Picking Big Ten Bowl Season

Bowl season has been going on for a week now, but the Big Ten begins to dip their toe into the pool of fun starting today. This is the first time in about ten years where the Big Ten has a very positive perception as a conference heading into bowl season and therefore expectations are high. How do I think the conference will fare? Lets find out

Indiana Vs Duke: Pick: Indiana
UCLA Vs Nebraska: Pick: UCLA
Central Michigan Vs Minnesota: Pick: Minnesota
USC Vs Wisconsin: Pick: Wisconsin
Michigan St Vs Alabama: Pick: Michigan St
Northwestern Vs Tennessee: Pick: Northwestern
Michigan Vs Florida: Pick: Michigan
Notre Dame Vs Ohio St: Pick: Ohio St
Stanford Vs Iowa: Pick: Stanford
Penn St Vs Georgia: Pick: Georgia

My overall Big Ten prediction is 7-3, which would be an incredible bowl season, especially if at least two of those seven wins come in the New Years Six Bowls (Michigan St, Ohio St, Iowa.) One more prediction post this year when the National Championship game arrives.

NCAA Week Fourteen Picks

Another fun and wild college football regular season comes to an end this Saturday. It always goes by way too fast, as it is no secret the three months that accompany the college football season is my favorite time of the year. Its hard to believe I have been doing this on this blog now for four seasons. So anyway, lets get to previewing the final weekend. I finished out the Big Ten season in style, going 7-0, and 4-2 outside the Big Ten. I finished the year at 44-12 in the Big Ten and 26-16 outside of it. Here are the Conference championship picks

Iowa Vs Michigan St: Pick: Iowa
Florida Vs Alabama: Pick: Alabama
Stanford Vs USC: Pick: Stanford
Clemson Vs North Carolina: Pick: Clemson

This will leave us with a four team playoff of
1. Clemson
2. Alabama
3. Oklahoma
4. Iowa

Finally, lets take a look at the final Big Ten standings
East
1. Michigan St: 7-1
2. Ohio St: 7-1
3. Michigan: 6-2
4. Penn St: 4-4
5. Indiana: 2-6
6. Maryland: 1-7
7. Rutgers: 1-7

West
1. Iowa: 8-0
2. Northwestern: 6-2
3. Wisconsin: 6-2
4. Nebraska: 3-5
5. Illinois: 2-6
6. Minnesota: 2-6
7. Purdue: 1-7