Mark Jones' College Football Bowl Picks for 2008-09
BCS Bowl Picks
Rose Bowl...Penn State 20, USC 31
Orange Bowl...Cincinnati 28, Virginia Tech 31
Sugar Bowl...Utah 27, Alabama 35
Fiesta Bowl...Ohio State 6, Texas 38
BCS Championship Game...Florida 45, Oklahoma 41
Non-BCS Bowl Picks
EagleBank Bowl...Wake Forest 21, Navy 20
New Mexico Bowl...Colorado State 17, Fresno State 27
St. Petersburg Bowl...Memphis 10, South Florida 38
Las Vegas Bowl...BYU 27, Arizona 24 OT
New Orleans Bowl...Southern Miss 24, Troy 23
Poinsettia Bowl...Boise State 28, TCU 30
Hawaii Bowl...Hawaii 21, Notre Dame 27
Motor City Bowl...Florida Atlantic 7, Central Michigan 31
Meineke Car Care Bowl...West Virginia 28, North Carolina 24
Champs Sports Bowl...Wisconsin 13, Florida State 27
Emerald Bowl...Miami (FL) 34, California 31 OT
Independence Bowl...Northern Illinois 27, Louisiana Tech 20
PapaJohn's.com Bowl...Rutgers 17, N.C. State 24
Alamo Bowl...Missouri 31, Northwestern 17
Humanitarian Bowl...Maryland 35, Nevada 24
Texas Bowl...Western Michigan 24, Rice 20
Holiday Bowl...Oklahoma State 27, Oregon 14
Armed Forces Bowl...Houston 30, Air Force 31
Sun Bowl...Oregon State 31, Pittsburgh 24
Music City Bowl...Boston College 21, Vanderbilt 10
Insight Bowl...Kansas 35, Minnesota 14
Chick-fil-A Bowl...LSU 17, Georgia Tech 20
Outback Bowl...South Carolina 7, Iowa 27
Capital One Bowl...Georgia 27, Michigan State 31
Gator Bowl...Nebraska 21, Clemson 30
Cotton Bowl...Ole Miss 20, Texas Tech 41
Liberty Bowl...Kentucky 13, East Carolina 21
International Bowl...Buffalo 14, UConn 28
GMAC Bowl...Ball State 23, Tulsa 17
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7 comments Last one added 6 months ago — Leave a Comment
Mitch at sportschatplace.com 6 months ago
I keep track of everyone's picks who post a score or just make a prediction aginst the spread ans from my notes i see we haven't heard from you on the college football side since week 3 when you went 0-8 against the spread, any reason to think this is different sice i don't see any analysis or insight?
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Mark Jones 6 months ago
Oh yeah, I just checked that article out. Pretty dreadful, weren't they? I was new then (that was my 5th or 6th article: I have 40 now) and I guess hadn't learned to do much research yet. Criticize them if you like, but I think you'll see they're much more accurate now.
However, I have noticed I did lose the EagleBank Bowl against the spread...even though the game winner pick was right.
Also, there is no insight because of the quantity. I'm more of an NHL and NFL writer, I'm just trying this College Football article to see how I do at it (I follow college football, but haven't written much about it: just 3 articles). Sorry about that, if you really care about it.
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JoeGator Gator 6 months ago
Texas Tech 41 - Ole Miss 20? Hmmm. I think Ole Miss wins straight up. The only other game I'm predicting is the NCG... Florida by 14 or more - Both teams will score. Gator special teams & defense will be too much for a somewhat soft Sooner team.
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Mark Jones 6 months ago
Somewhat soft Sooner team??? You've got to be kidding me. Sure, I think Florida will win, but in a close game, and definitely not against a soft sooner team!!! Oklahoma's scored 60+ points in six straight! If that's soft, than concrete block is a squishy pillow!
And we'll see on TT-Miss... Should definitely be an interesting game.
Thanks for the comment, anyway, Joe!
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JoeGator Gator 6 months ago
Somewhat soft on defense according to what I've seen of Oklahoma. The Sooner offense is great, but so is the Gator defense. The Gator D will be tested by Bradford & Co., but will stop the Sooners often enough for the Gators O to go up at least two TD's (with field position help from Special Teams).
The Sooners have a long history of being overrated by the media in the big bowl games. Sorry Mark, but this year is no different from the others on that issue.
I'll come back to this thread to eat some crow if I'm wrong on either game... hope you'll do the same.
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Mark Jones 6 months ago
Sure, Joe. I'll make sure I get back to you after we see the results of these games.
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Carson Howell 6 months ago
I too think your Ole Miss, TT score is off.
TT has put up huge numbers against some of the weakest defenses in the land. Ole Miss has a HUGE line on both sides of the ball which will dominate this game.
I don't know if you've watched Snead, but he is getting better at a scary rate, and has really grabbed hold of the reigns of this team. You must also remember that Ole Miss has a very fast, ranked defense...something that TT has yet to face. TT also had problems putting up those huge numbers against OU's D, which I assure you, is not on the same level as Ole Miss's.
You also must consider that MISS has no problem being the underdog, and playing well in the roll. Their win at UF turned out to be one of the best wins of the season, considering they beat a title game contender playing in the swamp. They also stomped LSU in Baton Rouge.
Ole Miss will probably win the West next season, and I think they will shock the world, and especially those who think they are going to roll over in this game.
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