JoePa's Bowling For Dollars Picks

[joepa66]

UPDATED YTD: 45 - 34 - 4
UNITS: +10.5
MAC RECORD: 19 - 3

Dec. 19 Poinsettia San Diego
TCU -11.5 vs. Northern Illinois WINNA

Dec. 21 Las Vegas Las Vegas, Nev. ESPN 8 p.m.
OREGON +3.5 vs. BYU LOOZA

Dec. 22 New Orleans
RICE -3.5 vs. Troy LOOZA

Dec. 23 Armed Forces
UTAH -1 vs. Tulsa WINNA

Dec. 26 Motor City
CENTRAL MICHIGAN -9 vs. Middle Tennessee WINNA

Rutgers vs. Kansas State UNDER 46 LOOZA
BY 1stinking point
RUTGERS -6.5 WINNA

Dec. 29 Music City
KENTUCKY +9.5 vs. Clemson WINNA

Dec. 29 Sun
OREGON STATE -3.5 vs. Missouri LOOZA

Dec. 29 Insight
Minnesota vs. Texas Tech OVER 65 WINNA
TEXAS TECH -6 LOOZA

Dec. 29 Liberty
SOUTH CAROLINA -6 vs. Houston WINNA

Dec. 30 Alamo
TEXAS -9 vs. Iowa LOOZA

Dec. 30 Chick-fil-A
GEORGIA +3 vs. Virginia Tech WINNA

Jan. 1 Outback
PENN STATE +4.5 vs. Tennessee WINNA
breaking one of my cardinal rules, but Joe knows UT

Jan. 1 Capital One
ARKANSAS -2 vs. Wisconsin LOOZA

Jan. 1 Rose
MICHIGAN -1 vs. Southern Cal LOOZA

Jan. 1 Fiesta
BOISE STATE +7.5 vs. Oklahoma WINNA

Jan. 2 Orange
LOUISVILLE -10.5 vs. Wake Forest WINNA

Jan. 3 Sugar
NOTRE DAME +9.5 vs. LSU LOOZA

Jan. 6 International
WESTERN MICHIGAN +8.5 vs. Cincinnati
WINNA

Jan. 7 GMAC
SOUTHERN MISS -6 vs. Ohio WINNA

Jan. 8 BCS Champeenship
THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY -7 vs. Florida LOOZA

[joepa66]

2006-07 Bowl Schedule


Dec. 19 Poinsettia San Diego, Calf. ESPN2 8 p.m.
TCU vs. Northern Illinois

Dec. 21 Las Vegas Las Vegas, Nev. ESPN 8 p.m.
Oregon vs. BYU

Dec. 22 New Orleans New Orleans, La. ESPN 8 p.m.
Troy vs. Rice

Dec. 23 PapaJohns.com Birmingham, Ala. ESPN2 1 p.m.
East Carolina vs. South Florida

Dec. 23 New Mexico Alburquerque, NM ESPN 4:30 p.m.
New Mexico vs. San Jose St.

Dec. 23 Armed Forces Fort Worth, Tex. ESPN 8 p.m.
Utah vs. Tulsa

Dec. 24 Hawaii Honolulu, Hawaii ESPN 8 p.m.
Arizona State vs. Hawaii

Dec. 26 Motor City Detroit, Mich. ESPN 7:30 p.m.
C. Michigan vs. Middle Tenn.

Dec. 27 Emerald San Fran, Calif. ESPN 8 p.m.
Florida State vs. UCLA

Dec. 28 Independence Shreveport, La. ESPN 4:30 p.m.
Oklahoma State vs. Alabama

Dec. 28 Texas Houston, Tex. NFL Net. 8 p.m.
Rutgers vs. Kansas State

Dec. 28 Holiday San Diego, Calif. ESPN 8 p.m.
Texas A&M vs. California

Dec. 29 Music City Nashville, Tenn. ESPN 1 p.m.
Kentucky vs. Clemson

Dec. 29 Sun El Paso, Tex. CBS 2 p.m.
Missouri vs. Oregon State

Dec. 29 Liberty Memphis, Tenn. ESPN 4:30 p.m.
Houston vs. South Carolina

Dec. 29 Insight Phoenix, Ariz. NFL Net. 7:30 p.m.
Minnesota vs. Texas Tech

Dec. 29 Champs Sports Orlando, Fla. ESPN 8 p.m.
Purdue vs. Maryland

Dec. 30 Meineke Car Care Charlotte, N.C. ESPN2 1 p.m.
Boston College vs. Navy

Dec. 30 Alamo San Antonio, Tex. ESPN 4:30 p.m.
Texas vs. Iowa

Dec. 30 Chick-fil-A Atlanta, Ga. ESPN 8 p.m.
Virginia Tech vs. Georgia

Dec. 31 MPC Computers Boise, Idaho ESPN 7:30 p.m.
Nevada vs. Miami (Fla.)

Jan. 1 Outback Tampa, Fla. ESPN 11 a.m.
Penn State vs. Tennessee

Jan. 1 Cotton Dallas, Tex. FOX 11:30 a.m.
Nebraska vs. Auburn

Jan. 1 Capital One Orlando, Fla. ABC 1 p.m.
Arkansas vs. Wisconsin

Jan. 1 Gator Jacksonville, Fla. CBS 1 p.m.
Georgia Tech vs. W. Virginia

Jan. 1 Rose Pasadena, Calif. ABC 5 p.m.
Southern Cal. vs. Michigan

Jan. 1 Fiesta Glendale, Ariz. FOX 8 p.m.
Oklahoma vs. Boise State

Jan. 2 Orange Miami, Fla. FOX 8 p.m.
Wake Forest vs. Louisville

Jan. 3 Sugar New Orleans, La. FOX 8 p.m.
LSU vs. Notre Dame

Jan. 6 International Toronto ESPN Noon
W. Michigan vs. Cincinnati

Jan. 7 GMAC Mobile, Ala. ESPN 8 p.m.
Southern Miss vs. Ohio

Jan. 8 BCS Title Glendale, Ariz. FOX 8 p.m.
Ohio State vs. Florida

[WHALEYDOG]

GL Joepa ! hope you score a perfect 300 in your bowling for $$ and have a happy holiday ! You are the "MAN IN THE MAC" Great calls all year long...:thx:

[joepa66]

Thanks WhaleyDog....hope you were able to put some cash in yer pockets bro.....unfortunately for the MAC, I may be against two of their teams in the bowls only going with Ohio and W. Mich.....

Let's hope for a very early and merry christmas.....aka lot's of strikes bro...
:yeah: :banem:

[eddiep]

joepa GL on your bowl plays:thumbs: so we have 32 bowl games,would it be safe to say half will be doggie covers???so 16 dogs thats on the low side,i think the number will be more than that,,but what the hell do i know? would like to hear the experts views on dogs vs favs in da bowls.............. ed

[NittanyLions94]

Joe, I really like the Texas pick bro, Iowa is not the team they once were.

GL :thumbs:

[birdsfan5]

GL Joepa

[AuTiger20]

like the picks Joepa....all except ND. no way they hang with LSU in what amounts to a home game. GL though.. hope you hit all the rest tho:yeah:

[NittanyLions94]

Joe, I thought I saw PSU open as a 6.5 point dog at most places, and now today I look at already the line is at 4. Hoping that bodes well for us if the sharps are killing our side :yeah:

[JohnnyMapleLeaf]

GL Joepa!

Might tail you on that "International Bowl" play. Think it will be a good game? Haven't decided if I am going to go down and see the game. Not exactly a marquee matchup with the 5th place Big East playing the 3rd place MAC. We'll see...it's not getting much play up here, that's for sure.

Although it IS a Michigan team playing an Ohio team (just the wrong two!).

Enjoy the season, bro :thumbs:

[Underdog88]

GL JoePa....Like TCU & WMichigan:thumbs:

[Fitter]

GL bowling this season JoePa. Thkx for all the writeups and winners this year. Let's make this bowling season a green one. :thumbs:

[Nigel Tufnel]

GL, Joe....just wondering what your reasoning is on the ND selection. ND couldn't stay within 20 of UM and USC....LSU seems to have similar, if not more, athleticism than both of those teams.

Interested in your perspective before I start putting cash down on LSU.

Thanks.

[Nigel Tufnel]

Hey JoePa.....was wondering if your thoughts have changed on the UC/WMU game now that Kelly has been announced to coach in that game. He did gameplan a whuppin' of WMU earlier this year. I have a hard time believing that CMU's talent is better than UC's. Course, they don't have to win..only cover.

At any rate, does it affect your rationale on this game...the coaching change is an odd twist...wonder if its ever happened before....a coach wins against a school and then faces that same school later in the year coaching a different school....hmmmm....

:beer2:

[joepa66]

Nigel....coaching changes do affect my rationale and I am rethinking that play...lot's of times coaches simply add a new wrinkle but don't disrupt the team's continuity for just a bowl game. So I don't think most implement all new strategies.....CMU is promoted one of Kelly's assistants so that doesn't change much there...but this WMU thing is a little different now, even though they played much better football as getting their arses handed to them by CMU....so I am really closely looking at the play since it is a "long time" from now, but WMU will also have time to combat anything (stunting, etc.) that Kelly did at CMU, you can bet both are just pouring over those films....

As far as the ND selection.....ND is a gut play....they'll be playing for Brady after he finishes 2nd in the Heisman balloting to Troy Smith....so he'll definitely want to raise his stock......that play may change too....still doing some capping, but I think they can keep it under 10....

[FlyersFan]

I got a nice laugh when i saw you weren't going to Glendale anymore. 30K tickets...try more like 15,000 tickets. The place only holds 75K people and most of those tickets go to Corporate mucky mucks, people who belong/are members of the actual bowl game (no matter who is playing) etc.......one of these days you are going to have to actually show up to something. Suck it up and buy a ticket....:thumbs:

[pitch21]

Joepa is there a Bowl ovenmitter?


GL on your picks

:thumbs:

[joepa66]

Flyers....next week, Tuesday, Dec. 19th I am driving to Durham for the Kent/Duke Hoops game....how about that! Also, I cancelled my flight to Glendale, stoopid as ticket office at OSU.....unbelievable!
:bang:

:yahoo: :bow: Thanks to Nittany....I won the Kent/Duke BB ticket auction on e-bay!

Pitch....oh yea...the Mitt love the Bowls but says that pans are easier to handle....:thumbs:

[NittanyLions94]

Glad I could help out a fellow Nitt and UC member Joe, I owe it to ya after all the help you've given me over the last year :yeah:

[joepa66]

TCU -11.5 vs. Northern Illinois WINNA

Really thinking this game will be a blowout......as much as I like the MAC it seems the Huskies are definitely outmatched in this one. TCU scoring D is ranked 6th at 12.75ppg, rush D only allows 67.58ypg with is 4th, yards per rush is 2.4 which is 4th...and those numbers come from stifling running teams like Air Force (98 yards rushing)....they allow 181.92ypg passing, but will bring the pressure with 2.1TOs per game and control NIUs passing game just as Iowa and Central Michigan did.......The TCU O is underrated as well, and average 28.58ppg, 194ypg rushing, 210ypg passing on 60% completions, while the NIU pass D is ranked 104th giving up 241.5ypg. Garret Wolfe may have some real trouble finding yards and breaking the big one against the Frogs D and I don't think NIU will be able to stop that Poinsettia Bowl train once it leaves the station. Could be one of those 42-3 games.....
:cool:

[NCSUWolfpack2002]

GL Joepa. I like several of your plays. Getting ready to post the TCU game also. HAve fun and be careful on your way to NC and go FLASHES

[shorts]

GL to ya there Joepa! Agree with ya on that TCU game tonight!
Go horny frogs!!! LMAO!!

BTW how's that leg doin?

GL to ya bro and have a great bowling season!

[eddiep]

joepa 1 and 0 :thumbs:

[Landon]

Nice call on the TCU game Joe.

:thumbs:

[gopherbroke]

:thx:

You're the man! :thumbs:

[joepa66]

Thanks guys.....first chicken dinner of the bowl season....
:yeah:

Duke 79 Kent 72.....the refs took over at the end of the game and really took the Flashes out of it sending the Devils to the foul line and not calling anything on the opposite end! They played well, but there is no consolation in a loss....I had great seats at midcourt 8 rows from the court and if Kent plays the way they did against Duke in their MAC games they will scorch the conference.....by the way, Duke needs a point guard badly and Pawlus should have gone to ND to be a QB....

[joepa66]

OREGON +3.5 vs. BYU LOOZA
Not a popular pick on the board as I have backed the Cougars all season long, even going to the point of saying at one point that "all the BCS reps think that BSU - Boise State University is the best non BCS team in the land but that the honor really belonged to the BYU Cougars!"
Today, however, I am going against my usual capping strategies and bucking the trend to back the Pac-10. The Ducks can keep up and will get down field on the Cougars. O outgained their arch-rival in the Civil War although they lost 30-28, puked against Zona with -6 turnovers the week before their epic matchup with the Beavers, but won the stats in their game with USC and disintegrated in the red zone, and held UW to just 138 total yards. The Ducks were a team that most picked to contend for the conference title. So why am I taking them? Mike Belotti....he WILL NOT allow his Ducks to roll over, they died alreay and are ready to be resurrected vs. the Mormons. Their pass D is one of the best yeilding 153.6ypg and their passing O is much underrated throwing for 247ypg against the BYU pass D that gives up 208ypg thru the air, O also average 2.5 sacks per game for an average of 17ypds in losses and create 1.7TOs per game....NOT that I don't like BYU, but I think the Ducks are battle tested vs. better teams. BYU never faced a Top 10 team while O was 0-2 vs. Top 10s, and BYU was 0-1 vs. Top 30 teams while O was 3-3 vs. Top 30 competition, even though the Cougars rank 21st in Strength of Schedule at 83.48 and O ranks 22nd at 83.38. It should be a great game with plenty of scoring...but I'm not sure about the total!

[GoBigOrGoHome]

GL JOE, we are opposite on both

[MacDaddy]

I'm with ya JoePa. Oregon is in another class regardless of their record here.

GL

[ZagfI]

Like the Ducks myself Joe.



BOL tonight :thumbs:

[eddiep]

joepa now iam really thinking......all week i liked byu,now iam wondering.........the line opened at around 5 and its down to 3 or 3.5 but the public is still pounding byu according to sportsbook............damn it i cant make my mind up!!!! the ducks played a heck of a game vs state,,,i had the ducks in that one and really thought they would get the w......we all know oregon played much tougher comp...........usc,ucla,cal,o st........ok screw it i just convinced myself.......... quack attack plus the points, go ducks:yeah: :yeah: :yeah:

[joepa66]

Love it Eddie.....way to talk yourself into it....:yeah:
LOL

[joepa66]

MY FREE and biggest LOCK of the YEAR!!!!

Yea, I said it, and I know I used the freaking 'L' word and everything......
But, if you want it, it's posted below......









































YOU -$10/20 vs. The Grinch

Make a small donation to the UC TOY DRIVE.....you are a guaranteed WINNER along with the little boy or girl who get's "your" gift on Christmas morning! Did you see the pics of the 2005 toy drive?
:prtytme: :thx: :thumbs: :cool: :cheers: :clap: :bow: :yahoo: :uhu: :win:

[Eagles2005SB]

gl this bowl season JP ... love the ducks tonight, quacking in the Holiday Season

[eddiep]

this is for the ducks:puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :flush:

[joepa66]

Ducks and Mike Belotti sure weren't what they are quacked up to be....:bang:

I hate when I second guess myself and make a gut play like that when I backed BYU all damned season long....:puke:

[MAGNUM]

BOL on your picks Joepa!

[dead garcia]

get it back on the Owls tonight...all the best bro...

[joepa66]

RICE -3.5 vs. Troy
Simply backing the hotter team from the better conference.....This Owls team without a doubt the "best Owls" team in country.....now that's a hell of an accomplishment. Rice-a-roni finished the season 5-0SU and 5-0ATS, and when the heck is the last time a Rice team finished with 8 wins on the season?! The time is right to back a team that was 1-10 last year, has just its 4th winning season since 1993, and are playing in their first bowl game in 45 years....the last in 1961, with their last bowl win coming in 1954 with a win over Bama....and they have Jarett Dillard....LOOK OUT Trojans!

CENTRAL MICHIGAN -9 vs. Middle Tennessee Jed State (stole that from Dead Garcia)
Simply backing the MAC Champions who ended on roll with a 31-10 rout of OU in the MAC Championship game. CMU had 7 Academic All-Americans including QB Dan LeFevour (3.68 GPA) who was 2nd in pass efficiency, and 1st in total yards....because he's threat whenenver he has the ball. LeFevour ran for 645 yards and threw for 2869 yards on 231-362 (64%) with 25 TDs and just 9 INTs...and he's got 4 receivers with over 500 yards in receptions on the year. They're not going to let their cinderella season be spoiled just because their head coach left for Cincinnati...they still have continuity on their staff with one of Brian Kelly's staff being promoted to the top position. And, don't forget about Ontario Sneed who ran for 779 yards. The Chipps were 2nd in passing O in the MAC, 2nd in turnover margin with just .25 per game, 4th in total D, 2nd in total O, and don't forget about 2nd in third down efficiency. A hungry team still looking to seal the deal and playing before a partisan crowd in their home state much like BYU did lastnight vs. Oregon.

[GoBigOrGoHome]

just remember joe that rice didnt start putting the points up until chase clement too over QB. he wont start tonight and has an outside chance of playing, not sure the owls are the smart play as i have seen troy up to +5

[MAGNUM]

Chase Clement isn't starting tonight?

[dmaidlow]

Clement has been cleared to play, but they haven't said if he would or how much he will if he does.

[joepa66]

Chase my boy is still listed as questionable....but I'm still backing my original pick that I posted the first week of December when the lines came out.....the backup who played the last two games and guided them got the job done....he won 2 games at the end of the year so it's not like they have no experience back there....think it's Armstrong, his name that is!
:cool:

[FlyersFan]

JoeP- GL!...and have a great Xmas. One of these milleniums we are going to have to get you to show up for one of these OSU games and slam a couple Hudepohls together....:thumbs:

[joepa66]

Have a Hudy Christmas yourself bro....be safe traveling, etc.:prtytme:
Mom and brother got tickets for $1100 apiece for the big game....but I had a great time at Duke on Tuesday and will have a great seat in front of my TV for the big game.....
:thumbs:
If the men's hoopsters go west for the NCAA you game for hosting some Buckeye fans?:yeah:

[ming the merciless]

Chips Ahoy baby! With ya' on CMU. GL JoePa!:thumbs:

[Daws1089]

gl with cmu joepa. hope you have a great holiday weekend as well maybe pick up a few units while you're at it:thumbs:

[Rothko1000]

GL JoJo! Merry Christmas to you and your family! :thumbs:

[Q-Unit]

GL joePAPA, and Merry Christmas to you and yours :yeah:

[saidzeppelin]

Happy holidays JP... Hope your leg is better. Looks like you are on the positive side of things, keep up the good work!! :prtytme:

[shorts]

Hope ya had a good Christmas Joepa! Let's get some more strikes!!!

[gopherbroke]

:thx:

MAC Daddy!

[joepa66]

Thanks guys.....all my adds are at the top of this thread. Sorry, no time for writeups, we've been in WVA this week as my daughter is playing in a holiday hoops tourney and I'm heading back again today!

BELATED MERRY CHRISTMAS to all you I missed and HAPPY FREAKING NEW YEAR GUYS....
:prtytme: :cheers:

Nice to see ya Said Zep.....:thumbs:

[Underdog88]

GL JoePa, like the Rutgers under as well:thumbs:

[CuseFan10]

GL JoePa!!!! :thumbs:

[joepa66]

Well......The Undo's tourney at Wheeling Jesuit wasn't kind to us once again....my daughter's basketball team is an Ohio Division IV school and we only have 8 players on the team and they pair us against the defending WVA state champs in the opener and the biggest catholic school in WVA - Wheeling Central....final score....WC 71 TCC 38, we were a cool 9 - 28 from the free throw line and shot 24% from the floor....but we did manage to salvage a win in the consolation game over Bishop Donahue from McMecken, WV by a 41-28 score!

OK, BACK TO FOOTBALL......
My adds are at the top of this thread on page 1!

Gopherbroke....damn I just wish there were more MAC games....LOL:prtytme:

[GoBigOrGoHome]

joey we are on the same side in all 4 games...this i like even more than my essays of writeups LOL

[shorts]

I'm sure they gave it their best shot! They need a good Thug to take out their best player!! LMAO!! Good to see ya back!

I'm on the same games except Corntucky and it looks like you just
might be on the right side of this one!

BOL to ya!

[joepa66]

JOE - PA, JOE - PA :yeah:
Does he have UT's number or what! Now I can proudly wear the "Joe Knows Football" tee - shirt my daughter bought for me at Christmas....ah, I was wearing it anyway!

HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYBODY......:prtytme: :beer2:
I've got to go home, what the hell am I doing at the office.....:help: :dunno:

[JPix]

GL on Louy, Louy, Louy...................:thumbs:

[Rah-stah Man]

Sweet win for your boys, joe!
:yeah:
continued success throughout the rest
:gulp:

[joepa66]

WOW....it's great to be back in the office after 2 whole weeks of vacation - :puke:

Tonight is the big wrap up of college football.......O - H - I - O

:thumbs: :cool:

[joepa66]

MAC football capping on the season: 22 - 3
Wait til next season when all I do is post MAC picks and chuck the rest....LMAO

Let's cash it with the Buckeyes tonight...GL:cool:

[birdsfan5]

GL Joepa

[FlyersFan]

GO BUCKS!!!

:yeah: :yeah:

[Q-Unit]

seeya in college bball old man, and good luck to your boyz tonight! :thumbs:

[joepa66]

Thanks Q....see ya in B-Ball bro:yeah:

GO BUCKS!!!

Have a great night everybody.....:beer2: :prtytme: :thumbs:

[Superskins]

GL tonight

[joepa66]

UPDATED YTD: 58 - 44 - 4
UNITS: +12.5
MAC FOOTBALL: 22 - 3
BOWL GAMES: 13 - 10


Congrats to the Gators....their lines controlled both sides of the ball! They over ran the Buckeyes O-Line and kept OSU away from Leak so he could have time to throw the ball. They clearly outmanned the Buckeyes last night.....at least Urban is an o-HI-o boy from Ashtabula.....

And the media should quit bashing Troy Smith this morning....it's not his fault that he got sacked 5 times and didn't have time to throw let alone run.....they are all saying how he got outplayed by Chris Leak.....if you put him behind the UF line last night and Leak behind OSU's line you still have the same outcome!

Best, er, Worst headline of the day....the Akron Beacon Journal....simply...
O - H - N- O


And now for something completely different....college hoops....gonna miss CFB as usual...:mad:

Great to be with ya guys!:thumbs: