Picking the January bowls

So folks, here we go. It's the last 8 days of the 2008-2009 College Football season (Insert silent moment here) and the best games (hopefully) are still to come. These are the bowls that will take place from new Year's Day on up to the National title game, and the forecasts of our writers.

Thursday January 1

Outback Bowl: South Carolina vs. Iowa

Casey: South Carolina

Jay: Iowa

Matt: Iowa

Capital One Bowl: #15 Georgia vs. #18 Michigan State

Casey: Georgia

Jay: Georgia

Matt: Michigan State

Gator Bowl: Nebraska vs. Clemson

Casey: Clemson

Jay: Nebraska

Matt: Clemson

Rose Bowl Game: #8 Penn State vs. #5 Southern Cal

Casey: Southern Cal

Jay: Southern Cal

Matt: Penn State

FedEx Orange Bowl: #12 Cincinnati vs. #19 Virginia Tech

Casey: Virginia Tech...or I'll break something
Jay: Virginia Tech
Matt: Virginia Tech...or Stinespring will get run out of town.

Friday January 2

Cotton Bowl: #25 Mississippi vs. #7 Texas Tech

Casey: Texas Tech
Jay: Texas Tech
Matt: Texas Tech

Liberty Bowl: Kentucky vs East Carolina

Casey: Yo ho
Jay: East Carolina
Matt: East Carolina

Allstate Sugar Bowl: #6 Utah vs #4 Alabama

Casey: 'Bama
Jay: Alabama
Matt: Bama big time..even without Smith.

Saturday January 3

International Bowl: Buffalo vs. Connecticut

Casey: UConn
Jay: Buffalo
Matt: Buffalo

Monday January 5

Tostitos Fiesta Bowl: #10 Ohio State vs. #3 Texas

Casey: Texas-you better win. Ohio State can't win on my birthday
Jay: Texas
Matt: Texas

Tuesday January 6

GMAC Bowl: #22 Ball State vs. Tulsa

Casey: Ball State
Jay: Ball State
Matt: Ball State

Thursday January 8

FedEx National Championship Game: #2 Florida vs. #1 Oklahoma

Casey: Texas...I mean, Florida
Jay: Florida - Agreed Casey! Hook 'Em!
Matt: Florida.. Chokahoma is no match for Tebow's might


Have a happy and relatively safe New Year. By relatively safe, I mean being alive and semi-conscious in time to party New Years day. We hope to do a nice NFL playoff preview before next weekend too, so stay tuned.

-The Matchup Crew