tOfficial SEC Bowl Predictions Thread

12/30 Music City Bowl -- Ole Miss 17 v. GA Tech 24: GT struggles in bowls under CPJ with the triple option, but I just think OM is still young/immature enough to fall into a lull after the Rebels' season was not quite as good as expected. GA Tech also has a sneaky good pass rush that is sure to cause at least 1 Bo Wallace TO.

12/31 Liberty Bowl -- Miss St. 24 v. Rice 17: Rice was pumped about garnering a bowl appearance, so I assume they'll have the mental edge in the 1st half, but Miss St. isn't that bad with Dak. They played Auburn, Bama, and aTm respectably and held OM to 0 offensive TDs. If they opened this past year with a cupcake instead of Ok St, then people would be discussing them as a possible 9-10 win team next year given the 2014 slate.

12/31 Peach Bowl -- aTm 42 v. Duke 24: Sure, Johnny Football doesn't give a shite anymore about aTm and, sure, he's been living it up in Atlanta since Christmas day, but the talent discrepancy in this game is tremendous. Roper probably has an eye toward taking over the offense at UF. Even though JFF doesn't care about aTm, he'll care about his image, and he'll show out in his final college game.

1/1 Gator Bowl -- UGA 38 v. Nebraska 28: UGA will still be without a lot of weapons on O and without JHC on D, but Gurley is healthy. 3 of the 4 losses this year came when Gurley either missed the game or a significant portion of it. The only loss he played a full game in was the Prayer at Jordan-Hare. Meanwhile, Nebraska is also starting a backup QB and their concern is focused on Pelini's job security more so than the Gator Bowl.

1/1 Outback Bowl -- LSU 17 v. Iowa 20: Sorry, LSU fans. I think either UGA or LSU loses with their backup QB and I chose LSU b/c I'm a homer and b/c Iowa's D is legit. LSU is immensely more talented, so a W wouldn't shock me here if Jennings plays adequately.

1/1 Capital One Bowl -- Carolina 21 v. Wisconsin 20: This appears to be a true toss up. With that said, this is Carolina's winningest senior class in school history and, simply, Connor Shaw is a winner. I just don't see him letting Clowney or any other early departures ruin his last hoorah in a Gamecock uniform.

1/2 Sugar Bowl -- Bama 28 v. Okie 14: I could easily see Bama laying a Utah type egg in this game after the way their season ended, but OU's offense is much too one-dimensional to pose a serious threat IMO. I see it being sloppy early and close relatively late, but with Bama puling a away after getting a big TO.

1/3 Cotton Bowl -- Mizzou 38 v. Okie St 35: Why? Because this is one of the games I'd least enjoying seeing an SEC loss in.

1/4 BBVA Compass Bowl -- Vandy 24 v. Houston 21: It looks like Franklin is committed to the program since he's not been talked about too heavily for other openings. I can't see him allowing Jordan Matthews to leave on a sour note like losing to Houston.

1/6 BCSNCG -- AU 24 v. Florida St. 35: I'm not entirely convinced that AU is better than Clemson. The only difference I see between the two right now is that AU was fortunate enough to avoid Carolina from the East and they had a few prayers answered. In all seriousness, FSU has looked good all year. They have the #1 scoring D and the #2 scoring O. AU will get theirs on the ground, but Marshall's inability to throw the ball will come back to bite them in the arse a la the "stiff dew" game.


7-3, but the streak finally comes to an end in the last year of the BCS. Obviously I have no clue what is going to happen, but I figured this would be a nice change of pace given that it's a legitimate topic. I could easily lose all these games and the SEC go 3-7.