Valero Alamo Bowl: Iowa State at Washington State
(9 p.m. ET on ESPN at Alamodome in San Antonio)
It would have been great to see Uncle Rico (Gardner Minshew) and the Pirate (Mike Leach) in the New Year's Six, but this isn't a bad consolation. Iowa State is extremely well coached and boasts a solid defense led by lineman Ray Lima and others. But after struggling in a snowy Apple Cup, Minshew shines in the dome as the Cougars finish 11-2.
Prediction: Washington State 41, Iowa State 34
ESPN EXPECTS IT TO BE A CLOSE GAME
not if we bring the snow!