Since my disastrous Notre Dame pick and my meltdown of losing four bowl picks in a row, The Nudge has posted back to back to back to back wins for the second consecutive time in the last two weeks. Coming into Monday, there are two very surprisingly good bowl match ups that have kind of been hidden out there.
The PapaJohns Bowl, Bama; This game pits a resurgent Rutgers squad led by fourth year Senior Starter Mike Teel and Mr. New Jersey Football Running Back Joe Martinek against Tommy O'Brien's Wolfpack from North Carolina State. The Wolfpack have really played well down the stretch this season. They started out pretty poorly, but ever since they have found Russell Wilson, they've been covering like syrup on flapjacks.
The Nudge has lost out on my last four picks going against NC State in which they have won outright. And I have won on Rutgers last four games in which they've covered, ever since their big win against PITT. Since that win, Rutgers has beaten a South Florida team that imploded, Army, Syracuse and a horrible embarrassing Louisville team. NC State however, since Wilson took over has beaten a very good Thug-Deep Tar Heels team, A Thug-Deep Miami Team, Wake and Duke. In this one, I'm rollin with Tha Ghost Faced Thug Killas, take Irish Tommy O'Brien and the 4 and a nudge their getting. 2*
He's right, its really not all about the rattlesnake wiggles and Mississippi Bow Ties
Valero Alamo Bowl, San Antonio Tex-ass.
This game is putting two teams together that both run the spread em out offense. Northwestern runs a little bit more than Mizzoo, but both offensive sets are the same. In this game, what can you say about the job Northwestern HC Pat Fitzgerald has done. The Nudge remembers the days when Pat was bringing the Cats to the Rose Bowl while he was out on the field. Northwestern gets their super RB Tyrell Sutton back after he went down from an injury in mid season in the Indiana game. He might be a factor in this one.
Everyone and their mother is picking Mizzoo giving 10 and a nudge. At first glance, I had this game as a FIVE STAR pick going towards Mizzoo, but after seeing the Jacorry "Stringbean" Harris throw the ball against Cal's top rated pass defense the other night, it's official "Anything Can Happen."
This really should be a great game to watch, and I'm a little surprised that they put it on Monday Night. My guess is that whoever scheduled it thinks that a large bar crowd will be out watching this because there's no Monday Night Football, I disagree. This game should be played on a Saturday, either last one or next one.
Last time I changed my pick from a FIVE STAR play, it blew up in my face with the Notre Dame game. I'm still going to stick with Mizzoo. The Cats can not hang with Maclin and Coffman. Don't forget about Mizzo RB Derrick Washington. He's averaging 6 yards per carry and has 17 TD's. Take Mizzoo, even though the Big Twelve South and North are over rated this year. 4*
The Nudge covered with a 2* Thug Life getting 1 and a nudge at Pat White, a 3* with Christian Ponder and the Homies laying a brick to Wiscy, a FIVE STAR with Cal giving 6 to Miami (Hey, I gave out the pick early, if you didn't jump on it when it came out, shame on you, you didn't cover), and a 1* with Louisiana Tech.
Totals for the Bowl Nudgerama: 10-4 overall, 1* 4-2, 2* 2-0, 3* 2-0, 4* 1-2 and 5* 1-0
That's it, enjoy, I have to go soundproof the NudgeBunker a little better. Too many rugrats running around. See Ya sports fans!
