Brad’s College Football Season in Review- Bowl Picks
Posted by deaconcat08 on January 18, 2010
The college football season has come to a close, and it’s time to look back to see how I fared with my preseason predictions compared to the experts. This is the third season I’ve conducted an in-depth analysis of my preseason picks, and while I ended up being more accurate than the experts average in 2007, last year I was beaten soundly. The final outcome of my matchup with the experts this season is somewhat difficult to determine. I proved to be more accurate making intraconference picks; however, my full Divison 1-A rankins were worse. Likewise, some of my surprise picks were dead-on and others were way-off. In regard to the bowl games, I predicted more bowls correctly, while Phil Steele had more correct bowl slots. I will now methodically rehash my preseason rankings, and the experts’, to demonstrate our brilliance, as well as our stupidity.
Here are my preseason bowl predictions. My correct picks are marked in bold.
| Date | Bowl | Teams | |
| 19-Dec | New Mexico | Air Force | Fresno State |
| 19-Dec | St. Petersburg | Cincinnati | Southern Miss |
| 20-Dec | New Orleans | Troy | UTEP |
| 22-Dec | Las Vegas | Arizona | Brigham Young |
| 23-Dec | Poinsettia | Northern Illinois | Florida Atlantic |
| 24-Dec | Hawaii | Nevada | Tulsa |
| 26-Dec | Motor City | Central Michigan | Wisconsin |
| 26-Dec | Meinke Car Care | NC State | West Virginia |
| 26-Dec | Emerald | Miami-FL | Stanford |
| 27-Dec | Music City | Georgia Tech | Tennessee |
| 28-Dec | Independence | TCU | Kansas State |
| 29-Dec | Eagle Bank | UAB | Boston College |
| 29-Dec | Champs Sports | Minnesota | North Carolina |
| 30-Dec | Humanitarian | Louisiana Tech | UNLV |
| 30-Dec | Holiday | Oregon State | Kansas |
| 30-Dec | Texas | Missouri | Navy |
| 31-Dec | Armed Forces | Utah | Houston |
| 31-Dec | Sun | Oregon | Nebraska |
| 31-Dec | Insight | Northwestern | Colorado |
| 31-Dec | Peach | Georgia | Clemson |
| 1-Jan | Outback | Iowa | South Carolina |
| 1-Jan | Gator | Florida State | Notre Dame |
| 1-Jan | Capital One | Penn State | Alabama |
| 1-Jan | Rose | California | Illinois |
| 1-Jan | Sugar | Ole Miss | Oklahoma |
| 2-Jan | International | Rutgers | Western Michigan |
| 2-Jan | PapaJohns.com | Pittsburgh | Boise State |
| 2-Jan | Cotton | Oklahoma State | LSU |
| 2-Jan | Liberty | East Carolina | Arkansas |
| 2-Jan | Alamo | Michigan State | Texas Tech |
| 4-Jan | Fiesta | Texas | South Florida |
| 5-Jan | Orange | Virginia Tech | Ohio State |
| 6-Jan | GMAC | Buffalo | Wake Forest |
| 7-Jan | BCS | Southern Cal | Florida |
Final Score:
Brad: 12 slots correctly predicted (3 bowls)- My best ever
Phil Steele: 15 slots correctly predicted (1 bowl)