All-Haiku Bowl Predictions, 2018

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. 15th

New Mexico Bowl
This bowl game is back
in its rightful location
of first to be played.
Utah St. over N. Texas

Cure Bowl
Mean Green is not a
noun, therefore I must oppose
their team in this game.
La. Lafayette over Tulane

Las Vegas Bowl
I am going for
Fresno State here just because
they’re not a big name.
Fresno St. over Arizona St.

Camellia Bowl
I’m not going to fall
into their trap of looking
up “Camellia”
Georgia St. over EMU

New Orleans Bowl
I know better as
a Michigan fan than to
pick against App. St.
App. St. over MTSU

Dec. 18th

Boca Raton Bowl
UAB has a
better record but I like
the Wolves anyway.
NIU over UAB

Dec. 19th

Frisco Bowl
I always forget
this game is in Texas, not
in San Francisco.
SDSU over Ohio

Dec. 20th

Gasparilla Bowl
I’m not going to fall
into their trap of looking
up “Camellia”
USF over Marshall

Dec. 21st

Bahamas Bowl
This bowl game will be
international so I
will pick FIU.
FIU over Toledo

Idaho Potato Bowl
BYU has a
bigger name but WMU
a better record
WMU over BYU

Dec. 22nd

Birmingham Bowl
A bowl game does not
mean as much when it is named
after a city.
Memphis over Wake Forest

Armed Forces Bowl
Unlike the other
military bowl, this one
has an armed forces.
Army over Houston

Dollar General Bowl
Everyone keeps on
lauding Buffalo’s QB,
so I will trust them.
Buffalo over Troy

Hawaii Bowl
The Hawaii Bowl
is not a real bowl game but
just a vacation
Hawaii over La. Tech

Dec. 26th

First Responder
A good rule of thumb:
Don’t pick against the Broncos
when they are in a bowl.
BSU over BC

Quick Lane Bowl
It’s different when it’s
a coach who is retiring
rather than leaving.
GT over Minnesota

Cheez-It
It’s ridiculous –
this bowl can’t keep its name straight.
This is one to drop.
TCU over Cal

Dec. 27th

Independence Bowl
A coaching change is
rarely good for a bowl game
so I will pick Duke.
Duke over Temple

Pinstripe Bowl
7 and 5 teams:
How the mighty have fallen!
Wrong turnover chain.
Wisconsin over Miami FL

Texas Bowl
Both are 6 and 6.
If this game ends in a tie,
that would be perfect.
Vanderbilt over Baylor

Dec. 28th

Music City Bowl
As a Michigan
fan, I support another
Purdue upset win.
Purdue over Auburn

Camping World Bowl
Can Will Grier’s talent
continue despite the loss
of the play caller?
WVU over Syracuse

Alamo Bowl
In real life a
cyclone would beat a cougar
but these are mascots.
Washington St. over Iowa St.

Dec. 29th

Peach Bowl
Michigan will be
okay as long as Don Brown
is still coaching there.
Michigan over Florida

Belk Bowl
I’m picking this game
to go into overtime.
Virginia by 3.
Virginia over S. Carolina

Arizona Bowl
This bowl might have the
worst combination of teams
in this bowl season.
Nevada over Arkansas St.

Cotton Bowl
I don’t mind ND,
but Clemson knows how to win
in playoff bowl games.
Clemson over ND

Orange Bowl
No Baker Mayfield,
but leftover attitude
could help them to win.
Oklahoma over Alabama

Dec. 31st

Military Bowl
This bowl game has the
largest disparity of
the teams’ records
Cincinnati over VT

Redbox
The Foster Farms Bowl
did not last long at all.
Long live Redbox Bowl!
Oregon over Michigan St.

Liberty Bowl
It’s hard to pick a
team with a losing record
in its conference.
Missouri over Ok. St.

Holiday Bowl
Two teams that were their
conferences’ runners-up.
Consolation bowl.
Northwestern over Utah

Taxslayer Bowl
It is good that they
moved this bowl to be before
January 1st
Texas AM over NC St.

Sun Bowl
Stanford is the one
exception I make about
singular team names.
Stanford over Pitt

Jan. 1st

Outback Bowl
The Outback Bowl should
be played in Australia,
not in Florida
Iowa over Mississippi St.

Citrus Bowl
I’m obligated
to cheer for fellow Big Ten
team in this bowl game.
Penn St. over Kentucky

Fiesta Bowl
I’ll be cheering for
UCF but I think they
won’t actually win.
LSU over UCF

Rose Bowl
We will see how the
lame duck coaching session goes.
I hope it’s not good.
Washington over Ohio St.

Sugar Bowl
I would not mind if
Texas won, but their program
has been in a mess.
Georgia over Texas

Jan. 7th

National Championship Game
This pick will not be
worth much if I got both the
semifinals wrong.
Clemson over Oklahoma


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.

The bowl of flour was not exhausted nor did the jar of oil become empty, according to the word of the Lord which He spoke through Elijah.

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One Response to “All-Haiku Bowl Predictions, 2018”

  1. Ricky Anderson Says:

    Sigh.

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