Badger of Honor: Bowl Predictions

The 2016-17 Bowl Season has arrived! See what our site experts and staff from Badger of Honor predict say for their Bowl predictions.

First off let’s meet our pickers from:

Records will be kept throughout the bowl season, with the winner announced on Twitter (@BadgerOfHonorFS) and more importantly earning bragging rights.

Getting down to business, the popular saying “great minds think alike” can be applied to this situation, except for some of the games. Here are the common picks in non-New Years Six, otherwise formerly known as BCS bowls, between all four pickers.

*Bold indicates winner

Despite some Big Ten bias, our writing team picked unanimously against three teams from the conference. You can also tell we are from Wisconsin as all four pickers chose against Bret Bielema and the Arkansas Razorbacks.

The rest of the non-BCS bowls (using the term BCS because New Year’s Six is a mouthful), the crew had some differences in their picks. Quite a few them were split 50/50 between us four, while others were favored 3-1, with what seemed like me usually being the one. Do I know something the rest does not? Unlikely.

Miami Beach Bowl: Central Michigan vs. Tulsa

Las Vegas Bowl: Houston vs. San Diego State

Camellia Bowl: Appalachian State vs. Toledo

New Orleans Bowl: UL-Lafayette vs. Southern Mississippi

Boca Raton Bowl: Memphis vs. Western Kentucky

Poinsettia Bowl: BYU vs. Wyoming

Bahamas Bowl: Eastern Michigan vs. Old Dominion

Armed Forces Bowl: Louisiana Tech vs. Navy

Hawaii Bowl: Hawaii vs. Middle Tennessee

St. Petersburg Bowl: Miami (OH) vs. Mississippi State

Quick Lane Bowl: Boston College vs. Maryland

Independence Bowl: North Carolina State vs. Vanderbilt

Heart of Dallas Bowl: Army vs. North Texas

Alamo Bowl: Colorado vs. Oklahoma State

Liberty Bowl: TCU vs. Georgia

Sun Bowl: North Carolina vs. Stanford

Music City Bowl: Nebraska vs. Tennessee

Perhaps the bowls you were waiting for and skipped over the others just to find. Here are our thoughts on what was formerly known as the BCS Bowls that every team chased after every season. Spoiler: We all pick the Badgers and are heavily favored towards the Big Ten

Orange Bowl: Florida State vs. Michigan

Citrus Bowl: Louisville vs. LSU

Outback Bowl: Florida vs. Iowa

Cotton Bowl: Wisconsin vs. Western Michigan

Rose Bowl: USC vs. Penn State

Sugar Bowl: Auburn vs. Oklahoma

Next: College Football Playoffs

Finally, the only games that matter (just kidding).

Peach Bowl (Semifinal): Alabama vs. Washington

Fiesta Bowl (Semifinal): Ohio State vs. Clemson

National Championship: TBD