Opening day in the post season delivered in the form of an appetizing array of overachieving matches. Here is your Obligatory Predictions Competition - Bowl Edition inaugural scoreboard:
| 1. Lady Bama Hawkeye | 13 |
| 2. FSUncensored | 12 |
| 3. Law Buckeye | 9 |
| 4. Lakeeriemonster | 7 |
| 5. Blackops | 7 |
| 6. Estrada | 7 |
| 7. Bama Hawkeye | 6 |
| 8. PaternosGrandaughter | 6 |
| 9. BaconNinja | 4 |
| 10. Studbucket | 4 |
| 11. Grahamfiller10 | 4 |
| 12. Cub2k8isnxtyearPicks | 1 |
Crystal Ball Call: ARIZONA by 10 (Lady Bama Hawkeye). Beginner's luck, you say. It's really just Bama trying to play a second bracket to increase his odds of winning, you say. Here's what I say: we know who wears the pants in this relationship. You can imagine the following domestic interlude at the Hawkeye household tomorrow:
Bama Hawkeye: "Good morning."
Lady Bama Hawkeye: "13-6"
Bama Hawkeye: "I know -- what can I say?"
Lady Bama Hawkeye: "13-6"
Bama Hawkeye: "Very funny. You want to make pancakes?"
Lady Bama Hawkeye: "13-6"
Bama Hawkeye: "Okay, I get it. Don't you have anything else to say?"
Lady Bama Hawkeye: "My score is more than double your score."
Arizona 31, BYU 21. Game, upset, spread.* Any questions?
(* Note that had BYU managed to make their ill-fated short-range field goal late in the fourth the glory would have been all mine.)
Hindsight is 20-20: BYU by 21 (Bama Hawkeye).
Esquire Play of the Day: In what was the ballsiest call of the afternoon, Colorado state went for the endzone well within field goal range with 2 seconds remaining in the Second Quarter of The New Mexico Bowl. The result: a 22 yard reception by Kory Sperry who rose like the mythical phoenix from double coverage and plucked Fresno State's hopes of salvaging a lukewarm season.