First Bowl Projections of 2011

I made these bowl projections throughout the week but a wild Saturday today forced to make some adjustments but here they are, my first bowl projections of 2011. The hardest projections for me to do are the bowls involving the Big Ten teams. From Penn State to Wisconsin to Nebraska to Michigan to Michigan State to Ohio State to Illinois to Iowa to even Purdue, it's hard to separate these teams.

Gildan New Mexico Bowl: Wyoming vs. Ohio
If they played today: Wyoming

Famous Idaho Potato Bowl: Temple vs. Fresno State
If they played today: Temple

R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl: Arkansas State vs. Southern Miss
If they played today: Southern Miss

Beef 'O' Brady's St. Petersburg Bowl: South Florida vs. Tulsa
If they played today: Tulsa

San Diego County Credit Union Poinsettia Bowl: San Diego State vs. Nevada
If they played today: San Diego State

MAACO Las Vegas Bowl: TCU vs. Purdue
If they played today: TCU

Sheraton Hawaii Bowl: Hawaii vs. UTEP
If they played today: Hawaii

AdvoCare V100 Independence Bowl: Air Force vs. Wake Forest
If they played today: Air Force

Little Caesars Pizza Bowl: Northern Illinois vs. Illinois
If they played today: Northern Illinois

Belk Bowl: West Virginia vs. North Carolina
If they played today: West Virginia

Military Bowl pres. by Northrop Grumman: East Carolina vs. Virginia
If they played today: Virginia

Bridgepoint Education Holiday Bowl: Washington vs. Texas Tech
If they played today: Texas Tech

Champs Sports Bowl: Notre Dame vs. Florida State
If they played today: Florida State

Valero Alamo Bowl: Texas vs. Arizona State
If they played today: Arizona State

Bell Helicopter Armed Forces Bowl: BYU vs. Central Florida
If they played today: BYU

New Era Pinstripe Bowl: Kansas State vs. Rutgers
If they played today: Rutgers

Franklin American Mortgage Music City Bowl: Georgia Tech vs. Mississippi State
If they played today: Georgia Tech

Insight Bowl: Baylor vs. Penn State
If they played today: Penn State

Meineke Car Care Bowl of Texas: Missouri vs. Ohio State
If they played today: Ohio State

Hyundai Sun Bowl: Miami vs. California
If they played today: Miami

Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl: Utah vs. Syracuse
If they played today: Syracuse

AutoZone Liberty Bowl: Houston vs. Vanderbilt
If they played today: Vanderbilt

Chick-fil-A Bowl: Virginia Tech vs. Auburn
If they played today: Virginia Tech

TicketCity Bowl: Iowa vs. SMU
If they played today: SMU

Capital One Bowl: Wisconsin vs. Arkansas
If they played today: Wisconsin

Gator Bowl: Michigan vs. Florida
If they played today: Florida

Outback Bowl: Michigan State vs. South Carolina
If they played today: Michigan State

AT&T Cotton Bowl: Texas A&M vs. Georgia
If they played today: Texas A&M

BBVA Compass Bowl: Florida International vs. Pittsburgh
If they played today: Pittsburgh

GoDaddy.com Bowl: Toledo vs. Louisiana-Lafayette
If they played today: Toledo

BCS Tostitos Fiesta Bowl: Oklahoma vs. Boise State
If they played today: Oklahoma

Rose Bowl Game pres. by Vizio: Oregon vs. Nebraska
If they played today: Oregon

BCS AllState Sugar Bowl: Stanford vs. Oklahoma State
If they played today: Stanford

BCS Discover Orange Bowl: Clemson vs. Cincinnati
If they played today: Clemson

BCS National Championship Game: LSU vs. Alabama
If they played today: WHO KNOWS, we'll find out on Nov. 5.


If your team isn't where you want it to be, chill out. There's still a lot of games left to play and a lot of changes to happen. Believe me, I at least want Texas in the Cotton Bowl and it can happen. Penn Staters, I know you want Penn State in the Rose Bowl. Beat Nebraska, and it might happen.

Thanks to Ohio State beating Wisconsin tonight, I had to remove Wisconsin from the Rose Bowl and upgrade Ohio State from the Little Caesars Bowl.