Today officially begins the 2013 (to 2014) college bowl season for FBS teams. Today’s bowl season kicks off with Washington State facing Colorado State in the New Mexico Bowl.
Michigan will face Kansas State in their first EVER meeting at the Buffalo Wild Wings Bowl in Arizona 12/28 (photo by Damien Dennis, 2012).
Other bowl games today include USC (9-4) taking on #21 Fresno State (11-1) in the Las Vegas Bowl. Buffalo and San Diego State will play in the Idaho Potato Bowl while Tulane and LA-Lafayette will face off in the New Orleans bowl.
For those of you that are new to The Pit or have followed us from our college days at WXOU, we here at The Pit like to make weekly predictions on the big games of the week across all sports. Until the podcast grows, I figured I would give you my picks for all 35 college bowl games.
In the past, I have done extremely well making predictions on bowl winners, with my worse season being 11-losses. This year, a few of use here at The Pit decided to wage war on each other with ESPN’s College Bowl Mania, and I figured I would share my picks with our readers.
So without further delay, here are my picks: (*Picks will be BOLD)
Gildan New Mexico Bowl, Sat., Dec. 21, 2 pm EST, ESPN
Washington vs. Colorado State (Played in Albuquerque, NM)
Royal Purple Las Vegas Bowl, Sat., Dec. 21, 3:30 pm EST, ABC
Fresno State vs. USC (Played in Las Vegas, NV)
Famous Idaho Potato Bowl, Sat., Dec. 21, 5:30 pm EST, ESPN
Buffalo vs. San Diego State (Played in Boise, ID)
R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl, Sat., Dec. 21, 9 pm, ESPN
Tulane vs. Louisiana-Lafayette (Played in New Orleans, LA)
Beef O’Brady’s Bowl St. Petersburg, Mon., Dec. 23, 2 pm EST, ESPN
East Carolina vs. Ohio (Played in St. Petersburg, FL)
Sheraton Hawaii Bowl, Tue., Dec. 24, 8 pm EST, ESPN
Boise State vs. Oregon State (Played in Honolulu, HI)
Little Caesars Pizza Bowl, Thu., Dec. 26, 6 pm EST ESPN
Pittsburgh vs. Bowling Green (Played in Detroit, MI)
San Diego County Credit Union Poinsettia Bowl, Thu., Dec. 26, 9:30 pm EST, ESPN
Utah State vs. Northern Illinois (Played in San Diego, CA)
Military Bowl presented by Northrop Grumman, Fri., Dec. 27, 2:30 pm EST, ESPN
Marshall vs. Maryland (Played in Annapolis, MD)
Texas Bowl, Fri., Dec. 27, 6 pm EST, ESPN
Syracuse vs. Minnesota (Played in Houston, TX)
Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl, Fri., Dec. 27, 9:30 pm EST, ESPN
BYU vs. Washington (Played in San Francisco, CA)
New Era Pinstripe Bowl, Sat., Dec. 28, Noon EST, ESPN
Rutgers vs. Notre Dame (Played in Bronx, NY)
Belk Bowl, Sat., Dec. 28, 3:20 pm EST, ESPN
Cincinnati vs. North Carolina (Played in Charlotte, NC)
Russell Athletic Bowl, Sat., Dec. 28, 6:45 pm EST, ESPN
Miami vs. Louisville (Played in Orlando, FL)
Buffalo Wild Wings Bowl, Sat., Dec. 28, 10:15 pm EST, ESPN
Michigan vs. Kansas State (Played in Tempe, AZ)
Bell Helicopter Armed Forces Bowl, Mon., Dec. 30, 11:45 am EST, ESPN
Middle Tennessee vs. Navy (Played in Ft. Worth, TX)
Franklin American Mortgage Music City Bowl, Mon., Dec. 30, 3:15 pm EST, ESPN
Ole Miss vs. Georgia Tech (Played in Nashville, TN)
Valero Alamo Bowl, Mon., Dec. 30, 6:45 pm EST, ESPN
Oregon vs. Texas (Played in San Antonio, TX)
National University Holiday Bowl, Mon., Dec. 30, 10:15 pm EST, ESPN
Arizona State vs. Texas Tech (Played in San Diego, CA)
AdvoCare V100 Bowl, Tue., Dec. 31, 12:30 pm EST, ESPN
Arizona vs. Boston College (Played in Shreveport, LA)
Hyundai Sun Bowl, Tue., Dec. 31, 2 pm EST, CBS
Virginia Tech vs. UCLA (Played in El Paso, TX)
AutoZone Liberty Bowl, Tue., Dec. 31, 4 pm EST, ESPN
Rice vs. Mississippi State (Played in Memphis, TN)
Chick-fil-A Bowl, Tue., Dec. 31, 8 pm EST, ESPN
Duke vs. Texas A&M (Played in Atlanta, GA)
TaxSlayer.com Gator Bowl, Wed., Jan. 1, Noon EST, ESPN2
Nebraska vs. Georgia (Played in Jacksonville, FL)
Heart of Dallas Bowl, Wed., Jan. 1, Noon EST, ESPNU
UNLV vs. North Texas (Played in Dallas, TX)
Capital One Bowl, Wed., Jan. 1, 1 pm EST, ABC
Wisconsin vs. South Carolina (Played in Orlando, FL)
Outback Bowl, Wed., Jan. 1, 1 pm EST, ESPN
Iowa vs. LSU (Played in Tampa, FL)
Rose Bowl Game Presented by Vizio, Wed., Jan. 1, 5 pm EST, ESPN
Stanford vs. Michigan State (Played in Pasadena, CA)
Tostitos Fiesta Bowl, Wed., Jan. 1, 8:30 pm EST, ESPN
UCF vs. Baylor (Played in Glendale, AZ)
Allstate Sugar Bowl, Thu., Jan. 2, 8:30 pm EST, ESPN
Oklahoma vs. Alabama (Played in New Orleans, LA)
Discover Orange Bowl, Fri., Jan. 3, Time TBD, ESPN
Clemson vs. Ohio State (Played in Miami Gardens, FL)
AT&T Cotton Bowl, Fri., Jan. 3, 7:30 pm EST, FOX
Oklahoma State vs. Missouri (Played in Arlington, TX)
BBVA Compass Bowl, Sat., Jan. 4, 1 pm EST, ESPN
Vanderbilt vs. Houston (Played in Birmingham, AL)
GoDaddy Bowl, Sun., Jan. 5, 9 pm EST, ESPN
Arkansas State vs. Ball State (Played in Mobile, AL)
Vizio BCS National Championship, Mon., Jan. 6, 8:30 pm EST, ESPN
Florida State vs. Auburn (Played in Pasadena, CA)
I have Florida State defeating Auburn for the BCS National Championship in a close game, but ultimately with the Seminoles on top 35-21.
