{"id":1090,"date":"2007-12-28T14:41:33","date_gmt":"2007-12-28T18:41:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/2007\/12\/28\/2007-bowl-predictions-day-7\/"},"modified":"2007-12-28T14:41:33","modified_gmt":"2007-12-28T18:41:33","slug":"2007-bowl-predictions-day-7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/2007\/12\/28\/2007-bowl-predictions-day-7\/","title":{"rendered":"2007 Bowl Predictions (Day 7)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Friday night gives us three games, none of which are very compelling.  Seems like that is the theme so for this Bowl season.<\/p>\n<p>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?<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>The ACC has won the last four Champs Sports Bowls, and I see no reason not to make it five in a row.<br \/>\nI 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 \u201cwhy do they bother to play this one\u201d games.  TCU is the pick in a high scoring affair.<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>2007 Bowl predictions:  6 \u2013 2.<\/p>\n<div class=\"addtoany_share_save_container addtoany_content_bottom\"><div class=\"a2a_kit a2a_kit_size_ addtoany_list a2a_target\" id=\"wpa2a_1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.addtoany.com\/share\" onclick=\"__gaTracker('send', 'event', 'outbound-article', 'https:\/\/www.addtoany.com\/share', '');\" class=\"a2a_dd addtoany_share_save\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-content\/plugins\/add-to-any\/share_save_171_16.png\" width=\"171\" height=\"16\" alt=\"Share\"\/><\/a>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\nif(wpa2a)wpa2a.script_load();\n\/\/--><\/script>\n<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Friday night gives us three games, none of which are very compelling. Seems like that is the theme so for this Bowl season. 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