Bowl Predictions

I love to predict bowl games. I have drafts I wrote down from as early as January. I just didn't get around to posting them on the blog. There will be 32 bowls this year, including the BCS National Title game in Glendale, AZ. Three new bowls -- actaully four if you include the former Houston Bowl, which is now the Texas Bowl -- join the lineup, the International Bowl, Birmingham Bowl and the New Mexico Bowl. And one other, the Fort Worth Bowl, has changed its name to the Armed Forces Bowl.

New Orleans Bowl - SMU 8-4 vs. Troy 7-5
New Mexico Bowl - Nevada 8-4 vs. Colorado State 6-6
Poinsettia Bowl - Fresno State 10-2 vs. BYU 8-4
Birmingham Bowl - Southern Miss 8-4 vs. Virginia 6-6*
Armed Forces Bowl - TCU 8-4 vs. UTEP 7-5
International Bowl - Rutgers 6-6 vs. Akron 6-6
Motor City Bowl - Toledo 8-4 vs. Oregon State 7-6*
GMAC Bowl - Northern Illinois 10-3 vs. UCF 8-5
MPC Computers Bowl - Boise State 10-2 vs. North Carolina 7-5
Hawaii Bowl - Hawaii 9-4 vs. Washington State 7-5
Liberty Bowl - Tulsa 10-3 vs. Ole Miss 7-5
Emerald Bowl - Arizona State 8-4 vs. Maryland 7-5
Las Vegas Bowl - Oregon 8-4 vs. Utah 10-2
Texas Bowl - Baylor 6-6 vs. South Florida 8-4
Independence Bowl - Alabama 7-5 vs. Iowa State 7-5
Music City Bowl - Geogia Tech 7-5 vs. South Carolina 8-4
Insight Bowl - Wisconsin 8-4 vs. Texas A&M 7-5
Meineke Car Care Bowl - Navy 10-2 vs. Boston College 9-3
Alamo Bowl - Kansas 9-3 vs. Purdue 8-5
Sun Bowl - Arizona 8-4 vs. Pitt 9-3
Champs Sports Bowl - Virginia Tech 9-3 vs. Michigan State 8-4
Gator Bowl - Miami 10-3 vs. Oklahoma 9-3
Holiday Bowl - Cal 9-3 vs. Texas Tech 9-3
Cotton Bowl - Nebraska 10-3 vs. Arkansas 8-4
Peach Bowl - Clemson 9-3 vs. Georgia 9-3
Outback Bowl - Penn State 8-4 vs. Tennessee 9-4
Capital One Bowl - Florida 9-3 vs. Iowa 10-2
Fiesta Bowl - Texas 12-1 vs. West Virginia 11-1
Sugar Bowl - LSU 9-3 vs. Louisville 11-1
Orange Bowl - Florida State 11-2 vs. Michigan 10-2
Rose Bowl - Ohio State 10-2 vs. Notre Dame 10-2
BCS National Championship - Auburn 12-1 vs. USC 11-1

*no eligible conference team available