For the first 12 Bowls of Christmas, the Original Retro Brand will give to you.......Our expert football picks (and a chance to win 2 FREE Original Retro Brand tees)!!

For most of the College football season, you have been blessed with only my superfluous insight and expertise at picking the weekly winners of the most significant games.  Reality painted a picture of mediocrity however (expertise duth not equal a record of 23-23!), and therefore it is time to bring in some fresh perspective for the REALLY SIGNIFICANT games.

I figured why not go to the folks in my own backyard, and have a little fun.  With that in mind, I summoned Original Retro Brand CEO Marc Herman, CFO Rick Schwartz, and VP of Marketing & Licensing, Cassidy Moore, to have them join me in picking the winners of the upcoming Bowl games.  We'll keep it simple  for you too, ok?  (Who has time to break down every single game in detail anyway?  WE MAKE SHIRTS!!).  We'll just give you each person's list of who will win each game.  I will keep a tally up to, and including the BCS Championship game, and then post the winner.  The winner will receive a laurel and hardy handshake, and the loser will have to go to the Original Retro Brand warehouse and do inventory (have you seen how many shirts we have?!!).   You can win 2 Original Retro Brand shirts by sending yours truly an e-mail (andyphyman@gmail.com) no later than this Monday evening, 12/21/09, advising on which Original Retro Brand "expert" will be the overall winner!!  Any ties will be broken by picking names out of an Original Retro Brand hat.  So.......here are the Bowls and the ORB expert's picks:

MARC              RICK              CASSIDY              ANDY              BOWL GAME

Wyoming          Fresno           Fresno                  Wyoming          (New Mexico Bowl)
UCF                 UCF               Rutgers                 Rutgers         (St. Petersburg Bowl)
Oregon State    Oregon State  Oregon State         BYU         (Las Vegas Bowl)
CAL                 CAL               CAL                      Utah         (Poinsettia Bowl)
UNC                 PITT              PITT                      PITT         (Car Care Bowl)
USC                 USC              BC                        USC         (Emerald Bowl)
Clemson           Clemson        Clemson                Kentucky         (Music City Bowl)
UGA                 UGA              UGA                     UGA         *(Independence Bowl)
UCLA               UCLA              UCLA                    Temple         (Eaglebank Bowl)
Miami               Miami            Wisconsin             Miami         (Sports Bowl)
Arizona            Arizona           Arizona                 Nebraska         (Holiday Bowl)
Oklahoma        Oklahoma       Oklahoma              Stanford         (Sun Bowl)                 VTech              VTech            Tennessee             VTech         (Chic-Fil-A Bowl)

Don't ye fret, lest you think we've forgotten the rest of the BIG BOWL games.  This is just a taste to get warmed up for New Year's Day & beyond.  Look for those picks next week.   Remember it's time for gift giving, so send us an e-mail, and maybe you'll be receiving the gift of Original Retro Brand.

*nobody picked Texas A&M

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