🏈 CBS Sports' Jerry Palm's early bowl predictions.

[TerryP]

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Jan. 7
Miami, Fla.
BCS #1 vs. BCS #2
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[TD="colspan: 3, align: center"]Comment: The top two teams in the country will meet in the BCS Championship game and it will be SEC champion LSU vs. Pac-12 champion Southern California. -- Jerry Palm [/TD]
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The champions of selected conferences are contractually committed to certain bowls, unless they are No. 1 or No. 2. (ACC: Orange; Big Ten: Rose; Big 12: Fiesta; Pac-12: Rose; SEC: Sugar). If a Bowl loses a host team to the title game, then the bowl gets first choice at a replacement team. The rest of the selection order for 2013 is as follows: Fiesta, Sugar, Orange.​

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[TD="colspan: 4"]Orange Bowl
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[TD="width: 34%, align: center"]Jan. 3
Miami, Fla.
ACC vs. at-large
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[TD="colspan: 3"]Comment: The ACC champion is locked to the Orange Bowl and it will be Clemson. The Orange Bowl gets the final pick and will end up with Big East champion Rutgers. [/TD]
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[TD="colspan: 3"]Sugar Bowl[/TD]
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[TD="width: 34%, align: center"]Jan. 2
New Orleans, La.
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[TD="colspan: 3"]Comment: With the SEC champion headed to the national championship game, the Sugar Bowl takes Alabama. With its other at-large pick it takes West Virginia out of the Big 12. [/TD]
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[TD="colspan: 4"]Fiesta Bowl[/TD]
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[TD="width: 34%, align: center"]Jan. 1
Glendale, Ariz.
Big 12 vs. at-large
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[TD="colspan: 3"]Comment: Oklahoma lands here as the Big 12 champion. The Fiesta Bowl gets the first at-large pick and they will take a highly-ranked Wisconsin squad. [/TD]
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[TD="width: 34%, align: center"]Jan. 2
Pasadena, Calif.
Big Ten vs. Pac-12
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[TD="colspan: 3"]Comment: Michigan lands here as the Big Ten champion. With USC in the title game, the Rose Bowl will take the second-best team out of the Pac-12, Oregon. [/TD]
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[TerryP]

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[TD]Bowl[/TD]
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[TD]Prediction[/TD]
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[TD="align: left"]GoDaddy.com[/TD]
[TD="align: left"]TBA[/TD]
[TD="align: left"]Mobile, Ala.[/TD]
[TD="align: left"]MAC vs. Sun Belt No. 2[/TD]
[TD="align: left"]Toledo vs. Arkansas State[/TD]
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[TD="align: left"]BBVA Compass[/TD]
[TD="align: left"]TBA[/TD]
[TD="align: left"]Birmingham, Ala.[/TD]
[TD="align: left"]SEC No. 8/9 vs. Big East No. 5/C-USA[/TD]
[TD="align: left"]Mississippi State vs. Syracuse[/TD]
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[TD="align: left"]Cotton[/TD]
[TD="align: left"]TBA[/TD]
[TD="align: left"]Arlington, Tex.[/TD]
[TD="align: left"]Big 12 No. 2 vs. SEC[/TD]
[TD="align: left"]TCU vs. Arkansas[/TD]
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[TD="align: left"]Outback[/TD]
[TD="align: left"]TBA[/TD]
[TD="align: left"]Tampa, Fla.[/TD]
[TD="align: left"]Big Ten No. 3 vs. SEC[/TD]
[TD="align: left"]Michigan State vs. South Carolina[/TD]
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[TD="align: left"]Gator[/TD]
[TD="align: left"]TBA[/TD]
[TD="align: left"]Jacksonville, Fla.[/TD]
[TD="align: left"]Big Ten No. 4/5 vs. SEC No. 6[/TD]
[TD="align: left"]Iowa vs. Florida[/TD]
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[TD="align: left"]Capital One[/TD]
[TD="align: left"]TBA[/TD]
[TD="align: left"]Orlando, Fla.[/TD]
[TD="align: left"]Big Ten No. 2 vs. SEC No. 2[/TD]
[TD="align: left"]Nebraska vs. Georgia[/TD]
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[TD="align: left"]TicketCity[/TD]
[TD="align: left"]TBA[/TD]
[TD="align: left"]Dallas, Tex.[/TD]
[TD="align: left"]Big Ten No. 7 vs. C-USA[/TD]
[TD="align: left"]Purdue vs. Tulsa[/TD]
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[TD="align: left"]Chick-fil-A[/TD]
[TD="align: left"]TBA[/TD]
[TD="align: left"]Atlanta, Ga.[/TD]
[TD="align: left"]ACC No. 2 vs. SEC No. 5[/TD]
[TD="align: left"]Florida State vs. Auburn[/TD]
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[TD="align: left"]Liberty[/TD]
[TD="align: left"]TBA[/TD]
[TD="align: left"]Memphis, Tenn.[/TD]
[TD="align: left"]C-USA No. 1 vs. Big East/SEC No. 8/9[/TD]
[TD="align: left"]Southern Miss vs. Missouri[/TD]
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[TD="align: left"]Kraft Fight Hunger[/TD]
[TD="align: left"]TBA[/TD]
[TD="align: left"]San Francisco, Calif.[/TD]
[TD="align: left"]Pac-12 No. 6 vs. Navy[/TD]
[TD="align: left"]Arizona State vs. Navy[/TD]
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[TD="align: left"]Sun[/TD]
[TD="align: left"]TBA[/TD]
[TD="align: left"]El Paso, Tex.[/TD]
[TD="align: left"]ACC No. 4 vs. Pac-12 No. 4[/TD]
[TD="align: left"]N.C. State vs. Washington[/TD]
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[TD="align: left"]Meineke Car Care of Texas[/TD]
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[TD="align: left"]Houston, Tex.[/TD]
[TD="align: left"]Big 12 No. 6 vs. Big Ten No. 6[/TD]
[TD="align: left"]Texas vs. Penn State[/TD]
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[TD="align: left"]Insight[/TD]
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[TD="align: left"]Tempe, Ariz.[/TD]
[TD="align: left"]Big 12 No. 4 vs. Big Ten No. 4/5[/TD]
[TD="align: left"]Oklahoma State vs. Illinois[/TD]
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[TD="align: left"]Music City[/TD]
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[TD="align: left"]Nashville, Tenn.[/TD]
[TD="align: left"]ACC No. 6 vs. SEC No. 7[/TD]
[TD="align: left"]Virginia vs. Texas A&M[/TD]
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[TD="align: left"]Pinstripe[/TD]
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[TD="align: left"]New York, N.Y.[/TD]
[TD="align: left"]Big 12 No. 7 vs. Big East No. 4[/TD]
[TD="align: left"]Texas Tech vs. Pittsburgh[/TD]
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[TD="align: left"]Armed Forces[/TD]
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[TD="align: left"]Dallas, Tex.[/TD]
[TD="align: left"]MWC vs. C-USA[/TD]
[TD="align: left"]San Diego State vs. SMU[/TD]
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[TD="align: left"]Alamo[/TD]
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[TD="align: left"]San Antonio, Tex.[/TD]
[TD="align: left"]Big 12 No. 3 vs. Pac-12 No. 2[/TD]
[TD="align: left"]Kansas State vs. Utah[/TD]
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[TD="align: left"]Champs Sports[/TD]
[TD="align: left"]TBA[/TD]
[TD="align: left"]Orlando, Fla.[/TD]
[TD="align: left"]Big East No. 2 vs. ACC No. 3[/TD]
[TD="align: left"]Louisville vs. Virginia Tech[/TD]
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[TD="align: left"]Holiday[/TD]
[TD="align: left"]TBA[/TD]
[TD="align: left"]San Diego, Calif.[/TD]
[TD="align: left"]Pac-12 No. 3 vs. Big 12 No. 5[/TD]
[TD="align: left"]Stanford vs. Baylor[/TD]
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[TD="align: left"]Military[/TD]
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[TD="align: left"]Washington D.C.[/TD]
[TD="align: left"]ACC No. 8 vs. Army[/TD]
[TD="align: left"]Wake Forest vs. Notre Dame*[/TD]
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[TD="align: left"]Belk[/TD]
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[TD="align: left"]Charlotte, N.C.[/TD]
[TD="align: left"]Big East No. 3 vs. ACC No. 5[/TD]
[TD="align: left"]Cincinnati vs. Georgia Tech[/TD]
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[TD="align: left"]Little Caesars[/TD]
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[TD="align: left"]Detroit, Mich.[/TD]
[TD="align: left"]MAC vs. Big Ten No. 8[/TD]
[TD="align: left"]Northern Illinois vs. Northwestern[/TD]
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[TD="align: left"]Independence[/TD]
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[TD="align: left"]Shreveport, La.[/TD]
[TD="align: left"]MWC No. 3 vs. ACC No. 7[/TD]
[TD="align: left"]Wyoming vs. Miami (Fla.)[/TD]
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[TD="align: left"]Hawaii[/TD]
[TD="align: left"]TBA[/TD]
[TD="align: left"]Honolulu, Hawaii[/TD]
[TD="align: left"]MWC/WAC vs. C-USA[/TD]
[TD="align: left"]Hawaii vs. Houston[/TD]
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[TD="align: left"]Maaco[/TD]
[TD="align: left"]TBA[/TD]
[TD="align: left"]Las Vegas[/TD]
[TD="align: left"]MWC No. 1 vs. Pac-12 No. 5[/TD]
[TD="align: left"]Boise State vs. California[/TD]
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[TD="align: left"]Poinsettia[/TD]
[TD="align: left"]TBA[/TD]
[TD="align: left"]San Diego, Calif.[/TD]
[TD="align: left"]MWC No. 2 vs. BYU[/TD]
[TD="align: left"]Nevada vs. BYU[/TD]
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[TD="align: left"]Beef O'Brady's[/TD]
[TD="align: left"]TBA[/TD]
[TD="align: left"]St. Petersburg, Fla.[/TD]
[TD="align: left"]Big East No. 6 vs. C-USA[/TD]
[TD="align: left"]South Florida vs. UCF[/TD]
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[TD="align: left"]New Orleans[/TD]
[TD="align: left"]TBA[/TD]
[TD="align: left"]New Orleans, La.[/TD]
[TD="align: left"]Sun Belt No. 1 vs. C-USA[/TD]
[TD="align: left"]Troy vs. East Carolina[/TD]
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[TD="align: left"]Famous Idaho Potato[/TD]
[TD="align: left"]TBA[/TD]
[TD="align: left"]Boise, Idaho[/TD]
[TD="align: left"]MAC No. 3 vs. WAC[/TD]
[TD="align: left"]Miami (OH) vs. Louisiana Tech[/TD]
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[TD="align: left"]New Mexico[/TD]
[TD="align: left"]TBA[/TD]
[TD="align: left"]Albuqurque, N.M.[/TD]
[TD="align: left"]MWC No. 4/5 vs. Pac-12 No. 7/WAC[/TD]
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[jdpas29]

not a bad call. puts a lot on the new lsu qb though. i think they will definitely be good, but their prayer must be that they aren't one dimensional with the run game only. if he comes out guns-a-blazing, this guy may be spot on with the prediction. certainly USC looked much better last year and at times looked stellar.

i hope we get a more exciting matchup than wv though...:fart:

 

[bamaraider]

I had us in the Sugar Bowl too:icon_razz:. May be a long shot but I have us vs Notre Dame, I think will clean up the turnovers and have a pretty good team....But Alabama prevails...think that will surely be a good BCS match up, what do you guys think?

 

[TerryP]

I had us in the Sugar Bowl too:icon_razz:. May be a long shot but I have us vs Notre Dame, I think will clean up the turnovers and have a pretty good team....But Alabama prevails...think that will surely be a good BCS match up, what do you guys think?

Clean up what turnovers?

 

[bamaraider]

Sorry, meant to say I think NOTRE DAME will clean up their turnovers

 

[TerryP]

Sorry, meant to say I think NOTRE DAME will clean up their turnovers

It was a long day, hours put in wise, so I may have misread it. It certainly confused me to say the least. :encouragement:

ND was +3 in the turnover margin last year which looks fairly good at first glance. :suspect:

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Until you realize they had 20 for the season.

They actually got a lot of breaks.

They ended up losing 12 fumbles last year which is a large number compared to ours (3.) They fumbled the ball 22 times, which is a BIG number.