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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.

MUSIC CITY BOWL

CLEMSON VS KENTUCKY

TEAM RUSHING PASSING POINTS TO’S ST
CLEMSON 207 185 34 2.5 ••
KENTUCKY 173 105 20 2.4 –

Clemson is the superior team here as Kentucky has had some misleading finals in their last two games. The Wildcats beat Georgia 34-27 despite being outgained 487-260 and then against Tennessee they lost by only six despite being outgained 446-261. Clemson has an excellent front seven as they have 34 sacks this year and the Tigers have two players in RB CJ Spiller and WR Jacoby Ford that can score anytime they touch the ball. Clemson has lost three straight bowl games and have lost their last two games this year so they should be extra motivated to end those streaks. Clemson has the big talent edge and despite the pro Kentucky crowd I expect the Tigers to playing at their best.

PHIL’S FORECAST: CLEMSON 34 KENTUCKY 20

CONFERENCE BOWL STANDINGS

OVERALL vs BCS CONF
W L % W L %
MWC 3 0 100% 2 0 100%
BIG EAST 2 0 100% 1 0 0
C USA 2 2 50% 0 1 0%
SUN BELT 1 0 100% 0 0 0
PAC 10 1 2 33% 1 0 100%
SEC 0 0 0 0 0 0
BIG 12 0 0 0 0 0 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
ACC 0 2 0% 0 2 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 yester day. CUSA after starting 0-2 has won their last two including SMU’s impressive win over Nevada in the Hawaii Bowl. The PAC 10 also got their first win of the bowl season yesterday with USC beating Boston College 24-13. The ACC did not have a good day dropping both of their contests yesterday to BCS teams.

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.

Out of more than 1200 entries William Meleski continues to lead the contest with 190 points won and a 78% win %. Jeff Hamilton moved up to 2nd with 162 points and an impressive 83% win % and Bob Knight moved into 3rd with 160 points. Frank Scott is #1 in win % with 89%!

I now have 69 points and there are still 25 bowl games to be played.

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

ank Name Pts Won Pts Lost Win % % Rank
1 William J Meleski 190 55 78% 12
2 Jeff Hamilton 162 33 83% 2
3 Bob Knight 160 48 77% 14
4 Joel Blank 153 346 31% 872
5 Richie Thomas 152 47 76% 15
6 Jack Hawn 151 53 74% 19
7 Lyell Marks 144 126 53% 184
8 Gene Winters 143 79 64% 53
9 Don Seebold 142 36 80% 7
10 Josh Farnsworth 134 36 79% 10
11 Marc Ostrom 131 37 78% 11
12 Dave Klaehn 128 88 59% 95
13 Timothy Divis 127 62 67% 33
14 Matthew Goodman 124 84 60% 91
14 Bill Morehead 124 96 56% 129
16 Ron Stroman 123 119 51% 237
17 Jeff Hedges 122 87 58% 105
17 Michael Mancini 122 94 56% 128
19 Matt Thompson 119 65 65% 52
19 Luke Savage 119 74 62% 73
21 Dick Rosser 118 61 66% 43
21 Tony Orioli 118 92 56% 130
21 Mark Walsh 118 102 54% 175
24 Phillip Mason 117 43 73% 21
25 Sherry Shoup 116 154 43% 424
25 Duston Turner 116 154 43% 424
27 Aaron Trauger 115 65 64% 55
27 Mitchell Sanpei 115 68 63% 64
27 Carl Ciaramitaro 115 103 53% 193
30 Mike Guzzo 114 69 62% 67
30 Don Deavers 114 70 62% 72
30 Doug Nelms 114 94 55% 151
30 Dan Defoggi 114 156 42% 458
34 Anthony Chapman 113 75 60% 86
34 Gary Candon 113 89 56% 132
36 Doug Mayfields 112 39 74% 18
36 adam muscat 112 68 62% 68
36 Bud Converse 112 106 51% 224
39 John Geanakos 110 93 54% 163
39 Ryan Faulkner 110 103 52% 221
41 Craig Domingues 109 79 58% 110
42 Jerry Chieffalo 108 55 66% 38
42 Ben Brin 108 57 65% 48
44 Matthew Edmundson 107 97 52% 199
45 John Mina 106 71 60% 89
45 James Bigley 106 90 54% 167
45 Sephen Fraher 106 102 51% 232
45 Bob Noel 106 134 44% 392
49 Buddy Davis 105 60 64% 57

THE TOP 50 IN WIN %

Name Pts Won Pts Lost Win % % Rank
Frank Scott 87 11 89% 1
Jeff Hamilton 162 33 83% 2
Gary Magnus 65 14 82% 3
Jerry Bankhead 94 21 82% 4
Dan Maurer 75 18 81% 5
Frank Elia 90 22 80% 6
Don Seebold 142 36 80% 7
Frank Elia 98 25 80% 8
Timothy Zelek 73 19 79% 9
Josh Farnsworth 134 36 79% 10
Marc Ostrom 131 37 78% 11
William J Meleski 190 55 78% 12
plhokie 104 31 77% 13
Bob Knight 160 48 77% 14
Richie Thomas 152 47 76% 15
Marc Caruso 98 33 75% 16
Scott Walsky 53 18 75% 17
Doug Mayfields 112 39 74% 18
Jack Hawn 151 53 74% 19
Anthony Marcello 103 37 74% 20
Phillip Mason 117 43 73% 21
Matt Schupp 73 28 72% 22
Steve MacDonald 94 37 72% 23
Frank Hillman 57 23 71% 24
Jason Harris 91 37 71% 25
Mark Ferdinando 73 32 70% 26
Don Armstrong 102 45 69% 27
Lisa DiBello 95 42 69% 28
Bobby Welles 103 46 69% 29
Gary Cotton 62 28 69% 30
Jason Fry 91 42 68% 31
Scott Jasinkowski 55 26 68% 32
Timothy Divis 127 62 67% 33
JOSHUA SMITH 92 45 67% 34
John Galliera 85 42 67% 35
James Marzano 30 15 67% 36
Jeremy Zinn 97 49 66% 37
Jerry Chieffalo 108 55 66% 38
Giovanni Sicurella 78 40 66% 39
eric sabo 101 52 66% 40
ray59 33 17 66% 41
Jim Martindale 64 33 66% 42
Dick Rosser 118 61 66% 43
DAWN KING 98 51 66% 44
Glenn Heit 96 50 66% 45
Jeffrey Gans 65 34 66% 46
Austin Huggins 74 39 65% 47
Ben Brin 108 57 65% 48
Steve Liles 80 43 65% 49
Robert Vanier 66 36 65% 50
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