Everyone has a bad day at work, and I know mine every year. It's today, bowl selection day.
Yippee.
See, my diabolical bosses in Bristol think it's a great idea to have me predict all 41 bowl games as soon as the matchups are released. Never mind the myriad factors that could shape the games from now until kickoff. They want quick picks, so I oblige.
I'm bad at it. Like, really, really bad.
Last year, I went 19-22, which included a national championship prediction of Clemson beating Oklahoma (how'd that turn out?), only one correct New Year's Six prediction (Wisconsin over Miami) and gems such as SMU over Louisiana Tech (Louisiana Tech won 51-10) and Toledo over Appalachian State (Appalachian State won 34-0).