Recap: Bowl Week 1

LET'S PARTY. WHO'S LSU?

The holiday season for college football has just started, and already we had some tight finishes and some interesting match ups. The first and opening week of the bowl season started off with a bang, and then finished with an unlikely upset. Let's get onto the bowls.

New Mexico Bowl: Temple 37, Wyoming 15

Temple came out swinging against Wyoming, jumping to a 21-0 lead in the first half of the Gildan New Mexico Bowl on Saturday. After that, there wasn't much Wyoming could do.

Bernard Pierce ran for two early touchdowns and Coyer threw for 169 yards and the touchdown to help Temple overwhelm Wyoming 37-15 in the New Mexico Bowl -- the first bowl game of the season.

The Owls (9-4) had three interceptions -- tying a New Mexico Bowl record -- en route to the second bowl victory in school history. The first interception came at the start of the second quarter when Temple's Kee-arye Griffin picked off Smith's pass to setting up Matt Brown's 1-yard touchdown run that gave the Owls a 21-0 lead, and just about the rest of the game.

National CFB Games This Weekend: Recap

Cousins made the catch of the day

This weekend was one of the craziest as far as upsets go so far this year. I had picked a total of 5 games this weekend that were the largest games of interest. I ended up going 3-2, with my losses being picking Wisconsin over Michigan State and Oklahoma over Texas Tech. Let's get to the recaps of those games:

Last Week's Record: 0-0
This Week's Record: 3-2
Season Record: 12-6 (66% correct)

Texas Tech 41, #3 Oklahoma 38 (0-1 This Week)
Texas Tech dominated this game throughout the first and second half, but couldn't quite clamp the Sooners late in the fourth quarter, almost giving them a chance to comeback. The good news is that the Red Raiders held on after blitzing the Sooners defense and racking up 572 yards of total offense. My Prediction Was: Oklahoma Wins 44-21


North Carolina 38, #9 Clemson 59 (1-1 This Week)
Tajh Boyd had 367 yards passing and 5 TD's as he led the Tigers to a big win over a pretty good North Carolina team. Clemson keeps on winning, and they might be going places, including the BCS. My Prediction Was: Clemson Wins 31-21