<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3779024495026331911</id><updated>2011-04-21T16:08:48.003-07:00</updated><title type='text'>BCS College Football Central</title><subtitle type='html'>It's the great time of year when the bowl games start and the race to the championship begins! I wanted to create a blog that will cover all the bowl games from top to bottom keep a tidy record and pick winners!  So with that in mind feel free to visit on a daily basis or contribute with picks or selections for the bowl season!</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bowlgamecentral.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3779024495026331911/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bowlgamecentral.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Poster</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11099268612848358526</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_GPXKVJXOlVM/SSc9YHl8WLI/AAAAAAAAAQA/Gno3n0q8jOo/S220/underdog.jpg'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>13</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3779024495026331911.post-6337099781592078241</id><published>2008-12-27T07:30:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-12-27T07:32:52.101-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Saturday Bowl Games</title><content type='html'>&lt;iframe src="http://www.betjmaff.com/aw.aspx?A=66&amp;amp;G=3&amp;amp;Task=Get" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" hspace="0" vspace="0" scrolling="no" width="120" frameborder="0" height="90"&gt;&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;br&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;SCRIPT LANGUAGE='JAVASCRIPT1.1'  SRC="http://www.betjmaff.com/aw.aspx?A=66&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;G=3&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;Task=Get&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;Browser=N"&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;br&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;/SCRIPT&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;br&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;!-- CODE STARTS HERE --&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;North Carolina +2&lt;/strong&gt;–The Tarheels have had a great season and WV has been up and down. the heels can finish off the season with a big win here and they should keep Pat White in check.Big problem for Mountaineers is 3-12 ATS mark away from home vs. ACC foes.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Carolina on the other hand has some good things in their favor.Coach Butch Davis teams are 6-0 ATS after no-cover in two out of three affairs.North Carolina is 12-13 and 9-6-1 ATS in bowls, with West Virginia 12-16 and desultory 6-12-1 ATS, including 0-4 against the number as favorites. The ACC has won and covered five of the six Car Care bowls with the Big East 1-4 SU and ATS.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Wisconsin +5.5&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;This is a play on experience as the Badgers have a ton of senior talent in this game, the other team with this much senior leadership was FAU and you were able to see what they did last night.Wisconsin is 6-3 ATS as bowl underdog and will attack the Noles run defense which was exploited in November for 192.6 yards per game. The Badgers run all over Bowden and the Noles!&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;California -10&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;This is a big number but with a ton of suspensions and little motivation, Miami is in trouble.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;The Canes are just 4-12 ATS after the first month of the season over the last two seasons,and they will be facing a hostile crowd with Cal right down the street.Cal is 11-1 ATS as a favorite of 3.5 to 10 points over the last three seasons.Cal wins in a laugher!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;ALL READERS OF THIS BLOG CAN GET A $100 FREE PLAY FROM WAGERWEB!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;!-- CODE STARTS HERE --&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.wagerweb.com/affiliates/AF2888/1830/3/" target="_top"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://affiliates.wagerweb.com/shared/members/image.cfm?PromoID=AF2888&amp;amp;promoBannerID=1830&amp;amp;mediaTypeID=3&amp;amp;imageURL=http://affiliates.wagerweb.com/themes/wagerwebaffiliates/banners/football_120x90.gif" alt="Bet at Wagerweb" border="0" vspace="0" hspace="0" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    &lt;br /&gt;&lt;!-- CODE ENDS HERE --&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3779024495026331911-6337099781592078241?l=bowlgamecentral.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bowlgamecentral.blogspot.com/feeds/6337099781592078241/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3779024495026331911&amp;postID=6337099781592078241' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3779024495026331911/posts/default/6337099781592078241'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3779024495026331911/posts/default/6337099781592078241'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bowlgamecentral.blogspot.com/2008/12/saturday-bowl-games.html' title='Saturday Bowl Games'/><author><name>Poster</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11099268612848358526</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_GPXKVJXOlVM/SSc9YHl8WLI/AAAAAAAAAQA/Gno3n0q8jOo/S220/underdog.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3779024495026331911.post-2567016471666994755</id><published>2008-12-26T05:55:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-12-26T05:56:38.242-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Motor City Bowl</title><content type='html'>&lt;!-- CODE STARTS HERE --&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.wagerweb.com/affiliates/AF2888/1992/3/" target="_top"&gt;&lt;img src="http://affiliates.wagerweb.com/shared/members/image.cfm?PromoID=AF2888&amp;amp;promoBannerID=1992&amp;amp;mediaTypeID=3&amp;amp;imageURL=http://affiliates.wagerweb.com/themes/wagerwebaffiliates/banners/football_250x90.gif" alt="Bet at Wagerweb" border="0" vspace="0" hspace="0" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    &lt;br /&gt;&lt;!-- CODE ENDS HERE --&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;st1:placename&gt;&lt;b style=""&gt;Motor&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/st1:placename&gt;&lt;b style=""&gt; &lt;/b&gt;&lt;st1:placetype&gt;&lt;b style=""&gt;City&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/st1:placetype&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;b style=""&gt; Bowl &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"&gt;&lt;b style=""&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"&gt;&lt;st1:state&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;b style=""&gt;Florida&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:state&gt;&lt;b style=""&gt; &lt;/b&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;b style=""&gt;Atlantic&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;b style=""&gt; vs. &lt;/b&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;b style=""&gt;Central Michigan&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;b style=""&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"&gt;&lt;b style=""&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"&gt;Florida Atlantic comes into this contest as the third team that finished the season at 6-6 and has been granted access to a bowl game. The Owls of Florida Atlantic are no slouches though when it comes to bowl games. &lt;span class="A6"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:&amp;quot;;" &gt;Head coach Schnellenberger took over the program in 2001 when they didn’t have a football team. He is 5-0 SU &amp;amp; ATS in bowls, including last years 44-27 win over &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:city&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span class="A6"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:&amp;quot;;" &gt;Memphis&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:city&gt;&lt;span class="A6"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:&amp;quot;;" &gt; in the New Orleans Bowl and he knows how to motivate his kids for a big game.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"&gt;&lt;span class="A6"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:&amp;quot;;" &gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span class="A6"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:&amp;quot;;" &gt;Central  Michigan&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;span class="A6"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:&amp;quot;;" &gt; will be stopping at the &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;st1:placename&gt;&lt;span class="A6"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:&amp;quot;;" &gt;Motor&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:placename&gt;&lt;span class="A6"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:&amp;quot;;" &gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:placetype&gt;&lt;span class="A6"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:&amp;quot;;" &gt;City&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:placetype&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;span class="A6"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:&amp;quot;;" &gt; bowl for the third time in the last three years and this will provide an incredible home field for them. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span class="A6"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:&amp;quot;;" &gt;Central Michigan&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;span class="A6"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:&amp;quot;;" &gt; stumbled down the stretch losing the last two games and that cost them a shot at another MAC title and instead has forced them to try and get up for the Owls the day after Christmas. The Owls did not even know if they were going to make it to a bowl game and had to win 5 of 6 down the stretch to get here and are pleased to be here.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"&gt;&lt;span class="A6"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:&amp;quot;;" &gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span class="A6"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:&amp;quot;;" &gt;Our first system of the year gets involved here and it is all about experience as the Owls are returning 18 players from last year’s squad and experience is vital in a bowl game. Here is the system: &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Play On - Underdogs of 3.5 to 10 points - in non-conference games, with 17 or more total starters returning.&lt;br /&gt;(70-30 since 1992.) &lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;The situation's record this season is: (8-2).&lt;br /&gt;Over the last 3 seasons the situation's record is: (20-12).&lt;br /&gt;Over the last 5 seasons the situation's record is: (28-13).&lt;br /&gt;Over the last 10 seasons the situation's record is: (41-18).&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;Florida Atlantic is 10-1 ATS versus poor pass defenses - allowing a completion percentage of 58 percent or worse. FAU is 6-0 ATS after allowing 37+ points and &lt;st1:place&gt;Central Michigan&lt;/st1:place&gt; is 2-10 ATS after allowing 375+ passing yards. Take the Owls plus the points!&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"&gt;&lt;st1:state&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;b style=""&gt;Florida&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:state&gt;&lt;b style=""&gt; Atlantic +6&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;BET IT HERE!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;!-- CODE STARTS HERE --&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.wagerweb.com/affiliates/AF2888/1992/3/" target="_top"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://affiliates.wagerweb.com/shared/members/image.cfm?PromoID=AF2888&amp;amp;promoBannerID=1992&amp;amp;mediaTypeID=3&amp;amp;imageURL=http://affiliates.wagerweb.com/themes/wagerwebaffiliates/banners/football_250x90.gif" alt="Bet at Wagerweb" border="0" vspace="0" hspace="0" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    &lt;br /&gt;&lt;!-- CODE ENDS HERE --&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3779024495026331911-2567016471666994755?l=bowlgamecentral.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bowlgamecentral.blogspot.com/feeds/2567016471666994755/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3779024495026331911&amp;postID=2567016471666994755' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3779024495026331911/posts/default/2567016471666994755'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3779024495026331911/posts/default/2567016471666994755'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bowlgamecentral.blogspot.com/2008/12/motor-city-bowl.html' title='Motor City Bowl'/><author><name>Poster</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11099268612848358526</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_GPXKVJXOlVM/SSc9YHl8WLI/AAAAAAAAAQA/Gno3n0q8jOo/S220/underdog.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3779024495026331911.post-7233064547882708774</id><published>2008-12-23T14:01:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-12-23T14:05:04.159-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Poinsettia Bowl</title><content type='html'>&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"&gt;&lt;b style=""&gt;Poinsettia Bowl &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"&gt;&lt;b style=""&gt;TCU vs. &lt;/b&gt;&lt;st1:street&gt;&lt;st1:address&gt;&lt;b style=""&gt;Boise St&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/st1:address&gt;&lt;/st1:street&gt;&lt;b style=""&gt;.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.wagerweb.com/affiliates/AF2888/1205/3/" target="_top"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://affiliates.wagerweb.com/shared/members/image.cfm?PromoID=AF2888&amp;amp;promoBannerID=1205&amp;amp;mediaTypeID=3&amp;amp;imageURL=http://affiliates.wagerweb.com/themes/wagerwebaffiliates/banners/football_125x125.gif" alt="Bet at Wagerweb" border="0" vspace="0" hspace="0" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;     &lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;          TCU played a good schedule and finished with a very impressive 10-2 record and some key wins along the way. &lt;st1:street&gt;&lt;st1:address&gt;Boise St&lt;/st1:address&gt;&lt;/st1:street&gt; finished undefeated at 12-0 but were overlooked by the BCS folks and &lt;st1:state&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;Utah&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:state&gt; got the coveted invite to play against &lt;st1:state&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;Alabama&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:state&gt;. The question will be would this motivate &lt;st1:street&gt;&lt;st1:address&gt;Boise St&lt;/st1:address&gt;&lt;/st1:street&gt; or depress them as instead of a BCS game they play TCU in &lt;st1:city&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;San   Diego&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:city&gt;. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;!-- CODE ENDS HERE --&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"&gt;&lt;span class="A6"  style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:&amp;quot;;" &gt;The Frogs faced 5 bowl-caliber teams and went 3-2 SU but 2-3 ATS outscoring those opponents 22-14 &amp;amp; out gaining them 392-274. BSU faced 8 bowl eligible teams and went 8-0 SU and 6-2 ATS outscoring them by 20 ppg and out gaining them by 97 ypg. The bottom lie is both these teams are good teams and if not for &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;st1:state&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span class="A6"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:&amp;quot;;" &gt;Utah&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:state&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="A6"  style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:&amp;quot;;" &gt; they both could be in a better position. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;st1:state&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span class="A6"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:&amp;quot;;" &gt;Utah&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:state&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="A6"  style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:&amp;quot;;" &gt; beat TCU on a last second play and they remained undefeated zipping by &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;st1:city&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span class="A6"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:&amp;quot;;" &gt;Boise&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:city&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="A6"  style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:&amp;quot;;" &gt; to the BCS. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"&gt;&lt;span class="A6"  style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:&amp;quot;;" &gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"&gt;&lt;span class="A6"  style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:&amp;quot;;" &gt;The snub was taken harder by &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;st1:street&gt;&lt;st1:address&gt;&lt;span class="A6"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:&amp;quot;;" &gt;Boise St&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:address&gt;&lt;/st1:street&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="A6"  style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:&amp;quot;;" &gt; and in a match up of two good teams I like to focus on the defensive side of the ball. The defense for TCU has been outstanding and has allowed 7 or more points in just five games this season. The frogs have a huge defensive line and know how to apply pressure and shut down a good offense. In fact only one team this year has scored over 14 against them and that was &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;st1:state&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span class="A6"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:&amp;quot;;" &gt;Oklahoma&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:state&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="A6"  style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:&amp;quot;;" &gt; and they just held them to 35 points.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"&gt;&lt;span class="A6"  style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:&amp;quot;;" &gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"&gt;&lt;span class="A6"  style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:&amp;quot;;" &gt;Motivation is on the side of TCU to win this game and knock out an undefeated team. The line says the rest. The line itself also speaks volumes as an undefeated Boise Team finds themselves as 2 point dogs. TCU is &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;8-2 ATS as favorite and&lt;br /&gt;23-12 ATS in all games. TCU has covered six of its last seven as favorites of up to three points and 25 of 34 as the chalk overall. The Frogs have also cashed five of seven against WAC foes.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"&gt;&lt;b style=""&gt;TCU Horned Frogs -2.5&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;!-- CODE STARTS HERE --&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.wagerweb.com/affiliates/AF2888/1205/3/" target="_top"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://affiliates.wagerweb.com/shared/members/image.cfm?PromoID=AF2888&amp;amp;promoBannerID=1205&amp;amp;mediaTypeID=3&amp;amp;imageURL=http://affiliates.wagerweb.com/themes/wagerwebaffiliates/banners/football_125x125.gif" alt="Bet at Wagerweb" border="0" vspace="0" hspace="0" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    &lt;br /&gt;&lt;!-- CODE ENDS HERE --&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3779024495026331911-7233064547882708774?l=bowlgamecentral.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bowlgamecentral.blogspot.com/feeds/7233064547882708774/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3779024495026331911&amp;postID=7233064547882708774' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3779024495026331911/posts/default/7233064547882708774'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3779024495026331911/posts/default/7233064547882708774'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bowlgamecentral.blogspot.com/2008/12/poinsettia-bowl.html' title='Poinsettia Bowl'/><author><name>Poster</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11099268612848358526</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_GPXKVJXOlVM/SSc9YHl8WLI/AAAAAAAAAQA/Gno3n0q8jOo/S220/underdog.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3779024495026331911.post-2450756380783304029</id><published>2008-12-21T07:09:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-12-21T07:11:02.054-08:00</updated><title type='text'>New Orleans Bowl</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="text"&gt;All BCS College Football Central readers are eligible for a 100% Bonus today if they sign up at wagerweb by clicking the banner! All you have to do is sign up, deposit $100 and you get $100 free play! That's a 100% bonus but its only offered here!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.wagerweb.com/affiliates/AF2888/1990/3/" target="_top"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://affiliates.wagerweb.com/shared/members/image.cfm?PromoID=AF2888&amp;amp;promoBannerID=1990&amp;amp;mediaTypeID=3&amp;amp;imageURL=http://affiliates.wagerweb.com/themes/wagerwebaffiliates/banners/football_235x90.gif" alt="Bet at Wagerweb" border="0" vspace="0" hspace="0" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    &lt;br /&gt;&lt;!-- CODE ENDS HERE --&gt;&lt;br /&gt;          &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;New Orleans Bowl&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This is a rarity for a bowl game because you get the Golden Eagles of Southern Mississippi in this game and they finished at 6-6 and will not even have a winning record. Troy on the other hand has a winning record and won the Sun Belt Conference and head towards another New Orleans bowl.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;One does have to give credit to the Golden Eagles though because they started the season horribly with a 2-6 start but ended very strongly nailing four in a row, straight up and against the spread to get this bowl appearance. In those four wins the Eagles dominated winning by a combined score 35-9. &lt;/div&gt;  &lt;div class="divider"&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.bangthebook.com/header/divider.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;  When it comes to this game you have to look at more than motivation because distractions could be a huge disadvantage for some teams with Bourbon Street calling. Troy has already acknowledged it and all it has to offer. "I am going to stay away from Bourbon Street until after the game," junior linebacker Bear Woods said. "That is just me, though."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Brown said that will be the key for the entire team.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"The key is probably to not stay out too late before the game," Brown said. "I am not really a young guy, but this is my first time to go to a bowl game, and that is what some of the guys have told us. We have great senior leaders on this team and they have helped the rest of us know what to expect once we get there." That is easier said then done when you’re in New Orleans. Troy has been here before and is giving little respect to the Eagles and so is most of the country, but watch out in this game. Troy has had problems finishing and Southern Miss has a first year coach in Fedora will make sure they are ready for this game.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Southern Mississippi is 6-2 ATS versus Sun Belt foes and they are 4-0 ATS their last four games and they are 5-0 ATS after allowing less than 100 yards rushing in their last game. This game will be much closer than the experts think. &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Pick: Southern Mississippi Golden Eagles +4&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3779024495026331911-2450756380783304029?l=bowlgamecentral.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bowlgamecentral.blogspot.com/feeds/2450756380783304029/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3779024495026331911&amp;postID=2450756380783304029' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3779024495026331911/posts/default/2450756380783304029'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3779024495026331911/posts/default/2450756380783304029'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bowlgamecentral.blogspot.com/2008/12/new-orleans-bowl.html' title='New Orleans Bowl'/><author><name>Poster</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11099268612848358526</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_GPXKVJXOlVM/SSc9YHl8WLI/AAAAAAAAAQA/Gno3n0q8jOo/S220/underdog.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3779024495026331911.post-7001319728972917776</id><published>2008-12-20T06:33:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-12-20T06:36:03.323-08:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Bowl Special--&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Deposit $100 and get a free $100 play&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;!-- CODE STARTS HERE --&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.wagerweb.com/affiliates/AF2888/1988/3/" target="_top"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.wagerweb.com/affiliates/AF2888/1988/3/" target="_top"&gt;&lt;img src="http://affiliates.wagerweb.com/shared/members/image.cfm?PromoID=AF2888&amp;amp;promoBannerID=1988&amp;amp;mediaTypeID=3&amp;amp;imageURL=http://affiliates.wagerweb.com/themes/wagerwebaffiliates/banners/football_120x120.gif" alt="Bet at Wagerweb" border="0" vspace="0" hspace="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    &lt;br /&gt;&lt;!-- CODE ENDS HERE --&gt;&lt;br /&gt;          &lt;br /&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"&gt;&lt;st1:city&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;b style=""&gt;Las Vegas&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:city&gt;&lt;b style=""&gt; Bowl &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"&gt;&lt;b style=""&gt;BYU vs. &lt;/b&gt;&lt;st1:state&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;b style=""&gt;Arizona&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:state&gt;&lt;b style=""&gt; &lt;span style=""&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"&gt;The location of this game is in sin city and you would think that would make for a home field advantage for the Arizona Wildcats since they are so close, but that is not the case. BYU has such a huge following so you can expect the fans to travel as they have in the past when the cougars have played in this game. This game is going to be on turf and you think that would play in favor for BYU but they are just 9-17 ATS on turf since 1993. &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"&gt;BYU’s motivation may be a bit questioned in this game as they looked like they may be heading to the BCS game but dropped games to TCU and &lt;st1:state&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;Utah&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:state&gt; down the stretch and have faltered and wanted to play in a bigger bowl game than this. BYU is 4-20 ATS after 2-game road trip and they come into this one flat disappointed it just two weeks to throw away what could have been the perfect season.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"&gt;On the other hand this is the first bowl game for &lt;st1:state&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;Arizona&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:state&gt; in ten years! That gives them the motivation edge in this game and if you read any of our other previews you would know that this is something we lean heavily on. &lt;st1:state&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;Arizona&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:state&gt; is excited to play in this game and it shows that the future is bright for the wild cats. &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"&gt;BYU has been a cash burner all year as they have failed miserably against the number at 3-8 ATS. They are also just 1-6 ATS after a conference game and the wildcats are 4-1 with two weeks of rest or more. That shows that they know how to prepare for a game when giving enough time. We have the interesting situation of a team that is unranked in &lt;st1:state&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;Arizona&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:state&gt; being favored over a team that is ranked seventeenth in the country. The odds maker knows what they are doing and we feel the same way so we will go with the Wildcats to get the bowl win!&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"&gt;&lt;st1:state&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;b style=""&gt;Arizona&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:state&gt;&lt;b style=""&gt; -2 &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;!-- CODE STARTS HERE --&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.wagerweb.com/affiliates/AF2888/1988/3/" target="_top"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.wagerweb.com/affiliates/AF2888/1988/3/" target="_top"&gt;&lt;img src="http://affiliates.wagerweb.com/shared/members/image.cfm?PromoID=AF2888&amp;amp;promoBannerID=1988&amp;amp;mediaTypeID=3&amp;amp;imageURL=http://affiliates.wagerweb.com/themes/wagerwebaffiliates/banners/football_120x120.gif" alt="Bet at Wagerweb" border="0" vspace="0" hspace="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;!-- CODE ENDS HERE --&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3779024495026331911-7001319728972917776?l=bowlgamecentral.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bowlgamecentral.blogspot.com/feeds/7001319728972917776/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3779024495026331911&amp;postID=7001319728972917776' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3779024495026331911/posts/default/7001319728972917776'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3779024495026331911/posts/default/7001319728972917776'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bowlgamecentral.blogspot.com/2008/12/las-vegas-bowl-byu-vs.html' title=''/><author><name>Poster</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11099268612848358526</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_GPXKVJXOlVM/SSc9YHl8WLI/AAAAAAAAAQA/Gno3n0q8jOo/S220/underdog.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3779024495026331911.post-1548454343578442400</id><published>2008-12-20T06:23:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-12-20T06:24:23.647-08:00</updated><title type='text'>St. Petersburg Bowl</title><content type='html'>&lt;!--[endif]--&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"&gt;&lt;st1:city&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;b style=""&gt;St. Petersburg&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:city&gt;&lt;b style=""&gt; Bowl &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"&gt;&lt;st1:city&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;b style=""&gt;Memphis&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:city&gt;&lt;b style=""&gt; vs. &lt;/b&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;b style=""&gt;South Florida&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;b style=""&gt; &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"&gt;Seems like the same song and dance for the South Florida Bulls. In the early season they are rated highly and projected by many to make a splash in the season win the Big East and do well. They start the season off by winning and winning big, then are upset and fade away as the season goes on. This has to wear on the team as they see it happening all over again. They went from title contender to falling off the map just like they did last year. When that happened last year they went into a bowl game and got squashed in a big way by &lt;st1:state&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;Oregon&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:state&gt; losing 56-21. Things could look bleak again this year as they face off against the Memphis Tigers and they are 3-1 ATS when the play the Bulls. The only good news is that the Bulls are playing close to home. &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"&gt;The &lt;st1:city&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;Memphis&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:city&gt; rushing attack has been fantastic this season. RB Curtis Steele leads the squad with 1,175 rushing yards and seven scores. The Tigers’ offense ranks 19&lt;sup&gt;th&lt;/sup&gt; in the NCAA on the ground with 205.6 rushing yards per game. They face a daunting task however going up against one of the tougher run defenses in &lt;st1:place&gt;South  Florida&lt;/st1:place&gt;. Excluding New year day games, dogs of 12 points are more are 9-2 ATS in the last 11 games since 1996.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This is one of the easiest examples of a team that is just not motivated to play in a bowl game and when it comes to bowl games, motivation is huge! We are taking the Tigers and the big spread in this one with a decent running attack. &lt;st1:place&gt;South  Florida&lt;/st1:place&gt; without motivation will be a tough team to lay this kind of points with and they are just 2-4 ATS in the last six games in December and 3-7 ATS as a favorite this year.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"&gt;&lt;b style=""&gt;Memphis +12 &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;!-- CODE STARTS HERE --&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.wagerweb.com/affiliates/AF2888/1921/3/" target="_top"&gt;&lt;img src="http://affiliates.wagerweb.com/shared/members/image.cfm?PromoID=AF2888&amp;amp;promoBannerID=1921&amp;amp;mediaTypeID=3&amp;amp;imageURL=http://affiliates.wagerweb.com/themes/wagerwebaffiliates/banners/football_250x140.gif" alt="Bet at Wagerweb" border="0" vspace="0" hspace="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;    &lt;br /&gt;&lt;!-- CODE ENDS HERE --&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3779024495026331911-1548454343578442400?l=bowlgamecentral.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bowlgamecentral.blogspot.com/feeds/1548454343578442400/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3779024495026331911&amp;postID=1548454343578442400' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3779024495026331911/posts/default/1548454343578442400'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3779024495026331911/posts/default/1548454343578442400'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bowlgamecentral.blogspot.com/2008/12/st-petersburg-bowl.html' title='St. Petersburg Bowl'/><author><name>Poster</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11099268612848358526</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_GPXKVJXOlVM/SSc9YHl8WLI/AAAAAAAAAQA/Gno3n0q8jOo/S220/underdog.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3779024495026331911.post-605014073243633047</id><published>2008-12-20T06:17:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-12-20T06:22:23.516-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Saturday Bowl Mania</title><content type='html'>How about a great special for this week's games? We just spoke with one of our sponsors at WagerWeb and they are giving away a special this week for readers of my blog! For anyone that signs up and deposits $100 or more you will get a FREE play for $100! That is a 100% Bonus! &lt;span style="font-style: italic;font-family:'Arial Narrow';font-size:11;color:black;"   &gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:'Arial Narrow';color:black;"  &gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;This promotion comes with a 15 time roll over in sports or double in the casino.  It is no forfeitable. Only one account per customer / per household and it’s a  one time deal. * Regular restrictions apply&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sign up by clicking the banner! It pays to read the Blog support our sponsors today and get free cash!&lt;!-- CODE STARTS HERE --&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.wagerweb.com/affiliates/AF2888/1921/3/" target="_top"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://affiliates.wagerweb.com/shared/members/image.cfm?PromoID=AF2888&amp;amp;promoBannerID=1921&amp;amp;mediaTypeID=3&amp;amp;imageURL=http://affiliates.wagerweb.com/themes/wagerwebaffiliates/banners/football_250x140.gif" alt="Bet at Wagerweb" border="0" vspace="0" hspace="0" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    &lt;br /&gt;&lt;!-- CODE ENDS HERE --&gt;&lt;br /&gt;          &lt;!-- &lt;st1:state--&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;b style=""&gt;New Mexico&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;b style=""&gt; Bowl &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"&gt;&lt;st1:street&gt;&lt;st1:address&gt;&lt;b style=""&gt;Fresno St&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/st1:address&gt;&lt;/st1:street&gt;&lt;b style=""&gt; vs. &lt;/b&gt;&lt;st1:street&gt;&lt;st1:address&gt;&lt;b style=""&gt;Colorado St&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/st1:address&gt;&lt;/st1:street&gt;&lt;b style=""&gt;. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"&gt;The second game in the bowl schedule is the complete polar opposite of the first one as the Bulldogs of Fresno St take on the Rams of Colorado St. The first thing that jumps out at us is the fact that the Bulldogs have been burning money all year long for Bulldog backers as they are just 10-26 ATS in the last 36 lined games that they have played in. &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"&gt;The good news is Pat Hill knows how to get his team excited at the end of the season and they often show up and play well near the end of the season. They run into a Ram team that is powerless against any offense as they put up very bad numbers, especially on the road. In this season's six road games, they allowed an average of 36.8 points and 423.3 total yards. The Rams offense hasn't been very good either, as they're averaging only 23.9 points, including just 21 on the road.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"&gt;The special teams will be a huge factor in this one as the Bulldogs are number one in the country in blocked kicks. They also sport a huge offensive line that was great at setting up lanes for runners and protecting the Quarterback. &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"&gt;&lt;st1:street&gt;&lt;st1:address&gt;Colorado   St&lt;/st1:address&gt;&lt;/st1:street&gt; put some impressive wins together to get to the bowl game to include an impressive win over &lt;st1:state&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;Wyoming&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:state&gt;. Closer review of that game will show that they were out gained by &lt;st1:state&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;Wyoming&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:state&gt; which is not a good sign.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"&gt;The Bulldogs also lost head coach Pat Hill when he applied for the Washington job but at the last minute he bowed out of the competition saying he was committed to the program at Fresno and that will energize the kids and the fan base for this bowl game.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"&gt;That’s good news for a &lt;st1:street&gt;&lt;st1:address&gt;Fresno St&lt;/st1:address&gt;&lt;/st1:street&gt; team that can score a lot of points and plays tough on a neutral field since the fans travel really well. The Rams are just 8-9 ATS on a neutral field and will be star struck as they play in this bowl game. &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"&gt;&lt;st1:street&gt;&lt;st1:address&gt;&lt;b style=""&gt;Fresno St&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/st1:address&gt;&lt;/st1:street&gt;&lt;b style=""&gt;. &lt;span style=""&gt; &lt;/span&gt;-3 &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3779024495026331911-605014073243633047?l=bowlgamecentral.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bowlgamecentral.blogspot.com/feeds/605014073243633047/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3779024495026331911&amp;postID=605014073243633047' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3779024495026331911/posts/default/605014073243633047'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3779024495026331911/posts/default/605014073243633047'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bowlgamecentral.blogspot.com/2008/12/saturday-bowl-mania.html' title='Saturday Bowl Mania'/><author><name>Poster</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11099268612848358526</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_GPXKVJXOlVM/SSc9YHl8WLI/AAAAAAAAAQA/Gno3n0q8jOo/S220/underdog.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3779024495026331911.post-7936260514867430083</id><published>2008-12-19T11:59:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-12-19T12:44:48.178-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Eagle Bank Bowl</title><content type='html'>Finally the Bowl season is here and we can get started--&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;How about a great special for this week's games? We just spoke with one of our sponsors at WagerWeb and they are giving away a special this week for readers of my blog! For anyone that signs up and deposits $100 or more you will get a FREE play for $100! That is a 100% Bonus! &lt;span style="font-style: italic;font-family:'Arial Narrow';font-size:11;color:black;"   &gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:'Arial Narrow';color:black;"  &gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;This promotion comes with a 15 time roll over in sports or double in the casino.  It is no forfeitable. Only one account per customer / per household and it’s a  one time deal. * Regular restrictions apply&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sign up by clicking the banner! It pays to read the Blog support our sponsors today and get free cash!&lt;!-- CODE STARTS HERE --&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.wagerweb.com/affiliates/AF2888/1990/3/" target="_top"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.wagerweb.com/affiliates/AF2888/1990/3/" target="_top"&gt;&lt;img src="http://affiliates.wagerweb.com/shared/members/image.cfm?PromoID=AF2888&amp;amp;promoBannerID=1990&amp;amp;mediaTypeID=3&amp;amp;imageURL=http://affiliates.wagerweb.com/themes/wagerwebaffiliates/banners/football_235x90.gif" alt="Bet at Wagerweb" border="0" vspace="0" hspace="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    &lt;br /&gt;&lt;!-- CODE ENDS HERE --&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;    &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="text"&gt;On paper this game looks like he could be a sluggish back and forth between two teams that don’t actually have high powered offenses but when you start to look deeper it actually has the makings of a pretty good contest! This is the first time that this bowl has ever been played and Wake Forest gets a chance for revenge in this one. They were ranked #16 this year when Navy upset them and sent them tumbling down the rankings. This is also a big day for Wake Forest because they will have 16 seniors playing the last game of the year. Wake is 4-2 ATS in the last 6 bowl games but can they stop Navy? When they met last time the midshipmen ran all over them on the ground, but Wake had some serious letdown after beating Florida St. The option is nothing new to Wake as they have had to prepare for it three times in the &lt;/div&gt;  &lt;div class="divider"&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.bangthebook.com/header/divider.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;  The big difference in this game is that Wake has a balanced offense and that will be enough to eat holes in a weak Navy defense. Granted they are coming off two shutouts to end the season but they are doing it against very weak offense and Wake is a step up in competition.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Riley Skinner QB for Wake Forest has plenty of motivation for this one. ``If you're a quarterback, and you've had that kind of game, the worst game of your career, you'd be crazy if you didn't want another shot at them,'' Skinner said. ``As much as I hate watching the film (during) the last two weeks, over and over again, it kind of gives you a little motivation and urgency to get back out there and go play these guys again, and kind of prove something and get a little revenge.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;``That's obviously, from my standpoint, what I'd like to do,'' he added. ``Just knowing that you were pretty much the reason for that loss is pretty tough on you, but it's also motivating.''&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Wake Forest is 5-0 ATS in games in December and they are 6-2 ATS in revenge games. They come out big in this game and get revenge with a huge victory.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Wake Forest -3&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3779024495026331911-7936260514867430083?l=bowlgamecentral.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bowlgamecentral.blogspot.com/feeds/7936260514867430083/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3779024495026331911&amp;postID=7936260514867430083' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3779024495026331911/posts/default/7936260514867430083'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3779024495026331911/posts/default/7936260514867430083'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bowlgamecentral.blogspot.com/2008/12/eagle-bank-bowl.html' title='Eagle Bank Bowl'/><author><name>Poster</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11099268612848358526</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_GPXKVJXOlVM/SSc9YHl8WLI/AAAAAAAAAQA/Gno3n0q8jOo/S220/underdog.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3779024495026331911.post-6077622679718777776</id><published>2008-12-12T13:48:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-12-12T13:49:00.289-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Who wins the Heisman?</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Here are the Odds&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Bradford -400&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Tebow +300&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;McCoy +650&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I really think at those odds McCoy has a shot he led his team in rushing, broke all sorts of records this year becoming the number one guy in Texas and he beat Bradford. His only loss was a come back by Texas Tech on the road and to me he is a great shot with great odds of winning this thing!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Want Those odds just click the banner to get them!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;!-- CODE STARTS HERE --&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.wagerweb.com/affiliates/AF2888/1992/3/" target="_top"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://affiliates.wagerweb.com/shared/members/image.cfm?PromoID=AF2888&amp;amp;promoBannerID=1992&amp;amp;mediaTypeID=3&amp;amp;imageURL=http://affiliates.wagerweb.com/themes/wagerwebaffiliates/banners/football_250x90.gif" alt="Bet at Wagerweb" border="0" vspace="0" hspace="0" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    &lt;br /&gt;&lt;!-- CODE ENDS HERE --&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3779024495026331911-6077622679718777776?l=bowlgamecentral.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' 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Games?'/><author><name>Poster</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11099268612848358526</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_GPXKVJXOlVM/SSc9YHl8WLI/AAAAAAAAAQA/Gno3n0q8jOo/S220/underdog.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3779024495026331911.post-9030481948232135275</id><published>2008-12-09T14:45:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-12-09T14:46:57.126-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Motivation for the Big Game</title><content type='html'>&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;"  &gt;College Football  Bowl Game Motivation&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;iframe src="http://www.betjmaff.com/aw.aspx?A=66&amp;amp;G=2&amp;amp;Task=Get" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" hspace="0" vspace="0" scrolling="no" width="120" frameborder="0" height="60"&gt;&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;br&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;SCRIPT LANGUAGE='JAVASCRIPT1.1'  SRC="http://www.betjmaff.com/aw.aspx?A=66&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;G=2&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;Task=Get&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;Browser=N"&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;br&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;/SCRIPT&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;br&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;"  &gt;One of the most  overlooked factors to investigate when making a selection on a bowl  game is motivation. Teams are in unique situations and all of them are  different and with a lit bit of searching you can find factors that  display whether a team is motivated to play well in a bowl game. This  article will cover some factors and some teams that may have motivation  to win during the bowl season or no reason to show at all. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;iframe src="http://www.betjmaff.com/aw.aspx?A=66&amp;amp;G=2&amp;amp;Task=Get" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" hspace="0" vspace="0" scrolling="no" width="120" frameborder="0" height="60"&gt;&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;br&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;SCRIPT LANGUAGE='JAVASCRIPT1.1'  SRC="http://www.betjmaff.com/aw.aspx?A=66&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;G=2&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;Task=Get&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;Browser=N"&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;br&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;/SCRIPT&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;br&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;"  &gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Factor #1: Just  a little bit of respect&lt;/span&gt;: The BCS polls are a disturbing mind numbing  look at college football and politics and money are just as responsible  for the rankings it would seem then how a team will perform. So when  the rankings screw a team it may provide motivation. There is no team  that emulates this more than the Texas Longhorns. They beat Oklahoma  and had just as many losses as the Sooners yet it is Oklahoma playing  for the national title and the Longhorns on the outside looking in.  This could affect a team negatively or positively, do they want to win  to prove they should be in the Championship or do they lay an egg thinking  they should not be in this game? In this case Texas is not in the proper  mindset to play and could lose it outright if they are not careful!  The case could be made that Boise St is also in this situation.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;"  &gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Factor #2 The  at large bid:&lt;/span&gt; Winning gets a bid to the BCS and you can get it by winning  the conference championship or by getting the at large bid but only  one team gets that reward. That is usually enough motivation for any  team to play well and this year that team is the Utah Utes. They had  to go perfect to get this bid and then they still had to beat out Boise  St for a chance to play Alabama. The theory is the world is against  them and they had to prove their worth to get to a BCS bid and now only  winning would grant them the respect they deserve not to mention that  they could go undefeated, another motivator! &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;"  &gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Factor #3 Win  one for the gipper:&lt;/span&gt; Great coaching can’t be beat and throughout the  year a great coach can be the different between a few wins and losses.  With that in mind when it gets to the last game of the year especially  if it is a big win the kids are motivated to go all out. To me two teams  fit this mold. Jo Pa in Penn St has always been a sentimental favorite  but this year more than ever as he brought Penn St back to a trip to  the Rose Bowl. In Cincinnati Brian Kelly brought the Bearcats out of  the dregs of society to be Big east Champions and convincing ones at  that, but they have not finished the mission and only a win can do that!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;"  &gt;Factor #4 Location,  Location, Location: Teams with no motivation can easily be swayed by  where the bowl game is being played or some teams even get a slight  home field advantage. In the Music City bowl its Vanderbilt that is  playing in their backyard and on the other end of the spectrum its Notre  Dame getting a paid vacation to Hawaii. Motivation could be tough to  come by for the Irish.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;"  &gt;These factors  are not the only reasons to look for motivation for college bowl games  there are much more than this. Before making a wager on a bowl game  make sure to check to see if you can find the factors. 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Remember here at Bowl Central every bowl game will be covered from top top bottom so make sure to stop by and check out the writeups the great record and everything you want to know when it comes to the bowl games!&lt;a href="http://www.betjmaff.com/aw.aspx?B=54&amp;amp;A=66&amp;amp;Task=Click" target="_Top"&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.betjmaff.com/aw.aspx?B=54&amp;amp;A=66&amp;amp;Task=Get" alt="Betjamaica the players paradise" border="0" width="160" height="120" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;2008-09 College Football Bowl Schedule&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt; BOWL  LOCATION  DATE/TIME  NETWORK&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;EagleBank Bowl&lt;br /&gt;Wake Forest vs. Navy  Washington, D.C.&lt;br /&gt;RFK Stadium  Dec. 20, 11 a.m.  ESPN&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;New Mexico&lt;br /&gt;Colorado State vs. Fresno State  Albuquerque&lt;br /&gt;University Stadium  Dec. 20, 2:30 p.m.  ESPN&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;magicJack St. Petersburg&lt;br /&gt;Memphis vs. South Florida  St. Petersburg. Fla.&lt;br /&gt;Tropicana Field  Dec. 20, 4:30 p.m.  ESPN2&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Pioneer Las Vegas&lt;br /&gt;BYU vs. Arizona  Las Vegas&lt;br /&gt;Sam Boyd Stadium  Dec. 20, 8 p.m.  ESPN&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;R+L Carriers New Orleans&lt;br /&gt;Southern Miss vs. Troy  New Orleans&lt;br /&gt;Superdome  Dec. 21, 8:15 p.m.  ESPN&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;San Diego County Credit Union Poinsettia&lt;br /&gt;Boise State vs. TCU  San Diego&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Qualcomm Stadium  Dec. 23, 8 p.m.  ESPN&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sheraton Hawaii&lt;br /&gt;Hawaii vs. Notre Dame  Honolulu&lt;br /&gt;Aloha Stadium  Dec. 24, 8 p.m.  ESPN&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Motor City&lt;br /&gt;Florida Atlantic vs. Central Michigan  Detroit&lt;br /&gt;Ford Field  Dec. 26, 8 p.m.  ESPN&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Meineke Car Care&lt;br /&gt;West Virginia vs. North Carolina  Charlotte, N.C.&lt;br /&gt;Bank of America Stadium  Dec. 27, 1 p.m.  ESPN&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Champs Sports&lt;br /&gt;Wisconsin vs. Florida State  Orlando, Fla.&lt;br /&gt;Florida Citrus Bowl  Dec. 27, 4:30 p.m.  ESPN&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Emerald&lt;br /&gt;Miami (Fla.) vs. California  San Francisco&lt;br /&gt;AT&amp;amp;T Park  Dec. 27, 8 p.m.  ESPN&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Independence&lt;br /&gt;Northern Illinois vs. Louisiana Tech  Shreveport, La.&lt;br /&gt;Independence Stadium  Dec. 28, 8:15 p.m.  ESPN&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.betjmaff.com/aw.aspx?B=54&amp;amp;A=66&amp;amp;Task=Click" target="_Top"&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.betjmaff.com/aw.aspx?B=54&amp;amp;A=66&amp;amp;Task=Get" alt="Betjamaica the players paradise" border="0" width="160" height="120" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Papajohns.com&lt;br /&gt;NC State vs. Rutgers  Birmingham, Ala.&lt;br /&gt;Legion Field  Dec. 29, 3 p.m.  ESPN&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Valero Alamo&lt;br /&gt;Missouri vs. Northwestern  San Antonio&lt;br /&gt;Alamodome  Dec. 29, 8 p.m.  ESPN&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Roady's Humanitarian&lt;br /&gt;Maryland vs. Nevada  Boise, Idaho&lt;br /&gt;Bronco Stadium  Dec. 30, 4:30 p.m.  ESPN&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Texas&lt;br /&gt;Rice vs. Western Michigan  Houston&lt;br /&gt;Reliant Stadium  Dec. 30, 8 p.m.  NFL Network&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Pacific Life Holiday&lt;br /&gt;Oklahoma State vs. Oregon  San Diego&lt;br /&gt;Qualcomm Stadium  Dec. 30, 8 p.m.  ESPN&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Bell Helicopter Armed Forces&lt;br /&gt;Houston vs. Air Force  Fort Worth, Texas&lt;br /&gt;Amon G. Carter Stadium  Dec. 31, Noon  ESPN&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Brut Sun&lt;br /&gt;Oregon State vs. Pittsburgh  El Paso, Texas&lt;br /&gt;Sun Bowl  Dec. 31, 2 p.m.  CBS&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Gaylord Hotels Music City&lt;br /&gt;Boston College vs. Vanderbilt  Nashville, Tenn.&lt;br /&gt;LP Field  Dec. 31, 3:30 p.m.  ESPN&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Insight&lt;br /&gt;Kansas vs. Minnesota  Tempe, Ariz.&lt;br /&gt;Sun Devil Stadium  Dec. 31, 5:30 p.m.  NFL Network&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Chick-fil-A&lt;br /&gt;LSU vs. Georgia Tech  Atlanta&lt;br /&gt;Georgia Dome  Dec. 31, 7:30 p.m.  ESPN&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Outback&lt;br /&gt;South Carolina vs. Iowa  Tampa, Fla.&lt;br /&gt;Raymond James Stadium  Jan. 1, 2009, 11 a.m.  ESPN&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Capital One&lt;br /&gt;Georgia vs. Michigan State  Orlando, Fla.&lt;br /&gt;Florida Citrus Bowl  Jan. 1, 2009, 1 p.m.  ABC&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Konica Minolta Gator&lt;br /&gt;Clemson vs. Nebraska  Jacksonville, Fla.&lt;br /&gt;Jacksonville Municipal Stadium  Jan. 1, 2009, 1 p.m.  CBS&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Rose Bowl Game Presented by Citi&lt;br /&gt;Penn State vs. USC  Pasadena, Calif.&lt;br /&gt;Rose Bowl  Jan. 1, 2009, 4:30 p.m.  ABC&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;FedEx Orange&lt;br /&gt;Cincinnati vs. Virginia Tech  Miami&lt;br /&gt;Dolphin Stadium  Jan. 1, 2009, 8:30 p.m.  FOX&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;AT&amp;amp;T Cotton&lt;br /&gt;Ole Miss vs. Texas Tech  Dallas&lt;br /&gt;Cotton Bowl  Jan. 2, 2009, 2 p.m.  FOX&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;AutoZone Liberty&lt;br /&gt;Kentucky vs. East Carolina  Memphis, Tenn.&lt;br /&gt;Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium  Jan. 2, 2009, 5 p.m.  ESPN&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Allstate Sugar&lt;br /&gt;Utah vs. Alabama  New Orleans&lt;br /&gt;Superdome  Jan. 2, 2009, 8 p.m.  FOX&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;International&lt;br /&gt;Buffalo vs. Connecticut  Toronto&lt;br /&gt;Rogers Centre  Jan. 3, 2009, Noon  ESPN2&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Tostitos Fiesta&lt;br /&gt;Ohio State vs. Texas  Glendale, Ariz.&lt;br /&gt;University of Phoenix Stadium  Jan. 5, 2009, 8 p.m.  FOX&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;GMAC&lt;br /&gt;Tulsa vs. Ball State  Mobile, Ala.&lt;br /&gt;Ladd-Peebles Stadium  Jan. 6, 2009, 8 p.m.  ESPN&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;FedEx BCS National Championship Game&lt;br /&gt;Florida vs. Oklahoma  Miami&lt;br /&gt;Dolphin Stadium  Jan. 8, 2009, 8 p.m.  FOX&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.betjmaff.com/aw.aspx?B=54&amp;amp;A=66&amp;amp;Task=Click" target="_Top"&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.betjmaff.com/aw.aspx?B=54&amp;amp;A=66&amp;amp;Task=Get" alt="Betjamaica the players paradise" border="0" width="160" height="120" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3779024495026331911-1791732293719778535?l=bowlgamecentral.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bowlgamecentral.blogspot.com/feeds/1791732293719778535/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3779024495026331911&amp;postID=1791732293719778535' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3779024495026331911/posts/default/1791732293719778535'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3779024495026331911/posts/default/1791732293719778535'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bowlgamecentral.blogspot.com/2008/12/schedule-is-out.html' title='The Schedule is out!'/><author><name>Poster</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11099268612848358526</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_GPXKVJXOlVM/SSc9YHl8WLI/AAAAAAAAAQA/Gno3n0q8jOo/S220/underdog.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3779024495026331911.post-7267356744526591250</id><published>2008-12-06T12:40:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-12-06T12:46:41.143-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Bowl Season is here!!</title><content type='html'>It's the great time of year when the bowl games start and the race to the championship begins! 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