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The EagleBank and Champs Sports Bowls

December 29th, 2009 Leave a comment Go to comments

Each day during bowl season in my daily blog, I will give you my forecasts on the bowl games taking place that day. My forecasts will include a detailed write-up with my computer’s projected box score including rushing and passing yards, points and turnovers along with a detailed write-up on each game.

Also check out the bowl matchup section to get the latest and greatest information on all the upcoming bowl games including, game by game stats, 2009 recaps, and checklists for every position and intangible.

EagleBank Bowl

UCLA vs Temple

Team Rush Pass Points TO’s ST
UCLA 87 270 24 2.6 ••
Temple 158 115 19 3.1

In the bowl matchup checklist, UCLA has a big talent edge and despite giving 3 intangible checks to Temple, UCLA is still 6 checks (points) better. If this game were played in the regular season in California, UCLA would be favored by 10-14 points. However the wind and 35 degree temperatures in Washington DC will benefit the underdog Owls. Temple’s big O-line and RB Bernard Pierce 1,308 yards rush (5.8) will be suitable for the playing conditions. Both teams have excellent defenses however the California boys will be cold and chilly while the Pennsylvania boys will be used to this. Temple is excited to prove themselves against a marquee team. These factors will have the Owls keeping it closer than the big talent difference.

PHIL’S FORECAST: UCLA 24 TEMPLE 19

Champs Sports Bowl

Wisconsin vs Miami

Team Rush Pass Points TO’s ST
Wisconsin 157 190 25 2.3 –
Miami, FL 93 285 32 2 –

Last year Wisconsin was in this bowl game and got it handed to them by Florida St 42-13. Miami is similar to that FSU team and may be even better. The Hurricanes were hit hard by injuries this year with their DL and secondary hit especially hard. Perhaps their top defensive player LB Sean Spence only started 7 games due to injuries and now is back healthy for this game. Miami has a solid rush defense to take on the Badgers strength of running the ball. While I expect the Big Ten to do unusually well this bowl season, this is the classic size vs speed matchup with Miami having good size to go along with their speed and look for them to hand Wisconsin a tough bowl loss.

PHIL’S FORECAST: MIAMI 36 WISCONSIN 21

Conference Bowl Standings

Bowl Conference VS ConFerence Records
OVERALL vs BCS CONF
W L % W L %
MWC 3 0 100% 2 0 100%
BIG EAST 2 0 100% 1 0 100%
SUN BELT 1 0 100% 0 0 0
SEC 1 1 50% 1 1 50%
C USA 2 2 50% 0 1 0%
PAC 10 1 2 33% 1 0 100%
ACC 1 2 33% 1 2 33%
BIG 12 0 1 0% 0 1 0%
BIG 10 0 0 0 0 0 0
INDEP 0 0 0 0 0 0
MAC 0 1 0% 0 0 0%
WAC 0 1 0% 0 0 0

The MWC is off to a great start with a 3-0 record thanks to Wyoming’s upset over Fresno St in the New Mexico Bowl and two big wins over the Pac-10 the last week. The Big East has picked up a couple of wins including Pittsburgh’s win over North Carolina on Saturday. The SEC got its first victory of the bowl season last night with Georgia pulling away from Texas A&M 44-20. CUSA after starting 0-2 has won their last two including SMU’s impressive win over Nevada in the Hawaii Bowl. The PAC 10 and ACC picked up victories over the weekend while The Big 12 lost its only bowl game so far. The Big 10 conference has yet to play a bowl game this season but that will change tonight when Wisconsin plays Miami in the Champs Sports Bowl.

Bowl Confidence Contest

Make sure to check the daily blog every day as we will be posting the standings here after every bowl game is played.

There will be two Top 50 leaderboards. The first one will be points won and the second is best win percentage of their points. Sometimes the early leaders are the ones that risked the most on the early bowls and they fall by the wayside as the contest goes on so that is why I will also keep track of those that have the best win percentage.

After 11 bowl games William Meleski continues to lead the contest for the sixth day in a row with 233 points won and an 81% win %. William extended his lead from 19 to 28 points yesterday with Georgia winning. Jeff Hamilton jumped up to #2 and Gene Winters who led the contest after the first few days moved up to #3. Dan Maurer is the new leader in win % with 123 points won and just 18 points lost (87%) which is only a half of a percentage point better than Gary Magnus.

After some early tough losses, I now have 129 points and there are still 23 bowl games left! Remember 1st place wins $250, 2nd place gets $100 and a set of regionals and 3rd gets $50 and a set of regionals.

Thanks again to all that have entered. If you have any problems with your points or do not see your name please email Brandon@philsteele.com. Here are the current leaderboards.

The Top 50 in Points Won

Rank Name Pts Won Pts Lost Win % % Rank
1 William J Meleski 233 55 81% 11
2 Jeff Hamilton 205 33 86% 4
3 Gene Winters 202 79 72% 50
4 Bob Knight 196 48 80% 12
5 Lyell Marks 193 126 61% 208
6 Goran Mili 189 83 69% 73
7 Marc Ostrom 180 37 83% 8
8 Michael Mancini 170 94 64% 139
9 Mike Guzzo 169 69 71% 59
9 Matthew Goodman 169 84 67% 106
11 Chuck Kreiner 168 57 75% 37
11 Ben Brin 168 57 75% 37
13 Mitchell Sanpei 166 68 71% 60
13 Tony Orioli 166 92 64% 142
15 Natalie Lindsay 165 45 79% 16
15 Sherry Shoup 165 154 52% 509
17 Patrick Hilt 164 31 84% 5
17 adam muscat 164 68 71% 62
17 Eugene Mangino 164 71 70% 70
17 Richie Thomas 164 75 69% 81
21 Jerry Thornton 163 89 65% 132
22 Don Seebold 161 46 78% 19
22 Jack Hawn 161 54 75% 34
22 peggmon 161 65 71% 52
25 Lisa DiBello 159 42 79% 13
26 Rich Ribera 158 81 66% 115
27 Dave Klaehn 156 102 60% 209
28 Lance Ivy 155 90 63% 160
29 Don Armstrong 154 45 77% 20
29 Aaron Trauger 154 65 70% 65
29 Craig Domingues 154 79 66% 116
32 John Roberts 153 62 71% 56
33 Dick Rosser 152 71 68% 86
33 David Ruth 152 105 59% 248
35 Josh Farnsworth 151 49 76% 30
35 Don Deavers 151 70 68% 85
37 Kevin Wise 150 68 69% 79
37 Jarrett Singer 150 72 68% 96
37 Bud Converse 150 106 59% 259
40 Gary Grodin 149 79 65% 125
40 Rusty Moreno 149 84 64% 149
42 Ralph Snodgrass 148 87 63% 164
42 Jerry Jesenko 148 97 60% 212
44 Mike Hay 147 74 67% 107
44 Gordon Goldbach 147 88 63% 169
46 Phillip Mason 146 43 77% 22
46 Jeremy Zinn 146 49 75% 35
46 Walter Janz 146 59 71% 53
46 Mike Connors 146 61 71% 63
46 Butch Domann 146 76 66% 119
46 Greg Rockers 146 80 65% 134
46 Matthew Edmundson 146 97 60% 223
46 Scott Marshall 146 110 57% 310
46 Jesse Pazdernik 146 115 56% 345
46 Pete Mackin 146 121 55% 386

The Top 50 in Win %

Name Pts Won Pts Lost Win % % Rank
Dan Maurer 123 18 87% 1
Gary Magnus 91 14 87% 2
Jerry Bankhead 131 21 86% 3
Jeff Hamilton 205 33 86% 4
Patrick Hilt 164 31 84% 5
Frank Elia 132 25 84% 6
Frank Scott 112 22 84% 7
Marc Ostrom 180 37 83% 8
Timothy Zelek 92 19 83% 9
Matt Schupp 134 28 83% 10
William J Meleski 233 55 81% 11
Bob Knight 196 48 80% 12
Lisa DiBello 159 42 79% 13
Steve MacDonald 140 37 79% 14
Gary Cotton 104 28 79% 15
Natalie Lindsay 165 45 79% 16
Marc Caruso 116 33 78% 17
Anthony Marcello 130 37 78% 18
Don Seebold 161 46 78% 19
Don Armstrong 154 45 77% 20
James Marzano 51 15 77% 21
Phillip Mason 146 43 77% 22
Doug Mayfield 145 43 77% 23
Giovanni Sicurella 128 40 76% 24
James W Phillips 118 37 76% 25
Ray Wenrich 54 17 76% 26
Scott Jasinkowski 82 26 76% 27
Jeffrey Gans 106 34 76% 28
Bobby Welles 142 46 76% 29
Josh Farnsworth 151 49 76% 30
John Galliera 129 42 75% 31
Frank Hillman 70 23 75% 32
Jason Fry 127 42 75% 33
Jack Hawn 161 54 75% 34
Jeremy Zinn 146 49 75% 35
Louis Leiwalo 121 41 75% 36
Ben Brin 168 57 75% 37
Chuck Kreiner 168 57 75% 37
Scott Boyce 143 49 74% 39
Richard Specht 49 17 74% 40
Matthew Anderson 132 46 74% 41
Rick Perk 140 49 74% 42
Mike Magee 106 38 74% 43
Jay Maguire 119 43 73% 44
Jason Harris 112 41 73% 45
Paul Flatt 121 46 72% 46
Michael Kyle 134 51 72% 47
Jim Martindale 85 33 72% 48
Geoff Boyle 121 47 72% 49
Gene Winters 202 79 72% 50
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