Quick PPCS: December 30 & December 31

The Quick PPCS is 8-0 heads up, so I may stick with this format all the way through to the point where on January 8 I may just say "Chris Leak vs. Jim Tressel, what do you think?"

Hope you watched or were in a bar that was showing last night's Insight Bowl between Texas Tech vs. Minnesota, fun game to watch even if I had no idea Minnesota would even be close to winning this game. Dick Vermeil proved my point as to why college games have no business on NFL Network. When Tech tied the game, Vermeil said that it might be a good idea "to elect to kick if they win the coin toss, the way their defense had played swinging the momentum in their favor", while this is a ridiculous notion in any event, its made even more ridiculous by the fact that THERE ARE NO KICKOFFS IN COLLEGE OVERTIME. Stuff like that makes me incredulous. Okay I'm out tonight popping my UFC cherry with SCZA and there's only one Sunday bowl game so I will include that score at the end.

Meineke Car Care Bowl: Boston College 28, Navy 24. Navy is a fun team to watch if you like option football and BC is Head Coachless but their Defensive Coordinator who is staying on next year is leading them to Charlotte. BC is too talented and Navy's defense is too undersized to expect the Midshipmen to win. But Navy is a tough team to prepare for and could punch the Eagles in the mouth early. I like BC to win in the end but not to cover.

Alamo Bowl: Texas 44, Iowa 17. If Colt McCoy plays the whole game Iowa has just about no chance. The Alamodome should be all Burnt Orange for this game and Iowa is another team with only 5 wins against Division IA opponents, losing six of its last 8 and being able to protect quarterback Drew Tate. If backup QB Matt McCoy (no relation) has to play for Texas it could be intereting but not interesting enough.

Chick Fil-A Bowl: Virginia Tech 28, Georgia 7. This was the Peach Bowl, then the Chick Fil-A Peach Bowl, apparently Southerners were either getting lost trying to find a Chick Fil-A Peach or ordering Peaches at Chick Fil-A because they have dropped the word Peach from the bowl name even though it takes place in Atlanta, Georgia. Yes it takes place in Georgia but Virginia Tech is known to "travel well" to bowl games so the crowd could be as close to 50-50 and playing in Atlanta didn't help the Bulldogs much last year against West Virginia. While this is usually a good game, Georgia's anemic offense won't be able to keep up with the Hokies.

and for tomorrow...

MPC Computers Bowl: Miami 24, Nevada 0. I love this bowl as the "Anti-Bowl" or almost a punishment for mediocre ACC teams to have to take their team and fans to beautiful Boise, Idaho to play in below freezing weather on blue turf while the rest of the country goes to "ACC Country" to play bowl games. Miami has endured a lot of adversity this season, some of it self-induced some of it not. The firing of Larry Coker has topped off a season that has left the Hurricanes with nothing to lose. I expect them to play like so and shut down Nevada's rushing attack.