December 24, 2009 | 8:00 PM EST, Honolulu, HI, Nevada vs. SMU | ESPN Sheraton Hawaii Bowl SMU Mustangs (7-5) vs Nevada Wolf Pack (8-4) Opening Line: Nevada -12 Game Preview: Lots of subplots to this one. SMU's first bowl since coming back from the death penalty. June Jones return to Hawaii. Nevada is the only team in history with 3 1000 yard rushers in the same season. … [Read more...]
St. Petersburg Bowl: Central Florida vs. Rutgers | Preview & Predictions
Dec. 19, 2009 | 8:00 PM EST, St. Petersburg, on ESPN St. Petersburg Bowl Central Florida Knights (8-4) vs. Rutgers Scarlet Knights (8-4) Opening Line: Rutgers -2.5 Game Preview: If you win 8 games and nobody notices did you really do it. These teams enter this game with one good win between them, UCF's win over Houston in November. Other than that these teams have gotten fat on the … [Read more...]
New Mexico Bowl: Fresno State vs. Wyoming | Preview & Predictions
Dec. 19, 2009 | 4:30 PM EST on ESPN News Mexico Bowl Fresno State Bulldogs (8-4) vs. Wyoming Cowboys (6-6) Opening Line: Fresno State -10.5 Game Preview: If you are going to play in an inconsequential bowl game it is probably better to be early in the bowl season. This way your team hasn't gotten too out of rhythm and can stay reasonably motivated even though the opponent might … [Read more...]
Bowl Game Betting, Predictions, Odds & Lines
The Bowl Championship Series (BCS) system, is what it is; The pageantry. The bickering fan bases. And one more opportunity to win some money during the college football season. With the BCS Bowl Games and scheudle announced, now we can focus on the Bowl Betting matchups for 34 games on this year’s docket. In anticipation of the 2009-2010 Bowl Games we have asked our best college football … [Read more...]
Game Preview: Oregon State at Oregon
Oregon State Beavers at Oregon Ducks, Thursday 9:00PM This game is often referred to one of the best rivalries that nobody thinks about. Probably because it is on the west coast and have never really decided anything other than state supremacy - but you gotta love the name Civil War right? Both teams enter trying to to improve their bowl positioning and I believe Oregon State has a chance to … [Read more...]
Game Preview: Pittsburgh at West Virginia
Game Preview: Pittsburgh (9-1) at West Virginia (7-3), Friday at 7:00 PM If West Virginia had won against Cincinatti this game would have had much more meaning. As it is the Mountaineers can make next week's clash between the Bearcats and Pitt meaningless by coming up with win in this year's version of the Backyard Brawl. This is Pitt's best team since Dave Wannstedt took over as coach and … [Read more...]
Game Preview: Northwestern at Illinois
What do you do when you are coming off one of the biggest wins in school history and are facing your in-state rivals who are suffering through a miserable season? If you are the Northwestern Wildcats the answer should be follow it up with another victory to improve your conference and bowl positioning. And if you are Illinois you must ask the question is there anything that can be done to … [Read more...]
Central Michigan at Boston College Preview
At this point in the year it is hard to find compelling non-conference matchups. There are a few pre-championship game grudge matches like Georgia-Georgia Tech to look forward to but most teams don't like to break up their conference schedules so I praise both these schools for giving us what I think will be a very entertaining game. First you have Boston College. They are 5-3 with a shot of … [Read more...]
Colorado at West Virginia Betting Matchup
This Thursday's national spotlight game is a rare non-conference battle as most teams are slugging it out within their respective conferences already. It is also a rematch of a hotly contested midweek tilt from a year ago that was the highlight of the Buffaloes season so you know the Mountaineers will have revenge on their mind. Revenge and then some as they have to be still smarting from the … [Read more...]
Wake Forest vs Boston College Betting Matchup
Though not the highest profile ACC game this week I think this is a very interesting game with significant implications for the Atlantic Dvision. Both teams are 2-1 but have yet to grab a conference win. Wake Forest and Boston College are two of the steadiest teams in the ACC, occasionally exceeding expectations but never sinking to Duke status. However, heading into this year the expectations … [Read more...]