Poinsettia Bowl

Robert Guliano on Why Utah Will Win: The Utes have one an astonishing eight straight bowl games and is a perennial overachiever. Cal, on the other hand, has provided preseason poll voters with a yearly regret on their season predictions. They have groomed a special breed of players that is unusually high when it comes to talent and predictably disappointing when it comes to wins. The list extends from Kyle Boller, to J.J. Arrington, to Aaron Rodgers, to Nate Longshore, to Marshawn Lynch, and now to Jahvid Best and Kevin Reilly. Utah keeps winning bowl games, while Cal continues to waste talent.

Utah Players To Watch:

3. RB Eddie Wide- He is easily the second best running back featured in this game. Ironically, the number one back is Jahvid Best.

2. A Samoan Lineman with long, frizzy hair- This is always a good “I Spy” item when viewing Utah games. Especially for you L’Oreal (No more tangles) enthusiasts.

1. Thor Salanoa- A defensive lineman from Hawaii that is yet to register a stat and likely won’t play in the game. However, his name is good enough to make #1 on my list. Thor is a mythological ginger that is often portrayed methodically beating the hell out of things, people, animals, and occasionally Gods.

Brandon Hickey on why Cal will win: Did you see Jahvid Best fly!!!! Wow. If you haven’t, he flew about 20 feet in the air after getting hit and landed straight on his head, then pretty much froze. He really defied gravity, for all you Wicked fans out there. It’s really gruesome to watch, but you just can’t look away. Anyway, Poinsettias are nice. What is the correct pronunciation of poinsettia by the way? Is it poin-sett-a, or poin-sett-eeya? Help me out.

3. Hippies-There are hippies everywhere at Cal. Stay away from them and their brownies.

2. QB Kevin Riley-The sure-armed passer of the Golden Bears finally got his chance to shine with co-competitor Nate Longshore graduated. He threw for 2636 yards and 17 touchdowns.

1. RB Shane Vereen-Vereen has picked up where Best dropped off (oops, too soon?). In the last three games he has rushed for 444 yards and 4 touchdowns.

THE COMPROMISE: Utah in a shootout 37-31