JoePa's Bowlin 'Em Over Picks

[fitter]

Thanks JoePa for all your time posting...and will catch ya in CBB. :thumbs:

[joepa66]

FINAL UPDATED YTD: 66 - 58 - 4
UNITS: +6.75
BOWL RECORD: 15 - 15 - 1


Not earth shattering by any means but the plus side is always good! Hope to see ya all in college hoops.....:beerbang:

[Q-Unit]

GL ol friend

[pmann]

Gl Joe.

[joepa66]

On the Calendar.....Tuesday is the anniversary of the Battle of New Orleans......me thinks it's reinacted tonight......:thumbs:



O - H

[joepa66]

WELL SAID....SAID!:beerbang:
Although I'm not sweating it....I post my picks with the lines I played them at like everybody else. It's not like I have a service or anything and am posting for everybody else. We all post for ourselves and hopefully info for all of us to win....:thumbs:


Tressel gives oral.....TFF:laughing:

Hope to see ya in college hoops!:sm:

[saidzeppelin]

JP,

Been long gone this season but was rolling through and thought I would say hey. Looks like some people need to unclench their butt cracks in this thread... Good GOD already!! Always appreciate your write ups and insight. I can't stand USC but I think they would have beaten any team in the BCS bowls. I think Tressel performs oral on someone with a lot of clout in the BCS, because that is the only reason they got in this game anyway. USC wipes the field with either of these so called " National contenders". This may be a good game only because neither belong here, Georgia and USC should have been the game. Best new year wishes and positive Karma my man!!! Hopefully next year I will have time to offer more fades to all!! LOL!!! :thumbs:

[joepa66]

Cuse.....best possible lines?:dunno:
If so I wouldn't be doing this :hair: because I am 1-5 on those best possibles so far, and 13-14-1 overall! LMAO
Best possible lines, are the ones you get early or at the price you like....in that case I am guilty on those games. Sometimes my local is better than Bodog or Pinnacle and doesn't change as quickly unless something drastic happens like a bunch of "probations" etc......man do I suck at picking winners this year in the bowls.....:puke:

[CuseFan10]

GL man. I kind of agree with Flyers. You have the absolutely best possible line on every single game. Cincy -10, Florida -10, Arkansas +3.5, Rutgers -9.5, Oklahoma -6.5, Tennessee -2, Illinois +14, Ohio State +5....

Have a great vacation and BOL man :thumbs:

[bestbet425]

nice write ups....goodluck joepa:thumbs:

[joepa66]

.....what's the point of posting lines that were gone like 2 weeks ago?? KY -3???? GTECH hasn't been at 4 1/2 in quite a while now. The line today is 6....What good is that doing anyone here??

FLYER AND LARRY.....I'm simply posting the plays I've made! Not gonna post the "newest" lines but the one's I got the games at when I played them. If so....in cases like the Michigan State/BC game I would have changed my pick to BC since the Spartans lost their top 2 receivers a LB and two lineman since I played it and that's not mentioned in the writeup since I played it a couple of weeks ago. I'm sticking to all my picks and they've been **** so far.....hope yer not tailing.......I had to wait to post the last 16 bowl games cause I don't have internet service at home and needed to finish some of the writeups as I've been on vacation and leaving Monday for Carolina to be there for the Kent/UNC hoops game.:sm:

[joepa66]

BCS TITLE GAME
JANUARY 7, FOX - 8PM
LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY vs. THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY


This year the roles are reversed in the Bowl Championship Series title game! Now Ohio State, derided as the "Luckeyes" by some, enter the Jan. 7 game against LSU in New Orleans as both the underdog and the outsider, even though it's their third national title game in six seasons.
Ever since Ohio State was humiliated by Florida in the national title game, the Buckeyes have been continually reminded of that score in various ways. Entering the season, the security code players used to enter their new practice facility was 41 14. All season long, that embarrassment has served as motivation. Again, the Buckeyes find themselves facing a speedy, athletic team from the Southeastern Conference. Again, the Buckeyes will be reminded that they have never beaten an SEC team in a bowl game.
The Buckeyes (11-1) and Bayou Bengals (11-2) both were strong national title contenders in October before each suffered losses to unranked teams in their next-to-last games. The Buckeyes lost to Illinois on Nov. 10, and LSU fell to Arkansas in triple overtime on Nov. 23. The Tigers were favored entering the season, but the Buckeyes' rise has been somewhat of a surprise.
With Ohio State in a rebuilding season with a non-conference schedule that included I-AA Youngstown State, Akron and Kent State, many wondered if the Buckeyes deserved their No. 1 ranking, which they held for four weeks until the Illinois loss. The defense has been impressive all season and the Buckeyes lead the nation in total defense, scoring defense and pass efficiency defense. Ohio State's offense has been steady under quarterback Todd Boeckman, the Big Ten leader in passing efficiency, and bruising TB Chris Wells.
LSU began the season ranked No. 2 and was No. 1 twice during the season. However, after losses to Kentucky and Arkansas in triple overtime, the Tigers thought their national title hopes had dimmed since no team with two losses has ever played in the championship game.
It was a season full of drama for the Tigers, especially of late with rumors coach Les Miles would go to Michigan and with defensive coordinator Bo Pelini being hired by Nebraska. Though ranked No. 3 in total defense, the unit was unsettled at times, too, because of injuries, most significantly to All-America defensive tackle Glenn Dorsey. At quarterback, backup Ryan Perrilloux was the SEC championship game MVP, starting for just the second time in place of Matt Flynn.

PICK: OHIO STATE +5

BOWL RECORD: 15 - 15 - 1
UNITS: -2.25

[joepa66]

GMAC BOWL
JANUARY 6, ESPN - 8PM
TULSA vs. BOWLING GREEN


In no other bowl game than The GMAC Bowl…..a game program will be important in identifying players and teams!
Start with QB Paul Smith and Tulsa's No. 1 offense (542.5 yards a game) in the nation. Smith isn't perfect 19 interceptions, six games with at least two picks but he hungers for big plays and tossed three or more touchdowns in 10 games this season. The Golden Hurricane will pass in any situation; the goal is to wear down the defense.
WR Brennan Marion (39 catches, 1,244 yards) averaged 31.9 yards a catch. Marion and fellow freshman WR Trae Johnson (67, 1,039) had 11 TDs apiece. Tarrion Adams had five 100-yard rushing games, all Golden Hurricane victories. As often as Tulsa scores 39.5 points a game it is scored on nearly as often (35.4 points a game).
Bowling Green QB Tyler Sheehan, a sophomore, had to win the starting job last summer. He had eight touchdowns (one interception) during the Falcons' four-game winning streak to place them in a bowl game. Sheehan isn't a running quarterback, but he will take off under pressure which can be regular, as he was sacked more than twice a game.
Bowling Green is less likely to run than Tulsa. Converted QB Anthony Turner is the primary back. He can throw it (three TDs in five attempts in 2007) and has a rushing TD in six consecutive games. Sheehan has many capable targets, the most dangerous being sophomore Freddie Barnes. He caught nine TDs and gained 891 yards with 77 catches, including a score in four of the last five games. Possible help could arrive in the form of WR Corey Partridge, who is more of a possession receiver. Partridge had thumb surgery and didn't play in the last four games, but he might be available for the bowl game.
While this game is about the offense, keep an eye on Tulsa LB Chris Chamberlain.

PICK: TULSA -4

BOWL RECORD: 15 - 14 - 1

[joepa66]

INTERNATIONAL BOWL
JANUARY 5, ESPN2 - NOON
RUTGERS vs. BALL STATE


Rutgers' designs on finishing the 2007 season with a bowl game in January worked out … in a two-steps-back sort of way. The Scarlet Knights take on Ball State on Jan. 5 in Toronto, but the International Bowl wasn't the destination coach Greg Schiano had in mind. Rutgers, a Cinderella story in the Big East last season, strived to build a title team this season around RB Ray Rice. The Knights started 5-2 but then lost three of five, including 31-3 to West Virginia, and fell behind the Big East contenders.
Rice enters as the nation's third-leading rusher with 1,732 yards and 20 touchdowns, and Ball State allows 197 rushing yards a game. Ball State's 3-4 defense, which includes 31-year-old sophomore DE Brandon Crawford, is not to be feared. Nebraska (41 points), Central Michigan (58), Illinois (28) and Indiana (38) all posted big numbers to beat the Cardinals.
Ball State's offense averaged 31.6 points, with QB Nate Davis accounting for 32 of the Cardinals' 45 TDs. Davis and Ball State played well against some solid competition, including a win vs. bowl-bound Navy, and has a winning record for the first time since 1996. Davis had more help with TB MiQuale Lewis, who averaged 111.8 yards rushing in the first four games before going down with a torn knee ligament.All-MAC TE Darius Hill and WR Dante Love (87 catches, 1,229 yards), make Davis a dangerous passer. Love had a six-catch showing at Michigan last season and 14 grabs for 177 yards at Indiana on Nov. 3.
The tailback position has been a void since Lewis went down. His primary backup (Frank Edmonds) followed with a broken wrist and ankle trouble, No. 3 (Koreen Burch) is gone after shoulder surgery and Chris Clancy (ribs) couldn't play in the last game. Walk-on Ray Winkler got the call (nine carries, 23 yards). The Cardinals hope Edmonds and Clancy can play.

PICK: RUTGERS -9.5


BOWL RECORD: 14 - 14- 1

[joepa66]

ORANGE BOWL
JANUARY 3, FOX - 8PM
VIRGINIA TECH vs. KANSAS


Ordinarily, choosing an 11-1 team to play in your major bowl game wouldn't raise any eyebrows. But as we all know, 2007 has not been an ordinary year in college football. So it was that FedEx Orange Bowl officials found themselves defending their decision to extend Kansas an at-large invitation to face Atlantic Coast Conference champion Virginia Tech.
One possibility could have pitted the Hokies against their former Big East rival West Virginia. But the committee decided a nod to its own history with the Big Eight was in order. Then it came down to which former Big Eight school to invite. The Jayhawks, the last team to lose from the six conferences with automatic BCS slots, got the nod over Missouri despite the Tigers' victory against KU and higher BCS ranking.
The Jayhawks' schedule is the biggest reason for scrutiny of their BCS credentials. KU faced no other members of the other major conferences, and its Big 12 slate didn't include Oklahoma or Texas. KU did beat Central Michigan, the eventual Mid-American Conference champion. The Jayhawks' resume also includes a 76-point explosion against longtime nemesis Nebraska and a victory at Colorado, where Big 12 champion Oklahoma suffered its first loss. Against overmatched competition, Kansas did what good teams are expected to do: win decisively.
Virginia Tech fits the description of three of the six formulas used in the computer component of the BCS standings and had Frank Beamer's Hokies ranked No. 1. The successful quarterback platoon of veteran Sean Glennon, a classic drop-back passer, and freshman Tyrod Taylor, a dual threat who can provide a change of pace, helped the Hokies bounce back from an early thrashing at LSU to claim the ACC crown. The ability to generate points from the kicking game and defense known as "Beamer Ball" was on full display in the ACC championship game win against Boston College. A blocked extra point resulted in a two-point defensive conversion, and the scoring concluded with a clinching interception return.
But Beamer isn't about to take the Jayhawks lightly. Cornerback Aqib Talib was one of five finalists for the Bronko Nagurski Award presented to LSU's Glenn Dorsey as the nation's top defensive player. KU also boasts a slew of offensive weapons, with junior quarterback Todd Reesing at the controls. Brandon McAnderson and Jake Sharp provide a one-two punch at tailback, and Marcus Henry and Dexton Fields lead the receiving corps. But how that unit handles the speed and athleticism of the Virginia Tech defense will be the key to the game.

PICK: KANSAS +4


BOWL RECORD: 13 - 14 - 1