The first of the 2007-08 NCAA Division I-A College Football bowl games starts this evening, so I thought it would be fun to once again share my predictions. This also happens to be my first college football blog post of the 2007 season. I normally write an entry or two in protest of the Bowl Championship Series (BCS), but a season of upsets that could not have been better scripted — opening with Appalachian State shocking Michigan and continuing until the closing week of the season when Pitt beat West Virginia in the Back Yard Brawl — has done all the talking necessary.

Below you will find my bowl picks in bold. I will highlight the winners and post scores as the games are completed. Click here to see last year’s results.

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Paterno a Bargain: “I’m paid well. I’m not overpaid. [...] I got all the money I need.” With the Stoops and Sabans of the college football world making in excess of $3-4M per year, I wonder if the newspaper that pushed for the disclosure expected $500K?