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All-Haiku Bowl Predictions, 2010
Dec
15
2010
Based on the popularity existence of last year’s article predicting bowl games in haiku form, I present to you this year’s all-haiku bowl game predictions. Still America’s only all-haiku college football bowl game predictions.
These are listed in order of date (earliest first). Some picks are whom I think will win, and some picks are whom I want to win. I’ll leave it to you, the reader, to decide which is which.
Dec. 18th
New Mexico Bowl
This bowl game moves up
one day each year – soon it will
be in November.
BYU over UTEP
Humanitarian Bowl
Fresno State Bulldogs
do not fare well on blue turf –
I’ll pick the Huskies.
Northern Illinois over Fresno State
New Orleans Bowl
It’s a guaranteed
bowl for the Sun Belt, but not
a guaranteed win.
Ohio over Troy
Dec. 21st
St. Petersburg Bowl
They should move this game
to be played in Russia, where
St. Petersburg is
Louisville over Southern Miss
Dec. 22nd
Maaco Bowl
This bowl changes names
every few years. It might have
a new name next year.
Boise St. over Utah
Dec. 23rd
Poinsettia Bowl
The independents’
conference has three teams and the
best one is Navy
San Diego State over Navy
Dec. 24th
Hawaii Bowl
I don’t trust a school
that does not have a plural
name for its sports team.
Hawaii over the Tulsa Golden Hurricane
Dec. 26th
Little Caesars Bowl
They should not play a
college game on a Sunday.
That’s for NFL.
Toledo over Florida International
Dec. 27th
Independence Bowl
They shortened the name
to I-Bowl. Good, ’cause iBowl
would anger Apple.
Air Force over Georgia Tech
Dec. 28th
Champs Sports Bowl
Champs Sports Bowl should not
be confused with actual
championship game
N.C. State over West Virginia
Insight Bowl
Here’s insight for you:
Iowa had potential.
There’s always next year.
Missouri over Iowa
Dec. 29th
Military Bowl
The EagleBank bowl
got bailed out, I mean bought out,
by Northrop Grumman
Maryland over East Carolina
Texas Bowl
Baylor will end their
season with a win thanks to
home-field advantage
Baylor over Illinois
Alamo Bowl
The middle of the
PAC-10 looks quite weak this year.
OK State won’t mind.
Oklahoma State over Arizona
Dec. 30th
Armed Forces Bowl
Army makes sense for
the Armed Forces Bowl, but do
Southern Methodists?
SMU over Army
Pinstripe Bowl
What’s the Pinstripe Bowl?
This bowl wins the award for
Most Intriguing Name.
Kansas State over Syracuse
Music City Bowl
This bowl game has been
playing musical chairs with
all their sponsorships.
North Carolina over Tennessee
Holiday Bowl
It’s mascot-mash time!
Huskers? Huskies? Who will win?
The Cornhuskies will.
Nebraska over Washington
Dec. 31st
Meineke Car Care Bowl
This is the last year
for Meineke’s sponsorship.
The “Your Ad Here” bowl
South Florida over Clemson
Sun Bowl
New coach for ND.
Brand-new coach for Miami.
It’s the New Coach Bowl!
Notre Dame over Miami
Liberty Bowl
UCF loses
every time that it plays in
the Liberty Bowl
Georgia over UCF
Chick-fil-A Bowl
Spurrier faces
his old nemesis – bring back
Bowden just for fun.
South Carolina over Florida State
Jan. 1st
TicketCity Bowl
I would like to go
but I have no idea
where to get tickets
Northwestern over Texas Tech
Outback Bowl
Paterno wonders
“What is this ‘retirement’
thing that Meyer said?”
Penn State over Florida
Capital One Bowl
I guess I’ll root for
Nick Saban’s old team rather
than Saban’s new team.
Michigan State over Alabama
Gator Bowl
Will this be the first
and last bowl game at UMich
for coach Rodriguez?
Mississippi State over Michigan
Rose Bowl
The Badgers average
43 points scored per game.
TCU defense?
Wisconsin over TCU
Fiesta Bowl
A Christmas classic:
U-Conn Cornelius in
the Rudolph movie
Oklahoma over Connecticut
Jan. 3rd
Orange Bowl
Harbaugh’s last game as
a Cardinal, according to
some of the rumors
Stanford over Virginia Tech
Jan. 4th
Sugar Bowl
Razorback’s diet
consists of roots and bugs and
can include buckeyes
Arkansas over Ohio State
Jan. 6th
GoDaddy.com Bowl
This could be ugly.
Hide your kids and hide your wife.
Don’t watch this bowl game.
Miami (Ohio) over Middle Tennessee State
Jan. 7th
Cotton Bowl
The Cotton Bowl game
is no longer played at the
Cotton Bowl itself.
LSU over Texas A&M
Jan. 8th
BBVA Compass Bowl
I suppose that the
new bowl games don’t really get
the cream of the crop.
Pittsburgh over Kentucky
Jan. 9th
Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl
Activism bowls!
The Humanitarian
Bowl is not alone.
Nevada over Boston College
Jan. 10th
Cleverly-named National Championship Game Bowl
If the Tigers trail
in this one like their others,
they might not come back.
Oregon over Auburn
Welcome to the TicketCity and Pinstripe bowls.
Rest in Peace to the International bowl.
And that’s it for this year’s BCS and non-BCS bowl game predictions. Tune in later, about the second week of January, for the results show.
Cursed shall be your basket and your kneading bowl.
Deuteronomy 28:17
This little article thingy was written by Some Guy sometime around 6:16 pm and has been carefully placed in the Sports category.
December 15th, 2010 at 7:14 pm
We’re creative with our bowl game names here in New Mexico.
December 15th, 2010 at 9:58 pm
At least it’s informative and won’t ever be confused with another bowl.
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