College Football Picks: Post-New Years Bowls

College Football Picks (Week 1, 2012): 1-4 (-$460)
College Football Picks (Week 2, 2012): 3-2 (+$170)
College Football Picks (Week 3, 2012): 2-3 (-$140)
College Football Picks (Week 4, 2012): 2-3 (-$50)
College Football Picks (Week 5, 2012): 4-1 (+$570)
College Football Picks (Week 6, 2012): 4-1 (+$790)
College Football Picks (Week 7, 2012): 3-2 (+$380)
College Football Picks (Week 8, 2012): 3-2 (+$250)
College Football Picks (Week 9, 2012): 3-1-1 (+$160)
College Football Picks (Week 10, 2012): 4-1 (+$990)
College Football Picks (Week 11, 2012): 5-0 (+$1,200)
College Football Picks (Week 12, 2012): 3-2 (+$50)
College Football Picks (Week 13, 2012): 2-3 (-$260)
College Football Picks (Week 14, 2012): 3-2 (+$180)
College Football Picks (Pre-New Years Bowls, 2012): 1-4 (-$780)

College Football Picks (2012 Season): 43-31-1 (+$2,850)
College Football Picks (2011 Season): 36-32-2 (-$390)
College Football Picks (2010 Season): 37-31-2 (+$190)
College Football Picks (2009 Season): 34-34-2 (-$3,820)
College Football Picks (2008 Season): 49-38 (+$3,020)

By the way, the fifth-annual Walter/Joker Annual Challenge is on, as I'll be competing with the Joker's College Picks. We each pick five games and see who does the best each week.

Stanford vs. Wisconsin
Line: Stanford by 6.5.
Jan. 1, 5:00 p.m.

As a disclaimer, don't go nuts with my college football picks. I'm much better at picking NFL games (at least I used to be); I'm just doing these upon request. Follow @walterfootball for updates.

No one expected Stanford to be in the Rose Bowl exhibition game prior to the season. I doubt the Cardinal players expected it. But here they are, ready to take on the Big Ten champs. They'll be up for Wisconsin, a team that just isn't very good. Trust me, I've bet against the Badgers a couple of times this year.

College Football Pick: Stanford -6.5 (1 Unit)

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Northern Illinois at Florida State
Line: Florida State by 13.5.
Jan. 1, 8:30 p.m.

Remember when Florida State was undefeated and everyone was talking about the team possibly battling Alabama in the national championship? Well, the Semionles have certainly fallen. Sure. they've been invited to a meaningless BCS bowl (aren't they really just the same as the other ones?) but they have to take on Northern Illinois. Why would they care about stupid Northern Illinois? Meanwhile, the Northern Illinois players have spent the past month listening to why they don't belong in a stupid BCS bowl. They'll be pumped to prove everyone wrong.

College Football Pick: Northern Illinois +13.5 (2 Units)

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Oregon vs. Kansas State
Line: Oregon by 8.5.
Jan. 3, 8:30 p.m.

What was that Kansas State loss to Baylor? Seriously, how was an undefeated team embarrassed like that against a mediocre opponent so late in the year? The Ducks are at least legit. They should be able to prevail over Bill Snyder, who has a 4-9 spread record in bowl games.

College Football Pick: Oregon -8.5 (1 Unit)

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Kent State vs. Arkansas State
Line: Arkansas State by 3.5.
Jan. 6, 9:00 p.m.

The fourth BCS bowl I'd like to discuss is Kent State versus Arkansas State. This one must be super important because it's being played just one day prior to the national championship.

This may surprise you, but this is Kent State's first bowl appearance since 1972. I was certainly shocked because I assumed the Flashes made it to one when Julian Edelman quarterbacked the team. They'll be pumped to play Arkansas State.

College Football Pick: Kent State +3.5 (2 Units)

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Alabama vs. Notre Dame
Line: Alabama by 9.5.
Jan. 7, 8:30 p.m.

Always bet on the SEC team in the BCS championship*. That's what I've learned over the years. Dating back to 2006, the SEC is a perfect 5-0 versus non-SEC competition in the BCS championship.

* - Note that this is not technically the national championship. This is the BCS Championship. The winner wins the BCS, but if the voters should choose to vote, say, Texas A&M No. 1 after this contest, the Aggies would technically split the title with Alabama. Just sayin'.

Alabama has too much defensive power for Notre Dame's offense to handle. In fact, the Tide's speed is just going to be overwhelming. The Irish should be competitive for a while, but Alabama will eventually pull away and win by 14-20 points.

College Football Pick: Alabama -9.5 (1 Unit)

Leave a comment Name Comment Verification: click on image to refresh it   Gator 09-30-2011 06:09 pm xxx.xxx.xxx.166 (total posts: 1) 20     17 I like Utah State +7 tonight. Over 51 bird 09-30-2011 03:37 pm xxx.xxx.xxx.162 (total posts: 1) 25     17 UTAH STATE +7.5 & UNDER 50.5 TONIGHT????? bird Flyers 1 09-30-2011 03:13 pm xxx.xxx.xxx.196 (total posts: 24) 17     20 Make that Week 5 Flyers 1 09-30-2011 03:09 pm xxx.xxx.xxx.196 (total posts: 24) 36     14 Perfect ATS Trends Week 4 Air Force 7-0 vs non conf opp off SU loss Auburn 9-0 vs conf opp w/revenge 7-0 vs revenge teams Cincinnati 8-0 before Louisville Clemson 5-0 after Florida State Colorado State 11-0 home off non conf gm 5-0 home off SU win Georgia 0-6 HF < 10 before BB RG's Georgia Tech 5-0 away w/revenge Kansas 0-5 with rest Kansas State 14-0 w/revenge in 1st of BB HG's Louisiana Tech 7-0 Host in Hawaii series Louisville 6-0 vs opp off SU loss LSU 6-0 Host in Kentucky series Mid Tenn St. 6-0 fav 11 > Minnesota 0-5 dog vs winning teams North Texas 0-5 dogs 19 > vs opp off SU loss Ohio U 6-0 after allow 35 > pts Southern Miss 0-5 DD HF's off BB SU wins Syracuse 0-5 home off SU win Tulane 0-7 dogs > 7 vs opp off SU fav loss Virginia 0-5 off SU fav loss Washington St. 0-6 in 2nd of BB RG's Wisconsin 5-0 before Indiana GOOD LUCK TO ALL Dangers 09-30-2011 12:31 pm xxx.xxx.xxx2.91 (total posts: 2) 22     38 I think Utah +7.5 but I wont be putting money on it grindMODE 09-30-2011 12:10 pm xxx.xxx.xxx.193 (total posts: 2) 15     18 so whats the predictions for tonites game? Dangers 09-30-2011 11:06 am xxx.xxx.xxx2.91 (total posts: 2) 17     13 5 plays i'm liking are as follows Kent/LSU over 44.5 Clemson +7 Cincinatti -14.5 Texas tech -6.5 Temple -7.5 bigri30 09-30-2011 10:22 am xxx.xxx.xxx0.95 (total posts: 65) 13     16 Plays looking into: Nevada +27 Cinn -14.5 L.Tech -4.5 Arizona St. -18 Buffalo +28.5 Tulsa -23 Wash St. +3 Mich St. +3 Mich -20.5 Wake Forest +1 comments welcome. bigri30 09-30-2011 10:18 am xxx.xxx.xxx0.95 (total posts: 65) 14     14 I like Utah State tonight +8 and U50. I plan on taking Utah State for 1H and game. The under in the first half as well @ U24.5 Utah ST. +8 because at least they have scored points in a game. They are really avg. about 30pts per game in my eyes. That overtime win last week inflates the 42ppg avg and playing Weber St. BYU avg. 16 pts a game. They have played better competition, but if they dont hit that QB from UCF hard enough to shake him up like they did UCF covers easily. Going to be an ugly game with Utah stuffing the ball down their throats. To 1-dimensional offenses that aren't really that good. I'll take the points and under. FoRM 09-30-2011 03:27 am xxx.xxx.xxx.190 (total posts: 1) 20     14 Kansas State +3.5 (2 Units) WRONG Arizona +13.5 (1 Unit) RIGHT Clemson +7 (3 Units) WRONG Florida Atlantic +9 (2 Units) RIGHT Nebraska +9 (2 Units) RIGHT Texas Tech -6.5 = LOCK (free money) SMU +11.5 Miss. St. +7.5 Baylor -3.5 Nevada +28 WMU +3 Georgia Tech -11.5 NU +7.5 New Guy 09-29-2011 11:56 pm xxx.xxx.xxx.185 (total posts: 21) 16     25 Well UTEP +17 wins and the over Would love to hear peoples thought on the following: Alabama -4 South Carolina -10 Illinois -10 Clemson +7 Georgia Tech -10 Utah State +8 Syracuse +1 Ryan 09-29-2011 11:50 pm xxx.xxx.xxx.209 (total posts: 1) 115     129 U Take Em' Points Covered every game Frank 09-29-2011 11:34 pm xxx.xxx.xxx9.36 (total posts: 2) 14     24 Man usf defense sucks they could not stop not even a pee-wee league team. I bought in the 4-0 record and being 16th ranked. Add em to the list 09-29-2011 11:27 pm xxx.xxx.xxx7.79 (total posts: 11) 14     14 Theres two more teams no one should bet on the rest of the year!! How awful is usf. Pitts still not good. Usf wouldnt have stopped my high school team Dav 09-29-2011 09:56 pm xxx.xxx.xxx.254 (total posts: 21) 14     14 what u guys think about 2nd half? Pages: 1 2 ...126 127 128 129130 131 132 ...151 152

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