Almost There...

Time to watch college football in earnest, boys, because we're about 4 days from having none for 7 months... Yzgoltz.

Also, Byrum has almost caught me in the Bowl Pick-off. Time to step it up...

Fiesta Bowl, Jan 4th, Boise State vs TCU (-7.5)

This is the sad part about this game- these 2 teams are ranked #4 and #6, and yet I know next to nothing about either team to feel smart about picking who's going to win. They just don't play enough prime-time games, although Boise does do a good job of taking the random Tuesday night 8 PM ESPN games. However, I will add that I think GENERALLY that TCU is the more battle-tested squad here, if for no other reason that the Mountain West contains some actually decent teams, rather than the WAC, which is for the most part terrible. So I think that they're going to win this game, but I don't know if there are many teams in the country who could feel too comfortable spotting the Broncos 7.5 points. I'll take Boise to cover. Big Bob's pick: Boise State.

Orange Bowl, Jan 5th, Georgia Tech (-3.5) vs Iowa

These 3 things I know are true: 1) I love to pick against the Big Ten 2) I'd LOVE for the ACC to get a winning streak going in BCS bowl games 3) I'm not all that impressed with Iowa as an elite college football team. This points to me picking the Ramblin' Wreck, but I just can't get the Jackets' epic pounding by LSU in last season's Peach Bowl out of my head. When you get down to it, any coach worth his salt should love the opportunity to play Georgia Tech with a month to prepare. That's far too long to prepare for defending 3 offensive plays. And I believe Kirk Ferentz is worth his salt. Big Bob's pick: Iowa.

GMAC Bowl, Jan 6th, Central Michigan (-3.5) vs Troy

What is this game doing here? What did the GMAC bowl do to get this time slot? Central Michigan's QB is nasty, although I can't remember his name. Good enough for me. Big Bob's pick: Central Michigan.

Updated records:
Found: 14-11
Oltzy: 10-15
Byrum: 8-17