College Football Expert Picks Predictions Bowl Games December 20-27

College football expert picks and predictions for the bowl games from December 20th through the 27th

College football expert picks, predictions for all of the bowl games from December 20th through the 27th


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* next to the pick means the team will win, but not cover.
Click on each game for the game preview and CFN Prediction

Bowl Game College Football Expert Picks 
Fenway EMU vs SJSU | Boca Liberty vs Toledo
NO WKU vs USA | Armed Forces AF vs Baylor
Ind Louisiana vs Houston | Gasp Missouri vs WF

Hawaii MTSU vs SDSU | Quick NMSU vs BGSU
Camellia UB vs GaSo | 1st Resp Utah St vs Memphis
Birm Coast Carolina vs ECU | GuarRate Ok St vs Wis
Results So Far | Bowls December 16-19

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Famous Idaho Potato Bowl

Eastern Michigan vs San Jose State

Line: San Jose State -4.5, o/u: 55.5

Eric Bolin, RazorbacksWire.com: San Jose State
Evan Bredeson, CornhuskersWire.com: San Jose State
Tony Cosolo, ColoradoBuffaloesWire.com: San Jose State
Jeff Feyerer, CFN: San Jose State
Pete Fiutak, CFN: San Jose State
Cami Griffin, LonghornsWire.com: San Jose State
Dan Harralson, VolsWire.com: San Jose State
Phil Harrison, BuckeyesWire.com: San Jose State
Jeremy Mauss, MWwire.com San Jose State
Kevin McGuire, NittanyLionsWire.com: San Jose State
Big Game Ben Niewoehner, CFN Eastern Michigan
E, CFN San Jose State
Tyler Nettuno, LSUTigerswire.com San Jose State
Zack Pearson, TarHeelswire.com San Jose State
Johnny Rosenstein, SportsBookWire.com: San Jose State
Nick Shepkowski, FightingIrishWire.com: San Jose State
Scott Steehn, WinnersandWhiners.com: San Jose State
Joe Vitale, UGAWire.com: San Jose State
Clucko the Chicken (a coin flip), CFN: Eastern Michigan
CONSENSUS PICK: San Jose State

NEXT: Liberty vs Toledo Expert Picks Predictions

College Football Expert Picks, Predictions Bowl Games December 16-19

College football expert picks and predictions for the bowl games from December 16th through the 19th along with Army-Navy

College football expert picks, predictions for all of the bowl games from December 16th through the 19, along with Army vs Navy


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* next to the pick means the team will win, but not cover.
Click on each game for the game preview and CFN Prediction

Bowl Game College Football Expert Picks 
Army vs Navy | Bahamas: Miami Univ vs UAB
Cure: UTSA vs Troy | Fenway: Cin vs Louisville
Celeb: NC Cen vs JSU | New Mex: BYU vs SMU
LA: Fresno St vs Wazzu | LTree: Rice vs USM
Vegas: Florida vs Oreg St | Frisco: UNT vs Boise St
Myrtle: UConn vs Marshall | Results So Far

Bowl Schedule, Predictions | Ranking all 41 Bowls
CFN Experts Picks: Bowls December 16th-19th

Army vs Navy

Line: Navy -1.5, o/u: 32.5

Eric Bolin, RazorbacksWire.com: Army
Evan Bredeson, CornhuskersWire.com: Army
Tony Cosolo, ColoradoBuffaloesWire.com: Army
Jeff Feyerer, CFN: Navy
Pete Fiutak, CFN: Navy
Cami Griffin, LonghornsWire.com: Navy
Dan Harralson, VolsWire.com: Army
Phil Harrison, BuckeyesWire.com: Navy
Jeremy Mauss, MWwire.com Army
Kevin McGuire, NittanyLionsWire.com: Navy*
Big Game Ben Niewoehner, CFN Navy
E, CFN Army
Tyler Nettuno, LSUTigerswire.com Army
Zack Pearson, TarHeelswire.com Navy
Johnny Rosenstein, SportsBookWire.com: Navy
Nick Shepkowski, FightingIrishWire.com: Army
Scott Steehn, WinnersandWhiners.com: Army
Joe Vitale, UGAWire.com: Navy
Clucko the Chicken (a coin flip), CFN: Army
CONSENSUS PICK: Army

CFN Experts Picks: Bowls December 16th-19th

NEXT: Miami University vs UAB Expert Picks Predictions

Washington State vs Fresno State Jimmy Kimmel LA Bowl Prediction Game Preview

Washington State vs Fresno State game preview, prediction, and breakdown for the Jimmy Kimmel LA Bowl Presented by Stifel on Saturday, December 17, 2022

Washington State vs Fresno State prediction, game preview, odds, how to watch. Jimmy Kimmel LA Bowl Presented by Stifel, Saturday, December 17


Washington State vs Fresno State Jimmy Kimmel LA Bowl Presented by Stifel Prediction Game Preview

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Washington State vs Fresno State How To Watch

Date: Saturday, December 17, 2022
Game Time: 3:30 ET
Venue: SoFi Stadium, Los Angeles, CA
How To Watch: ABC
Record: Washington State (7-5), Fresno State (9-4)
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Washington State vs Fresno State Jimmy Kimmel LA Bowl Presented by Stifel 5 Things To Know

Jimmy Kimmel LA Bowl Presented by Stifel Prediction, What’s Going To Happen, History

There’s a good chance this is the best bowl game of the first weekend. The Mountain West had a rocky season overall, and winning this won’t make everything all better, but it would be a huge narrative-boost to get a nice win over a good Pac-12 team. The Bulldogs lot to Oregon State and USC back in September.

Washington State had a strong season, beat Wisconsin, and whacked around a miserable Colorado State from the Mountain West. This is a different sort of Wazzu team under head coach Jake Dickert – more defense with lots of toughness and big plays – and it’s got a whole lot of talented parts. However …

This is a bowl moment for Dickert and Washington State. The program hasn’t been great in bowl games lately – it’s just 8-9 all-time and 1-4 since a 2015 Sun Bowl win over Miami – with last year’s 24-21 Sun Bowl loss to Central Michigan one of the mini-shockers of the bowl season.

Not to conference shame, but another loss combined with a Cheez-It Bowl loss to Air Force in 2019 under the late Mike Leach, and this would make it three straight bowl losses to Group of Five programs. On the flip side …

– Fresno State has won three straight bowl games including two of them under Jeff Tedford. It’s his first season back at the helm after coaching the program from 2017 to 2019, he won the 2017 Hawaii Bowl over Houston and the 2018 Las Vegas Bowl over Arizona State. Last year’s team was able to slip past UTEP 31-24 even though it was in a transitional phase with head coach Kalen DeBoer off to Washington.

It’s just the second LA Bowl. The inaugural version was canceled in 2020, and last year Utah State surprised Oregon State 24-13 in one of the bigger curveball wins of the bowl season.

Not that one bowl win would make much of a difference in the business world of expansion, however, for a Pac-12 that needs to find more options and more schools to boost up the strength and media packages, a Fresno State win would go a long way to helping the perception of the school to potentially be part of the mix.

CFN Bowl Expert Picks: Dec 16-19 | Dec 20-27 

Why Washington State Will Win The Jimmy Kimmel LA Bowl Presented by Stifel

Washington State has a reputation as a high-flying offensive program that gets into wild and crazy shootouts. That’s not really what the 2022 version does.

The passing game is fine and the offense is good, but there’s more of a focus – at least over the second half of the season – on not turning the ball over and balancing out the attack.

This isn’t exactly Army when it comes to running the ball, but the ground game hit 130 yards or more in three of the last four games to go along with more of a steady than sensational passing attack. That’s good, but the O might have to do better – more on that in a moment.

Cameron Ward hasn’t thrown an interception in the last five games and just one in the last seven, the O is automatic in the red zone, and good things happen when the ground game works – the team is 5-1 when coming up with more than 75 rushing yards. Fresno State has only allowed one team – San Jose State – to under 87 yards on the ground.

On the other side, Washington State gets pressure in the backfield, it’s solid against the run, and it’s good enough on third downs. However …

Why Fresno State Will Win The Jimmy Kimmel LA Bowl Presented by Stifel

Jake Haener is as good a quarterback as the defense will have seen outside of Caleb Williams and Michael Penix Jr.. He missed four games in the middle of the season, the team was able to tread water, and everything kicked in when he returned.

The Bulldogs are on an eight-game winning streak, Haener hasn’t thrown a pick and tossed 11 touchdown passes in his last five games, and he’ll keep the pressure on a Washington State defense that allowed 200 passing yards or more in every game but three. However, all three of those games were losses.

Washington State struggles more against running teams, going 1-5 when allowing more than 121 yards and 6-0 when giving up fewer. Fresno State prefers to wing it around a bit, but it can grind it out, too, averaging 125 yards per game.

On the flip side, Fresno State is 8-0 when allowing fewer than 178 rushing yards, and Washington State as only run for more than that once.

Jimmy Kimmel LA Bowl Presented by Stifel Prediction, What’s Going To Happen, History

NEXT: What’s Going To Happen, Washington State vs Fresno State Prediction, Jimmy Kimmel LA Bowl Presented by Stifel History

Heisman Trophy College Football Expert Picks. Who Will Win? Who Would They Vote For?

Who’s going to win the 2022 Heisman Trophy? The college football experts make their picks along with their top choices.

College football expert picks for the 2022 Heisman Trophy. Who’s going to win? Who would they all vote for?


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2022 Heisman Trophy Expert Picks

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Who’s going to win among the four finalists – Stetson Bennett, Max Duggan, CJ Stroud, and Caleb Willams?

Eric Bolin, RazorbacksWire.com

Who’s Going To Win?
1. Caleb Williams, QB USC
2.  CJ Stroud, QB Ohio State
3. Max Duggan, QB TCU
4. Stetson Bennett, QB Georgia

Your Heisman Ballot Would Be …
1. Caleb Williams, QB USC
2. Max Duggan, QB TCU
3. Stetson Bennett, QB Georgia

Jeff Feyerer, CFN

Who’s Going To Win?
1. Caleb Williams, QB USC
2. CJ Stroud, QB Ohio State
3. Max Duggan, QB TCU
4. Stetson Bennett, QB Georgia

Your Heisman Ballot Would Be …
1. Caleb Williams, QB USC
2. Jalen Carter, DT Georgia
3. Will Anderson, DE Alabama

Pete Fiutak, CFN 
Who’s Going To Win?
1. Caleb Williams, QB USC
2. Max Duggan, QB TCU
3. CJ Stroud, QB Ohio State
4. Stetson Bennett, QB Georgia

Your Heisman Ballot Would Be …
I’m a Heisman voter, and under penalty of having to watch Pitch Perfect: Bumper in Berlin, I’m not allowed to say who I voted for until after it’s all done. With that in mind, after the four finalists here’s my guess at what the rest of the overall top ten will be.

5. Hendon Hooker, QB Tennessee
6. Bryce Young, QB Alabama
7. Bijan Robinson, RB Texas
8. Michael Penix Jr., QB Washington
9. Blake Corum, RB Michigan
10. Bo Nix, QB Oregon
*Note: Robinson and Corum were switched in the actual runner up tally, and North Carolina’s Drake Maye was 10th instead of Nix.

Dan Harralson, VolsWire.com  

Who’s Going To Win?
1. Caleb Williams, QB USC
2. Stetson Bennett, QB Georgia
3. Max Duggan, QB TCU
4. CJ Stroud, QB Ohio State

Your Heisman Ballot Would Be …
1. Hendon Hooker, QB Tennessee
2. Bryce Young, QB Alabama
3. Stetson Bennett, QB Georgia

Phil Harrison, BuckeyesWire.com 

Who’s Going To Win?
1. Caleb Williams, QB USC
2. Max Duggan, QB TCU
3. CJ Stroud, QB Ohio State
4. Stetson Bennett, QB Georgia

Your Heisman Ballot Would Be …
1. Caleb Williams, QB USC
2. Hendon Hooker, QB Tennessee
3. CJ Stroud, QB Ohio State

Jeremy Mauss, MWwire.com

Who’s Going To Win?
1. Caleb Williams, QB USC
2. Max Duggan, QB TCU
3. CJ Stroud, QB Ohio State
4. Stetson Bennett, QB Georgia

Your Heisman Ballot Would Be …
1. Caleb Williams, QB USC
2. Michael Penix Jr.
3. CJ Stroud, QB Ohio State

Kevin McGuire, NittanyLionsWire.com

Who’s Going To Win?
1. Caleb Williams, QB USC
2. CJ Stroud, QB Ohio State
3. Max Duggan, QB TCU
4. Stetson Bennett, QB Georgia

Your Heisman Ballot Would Be …
1. Caleb Williams, QB USC
2. Stetson Bennett, QB Georgia
3. Max Duggan, QB TCU

Big Game Ben Niewoehner, CFN  

Who’s Going To Win?
1. Caleb Williams, QB USC
2. CJ Stroud, QB Ohio State
3. Max Duggan, QB TCU
4. Stetson Bennett, QB Georgia

Your Heisman Ballot Would Be …
1. Caleb Williams, QB USC
2. Max Duggan, QB TCU
3. Hendon Hooker, QB Tennessee

E, CFN Army 
Who’s Going To Win?

1. Caleb Williams, QB USC
2. CJ Stroud, QB Ohio State
3. Max Duggan, QB TCU
4. Stetson Bennett, QB Georgia

Your Heisman Ballot Would Be …
1. Caleb Williams, QB USC
2. Max Duggan, QB TCU
3. CJ Stroud, QB Ohio State

Tyler Nettuno, LSUTigerswire.com

Who’s Going To Win?
1. Caleb Williams, QB USC
2. Max Duggan, QB TCU
3. Stetson Bennett, QB Georgia
4. CJ Stroud, QB Ohio State

Your Heisman Ballot Would Be …
1. Caleb Williams, QB USC
2. Max Duggan, QB TCU
3. CJ Stroud, QB Ohio State

Zack Pearson, TarHeelswire.com 

Who’s Going To Win?
1. Caleb Williams, QB USC
2. Max Duggan, QB TCU
3. CJ Stroud, QB Ohio State
4. Stetson Bennett, QB Georgia

Your Heisman Ballot Would Be …
1. Caleb Williams, QB USC
2. CJ Stroud, QB Ohio State
3. Max Duggan, QB TCU

Johnny Rosenstein, SportsBookWire.com

Who’s Going To Win?
1. Caleb Williams, QB USC
2. Stetson Bennett, QB Georgia
3. CJ Stroud, QB Ohio State
4. Max Duggan, QB TCU

Your Heisman Ballot Would Be …
1. Stetson Bennett, QB Georgia
2. Caleb Williams, QB USC
3. CJ Stroud, QB Ohio State

Nick Shepkowski, FightingIrishWire.com

Who’s Going To Win?
1. Caleb Williams, QB USC
2. CJ Stroud, QB Ohio State
3. Max Duggan, QB TCU
4. Stetson Bennett, QB Georgia

Your Heisman Ballot Would Be …
1. Caleb Williams, QB USC
2. Hendon Hooker, QB Tennessee
3. Blake Corum, RB Michigan

Joe Vitale, UGAWire.com

Who’s Going To Win?
1. Caleb Williams, QB USC
2. CJ Stroud, QB Ohio State
3. Stetson Bennett, QB Georgia
4. Max Duggan, QB TCU

Your Heisman Ballot Would Be …
1. Stetson Bennett, QB Georgia
2. Max Duggan, QB TCU
3. Caleb Williams, QB USC

Clucko the Chicken (a coin flip), CFN 

Who’s Going To Win? 

1. Stetson Bennett, QB Georgia
2. CJ Stroud, QB Ohio State
3. Caleb Williams, QB USC
4. Max Duggan, QB TCU

CONSENSUS PICK 

Who’s Going To Win?
1. Caleb Williams, QB USC
2. CJ Stroud, QB Ohio State
3. Max Duggan, QB TCU
4. Stetson Bennett, QB Georgia

Your Heisman Ballot Would Be …
1. Caleb Williams, QB USC
2. Max Duggan, QB TCU
3. CJ Stroud, QB Ohio State

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