Northwestern Moneyline? I'm in.

I'm going for it. Northwestern is looking for it's first bowl win since 1949. They have stability with a strong coach in Pat Fitzgerald, who has lost his first three bowl attempts coaching this team and you know has got to be doing everything humanly possible to stop the streak. So will his senior QB Dan Persa, who led the nation in completion percentage and appears finally healthy from the achilies injury from early in the year. Persa can complete with Tannehill and I think this game could be a shootout that Northwestern very easily could pull out.

A&M is more talented overall, but we've all seen how mentally fragile this team can be this year,. They've had more 2nd-half collapses than I think I've ever seen any team suffer in one season. Sherman's fired, the new coach hasn't started yet and the interim coach for this game is on his way out right after to start coaching Fresno State. You think there might be a few distractions for the Aggies here? Not to mention the lack of motivation from playing in a shit bowl like this after being ranked in the top-10 early in the year. I get that they also haven't won a bowl in 10 years either which will provide some extra edge for the Aggies, but NW is in the perfect spot to steal this one because of all the turmoil surrounding A&M.

The motivation factor is tough to call: many people thought we'd see it tonight with Oklahoma being under-motivated in their bowl, but the difference there is Stoops has a terrible bowl record and Landry Jones is trying to impress NFL scouts and improve his draft stock, so there was actually plenty to play for for the Sooners (which is why I backed them and finally got on the right side of a moose for a change).

Tomorrow will be different - think we'll see the motivation and internal transition/distractions really make this one a dogfight that Northwestern very likely could win outright. 10 points is way too many, so at least take those. I'm going a unit each on the moneyline and at +10. Let's go CATS!

Good luck.