The Four-Star Bowls
1. Alamo Bowl--Baylor 67 Washington 56. No that was not Baylor beating Washington in basketball...
2. Fiesta Bowl--Oklahoma State 31 Stanford 38 OT. Luck ran out for the Cardinal in Arizona, but it was still fun to watch.
3. Rose Bowl--Oregon 45 Wisconsin 38. Ducks save their defense for the 4th quarter.
4. Sun Bowl--Utah 30 Georgia Tech 27 OT The redemption of Jon Hayes brings a victory for the Utes.
5. Outback Bowl---Michigan State 33 Georgia 30 2OT Could have been better but overtime was a field goal kicking contest.
6. Armed Forces Bowl--BYU 24 Tulsa 21. Red Alert! A defensive battle between two traditional offensive powers.
7. New Orleans Bowl--Louisiana Lafayette 32 San Diego State 30 The Ragin' Cajun's are no longer a "LAF"-ing stock.
8. Famous Idaho Potato Bowl--Ohio 24 Utah State 23 The bowl could have been better if it had been played in warmer weather.
9. Military Bowl--Toledo 42 Air Force 41--The teams ran out of air in the 2nd half. But they kept scoring.
10. Sugar Bowl--Michigan 23 Virginia Tech 20--Not a lot of scoring, but a close game.
The Not-So-Bad 3-Star Bowls
11. Champ Sports Bowl--Florida State 18 Notre Dame 14 A tale of 2 halfs with the Seminoles coming back late.
12. Poinsettia Bowl--TCU 31 Louisiana Tech 24 Another tale of 2 halfs with the Frogs winning the 2nd half, easy.
13. Music City Bowl--Mississippi State 23 Wake Forest 17 Wake got close, but it was really all Bulldogs.
14. Liberty Bowl--Cincinnati 31 Vanderbilt 24 This game was tied after 3 quarters, but Cincy pulled away at the end.
15. Beef 'O' Brady Bowl--Marshall 20 Florida International 10 The game was tied until the Herd pulled away in the 4th quarter.
16. Pinstripe Bowl--Rutgers 27 Iowa State 13 It did have an emotional ending for one team.
17. Little Cesar's Bowl--Purdue 37 Western Michigan 21 The Broncos made a game of it at the end...sort of
18. Meineke Bowl--Texas A&M 33 Northwestern 22 The Wildcats almost made it interesting at the end.
19. Gator Bowl--Florida 24 Ohio State 17 Yea, it was a one score game, that ended with a field goal, a fumble and 4 consecutive punts.
20. Hawaii Bowl--Southern Mississippi 24 Nevada 17 The 2nd quarter was good, otherwise it was a 7-3 yawner.
21. Belk Bowl--NC State 31 Louisville 24 The Wolfpack almost gave this one away.
The 2-Star Bowls
22. Mobile Alabama Bowl--Northern Illinois 38 Arkansas State 20 The Red Wolves had a 13-0 lead, then it was all Huskies.
23. Holiday Bowl--Texas 21 California 10 What happened to the days when the Holiday Bowl was one of the most exciting every year?
24. Cotton Bowl--Arkansas 29 Kansas State 16 Either Arkansas deserved better or Kansas State did not belong. Probably a bit of both.
25. Chick-Fil-A Bowl--Auburn 43 Virginia 21 Auburn finally found their defense.
The 1-Star Bowls
26. Capitol One Bowl--South Carolina 30 Nebraska 13 A lot of us expected more out of the Huskers this year.
27. Insight Bowl--Oklahoma 31 Iowa 14 The most exciting part of this game was the...um...oh...yea...that part.
28. Independence Bowl--Missouri 41 North Carolina 24 All Missou.
29. Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl--Illinois 20 UCLA 14 What do you call a bowl that features two fired head coaches? I call it a dud.
30. BBVA Compass Bowl--SMU 28 Pittsburgh 6 No intrigue at all.
31. Las Vegas Bowl--Boise State 56 Arizona State 14 This is the best that the MWC could do for the Broncos? No wonder they are joining the Big East.
The Turkeys
32. Ticket City Bowl--Houston 30 Penn State 14 Some say that Penn State should not have gone to a bowl game this year...well, Penn State took their advice and did not show up this bowl game.
33. Orange Bowl--West Virginia 70 Clemson 33 A blowout of this magnitude in a BCS bowl game? WVU should have been playing Boise State.
34. BCS Championship Game--Alabama 21 LSU 0 Only people wearing Crimson and Hounds-tooth could appreciate this game.
35. New Mexico Bowl--Temple 37 Wyoming 15 Let's put the New Mexico Bowl out of our misery and not play it next year.
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