Bowl Preview Jan.2nd -Jan. 5th!!!

        Fiesta Bowl--West Virginia vs. Oklahoma

     This game really comes down to one matchup and that's the West Virginia offensive line against the Oklahoma front 7 on defense. West Virginia has been exposed in a couple of games this year on offense against Pitt and South Florida. They struggled to run the ball and turned the ball over several times and there below average passing game struggled. That was really a couple of bad games as this team has lit up pretty solid defenses like Mississippi St(you saw how well they played against the nation's leader rusher) UConn and Cincinnati. Oklahoma has not faced a team like West Virginia this year and the only one close would be Tulsa who did move the ball on the Sooners, but there defense did not match up well and they were blown out.

     Oklahoma has lost to a spread team like Texas Tech, but that team throws on every down and in that game Bradford was lost early and the Sooners struggled to move the ball efficiently until late in the game. This really is an intriguing matchup and a game that should be fun to watch, because there are some incredible athletes on the field. After last night's DOMINATING College Game of the Year play on Georgia I am back with this game for ONLY $30 tonight!! Check it out at uwinnow.com right now!

        Orange Bowl--Kansas vs. Virginia Tech

     You can argue all you want but since Sept. 8th in an embarrassing loss at LSU the Hokies have played the best football in the country and in particular over the past 5 games. For 3 minutes on a Thursday Night against BC the Hokies threw away a shot at a National Championship. Granted if you watch this team it's hard to imagine them in the National Championship over teams like Georgia or USC even, but they have been dominant especially on defense. This year Tech was 5-2 against bowl teams with road wins at Virginia, Georgia Tech and Clemson along with their neutral site win over BC and a home win over Florida St. Their losses were in the previously mentioned games against BC and LSU.

     On the other side Kansas is 4-1 against bowl teams but there opponents are far less impressive. The Jayhawks beat Central Michigan at home and won road games at Oklahoma St, Texas A&M and Colorado. Their lone loss was to Missouri in the Big 12 Championship game. I feel the Kansas defense is underrated and should be able to contain a Va. Tech offense that has really struggled with their running game. If the Jayhawks can run the ball effectively with Sharp and McAnderson then they could pull off a modest upset. I have a pretty good idea what will happen in this game and will have it available for only $25 on Thursday afternoon!

        International Bowl--Ball St. vs. Rutgers

     This could actually be a pretty fun bowl game as Ball St. is a team that nearly beat Nebraska in Lincoln and although I know the Huskers stink this year that still would have been a monumental win for the Cardinals program. They also showed favorably against Illinois and Indiana and went to Navy and won outright, so the Knights better not come in over confident. Nate Davis is as good as any QB in the Big 10 and I'll bet he keeps his team in the game. For the most part Ball St. has shown a decent defense as well, they did have a couple of games where teams just exploded on them, but they played pretty well against those 4 teams I mentioned earlier.

     Rutgers was nowhere as good as they were last year, but it still has been a good season with how competitive the Big East turned out to be this year. Ray Rice had another big season and now a program that was left for dead and talking about giving up has made it to their 3rd straight bowl game. Mike Teel should be totally healthy and that will help Rutgers but I don't know if the Knights can cover a double digit spread in this game. Check back on the 4th because this game will be my BOWL TOTAL of the YEAR!!!

        GMAC Bowl--Bowling Green vs. Tulsa

      Can you say shootout? That's what your going to get here. The Bowling Green defense has no chance of stopping Tulsa for less than 40 and it's unlikely that Tulsa will be able to hold Sheehan and company under 30 themselves. You can tell by those numbers I would lean with Tulsa in this game although when that many points are being scored the game and number will likely be decided by some receiver who drops a TD pass or fumbles inside the 10; like Illinois did yesterday to turn that entire game around. I'd stay away from this game unless you play the first half over and I'll lean with Tulsa 45-37!

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