Bowl Season Begins! (Casey)

Well folks its bowl season and I for one can't wait. This is one of my favorite times of year! It all starts Saturday December 17th with the Gildan New Mexico Bowl and will end January 8th with the Allstate BCS National Championship Game. And with nearly a Bowl Game or more a day its going to be some great TV. But there are a couple of games beside the ones involving local teams that Im especially excited to watch.

• The first of these games is the Outback Bowl on January 2nd where #16 Georgia (10-3) will play #17 Michigan State (10-3). Both of these teams are coming off loses in there respective conference championship games but these teams are both really good. Georgia came on late in the season starting 0-2 but didn't lose another game till they played #1 LSU in the SEC Championship Game. Michigan State played some great football this season as well and without a running into the kicker penalty late in the game could have had the ball and possibly won the game against Wisconsin and be playing in the Rose Bowl. But this game will be a great one to watch, an offensive team with alot of weapons (Georgia) against a Defensive team that will smash you in the mouth and not even look back (Michigan State). I have this game being real close but Georgia pulling it out 34-28.

• The Rose Bowl is the next game that Im excited about. This game will feature #5 Oregon (11-2) against #10 Wisconsin (11-2). These two teams are on 2 completely different sides of the spectrum but they are the same in that they are both running teams. Oregon its very flashy/high tempo running style behind LaMichael James against Wisconsin and there methodical/smashmouth running style behind Montee Ball. With that said you would think this game would be a quick, low scoring game but in the words of Lee Corso "Not So Fast!" these teams can score points. Against UCLA Oregon scored 49 points in fact in all but one game this year Oregon has scored more than 34 points the exception was against LSU who has one of the best defenses in the country. And Wisconsin scored 42 against Michigan State in the Big 10 Championship and has scored more that 40 points 9 times. This game including all that comes with it is one of my favorites games each year and will not dissapoint, I have Wisconsin winning in its second try in as many years in a high scoring affair. 43-38 Wisconsin.

So there you have it, my picks for the games I'm looking forward to but there are plenty of great games coming up so im curious what everyone elses games would be. So pop the popcorn and get your favorite chair ready its BOWL SEASON!