Foolish 2007 College Bowl Picks

Posted by Jacob

January 1, 2008

Update: Winners updated. Records in future post.

The holidays have put us a little behind getting our college bowl picks up before the first few games, but hopefully, you had a pretty good idea who was going to win the Papajohns.com Bowl.

Check out our picks and see who’s right more often than anyone else–Yup, me. I’ll be facing off against a little known college football aficionado, Robert. Our picks are in chronological order, and if he is right more than me, we may just have to make him contribue to FantasyFootballFools.com a little more.

Cameron weighs in on our post-Christmas games for some insight from a true college football follower.

San Diego County Credit Union
WINNER: UTAH

Jacob: Utah
Robert: Utah

R+L Carriers New Orleans
WINNER: FLORIDA ATLANTIC

Jacob: Memphis
Robert: Florida Atlantic

Papajohns.com
WINNER: CINCINNATI

Jacob: Southern Mississippi
Robert: Cincinnati

New Mexico
WINNER: NEW MEXICO

Jacob: New Mexico (I mean, it’s there bowl and all)
Robert: New Mexico

Pioneer Las Vegas
WINNER: BYU

Jacob: BYU
Robert: BYU

Sheraton Hawaii
WINNER: EAST CAROLINA (What happened in this close one?)

Jacob: Boise State
Robert: Boise State

Now Cameron joins in for the rest of the picks…

Motor City
WINNER: PURDUE (That was close)

Jacob: Purdue
Robert: Purdue
Cameron: Purdue (Mainly because they are not a directional Michigan school)

Pacific Life Holiday
WINNER: TEXAS

Jacob: Texas (Hook ‘em)
Robert: Texas
Cameron: Texas (Please God)

(Disclaimer: All three of us are Longhorn alums)

Champs Sports
WINNER: BOSTON COLLEGE

Jacob: Boston College
Robert: Boston College
Cameron: Michigan St. (Goin out on a limb. BC lost 3 of their last 5 games)

Texas
WINNER: TCU

Jacob: TCU (They’re from Texas)
Robert: Houston
Cameron: TCU (Houston has lost 7 straight to TCU and their last 8 bowl games)

Emerald
WINNER: OREGON STATE

Jacob: Maryland
Robert: Maryland
Cameron: Oregon State (Coming off a win against in-state rival Oregon)

Meineke Car Care
WINNER: WAKE FOREST

Jacob: Wake Forest (When in doubt, don’t doubt the Wake)
Robert: Connecticut
Cameron: Connecticut (A team I have been high on all season)

AutoZone Liberty
WINNER: MISSISSIPPI STATE

Jacob: UCF
Robert: Mississippi State
Cameron: UCF (With Heisman snub Kevin Smith at the helm, they will run and run)

Valero Alamo
WINNER: PENN STATE

Jacob: Penn State
Robert: Penn State
Cameron: Penn State (After a big win against Texas last year, A&M came out flat. Expect the same)

PetroSun Independence
WINNER: ALABAMA

Jacob: Colorado
Robert: Alabama
Cameron: Colorado (Alabama coming in on a 4-game losing streak)

Bell Helicopter Armed Forces
WINNER: CALIFORNIA

Jacob: Air Force
Robert: Air Force
Cameron: Air Force (Cal coming in losing 6 of their last 7)

Roady’s Humanitarian
WINNER: FRESNO STATE

Jacob: Georgia Tech
Robert: Georgia Tech
Cameron: Georgia Tech (Just because)

Brut Sun
WINNER: OREGON (Apparently, Oregon is something without Dixon)

Jacob: South Florida
Robert: South Florida
Cameron: South Florida (Oregon is nothing without Dixon; plus, they have a Leaf brother playing QB)

Gaylord Hotels Music City
WINNER: KENTUCKY

Jacob: Kentucky
Robert: Kentucky
Cameron: Kentucky (Because they don’t cheat and lose half of their team)

Insight
WINNER: OKLAHOMA STATE

Jacob: Oklahoma State
Robert: Oklahoma State
Cameron: Indiana (Never know which OK State team is going to show up)

Chick-fil-A
WINNER: AUBURN

Jacob: Clemson
Robert: Auburn
Cameron: Clemson (Great one two punch at RB with Davis and Spiller)

Outback
WINNER: TENNESSEE

Jacob: Tennessee
Robert: Wisconsin
Cameron: Tennessee (PJ Hill might not play for Wisconsin, which would mean trouble)

AT&T Cotton
WINNER: MISSOURI

Jacob: Missouri
Robert: Missouri
Cameron: Arkansas (Missouri may be a little flat after the Big XII championship loss and may not have the defense to stop McFadden and Jones)

Konica Minolta Gator
WINNER: TEXAS TECH

Jacob: Texas Tech (I’m a Big 12 man)
Robert: Texas Tech
Cameron: Virginia (UV actually has the kind of defense that can hurry up Harrell and knock him down, especially with DE Chris Long)

Capital One
WINNER: MICHIGAN (Never bet against a team devoted to sending a great coach off right)

Jacob: Florida
Robert: Florida
Cameron: Florida (Florida played a way tougher schedule than Michigan, and it will show)

Rose Bowl Presented by Citi–they paid us to say that
WINNER: USC (Illinois should have never been in a bowl game. They certainly weren’t in this one.)

Jacob: USC
Robert: USC
Cameron: USC (I will be pulling for Illinois, but their athletes can’t match up to USC)

Allstate Sugar
WINNER: GEORGIA (I guess he is a system QB and/or the Hawaii linemen or worthless sacks of fatty meat.)

Jacob: Hawaii (I don’t think he’s just a system QB)
Robert: Georgia
Cameron: Georgia (I see this being a very close game with Georgia coming out on top because of their running game)

Tostitos Fiesta
WINNER: WEST VIRGINIA (Ouch, Stoops. Has anyone told the OU players lately that the season isn’t over after the Big 12 Championship?)

Jacob: Oklahoma
Robert: Oklahoma
Cameron: Oklahoma (Don’t expect OU to be caught napping again)

FedEx Orange
WINNER: KANSAS ( It was a clutch victory for Kansas and for my predictions!)