Welcome to the dice game that is bowl season.
We try to give you a player to watch in every bowl gameBut that can be difficult at this time of year with the dizzying array of foreclosure options. This affects your betting tickets, as well as trying to judge the team’s motivations.
Who Really want to be in this bowling game? And who would rather just start their offseason show? Which team fired their coach? Who is on the skeleton bowl staff and too busy trying to figure out their future to have missed a thing or two during bowl practice?
We can give you the numbers, but a lot can change in the weeks between the regular season and the bowling games.
Good luck this holiday season, but you’ve been warned.
Season: 342-384-6 (47.3%)
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The process behind the selections is briefly explained. in my column from Week 1. Most of the time, the computer spits out something within a point or two of the actual line (and at that point, horseplay and whale games are what move the line anyway). But if the computer scores anything more than three points, it’s worth taking a second look.
Favorites
-Carolina Coast (-11) over northern Illinois
-Fresno State (-11.5) over UTEP
-State of Oregon (-7.5) over the state of Utah
-Minnesota (-3.5) over West Virginia
-Virginia Tech (PK) over Maryland
-Miami (-2.5) over Washington state
-Ohio State (-6) over Utah
Dogs
-Purdue (+4.5) over Tennessee
-Cincinnati (+13.5) over Alabama
-Michigan (+8.5) over Georgia
-Texas Tech (+9) on the state of Mississippi
DEC. 17
-Toledo (-10) over Middle Tennessee
-Carolina Coast (-11) over northern Illinois
DEC. 18
-Appalachian State (-3) over western Kentucky
-Fresno State (-11.5) over UTEP
-UAB (+6.5) over BYU
-Liberty (-9) over eastern Michigan
-Oregon state (-7.5) over Utah state (+7.5)
-Marshall (+5) over Louisiana
DEC. twenty
-Tulsa (-9.5) over Old Dominion
DEC. twenty-one
-Kent State (+3) over Wyoming
-UTSA (-2.5) on the state of San Diego
DEC. 22
-Army (-3.5) over Missouri
DEC. 23
-Central Florida (+6.5) over Florida
-Miami (Ohio) (-3) over North Texas
DEC. 24
-Hawaii (+7.5) over Memphis
DEC. 25
-Ball State (+4.5) over the state of Georgia
DEC. 27
-Western Michigan (-5.5) over Nevada
-East Carolina (+3) over Boston College (-3)
DEC. 28
-Auburn (-3) over Houston
-Louisville (-2) on the Air Force
-Texas Tech (+9) on the state of Mississippi
-NC State (-1) over UCLA
-Minnesota (-3.5) over West Virginia
DEC. 29
-SMU (+2) on Virginia
-Virginia Tech (choose) over Maryland
-Clemson (+1.5) on the state of Iowa
-Oklahoma (-5) over Oregon
DEC. 30
-Pittsburgh (+2) on the state of Michigan
-North Carolina (-9) over South Carolina
-Purdue (+4.5) over Tennessee
-Pittsburgh (+2) on the state of Michigan
-Wisconsin (-7) over the state of Arizona
DEC. 31
-Cincinnati (+13.5) over Alabama
-Michigan (+8.5) over Georgia
-Miami (-2.5) over Washington state
-Boise State (-7.5) over downtown Michigan
-Texas A&M (-5) over Wake Forest
JAN. one
-Ole Miss (+1) on Baylor
-Ohio State (-6) over Utah
-Notre Dame (-2) over Oklahoma State
-Penn State (+2) over Arkansas
-Iowa (+3) over Kentucky
JAN. 4
-LSU (+1.5) over Kansas
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Eddie is an Australian news reporter with over 9 years in the industry and has published on Forbes and tech crunch.