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No NFL column this week, we'll look at the playoff picture after Week 15 next week. Oh yeah, and as a Giant fan...I don't wanna talk about it.

Now, we continue the path to covering all of this year's Bowl Games with Part 5 of our series....

The Rabbi's Bowl Preview- Part 5!

Champs Sports Bowl- Dec 29th
(15)Miami (9-3) Vs. (25)Wisconsin (9-3)

Why Watch: If you see both teams in bigger bowls in the 2010 bowl season, you’ll be sorry you missed their match up here in the Citrus Bowl.

Matchup: If you could’ve started a season any louder than Miami, you’d break the sound barrier. A memorable win over FSU on Labor Day, plus wins against Georgia Tech and Oklahoma, had people proclaiming Miami is back! Eh, not so fast my friend (credit Lee Corso). Losses to Clemson and North Carolina didn’t set the world on fire, and in Miami’s last 4 victories, only 1 came to a bowl team, and that was the fading fast South Florida ballclub. Wisconsin’s start of their season was grand too, at 5-0, but they were overmatched vs. conference powers Ohio St and Iowa after that start. Add to that, in their 4-3 finish to their season, not one of those 4 wins came against a single bowl team. However, after the doldrums of last season, both Miami and Wisconsin powered back with solid defenses, and Top 40 in the nation offenses to go with it.

Who To Watch: For Miami, their star sophmore QB Jacory Harris is hit or miss. 8 out of his 17 INT’s came in the 3 losses for Tha U, but Harris threw for multiple TD’s in all but those 3 losses in 2009. For Wisconsin, the Big 10 Offensive Player of the Year John Clay is ALL hit. He’s 247 pounds and he is powering. 1400 yards in 2009, and 16 TD’s, with 9 of those Touchdowns coming in the cold months of November and December in the Big 10.

Prediction: Newsflash though. This game is in Florida. The Hurricanes will dictate home crowd and will dictate style, which for them will hopefully be shootout. Miami has the passer, the Badgers don’t. Give me Miami and since I haven’t gone big in a while, give me 25 with it.

Roady’s Humanitarian Bowl- Dec 30th
Bowling Green (7-5) Vs. Idaho (7-5)

Why Watch: On the blue turf of Boise St., you can see a team from Idaho not named Boise St. that has some damned good talent.

Matchup: Ah the Vandals of the University of Idaho. They did go 4-4 in conference this year but, they started the season 5-1, and looked pretty strong offensively. How strong offensively you ask? Try not scoring less than 20 in ANY game this year offensively. However, in all but one of their matchups, they let up more than 20 points, including letting Nevada and Boise State put up 70 and 63 against them late in the season. They also let Utah State score 52 for good measure. This is Vandals first bowl in 11 years and their 2nd as a FBS school On the other side is Bowling Green, who improved by one game from last year’s disappointing 6-6 record under new head coach, Dave Clawson. Bowling Green started 1-4 (with their only win over Troy, they did lose to Boise and Missouri along the way), but finished the year 6-1, with their only loss to eventual MAC champs Central Michigan. The Falcons are bowling for the 2nd time in 3 years.

Who To Watch: Well, with Idaho, it’s gotta be offense. We’ll go with Senior Wideout Max Komar, who went from 0 TD’s in 08 to 10 in ‘09. 8 of those TD’s came in the final 5 weeks. If 10 TD’s is pretty good...try 18. That’s the # of time Bowling Green’s Freddy Barnes went into the end zone this year, 16 receiving and 2 rushing. Barnes caught a TD in each of his last 7 games, 5 of those multi TD affairs. Both teams will go through the air here.

Prediction: This one’s too tough for me. Bowling Green is statistically the better team, but despite playing there once this year (actually both teams have played in Boise), the atmosphere may really be out of both team’s element. I’m gonna go with Idaho here with the lowest possible number, 1.

Pacific Life Holiday Bowl- Dec 30th
(20)Arizona (8-4) Vs. (22)Nebraska (9-4)

Why To Watch: OK, so the prospect of the runners up in two major conferences doesn’t excite you? Then how about seeing the followup for Cornhusker Ndamukong Suh’s 4 sack, 12 tackle Big 12 championship game that made him the first Heisman Defensive finalist in 12 years?

Matchup: Believe it or not, Nebraska’s season could have been a lot better or a whole lot worse. The season ended up at 9-4 with the “phantom 1 second” Big 12 title game as loss #4, but the other 3 losses hurt too. Losing a lead in the final 120 seconds against Va Tech? Ouch. 9-7 loss against Iowa State? Double ouch. Those losses almost are erased by Nebraska’s five game winning streak up to the Big 12 title game that included a championship clincher against Kansas State. Almost. Then there’s Arizona, who had two tough losses against BCS teams (losing at Iowa by 10, and against Oregon by 3 in double OT), and inexplicable losses (Cal and Washington, which were the major dagger to Rose Bowl hopes). However, Arizona established their place in this bowl with 2 gritty wins to end the season, both on the road (Arizona State and the once mighty USC). Both teams are in their 2nd straight bowl this year, hopefully continuing on the road to redemption.

Who To Watch: For Nebraska, surprise!, it’s Mr. Suh. The man who won every post season defensive award known to mankind, had a season to remember. 82 tackles, 12 sacks, 24 QB hurries, 3 blocked kicks, double digit broken up passes. Remember, he was double teamed a lot of the time too, like the Big 12 title game especially. Suh very well could go #1 in the NFL draft in 2010. Oh yeah, Arizona’s here too. They are lead by QB Nick Foles. He can put up gaudy numbers (415 against Stanford, 384 against Washington) or he can manage the game well. He’s only a sophmore, so a bowl like this is a maturing process for the young man.

Prediction: Time for Suh to go out in the um, SuhnSet (I’ll be here all week!). Arizona is another hit or miss team, but so is Nebraska. Both teams can be ugly, but I feel that if both teams play ugly, the Huskers win. The Huskers want to get back on the field after the title game, so I’ll go with them and a strangely confident 15.

Part 6 tomorrow my friends, hang tight.