2008-09 NCAA College Bowl Schedule and Predictions
These predictions are based solely on the R-Score ranking system of R. Hawkins.  Predictions are for game winner in straight competition, not factoring the "point spread".  This ranking system has had 18% ranking violation this season (higher ranked team loses to lower ranked team). 

EagleBank
Dec. 20, 11 a.m. (ESPN), Washington, D.C., Navy vs. Wake Forest
Pick: WAKE FOREST (CORRECT; WAKE 29-19)

New Mexico
Dec. 20, 2:30 p.m. (ESPN), Albuquerque, N.M., Fresno State vs. Colorado St.
Pick: COLORADO ST (CORRECT; COL ST 40-35)

St. Petersburg
Dec. 20, 4:30 p.m. (ESPN2), St. Petersburg, Fla., USF vs. Memphis
Pick: SOUTH FLORIDA (CORRECT; USF 41-14)

Las Vegas
Dec. 20, 8 p.m. (ESPN), Las Vegas, BYU vs. Arizona
Pick: BRIGHAM YOUNG (WRONG; ARIZ 31-21)

New Orleans
Dec. 21, 8 p.m. (ESPN2), New Orleans, Southern Miss vs. Troy
Pick: TROY (WRONG; SO MISS 30-27)

Poinsettia
Dec. 23, 8 p.m. (ESPN), San Diego, Boise St. vs. TCU
Pick: TCU (CORRECT; TCU 17-16)

Hawaii
Dec. 24, 8 p.m. (ESPN), Honolulu, Hawaii, Notre Dame vs. Hawaii
Pick: NOTRE DAME (CORRECT; ND 49-21)

Motor City
Dec. 26, 7:30 p.m. (ESPN2), Detroit, Florida Atlantic vs. Central Michigan
Pick: CENTRAL MICHIGAN (WRONG; FAU 24-21)

Meineke
Dec. 27, 1 p.m. (ESPN), Charlotte, N.C., North Carolina vs. West Virginia
Pick: NORTH CAROLINA (WRONG; WV 31-30)

Champs Sports Bowl
Dec. 27, 4:30 p.m. (ESPN), Orlando, Fla., Wisconsin vs. Florida St.
Pick: FLORIDA STATE (CORRECT; FL ST 42-13)

Emerald
Dec. 27, 8 p.m. (ESPN), San Francisco, Cal vs. Miami
Pick: CALIFORNIA (CORRECT; CAL 24-17)

Independence
Dec. 28, 8 p.m. (ESPN), Shreveport, La., Northern Illinois vs. Louisiana Tech
Pick: LOUISIANA TECH (CORRECT; LA TECH 17-10)

Papajohns.com
Dec. 29, 3 p.m. (ESPN), Birmingham, Ala., North Carolina St. vs. Rutgers
Pick: RUTGERS (CORRECT; RUTGERS 29-23)

Alamo
Dec. 29, 8 p.m. (ESPN), San Antonio, Texas, Northwestern vs. Missouri
Pick: MISSOURI (CORRECT; MISSOURI 30-23)

Humanitarian
Dec. 30, 4:30 p.m. (ESPN), Boise, Idaho, Nevada vs. Maryland
Pick: MARYLAND (CORRECT; MD 42-35)

Holiday
Dec. 30, 8 p.m. (ESPN), San Diego, Oklahoma St. vs. Oregon
Pick: OREGON (CORRECT; OREGON 42-31)

Texas
Dec. 30, 8 p.m. (NFL), Houston, Rice vs. Western Michigan
Pick: RICE (CORRECT; RICE 38-14)

Armed Forces
Dec. 31, Noon (ESPN), Fort Worth, Texas, Houston vs. Air Force
Pick: HOUSTON (CORRECT; HOUSTON 34-28)

Sun
Dec. 31, 2 p.m. (CBS), El Paso, Texas, Oregon St. vs. Pittsburgh
Pick: PITTSBURGH (WRONG; OREGON ST 3-0)

Music City
Dec. 31, 3:30 p.m. (ESPN), Nashville, Tenn., Vanderbilt vs. Boston College
Pick: BOSTON COLLEGE (WRONG; VANDY 16-14)

Insight
Dec. 31, 5:30 p.m. (NFL), Tempe, Ariz., Kansas vs. Minnesota
Pick: KANSAS (CORRECT; KANSAS 42-21)

Chick-fil-A
Dec. 31, 7:30 p.m. (ESPN), Atlanta, Georgia Tech vs. LSU
Pick: GEORGIA TECH (WRONG; LSU 38-3)

Outback
Jan. 1, 11 a.m. (ESPN), Tampa, Fla., South Carolina vs. Iowa
Pick: IOWA (CORRECT; IOWA 31-10)

Capital One
Jan. 1, 1 p.m. (ABC), Orlando, Fla., Michigan St. vs. Georgia
Pick: GEORGIA (CORRECT; GEORGIA 24-12)

Gator
Jan. 1, 1 p.m. (CBS), Jacksonville, Fla., Clemson vs. Nebraska
Pick: NEBRASKA (CORRECT; NEB 26-21)

Rose
Jan. 1, 4:30 p.m. (ABC), Pasadena, Calif., USC vs. Penn St.
Pick: SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA (CORRECT; USC 38-24)

Orange
Jan. 1, 8 p.m. (FOX), Miami, Cincinnati vs. Virginia Tech
Pick: CINCINNATI (WRONG; VT 20-7)

Cotton
Jan. 2, 2 p.m. (FOX), Dallas, Texas Tech vs. Ole Miss
Pick: TEXAS TECH (WRONG; MISS 47-34)

Liberty
Jan. 2, 5 p.m. (ESPN), Memphis, Tenn., Kentucky vs. East Carolina
Pick: EAST CAROLINA (WRONG; KY 25-19)

Sugar
Jan. 2, 8 p.m. (FOX), New Orleans, Utah vs. Alabama
Pick: UTAH (CORRECT; UTAH 31-17)

International
Jan. 3 Noon (ESPN2), Toronto, Connecticut vs. Buffalo
Pick: CONNECTICUT (CORRECT; UCONN 38-20)

Fiesta
Jan. 5, 8:30 p.m. (FOX), Glendale, Ariz., Texas vs. Ohio St.
Pick: TEXAS (CORRECT; TX 24-21)

GMAC
Jan. 6, 8 p.m. (ESPN), Mobile, Ala., Tulsa vs. Ball St.
Pick: BALL STATE (WRONG; TULSA 45-13)

BCS National Championship Game
Jan. 8, 8 p.m. (FOX), Miami, Oklahoma vs. Florida
Pick: FLORIDA (Correct; FL 24-14)
34 games played; 23 correct predictions (67.7% accuracy)
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