Brad’s 2010 Bowl Predictions (Preseason Edition)
Posted by deaconcat08 on July 31, 2010
The 2010 college football bowl season should be particularly engaging because most bowls have changed their conference tie-ins. We also add two new bowls in the Pinstripe Bowl and Dallas Football Classic but consequently lose the much-maligned International Bowl.
As you may know, I annually make a more comprehensive and obviously more accurate set of bowl predictions during Thanksgiving weekend in November. However, I see no harm in posting some potential matchups before the season starts, as I have had some success doing so years past. Last year, I correctly predicted the postseason bowl location for 12 different teams and even picked the exact matchup in three of games (Texas Bowl, Liberty Bowl, Alamo Bowl). In 2008, I made 8 correct preseason bowl picks, and in 2007, I got 10 right including two exact matchups (Cotton Bowl, Fiesta Bowl). These results put me ahead of Phil Steele two of the past three years. In this chart, the italicized teams are replacement picks for conference tie-ins that cannot be satisfied. For additional comments and analysis about these picks, please refer to the team-by-team analysis from my previous entries.
| Date | Bowl | Teams | Time | Channel | |
| Dec. 18 | New Mexico | Wyoming | Kent State | 2:00 | ESPN |
| Dec. 18 | Humanitarian | Fresno State | Central Michigan | 5:30 | ESPN |
| Dec. 18 | New Orleans | UTEP | Middle Tenn. St. | 9:00 | ESPN |
| Dec. 21 | St. Petersburg | Connecticut | Central Florida | 8:00 | ESPN |
| Dec. 22 | Las Vegas | Utah | Arizona | 8:00 | ESPN |
| Dec. 23 | Poinsettia | Navy | San Diego State | 8:00 | ESPN |
| Dec. 24 | Hawaii | SMU | Hawaii | 8:00 | ESPN |
| Dec. 26 | Little Caesars | Temple | UL-Lafayette | 8:30 | ESPN |
| Dec. 27 | Independence | Brigham Young | Boston College | 5:00 | ESPN 2 |
| Dec. 28 | Champs Sports | Pittsburgh | Virginia Tech | 6:30 | ESPN |
| Dec. 28 | Insight | Northwestern | Texas Tech | 10:00 | ESPN |
| Dec. 29 | EagleBank | NC State | Marshall | 2:30 | ESPN |
| Dec. 29 | Texas | Michigan | Kansas State | 6:00 | ESPN |
| Dec. 29 | Alamo | Texas A & M | Washington | 9:00 | ESPN |
| Dec. 30 | Armed Forces | Tulsa | Northern Illinois | 12:00 | ESPN |
| Dec. 30 | Pinstripe | Rutgers | Baylor | 3:00 | ESPN |
| Dec. 30 | Music City | North Carolina | Auburn | 6:40 | ESPN |
| Dec. 30 | Holiday | Missouri | Oregon | 10:00 | ESPN |
| Dec. 31 | Meineke Car Care | Notre Dame | Clemson | 12:00 | ESPN |
| Dec. 31 | Sun | Georgia Tech | Stanford | 2:00 | CBS |
| Dec. 31 | Liberty | Tennessee | Houston | 3:30 | ESPN |
| Dec. 31 | Chick-fil-a | Florida State | Georgia | 7:30 | ESPN |
| Jan. 1 | Dallas Football Classic | Purdue | South Florida | 12:00 | ESPNU |
| Jan. 1 | Capital One | Wisconsin | Florida | 1:00 | ESPN |
| Jan. 1 | Outback | South Carolina | Penn State | 1:00 | ABC |
| Jan. 1 | Gator | Michigan State | LSU | 1:30 | ESPN 2 |
| Jan. 1 | Rose | Iowa | Oregon State | 4:30 | ESPN |
| Jan. 1 | Fiesta | Oklahoma | TCU | 8:30 | ESPN |
| Jan. 3 | Orange | Miami-FL | West Virginia | 8:00 | Fox |
| Jan. 4 | Sugar | Texas | Boise State | 8:00 | ESPN |
| Jan. 6 | GMAC | Troy | Ohio | 8:00 | ESPN |
| Jan. 7 | Cotton | Arkansas | Nebraska | 8:00 | Fox |
| Jan. 8 | PapaJohns.com | Cincinnati | Kentucky | 12:00 | ESPN |
| Jan. 9 | Kraft Hunger Bowl | Nevada | California | 9:00 | ESPN |
| Jan. 10 | National Title Game | Alabama | Ohio State | 8:00 | ESPN |
August 1st, 2010 at 9:13 pm
Miami has too tough of a schedule to be in a BCS Game.
August 1st, 2010 at 10:42 pm
I disagree. Their non-conference game against Ohio State, Pitt, and USF won’t affect their ACC record. Also, realize that they get two out of the other 3 division contenders (UNC, GT, VT) at home.