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OT: Titov-Las Vegas! NCAA Bowl Games, Week 1: Let’s disembowl them oddsmakers!

It’s that time o’ year again – yes, time for the Moscow Mop-up Man to point out to the sharkskin-suited Vegas lowlifes the dude who REALLY knows a thing or two about college football! And if that guy shows up, I sure hope he drops by my place, ‘cause I don’t know jack about most of these games, and I could really use his advice – I mean I have to fill out the whole damn card.

Anyway, here we go: it’s simple W/L for all games except the critical ones, i.e. those featuring PAC 12 teams. There, of course, the spread counts.

--> DEC. 17:

New Mexico Bowl: Temple 8-4 (5-3) [-7] vs. Wyoming 8-4 (5-2):The known world, incl. 2/3 of the Yahoo bowleroos, think Temple kicks ass here. I disagree, as crap conf. loses to a better one: WYO

Idaho Potato Bowl: Ohio 9-4 (6-2) vs. Utah St. 7-5 (5-2) [-1.5]: Same crap conf [see above] against a team capable of mayhem, which they should produce for a bowl in Idaho, where they’ve certainly played before: UtSt

New Orleans Bowl: San Diego St. 8-4 (4-3) [­-5] vs. LA Lafayette 8-4 (6-2): The frickin’ Dagos have cost me TWICE this yr, but c’mon-- you can’t NOT take ‘em against some Sun Belt almost-somebodies: SDS

--> DEC. 20:

Beef 'O' Brady's Bowl (SPb, FL): Florida Intl. 8-4 (5-3) [-4] vs. Marshall 6-6 (5-3):There are exactly 2 good teams in Conf USA, and neither one is called Marshall. So hold yer nose and take these Sun Belters at home: FIU

--> DEC. 21:

Poinsettia Bowl (San Diego): No.16 TCU 10-2 (7-0) [-10.5] vs. La. Tech 8-4 (6-1): A def no-suspenser, as the Horny Pierres are actually better than 16 and Tech is a lowly Whacky WAC champ: TCU

--> DEC. 22:

MAACO Bowl (Vegas): Arizona St. 6-6 (4-5) vs. No. 8 Boise 11-1 (6-1)[-14]: The only good thing abt this game is the fantasy drooling of certain O/U bettors over the prospect called What if Osweiler gets really hot?-- which he CAN do, o' course. We KNOW Moore is likely to throw 5 or sth against the Scum Devils infamous Dresden Defense; but ASU is a team that clubbed Missouri and $C and played OR tough into the 2nd, most of it on Osweiler’s arm. And it’s Erickson’s last hurrah, which is prolly a Good Thing, but may actually be a hokey inspiration of sorts, too. Still, any way you slice it BO is the pick: they jus’ LOVE to demonstrate their “PAC 12 caliber”: BO beats

--> DEC. 24:

Hawaii Bowl: Nevada 7-5 (5-2) vs. Southern Miss 11-2 (6-2) [-6]: Easiest call o’ the week, as NEV w/o Kaepernick has been just another Whacko Mediocro, while SoMiss is much better than the crap conf it plays in: SoMiss

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