2011 Bowl Schedule: Bold Calls on the Biggest Blowouts of Bowl Season

For a college football fan this time of the year really only means one thing: bowl season.

Sure, there's the holidays, the food and the family, but some would argue that all of that is only bearable because there is an excellent array of football to choose from on pretty much a daily basis.

It's a beautiful thing.

As great as bowl season may be though, one would be naive to think every game on the docket is a sure winner.

Truth be told, there are far too many games with odd names and many of these games pair two teams that have no business being on the same field.

That leads to blowouts, and depending on your stance, that could be really good or really bad.

Either way, here are a few bold predictions for the biggest blowouts of bowl season.

Say that five times fast...

Valero Alamo Bowl: Washington vs. Baylor

This is going to be an excellent game, if only because we can watch Heisman Trophy winner Robert Griffin III one last time before he presumably goes to the NFL.

That being said, this game won't even be fair.

At 7-5 and 5-4 in the Pac-12, the Washington Huskies have no business playing the 9-3 Bears, but that's the beauty of bowl season I guess.

Offensively they aren't even comparable. The Huskies average 392.3 yards per game, which is fairly good, but it pales in comparison to the 571.3 yards per game Griffin III and the Bears put up.

Griffin finished the regular season with 3,998 yards 36 touchdowns and six interceptions and 644 yards and nine touchdowns on the ground.

Compare that to the still impressive 2,625 yards, 29 touchdowns and 11 interceptions from Huskies' quarterback Keith Price and that's just one more reason these two teams are a horrible matchup.

No offense to the Huskies, but they stand no chance.

Insight Bowl: Iowa vs. Oklahoma

This may go down as one of the most unfair bowl games in college football history. Granted Oklahoma didn't have the year many people thought they would despite being ranked No. 1 in the preseason, but at 9-3 they are still far better than the Hawkeyes coming in at 7-5.

Overall, the matchup is pretty skewed.

Iowa only averaged 28.7 points per game compared to 40.3 from the Sooners this season. The total offensive yards are way off at 379.2 from the Hawkeyes and 532.1 from Oklahoma.

The matchup doesn't even sound fair and on paper it certainly doesn't look fair.

I'm sure the Hawkeyes will give it their best shot, but I don't see them being able to hang with the Sooners.

2011-2012 Bowl Schedule

Date	When	Where	Bowl	Matchup	Network
12/17	2 p.m. EST	University Stadium: Albuquerque, New Mexico	Gildan New Mexico	Temple vs. Wyoming	ESPN
12/17	5:30 p.m. EST	Bronco Stadium: Boise, Idaho	Famous Idaho Potato Bowl	Ohio vs. Utah State	ESPN
12/17	9 p.m. EST	Mercedes-Benz Superdome: New Orleans Louisiana	R+L Carriers New Orleans	San Diego State vs. Louisiana-Lafeyette	ESPN
12/20	8 p.m. EST	Tropicana Field: St. Petersburg Florida	Beef "O" Brady's St. Petersburg	Florida International vs. Marshall	ESPN
12/21	8 p.m. EST	Qualcomm Stadium: San Diego, California	S.D. County Credit Union Poinsettia	TCU vs. Louisiana Tech	ESPN
12/22	8 p.m. EST	Sam Boyd Stadium: Las Vegas, Nevada	MAACO Las Vegas	Arizona State vs. Boise State	ESPN
12/24	8 p.m. EST	Aloha Stadium: Honolulu, Hawaii	Sheraton Hawaii	Nevada vs. Southern Miss	ESPN
12/26	5 p.m. EST	Independence Stadium: Shreveport, Louisiana	AdvoCare V100 Independence	Missouri vs. North Carolina	ESPN2
12/27	4:30 p.m. EST	Ford Field: Detroit Michigan	Little Ceasars	Western Michigan vs. Purdue	ESPN
12/27	8 p.m. EST	Bank of America Stadium: Charlotte, North Carolina	Belk	Louisville vs. NC State	ESPN
12/28	4:30 p.m. EST	RFK Stadium: Washington D.C.	Military Bowl Presented By Northrop Grumman	Toledo vs. Air Force	ESPN
12/28	8 p.m. EST	Qualcomm Stadium: San Diego, California	Bridgepoint Education Holiday	California vs. Texas	ESPN
12/29	5:30 p.m. EST	Florida Citrus Bowl: Orlando, Florida	Champs Sports	Florida State vs. Notre Dame	ESPN
12/29	9 p.m. EST	Alamodome: San Antonio, Texas	Valero Alamo	Washington vs. Baylor	ESPN
12/30	noon EST	Gerald J. Ford Stadium: Dallas, Texas	Bell Helicopter Armed Forces	BYU vs. Tulsa	ESPN
12/30	3:20 p.m. EST	Yankee Stadium: Bronx, New York	New Era Pinstripe	Rutgers vs. Iowa State	ESPN
12/30	6:40 p.m. EST	LP Field: Nashville, Tennessee	Franklin American Mortgage Music City	Mississippi State vs. Wake Forest	ESPN
12/30	10 p.m. EST	Sun Devil Stadium: Tempe, Arizona	Insight	Iowa vs. Okalhoma	ESPN
12/31	noon EST	Reliant Stadium: Houston, Texas	Meineke Car Care of Texas	Texas A&M vs. Northwestern	ESPN
12/31	2 p.m. EST	Sun Bowl: El Paso, Texas	Hyundai Sun	Georgia Tech vs. Utah	CBS
12/31	3:30 p.m. EST	Liberty Bowl: Memphis, Tennessee	AutoZone Liberty	Cincinnati vs. Vanderbilt	ABC
12/31	3:30 p.m. EST	AT&T Park: San Francisco, California	Kraft Fight Hunger	Illinois vs. UCLA	ESPN
12/31	7:30 p.m. EST	Georgia Dome: Atlanta, Georgia	Chick-fil-A	Virginia vs. Auburn	ESPN
1/2	noon EST	Cotton Bowl: Dallas, Texas	TicketCity	Houston vs. Penn State	ESPNU
1/2	1 p.m. EST	Raymond James Stadium: Tampa, Florida	Outback	Michigan State vs. Georgia	ABC
1/2	1 p.m. EST	Florida Citrus Bowl: Orlando Florida	Capital One	Nebraska vs. South Carolina	ESPN
1/2	1 p.m. EST	EverBank Field: Jacksonville, Florida	Taxlayer.com Gator Bowl	Ohio State vs. Florida	ESPN2
1/2	5 p.m. EST	Rose Bowl: Pasadena, California	Rose Bowl presented by Vizio	Wisconsin vs. Oregon	ESPN
1/2	8:30 p.m. EST	University of Phoenix Stadium: Glendale, Arizona	Tostitos Fiesta	Stanford vs. Oklahoma State	ESPN
1/3	8:30 p.m. EST	Louisiana Superdome: New Orleans Louisiana	Allstate Sugar	Michigan vs. Virginia Tech	ESPN
1/4	8:30 p.m. EST	Sun Life Stadium: Miami, Florida	Discover Orange	West Virginia vs. Clemson	ESPN
1/6	8 p.m. EST	Cowboys Stadium: Arlington, Texas	AT&T Cotton	Kansas State vs. Arkansas	FOX
1/7	1 p.m. EST	Legion Field: Birmingham, Alabama	BBVA Compass Bowl	SMU vs. Pittsburgh	ESPN
1/8	9 p.m. EST	Ladd-Peebles Stadium: Mobile, Alabama	GoDaddy.com	Arkansas State vs. Northern Illinois	ESPN
1/9	8:30 p.m. EST	Louisiana Superdome: New Orleans, Louisiana	Allstate BCS National Championship Game	LSU vs. Alabama	ESPN