the fatherpimp's early bowl picks

[fatherpimp]

damn, it's been a long time; hope the football season is going well for everyone...

OR St -3
it's mostly a momentum bet (which admittedly can be dangerous for bowl games) the beavers have won 5 of their last 6 games w/ the only loss to USC; ND on the other hand has just 1 impressive game in its last 7 games and that win came really against the 3rd string QB of TN

there's also a good matchup handicap here: OR St 9th in pass off; ND 113th in pass D; i expect anderson to pick the ND pass D apart

Colorado -3 (somewhat smaller wager than OR St)
there's just too much of a talent gap here; my main concern here is CO not getting up for the game (observe uva yesterday) but barnett is a solid, underrated coach who'll get the job done [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]
(this game would probably have been a pass game for me if the game were held just a week after the OK game; no way would the buffaloes get up for it, but w/ ample time in between i think they'll come out and execute enough to let their talent edge take them to victory)

gl