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2011 - 2012 College Football Bowl Picks

This year at bang the book.com we are going to be giving you the best bowl coverage on the net with write-ups on every bowl game this year with trends and in depth analysis. We will present write-ups on every game to include the BCS bowls and the Championship game! So when you’re looking for bowl coverage look no further than Bang the Book for all of your college bowl needs! 

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Date/time
(all ET)		 Bowl Site Matchup
Sat., Dec. 17
2 p.m.		 New Mexico Albuquerque Wyoming vs. Temple
Sat., Dec. 17
5:30 p.m.		 Idaho Potato Boise, Idaho Utah State vs. Ohio
Sat., Dec. 17
9 p.m.		 New Orleans New Orleans Louisiana-Lafayette vs. San Diego State
Tue., Dec. 20
8 p.m.		 Beef 'O'Brady's St. Petersburg, Fla. Florida International vs. Marshall
Wed., Dec. 21
8 p.m.
 Poinsettia San Diego TCU vs. Louisiana Tech
Thu., Dec. 22
8 p.m.
 MAACO Las Vegas Las Vegas Boise State vs. Arizona State
Sat., Dec. 24
8 p.m.
Hawaii Honolulu Southern Mississippi vs. Nevada
Mon., Dec. 26
5 p.m.
 Independence Shreveport, La. Missouri vs. North Carolina
Tue., Dec. 27
4:30 p.m.		 Little Caesars Detroit Purdue vs. Western Michigan
Tue., Dec. 27
8 p.m.
 Belk Charlotte North Carolina State vs. Louisville
Wed., Dec. 28
4:30 p.m.
 Military Washington, D.C. Air Force vs. Toledo
Wed., Dec. 28
8 p.m. 		Holiday San Diego Texas vs. California
Thu., Dec. 29
5:30 p.m.
 Champs Sports Orlando Florida State vs. Notre Dame
Thu., Dec. 29
9 p.m. 		Alamo San Antonio Baylor vs. Washington
Fri., Dec. 30
Noon		 Armed Forces Dallas Brigham Young vs. Tulsa
Fri., Dec. 30
3:20 p.m. 		Pinstripe Bronx, N.Y. Rutgers vs. Iowa State
Fri., Dec. 30
6:40 p.m. 		Music City Nashville, Tenn. Wake Forest vs. Missisippi State
Fri., Dec. 30
10 p.m.
Insight Tempe, Ariz. Oklahoma vs. Iowa
Sat., Dec. 31
Noon
 Meineke Car Care Houston Texas A&M vs. Northwestern
Sat., Dec. 31
2 p.m.
 Sun El Paso, Texas Georgia Tech vs. Utah
Sat., Dec. 31
3:30 p.m.		 Liberty Memphis Vanderbilt vs. Cincinnati
Sat., Dec. 31
3:30 p.m.
 Kraft Fight Hunger San Francisco UCLA vs. Illinois
Sat., Dec. 31
7:30 p.m.
 Chick-fil-A Atlanta Virginia vs. Auburn
Mon., Jan. 2
Noon		 TicketCity Dallas Penn State vs. Houston
Mon., Jan. 2
1 p.m.		 Outback Tampa Georgia vs. Michigan State
Mon., Jan. 2
1 p.m.		 Capital One Orlando Nebraska vs. South Carolina
Mon., Jan. 2
1 p.m.		 Gator Jacksonville, Fla. Ohio State vs. Florida
Mon., Jan. 2
5 p.m.		 Rose Pasadena, Calif. Oregon vs. Wisconsin
Mon., Jan. 2
8:30 p.m.		 Fiesta Glendale, Ariz. Oklahoma State vs. Stanford
Tue., Jan. 3
8:30 p.m.		 Sugar New Orleans Michigan vs. Virginia Tech
Wed., Jan. 4
8:30 p.m.		 Orange Miami Clemson vs. West Virginia
Fri., Jan. 6
8 p.m.		 Cotton Arlington, Texas Kansas State vs. Arkansas
Sat., Jan. 7
1 p.m.		 BBVA Compass Birmingham, Ala. Pittsburgh vs. SMU
Sun., Jan. 8
9 p.m.
 Go Daddy Mobile, Ala. Northern Illinois vs. Arkansas State
Mon., Jan. 9
8:30 p.m.		 BCS title game New Orleans LSU vs. Alabama

 

 

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