Tuesday, December 28, 2010

Two More Bowl Picks

There are two games on the slate for Tuesday night as Bowl Week begins to pick up and finally we get to some games that could be interesting.

Besides my picks, I will have a short smorgasbord on everything else happening around the world of sports for tomorrow and most likely a short piece on the NFL for Friday...Trying to keep the posts short and sweet as I know people are extremely busy this time of the year.

Tuesday, December 28th

Champs Sports Bowl - Orlando, FL

West Virginia (-3) over NC State – I really went back and forth on this one but decided in the end that WVU is the more talented team overall. Sure, there were some distractions leading up to this game in Morgantown but pretty much the entire Mountaineer staff will be in place to coach this game and the players will probably come out fired up to show their support for Coach Bill Stewart and the departing offensive coordinator Jeff Mullen, who is well-liked by the players and will be fired after the game. West Virginia's defense has been tremendous all year and will be the difference in this one.

Insight Bowl - Tempe, AZ

Missouri (-2.5) over Iowa – Iowa Coach Kirk Ferentz has been a master of bowl preparation but there has been too much turmoil around this Hawkeyes team heading into tonight's game. Besides limping to the finish line with three straight losses, Ferentz had to suspend his leading rusher and his top WR, who just happened to be running a drug ring that many of the other Iowa players (who have not been suspended) have been reported to have been customers of. Missouri is too good and too balanced on both sides of the ball for an Iowa team that is probably more focused on getting to the offseason than they are on this game.

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