2016-17 College Bowl Picks

Picking every game of the college bowl season, most both straight and against the spread.

         
Dec 17 New Mexico Bowl: New Mexico over UTSA win 1-0
                                             UTSA +7.5 win 1-0
             Las Vegas Bowl:     Houston over SD St. loss 2-1
                                             SD St. +3.5 win 2-0
             Camellia Bowl:       Toledo over App. St. loss 2-2
                                             Toledo -1 loss 2-1
             Cure Bowl:              UCF over Ark St. loss 2-3
                                             UCF -5.5 loss 2-2
             New Orleans Bowl  SMiss over LaLa win 3-3
                                              La La +5 loss 2-3
             Celebration Bowl    Grambling over NC Central  win  2-0
Dec 19 Miami Beach Bowl  Tulsa over CMichigan win 4-3
                                              Central +12.5 loss 2-4
Dec 20 Boca Raton Bowl     WKy over Memphis win 5-3
                                               WKy -5 win 3-4
Dec 21 Poinsettia Bowl        BYU over Wyo win 6-3
                                              BYU -9 loss 3-5
Dec 22 Potato Bowl              Colo St. over Idaho loss 6-4
                                              Colo St. -13.5 loss 3-6
Dec 23 Bahamas Bowl         ODU over EMich win 7-4
                                              EMich +4 push
            Armed Forces Bowl: LaTech over Navy win 9-4
                                              Navy +4.5 win 5-6
            Dollar General Bowl: Troy over Ohio win 8-4
                                               Troy -4 win 4-6
Dec 24 Hawaii Bowl:            Mid Ten over Hawaii loss 8-5
Dec 26 St Petersburg Bowl   Miss St over Mia (Oh) win 9-5
                                               Mia +13 win 5-6
             Quick Lane Bowl     Mary over BC loss 9-6
                                               Mary -1 loss 5-7
             Independence Bowl  NC St over Vandy win 10-6
                                               NC St -4.5 win 6-7
Dec 27 Heart of Dallas Bowl Army over NTex win 11-6
                                                Army-10 loss 6-8
            Military Bowl            Temple over Wake loss 11-7
                                               Temple -13 6-9
            Holiday Bowl             Wash St over Minn loss 11-8
                                                Minn +9 win 7-9
            Cactus Bowl               Boise St over Baylor loss 11-9
                                                Bay +7.5 win 8-9
Dec 28 Pinstripe Bowl           Pitt over Northwestern loss 11-10
                                               Nwestern +5.5 win  9-9
             Russell Athletic Bowl Miami over WVA win 12-10
                                                  Miami -3 win 10-9
             Foster Farms Bowl    Utah over Indiana win 13-10
                                                Indiana +7.5 win 11-9
             Texas Bowl                A&M over KSt loss 13-11
                                                A&M -2 loss 11-10
Dec 29 Birmingham Bowl      SFla over SCarol  win 14-11
                                                SFla -10.5 loss 11-11
            Belk Bowl                   Va Tech over Ark win 15-11
                                                 Va Tech -7 win 12-11
            Alamo Bowl                Colorado over Ok St loss 15-12
                                                 Colorado -3 Ok St loss 12-12
Dec 30 Liberty Bowl               TCU over Geo loss 15-13
                                                 TCU +1 loss 12-13
            Sun Bowl                     Stanford over UNC win 16-13
                                                 UNC +3.5 win 13-13
            Music City Bowl         Tenn over Neb win 17-13
                                                 Neb +3 loss 13-14
            Arizona Bowl              Air Force over SAla win 18-13
                                                SAla +13 loss 13-15
            Orange Bowl               Mich over Fla St loss 18-14
                                                Mich -7 loss 13-16
Dec 31 Peach                          Alabama over Wash win 19-14
                                                Wash +15 loss 13-17
            Fiesta                          Ohio St over Clem loss 19-15
                                                Clem +3.5 win 14-17
            Tax Slayer                   Geo Tech over UK win 20-15
                                                Geo Tech -3 win 15-17
            Citrus                          Louisville over LSU loss 20-16
                                                Louis +3.5 loss 15-18
Jan 2   Cotton Bowl                Wisc over WMich win 21-16
                                                WMich +7.5 loss 15-19
           Outback Bowl              Florida over Iowa win 22-16
                                                Florida -2.5 win 16-19
           Sugar Bowl                  Oklahoma over Aub win 23-16
                                                Aub +3.5 loss 16-20
           Rose Bowl                    USC over Penn St win 24-16
                                                USC -6.5 loss 16-21
National Title                          Alabama over Clemson
                                                Alabama -6.5                  



         

                                                       
          

Athletes of the Year 2000-04

1995-99 is

Athletes of the Year for 2000-04 are here.

2000

Athlete of the Year: Tiger Woods
Jan - Kurt Warner (Peter Warrick, Steve McNair, Torry Holt)
Feb - Andre Agassi (Pavel Bure, Shaquille O'Neal, Vince Carter)
Mar - Mateen Cleaves (Kenyon Martin, Alonzo Mourning, Marcus Fizer)
Apr - Vlad Guerrero (Vijay Singh, Randy Johnson, Lennox Lewis)
May - Shaquille O'Neal (Andres Galarraga, Pedro Martinez, Patrick Ewing)
June - Tiger Woods (Reggie Miller, Mary Pierce, Martin Brodeur)
July - Lance Armstrong (Pete Sampras, Tiger Woods, Mike Piazza)
Aug - Carlos Delgado (Will Clark, Tiger Woods, Karrie Webb)
Sept - Marion Jones (Venus Williams, Barry Bonds, Ian Thorpe)
Oct - Derek Jeter (Jim Edmonds, Edgardo Alfonzo, Mariano Rivera)
Nov - Ladainian Tomlinson (Shane Mosley, Lennox Lewis, Allen Iverson)
Dec - Marshall Faulk (Terrell Owens, Ray Lewis, Rich Gannon)

2001

Athlete of the Year - Barry Bonds

January - Ray Lewis (Josh Heupel, Kerry Collins, Jennifer Capriati)

February - Allen Iverson (Chris Webber, Kevin Garnett, Tim Duncan)

March - Shane Battier (Shane Moseley, Jason Williams, Jason Gardner)

April - Tiger Woods (Hideo Nomo, Barry Bonds, Hasim Rachman)

May - Barry Bonds (Shaquille O'Neal, Randy Johnson, Kobe Bryant)

June - Shaquille O'Neal (Jennifer Capriati, Patrick Roy, Karrie Webb)

July - Lance Armstrong (Dale Earnhardt, Jr., Goran Ivanisevic, Cal Ripken)

August - Sammy Sosa (Greg Maddux, Danny Almonte, Roger Clemens)

Spetember - Bernard Hopkins (Venus Williams, Barry Bonds, David Carr)

October - Curt Schilling (Rickey Henderson, Randy Johnson, Mike Brown)

November - Jeff Garcia (Marshall Faulk, Jerry Rice, Ken Dorsey)

December - Tim Duncan (Ahman Green, Brian Urlacher, Jason Williams)

2002

Athlete of the Year: Barry Bonds

January - Vernon Forrest (Ken Dorsey, Jerry Rice, Donovan McNabb)
February - Adam Vinatieri (Kobe Bryant, Sarah Hughes, Joe Sakic)
March - Sue Bird (Drew Gooden, Luke Recker, Cael Sanderson)
April - Randy Johnson (Barry Bonds, Tiger Woods, Paul Pierce)
May - Jason Kidd (Mike Cameron, Patrick Roy, Shawn Green)
June - Shaquille O'Neal (Lennox Lewis, Luis Castillo, Ronaldo)
July - Lance Armstrong (Serena Williams, Jeff Kent, Ernie Els)
August - Alex Rodriguez (John Smoltz, Rich Beem, Barry Bonds)
September - Serena Williams (Miguel Tejada, Oscar de la Hoya, Charlie Rogers)
October - Barry Bonds (Russ Ortiz, Emmitt Smith, Troy Glaus)
November - Carson Palmer (Brett Favre, Larry Johnson, Michael Vick)
December - Rich Gannon (Priest Holmes, Marvin Harrison, Mario Lemieux)

2003

Athlete of the Year: Lance Armstrong

January: Warren Sapp (Kellen Winslow, Rich Gannon, Serena Williams)
February: Kobe Bryant (Kevin Garnett, Tim Duncan, Michael Jordan)
March: Roy Jones (Keith Bogans, TJ Ford, Dwyane Wade)
April: Carmello Anthony (Diana Taurasi, Jean Sebastien Giguere, Tracy McGrady)
May: Tim Duncan (Jason Kidd, Annika Sorenstam, Kenny Perry)
June: Annika Sorenstam (Arturo Gatti, Martin Brodeur, Albert Pujols)
July: Lance Armstrong (Serena Williams, Barry Bonds, Bill Mueller)
August: Albert Pujols (Dontrelle Willis, Gary Sheffield, Alex Rodriguez)
September: Shane Mosley (Andy Roddick, Jamal Lewis, Michael Schumacher)
October: Josh Beckett (Ivan Rodriguez, Dante Hall, Mariano Rivera)
November: Jason White (Larry Fitzgerald, Mike Williams, Ray Lewis)
December: Jamal Lewis (Ben Roethlisberger, Peyton Manning, Priest Holmes)

2004

Athlete of the Year: Peyton Manning

January - Matt Leinart (Brian Boucher, Ty Law, Deion Branch)
February - Kevin Garnett (Jameer Nelson, Dale Earnhardt, Jr., Kobe Bryant)
March - Diana Taurasi (Chris Webber, Tracy McGrady, Emeka Okafor)
April - Phil Mickelson (Barry Bonds, Tim Duncan, Roger Clemens)
May - Antonio Tarver (Tim Duncan, Kobe Bryant, Randy Johnson)
June - Rip Hamilton (Vlad Guerrero, Martin St. Louis, Maria Sharapova)
July - Lance Armstrong (Roger Federer, Alfonso Soriano, Todd Hamilton)
August - Michael Phelps (Hicham el Guerrouj, Vijay Singh, Carly Patterson)
September - Roger Federer (Ichiro Suzuki, Bernard Hopkins, Vlad Guerrero)
October - David Ortiz (Adrian Peterson, Carlos Beltran, Manny Ramirez)
November - Peyton Manning (David Greene, Kyle Orton, Matt Leinart)
December - LeBron James (Reggie Bush, Tracy McGrady, Jerome Bettis)