Fresh off the presses and in time to call your bookie, here are mine and Joel’s bowl picks.

• POINSETTIA BOWL San Diego
  Dec. 20, 9 p.m. (ESPN) Utah (8-4) vs. Navy (8-4)
• Joel: Navy-Always gotta pick a Service Academy out of respect
• Me: Navy-Because they beat Notre Dame, UCLA can’t say that

• NEW ORLEANS BOWL New Orleans
  Dec. 21, 8 p.m. (ESPN2) Florida Atlantic (7-5) vs. Memphis (7-5)
• Joel: Memphis-Total homer pick
• Me: Florida-Atlantic because I hate Tommy West

• PAPAJOHNS.COM BOWL Birmingham, Ala.
• Dec. 22, 1 p.m. (ESPN2) Cincinnati (9-3) vs. Southern Miss (7-5)
• Joel: Cincinnati-Brett Favre ain’t walking through that door for Southern Miss
• Me: Cincinnati -One of the Big Least teams has to win

• NEW MEXICO BOWL Albuquerque, N.M.
  Dec. 22, 4:30 p.m. (ESPN) New Mexico (8-4) vs. Nevada (6-6)
• Joel: New Mexico-I got nothing for New Mexico
• Me: Honestly I could care less who ever Jol picked

• LAS VEGAS BOWL Las Vegas
  Dec. 22, 8 p.m. (ESPN) BYU (10-2) vs. UCLA (6-6)
• Joel: BYU-The Fightin’ Polygamists
• Me: BYU- UCLA has no coach and Big Love is a good show

• HAWAII BOWL Honolulu, Hawaii
  Dec. 23, 8 p.m. (ESPN) East Carolina (7-5) vs. Boise State (10-2)
• Joel: Boise St.-Please not another cheerleader proposal
• Me: East Carolina-Why?Who the hell knows

• MOTOR CITY Detroit
  Dec. 26, 7:30 p.m. (ESPN) Central Michigan (8-5) vs. Purdue (7-5)
• Joel: Central Michigan-Why is Joe Tiller still a coach???
• Me: Purdue-Because Joe Tiller is the God of mediocre coaches.

• HOLIDAY BOWL San Diego
  Dec. 27, 8 p.m. (ESPN) Arizona State (10-2) vs. Texas (9-3)
• Joel: Texas-Longhorns returns to their San Diego winter home & I get to hear them bitch about it. I should pick against them
• Me: Texas-ASU has shown me nothing and their coach is a douche.

• CHAMPS SPORTS BOWL Orlando, Fla.
  Dec. 28, 5 p.m. (ESPN) Boston College (10-3) vs. Michigan State (7-5)
• Joel: Boston College-The Spartans have broken my heart & bank account too many times over the years
• Me: BC-Michigan State sucks

• TEXAS BOWL Houston
  Dec. 28, 8 p.m. (NFL Network) TCU (7-5) vs. Houston (8-4)
• Joel: TCU-Houston has no coach because Art Briles took the death sentence…I mean Baylor job…
• Me: TCU-Coolest Mascot name “The Horny Toads”

• EMERALD BOWL San Francisco
  Dec. 28, 8:30 p.m. (ESPN) Maryland (6-6) vs. Oregon State (8-4)
• Joel: Oregon St.-Love the nickname “Beavers”, as in plural. Just keep the gay rams away
• Me: Maryland-Fattie Ralph always wins these types of games

• MEINEKE CAR CARE BOWL Charlotte, N.C.
  Dec. 29, 1 p.m. (ESPN) UConn (9-3) vs. Wake Forest (8-4)
• Joel: Wake Forest-In a battle of Dunkin Donuts (UConn) vs. Krispy Kremes (WF), gotta go with the Southern favorite
• Me: Wake Forest-because they’re playing a Big Least team

• LIBERTY BOWL Memphis, Tenn.
  Dec. 29, 4:30 p.m. (ESPN) Mississippi State (7-5) vs. UCF (10-3)
• Joel: Miss. St-More Cowbell
• Me: Miss State-Let the Crooming begin!

• ALAMO BOWL San Antonio
  Dec. 29, 8 p.m. (ESPN) Penn State (8-4) vs. Texas A&M (7-5)
• Joel: Penn St.-Does JoePa realize he is GREATLY overpaid???
• Me: Penn St.-Texas A&M’s newest coach is to busy being an assistant for a losing NFL team.

• INDEPENDENCE BOWL Shreveport, La.
• Dec. 30, 8 p.m. (ESPN) Colorado (6-6) vs. Alabama (6-6)
• Joel: Colorado-Alabama won’t be beaten by the Fightin Nutria of Louisiana-Monroe, but they can eat some in Shreveport. Nothin’ says luvin’ like nutria in the oven
• Me: This is bullshit!!! Joel & I had a rock, paper, scissors contest. The winner got to choose Colorado. He cheated so I’m forced to pick Alabama.

• ARMED FORCES BOWL Fort Worth, Texas
• Dec. 31, 12:30 p.m. (ESPN) Cal (6-6) vs. Air Force (9-3)
• Joel: Air Force-A motivated serviceman vs. an unmotivated hippie??? Gee, I wonder who to pick
• Me: Air Force-Because Cal seems to be the South Carolina of the PAC 10. (snicker)

• SUN BOWL El Paso, Texas
  Dec. 31, 2 p.m.(ESPN) USF (9-3) vs. Oregon (8-4)
• Joel: South Florida-Which team is worse right now???
• Me: Oregon-Ryan Leaf’s younger brother is playing well, making Ryan look less douche like.

• HUMANITARIAN BOWL Boise, Idaho
  Dec. 31, 2 p.m. (ESPN2) Fresno State (8-4) vs. Georgia Tech (7-5)
• Joel: Fresno St.-Love the Bulldogs coach Craig Stadler, I mean Paul Teutel, I mean Pat Hill. Has one man reminded you of so many???
• Me: Fresno St-The only conference that is as bad as the Big Least is the ACC. And GT is coach-less.

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