Dec 26th Bowl Preview

All right.  It's getting late on Christmas day, so here's a quick rundown of the 3 bowl games tomorrow, in chronological order:

Heart of Dallas Bowl:

Vegas Line: Louisiana Tech -6.5

Total points wagered: 1046 (20th overall)

Picks for Louisiana Tech: 43 (average pick: 21.28 points)

Picks for Illinois: 13 (average pick: 10.08 points)

Average points: Louisiana Tech for 14 points.

Median pick: Louisiana Tech for 18.5 points.

Picks for Louisiana Tech:

Brett W.: 37

Mike W.: 36

Ally H.: 34

Andrew O.: 33

Hutch H. #1: 33

Damien R. #2: 32

Michelle L. #2: 31

Ben W.: 30

Mark N. #1: 30

Mark N. #2: 30

Daniel D.: 26

Hutch H. #2: 26

Scott H. #2: 26

Brent E. #1: 25

Brent E. #2: 25

Carl B.: 25

Hal R. #1: 25

Hal R. #2: 25

Hal R. #3: 25

Marc R.: 24

Ryan G.: 24

Scott H. #1: 23

Brent S. #1: 21

Brad R.: 20

Dustin B.: 20

Sarah G.: 20

Amos W.: 19

Tim N.: 19

Kevin W.: 18

Brent S. #2: 16

Klei R.: 16

Ray R.: 16

Bruce G.: 16

Ryan W.: 15

Andrew D.: 12

Matt N.: 12

Sally R.: 11

Pete J. #2: 9

Becky H.: 7

Dave M.: 7

Damien R. #1: 6

Jay H. #2: 6

Mike S.: 4

Picks for Illinois:

Mandi A.: 28

Jim W.: 16

Michelle L. #1: 14

CBS Hinnen: 13

CBS Fornelli: 11

Chad C.: 11

Jay H. #1: 11

Pete J. #1: 9

Chad L.: 6

Dylan B.: 6

Lance L.: 3

Presley J.: 2

Adam E.: 1

The second bowl game of the game is the Quick Lane Bowl in sunny, scenic Detroit, Michigan:

Vegas Line: North Carolina -3.5

Total points wagered: 757 (34th overall)

Picks for North Carolina: 33 (average pick: 15.64 points)

Picks for Rutgers : 23 (average pick: 10.48 points)

Average points: North Carolina for 4.91 points.

Median pick: North Carolina for 4 points.

Picks for North Carolina:

Becky H.: 30

Brett W.: 30

Jim W.: 27

Adam E.: 25

Daniel D.: 23

Lance L.: 23

Pete J. #1: 23

Pete J. #2: 23

Marc R.: 22

Damien R. #2: 21

Ray R.: 20

Brent S. #2: 19

Andrew O.: 18

Ryan G.: 18

Scott H. #1: 18

Hutch H. #2: 17

Michelle L. #2: 17

Mike W.: 16

Matt N.: 15

Carl B.: 13

Dave M.: 13

Mandi A.: 13

Hutch H. #1: 12

Jay H. #1: 12

Andrew D.: 11

Michelle L. #1: 11

Damien R. #1: 9

Brent S. #1: 4

CBS Hinnen: 4

Hal R. #3: 4

Ben W.: 2

Mark N. #1: 2

Ally H.: 1

Picks for Rutgers:

Sally R.: 31

Tim N.: 26

Dylan B.: 24

Klei R.: 21

Sarah G.: 18

Bruce G.: 15

Scott H. #2: 13

Chad C.: 12

Dustin B.: 11

CBS Fornelli: 9

Kevin W.: 8

Amos W.: 6

Brent E. #1: 6

Brent E. #2: 6

Chad L.: 5

Mike S.: 5

Presley J.: 5

Ryan W.: 5

Hal R. #1: 4

Hal R. #2: 4

Brad R.: 3

Jay H. #2: 2

Mark N. #2: 2

For the Bitcoin St. Petersburg Bowl:

Vegas Line: Central Florida -2.5

Total points wagered: 867 (26th overall)

Picks for Central Florida: 47 (average pick: 16.45 points)

Picks for NC State : 9 (average pick: 10.44 points)

Average points: Central Florida for 12.1 points.

Median pick: Central Florida for 13 points.

Picks for Central Florida:

Chad L.: 38

Amos W.: 31

Becky H.: 29

Dylan B.: 29

Pete J. #1: 29

Pete J. #2: 29

Scott H. #2: 29

Jim W.: 26

Ryan W.: 26

Brett W.: 26

Damien R. #2: 25

Brent E. #1: 24

Brent E. #2: 24

Andrew D.: 21

Hal R. #1: 21

Hal R. #2: 21

Hal R. #3: 21

Hutch H. #1: 21

Andrew O.: 19

Brad R.: 19

Brent S. #2: 18

Mark N. #1: 18

Dave M.: 14

Jay H. #2: 14

Mike W.: 14

Bruce G.: 14

Brent S. #1: 13

Chad C.: 13

Dustin B.: 13

Jay H. #1: 13

Ally H.: 12

Damien R. #1: 11

Kevin W.: 10

Ray R.: 10

CBS Fornelli: 8

CBS Hinnen: 8

Ryan G.: 8

Sarah G.: 8

Lance L.: 7

Marc R.: 7

Scott H. #1: 7

Mike S.: 6

Klei R.: 5

Mark N. #2: 5

Hutch H. #2: 4

Michelle L. #2: 3

Michelle L. #1: 2

Picks for NC State:

Ben W.: 18

Daniel D.: 18

Adam E.: 17

Mandi A.: 14

Presley J.: 8

Tim N.: 7

Matt N.: 6

Sally R.: 5

Carl B.: 1

I was going to offer up some snarky comments about the various bowls, but it's getting late.  I'm probably going hiking tomorrow to break in my new hiking boots and work off some of the candy and ham I ate today, so I may only have final results at the end of the day.

Good luck to everyone!!!!!