--- 2022 Bowl Picks ---

[Cane from the Bend]

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The Bowls are set to begin this upcoming Friday, December 17th.

As previous seasons, for the National Championship game, I've listed it as:

(41.) CFP National Championship pres. by AT&T
Winner of Fiesta Bowl -v- Winner of Peach Bowl

Simply pick the team you believe will win the Title.

Predictions will be accepted up until the Bahama Bowl kickoff Friday Morning @ 11:30 am.

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Friday, December 16th

(1.) Bahamas Bowl --- Miami (OH) - v - UAB

(2.) Duluth Trading Cure Bowl --- UTSA - v - Troy


Saturday, December 17th

(3.) Wasabi Fenway Bowl --- Cincinnati - v - Louisville

(4.) New Mexico Bowl --- SMU - v - BYU

(5.) Jimmy Kimmel LA Bowl --- Washington State - v - Fresno State

(6.) LendingTree Bowl --- Rice - v - Southern Miss

(7.) Las Vegas Bowl --- Florida - v - Oregon State

(8.) Frisco Bowl --- North Texas - v - Boise State


Monday, December 19th

(9.) Myrtle Beach Bowl --- Marshall - v - UConn


Tuesday, December 20th

(10.) Famous Idaho Potato Bowl --- Eastern Michigan - v - San José State

(11.) Boca Raton Bowl --- Liberty - v - Toledo


Wednesday, December 21rst

(12.) R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl --- Western Kentucky - v - South Alabama


Thursday, December 22cnd

(13.) Armed Forces Bowl --- Baylor- v - Air Force


Friday, December 23rd

(14.) Radiance Technologies Independence Bowl --- Louisiana - v - Houston

(15.) Gasparilla Bowl --- Wake Forest - v - Missouri


Saturday, December 24th [Merry Christmas]

(16.) Hawai'i Bowl --- Middle Tennessee - v - San Diego State


Monday, December 26th

(17.) Quick Lane Bowl --- New Mexico State - v - Bowling Green


Tuesday, December 27th

(18.) Camellia Bowl --- Georgia Southern - v - Buffalo

(19.) First Responder Bowl --- Memphis - v - Utah State

(20.) Birmingham Bowl --- Coastal Carolina - v - ECU

(21.) Guaranteed Rate Bowl --- Wisconsin - v - Oklahoma State


Wednesday, December 28th

(22.) Military Bowl --- UCF - v - Duke

(23.) AutoZone Liberty Bowl --- Kansas - v - Arkansas

(24.) Holiday Bowl --- Oregon - v - North Carolina

(25.) TaxAct Texas Bowl ---Texas Tech - v - Ole Miss


Thursday, December 29th

(26.) Bad Boy Mowers Pinstripe Bowl --- Syracuse - v - Minnesota

(27.) Cheez-It Bowl --- Oklahoma - v - Florida State

(28.) Valero Alamo Bowl --- Texas - v - Washington


Friday, December 30th

(29.) Duke's Mayo Bowl --- Maryland - v - N.C. State

(30.) Tony the Tiger Sun Bowl --- Pitt - v - UCLA

(31.) TaxSlayer Gator Bowl --- Notre Dame - v - South Carolina

(32.) Barstool Sports Arizona Bowl --- Ohio - v - Wyoming

(33.) Orange Bowl --- Tennessee - v - Clemson


Saturday, January 31rst

(34.) Sugar Bowl --- Alabama - v - Kansas State

(35.) Music City Bowl --- Iowa - v - Kentucky

(36.) Fiesta Bowl - CFP Semifinal --- TCU - v - Michigan

(37.) Peach Bowl - CFP Semifinal --- Ohio State - v - Georgia


Monday, January 2cnd

(38.) ReliaQuest Bowl --- Mississippi State - v - Illinois

(39.) Cotton Bowl Classic --- Tulane - v - USC

(40.) Citrus Bowl --- LSU - v - Purdue

(41.) Rose Bowl --- Penn State - v - Utah


Monday, January 9th

(42.) CFP National Championship pres. by AT&T
Winner of Fiesta Bowl -v- Winner of Peach Bowl

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[Mountainman]

(1.) UAB

(2.) Troy

(3.) Cincinnati

(4.) SMU

(5.) Fresno State

(6.) Southern Miss

(7.) Oregon State

(8.) Boise State

(9.) Marshall

(10.) San José State

(11.) Toledo

(12.) South Alabama

(13.) Baylor

(14.) Houston

(15.) Wake Forest

[Merry Christmas] Santa Clause +7

(16.) San Diego State

(17.) New Mexico State

(18.) Georgia Southern

(19.) Memphis

(20.) ECU

(21.) Wisconsin

(22.) Duke

(23.) Arkansas

(24.) Oregon

(25.) Ole Miss

(26.) Minnesota

(27.) Florida State

(28.) Washington

(29.) NC State

(30.) UCLA

(31.) South Carolina

(32.) Ohio

(33.) Clemson

(34.) Kansas State

(35.) Iowa

(36.) Michigan

(37.) Ohio State

[Happy New Year] For auld lang syne +23

(38.) Illinois

(39.) Tulane

(40.) LSU

(41.) Utah

(42.) Ohio State



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[Spence]

Still trying to figure out who is playing and who is sitting out. Although, I do like how you think MM. Not sure I agree, but I can hope.

[Mountainman]

Still trying to figure out who is playing and who is sitting out. Although, I do like how you think MM. Not sure I agree, but I can hope.

After Cane posted the Bowl Picks I started looking around too, just to see who may not show-up for their Bowl Game…….. with all the Transfer Portal stuff, and the Opt-Out stuff, and the Declaring For The NFL Draft stuff, and the Coaches Leaving stuff, I just said good grief, the hell with it, and just checked in with the Vegas Boys.

I’m just playing a hunch with the Buckeyes……..



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[Spence]

Still trying to figure out who is playing and who is sitting out. Although, I do like how you think MM. Not sure I agree, but I can hope.

After Cane posted the Bowl Picks I started looking around too, just to see who may not show-up for their Bowl Game…….. with all the Transfer Portal stuff, and the Opt-Out stuff, and the Declaring For The NFL Draft stuff, and the Coaches Leaving stuff, I just said good grief, the hell with it, and just checked in with the Vegas Boys.

I’m just playing a hunch with the Buckeyes……..



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Probably the best idea. I would be a little more all in on Ohio State if the corner back play and the run blocking on the oline was more solid. That is what I consider the weaknesses to be.

[Mountainman]

Still trying to figure out who is playing and who is sitting out. Although, I do like how you think MM. Not sure I agree, but I can hope.

After Cane posted the Bowl Picks I started looking around too, just to see who may not show-up for their Bowl Game…….. with all the Transfer Portal stuff, and the Opt-Out stuff, and the Declaring For The NFL Draft stuff, and the Coaches Leaving stuff, I just said good grief, the hell with it, and just checked in with the Vegas Boys.

I’m just playing a hunch with the Buckeyes……..



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Probably the best idea. I would be a little more all in on Ohio State if the corner back play and the run blocking on the oline was more solid. That is what I consider the weaknesses to be.

You know with all the movement of players and coaches, College Football has become more like a box of Forrest Gump Chocolates, you never know what you’re going to get…….. the one move that got me was the Cincinnati Coach leaving here at the end of the season, and then Louisville announces they’re parting ways with their Head Coach, then Cincinnati announces they’re going to hire the fired Louisville Coach as their new Head Coach, and in the meantime it’s announced that Cincinnati and Louisville are going to play one another in a Bowl Game this coming Bowl Season………



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[Spence]

Yeah, and neither coach is going to coach the bowl game.

[Spence]

Friday, December 16th

(1.) Bahamas Bowl --UAB

(2.) Duluth Trading Cure Bowl --- UTSA


Saturday, December 17th

(3.) Wasabi Fenway Bowl --- Louisville

(4.) New Mexico Bowl ---BYU

(5.) Jimmy Kimmel LA Bowl --- Washington State

(6.) LendingTree Bowl --- Southern Miss

(7.) Las Vegas Bowl --- Oregon State

(8.) Frisco Bowl --- Boise State


Monday, December 19th

(9.) Myrtle Beach Bowl --- Marshall


Tuesday, December 20th

(10.) Famous Idaho Potato Bowl --- Eastern Michigan

(11.) Boca Raton Bowl --- Toledo


Wednesday, December 21rst

(12.) R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl --- - South Alabama


Thursday, December 22cnd

(13.) Armed Forces Bowl --- Baylor


Friday, December 23rd

(14.) Radiance Technologies Independence Bowl --- Houston

(15.) Gasparilla Bowl --- Wake Forest


Saturday, December 24th [Merry Christmas]

(16.) Hawai'i Bowl --- San Diego State


Monday, December 26th

(17.) Quick Lane Bowl --- New Mexico State


Tuesday, December 27th

(18.) Camellia Bowl --- Georgia Southern

(19.) First Responder Bowl --- Memphis

(20.) Birmingham Bowl --- ECU

(21.) Guaranteed Rate Bowl --- Oklahoma State


Wednesday, December 28th

(22.) Military Bowl --- UCF

(23.) AutoZone Liberty Bowl --- Arkansas

(24.) Holiday Bowl --- Oregon

(25.) TaxAct Texas Bowl --- Ole Miss


Thursday, December 29th

(26.) Bad Boy Mowers Pinstripe Bowl ---Minnesota

(27.) Cheez-It Bowl --- Florida State

(28.) Valero Alamo Bowl --- Texas


Friday, December 30th

(29.) Duke's Mayo Bowl --- Maryland

(30.) Tony the Tiger Sun Bowl --- UCLA

(31.) TaxSlayer Gator Bowl --- Notre Dame

(32.) Barstool Sports Arizona Bowl --- Ohio

(33.) Orange Bowl --- Clemson


Saturday, January 31rst

(34.) Sugar Bowl --- Alabama

(35.) Music City Bowl --- Iowa

(36.) Fiesta Bowl - CFP Semifinal --- Michigan

(37.) Peach Bowl - CFP Semifinal --- Ohio State


Monday, January 2cnd

(38.) ReliaQuest Bowl ---Illinois

(39.) Cotton Bowl Classic --- USC

(40.) Citrus Bowl --- LSU

(41.) Rose Bowl --- Utah


Monday, January 9th

(42.) CFP National Championship pres. by AT&T
Winner of Fiesta Bowl -v- Winner of Peach Bowl

Ohio State

I don't really have a grasp on who is playing and who isn't with 800 + kids in the portal. So I just picked.

[Mountainman]

I like the way you think too……..

I started thinking that way after watching a replay of the Georgia/LSU game.


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[Cane from the Bend]

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Friday, December 16th

(1.) UAB

(2.) Troy


Saturday, December 17th

(3.) Cincinnati

(4.) SMU

(5.) Fresno State

(6.) Southern Miss

(7.) Oregon State

(8.) Boise State


Monday, December 19th

(9.) Marshall


Tuesday, December 20th

(10.) Eastern Michigan

(11.) Toledo


Wednesday, December 21rst

(12.) South Alabama


Thursday, December 22cnd

(13.) Baylor


Friday, December 23rd

(14.) Houston

(15.) Wake Forest


Saturday, December 24th [Merry Christmas]

(16.) San Diego State


Monday, December 26th

(17.) Bowling Green


Tuesday, December 27th

(18.) Georgia Southern

(19.) Utah State

(20.) ECU

(21.) Oklahoma State


Wednesday, December 28th

(22.) Duke

(23.) Arkansas

(24.) Oregon

(25.) Ole Miss


Thursday, December 29th

(26.) Minnesota

(27.) Florida State

(28.) Washington


Friday, December 30th

(29.) Maryland

(30.) UCLA

(31.) South Carolina

(32.) Ohio

(33.) Tennessee


Saturday, January 31rst

(34.) Kansas State

(35.) Kentucky

(36.) Michigan

(37.) Georgia


Monday, January 2cnd

(38.) Illinois

(39.) USC

(40.) LSU

(41.) Utah


Monday, January 9th

(42.) Georgia


Oof ... I'm not sure about many of these.

I came really close to taking TCU over Michigan, even though I believe the end result will eventually turn out the same, with UGA winning it all.

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[Mountainman]

I got a ‘Wild Hair’, threw caution to the wind and changed some picks…….



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[Derek]

Friday, December 16th

(1.) Bahamas Bowl --- Miami (OH) - v - UAB

(2.) Duluth Trading Cure Bowl --- Troy


Saturday, December 17th

(3.) Wasabi Fenway Bowl --- Louisville

(4.) New Mexico Bowl --- BYU

(5.) Jimmy Kimmel LA Bowl --- Fresno State

(6.) LendingTree Bowl --- Southern Miss

(7.) Las Vegas Bowl --- Oregon State

(8.) Frisco Bowl --- Boise State


Monday, December 19th

(9.) Myrtle Beach Bowl --- Marshall


Tuesday, December 20th

(10.) Famous Idaho Potato Bowl --- San José State

(11.) Boca Raton Bowl --- Liberty


Wednesday, December 21rst

(12.) R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl --- Western Kentucky 


Thursday, December 22cnd

(13.) Armed Forces Bowl --- Baylor


Friday, December 23rd

(14.) Radiance Technologies Independence Bowl --- Houston

(15.) Gasparilla Bowl --- Missouri


Saturday, December 24th [Merry Christmas]

(16.) Hawai'i Bowl --- Middle Tennessee


Monday, December 26th

(17.) Quick Lane Bowl --- New Mexico State - v - Bowling Green


Tuesday, December 27th

(18.) Camellia Bowl --- Georgia Southern

(19.) First Responder Bowl —- Utah State

(20.) Birmingham Bowl --- ECU

(21.) Guaranteed Rate Bowl --- Wisconsin 


Wednesday, December 28th

(22.) Military Bowl --- UCF

(23.) AutoZone Liberty Bowl --- Kansas

(24.) Holiday Bowl --- Oregon 

(25.) TaxAct Texas Bowl ---Ole Miss


Thursday, December 29th

(26.) Bad Boy Mowers Pinstripe Bowl --- Syracuse

(27.) Cheez-It Bowl --- Oklahoma

(28.) Valero Alamo Bowl --- Texas


Friday, December 30th

(29.) Duke's Mayo Bowl --- N.C. State

(30.) Tony the Tiger Sun Bowl --- Pitt

(31.) TaxSlayer Gator Bowl --- South Carolina

(32.) Barstool Sports Arizona Bowl --- Ohio

(33.) Orange Bowl --- Clemson


Saturday, January 31rst

(34.) Sugar Bowl --- Alabama

(35.) Music City Bowl --- Kentucky

(36.) Fiesta Bowl - CFP Semifinal --- Michigan

(37.) Peach Bowl - CFP Semifinal --- Georgia???


Monday, January 2cnd

(38.) ReliaQuest Bowl --- Mississippi State

(39.) Cotton Bowl Classic --- USC

(40.) Citrus Bowl --- LSU

(41.) Rose Bowl --- Utah


Monday, January 9th

(42.) CFP National Championship pres. by AT&T
Winner of Fiesta Bowl -v- Winner of Peach Bowl

Georgia???

[Mountainman]

Hey Derek, glad you got your picks in……. always good to give Ole Spence some competition, he’s been tough to beat this season.

Thought I’d share my thinking about picking the Buckeyes to win their game against Georgia, although I do believe the Bulldogs are the best overall team……… but, when you posted earlier about questioning their QB play, that ran a flag up, so I watched a couple of replays of the Bulldogs Game on the SEC channel and saw something that raised an eyebrow. You’re right about their QB, he’s a game manager surrounded by great athletes, but it’s the back end of their Pass Defense, and after watch the LSU game twice, I thought ‘what the hell’ and took the Buckeyes to win it all.


Good Luck…….. the Dawgs will more than likely win it all.


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[Spence]

Not to jinx the Bucks, but my philosophy of football has always been Good defense beats good offense. If I had ever picked against my team, this would probably be the game.

[Derek]

Hey Derek, glad you got your picks in……. always good to give Ole Spence some competition, he’s been tough to beat this season.

Thought I’d share my thinking about picking the Buckeyes to win their game against Georgia, although I do believe the Bulldogs are the best overall team……… but, when you posted earlier about questioning their QB play, that ran a flag up, so I watched a couple of replays of the Bulldogs Game on the SEC channel and saw something that raised an eyebrow. You’re right about their QB, he’s a game manager surrounded by great athletes, but it’s the back end of their Pass Defense, and after watch the LSU game twice, I thought ‘what the hell’ and took the Buckeyes to win it all.


Good Luck…….. the Dawgs will more than likely win it all.


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I feel like I'm the only person in the state of Georgia that is willing to say that he is WAY too inconsistent to even be in the Heisman discussion or even expect an NFL career.

But people speak with hushed tones about him, and I can only shake my head. He's just NOT that good.

He'll have flashes of greatness, but it's gone by the next week. The play against Missouri and Georgia Tech was just awful. LSU wasn't too bad in comparison to those games.