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SportGamble.us Picks this Year's College Football Bowl Games by: Chris Work Here are the consensus bowl picks from the SportGamble.us staff. Tue., Dec. 14 New Orleans Bowl North Texas vs Southern Mississippi SG's Pick: North Texas If the So. Miss defense can stop Jamario Thomas from adding to his gaudy stats they should be able to keep this one close. 7:30 pm Tue., Dec. 21 Champs Sports Bowl Georgia Tech vs Syracuse SG's Pick: Georgia Tech 7:45 pm Wed., Dec. 22 GMAC Bowl Memphis vs Bowling Green SG's Pick: Bowling Green I want to pick Memphis to win this battle, but the Falcon's scoring offense, 4th in the nation, will simply outscore Memphis regardless of how well they play. 8:00 pm Thur., Dec. 23 PlainsCapital Fort Worth Bowl Cincinnati vs Marshall SG's Pick: Marshall Marshall has shown up to play in big games this year. I consider a bowl game a 'big'¯ game, wouldn't you? 6:30 pm Las Vegas Bowl Wyoming vs UCLA SG's Pick: UCLA UCLA should burn Wyoming with it's passing and running game. Although, Wyoming is playing in it's first bowl game in 11 years'¦that's certainly motivating. 9:45 pm Fri., Dec. 24 Hawaii Bowl UAB vs Hawaii SG's Pick: Hawaii NCAA's all time passing leader should have a hay-day against this no show UAB defense 7:00 pm Mon., Dec. 27 MPC Computers Bowl Fresno State vs 18 Virginia SG's Pick: Virginia Fresno State failed to play with the big dogs this season and Virginia is on the horizon to become one. 2:00 pm Motor City Bowl Toledo vs Connecticut SG's Pick: Toledo Connecticut has a football team? Well, that's what we would have said last season but they have a QB that can rip the secondary. You probably haven't heard of him but the NFL scouts know him very well. Connecticut has a chance if they grasp the mindset they had when meeting Pittsburgh earlier in the year. 5:30 pm Tue., Dec. 28 Independence Bowl Iowa State vs Miami (Ohio) SG's Pick: Iowa State Iowa State's explosive offense will give Miami all they want'¦plus some. 6:30 pm Insight Bowl Oregon State vs Notre Dame SG's Pick: Notre Dame Notre Dame is going to fight its heart out in defense of Tyrone Willingham. Oh, did we mention they're a pretty good football team anyway? 9:45 pm Wed., Dec. 29 Houston Bowl Texas-El Paso vs Colorado SG's Pick: Texas-El Paso Jordan Carson (name sound familiar?) will finally have his chance to showcase his talent on national television. Colorado is still wondering what happened in the Big 12 championship... 4:30 pm Alamo Bowl 24 Ohio State vs Oklahoma State SG's Pick: Ohio State Oklahoma State is no stranger to big games. Unfortunately, they haven't learned how to win them. 8:00 pm Thur., Dec. 30 Continental Tire Bowl 25 Boston College vs North Carolina SG's Pick: Boston College North Carolina has a lack of 'big game'¯ experience while Boston College has the 'secret to success'¯ for winning bowl games, they've won 4 straight. 1:00 pm Emerald Bowl New Mexico vs Navy SG's Pick: Navy Did we say Navy? That's right! These guys finally learned how to play football. 4:30 pm Holiday Bowl 4 California vs 23 Texas Tech SG's Pick: California Cal will punish Texas Tech for being pushed out of the BCS picture. 8:00 pm Silicon Valley Bowl Troy vs Northern Illinois SG's Pick: Northern Illinois Troy has never been to a bowl game and they're not ready to win one either. N. Illinois has a ground attack that will out-muscle this Troy defense. 11:00 pm Fri., Dec. 31 Music City Bowl Alabama vs Minnesota SG's Pick: Alabama This isn't because we like the SEC. Minnesota isn't playing at home... 12:00 pm Sun Bowl Purdue vs 21 Arizona State SG's Pick: Purdue Arizona State is coming with their 2nd string QB that Purdue's young, yet darn good, defense should contain. Expect Purdue to light up the score board in this one! 2:00 pm Liberty Bowl 10 Boise State vs 7 Louisville SG's Pick: Louisville This may be bowl game of the year. If you like fast attack offenses and aggressive scoring, this game is for you! Vegas will be exploding with 'total points'¯ bets on this one. 3:30 pm 14 Miami (FLA.) vs 20 Florida Peach Bowl SG's Pick: Florida If Chris Leak (Gators) isn't the best QB in the land he will be. When the Gators are operating on all cylinders I would pick them to beat anyone in the country. Keep an eye on this one because it should be a money maker! 7:30 pm Sat., Jan. 1 Cotton Bowl 15 Tennessee vs 22 Texas A&M SG's Pick: Tennessee The Vols simply ran out of time in the SEC championship. I suspect they will pick up where they left off. Neither team 'should'¯ be here so it will definitely be one of the better games to watch. 11:00 am Outback Bowl 16 Wisconsin va 8 Georgia SG's Pick: Georgia Wisconsin can play offense buy GA's fast defense will stop the run and force Wisconsin to throw resulting in too many mistakes to overcome. Georgia wins. 11:00 am Gator Bowl 17 Florida State va West Virginia SG's Pick: Florida State Florida State has put the lost to Florida behind them. Bowden's ability to dominate bowl games has a 'W'¯ written all over it. 12:30 pm Capital One Bowl 11 Iowa vs 12 LSU SG's Pick: LSU (restrictions apply...) LSU is young but managed to fight their way to a good bowl game this year. If LSU's defense can keep the score close they can pull this one off. 1:00 pm Rose Bowl 13 Michigan vs 6 Texas SG's Pick: Texas If Mack can persuade his players they're as good as he did the nations coaches Texas will overcome a solid Michigan team. 4:30 pm Fiesta Bowl 5 Utah vs 19 Pittsburgh SG's Pick: Utah Pittsburgh slipped through the back door to win the Big East but I'm afraid Utah will show Pitt what it's like to play with the Big Boys. 8:30 pm Mon., Jan. 3 Sugar Bowl 3 Auburn vs 9 Virginia Tech SG's Pick: Auburn Auburn should be playing for the national title. Look for Auburn to win big for the slight possibility of sharing the title. 8:00 pm Tue., Jan. 4 Orange Bowl 1 Southern California vs 2 Oklahoma SG's Pick: Oklahoma This one should come down to the last quarter. Oklahoma should prevail with stamina. 8:00 pm About The Author SportGamble.us is a community-oriented sports and sports gambling portal featuring news articles, high quality resources, spreads, message boards, blogs, and more. cwork@workmedia.net This article was posted on December '14
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