The PocketDoppler College Bowl Game Projections 2011-12

BCS Championship

January 9, 2012 New Orleans, LA, 9:00 pm ET ESPN
BCS No. 1 vs. BCS No. 2
Projection: LSU vs. Alabama

Rose Bowl Game presented by VIZIO
January 2, 2012 Pasadena, CA, 5:00 pm ESPN
Payout: $36 million
Big Ten No. 1 vs. Pac-12 No. 1
Projection: Wisconsin vs. Oregon

Tostitos Fiesta Bowl
January 2, 2012 Glendale, AZ, 8:30 pm ESPN
Big 12 No. 1 vs. BCS
Projection: Oklahoma State vs. Stanford

Allstate Sugar Bowl
January 3, 2012 New Orleans, LA, 8:30 pm ESPN
SEC No. 1 vs. BCS at-large
Projection: Houston vs. Michigan

Discover Orange Bowl
January 4, 2012 Miami Gardens, FL, 8:00 pm ESPN
ACC No. 1 vs. BCS at-large
Projection: Virginia Tech vs. West Virginia

Gildan New Mexico Bowl
December 17, 2011 Albuquerque, NM, 2 pm ESPN
Mountain West No. 5 vs. Pac-12
Projection: San Diego State vs.*Western Kentucky
*No Pac-12 team projected available

Famous Idaho Potato Bowl
December 17, 2011 Boise, ID, 5:30 ESPN
WAC No. 1 or No. 2 vs. MAC No. 3
Projection: Utah State vs. Toledo

R&L Carriers New Orleans Bowl
December 17, 2011 New Orleans, LA, 9:00 pm, ESPN
Payout: $1 million
Sun Belt No. 1 vs. C-USA No. 5
Projection: Louisiana-Lafayette vs. *Western Michigan

Beef O’Brady’s St. Petersburg Bowl
December 20, 2011 St. Petersburg, FL, 8:00 pm, ESPN
Payout: $1 million
Big East No. 5 vs. C-USA No. 2
Projection: Pitt vs. Tulsa

San Diego County Credit Union Poinsettia Bowl
December 21, 2011 San Diego, CA, 8:00 pm ESPN
Payout: $1 million
Mountain West No. 2 vs. WAC
Projection: Boise State vs. Louisiana Tech

MAACO Las Vegas Bowl
December 22, 2011 Las Vegas, NV, 8:00 pm ESPN
Payout: $2.2 million
Mountain West No. 1 vs. Pac-12 No. 5
Projection: TCU vs. Arizona State

Sheraton Hawaii Bowl
December 24, 2011 Honolulu, HI, 8:00 pm ESPN
Payout: TBA C-USA No. 6 vs. WAC (Hawaii, if eligible)
Projection: Nevada vs. Iowa State*
*No CUSA team available

Advocare V100 Independence Bowl
December 26, 2011 Shreveport, LA, 5:00 pm ESPN
Payout: $2.3 million
Mountain West No. 3 vs. ACC No. 7
Projection: Wyoming vs. North Carolina State

Little Caesars Pizza Bowl
December 27, 2011 Detroit, MI, 4:30 pm ESPN
MAC No. 1 vs. Big Ten No. 8 (or Sun Belt if no Big Ten)
Projection: Northern Illinois vs. Northwestern

Belk Bowl
December 27, 2011 Charlotte, NC, 8:00 pm ESPN
Payout: $3.4 million
Big East No. 3 vs. ACC No. 4
Projection: Louisville vs. Virginia

Military Bowl presented by Northrop Grumman
December 28, 2011 Washington, DC, 4:30 pm ESPN
Payout: $1.725 million
ACC No. 8 vs. Navy (or C-USA if Navy not eligible)
Projection: Wake Forest vs. Air Force*
*No Navy or Conference USA team projected available

Bridgepoint Education Holiday Bowl
December 28, 2011 San Diego, CA, 8:00 pm ESPN
Payout: $4.3 million
Big 12 No. 5 vs. Pac-12 No. 3
Projection: Texas vs. California

Champs Sports Bowl
December 29, 2011 Orlando, FL, 5:30 pm ESPN
Payout: $4.65 million
ACC No. 3 vs. Big East No. 2
Projection: Florida State vs. Notre Dame

Valero Alamo Bowl
December 29, 2011 San Antonio, TX, 9:00 pm ESPN
Payout: $6.35 million
Big 12 No. 2 or 3 vs. Pac-12 No. 2
Projection: Oklahoma vs. Washington

Bell Helicopters Armed Forces Bowl
December 30, 2011 Fort Worth, TX, 12:00 pm ESPN
Payout: $1.2 million
C-USA No. 3 vs. BYU (or Mountain West if BYU not eligible)
Projection: SMU vs. BYU

New Era Pinstripe Bowl
December 30, 2011 Bronx, NY, 3:20 pm ESPN
Payout: $3.6 million
Big East No. 4 vs. Big 12 No. 7
Projection: Rutgers vs. Missouri

Franklin American Mortgage Music City Bowl
December 30, 2011 Nashville, TN, 6:40 pm ESPN
Payout: $3.675
ACC No. 6 vs. SEC No. 7
Projection: North Carolina vs. Vanderbilt

Insight Bowl
December 30, 2011 Tempe, AZ, 10:00 pm
Payout: $6.7 million
Big Ten No. 4 or 5 vs. Big 12 No. 4
Projection: Ohio State vs. Baylor

Meineke Car Care Bowl of Texas
December 31, 2011 Houston, TX, 12:00 pm ESPN
Payout: $3.4 million
Big Ten No. 6 vs. Big 12 No. 6
Projection: Penn State vs. Texas A&M
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Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl
December 31, 2011 San Francisco, CA, 3:30 pm ESPN
Payout: $1.675 million
Pac-12 No. 6 vs. Army (WAC if Army not available)
Projection: UCLA* vs. Illinois*
*UCLA will be 6-7, won its petition to the NCAA for a bid *No Army or WAC

Hyundai Sun Bowl
December 31, 2011 El Paso, TX, 2:00 pm CBS
Payout: $4 million
ACC No. 4 vs. Pac-12 No. 4
Projection: Georgia Tech vs. Utah

AutoZone Liberty Bowl
December 31, 2011 Memphis, TN, 3:30 pm ABC
C-USA No. 1 vs. SEC No. 6 or No. 7 (Big East if no SEC team)
Projection: Southern Miss vs. Mississippi State

Chick-fil-A Bowl
December 31, 2011 Atlanta, GA, 7:30 pm ESPN
Payout: $6.9 million
ACC No. 2 vs. SEC No. 3, 4 or 5
Projection: Clemson vs. Auburn

TicketCity Bowl
January 2, 2012 Dallas, TX, 12:00 pm ESPNU
Payout: $2.2 million
Big Ten No. 6 vs. C-USA
Projection: Purdue vs. Marshall

Capital One Bowl
January 2, 2012 Orlando, FL, 1:00 pm ESPN
Payout: $9.2 million
Big Ten No. 2 vs. SEC No. 2
Projection: Michigan State vs. Arkansas

Gator Bowl
January 2, 2011 Jacksonville, FL, 1:00 pm ESPN2
Payout: $5.4 million
Big Ten No. 4 or 5 vs. SEC No. 6
Projection: Iowa vs. Florida

Outback Bowl
January 2, 2012 Tampa, FL, 1:00 pm ABC
Payout: $7 million
Big Ten No. 3 vs. SEC No. 3, 4 or 5
Projection: Nebraska vs. Georgia

AT&T Cotton Bowl
January 6, 2012 Arlington, TX, 8:00 pm FOX
Payout: $7.25 million
Big 12 No. 2 vs. SEC No. 3, 4, or 5 (West)
Projection: Kansas State vs. South Carolina

BBVA Compass Bank Bowl
January 7, 2012, Birmingham, AL, 1:00 pm ESPN
Payout: $1.925 million
Big East No. 4 vs. SEC (or MAC if no Big East or SEC)
Projection: Cincinnati vs. *Temple
* No SEC team projected available

GoDaddy.com Bowl
January 8, 2012 Mobile, AL 9:00 pm ESPN
Payout: $1.5 million
MAC No. 2 vs. Sun Belt
Projection: Ohio vs. Arkansas State

Every year, I like to project the bowl games for fun, to see if the final weekend of college football shakes out the way I think it will and the bowl game tie-ins will work out the way I predict them to.

All times are Eastern. Thanks to College Football News for the template.

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