Monday, December 31, 2007

College Football BCS Bowl Predictions

Rose Bowl: Illinois vs. USC
It's a nice story with how Ron Zook has quickly changed around the fortunes of the Illini program. That he has gotten them into the Rose Bowl in such a short amount of time is commendable. However, they're not nearly at the talent level of USC overall. They have some playmakers offensively (Juice Williams, Rashard Mendendhall), and they'll need these guys to be very good to keep this one close. However, the overall talent disparity will be a bit too much here.
USC 35, Illinois 14

Sugar Bowl: Hawaii vs. Georgia
Obviously, this one is going to be getting comparisons to the Boise/Oklahoma game from a year ago. Hawaii is the exciting, undefeated, unconventional Mid-Major, while Georgia is the more predictable power conference team. The predictions may be apt. Last year, Oklahoma was deeper, more talented, and favored to win. This year, Georgia is deeper and more talented. Here is the thing though... if Boise St. played Oklahoma 10 times, Oklahoma probably would have won 8 or 9 of those games. I think the same this year. Hawaii can win if they very well, but I'm not betting on it.
Georgia 38, Hawaii 28

Fiesta Bowl: Oklahoma vs. West Virginia
This is an interesting matchup between teams with different styles. The speed of West Virginia is something that the Sooners have not had to contend with this year. However, I think the Sooners defense will be good enough to slow them down, especially with the uncertainty with the Mountaineer's coaching.
Oklahoma 27, West Virginia 24

Orange Bowl: Virginia Tech vs. Kansas
To be perfectly honest, this game doesn't excite me all that much. Kansas is a great story to be sure, but realistically, they probably didn't deserve a BCS spot over Missouri. Virginia Tech won a bad ACC. I think Virginia Tech is the favorite, but Kansas is a bit underrated in terms of the firepower that they do have offensively. I'll take them in a mild upset.
Kansas 27, Virginia Tech 21

Championship Game: LSU vs. Ohio St.
Yawn. Another Title game appearance for Jim Tressel. What a fantastic coach he is. I thought this was a rebuilding year for the Buckeyes? Still though, it's hard to see them matching up with the speed and talent level of LSU. On both sides of the ball, I see LSU as being a faster and stronger. Maybe not quite a drubbing like last year's Title game, but I see the same result - an SEC team beating OSU.
LSU 34, Ohio St. 20

What are your picks?

5 comments:

Kevin Hayward said...

I'm right there with you on Georgia-Hawaii, except I think it might not even be that close. But as we saw last year, upsets happen.

rstiles said...

Rose Bowl - Illinois will play spirited football, but in the end, USC rolls....take Southern Cal minus the points

Sugar Bowl - this is an odd game to pick because of what Boise State did last year....I go with Georiga to cover...

Fiesta Bowl - OU lost that tough game to Boise last year....they won't lose this time....take OU minus the points

Orange Bowl - 2 words - Bear Mangenius....take Kansas with the points

BCS Title Game - I feel LSU should take this game, but something inside me tells me the Tressel magic will come out...LSU will dominate the game, but in the end, OSU lucks out and wins....take OSU with the points

stephen a said...

Thanks for picking Kansas. Honestly I'm glad they're playing Virginia Tech since thats about the only BCS team that Kansas's defense won't allow 30 points against.

Neil Joshi said...

West Virginias, Georgias, and USC's performances have really set the bar pretty high for the LSU/OSU matchup. The voters of the AP Poll will have a hell of a time trying to discern a #1 team from the body of information they have, especially if the championship is a stinker, which is a real possibility, given how those teams enter this game playing.

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