Rockville Patch Bowl Picks Bash: Editor's Picks

Bowl

Date Matchup Aaron's Pick Gildan New Mexico Bowl Dec. 17 Temple vs. Wyoming Temple Famous Idaho Potato Bowl Dec. 17 Ohio vs. Utah State Ohio R&L Carriers New Orleans Bowl Dec. 17 San Diego St. vs. Louisiana-Lafayette SDSU Beef O'Brady's St. Petersburg Bowl Dec. 20 Florida International vs. Marshall Marshall S.D. County Credit Union Poinsettia Bowl Dec. 21 TCU vs. Louisiana Tech TCU MAACO Las Vegas Bowl Dec. 22 Arizona St. vs. Boise St. Boise St. Sheraton Hawaii Bowl Dec. 24 Nevada vs. Southern Miss. Southern Miss.
Advocare V100 Independence Bowl

Dec. 26

Missouri vs. North Carolina Missouri Little Caesars Bowl Dec. 27 Western Michigan vs. Purdue Purdue Belk Bowl Dec. 27 Louisville vs. NC State Louisville Military Bowl Dec. 28 Toledo vs. Air Force Toledo Bridgeport Education Holiday Bowl Dec. 28 California vs. Texas Cal Champs Sports Bowl Dec. 29 Florida State vs. Notre Dame Notre Dame Valero Alamo Bowl Dec. 29 Washington vs. Baylor Baylor Bell Helicopter Armed Forces Bowl Dec. 30 BYU vs. Tulsa BYU New Era Pinstripe Bowl Dec. 30 Rutgers vs. Iowa State Iowa State
Franklin America Mortgage City Bowl Dec. 30 Mississippi State vs. Wake Forest Mississippi St.
Insight Bowl Dec. 30 Iowa vs. Oklahoma Oklahoma Meineke Car Care of Texas Bowl Dec. 31 Texas A&M vs. Northwestern Texas A&M
Hyundai Sun Bowl Dec. 31 Georgia Tech vs. Utah Utah AutoZone Liberty Bowl Dec. 31 Cincinnati vs. Vanderbilt Vanderbilt Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl Dec. 31 Illinois vs. UCLA UCLA Chik-Fil-A Bowl Dec. 31 Virginia vs. Auburn Auburn TicketCity Bowl Jan. 2 Houston vs. Penn State Houston Outback Bowl Jan. 2 Michigan State vs. Georgia Georgia Capital One Bowl Jan. 2 Nebraska vs. South Carolina South Carolina Taxslayer.com Gator Bowl Jan. 2 Ohio State vs. Florida Ohio State
Rose Bowl Jan. 2 Wisconsin vs. Oregon Oregon Tostitos Fiesta Bowl Jan. 2 Stanford vs. Oklahoma State Stanford Allstate Sugar Bowl Jan. 3 Michigan vs. Virginia Tech VT Discover Orange Bowl Jan. 4 West Virginia vs. Clemson Clemson AT&T Cotton Bowl Jan. 6 Kansas State vs. Arkansas Arkansas BBVA Compass Bowl Jan. 7 SMU vs. Pittsburgh SMU GoDaddy.com Bowl Jan. 8 Arkansas St. vs. Northern Illinois Arkansas St.
BCS National Title Game Jan. 9 LSU vs. Alabama LSU

Aaron's Thoughts:

Military Bowl: "If you're a fan of high-octane offenses, you might want to make it down to RFK. Both teams could easily score 40-plus points in this game."

Sun Bowl: "Georgia Tech's offense is fun to watch, but Utah has four weeks to prepare for the triple-option."

TicketCity Bowl: "With everything that's happened at Penn State, I'm actually a bit surprised they decided to go to a bowl. And with Case Keenum on the other side leading the Cougars, it's hard to pick the Nittany Lions."

Sugar Bowl: "Everyone is making a big deal about Virginia Tech being chosen, why is nobody bringing up the fact that in every poll, computer and human, Tech is higher than Michigan? It's weird. That being said, this game comes down to Dennard Robinson, who I think folds under the bright lights."

BCS Title Game: "Honey Badger. Honey Badger. Honey Badger. I think that's all that needs to be said regarding this. Of course, Trent Richardson could make me look bad, but between Claiborne and Mathieu, LSU can keep their linebackers in the box and contain him to win another relatively low-scoring game."