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All-Haiku Bowl Predictions, 2012
Dec
11
2012
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 moved up
two days this year – soon it will
be in November.
Arizona over Nevada
Famous Idaho Potato Bowl
The northernmost bowl.
And of these teams, Utah State
is the northernmore
Utah State over Toledo
Dec. 20th
Poinsettia Bowl
I prefer bowl games
with a descriptive name and
not a sponsor’s name
SDSU over BYU
Dec. 21st
Beef ‘O’Brady’s Bowl
It’s the third year for
this bowl and I don’t know who
Beef O’Brady’s is
UCF over Ball State
Dec. 22nd
New Orleans Bowl
Pirates versus the
Ragin’ Cajuns – should be fun
Both are ill-tempered
ULL over East Carolina
Las Vegas Bowl
Who would win with a
bronco versus a husky?
I’d pick the bronco.
Boise State over Washington
Dec. 24th
Hawaii Bowl
Neither team is close.
Home field advantage goes to
no one for this game.
Fresno State over SMU
Dec. 26th
Little Caesars Bowl
How do you convince
a team to go to Detroit?
It’s their first bowl game.
WKU over CMU
Dec. 27th
Military Bowl
Unlike the other
military bowl, this one
has no armed forces.
SJSU over Bowling Green
Belk Bowl
Lucky for Belk that
Duke is bowl-eligible.
It’s a local game.
Cincinnati over Duke
Holiday Bowl
Can Baylor play like
they did against Kansas State?
The Bruins hope not.
UCLA over Baylor
Dec. 28th
Independence Bowl
Ohio had quite
the winning streak but now
has a losing streak
Ohio over ULM
Russell Athletic Bowl
Rutgers has a chance
at winning because they are
not in the Big Ten
Rutgers over VT
Meineke Car Care Bowl
Now Minnesota,
on the other hand, is in
the Big Ten conference
Texas Tech over Minnesota
Dec. 30th
Armed Forces Bowl
A six-and-six team
versus another such team.
Someone has to win.
Air Force over Rice
Pinstripe Bowl
Heisman candidate
Geno Smith had a strong start
but can he end strong?
West Virginia over Syracuse
Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl
They can run the ball,
but Navy cannot pass well.
Tough triple-option.
Arizona State over Navy
Alamo Bowl
Beavers’ rush offense
against the Texas defense –
they are both ugly
Oregon State over Texas
Buffalo Wild Wings Bowl
Neither team is what
it was a couple years back.
Players do matter.
TCU over Michigan State
Dec. 31st
Music City Bowl
Common opponent:
Tennesse – Vanderbilt won
but the Wolfpack lost
Vanderbilt over North Carolina State
Sun Bowl
Will he or won’t he?
The “he” is Matt Barkley and
the question is “play”
USC over Georgia Tech
Liberty Bowl
I like my sports teams
to have names that are plurals,
not like “Hurricane”
Iowa State over Tulsa
Chick-fil-A Bowl
The Chick-fil-A cows
might skydive into the game.
Burger guy – watch out!
LSU over Clemson
Jan. 1st
Gator Bowl
Mississippi State
played well against Big Ten teams
but that’s history.
Northwestern over Mississippi State
Heart of Dallas Bowl
Is this a new bowl?
Nope, it’s just a re-labeled
TicketCity Bowl.
Oklahoma State over Purdue
Outback Bowl
South Carolina
is not the same without their
starting running back
Michigan over South Carolina
Capital One Bowl
Nebraska tries to
erase their last Big Ten game
unsuccessfully
Georgia over Nebraska
Rose Bowl
Wisconsin won’t get
to put up 70 points
against Cardinal
Stanford over Wisconsin
Orange Bowl
I hope NIU
can play well without their coach
and show they belong
FSU over NIU
Jan. 2nd
Sugar Bowl
I don’t want Louisville
to win, but I do want them
to play a good game
Florida over Louisville
Jan. 3rd
Fiesta Bowl
I think we should change
the name of this bowl game to
the Runner-Up Bowl
Kansas State over Oregon
Jan. 4th
Cotton Bowl
Maybe they need a
player called Johnny Defense
to balance the team.
Texas A&M over Oklahoma
Jan. 5th
BBVA Compass Bowl
It was quite tempting
to repeat the haiku from
the Armed Forces Bowl
Pittsburgh over Mississippi
Jan. 6th
GoDaddy.com Bowl
Do not watch this game.
Especially do not watch
their bad commercials
Arkansas State over Kent State
Jan. 7th
Cleverly-named National Championship Game Bowl
Who’s the quarterback?
There’s no Luck of the Irish.
Luck played for Stanford.
Notre Dame over Alabama
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.
He asked for water and she gave him milk; In a magnificent bowl she brought him curds.
Judges 5:25
This little article thingy was written by Some Guy sometime around 6:08 pm and has been carefully placed in the Sports category.
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