I am going to use my blog today to share my annual bowl picks. Personally, I think there are way too many bowl games. If you can have a 6-6 record and go to a bowl game, then the system is distorted. Yes, I favor a major Division 1 playoff system to find out who the real champions are on the field of play. The following will serve as my bowl picks for the upcoming bowl season. We could not do much worse than anyone who gets paid millions of dollars to do it. Look how ridiculous everyone has looked through the college season in this topsy-turvy year of college football!

Holiday Bowl: Texas vs Arizona State
Winner: Texas
*Pac 10 football wake up time!

Alamo Bowl: Penn State vs Texas A&M
Winner: Texas A&M
*Same as above, plus A&M is not a bad football team.

Independence Bowl: Alabama vs Colorado
Winner: Alabama
*Same as above; Alabama is better than they finished out the season.

Music City Bowl: Florida State vs Kentucky
Winner: Florida State
*Too much defense for Kentucky!

Chick-Fil-A Bowl: Clemson vs Auburn
Winner: Auburn
*Defense will win this one for Auburn, even though Clemson is a very good team.

Outback Bowl: Tennessee vs Wisconsin
Winner: Tennessee
*Tennessee must want to end the season well after losing the SEC Championship Game.

Gator Bowl: Texas Tech vs Virginia
Winner: Texas Tech
*Too much offense for Virginia…..will not be able to stay up with Tech on scoring.

Capitol One Bowl: Michigan vs Florida
Winner: Florida
*Florida is a great football team. At least Michigan is going to be defeated by a great football team this time!

Rose Bowl: Illinois vs USC
Winner: Illinois
*Illinois, I love to watch them play and USC will be shocked!

Sugar Bowl: Hawaii vs Georgia
Winner: Hawaii
*I am a Mark Richt fan; however, Hawaii is much better than most believe….a shocker!

Cotton Bowl: Arkansas vs Missouri
Winner: Arkansas
*This is probably not a good pick, because Missouri is a great football team and mad about losing that last game denying them the national championship game; however, I choose Arkansas for two reasons: McFadden and Jones. Both are probably playing their last game in Arkansas uniforms. Quite honestly, even though I picked the Hogs, I would not be surprised if we lose by 10. However, I am a huge believer in McFadden and Jones. Get them guys!

Fiesta Bowl: West Virginia vs Oklahoma
Winner: West Virginia
*West Virginia deserved to be in the big game and would have been if their QB had not been hurt . . . highly unfortunate. Now they will demonstrate that to the nation.

Orange Bowl: Virginia Tech vs Kansas
Winner: Kansas
*Kansas had one bad ballgame and it happened in the wrong game. . . they will finish well.

GMAC Bowl: Tulsa vs Bowling Green
Winner: Tulsa
*An air raid will occur in Mobile and Bowling Green will not know what hit them. I predict 600 yards of offense by Tulsa!

BCS Championship Game: LSU vs Ohio State
Winner: LSU
*Ohio State does NOT deserve to be in this game. I do not believe they are probably one of the top five teams in the nation on a head-to-head match up. They are the favorite son of all the pollsters. They creep into a bowl game unworthily and will once again leave disappointed. LSU is a fabulous football team.

Okay, this is my shot, what do you think? I will be lucky to be .500.

Have a great weekend.