Bowl Game Predictions - NCAA College Football - by Fanbay.net Sports
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Projected Results. These College Football Predictions are based on a computer model analysis factoring in offensive and defensive yards per game, points per game, power rankings, and strength of games played. Predictions use most recent team statistics.

Bowl Game Predictions: December 20, 2008 - January 8, 2009.
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Closest Projected Game: Florida vs Oklahoma, Rice vs Western Michigan, and Boise State vs TCU
Highest Scoring Game: Oklahoma State vs Oregon and Florida vs Oklahoma
Analysis (a look at differences with Vegas): The computer likes Navy, BYU, Boise St, Notre Dame, Nebraska, Utah, and Tulsa for upsets. The national championship is narrowly Florida but essentially a toss-up. Teams the computer likes a little more than Vegas: East Car., Iowa, Boston College, and Nevada. Enjoy the games.
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 Date  Bowl Game  Location  Time  TV  W*  Game  Proj. Winner  Spread  O/U  Vegas  Spread  Comments 
 Dec. 20  EagleBank Bowl  Washington DC  11am  ESPN  B  Wake Forest vs Navy  Navy  1.5  41.3  Wake  3  Computer takes Navy 
 Dec. 20  New Mexico  Albuquerque  2:30pm  ESPN  C-  Colorado State vs Fresno State  Fresno St  1.6  53.2  Fresno  2.5   
 Dec. 20  magicJack  St. Petersburg, FL  4:30pm  ESPN2  C  Memphis vs South Florida  So. Florida  4.8  47.6  S.Flor  12.5  Close to home for S.Flor. 
 Dec. 20  Pioneer Las Vegas  Las Vegas  8pm  ESPN  B  BYU vs Arizona  BYU  0.8  54.0  Zona  3  Vegas setting for BYU-Arizona 
 Dec. 21  R+L Carriers  New Orleans  8:15pm  ESPN  C-  Southern Miss vs Troy  Troy  2.6  50.9  Troy  4.5   
 Dec. 23  SDCCU Poinsettia  San Diego  8pm  ESPN  A-  Boise State vs TCU  Boise St  0.0  45.9  TCU  2.5  Close nod to Boise 
 Dec. 24  Sheraton Hawaii  Honolulu  8pm  ESPN  C+  Hawaii vs Notre Dame  Notre Dame  1.9  45.7  Hawaii  1  Computer likes Irish 
 Dec. 26  Motor City  Detroit  8pm  ESPN  D  Florida Atlantic vs Central Michigan  Cen. Mich.  4.5  54.3  C.Mich  7   
 Dec. 27  Meineke Car Care  Charlotte, NC  1pm  NFLN  B-  West Virginia vs North Carolina  N. Carolina  0.3  41.2  UNC  1  Close game 
 Dec. 27  Champs Sports  Orlando  4:30pm  ESPN  B-  Wisconsin vs Florida State  Flor. State  4.1  50.5  Fla.St  4.5   
 Dec. 27  Emerald  San Francisco  8pm  ESPN  C+  Miami (FL) vs California  California  3.9  49.6  Cal  7   
 Dec. 28  Independence  Shreveport, LA  8:15pm  ESPN  D  Northern Illinois vs Louisiana Tech  Nor. Illinois  2.1  43.9  N.Ill  1.5   
 Dec. 29  Papajohns.com  Birmingham, AL  3pm  ESPN  C-  NC State vs Rutgers  Rutgers  6.0  45.6  Rutg  7   
 Dec. 29  Valero Alamo  San Antonio  8pm  ESPN  B-  Missouri vs Northwestern  Missouri  4.7  53.8  Mizzou  12.5   
 Dec. 30  Roady's Humanitarian  Boise, ID  4:30pm  ESPN  C-  Maryland vs Nevada  Nevada  3.8  52.1  Nevada  1  Computer likes Nevada 
 Dec. 30  Texas  Houston  8pm  NFL Net  C-  Rice vs Western Michigan  Rice  0.0  61.1  Rice  3   
 Dec. 30  Pacific Life Holiday  San Diego  8pm  ESPN  C  Oklahoma State vs Oregon  Okla. St  1.1  65.0  Okla.St  3   
 Dec. 31  Bell Helicopter Armed Forces  Fort Worth, TX  12pm  ESPN  C  Houston vs Air Force  Houston  1.8  56.6  Hous  2.5   
 Dec. 31  Brut Sun  El Paso, TX  2pm  CBS  A-  Oregon State vs Pittsburgh  Oreg. State  1.2  51.7  Oreg.St  3  Watch OSU's Jacquizz Rodgers 
 Dec. 31  Gaylord Hotels Music City  Nashville  3:30pm  ESPN  D  Boston College vs Vanderbilt  Boston Coll.  6.6  39.2  B.Coll  3.5  Computer likes BC 
 Dec. 31  Insight  Tempe, AR  5:30pm  NFLN  D  Kansas vs Minnesota  Kansas  5.4  51.2  Kans  10   
 Dec. 31  Chick-fil-A  Atlanta  7:30pm  ESPN  B  LSU vs Georgia Tech  Ga Tech  2.8  47.6  G.Tech  4   
 Jan. 1  Outback  Tampa, FL  11am  ESPN  B  South Carolina vs Iowa  Iowa  5.4  40.2  Iowa  3.5  Computer likes Iowa 
 Jan. 1  Capital One  Orlando  1pm  ABC  B  Georgia vs Michigan State  Georgia  4.6  49.7  Geor  7.5   
 Jan. 1  Konica Minolta Gator  Jacksonville, FL  1pm  CBS  C  Clemson vs Nebraska  Nebraska  2.1  50.5  Clem  2.5  Should be a close game 
 Jan. 1  Rose Bowl by Citi  Pasadena, CA  4:30pm  ABC  A  Penn State vs USC  USC  0.8  46.0  USC  10  USC defense is solid 
 Jan. 1  FedEx Orange  Miami  8:30pm  FOX  B+  Cincinnati vs Virginia Tech  Cincinnati  0.8  41.0  Cincy  2   
 Jan. 2  AT&T Cotton  Dallas  2pm  FOX  A-  Ole Miss vs Texas Tech  Tx Tech  3.5  56.2  T.Tech  5.5   
 Jan. 2  AutoZone Liberty  Memphis  5pm  ESPN  B+  Kentucky vs East Carolina  East Car.  3.6  41.7  E.Car  2  Computer likes East Carolina 
 Jan. 2  Allstate Sugar  New Orleans  8pm  FOX  A  Utah vs Alabama  Utah  0.8  46.5  Bama  10.5  Utah for the upset? 
 Jan. 3  International  Toronto  12pm  ESPN2  B-  Buffalo vs Connecticut  Conn  2.1  48.0  Conn  4.5   
 Jan. 5  Tostitos Fiesta  Phoenix  8pm  FOX  A  Ohio State vs Texas  Texas  5.9  48.8  Texas  9.5   
 Jan. 6  GMAC  Mobile, AL  8pm  ESPN  B-  Tulsa vs Ball State  Tulsa  0.2  61.9  Ball  2.5  Conference USA strong 
 Jan. 8  FedEx BCS Championship  Miami  8pm  FOX  A+  Florida vs Oklahoma  Florida  0.0  64.2  Florida  3  2008 Heisman vs 2007 Heisman 


W* = Watchability. Fanbay.net Sports grade for whether the game will be good to watch.
Proj. Winner = Fanbay.net Sports computer Pick. The team the computer predicts to win the game.
Spread = Fanbay.net Sports computer forecast for how many points the pick will win the game by.
O/U = Over/Under. Fanbay.net Sports computer prediction for the total number of points that will be scored in the game.
Vegas = Vegas pick to win the game.
Spread (column to right of 'Vegas') = This is the number of points Vegas projects their pick to win by.
Comments = Opinions.


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