Minor weaknesses dot these teams. Except for Arizona, which needs to bring in more help to really run Bruce Arians' offense.
18 Dec 2006
by Vinny Gauri and Russell Levine
In the spirit of the inaugural Texas and New Mexico Bowls, we're debuting a new feature this week, the first-ever Seventh Day Adventure podcast.
Why a podcast? With 32 games in three weeks, we had to do something or risk losing our already tenuous grasps on our day jobs. Plus, Russell harbors a long-held dream of becoming the next Joe Benigno.
You can listen online by clicking the play button below, or download the podcast for later by clicking the MP3 icon beneath the player. And since we hope to bring you more podcasts in the coming weeks, go ahead and click the "Subscribe Free" link to automatically receive future episodes through iTunes. Come on, you know you want to!
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If all of this is too high-tech for you, check out Russell's article on the best games of the early bowl season from the December 15 edition of the New York Sun.
Just want the picks? Here you go.
| The Picks (* - "Fred Edelstein Lock of the Week") |
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| Favorite | Spread | Underdog | Vinny Says | Russell Says |
| San Diego County Credit Union Poinsettia Bowl Tuesday December 19, 8 p.m. ET ESPN |
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| TCU | -12.5 | Northern Illinois | TCU | TCU |
| Pioneer PureVision Las Vegas Bowl Thursday, December 21, 8 p.m. ET ESPN |
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| BYU | -3.5 | Oregon | BYU | BYU |
| R&L Carriers New Orleans Bowl Friday December 22, 8 p.m. ET ESPN |
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| Rice | -5.5 | Troy | Troy | Rice* |
| Papajohns.com Bowl (Birmingham), Saturday, December 23, 1 p.m. ET ESPN2 | ||||
| South Florida | -4 | East Carolina | East Carolina | South Florida |
| New Mexico Bowl, Saturday, December 23, 4:30 p.m. ET, ESPN | ||||
| New Mexico | -4 | San Jose State | San Jose State | New Mexico |
| Bell Helicopter Armed Forces Bowl (Fort Worth) Saturday, December 23, 8 p.m. ET ESPN |
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| Utah | -1.5 | Tulsa | Utah | Tulsa |
| Sheraton Hawaii Bowl, Sunday, December 24, 8 p.m. ET ESPN | ||||
| Hawaii | -8 | Arizona State | Hawaii | Hawaii |
| Motor City Bowl (Detroit), Tuesday December 26, 7:30 p.m. ET ESPN | ||||
| Central Michigan | -10.5 | Middle Tennessee | Central Michigan | Central Michigan |
| Emerald Bowl (San Francisco), Wednesday December 27, 8 p.m. ET ESPN | ||||
| UCLA | -4.5 | Florida State | UCLA | UCLA |
| PetroSun Independance Bowl (Shreveport) Thursday, December 28, 4:30 p.m. ET ESPN |
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| Oklahoma State | -2 | Alabama | Alabama | Oklahoma State |
| Texas Bowl (Houston), Thursday December 28, 8 p.m. ET NFL Network | ||||
| Rutgers | -7.5 | Kansas State | Rutgers* | Rutgers |
| Pacific Life Holiday Bowl (San Diego) Thursday, December 28, 8 p.m. ET ESPN |
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| California | -5 | Texas A&M | Texas A&M | Texas A&M |
| Season-long Results ("Fred Edelstein Lock of the Week" record in parentheses) |
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| Last Week | Season Total | |||
| Vinny | 4-4-0 | (0-1-0) | 58-53-1 | (9-5-0) |
| Russell | 5-3-0 | (1-0-0) | 65-46-1 | (9-5-0) |
17 comments, Last at 28 Dec 2006, 1:21am by MDS
Comments
Oh, good, I have something to listen to while watching MNF tonight.
I'm still listening to this, but I just wanted to say that you guys sound really good for your first podcast.
I made a suggestion to have podcasts on the audibles thread a week or 2 ago. train in the morning will be alot quicker now.
More Podcasts please!!!
Geez, could the NY Sun's pages be any shorter? I don't remember them being that bad in the past.
I do have to remember to stop refreshing the page while I'm listening however.
Keep the papajohns.com Bowl. I'm watching the Gaylord Hotels Music City Bowl Presented By BRIDGESTONE.
Poor planning on my part. I still don't have one of those arm straps for my iPod, so no SDA tonight ...
I heard Garrett Wolfe was considering sitting out the first series against TCU just in case Detroit scouts were at the game.
(not really. But it's plausible, isn't it?)
Wolfe sitting out? Defintely not.
If anything, this is his best chance to shine since the Ohio St.-NIU matchup in the national spotlight since it's the first Bowl game of the season.
What he does at San Diego will signifcantly impact his draft stock value barring any amazing/horrible Combine performance.
Where was this before I had to make my Bowl Pool picks?
If through three quarters, you have 56 total yards, 62 of which are on one play... you might be overmatched in your bowl.
Reggie Ball has been suspended for GA Tech's bowl game. I'm wondering what this does to the Vegas line. Will this be the first time in history that a team's odds actually improve when their starting QB is suspended?
I actually am starting to feel bad for Reggie Ball. It's almost merciful that grades are going to spare him from one more public humiliation.
Those Oregon uniforms were even worse than Vin described ... as was their effort vs. BYU.
No matter how hard I try, I can't get excited for Troy-Rice. I'm sorry. I gave it my all.
I agree with you to some extent re: Ball- it's not his fault entirely that Chan Gailey seems clueless. Most coaches wouldn't force a QB to aimlessly throw deep when it's obvious the guy can't do it and instead would focus their offense around their amazing WR. Still, I don't feel entirely sorry for him- he makes enough mistakes on his own.
FWIW, I enjoyed the podcast, but it's a little weird. I prefer reading it- I can read it in less time than it takes listening to you guys, which suits my short attention sp- hey, wait, something shiny!
Anybody catch the crazy switch between the Hawaii DTs in ASU's first series? They each did some kind of Eskimo roll to switch places. I've never seen anything like it. Reeks of Jerry Glanville.
Hawaii's offense is just absurd. 600 yards of total offense? 480 passing? Why don't more teams use this offensive style? I mean, it's not just the talent that Hawaii has; they've got average to good receivers and QBs. This has to be a system, but what a system!
Where is everyone? Is this not the thread for discussing all the bowl games? I want to talk about how the only person dumber than the UCLA return man who knocked the ball out of bounds at the 3-yard line is the official who was standing right there and didn't see it.
(And yes, it's really me, even though the text isn't red.)
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