CFN Expert Picks 2005-2006 Bowls

College Football News.com ^ | 16 November 2005 | CFN

[MikefromOhio]

Here are the picks from several college football dignitaries along with Clucko the Chicken. Put down two feed dishes, one representing one team and one representing another and whichever dish the chicken goes to first is the team that's going to win. You'll do just as well. (Really, the pick is a coin flip. Don't laugh; Clucko won the 2000 Bowl Pool among 24 entrants.) You can get to the Expert Picks in the above dropdown under Predictions.

For the Bowls, each "expert" not only gives his pick, but also his confidence in his pick ranking the bowl picks against the spread. The pick he is the MOST confident in gets a 28, LEAST confident gets a 1. Be sure to scroll down all the way for all the picks.

The pickers: Pete Fiutak - CFN, Rich Cirminiello - CFN, Matthew Zemek - CFN, Mark Risley - CFN, John Harris - CFN, Trey Luerssen - Foxsports.com, Eric Edholm - Pro Football Weekly, Steve Greenberg - The Sporting News, Tom Dienhart - The Sporting News, Matt Hayes - The Sporting News, Todd Wright - ESPN Radio, Clucko the Chicken - KFC ...

[MikefromOhio]

	Fiu CFN		Rich C CFN		Matt Z CFN		John H CFN		Mark R CFN		Trey Fox		The pick is…
Ark St vs. USM -17	USM	16	USM	1	USM	21	USM*	28	USM	24	USM	9	USM
UTEP vs. Toledo -2.5	UTEP	15	UTEP	25	UTEP	1	Tol	18	Tol	19	UTEP	10	UTEP
BYU vs. Cal -6.5	Cal	24	Cal	12	Cal	22	Cal*	19	Cal	18	Cal	11	Cal
Navy -2.5 vs. Col St.	Navy	8	Navy	2	CSU	2	Navy	10	Navy	16	Navy	5	Navy
Houston vs. Kansas -3	KU	2	KU	27	KU	11	UH	6	KU	28	KU	12	KU
Nevada -2 vs. UCF	Nev	18	Nev	14	Nev	12	UCF	11	Nev	23	Nev	19	Nev
Akron vs. Memphis -5.5	Mem*	3	Akron	15	Mem	13	Mem	17	Mem*	10	Mem	7	Mem*
Colorado vs. Clemson -7.5	Clem	26	Clem	28	Clem	23	Clem*	20	Clem	27	Clem	28	Clem
Rutgers vs. ASU -11.5	Rut	23	ASU	3	ASU	24	ASU*	27	ASU	25	ASU	6	ASU
BC vs. Boise St -1	BC	19	BC	11	Boise	5	BC	5	BC	15	Boise	20	BC
Nebraska vs. Mich. -12	Mich	11	Mich*	10	Mich	10	Mich	9	Mich*	9	Mich	21	Mich
Utah vs. Ga Tech -8.5	GT	20	GT*	4	GT*	14	GT	7	GT	26	GT	4	GT*
Okla vs. Oregon. -3	Okla	4	Okla	24	Okla	7	Oreg	8	Oreg	1	Oreg	22	Oregon
Virginia vs. Minn. 3	Minn	9	Minn	23	Minn	16	Minn	12	Minn	4	Minn	18	Minn
NW vs. UCLA -3.5	UCLA	25	NW	22	UCLA	15	UCLA	13	NW	22	UCLA	14	UCLA
Missouri vs. So. Car. -4	USC	22	USC	9	USC	17	USC*	26	Mis	11	USC	15	USC
LSU vs. Miami -3.5	LSU	10	LSU	13	LSU	6	LSU	1	Miami	8	Miami	1	LSU
So. Florida vs. NC St -6	USF	6	NC St	5	NC St	25	NC St*	25	NC St*	17	USF	3	NC St*
Tulsa vs. Fresno St -7	FSU	14	FSU	16	FSU	18	FSU	2	FSU*	12	FSU	13	FSU*
Iowa St vs. TCU -3.5	TCU	5	TCU	8	TCU	19	TCU	16	ISU	2	TCU	24	TCU
Bama vs. Texas Tech -3	TT	7	TT	26	Bama	9	Bama	14	TT	13	Bama	8	Bama
Iowa vs. Florida -3	Fla	12	Iowa	7	Iowa	4	Fla	3	Iowa	14	Iowa	2	Iowa
Va Tech -8 vs. Louis.	VT	17	VT	20	VT	8	VT*	24	VT*	6	VT	16	VT
Wisc vs. Auburn -10.5	Wis	13	Aub*	6	Aub	27	Aub	4	Aub*	5	Aub	23	Aub
ND vs. Ohio State -4	OSU	28	ND	19	OSU	28	OSU*	23	OSU	20	OSU	25	OSU
West Va vs. Georgia -8	Ga	21	Ga*	17	Ga	26	Ga*	22	Ga*	3	Ga	26	Ga
FSU vs. PSU -7.5	PSU	27	PSU	21	PSU	20	PSU*	21	PSU	7	PSU	17	PSU
Texas vs. USC -7	USC*	1	USC	18	USC	3	USC*	15	USC	21	Texas	27	USC
FINAL ROSE BOWL SCORE	34-30		38-28		42-27		35 - 32
SU	147-43		147-43		146-44		146-44		149-41		135-45		140-50
ATS	91-98		95-94		95-95		97-92		94-95		90-99		94-95

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	Eric E PFW		Steve TSN		Tom D  TSN		Matt H TSN		Todd ESPN		Clucko		The pick is…
Ark St vs. USM -17	USM	28	ASU	4	USM*	6	USM	24	USM*	7	USM	18	USM
UTEP vs. Toledo -2.5	Tol	11	UTEP	3	Tol	7	Tol	16	UTEP	15	UTEP	20	UTEP
BYU vs. Cal -6.5	Cal*	6	Cal	8	BYU	15	Cal	10	BYU	8	BYU	5	Cal
Navy -2.5 vs. Col St.	CSU	16	Navy	17	CSU	24	CSU	7	Navy	19	CSU	25	Navy
Houston vs. Kansas -3	KU	4	UH	5	KU	16	KU	11	UH	4	UH	28	KU
Nevada -2 vs. UCF	UCF	22	Nev	21	Nev	18	Nev	15	Nev	22	UCF	14	Nev
Akron vs. Memphis -5.5	Mem	12	Akron	6	Akron	17	Akron	2	Akron	3	Mem	19	Mem*
Colorado vs. Clemson -7.5	Clem*	3	Clem	7	Clem	1	Clem	28	Clem	11	Col	9	Clem
Rutgers vs. ASU -11.5	ASU	14	ASU	27	Rut	25	ASU*	14	Rut	20	ASU	3	ASU
BC vs. Boise St -1	BC	7	BC	2	Boise	8	Boise	6	Boise	5	BC	27	BC
Nebraska vs. Mich. -12	Mich	19	Neb	20	Mich	14	Mich	22	Mich*	2	Neb	1	Mich
Utah vs. Ga Tech -8.5	GT	26	Utah	19	GT	21	GT*	18	Utah	9	Utah	15	GT*
Okla vs. Oregon. -3	Oreg	13	Oreg	16	Oreg	2	Okla	1	Okla	6	Oreg	10	Oregon
Virginia vs. Minn. 3	Minn	15	Minn	15	Minn	3	Minn	13	Minn	12	Va	26	Minn
NW vs. UCLA -3.5	UCLA	17	UCLA	18	NW	22	UCLA	17	NW	1	NW	17	UCLA
Missouri vs. So. Car. -4	USC	25	USC	22	USC	4	USC*	8	USC	27	Miss	22	USC
LSU vs. Miami -3.5	Miami	18	LSU	1	LSU	26	Miami	20	LSU	25	Miami	11	LSU
So. Florida vs. NC St -6	NC St*	8	NC St	14	NC St*	28	NC St	12	NC St	23	USF	6	NC St*
Tulsa vs. Fresno St -7	Tulsa*	2	FSU*	13	Tulsa	27	FSU*	5	Tulsa	24	Tulsa	23	FSU*
Iowa St vs. TCU -3.5	TCU*	9	TCU	23	ISU	23	TCU	9	TCU	26	TCU	12	TCU
Bama vs. Texas Tech -3	TT	10	Bama	11	Bama	5	Bama	3	TT	18	Bama	7	Bama
Iowa vs. Florida -3	Iowa	24	Iowa	12	Iowa	20	Iowa	26	Fla	17	Iowa	4	Iowa
Va Tech -8 vs. Louis.	VT*	1	VT	27	VT	11	VT	23	UL	13	UL	2	VT
Wisc vs. Auburn -10.5	Aub	23	Aub	28	Aub	10	Aub	25	Aub	10	Aub	16	Aub
ND vs. Ohio State -4	OSU	20	ND	24	OSU	9	OSU*	4	ND	28	OSU	8	OSU
West Va vs. Georgia -8	Ga*	21	Ga	10	Ga*	12	Ga	21	Ga	14	WVU	24	Ga
FSU vs. PSU -7.5	PSU	27	PSU*	25	PSU*	13	PSU	27	FSU	16	FSU	21	PSU
Texas vs. USC -7	USC*	5	USC	9	Texas	19	USC	19	USC	21	USC	13	USC
FINAL ROSE BOWL SCORE	38-34		41-31		38-35						31-30
SU	145-45		138-52		142-48		141-49		135-55		97-93		140-50
ATS	98-91		97-92		97-92		83-106		91-98		81-108		94-95

[MikefromOhio]

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[Dog Gone]

Makes me feel good. Even Clucko is on my side in the Rose Bowl.

[willyd]

It looks like most of them will be out of the money on the Rose Bowl. Texas is going to spank USC. Vince Young is not too happy that Bush has his trophy. Look for 350 passing and 100 rushing on 5 tds to prove his point to the Heisman voters. That is all.

[mainepatsfan]

I'm getting the feeling the best BCS game is going to be the Fiesta Bowl.

[MikefromOhio]

LOL


normally Clucko is the kiss of death LOL

[MikefromOhio]

I am starting to get that feeling too.

As much as I would love Texas to win the game, I don't know if they have the horses besides VY to pull it off.

[MikefromOhio]

it's possible, but someone else for Texas is going to have to step up.

you can't shut down all of USC, so if one of their guys go off and VY goes off, then they will cancel each other out.

[Michael.SF.]

Your dreamin.

Vince Young is one guy, it will take more then that to beat the Trojans.

[Dog Gone]

Well, he does pick them in a squeaker.

[Michael.SF.]

I see the prognosticators have gone for USC 10-2. I do hope they are right.

[MikefromOhio]

yep....even with the line....

[MikefromOhio]

LOL

[mainepatsfan]

That's my thinking as well. I just hope it's still a competitive game in the second half.

[smith288]

GO bucks...

[MikefromOhio]

yeah...

The Fiesta could be a bomb, especially if OSU comes out with all guns blazing....but if they don't and they return to Tressel-ball, then it will be closer.

OSU is the better team, but with games against teams like Michigan and ND tend to not matter that much in terms of talent.

[MikefromOhio]

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[rockthecasbah]

"Vince Young is not too happy that Bush has his trophy"

Vince needs to get over it or he's going to throw 3 interceptions in the Rose Bowl. USC is +20 in turnover margin for the year. Vince needs to play calm and focused to have a chance IMO.

[mainepatsfan]

I think it'll depend on how their defense does early on.

[MikefromOhio]

the OSU defense isn't what I worry about :)

It's the offense that gives OSU the problems....