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The Humanitarian and Holiday Bowls

December 30th, 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.

Humanitarian Bowl

Bowling Green vs Idaho

Team Rush Pass Points TO’s ST
Bowling Green 63 345 34 1.2 •
Idaho 217 255 31 2.7 –

Gametime Projected Weather: 34°, Flurries Wind: WNW 5 mph

Idaho is playing in their home state and figures to have a large crowd advantage. The Vandals have plenty of weapons on offense that starts with QB Nathan Enderle who has 2,666 yards (62.3%) with an 18-9 ratio. Idaho has three solid tailbacks in De’Maundray Woolridge (853 rush yards, 5.7, 16 TD’s), Princeton McCarty (605 rush yards, 5.7) and Deonte Jackson (584 total yards). The Vandals also have a 1,000 yard WR in Max Komar. Idaho is simply the more balanced team as my computer projects them to have more than 200 yards rushing and passing while BG will just be throwing the ball all over the field. Idaho played on the blue turf earlier this year in a loss to Boise St but this time the Vandals will be on the other side of the outcome.

PHIL’S FORECAST: IDAHO 37 BOWLING GREEN 32

Holiday Bowl

Arizona vs Nebraska

Team Rush Pass Points TO’s ST
Arizona 132 175 15 2.3 –
Nebraska 103 170 22 1.9 –

Gametime Projected Weather: 58°, Partly Cloudy Wind: W 5 mph

Arizona is a dangerous team as they were just a few plays away from being unbeaten in Pac-10 play. Both teams are solid on offense and defense with Nebraska having the edge on defense (#5-20) and Arizona having the edge on offense (#25-62). Generally the Holiday Bowl is one of the higher scoring bowl games each season but with two top-notch defenses it figures to be a lower scoring affair this year. While both teams are excited to be playing in this bowl Ndamukong Suh was named the AP College Football Player of the Year and the Huskers will want to send him out on a winning note.

PHIL’S FORECAST: NEBRASKA 20 ARIZONA 17

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%
BIG 10 1 0 100% 1 0 100%
SUN BELT 1 0 100% 0 0 0
PAC 10 2 2 50% 1 0 100%
SEC 1 1 50% 1 1 50%
C USA 2 2 50% 0 1 0%
ACC 1 3 25% 1 3 25%
BIG 12 0 1 0% 0 1 0%
INDEP 0 0 0 0 0 0
MAC 0 2 0% 0 1 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 Big Ten got its first victory last night with Wisconsin’s impressive win over Miami in the Champs Sports Bowl. The Pac-10 after an 0-2 start is now 2-2 after USC and UCLA victories. Similarly, CUSA, after starting 0-2, has won their last two. The ACC has played all BCS conference teams in their bowl games and has not fared well going 1-3. The MAC has had a couple of tough losses including Temple’s loss to UCLA yesterday where the Owls at one point led 21-7.

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 13 bowl games William Meleski continues to lead the contest for the seventh day in a row with 253 points won and a 77% win %. Gene Winters is a name that has been near the top of the leaderboard since day 1 and he is in 2nd with 226 points won. Matt Schupp is the new leader in win % with an impressive 87% which is 4% better than 2nd place Jeff Hamilton.

After some tough early losses, I now have 140 points and there are still 21 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 the near 1,200 people that have entered. If you have any questions concerning your points or do not see your name in the Top 50 and think it should be 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 253 74 77% 12
2 Gene Winters 226 96 70% 39
3 Lyell Marks 216 148 59% 209
4 Goran Mili 214 102 68% 64
5 Jeff Hamilton 206 42 83% 2
6 Michael Mancini 200 112 64% 111
7 Bob Knight 196 79 71% 31
8 Bobby Welles 195 46 81% 3
9 Matthew Goodman 193 105 65% 106
10 Don Seebold 190 46 81% 7
10 Mike Guzzo 190 89 68% 57
12 Matt Schupp 185 28 87% 1
12 Mitchell Sanpei 185 94 66% 87
14 Don Armstrong 184 64 74% 17
14 Mike Hay 184 74 71% 30
16 Pete Mackin 182 121 60% 198
17 Don Deavers 181 81 69% 51
18 adam muscat 180 78 70% 43
18 Marc Ostrom 180 79 69% 44
18 Lance Ivy 180 122 60% 203
21 Mike Bambrick 179 102 64% 120
22 Natalie Lindsay 178 62 74% 18
23 John Geanakos 177 93 66% 96
24 Dave Klaehn 176 133 57% 284
25 Richie Thomas 175 84 68% 67
25 Rusty Moreno 175 91 66% 94
27 Mike Connors 174 79 69% 52
28 Gary McQuain 173 64 73% 23
28 Jeremy Zinn 173 67 72% 27
28 Ed Linton 173 71 71% 34
28 Jerry Thornton 173 103 63% 136
32 Jerry Chieffalo 172 57 75% 13
32 Lisa DiBello 172 72 70% 35
32 Sephen Fraher 172 116 60% 201
32 Bud Converse 172 134 56% 304
36 Jarrett Singer 170 91 65% 101
36 Andy Mickley 170 111 60% 187
36 Gordon Goldbach 170 113 60% 197
39 Patrick Hilt 169 40 81% 4
39 Fred Kern 169 101 63% 138
41 Ben Brin 168 75 69% 49
41 Steven Pegg 168 86 66% 90
41 Chuck Kreiner 168 94 64% 109
41 Joey Novak 168 95 64% 116
45 John Mina 166 92 64% 107
45 Tony Orioli 166 116 59% 224
47 Jason Dubeans 165 78 68% 59
47 Gary Candon 165 96 63% 125
47 Brian Dereng 165 106 61% 175
47 Duston Turner 165 182 48% 703
47 Sherry Shoup 165 199 45% 794

The Top 50 in Win %

Name Pts Won Pts Lost Win % % Rank
Matt Schupp 185 28 87% 1
Jeff Hamilton 206 42 83% 2
Bobby Welles 195 46 81% 3
Patrick Hilt 169 40 81% 4
Marc Caruso 139 33 81% 5
Dan Maurer 150 36 81% 6
Don Seebold 190 46 81% 7
Gregory Ewers 72 19 79% 8
Steve MacDonald 144 40 78% 9
Gary Magnus 96 27 78% 10
Mark Ferdinando 143 41 78% 11
William J Meleski 253 74 77% 12
Jerry Chieffalo 172 57 75% 13
Jeffrey Gans 129 44 75% 14
Todd L Jackson 137 47 74% 15
Anthony Marcello 141 49 74% 16
Don Armstrong 184 64 74% 17
Natalie Lindsay 178 62 74% 18
Phillip Mason 162 57 74% 19
Chris Haynes 140 50 74% 20
Christopher Haynes 140 50 74% 20
Jerry Bankhead 143 52 73% 22
Gary McQuain 173 64 73% 23
Richard Bidnick 152 57 73% 24
Michael Kyle 154 58 73% 25
Gene Shue 127 48 73% 26
Jeremy Zinn 173 67 72% 27
John Roberts 160 64 71% 28
Kevin Godrum 132 53 71% 29
Mike Hay 184 74 71% 30
Bob Knight 196 79 71% 31
DAWN KING 153 62 71% 32
Steve Liles 133 54 71% 33
Ed Linton 173 71 71% 34
Lisa DiBello 172 72 70% 35
Doug Mayfield 148 62 70% 36
Gary Cotton 128 54 70% 37
Gary Osborne 163 69 70% 38
Gene Winters 226 96 70% 39
Frank Hillman 70 30 70% 40
Jason Fry 135 58 70% 41
Shawn Reece 86 37 70% 42
adam muscat 180 78 70% 43
Marc Ostrom 180 79 69% 44
Jon Lucas 116 51 69% 45
Giovanni Sicurella 160 71 69% 46
James Marzano 63 28 69% 47
Frank Scott 121 54 69% 48
Ben Brin 168 75 69% 49
Art Tocco 141 63 69% 50
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