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2009-2010 CFN Staff Bowl Confidence Picks
USC QB Matt Barkley
USC QB Matt Barkley
By Staff
CollegeFootballNews.com
Posted Dec 17, 2009

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Who's going to win each bowl game? According to the CFN Confidence Picks (picks with 1 for the least confident selection and 34 for the most confident), Matt Barkley and USC should have the easiest time winnning their bowl. Check out all the CFN expert picks for the bowls.


CFN 2009-2010 Bowl Picks

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Here are the picks from the CFN writers along with Clucko the Chicken. Put down two feed dishes, one representing one team and one representing another and whichever dish the chicken goes to first is the team that's going to win. You'll do just as well. (Really, the pick is a coin flip. Don't laugh; Clucko won a 2000 Bowl Pool among 24 entrants.) 

Here's the drill for the bowls. Everyone makes their picks, and then assigns a number from most to least confident both against the spread and straight up. A 34 means most confident with the pick, 1 is least confident (Clucko's confidence picks were taken out of a hat to represent the element of random chance). The number next to the final pick is an overall confidence score of the picks added up. For example, for Fresno State being picked straight up to beat Wyoming, it's 26+33+1+33-31 = 62. The higher the number, the more confident the overall pick.

The top row of numbers is the confidence straight up, while the bottom row are the confidence numbers against the spread.

Fiu is Pete Fiutak, Rich is Richard Cirminiello, Matt is Matthew Zemek, Michael is Michael Bradley, and Clucko is Clucko.
* means team will win, but won't cover  

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Fiu Rich Matt Michael Clucko PICK
12/19 NEW MEXICO  FS FS FS* FS* WY FS*
4:30 Fresno St -11 vs. Wyom. 26 33 1 33 31 62
ATS Confidence 24 30 1 9 8 36
               
Fiu Rich Matt Michael Clucko PICK
12/19 ST. PETERSBURG RU RU RU RU CF RU
8:00 Rutgers -3 vs. UCF 22 28 2 21 33 20
ATS Confidence 20 34 2 22 6 72
               
Fiu Rich Matt Michael Clucko PICK
12/20 NEW ORLEANS SM SM MT SM MT SM
8:30 MTSU vs. So Miss -4 17 8 3 12 16 18
ATS Confidence 13 7 3 10 31 -4
               
Fiu Rich Matt Michael Clucko PICK
12/22 MAACO LAS VEGAS OS OS OS OS OS OS
8:00 BYU vs. Oregon St -3 18 24 27 13 12 84
ATS Confidence 12 22 27 18 34 113
               
Fiu Rich Matt Michael Clucko PICK
12/23 POINSETTIA UT UT UT CAL CAL UT
8:00 Utah vs. Cal -3 4 11 10 7 24 -6
ATS Confidence 4 3 8 15 7 -7
               
Fiu Rich Matt Michael Clucko PICK
12/24 HAWAII NV NV NV* NV* SM NV*
8:00 SMU vs. Nevada -14.5 34 34 26 30 9 115
ATS Confidence 25 23 9 11 33 5
               
Fiu Rich Matt Michael Clucko PICK
12/26 LITTLE CAESARS OH OH OH OH MU OH
4:30 Marshall vs. Ohio -3 5 9 33 6 32 21
ATS Confidence 3 11 26 20 1 59
               
Fiu Rich Matt Michael Clucko PICK
12/26 MEINEKE CAR CARE NC PT PT PT PT PT
4:30 UNC vs. Pitt -3 16 7 9 14 17 31
ATS Confidence 14 10 20 12 21 49
               
Fiu Rich Matt Michael Clucko PICK
12/26 EMERALD SC SC SC SC SC SC
8:00 BC vs. USC -9 33 32 29 27 30 151
ATS Confidence 31 19 10 23 19 102
               
Fiu Rich Matt Michael Clucko PICK
12/27 MUSIC CITY UK CL CL CL UK CL
8:30 Kentucky vs. Clemson -7 1 29 20 5 2 51
ATS Confidence 32 25 11 16 22 -2
               
Fiu Rich Matt Michael Clucko PICK
12/28 INDEPDENDENCE GA GA GA GA GA GA
5:00 Texas A&M vs. Georgia -7 23 23 11 23 22 102
ATS Confidence 33 18 12 8 24 95
               
Fiu Rich Matt Michael Clucko PICK
12/29 EAGLEBANK UC TU UC* UC* TU UC*
4:30 Temple vs. UCLA -7 32 3 12 4 25 20
ATS Confidence 34 20 13 6 4 9
               
Fiu Rich Matt Michael Clucko PICK
12/29 CHAMPS SPORTS MI UW MI MI UW MI
8:00 Wisconsin vs. Miami -3 12 6 19 31 27 29
ATS Confidence 26 9 24 31 30 42
               
Fiu Rich Matt Michael Clucko PICK
12/30 HUMANITARIAN ID ID ID BG BG ID
4:30 Idaho vs. BGSU -1 14 1 6 10 11 0
ATS Confidence 19 1 6 2 17 7
               
Fiu Rich Matt Michael Clucko PICK
12/30 HOLIDAY AZ NE AZ AZ AZ AZ
8:00 Nebraska vs. Arizona -2 7 17 7 17 18 32
ATS Confidence 16 27 7 5 20 21
               
Fiu Rich Matt Michael Clucko PICK
12/31 ARMED FORCES UH AF UH UH AF UH
12:00 Air Force vs. Houston -4.5 19 5 23 15 4 48
  ATS Confidence 15 6 28 29 16 60
               
Fiu Rich Matt Michael Clucko PICK
12/31 BRUT SUN OU* OU* OU OU ST OU*
2:00 Stanford vs. Oklahoma -8 27 20 24 16 10 77
  ATS Confidence 5 4 14 17 5 -17
               
Fiu Rich Matt Michael Clucko PICK
12/31 TEXAS MO MO MO MO* NV MO
3:30 Navy vs. Missouri -7 30 14 25 22 26 65
  ATS Confidence 23 15 15 4 23 26
               
Fiu Rich Matt Michael Clucko PICK
12/31 INSIGHT IS MN MN MN* MN MN
6:00 Iowa St vs. Minnesota -3 13 2 13 3 5 10
  ATS Confidence 29 2 23 13 12 -5
               
Fiu Rich Matt Michael Clucko PICK
12/31 CHICK-FIL-A TN VT VT VT VT VT
7:30 Tenn. vs. Va Tech -5 3 16 14 26 19 72
  ATS Confidence 17 17 16 26 14 56
               
Fiu Rich Matt Michael Clucko PICK
1/1 OUTBACK AU* AU AU AU AU AU
11:00 Nwestern vs. Auburn -8 31 27 18 20 6 102
  ATS Confidence 7 29 22 19 18 81
               
Fiu Rich Matt Michael Clucko PICK
1/1 CAPITAL ONE LS PS LS LS PS LS
1:00 LSU vs. Penn State -2.5 6 21 8 18 1 12
  ATS Confidence 6 32 17 32 28 -5
               
Fiu Rich Matt Michael Clucko PICK
1/1 GATOR FS WV WV WV WV WV
1:00 Florida St vs. West Virginia -3 2 12 32 9 3 54
  ATS Confidence 1 5 29 28 26 87
               
Fiu Rich Matt Michael Clucko PICK
1/1 ROSE OS OR OR OR OR OR
4:30 Ohio St vs. Oregon -3.5 10 13 31 24 21 89
  ATS Confidence 21 13 30 25 13 60
               
Fiu Rich Matt Michael Clucko PICK
1/1 SUGAR FL FL* FL FL FL FL
8:30 Cin. vs. Florida -10.5 29 25 30 29 8 121
  ATS Confidence 2 28 31 30 2 37
               
Fiu Rich Matt Michael Clucko PICK
1/2 INTERNATIONAL SF SF SF SF NI SF
12:00 NIU vs. So Florida -6.5 21 19 28 2 15 55
  ATS Confidence 27 21 18 1 11 56
               
Fiu Rich Matt Michael Clucko PICK
1/2 PAPAJOHNS.COM CT SC SC SC CT SC
2:00 UConn vs. S Carolina -4.5 8 4 16 8 28 -8
  ATS Confidence 10 14 21 3 9 19
               
Fiu Rich Matt Michael Clucko PICK
1/2 COTTON OM OM OM OM OM OM
2:00 Ok State vs. Ole Miss -3 20 18 15 11 34 99
  ATS Confidence 28 26 19 14 15 102
               
Fiu Rich Matt Michael Clucko PICK
1/2 LIBERTY AR AR AR AR EC AR
5:30 ECU vs. Arkansas -7.5 28 26 21 32 13 94
  ATS Confidence 22 12 32 7 3 70
               
Fiu Rich Matt Michael Clucko PICK
1/2 ALAMO TT* TT TT TT MS TT
9:00 Mich St vs. Texas Tech -8 24 31 34 34 20 103
  ATS Confidence 9 31 34 34 29 61
               
Fiu Rich Matt Michael Clucko PICK
1/4 FIESTA TC* TC TC* TC BS TC*
8:00 Boise State vs. TCU -7 25 22 4 25 23 53
  ATS Confidence 8 24 4 27 27 -12
               
Fiu Rich Matt Michael Clucko PICK
1/5 ORANGE IA GT GT GT GT GT
8:00 Iowa vs. Georgia Tech -4 11 15 17 19 7 47
  ATS Confidence 18 16 25 24 25 72
               
Fiu Rich Matt Michael Clucko PICK
1/6 GMAC TR CM TR CM CM CM
7:00 Troy vs. CMU -3.5 15 10 5 1 29 20
  ATS Confidence 11 8 5 21 32 35
               
Fiu Rich Matt Michael Clucko PICK
1/7 BCS CHAMPIONSHIP TX AL AL AL AL AL
8:00 Texas vs. Alabama -5 9 30 22 28 14 85
  ATS Confidence 30 33 33 33 10 79

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