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All picks must be posted by midnight, December 17.  Serious bragging rights at stake here so let's get to it!!  Good luck and have fun!

2009-2010 College Bowl Competition

Friday, December 18

Villanova v Montana
FCS Championship Game (yes, Virginia, there is a college football championship!)

Saturday, December 19

UCF vs. Rutgers
ST. PETERSBURG BOWL

Fresno State vs. Wyoming
NEW MEXICO BOWL

Sunday, December 20

Southern Miss vs. Middle Tennessee State
R+L CARRIERS NEW ORLEANS BOWL

Tuesday, December 22

No. 18 Oregon State vs. No. 14 Brigham Young
MAACO BOWL LAS VEGAS

Wednesday, December 23

No. 23 Utah vs. California
SAN DIEGO COUNTY CREDIT UNION POINSETTIA BOWL

Thursday, December 24

Nevada vs. Southern Methodist
SHERATON HAWAII BOWL

Saturday, December 26

Boston College vs. No. 24 USC
EMERALD BOWL

No. 17 Pittsburgh vs. North Carolina
MEINEKE CAR CARE BOWL

Marshall vs. Ohio
LITTLE CAESARS BOWL

Sunday, December 27

Kentucky vs. Clemson
GAYLORD HOTELS MUSIC CITY BOWL

Monday, December 28

Texas A&M vs. Georgia
ADVOCARE V100 INDEPENDENCE BOWL

Tuesday, December 29

UCLA vs. Temple
EAGLEBANK BOWL

No. 15 Miami (FL) vs. No. 25 Wisconsin
CHAMPS SPORTS BOWL

Wednesday, December 30

No. 20 Arizona vs. No. 22 Nebraska
PACIFIC LIFE HOLIDAY BOWL

Bowling Green vs. Idaho
ROADY'S HUMANITARIAN BOWL

Thursday, December 31

No. 11 Virginia Tech vs. Tennessee
Chick-fil-A BOWL

Minnesota vs. Iowa State
INSIGHT BOWL

Navy vs. Missouri
TEXAS BOWL

Oklahoma vs. No. 21 Stanford
BRUT SUN BOWL

Houston vs. Air Force
BELL HELICOPTER ARMED FORCES BOWL

Friday, January 1

No. 5 Florida vs. No. 3 Cincinnati
ALLSTATE SUGAR BOWL

No. 8 Ohio State vs. No. 7 Oregon
ROSE BOWL GAME PRESENTED BY CITI

No. 13 Penn State vs. No. 12 LSU
CAPITAL ONE BOWL

No. 16 West Virginia vs. Florida State
KONICA MINOLTA GATOR BOWL

Northwestern vs. Auburn
OUTBACK BOWL

Saturday, January 2

Michigan State vs. Texas Tech
VALERO ALAMO BOWL

Arkansas vs. East Carolina
AutoZone LIBERTY BOWL

No. 19 Oklahoma State vs. Mississippi
AT&T COTTON BOWL

South Carolina vs. Connecticut
PAPAJOHNS.com BOWL

South Florida vs. Northern Illinois
INTERNATIONAL BOWL

Monday, January 4

No. 6 Boise State vs. No. 4 TCU
TOSTITOS FIESTA BOWL

Tuesday, January 5

No. 10 Iowa vs. No. 9 Georgia Tech
FedEx ORANGE BOWL

Wednesday, January 6

Central Michigan vs. Troy
GMAC BOWL

Thursday, January 7

No. 2 Texas vs. No. 1 Alabama
CITI BCS NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP GAME

Tie breakers:

How many games will be won by 21 points or more? _________

Which game will have the greatest total yards rushing:  No. 2 Texas vs. No. 1 Alabama, or No. 6 Boise State vs. No. 4 TCU, or No. 8 Ohio State vs. No. 7 Oregon, or No. 5 Florida vs. No. 3 Cincinnati?

Which game will have the greatest total yards passing:  No. 2 Texas vs. No. 1 Alabama, or No. 6 Boise State vs. No. 4 TCU, or No. 8 Ohio State vs. No. 7 Oregon, or No. 5 Florida vs. No. 3 Cincinnati?

Which game will have the largest number of turnovers:  No. 2 Texas vs. No. 1 Alabama, or No. 6 Boise State vs. No. 4 TCU, or No. 8 Ohio State vs. No. 7 Oregon, or No. 5 Florida vs. No. 3 Cincinnati?

Which game will have the most total scoring by 3 point field goals:  No. 2 Texas vs. No. 1 Alabama, or No. 6 Boise State vs. No. 4 TCU, or No. 8 Ohio State vs. No. 7 Oregon, or No. 5 Florida vs. No. 3 Cincinnati?

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SEC to File Charges Against Mark Cuban

Dallas, Texas - In an apparent move to force the Dallas Mavericks to draft more players from the SEC to the NBA, charges have been formally filed against Dallas Mavs owner Mark Cuban.  Said Cuban, "I didn't know a college conference had legal rights to sue because an NBA team doesn't draft enough players from each given college conference."

Cuban plans to file appeals with the NBA League Office (which hates him), in federal district court, and with Barrack Obama (just in case, cuz he really likes basketball).

After the charges were explained to Cuban, his only response was, "Oh, THAT SEC.  Never mind."  He has since dropped his appeals and has gone into hiding.

A representative of the Securities Exchange Commission said they may have to drop the insider trading charges since Devin Harris just kicked Jason Kidd's butt in a Mavs loss to the Nets.  A quote from the anonymous spokesman, "It is obvious that Mark Cuban did not profit from this trade."

Tracking 2008 Olympic Men's Basketball

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