The Cotton Bowl Game The Cotton Bowl Dallas, TX Mississippi (8-4) vs. Texas Tech (11-1) January 2, 2009 2 EST The Line: Texas Tech -4 Overview: This game has been moved from it’s normal New Years Day slot to January 2nd and gets it’s own stage of sorts. While much of ...

Happy New Year! I have done all of the write ups for today’s games but if I were to put them all in one post it would just be a gigantic scroll, I personally don’t like that format so I won’t expose everyone else to it. Instead, I have just listed all of the picks under [...]

The Fedex Orange Bowl Dolphin Stadium Miami, FL Cincinnati (11-2) vs. Virginia Tech (9-4) January 1, 2009 8 EST The Line: Virginia Tech +2 1/2 Overview: While this may be one of the the least attractive match ups of the BCS Bowl Games, it may produce one of the closer and more exciting ...

The Gator Bowl    Jacksonville Municipal Stadium  Jacksonville, FL Clemson (7-5) vs. Nebraska (8-4) January 1, 2009  1 EST   The Line: Nebraska +2 1/2 Overview: This game is an absolute sham, so much that it actually pains me to write this preview and ...

The Capital One Bowl The Florida Citrus Bowl Orlando, FL Georgia (9-3) vs. Michigan State (9-3) January 1, 2009 1 EST The Line: Michigan State +7 1/2 Overview: Here we find another New Year’s Day Bowl Game with bowl conference tie-ins which have taken precedence over giving the ...

The Outback Bowl Raymond James Stadium Tampa, FL Iowa (8-4) vs. South Carolina January 1, 2009 11 EST The Line: South Carolina +4 1/2 Overview: While there are qualifications to get into the big BCS Bowls, all teams have to do is finish in a specific spot in their conference and have a ...

It’s been a great year of college football and while the season still has a few games left to go, tonight will end college football for 2008. What better way to end the year than 5 college football bowl games? Well winning and covering 5 college football bowl games would do it for ...

The Insight Bowl Sun Devil Stadium Tempe, AZ Kansas (7-5) vs. Minnesota (7-5) December 31, 2008 6 EST The Line: Minnesota + 8 1/2 Overview: The two teams that find themselves playing in this game might be wondering just what could have been. While 7-5 records and a New Years Eve in warm ...

Houston – 3 over Air Force Air Force runs the triple option very effectively and discipline. Todd Newell (fullback) is the player to watch. He reads the defense really well and will not let anyone bring him down with their arms. Air Force is one dimensional on offense in the option but is ...

The Gaylord Hotels Music City Bowl LP Field Nashville, TN Boston College (9-4) vs. Vanderbilt (6-6) December 31, 2008 3:30 EST The Line: Vanderbilt +3 1/2 Overview: In the third of five bowl games being played on New Year’s Eve, we find two teams who exceeded expectations on the ...

The Sun Bowl Sun Bowl Stadium El Paso, TX Pittsburgh (9-3) vs. Oregon State (8-4) December 31, 2008 2 EST The Line: Oregon State - 2 1/2 Overview: While the bowl names have changed over the years and corporate sponsorships have come and gone, the Sun Bowl still remains. It makes sense ...

The Bell Helicopters Armed Forces Bowl Carter Stadium Fort Worth, TX Air Force (8-4) vs. Houston (7-5) Wednesday December 31, 2008 12 EST The Line: Houston -3 1/2 Overview: While both of these teams have prolific offenses, they get it done differently. Houston is considered more of a ...

I can feel us getting closer to New Year’s Day as the quality of teams we are watching keeps getting better and better. The contenders from the major conferences are starting to take center stage and there is a lot more on the line than just pride, there is conference honor as well. While ...

Maryland +2.5 over Nevada Maryland is the most inconsistent team in football. They will lose to Middle Tenn. St. by ten and then come back the next game and beat CAL. They go to Virginia and lost 31 to 0 and then come back and beat Wake Forest 26 to 0. My hunch is that since [...]

I can’t express how good it feels to have the site up and running. While I enjoy having a site and especially one as successful as The College Football Place, it involves just a ton of work and that workload tripled over the past few days. While a hacker may be more technically adept than ...