Picks, Previews, and Prognostications: Bowl Edition

In the morning, the much awaited bowl season will officially begin.

Thirty-four bowls for sixty eight teams that will last for nineteen days to give all college football fans joy and happiness for one last time until, well, National Signing Day.

So, in true fashion, here comes a prediction for every single bowl, in order, with some previews tossed in here and there.

EagleBank Bowl, Washington, D.C.-Wake Forest 27, Navy 21

New Mexio Bowl, Albuquerque, NM-Fresno State 31, Colorado State 17

magicJack St. Petersburg Bowl, St. Petersburg, FL-South Florida 35, Memphis 10
With the Bulls playing just across town, against a team from C-USA no less, do you really believe the Tigers stand a chance? Basketball, this is a different story, but South Florida will run Memphis into the ground.

Pioneer Las Vegas Bowl, Las Vegas, NV-BYU 24, Arizona 21

R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl, New Orleans, LA-Troy 34, Southern Miss 28
Troy was very close to taking down LSU just a month ago. Don't expect the Trojans to have the same type of collapse against the Golden Eagles.

San Diego County Credit Union Poinsettia Bowl, San Diego, CA-TCU 28, Boise State 27
In what may be the most anticipated game outside of the BCS Title game, TCU and Boise State, two Top 12 teams, are playing before Christmas. That is a shame in itself, but this game will be down to the wire and well worth watching.

Sheraton Hawai'i Bowl, Honolulu, HI-Hawaii 24, Notre Dame 13
Notre Dame has not won a bowl game in the BCS era. Hawaii is playing at home while the Domers are on vacation. Don't be surprised if the Irish, who only have one win over a winning team this season, extend their bowl streak to ten straight losses in the atmosphere of Aloha Stadium.

Motor City Bowl, Detroit, MI-Central Michigan 31, Florida Atlantic 17

Meineke Car Care Bowl, Charlotte, NC-North Carolina 28, West Virginia 24

Champs Sports Bowl, Orlando, FL-Florida State 35, Wisconsin 14

Emerald Bowl, San Francisco, CA-Cal 38, Miami 27
Miami managed to win some games this season without Robert Marve at QB. He will once again be missing for the bowl game, but Cal is a bit more of a different beast than those "preseason" teams.

Independence Bowl, Shreveport, LA-Louisiana Tech 24, Northern Illinois 13

Papajohns.com Bowl, Birmingham, AL-Rutgers 31, North Carolina State 28
If you want to see a game of two streaking teams, this is definitely one to watch. Both teams had quarterbacks emerge throughout the season, and now Rutger's Mike Teel and NC State's Russell Wilson will lead their teams into improbable bowl games after both teams started horrible.

Valero Alamo Bowl, San Antonio, TX-Missouri 24, Northwestern 21

Roady's Humanitarian Bowl, Boise, ID-Maryland 21, Nevada 14

Texas Bowl, Houston, TX-Western Michigan 27, Rice 24

Pacific Life Holiday Bowl, San Diego, CA-Oregon 48, Oklahoma State 44
If you want to see offense, this is your game. Oregon ran all over Oregon State in their final game of the season while Oklahoma State ran rampant across the Big XII this season. This game has the chance for both teams to combine for 100 points, but some defense should prevail at some point in this game. Punt prediction: Two total.

Bell Helicopter Armed Forces Bowl, Fort Worth, TX-Air Force 24, Houston 20

Brut Sun Bowl, El Paso, TX-Oregon State 41, Pittsburgh 28

Gaylord Hotels Music City Bowl, Nashville, TN-Boston College 24, Vanderbilt 17

Insight Bowl, Tempe, AZ-Kansas 28, Minnesota 20

Chick-fil-a Bowl, Atlanta, GA-Georgia Tech 31, LSU 28
Georgia Tech rose from the abyss this season. LSU fell into it. Look for Paul Johnson to cap his amazing first season by running all over LSU with the triple option.

Outback Bowl, Tampa, FL-South Carolina 17, Iowa 14

Capital One Bowl, Orlando, FL-Georgia 31, Michigan State 21
Knowshon Moreno and Javon Ringer will be the headlines for this game, but it will be interesting to see if Georgia can pull out a win in what might be their best chance for a 10-win season in the next three.

Konica Minolta Gator Bowl, Jacksonville, FL-Clemson 20, Nebraska 17

Rose Bowl Game presented by Citi, Pasadena, CA-USC 17, Penn State 10
USC has had the "best defense in the country" all season, but when you play Arizona St., Washington and WAZU, you should. That defense will be put to the test when the Spread HD hits the west coast.

FedEx Orange Bowl, Miami, FL-Cincinnati 23, Virginia Tech 20
Virginia Tech may have won the ACC, but what kind of feat is that exactly? About as impressive as winning the Big East. This should be a close game, but who would really want to watch it?

AT&T Cotton Bowl, Dallas, TX-Texas Tech 31, Ole Miss 20
Ole Miss may be Alabama's biggest threat in the SEC West next season, but the Rebels will have fits trying to cover Michael Crabtree and the rest of the Red Raider receiving core.

Autozone Liberty Bowl, Memphis, TN-Kentucky 24, East Carolina 20

Allstate Sugar Bowl, New Orleans, LA-Alabama 34, Utah 10
The Crimson Tide will be looking to finish off a phenomenal season against the undefeated Utes. Too bad the win won't look too great against a Utah team that beat two top twenty teams this season.

International Bowl, Toronto, Canada-Buffalo 30, UConn 27

Tostitos Fiesta Bowl, Glendale, AZ-Texas 24, Ohio State 10
Ohio State is once again in a BCS bowl. Ohio State will once again get run out of the building by a far superior team. At least the Big XII will finally get their turn with the Buckeyes.

GMAC Bowl, Mobile, AL-Tulsa 17, Ball State 13

FedEx BCS National Championship Game, Miami, FL-Oklahoma 31, Florida 30
Tim Tebow and Sam Bradford meet again, but this time on the field. Florida may have a great defense, and Oklahoma will be without Demarco Murray, but that won't be enough to stop the Sooners. Kudos to Florida to at least keeping them under sixty, at least.