College Bowl Mascot Matchups, January 1-3

Outback Bowl: Wildcats (Northwestern) vs. Tigers (Auburn)
In a matchup of similar animals, wild cats might be wild but tigers are ferocious and big. Big > Wild. Tigers will win this one.

Capital One Bowl: Nittany Lions (Penn State) vs. Tigers (LSU)
In a rivalry game between lions and tigers (no bears!), this one can go either way. It's really 50/50 but we'll go with the Nittany Lions because Mufasa in the Lion King is way cooler than Tigger.

Konica Minolta Gator Bowl: Mountaineers (West Virginia) vs. Seminoles (Florida State)
In a game filled with unathletic groups of people, we'll take the Mountaineer. The last time we checked, football players don't use bow and arrows so the Seminoles are at a severe disadvantage. They were forced from the Southeast to Oklahoma many years ago and will have nightmares coming back to the homeland. The Mountaineers will win this one ugly.

Rose Bowl Game: Buckeyes (Ohio State) vs. Ducks (Oregon)
Like everyone who doesn't live in Ohio, we had no idea what the heck a buckeye was. A few definitions: the inedible nutlike seed of the horse chestnut and a breed of a chicken seemed to be the two most popular results on Google search. Ducks are very small and honestly, we can't see them tackling anybody. Since they probably have no idea what a buckeye is either, they'll have a hard time preparing for them. We'll take the unknown buckeye over a bunch of Quack Quacks.

Allstate Sugar Bowl: Bearcats (Cincinnati) vs. Gators (Florida)
A bearcat is neither a bear nor a cat, making it more of a flip-flopper than Brett Favre. However, New Orleans is no longer under water meaning that the Gators are going to have a hard time surviving. For that reason, we'll take the "bearcats."

Papajohns.com Bowl: Bulls (South Florida) vs. Huskies (UConn)
Bulls are big bruising animals who would be hard to take down. Meanwhile, huskies are sled dogs. Unfortunately for them, the game will be taking place in Alabama where snow is not expected. For that reason, we think the bulls will win the game and eat Papa Johns pizza to celebrate the victory.

AT&T Cotton Bowl: Cowboys (Oklahoma State) vs. Rebels (Ole Miss)
With AT&T dropping Tiger Woods yesterday, wouldn't it be ironic if the tigers were playing in this game? Cowboys are smart, deceitful, and even play in the NFL. The rebels will rebel against our prediction because we think the Cowboys will win. There's a reason they play in the NFL.

AutoZone Liberty Bowl: Razorbacks (Arkansas) vs. Pirates (East Carolina)
A bunch of rugged pigs and boars against a group that had movies made about them in the Caribbean. Last we checked, Memphis is not in the Caribbean. The Razorbacks are located near Memphis so they'll be more familiar with the area. We like the home-field advantage, as the pirates normally don't carry GPS's with them on their ships. Go Hogs!

Valero Alamo Bowl: Spartans (Michigan State) vs. Red Raiders (Texas Tech)
Spartans have experience fighting in wars and winning them. However, so do Raiders. The ultimate matchup in the battle of the gridiron, we'll take the Red Raiders because Red is our favorite color.