16-4 RUN
9-3 BOWLS
NORTHWESTERN +10 (-125)
UNDER 55
Going to start out here with Northwestern as they come into Bowl season on a nice roll winning and covering 3 straight including beating a very good Wisconsin team.Northwestern thrives as an underdog covering 10 of their last 13 and is absolutely thrilled to be in this bowl.
FLORIDA ST. +3 (hook)
When I broke this one down West Virginia showed to be the best team here and infact this line looked a little low as I wondered why FSU was even in this bowl game.As far as motivation goes, you will find no team this year more motivated to get a win for the outgoing legend Bobby Bowden.When I broke down the conferences I found that the ACC has been a cash cow when facing the Big East in bowl games compiling a 13-4 ats record.Bowden has been around a long time and loves to play in bowl games which is evident by his 20-10 ats record.More importantly, is the fact that Bob brings his troops into this one off a loss. When that is the case,Bobby the legend is a savy 10-2 ats. West Virginia is the better team here no doubt, but everyone within 5,000 miles will be cheering for Bowden to win this one... even the reffs??
PENN ST +1 1/2
UNDER 44
Very tough game to handicap here and should be a no play for me but this is New Years day and Im a degenerate so here goes. True Penn St has shafted me so many times this season I've lost count, but, I'm hard headed and will get on the Lions anyway. I certainly won't question Les Miles as he is one hell of a football coach and deserves to be mentioned as one of the top coaches in the country.That being said, I don't like the way they finished out the season as they should have been beat by Arkansas and did get beat by a suspect Ole Piss team.St. on the other hand finished winning 7 of 8 covering the number in 6 of those.LSU has the team speed, and the better coach but that don't always mean a win as we saw with Wisky demolishing Miami.No way Penn St will demolish LSU here but I think they can control the line of scrimmage on both sides today.
Bol Fellas!
Back in a bit with the Rose and Sugar.