THE NEWSCASTER-Pigskin Predictors
PAGE 8 - December 28,2011
This Week’s Games
Bowl Games
Thurs: Florida State vs. Notre Dame*
Thurs: Washington vs. No. 12 Baylor*
Fri: Brigham Young vs. Tulsa*
Last Week’s Winners
Fri: Rutgers vs. Iowa State*
Fri: Mississippi State vs. Wake Forest*
Bowls
Fri: Iowa vs. No. 14 Oklahoma*
Nevada vs. No. 21 So. Miss
Week #18
Sat: Texas A&M vs. Northwestern*
Missouri vs. No. Carolina*
Sat: Georgia Tech vs. Utah*
Sat: Illinois vs. UCLA*
MIA @ NE
Sat: Virginia vs. No. 25 Auburn*
JAC @ TEN
Mon: No. 19 Houston vs. # 22 Penn State*
TB @ CAR
Jeff Harris, Tarmac is back in the winner's chair
Too many for this space
DEN @ BUF
rs
with picks of 9-1 and a tie breaker over Bobby.
OAK @ KC
to
The both missed on the Denver-Buffalo game. A
redic
SD @ DET
little Tebow influence maybe. This week a huge
Pigskin P
SF @ SEA
number of bowl games are on the schedule. A
ATL@ NO
lot of our favorites play at the beginning of
next week.
For the week: 7-3
For the week: 9-1
For the week:9-1
For the week: 7-3
For the week: 8-2
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Miami. The games played in these
ment. It is hard enough with a
National Championship debate.
weeks games that were predicted
venues are usually, not always,
reasonable notice. Another reason
Just finish the BCC Bowls and
in the last column have yet to be
cross sectional games that provide
By Doug Johnston
I think a playoff system will not
take the two highest ranked teams
played.
Early Bowl
contrasts in style and the games
make everything Hunkie-Dory
when the dust settles and let them
In this weeks games I am
Games Exciting
are more often than not very com-
is the reality that if you go to an
play one more game. I don’t think,
picking Air Force to upset Toledo,
petitive and entertaining.
eight team format or even a twelve
Call me what you like,
however, the same two teams who
Texas to beat Cal, Notre Dame to
In a playoff format only
team playoff, you will still have
but I like the college football bowl
played in a BCC Bowl against
edge FSU, Baylor over Washing-
50
the most well-heeled fans will be
arguments from teams who were
system. I know, everybody wants
each other should be allowed a
ton, Tulsa to upset BYU, Rutgers
able to pick up and leave home to
on the bubble and just missed the
a playoff, but consider this: If a
rematch.
will beat Iowa State, Mississippi
follow their team on a weeks no-
cut. Fans, like me, are never going
team is selected to a bowl game
Press Box is doing well
State will beat Wake Forest and
tice if their team advances. The
to be entirely satisfied with who is
the fans and team have weeks to
with predictions this bowl season.
Oklahoma will thump Iowa, may-
average fan won’t have much of
crowned unless it is our own team.
make travel plans and take a mini
The Box has hit 4 of 6 thus far.
be. Iowa usually over-achieves in
a chance to leave their job and go
I do think a Plus One system may
vacation to places like San Anto-
The Christmas Holiday is forcing
bowl games.
to a city on the spur of the mo-
be as good a solution as any to the
nio, New Orleans, Nashville or
an early deadline so most of last