21. OUTBACK BOWL (Tampa)
Jan. 1/11 a.m. ESPN
Northwestern Wildcats (Evanston, IL) (8-4) (Big 10 Record: 5-3)
Head Coach: Pat Fitzgerald
Key Players: Mike Kafka, QB
Comments: 3-3 v. bowl teams. Just the second time in school history going to back-to-back bowl games. They lost to MU last year in the Alamo Bowl. They knocked Iowa from the ranks of the undefeated and jumped to a New Year's Day bowl with the Wisconsin stunner. 'Cats would rather pass than run.
Auburn Tigers (Auburn, AL) (7-5) (SEC Record: 3-5)
Head Coach: Gene Chizik
Key Players: Ben Tate, TB
Comments: 4-5 v bowl teams; had 'Bama on the ropes but lost late to fall below .500 SEC mark; Chizik is in his first year after leaving Iowa State and likes to run out of the spread. Tate has run for more than 3,000 yards in his career.
Line: Auburn: -7 ½
My Pick: Auburn has more athletes; but I give an edge to Coach Fitzgerald. NORTHWESTERN
gets its 1st bowl win in 61 years!
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