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Before we get to Part 6 of the bowl preview, a little update. Jahvid Best of California will NOT play in the Poinsettia Bowl, which is in less than a week. I picked Utah before and I sure am not changing that now. No switch of points though.

That being said, hold on to your hats for....

The Rabbi's Bowl Preview Bonanza- Part 6!

Bell Helicopter Armed Forces Bowl- Dec 31st
Houston (10-3) Vs. Air Force (7-5)

Why Watch: This is the only one of two rematches this bowl season, and with the high powered offense of Houston and the strong rushing defense of Air Force you’ll thank the Armed Forces people they invited both teams back.

Matchup: Houston put up 460 yards per game through the air this season to be the nations top team in yards per game. That formula was almost BCS-buster worthy too, but there’s always that one team who impresses during the non conference campaign and then falls to the back of the pack. Houston is that team. If they were in the Big 12 south, with wins over Oklahoma State and Texas Tech (the Ok State game when they were Top 5 in the nation), but good things fade. Losses on the road to UTEP and UCF along with a conference title loss to East Carolina sent the Cougars here again. This is Houston’s 5th straight bowl. The Air Force academy is in a bowl for the 3rd straight year. A little disappointing this year at 7-5, all 5 of Air Force’s losses were to bowl teams (including the unholy MWC trilogy of TCU, Utah, and BYU, but the Falcons gave TCU their closest win this year, as they only won by 3). However, all but 1 of Air Force’s wins were against non-bowl teams (the 1 is Wyoming). By the way, Houston won this game last year 34-28, under 252 yards and a TD from their QB Case Keenum and 153 yards on the ground from their running back Bryce Beall.

Who To Watch: Beall and Keenum are back for this game, but we’ll focus on the man who may be playing his last collegiate game in the QB Keenum. 5,449 yards through the air and 43 Touchdowns (against 9 INT’s) may make Keenum a little desirable, you would think. His highest total through the air this year? 559 yards vs. Southern Miss. Only 1 game did Keenum fail to throw for 300 yards this year. So who stops this attack? Maybe you just keep the ball on the ground. Air Force’s one-two running punch of Jared Tew and Asher Clark will try to do that, combined they rushed for over 1500 yards this season.

Prediction: Not as easy, especially since it is a rematch from 2008. All logical signs though point to Houston, and I think they’ll want to finish 11-3. I pick the Cougars and 16 points here, so I’ll take the mid road.

Brut Sun Bowl- Dec 31st
Oklahoma (7-5) Vs. (21)Stanford (8-4)

Why Watch: You rarely get to see 3 people in a game who have rushed for 1,000 yards in a season, but you do here in El Paso.

Matchup: Stanford, making their first bowl appearance in 8 seasons, led by Jim Harbaugh making his first bowl appearance, is very happy to be here. The expectation was just to make a bowl this year. The Cardinal started the season 4-1, albeit against weak competition, and then would closely lose their next 2 against Oregon St and Arizona. Then the world took notice, with a 3 game winning streak. In it they took out Oregon the week after they demolished USC, and then demolished USC themselves the week after. Only a loss to Cal stood between Stanford and the Rose Bowl. Oklahoma is probably a little disappointed to be here. The national title hopes were demolished after a season opening loss to BYU, their conference title hopes were demolished with their 4th loss in 5 years to Texas. Also included were losses to usually Sooner Pinatas Nebraska and Texas Tech. Only a shutout victory against Oklahoma St on rivalry weekend (keeping the Cowboys out of the BCS) is what the Sooners can hang their hat on this season.

Who To Watch: About those 1,000 yard rushers. Both Sooner backs Demarco Murray and Chris Brown went over 1,000 yards in 2008, but each just averaged a little over 700 in 2009. Brown’s graduating, but Murray may be getting ready for a 2010 Heisman run cause he’ll be back next season. Then there’s Stanford back Toby Gerhart, who took the 1,136 yards and 15 TD’s in 2008 and improved it by 600 yards and 11 TD’s in 2009. The 1736 yards and 26 TD’s got Gerhart 22 voters points away from the 2009 Heisman. Against 3 big teams, Oregon, USC, and Notre Dame, Gerhart went for 223, 178, and 205 yards respectively. Wow.

Prediction: I believe Oklahoma would qualify as a big team. Despite Oklahoma rising up in their bowl after their last mediocre season after a title game (2006) and Andrew Luck, Stanford’s QB for most of the year out for this game, I still like Stanford and 17 points.

Texas Bowl- Dec 31st
Navy (8-4) Vs. Missouri (8-4)

Why Watch: It’s your patriotic duty to watch Navy! They meet Missouri for the first time in 48 years in this huge contrast of styles.

Matchup: Obviously as you know if you’re into college football, Navy’s style is running. They do a lot of it, ranking fourth in the nation on the ground. That ground game gave them another list of victims in 2009: Notre Dame (for the 2nd straight year), SMU, Air Force, and Army (knocking them out of bowl contention), and almost Rose Bowl Bound Ohio State. This is the 7th straight bowl for the Midshipmen. This is the 5th straight bowl for Missouri, but there was not as much excitement in the first year of the post- Chase Daniel era. They started the season 4-0, but then lost 4 out of their next 5. The tigers did win their last 3 to get to 8-4, not scoring less than 30 points the final month of the season.

Who To Watch: Chase’s replacement in 2009 was sophmore Blaine Gabbert. Blaine had 23 TD’s and 7 INT’s this season, and threw for 250 yards in 8 of the 12 games this season for the Tigers. He’s possibly on his way to building his own legend. Navy counters, on the ground with quarterback Ricky Dobbs. Yes, the QB was Navy’s leader on the ground this year, adding 24 Touchdowns, and passing some guy named Tebow on the list of all time Rushing TD’s in a career by a QB. Him and Junior Vince Murray will give the Tigers fits to tackle.

Prediction: Not sure. Navy has the recipe to beat a lot of teams, and have been here before, in the Houston Bowl in 2003, losing to Texas Tech. Navy’s played 3 BCS conference teams though in this current run of bowls...and lost all 3. But Missouri’s resume, just plain sucks. I’ll put a huge wimpout 4 on this one with the Tigers.

Sunday NightI'll post Part 7...and by then the bowl's will already be in 2010, how sick is that? See you Sunday.