J. Darin Darst, Producer: I would have said Texas was the best team in the country a month ago, but after watching the Big 12 Championship game, I now have my doubts. Alabama has all the weapons it needs to beat the Longhorns, a defense and offense better than Nebraska. Prediction: Alabama 26, Texas 20
Dennis Dodd, Senior Writer: I don't necessarily care for the back end of the this matchup. Alabama earned its spot. Texas? I'm not so sure. That's why it's going to be too much Mark Ingram, too much Terrence Cody, too much Javier Arenas, too much Alabama. This looks like a rout. Prediction: Alabama 27, Texas 13
Gregg Doyel, National Columnist: Terrence Cody is going to make like Ndamukong Suh and toss Colt McCoy around like a discuss. Mark Ingram, great Heisman winner that he is, will run for 107 incredible yards, and that will be that. What channel is the TCU-Boise game on? Alabama-Texas bores me. Prediction: Alabama 14, Texas 10
Jason Horowitz, On-Air Talent: I picked Alabama to win the national title when the season started and nothing has happened to make me think otherwise. While I believe that Colt McCoy has better weapons on the outside than Tim Tebow, I still believe that Alabama's back seven is supperior. I actually believe that TCU is the best all-around team in the country. Prediction: Alabama 23, Texas 14
Johnny Rosenstein, Editor: I liked the Crimson Tide here until Mark Ingram won the Heisman. The Heisman rarely wins his bowl game, so I'm picking Colt McCoy and the Longhorns. 'Bama features a solid defense, centered around Terrence Cody, Rolando McClain and Javier Arenas. But Colt McCoy and Jordan Shipley lead the way. Prediction: Texas 24, Alabama 14
DBix: Alabama and their tough defense will keep Colt McCoy and the Texas offense in check, and Ingram and the rest of the Alabama offense shrug off the Heisman curse. The game will be tight for three quarters, but the Longhorns don't have enough firepower to stick with the methodical, efficient attack of the Tide. Prediction: Alabama 27, Texas 14
Is it me or does everybody and their grandmother think the Packers are going to beat Arizona? In my 12 years of handicapping, I cant remember a game with a spread around 3 in which it it so one sided. Hey, I understand why. Green Bay has a well rounded machine. However, I'm scared of the hype. You know what usually happens when the books need a win. So we're recc
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I'm curious if Dennis will call for his own termination. With only two Bowl games to go, Mr. Dodd is 12-20 as a "Expert" in picking this years bowl games. If an expert is 12-20, are they really an expert? The best he can be is 14-20. I think there is a good chance he would be calling for a coaches job with a winning percentage like that.
If you take the majority vote for each game, these "experts" are 14-18... the concensus guesses correctly less than 44% of the time. That is pretty darn bad... You take any 5 average cfb fans and their concensus would be better than that!
Even if you have no idea about any of the teams (or even football), the concensus should be right about
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I find the opinions of these so-called experts comical. The only reason Dodd still has a job is not because he knows anything, or can write, it's because he gets everyone pissed off. First, he annoints TCU the best team in Texas. Still feel that way after the Frogs got manhandled by BSU? Horowitz... is TCU still the best team in the country? Doyel... do you act
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My record picking this year's bowl games was a mediocre 17-16 before the National Championship game. My record was better than J Darin Darst (15-18), Dennis Dodd (13-20) and the Harmon Forecast (14-19).
Looks like he's building an insurmountable lead. Still a lot of footbal left to be played but he's the only on with a winning record so far. Today's been brutal for me or I'd be right there.
Does anyone else feel this has been a rough season for picking winners? A lot of wacky games, and some that the favorites won were unbelievably close and could have gone either way.
BSU's offensive line is much the same, though with another year's experience, as the one that faced TCU's defensive front last year in the Poinsettia Bowl. The experience will pay off and BSU will establish the run sufficiently to open things up for Kellen Moore and Co to go to work.
BSU's defense is stronger against the pass than they receive credit fo
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Where are you all who said the Big Ten was weak? Victories over Oregon, Miami, and LSU seem to say otherwise. NW was one bad coaching move from beating Auburn, too. Look like the Big Ten accounted for itself well this year.
This is the final "week" of predictions. Get in your picks for the BCS games, scores and a reason why you think they will win. The person with the best record will get a mention in my blog following the title game.
Rose Bowl: Terrelle Pryor and the Buckeyes meet Jeremiah Masoli and the Ducks in the ann
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So far there have been six bowl games, and five CBS experts picking each one. The experts combined record as of today is 9-21. Between all of them, they have only picked 9 of 30 possible picks, correctly. On some of the games, like Wyoming/Fresno State, it is not hard to understand all of them making the same pick, but , these experts are under .500 on four of six games. I
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J. Darin Darst, Producer: I would have said Texas was the best team in the country a month ago, but after watching the Big 12 Championship game, I now have my doubts. Alabama has all the weapons it needs to beat the Longhorns, a defense and offense better than Nebraska. Prediction: Alabama 26, Texas 20
Dennis Dodd, Senior Writer: I don't necessarily care for the back end of the this matchup. Alabama earned its spot. Texas? I'm not so sure. That's why it's going to be too much Mark Ingram, too much Terrence Cody, too much Javier Arenas, too much Alabama. This looks like a rout. Prediction: Alabama 27, Texas 13
Gregg Doyel, National Columnist: Terrence Cody is going to make like Ndamukong Suh and toss Colt McCoy around like a discuss. Mark Ingram, great Heisman winner that he is, will run for 107 incredible yards, and that will be that. What channel is the TCU-Boise game on? Alabama-Texas bores me. Prediction: Alabama 14, Texas 10
Jason Horowitz, On-Air Talent: I picked Alabama to win the national title when the season started and nothing has happened to make me think otherwise. While I believe that Colt McCoy has better weapons on the outside than Tim Tebow, I still believe that Alabama's back seven is supperior. I actually believe that TCU is the best all-around team in the country. Prediction: Alabama 23, Texas 14
Johnny Rosenstein, Editor: I liked the Crimson Tide here until Mark Ingram won the Heisman. The Heisman rarely wins his bowl game, so I'm picking Colt McCoy and the Longhorns. 'Bama features a solid defense, centered around Terrence Cody, Rolando McClain and Javier Arenas. But Colt McCoy and Jordan Shipley lead the way. Prediction: Texas 24, Alabama 14
