Concluding the Bowls

What a college football season it was.....They say that every year, right? Well, I did have a great year on one front, the Rice Football winning ten games in a season front. My trip to Houston was sweet: the Bowl win was exciting, the New Year's celebration was fun and I got half off at the Rice Bookstore. Woot!

Had I known that the internet has not hit Houston, I may have tried harder to squeeze all my Bowl picks in before I left. I did not, however, and once I missed one game analysis, I sunk into the depths of despair commonly experienced by us TLSFers.

As we are trying to get better at holding each other accountable, I felt that this would be a good opportunity to finish posting my predictions. You'll have to take it for what it is worth. I'm telling you that I made these picks before the games, but that doesn't mean that you have to believe me:

Humanitarian Bowl: Nevada vs Maryland, Nev by 1
My picks: Nevada covering
Final: Maryland 42-35

Texas Bowl: Western Michigan vs Rice, Rice by 3
My picks: Rice covering
Final: Rice 38-14

Holiday Bowl: Oklahoma State vs Oregon, OkSt by 3
My picks: Oklahoma State covering
Final: Oregon 42-31

Armed Forces Bowl: Houston vs Air Force, H by 3
My picks: Air Force with the points
Final: Houston 34-28

Sun Bowl: Oregon State vs Pittsburgh, OSU by 3
My picks: OSU covering
Final: OSU 3-0

Music City Bowl: Boston College vs Vanderbilt, BC by 3.5
My picks: BC to win, not to cover
Final: Vanderbilt 16-14

Insight Bowl: Kansas vs Minnesota, Kan by 10
My picks: Kansas covers
Final: Kansas 42-21

Chick-fil-A Bowl: LSU vs Georgia Tech, Tech by 4
My picks: Georgia Tech to win, not to cover
Final: LSU 38-3

Outback Bowl: Iowa vs South Carolina, Iowa by 3.5
My picks: Iowa to cover
Final: Iowa 31-10

Capital One Bowl: Georgia vs Michigan State, Geo by 7.5
My picks: Geo to win, not to cover
Final: Georgia 24-12

Gator Bowl: Clemson vs Nebraska, Clemson by 2.5
My picks: Nebraska with the points
Final: Nebraska 26-21

Rose Bowl: USC vs Penn State, USC by 9.5
My picks: USC to cover
Final: USC 38-24

Orange Bowl: Virginia Tech vs Cincinnati, Cin by 1.5
My picks: Cincinnati to cover
Final: Virginia Tech 20-7

Cotton Bowl: Texas Tech vs Mississippi, TT by 5
My picks: Tech to cover
Final: Mississippi 47-34

Liberty Bowl: Kentucky vs East Carolina, ECU by 2.5
My picks: ECU to cover
Final: Kentucky 25-19

Sugar Bowl: Utah vs Alabama, Ala by 10.5
My picks: Utah with the points
Final: Utah 31-17

International Bowl: UConn vs Buffalo, Conn by 4.5
My picks: UConn to cover
Final: UConn 38-20

Fiesta Bowl: Texas vs Ohio State, Tex by 9.5
My picks: Texas to cover
Final: Texas 24-21

GMAC Bowl: Tulsa vs Ball State, BS by 2.5
My picks: Tulsa with the points
Final: Tulsa 45-13

BCS Championship: Florida vs Oklahoma, FL by 3
My picks: Florida to cover
Final: Florida 24-14

On the year on straight pick 'em I was 20-14
On the year on lines I was 23-10-1

For the record, the Los Angeles Times' College Football expert, everyone's favorite Chris Dufresne, went 15-19 on straight pick 'ems and he still has a job. Ridiculous. Hopefully by next year TLSF will have gotten so hot that we'll be raking in enough dough to where I can take a run at some lines in Vegas. If I had put 10 dollars on every Bowl game(Then again, you know I wouldn't have been betting on teams like Texas and Rutgers.), I would have spent 340 dollars and gotten 470 in return. Or even better, I might have a job at the Times.