OPC Bowl Competition - The complete bracket, upset picks, favorites, etc...

by Graham Filler on Dec 19, 2009 3:43 PM CST in All

After the jump, see who picked the most upsets, which matchup will separate the wheat from the chaffe...And who was ballsy enough to pick Texas. Click here to download the full bracket with all 20 pick sets. Also, enjoy our blatant Big Ten homerism as we pick our beloved conference to go ~~6-1~~ 5-2.

		*TRE Favorite*	*Pick Spread*
Cal vs. Utah	Poinsettia	Utah	13-7
Temple vs. UCLA	Eaglebank	UCLA	16-4
Ohio v. Marshall	Little Caesars	Ohio	16-4
Southern Miss v. MTU	New Orleans	SMU	18-2
UConn vs. South C	Papajohns.com	SC	11-9
Fresno State vs. Wy	New Mexico	Fresno	18-2
Rutgers vs. UCF	St. Petersburg	Rutgers	13-7
Nevada vs. South Meth	Hawaii	Nevada	16-4
Navy vs. Mizzou	Texas	Missouri	11-9
Arkansas vs. ECU	Liberty	Ark	18-2
South Florida vs. NIU	International	SFU	18-2
Troy vs. CMU	GMAC	CMU	17-3
Oregon State vs. BYU	Las Vegas Bowl	OSU	18-2
Arizona vs. Nebraska	Holiday	Neb	12-8
USC vs. Boston College	Emerald	USC	18-2
UNC vs. PITT	MeinkeCarCare	PITT	16-4
Standford vs. Oklahoma	Sun	Stanford	12-8
Kentucky vs. Clemson	Music City	Clemson	20-0
Penn State vs. LSU	Capital One	Penn St.	16-4
Iowa State vs. Minn	Insight	Minn	16-4
NW vs. Auburn	Outback	Aub	11-9
MSU vs. Texas Tech	Alamo	TT	19-1
Miami (FL) vs. Wisc	Champ Sports	Wisc	17-3
Ole Miss vs. Okla St	Cotton	OM	12-8
Florida State vs. WVU	Gator	WV	17-3
VT vs. Tennessee	Chick-fil-A	VT	18-2
Houston vs. Air Force	Armed Forces	Houston	18-2
Idaho vs. Bowling Green	Humanitarian	-	10-10
Georgia v. TAMU	Independence	Georgia	16-4
Ohio State vs. Oregon	Rose	Ohio St.	14-6
Cincinnati v. Florida	Sugar	Florida	18-2
TCU vs. Boise State	Fiesta	TCU	17-3
Iowa vs. Georgia Tech	Orange	Iowa	17-3
Alabama vs. Texas	BCS Title Game	Bama	19-1

Individual Picks - Who's got guts?

Yabbs, Cubs2 - Cincy

NickM - Texas

Ski,Omaha - AFA

BStylin, NickM - Tennessee

NickM - MSU

HMLee, Yabbs - BC

HMLee, Stud - BYU

HMLee, Cubs2 - NIU

Tex, Bama Hawkeye - ECU

Estrada, Ski - Wyoming

BStylin, NickM - MTU

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We actually predict Big Ten to go 5-2

losing Outback and Alamo

by NickMarkaces on Dec 19, 2009 7:38 PM CST reply actions

I don't understand why Alabama is so favored

Really, what is so great about them? Yes, they were very impressive against Florida and Texas barely got by Nebraska. But why do we base this all of off one game? Nebraska’s defense is much better than Alabama’s and I’m not at all sold on Alabama’s offense.

I think Texas will win or at least make it very, very close. Both teams have their warts, but there is no reason Alabama should be universally favored; many people are succumbing to the recency fallacy.

by rencito on Dec 20, 2009 4:57 PM CST reply actions

Personally, I like Bama's whole body of work a lot more than Texas' body of work.

Alabama crushed Florida, who was far better than anyone Texas played, also got a decisive win over a good Virginia Tech team, and also beat Ole Miss and LSU, neither of whom are great teams, but who are good teams all the same. Texas’ four best wins are probably Nebraska (very good defense, very very very bad offense), Oklahoma (very good defense, middling offense w/ so many guys out), Okie State (solid, but not great), and Texas Tech/Missouri (good offenses married to middling-to-poor defenses). Texas had all kinds of problems with the stout defenses Oklahoma and Nebraska had and were frankly a bit lucky that the offenses for those teams were so inept. Conversely, Bama has both a great defense and a very good offense; the running game has been a force all year and McElroy has played at a high level the past few games, too.

I don’t think it will be a blowout (Texas does have a good defense and I have a hard time believing Bama will be able to put together two basically perfect games together back-to-back), but I feel very solid in my Bama pick.

by RossWB on Dec 21, 2009 2:02 PM CST up reply actions