[NU Sports] FORTY DAYS OF FOOTBALL: College bonus

[SjT (Stephen J. Truog)]

Well, my preseason poll is where I have them starting out ... I just don't think Boise State will make it clean this year under all the pressure.

I do like Utah's chances (with TCU at home) of making it to Pasadena, though, in a "welcome to the Pac 10" gesture (and since the STUPID new rule not allowing a Big Ten runner-up to go, like poor Iowa who hasn't been there since ... well, maybe that won't be such a stupid rule then :) ).

As for their foe, I'm hoping for Arizona - not just because they're the Wildcats and I'm a resident now, but because they've never been, and everyone deserves the chance to experience Pasadena once. All their key games save for Oregon are at home, so this could be the Cats' best chance.

My BCS bowl picks would be ...

* Title: Alabama vs. Ohio State - SEC vs. Big Ten for #1, as it should be
* Rose: Utah vs. Arizona - An early Pac 10 matchup
* Fiesta: Iowa vs. Nebraska - An early Big Ten matchup
* Sugar: Florida vs. Texas - Couldabeen early SEC matchup 
* Orange: Miami vs. Pitt - Future "Big ACC" matchup? ... I know the Orange gets to pick before the Fiesta, but Iowa was just there and Wisky would be a Miami rematch, so they go for the Panthers

GO CATS!!!
-SjT

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STEPHEN J. TRUOG
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