech vs. ASU -13 | |||||||||
| AdvoCare Boston College vs. Arizona -7 | ARZ | ARZ | ARZ | ARZ | ARZ | ARZ | ARZ | ARZ | ARZ |
| Sun Virginia Tech vs. UCLA -7 | UCLA | UCLA | UCLA | UCLA | UCLA | UCLA | UCLA | ||
| Liberty Miss. St. vs. Rice +7.5 | MSU | MSU | MSU | MSU | MSU | ||||
| Chick-fil-A Duke vs. Texas A&M -13 | DUKE | DUKE | DUKE | ||||||
| Dallas UNLV vs. North Texas -6.5 | N.TEX | N.TEX | N.TEX | N.TEX | N.TEX | ||||
| Gator Nebraska vs. Georgia -9.5 | NEB | NEB | NEB | ||||||
| Capital One Wisconsin vs. S. Carolina +2 | SC | SC | SC | SC | SC | ||||
| Outback Iowa vs. LSU -7.5 | IOWA | IOWA | |||||||
| Rose Michigan St. vs. Stanford -3.5 | MSU | MSU | MSU | ||||||
| Fiesta C. Florida vs. Baylor -16.5 | CFU | ||||||||
| Sugar Oklahoma vs. Alabama -16 | OKLA | OKLA | OKLA | ||||||
| Cotton Oklahoma St. vs. Missouri -1.5 | MIZZ | MIZZ | MIZZ | MIZZ | MIZZ | MIZZ | MIZZ | MIZZ | |
| Orange Clemson vs. Ohio St. -4 | CLEM | CLEM | |||||||
| Compass Houston vs. Vanderbilt -1.5 | VAND | VAND | VAND | VAND | VAND | VAND | VAND | ||
| GoDaddy.com Ark. St. vs. Ball State -7.5 | |||||||||
| BCS Champ. Auburn vs. Florida St. -6.5 | AUB | AUB | |||||||
| RECORD | 18-17 | 21-14 | 17-18 | 16-19 | 16-19 | 16-19 | 17-18 | 16-19 | 13-22 |
THE PLAYERS
Chirs Winkler: Covers Conference USA
Mario Puig: RotoWire College Football Editor; Writes Waiver Wire Watch; 2012 Bowl Picks champion
Nick Grays: Covers the Mountain West
Chris Morgan: Covers Conference USA; Writes Start vs. Sit
Greg Vara: RotoWire college football handicapper; 2008 Bowl Picks champion
Chris Bennett: Covers the ACC
Ethan Padway: Covers the Big 12
Jason Thornbury: RotoWire Senior Editor; 2011 Bowl Picks champion
Tony Goldenstein: Covers the Big Ten
