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Rockville Patch Bowl Pick Bash: Coach's Picks
Richard Montgomery football coach Neal Owens picks the 2011-2012 college football bowl games.
Editor's Note: School in bold denotes winner.
Bowl
Date Matchup Coach's Pick Gildan New Mexico Bowl Dec. 17 Temple vs. Wyoming Temple Famous Idaho Potato Bowl Dec. 17 Ohio vs. Utah State Ohio R&L Carriers New Orleans Bowl Dec. 17 San Diego St. vs. Louisiana-Lafayette Louisiana-Lafayette Beef O'Brady's St. Petersburg Bowl Dec. 20 Florida International vs. Marshall Marshall S.D. County Credit Union Poinsettia Bowl Dec. 21 TCU vs. Louisiana Tech TCU MAACO Las Vegas Bowl Dec. 22 Arizona St. vs. Boise St. Boise St. Sheraton Hawaii Bowl Dec. 24 Nevada vs. Southern Miss. Nevada Advocare V100 Independence BowlDec. 26
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Coach's Thoughts:
Poinsettia Bowl: "TCU is one of the best coached teams in the county."
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Military Bowl: "I will always pick the service academies. Those guys are true warriors."
Champs Sports Bowl: "Notre Dame shares a fight song with RM, plus, I think Coach Kelley is on the right track there."
Music City Bowl: "This one is for my defensive ends coach Bryan Ray!"
Liberty Bowl: "Coach Franklin should have been here at Maryland."
TicketCity Bowl: "It would be nice to see Penn State's kids leave with some happy memories with this past season."
Fiesta Bowl: "Watching Andrew Luck play QB is like watching a conductor with his orchestra."
BCS Championship Game: "I really like LSU, but I just think Nick Saban is the best coach in the country."
Editor's Note: While the picks were made before the games were played, some were played before publication of this feature.