Last season I did a pre-bowl prediction post that I never got around to this season. That said, we can still see how well my system predicts outcomes. Keep in mind that predicting is not what my system is designed to do. +1 means I got it right, -1 means the other thing.
Predictions:
Outcomes:
Myrtle Beach Bowl +1
Appalachian State 56, North Texas 28
Famous Idaho Potato Bowl -1
Nevada 38, Tulane 27
Boca Raton Bowl +1
BYU 49, UCF 23
R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl -1
Georgia Southern 38, Louisiana Tech 3
Montgomery Bowl +1
Memphis 25, FAU 10
New Mexico Bowl -1
Hawai'i 28, Houston 14
Camellia Bowl -1
Buffalo 17, Marshall 10
SERVPRO First Responder Bowl +1
Louisiana 31, UTSA 24
LendingTree Bowl +1
Georgia State 39, Western Kentucky 21
Cure Bowl -1
Liberty 37, Coastal Carolina 34 (OT)
Cheez-It Bowl -1
Oklahoma State 37, Miami 34
Valero Alamo Bowl +1
Texas 55, Colorado 23
Duke's Mayo Bowl -1
Wisconsin 42, Wake Forest 28
Goodyear Cotton Bowl Classic +1
Oklahoma 55, Florida 20
Lockheed Martin Armed Forces Bowl -1
Mississippi State 28, Tulsa 26
Arizona Bowl -1
Ball State 34, San Jose State 13
AutoZone Liberty Bowl +1
West Virginia 24, Army 21
Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl +1
Georgia 24, Cincinnati 21
Vrbo Citrus Bowl +1
Northwestern 35, Auburn 19
Rose Bowl (College Football Playoff semifinal) +1
Alabama 31, Notre Dame 14
Sugar Bowl (College Football Playoff semifinal) -1
Ohio State 49, Clemson 28
TaxSlayer Gator Bowl -1
Kentucky 23, NC State 21
Outback Bowl -1
Ole Miss 26, Indiana 20
PlayStation Fiesta Bowl +1
Iowa State 34, Oregon 17
Capital One Orange Bowl +1
Texas A&M 41, North Carolina 27
Total score? +1. What does that mean? Nothing. The problem is the bowl system and a weird COVID season. Bowls all have conference tie-ins that do not care about relative rankings. The conferences do their best to create favorable matchups in their tie-in bowls. Some years they win, some years not so much.
Bowls are also terrible now because of the opt-outs. Look at Florida! An expanded playoff would stop the opt-outs overnight.
My favorite bowl games were the Peach Bowl, Cure Bowl, and to be honest the Sugar Bowl. The Peach and Cure for the endings, and the Sugar just because I'm tired of Swinney running his mouth. Sorry Tiger fans, it's old now and needs to stop. He sounds like a petulant child.
Which games did you enjoy most?
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