1/5 - Fiesta Bowl Texas vs. Ohio St Pick - The Fiesta bowl does not disappoint again this year as it provides one of the better games this year and it will be worth watching. The Texas Longhorns are off a season they are sure to never forget and they get an Ohio St. Buckeye team that is looking to show they have the talent to win a BCS game.

1/4 - AFC Wild Card - Baltimore Ravens at Miami Dolphins Pick - A pair of AFC teams with identical regular season records square off Sunday in the first round of the NFL Playoffs. Miami clinched the AFC East with their win over the Jets last week while the Ravens clinched the final wildcard spot with a victory over the Jaguars. The Baltimore Ravens will travel to Florida to battle with the Miami Dolphins for the second time this season. Earlier this season, the Ravens beat the Dolphins in Miami by a final score of 27-13.

NFC Wild Card - Philadelphia Eagles at Minnesota Vikings Pick - The Philadelphia Eagles won 4 of their last 5 games to surge into the playoffs capping off the season with a huge 44-6 blowout over the Dallas Cowboys. The Eagles captured the final wildcard spot in the NFC and travel to the Metrodome to battle the Vikings. Minnesota captured a big win over the defending Super Bowl Champion New York Giants in week 17 to seal the NFC North.

1/3 - AFC Wild Card - Indianapolis Colts at San Diego Pick - The Indianapolis Colts closed out the season as the hottest team in the NFL winning their last 9 straight games. Indianapolis was completely written off after 3-4 start, but has rallied with a vengeance. The Colts travel across the nation to San Diego to battle with the Chargers Saturday night. San Diego is the first team since the 1985 Cleveland Browns to capture a playoff berth without a winning record. However, San Diego took advantage of a weak AFC West division and trampled the Broncos last week 52-21 to gain postseason life.

NFC Wild Card - Atlanta Falcons at Arizona Cardinals Pick - The Arizona Cardinals get the luxury of hosting the first game of the 2009 Playoffs when they take on the Atlanta Falcons. Arizona captured the #4 seed with a final record of 9-7 benefiting from a poor NFC West. Atlanta finished at a mark of 11-5, but that was only good enough for a wildcard spot considering they finished 2nd in their division behind the Carolina Panthers.

International Bowl - The Buffalo team could be the surprise of the country as they have gotten plenty of hype and deserved it all along the way. The Huskies of Connecticut will play them in the International bowl as both teams cross the border into Canada for this contest. Although it is Connecticut that is technically the home team it will be Buffalo that will be the crowd favorite.

1/2 - Cotton Bowl - The ole Miss Rebels take on the Texas Tech Red raiders this year in the Cotton Bowl and this game may be a bit closer than the experts think and if you don’t take a long look at this game you may be making a mistake

Liberty Bowl - The Kentucky Wildcats sneak into the Liberty Bowl with a 6-6 record while the East Carolina Pirates come in with a nine win season and off an impressive campaign. These teams both took similar paths to get here as they both started very hot out of the gate and then stumbled in the middle.

Sugar Bowl - The Utah Utes take on the Alabama crimson tide in what arguably could be the best bowl game of the entire season. The Crimson Tide dominated the standings for most of the year and if not for a late loss would be playing in the Championship game. The Utes went undefeated and even had to beat out an undefeated Boise St for this spot and are now looking to prove they deserve it. 

1/1 - Outback Bowl - When these two teams head to Tampa for this game it will be the first meeting ever between the two teams in what looks like it could be a promising game. For South Carolina they have head coach Steve Spurrier and he has been to his share of bowl games going 7-7 over a 14 game stretch and 1-1 with the gamecocks, although he does tend to do well. The ole ball coach put a good team together with some great numbers this year.

Capital One Bowl - The Capitol One presents us with a great New Year’s Day gift as the Spartans take on the Bulldogs and both teams have two of the most talented players in the game today. This game also featured something else and that is a vicious line move as it opened as low as 5.5 and it went as high as 8.5 in some places in favor of the Bulldogs.

Gator Bowl - The Gator bowl pits the Clemson Tigers against the Nebraska Cornhuskers on New Year’s Day! Nebraska was ressurected this year under rookie head coach Bo Pellini. Remember how bad the Huskers were last year? They were trounced by every school and they were not even close against top talent, but what a year it has been as they have turned everything around for an outstanding season!

Rose Bowl - It’s the grand daddy of them all when the Nittany Lions of Penn St take on the Trojans of USC. This is a game that could have everything you like in college football history with great teams, great coaches, and great history. 

Orange Bowl - The Bearcats of Cincinnati take on the Virginia Tech Hokies in what should be an exciting matchup in the Orange bowl this year. The teams are not fancy but they have managed to play good football this year and the principle will carry over for this game. 

12/31 - Sun Bowl - The Beavers of Oregon St take on the Panthers of Pittsburgh in the Sun bowl. This game will have a meeting of two teams that are headed in positive directions this season.

Music City Bowl - The Eagles come into this bowl games as the best bowl team in recent years as they have the longest active streak in the country at 8 straight and a win here could make it nine straight! Over that time frame the Eagles are 6-2 against the number. After losing a second straight ACC Championship to Virginia Tech you would have to wonder how motivated the Eagles will be for this bowl meeting.

Insight Bowl - The Golden Gophers of Minnesota come into this bowl game with just seven wins on the season but when you stop to realize that they only one a single game last year that is a pretty nice turnaround. The thing of it is they started with seven out of eight wins before losing down the stretch to include a downright beating at home by 55 points to end the season. You have to think that Minnesota is just happy to get here and will look forward to doing better next season.

Chick Fil A Bowl - LSU has to take the top spot when it comes to disappointments, after all they were last year’s defending champions and they lost five of the last eight games to finish a miserable season. This includes losses to second rate Mississippi and Arkansas. For as disappointing that LSU was you can say the exact opposite for the yellow jackets of Georgia Tech.

12/30 - Texas Bowl - The Rice Owls come into this bowl game feeling pretty good. After all they are playing in Reliant stadium which will pretty much make this a home game for the Owls. At 9-3 straight up and a nice 8-4 against the spread the Owls take on the Western Michigan Broncos. Rice will attack this team with a high flying offense that had the conference USA MVP in Clement and put up an average of 42 points per game.

Holiday Bowl - It may have taken a little bit but we finally get into some marquee matchups tonight when the Ducks of Oregon take on the Oklahoma St. Cowboys. The big 12 was arguably the best conference in football this year and they get a chance to prove when they play against the Pac 10 in this prime time thriller! Both teams are looking for the tenth win of the season as they both finished the regular season at 9-3, but it was the Cowboys with a better record against the spread at 9-3 while the ducks finished at just 6-6. 

Humanitarian Bowl - Two teams that come in at 7-5 on the year come into the Humanitarian bowl as Nevada Wolfpack take on the Maryland Terrapins. This one shapes up as nice meeting with these teams evenly matched on the surface but its time to dig deeper and pick a winner!