First bowl games have arrived

This weekend, bowl games 35-33 will be played. The New Mexico Bowl, which features the Cougars of BYU and the Miners of UTEP.  Both teams are an even 6-6, however the axe carrying Minors have lost 5 of their last 6, and the Cougars couldn't be in a more polar opposite direction as they have won 4 of their last 5 in which their loss was by 1 against the #20 ranked Utes of Utah.
-Prediction:  BYU wins 25-19.

In the uDrove Humanitarian Bowl aka the Kennel Clash, the Huskies of NIU take on the Bulldogs of Fresno State. The Huskies are 10-3 and won 9 in a row before losing to Ben Roethlisberger's Alma mater, Miami of Ohio in the MAC Championship. Fresno State is lead by quarterback Ryan Colburn who ranks 30th amongst all NCAA FBS QB's, but NIU ranks 13th in points per game (37.8) and 16th in points against (19.1).
 -NIU is a solid team, but  the Bulldogs of Fresno State find a way to outscore NIU (via field goals), 27-23.

Ohio and Troy round up the Dec. 18th games in the R+L Carriers Bowl. The Bobcats (8-4) have a balanced running attack and will look to tame the high flying aerial attack of Troy (7-5) , who is 27th in points per game and lead by freshman QB Corey Robinson, who is 11th in the FBS in total passing yards @ 3,339.
-Troy  takes the lead early, and doesn't look back, 33-23.