Barton Simmons, Chip Patterson and Tom Fornelli make picks for the first 8 bowl games of the 2018-19 season. First, a breakdown of how to factor motivation in your picks (2:08), with important notes on coordinator changes at Tulane (5:00), Utah State's skeleton staff (9:23), Arizona State's missing NFL-bound star (13:33) and USF not having to travel at all for the bowl game (25:20). Then it's on to the picks, with locks and leans for Tulane-Louisiana (28:00), Utah State-North Texas (30:24), Fresno State-Arizona State (34:59), Eastern Michigan-Georgia Southern (40:31), Appalachian State-Middle Tennessee (43:19), UAB-Northern Illinois (45:00), San Diego State-Ohio (47:10) and USF-Marshall (48:30).

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