2007 Bowl Predictions (Day 7)

Friday night gives us three games, none of which are very compelling. Seems like that is the theme so for this Bowl season.

The Champs Sports Bowl gives us #14 Boston College (10-3, 6-2 ACC) vs. Michigan St (7-5, 3-5 Big Ten). Questions. First, how does a team actually have a losing record in the Big Ten? Second, what happened to the Citrus Bowl? Or was it the Tangerine Bowl? Third, does anyone really care about this match up?

I know the fans of these teams care, and the $2.25 million payout certainly helps, but from a watchability (I just made that one up) factor, it is hard to find anything compelling about a team that cannot be bothered to go .500 within conference.

The ACC has won the last four Champs Sports Bowls, and I see no reason not to make it five in a row.
I do not get the NFL Network, so I will not be able to watch the Texas Bowl, which features TCU (7-5, 4-4 MWC) vs. Houston (8-4, 6-2 C-USA). This is another one of those “why do they bother to play this one” games. TCU is the pick in a high scoring affair.

The Emerald Bowl features an average team from the ACC, Maryland (6-6, 3-5 ACC), against a decent Pac-10 team, Oregon St (8-4, 6-3 Pac-10). If Bowl games should be a reward for a nice season, how does a mediocre .500 team get rewarded with a trip to the left coast? The only thing Maryland has going for them was a nice upset over #8 Boston College. The Beavers are the pick.

2007 Bowl predictions: 6 – 2.

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