2017-18 College Football Bowl Picks!

2017-18 College Football Bowl Picks

Well this will be my last College Football Picks blog for the season.  I am predicting the games pretty early, but that time gets here faster than you know it. It is a busy time of the year. This years bowl lineup looks pretty dang good. There are a lot of really good games on the horizon, plus the playoff match ups should be very entertaining. To any of you out there who might read this, hopefully your team is a part of the bowl season. If not, there are a lot of good games to watch anyway. After this blog, I will move on to College Basketball, NFL playoffs, etc. Thanks to all who read my predictions. It is all in good fun. Enjoy the games!

Bowl Picks 2017-18

R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl 

Troy 30 North Texas 17

AutoNation Cure Bowl

W.Kentucky 38 Georgia St 27

Las Vegas Bowl

Oregon 34 #25 Boise St 27

GILDAN New Mexico Bowl

Colorado St 34 Marshall 31

Raycom Media Camelia Bowl

Arkansas State 27 MTSU 23

Boca Raton Bowl

FAU 37 Akron 23

DXL Frisco Bowl

SMU 31 LTech 23

Bad Boys Mowers Gasparilla Bowl

Temple 28 FIU 27

Bahamas Bowl

Ohio 24 UAB 17

Famous Idaho Potatoes Bowl

Central Michigan 31 Wyoming 20

Birmingham Bowl

South Florida 41 Texas Tech 35

Armed Forces Bowl

Army 17 SDSU 13

Dollar General Bowl

Toledo 47 Appalachian St 34

Hawai'i Bowl

Houston 23 Fresno St 20

Zaxby's Heart of Dallas Bowl 

West Virginia 30 Utah 26

Quick Lane Bowl

Duke 23 Northern Illinois 14

Cactus Bowl

Kansas State 31 Ucla 27

Independence Bowl

Florida St 38 Southern Miss 24

New Era Pinstripe Bowl

Iowa 23 BC 21

Foster Farms Bowl

Purdue 28 Arizona 27

Texas Bowl

Texas 35 Missouri 27

Military Bowl

Virginia 35 Navy 34

Camping World Bowl

#19 Oklahoma St 36 Virginia Tech 26

Valero Alamo Bowl

#15 TCU 27 #13 Stanford 23

San Diego Credit Union Holiday Bowl

#16 Michigan St 23 #18 Washington St 19

Belk Bowl

Texas A&M 26 Wake Forest 23

Hyundai Sun Bowl

Arizona St 35 #24 NC State 31

Music City Bowl

#21 Northwestern 17 Kentucky 16

Arizona Bowl

New Mexico St 27 Utah St 24

Goodyear Cotton Bowl Classic

#8 USC 33 #5 Ohio St 26

TaxSlayer Bowl

#23 Miss State 34 Louisville 28

Autozone Liberty Bowl

Iowa St 33 #20 Memphis 31

Playstation Fiesta Bowl

#9 Penn St 40 #11 Washington 27

Capital One Orange Bowl

#6 Wisconsin 19 #10 Miami 17

Outback Bowl

Michigan 30 South Carolina 20

Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl

#7 Auburn 38 #12 UCF 27

Citrus Bowl

#14 Notre Dame 23 #17 LSU 20 OT

Playoffs

Rose Bowl

#3 Georgia 30 #2 OU 26

All State Sugar Bowl

#1 Clemson 30 #4 Alabama 24

National Championship

#3 Georgia 34 #1 Clemson 32

Championship Week Picks

Championship Week 

College Football Picks

Pac 12 Championship

#12 Stanford 27 #10 USC 24

AAC Championship

#20 Memphis 37 #14 UCF 30

Big 12 Championship

#11 TCU 26 #3 OU 35

MAC Championship

Akron 24 Toledo 37

Conference USA Championship

North Texas 41 FAU 37

SEC Championship

#6 Georgia 27 #2 Auburn 21

Mountain West Conference Championship

#25 Fresno St 26 Boise St 30

ACC Championship

#7 Miami 28 #1 Clemson 35

Big 10 Championship 

#8 Ohio St 28 #4 Wisconsin 34

Week 11 College Football Picks

Week 11 College Picks

Texas 24 @ West Virginia 31

#12 TCU 28 @ Texas Tech 31

K-State 20 @ #13 Oklahoma St 48

Iowa St 27 @ Baylor 23

#4 OU 40 @ KU 16

Other Picks

Fresno St 30 @ Wyoming 24

Arizona St 33 @ Oregon St 20

Minnesota 27 @ Northwestern 28

#24 Michigan 23 @ Wisconsin 30

Virginia 16 @ #3 Miami 37

Pitt 16 @ Virginia Tech 21

Kentucky 21 @ #7 Georgia 35

Navy 20 @ #8 Notre Dame 24

Purdue 17 @ Iowa 31

Georgia Tech 31 @ Duke 27

Nebraska 17 @ #10 Penn St 48

#19 NC State 35 @ Wake Forest 32

UCLA 24 @ #11 USC 34

Air Force 17 @ #25 Boise St 35

Utah 28 @ #18 Washington 34

Week 10 College Football Picks

College Football Picks Week 10

Big 12 Picks

#15 OK State 35 @ #21 Iowa St 28

Texas Tech 41 vs Baylor 30

Kansas 13 @ Texas 34

#6 TCU 28 @ #5 OU 37

West Virginia 21 @ Kansas State 23

Top 25 Picks

#9 Washington 30 @ Stanford 28

#12 Michigan St 23 @ #13 Ohio St 34

#23 NC State 20 @ Boston College 16

#17 Virginia Tech 27 @ Georgia Tech 23

#1 Georgia 27 @ #10 Auburn 20

#20 Iowa 21 @ #8 Wisconsin 30

#11 USC 40 @ Colorado 27

#19 Washington St 49 @ Utah 35

#2 Alabama 30 @ #16 Mississippi St 17

#3 Notre Dame 34 @ #7 Miami 37

Other games

Toledo 34 @ Ohio 28

Duke 27 @ Army 23

Nebraska 25 @ Minnesota 28

Michigan 35 @ Maryland 20
SMU 28 @ Navy 30
Arizona St 37 @ UCLA 30
Wyoming 26 @ Air force 21
Kentucky 28 @ Vanderbilt 24
Purdue 23 @ #25 Northwestern 30
Boise St 33 @ Colorado St 26

Week 9 College Football Picks

Big 12 Picks

#15 Iowa St 28 @ West Virginia 31

#5 OU 35 @ #11 Oklahoma St 31

Kansas St 32 @ Texas Tech 30

Baylor 28 @ KU 34

Texas 24 @ #8 TCU 28

Top 25 Picks

#14 Auburn 28 @ Texas A&M 27

#7 Penn St 27 @ #24 Michigan St 23

South Carolina 17 @ #1 Georgia 34

Wake Forest 24 @ #3 ND 30

#21 Stanford 27 @ #25 Washington St 34

#6 Ohio St 21 @ Iowa 24

#4 Clemson 30 @ NC State 27

#18 UCF 36 @ SMU 40

#19 LSU 19 @ #2 Alabama 34

#13 VTech 26 @ #10 Miami 33

Oregon 20 @ #12 Washington 28

#22 Arizona 25 @ #17 USC 35

Other games 

Georgia Tech 28 @ Virginia 21

Army 30 @ Air Force 33

Northwestern 35 @ Nebraska 31

Colorado St 23 @ Wyoming 26

Colorado 30 @ Arizona St 37

Minnesota 17 @ Michigan 21

Week 8 College Football Picks

Week 8 College Football Picks

Big 12 Picks

Oklahoma St 28 @ West Virginia 34

TCU 21 @ Iowa St 23

Texas Tech 26 @ OU 41

Kansas St 43 @ KU 13

Texas 34 @ Baylor 27

Top 25 Picks 

Ohio State 17 @ Penn St 31

Georgia 38 Florida 23

NC State 24 @ Notre Dame 28

UCLA 26 @ Washington 38

Michigan St 20 @ Northwestern 24

Houston 31 @ USF 27

USC 31 @ Arizona St 34

Duke 20 @ Virginia Tech 40

Georgia Tech 26 @ Clemson 32

Washington St 35 @ Arizona 42

FBS Picks

Florida St 28 @ BC 35

Louisville 38 @ Wake Forest 30

Cal 42 @ Colorado 37

Air Force 27 @ Colorado St 24

Utah 30 @ Oregon 20

Minnesota 14 @ Iowa 27

Miss St 26 @ Texas A&M 28

Tennessee 23 @ Kentucky 17

Nebraska 24 @ Purdue 22

Week 7 College football picks

Week 7 College football picks

Iowa St 24 @ Texas Tech 37
Oklahoma St 34 @ Texas 28
Kansas 10 @ TCU 48
OU 34 @ K-State 24
West Virginia 27 @ Baylor 31

Top 25 picks

UCF 30 @ Navy 28
Maryland 20 @ Wisconsin 31
Syracuse 28 @ Miami 35
Tennessee 21 @ Alabama 42
Indiana 17 @ Michigan St 20

FBS games

Arizona St 26 @ Utah 24
Iowa 26 @ Northwestern 30
Louisville 30 @ Florida St 31
Boston College 28 @ Virginia 24
Kentucky 23 @ Miss St 27
Oregon 31 @ UCLA 28

Week 6 Football Picks

College Football

Big 12 Picks 

KU 17 @ Iowa St 37
Texas Tech 30 @ West Virginia 27
Baylor 24 @ Oklahoma St 35
OU 28 Texas 24
TCU 28 @ Kansas State 35

Top 25 Picks 

Auburn 21 @ LSU 23
Purdue 16 @ Wisconsin 30
Georgia Tech 26 @ Miami 27
Navy 33 @ Memphis 30
Washington 31 @ Arizona St 27
Ohio St 31 @ Nebraska 17
Utah 20 @ USC 28
Michigan St 28 @ Minnesota 27
Boise St 34 @ San Diego St 31
Oregon 23 @ Stanford 28
Cincinnati 23 @ USF 35

Other games 

Florida St 31 @ Duke 24
Colorado 24 @ Oregon St 27
Northwestern 30 @ Maryland 24
Wyoming 28 @ Utah St 34
Texas A&M 23 @ Florida 24
UTSA 28 @ North Texas 34
UCLA 34 @ Arizona 44

NFL/College Week 3 Picks

NFL Week 3 Picks

Chiefs 28 @ Chargers 21
Jags 24 (London) Ravens 23
Broncos 17 @ Bills 20
Saints 24 @ Panthers 33
Steelers 26 @ Bears 17
Falcons 21 @ Lions 24
Browns 28 @ Colts 31
Bucs 24 @ Vikings 17
Texans 16 @ Patriots 28
Dolphins 20 Jets 19
Giants 23 @ Eagles 26
Seahawks 30 @ Titans 34
Bengals 17 @ Packers 37
Raiders 24 @ Redskins 27
Cowboys 27 @ Cardinals 28

College Picks Big 12

West Virginia 37 @ KU 21
Texas Tech 34 @ Houston 26
TCU 27 @ Oklahoma St 35
OU 40 @ Baylor 24

Other Picks 

Bama 28 @ Vanderbilt 13
USC 30 @ Cal 27
Duke 20 @ UNC 23
Michigan 31 @ Purdue 23

Upset Pick
Toledo 31 @ Miami 27

Week 2 NFL Picks

Week 2 NFL/College Picks

Philadelphia 24 @ KC 28

Dallas 27 @ Denver 21

Cleveland 14 @ Baltimore 30

Buffalo 23 @ Carolina 24

Arizona 31 @ Indianapolis 27

Tennessee 10 @ Jacksonville 21

New England 34 @ New Orleans 17

Minnesota 13 @ Pitt 17

Miami 27 @ LA Chargers 37

Washington 20 @ LA Rams 28

Green Bay 23 @ Atlanta 27

Detroit 30 @ NY Giants 23

College Picks

Kansas State 28 @ Vanderbilt 23

Oklahoma St 35 @ Pitt 30

Iowa State 28 @ Akron 24

Baylor 23 @ Duke 40

Arizona St 17 @ Texas Tech 36

Texas 21 @ USC 38

Clemson 27 @ Louisville 35

Upset Pick 

LSU 26 @ Miss St 27

Week 1 NFL Picks

My wife and I are going to be traveling to Cyprus Island tomorrow morning for four days, so I thought I would go ahead and make my week 1 NFL picks.! This is just something fun that I am going to do, and maybe you'll enjoy comparing my picks to yours? The Chiefs start up on Thursday I believe, and will be starting off the year playing the defending super bowl champions. Gonna be tough! K-State got off to a great start on Saturday. I did not get around to doing week 1 college football picks, so I will add those in as I go as well. GO CATS!!!

Kansas City 20 @New England 30

NY Giants 24 @ Dallas 27

Seattle 23 @ Green Bay 27

New Orleans 33 @ Minnesota 27

LA Chargers 28 @ Denver 24

Indianapolis 35 @ LA Rams 30

Oakland 21 @ Tennessee 35

Tampa Bay 24 @ Miami 14

Philadelphia 27 @ Washington 26

Baltimore 21 @ Cincinnati 17

College Picks

Charlotte 10 @ Kansas State 51

Oklahoma St 37 @ South Alabama 20

Iowa 23 @ Iowa State 20

East Carolina 17 @ West Virginia 38

TCU 24 @ Arkansas 28

San Jose St 21 @ Texas 42

Oklahoma 27 @ Ohio State 35

Central Michigan 31 @ Kansas 35

Auburn 35 @ Clemson 41

Boise St 26 @ Washington St 36

Stanford 23 @ USC 34

Georgia 20 @ Notre Dame 17

WHEN IN DOHA: The Five Driving Things To Know

WHEN IN DOHA

The Top Five Driving Things To Know:

1. Because of the speed of development and speed of construction, it is not uncommon to wake up the next day, and have the roads be different than they were the day before.

2. At the stoplights, a yellow light does NOT mean slow down and proceed...it means slam on the breaks, because you need to stop! A flashing green light actually means slow down and proceed.

3. There is only one driving rule; you only need to go the speed limit where there is a speed camera. Stop signs, blinkers, staying in your lane, and driving the speed limit are all optional!! 

4. The fewer the numbers on a license plate tag, the more important the owner driving the vehicle is in Qatari society. (We witnessed a vehicle with three numbers on their tag tell a police officer to unblock a road for them, and they did.) We have about seven numbers on our vehicle.

5. In Doha, restaurants do not have drive thru's. Instead you pull up to the restaurant, and you honk your horn for service, until somebody comes out with a menu.

Me at the Souq Waqif festival 

My wife and I at the Souq

My wife and a few of her co workers in front of the giant spider sculpture! The art here is amazing!

Giant spider sculpture at the Convention Center near campus.

Downtown Doha! The architecture is amazing here!

It is a massive city! The pictures really cannot capture it all! More to come though.

This is a short video we took while driving.

My wife and I this time behind the shades!

Souq Waqif festival in Doha

Beginnings: Our travel endeavors

August 2017 Travel Endeavors 

This will be my very first blog on here. I have taken a different direction in life the last few years. What started out as a sports talk blog will shift more towards my wife and I's travel adventures currently in our lives, with a mix of past adventures sprinkled along side some occasional sports talk, because I cant help it; I love all things sports. I want to try and blog and share our experiences on here often. I want to share things that we have been through while pursuing our travel aspirations. Hopefully maybe somebody or multiple people out there can take something away from our experiences. We are all about experiencing life no matter where we find ourselves. We view it all as an adventure, because you just never know when or if you will ever be able to travel again. What started out a year ago as talk and researching, has turned into two people born in the Midwest United States living in Doha, Qatar teaching, working, and traveling. What could be a better home base to live in while looking to travel the world?! Everything is within arms reach here! The possibilities are endless. In my next blog I want to talk about our ventures before and on our way to Qatar, as well as our first few weeks here. We have been through so many unique, fun, and exhausting situations. I really appreciate any out there who decide to read my blog, and maybe return to read more into our lives and adventures. I will be back to share more soon! Take care all, and good luck in all your endeavors.