Bowling for Dollars

RCVman picks the winners:

New Mexico at Albuquerque, Saturday, BYU (6-6) vs. UTEP (6-6)
Humanitarian at Boise, Saturday, Northern Illinois (10-3) vs. Fresno State (8-4):
New Orleans, Saturday, Ohio (8-4) vs. Troy* (7-5)
Beef O'Brady's at St. Petersburg, Fla., Tuesday, Louisville (6-6) vs. Southern Mississippi (8-4)
Las Vegas, Wednesday, Boise State (11-1) vs. Utah (10-2)
Poinsettia at San Diego, Thursday, Navy (9-3) vs. San Diego State (8-4)
Hawaii at Honolulu, Dec. 24, Hawaii (10-3) vs. Tulsa (9-3)
Little Caesars at Detroit, Dec. 26, Toledo* (8-4) vs. Florida International (6-6):
Independence at Shreveport, La., Dec. 27, Georgia Tech (6-6) vs. Air Force (8-4)
Champs Sports at Orlando, Fla., Dec. 28, North Carolina State (8-4) vs. West Virginia (9-3)
Insight at Tempe, Ariz., Dec. 28, Iowa (7-5) vs. Missouri (10-2)
Military at Washington D.C., Dec. 29, Maryland (8-4) vs. East Carolina? (6-6)
Texas at Houston, Dec. 29, Baylor (7-5) vs. Illinois (6-6)
Alamo at San Antonio, Dec. 29, Oklahoma State (10-2) vs. Arizona (7-5)
Armed Forces at Fort Worth, Texas, Dec. 30, SMU (7-6) vs. Army (6-6)
Pinstripe at New York, Dec. 30, Kansas State? (7-5) vs. Syracuse (7-5)
Music City at Nashville, Dec. 30, North Carolina (7-5) vs. Tennessee (6-6)
Holiday at San Diego, Dec. 30, Washington (6-6) vs. Nebraska (10-3)
Meineke Car Care at Charlotte, N.C., Dec. 31, Clemson (6-6) vs. South Florida (7-5)
Sun at El Paso, Texas, Dec. 31, Miami (7-5) vs. Notre Dame (7-5)
Liberty at Memphis, Dec. 31, Central Florida?(10-3) vs. Georgia (6-6)
Chick-fil-A at Atlanta, Dec. 31, Florida State (9-4) vs. South Carolina (9-4)
TicketCity in Dallas, Jan. 1, Northwestern (7-5) vs. Texas Tech (7-5)
CapitalOne in Orlando, Fla., Jan. 1, Michigan State (11-1) vs. Alabama (9-3)
Outback at Tampa, Jan. 1, Penn State (7-5) vs. Florida (7-5)
Gator at Jacksonville, Fla., Jan. 1, Michigan (7-5) vs. Mississippi State (8-4)
Rose at Pasadena, Jan. 1, Wisconsin (11-1) vs. TCU (12-0)
Fiesta at Glendale, Ariz., Jan. 1, Connecticut (8-4) vs. Oklahoma (11-2)
Orange at Miami, Jan. 3, Stanford (11-1) vs. Virginia Tech (11-2)
Sugar at New Orleans, Jan. 4, Ohio State (11-1) vs. Arkansas (10-2)
GoDaddy.com at Mobile, Ala., Jan. 6, Miami (Ohio)?* (9-4) vs. Middle Tennessee State (6-6)
Cotton at Arlington, Texas, Jan. 7, Texas A&M (9-3) vs. LSU (10-2)
BBVA Compass at Birmingham, Ala., Jan. 8, Pittsburgh (7-5) vs. Kentucky (6-6)
Kraft Fight Hunger at San Francisco, Jan. 9, Nevada (12-1) vs. Boston College (7-5)
BCS title at Glendale, Ariz., Jan. 10, Oregon (12-0) vs. Auburn (13-0)

The BOLD teams are my picks. Please note that there are several games I have filed in the "Who Cares*" category. There are several as well that I have listed in the "WTF?" category (so the marketing director of Beef O'Brady's, being a prominent alumn of Southern Mississippi, called somebody in St. Pete and said we got a million dollars and want to have a game?). And that somebody said, you betcha. Is that how all this comes together?

Another note: The Rose Bowl not having the Pac10 champs vs the Big10 champs is total sacrilege.

One last note: You should all know by now that the RCVman loves the University of Washington Huskies. We got completely thumped by Nebraska earlier this year. So what. This is a bowl game, a contest in which we haven't participated in since 2002. I mean Bush was in office then (and I don't mean Reggie). A LONG time ago.

Lastly, as I watch only the UW on TV (At RGs because I refuse to pay for cable) and missed several games because I was on the road filming, my picks are based on ESPN highlights shown during game day time-outs, what I have read about teams and players that are playing, have played or will play the Huskies, and, the tie breaker, a flip of the coin. In the case of most of these ridiculous games it didn't even require the coin.

I care about three of these 35:

Stanford will kill Virginia Tech in the Orange Bowl.
The UW will beat Nebraska.
And Oregon will run circles around Auburn.

Not much Pac10 bias, eh?

Other than that, I am riding my bike. The Meineke Car Care Bowl? Gimme a break.
What next, the RCV Bowl. (Two teams with the best cheerleaders?)

Sis cum blah.

This is what a National Champion team looks like, btw.