Weekly Picks of the Week - Bowl Games Part 2

Picks in Bold

Rankings based on CFP Selection Committee Rankings
All lines provided by Sportsbook.ag

Chick-fil-a Peach Bowl
#9 Mississippi Rebels v. #6 TCU Horned Frogs (-3.5)

Georgia Dome, Atlanta
Wed. Dec. 31, 12:30

ESPN

Fiesta Bowl
#20 Boise State Broncos (+3.5) v. #10 Arizona Wildcats

University of Phoenix Stadium, Glendale AZ

Wed. Dec. 31, 4:00

ESPN

Orange Bowl
#7 Mississippi State Bulldogs v. #12 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets (+7)

Sun Life Stadium, Miami

Wed. Dec. 31, 8:00

ESPN

Outback Bowl
#19 Auburn Tigers (-6.5) v. #18 Wisconsin Badgers

Raymond James Stadium, Tampa

Thur. Jan. 1, 12:00

ESPN 2

Cotton Bowl
#8 Michigan State Spartans v. #5 Baylor Bears (-3)

AT&T Stadium, Arlington TX

Thur. Jan. 1, 12:30

ESPN

Citrus Bowl
#16 Missouri Tigers (-5.5) v. #25 Minnesota Golden Gophers

Florida Citrus Bowl, Orlando

Thur. Jan. 1, 1:00

ABC

Rose Bowl
#2 Oregon Ducks v. #3 Florida State Seminoles (+9)

Rose Bowl, Pasadena CA

Thur. Jan. 1, 5:00

ESPN

Sugar Bowl
#1 Alabama Crimson Tide v. #4 Ohio State Buckeyes (+9)

Superdome, New Orleans

Thur. Jan. 1, 8:30

ESPN

Alamo Bowl
#11 Kansas State Wildcats v. #14 UCLA Bruins (-1)

Alamodome, San Antonio

Fri. Jan. 2, 6:45

ESPN

-You'll notice that I didn't include sponsors' names with each bowl game except for one.  The Chick-fil-a Peach Bowl.  That's because they keep changing their name and it confuses me.  It started as the Peach Bowl, then went to the Chick-fil-a Peach Bowl, then just the Chick-fil-a Bowl, and now it's back to the Chick-fil-a Peach Bowl.  I guess they had to change it back because it is part of the College Football Playoff rotation alongside the Orange, Sugar, Rose, Fiesta, and Cotton Bowls and being just the Chick-fil-a Bowl would have stood out a little bit in that group.

-Stat of the Week:  Division III team Mount Union has a 129-6 record over their last 135 games.  All six losses are to the same team, Wisconsin-Whitewater.

-The first bowl game between two ranked teams doesn't occur until New Year's Eve.  That's another reason bowl games are pointless.  These (exhibition) games are supposed to be between the best teams in the country and yet more than half of them are between teams that aren't even truly worthy of being there.  They really need to trim down the number of bowl games and spread out the good ones.  Then again, I'll watch a game between two teams whose mascots I couldn't identify if a gun was pointed at my head just because I would rather watch that over basketball any day.

-Last Week's Funniest College GameDay Sign:

"This might be my new winner for funniest GameDay sign of the year."

-Alright, enjoy the rest of the stupid bowl games.

Bowl Game Results: 0-0
Final Regular Season Results: 40-42