Boston Col.+ 2'(3 units) I doubt this pick will be popular,But Let me convince you Anyway it is the right pick,This game is expected to have 20+ mph winds and rain throughout the afternoon. Enter BC RB Dillion and that Huge O Line, I looked at the weight and see BC O line 310 320 pounds, Boise D Line pretty lite in The Pants..BC should own this battle in the trenches and control the clock..Boise State hasn’t faced a running back as talented as A.J. Dillon ...The Broncos have allowed 44 passing plays of 20 yards or more this season as they defend chunk yardage in the air at a rate that’s 86th in the country. Boise State junior middle linebacker Tyson Maeva was sent home from Dallas on Monday, two days before the Broncos play in the First Responder Bowl....2 BIG things here, He Is The Middle Linebacker,(calls the defense) and he is the 2nd leading tackler on this team... Another Gem for BC is special Teams, Boise has a really bad Special Teams, BC has decent Special teams play..Boise State’s kicker, Haden Hoggarth, is just 12-of-20 on field goal attempts this season...The Broncos boast the country’s 113th-best kickoff return unit by yards per game allowed and the country’s 125th-best punt return unit by yards per return allowed. They’ve also allowed two punt return touchdowns this season. This is one edge that BC and Michael Walker—who led the country in combined kick return yards for the second-consecutive season—can look to exploit.
Offensively for the Broncos, everything runs through Brett Rypien, He is sorta the Flacco of Col. Football, Good Rypien or Bad Rypien, ya never know what you get, He lost at home his last game and the weather was bad, The weather will be bad here today , so....Be Careful putting This game on him.The "Hotshot" QB was 15 for 31 125 yards at home mind you, Last game...
No. 25 Boise State is the favorite. Since 2005, Top 25 teams favored in bowl games have gone 84-103-2 (44.9%) against the spread (ATS).
Since 2005, teams that enter bowl season on at least a 3-game SU and ATS losing streak are 8-5-1 ATS, but they’ve covered the spread by 5.9 points per game.
That’s dropped the total five points in the last two days.
Games with wind of at least 20 mph are 66-39-3 (62.9%) to the under since 2005.
“How do we finish FOURTH in the ACC and get the lowest bowl in the ACC!!!!” Tech running back Qua Searcy tweeted. “HOW!!!!!”
Quarterback TaQuon Marshall tweeted, “I’m baffled at this bowl game …” with an emoji of a man holding his head in his hands.
That said, It’s also the final game for Johnson and his 10 assistants, none of whom will be retained by incoming coach Geoff Collins. That includes wide receivers coach Buzz Preston and offensive line coach Mike Sewak, the two assistants who have been with Johnson for the entirety of his 11-year tenure. Sewak will retire.... What That means is all those assistants are out trying to find Jobs and sending Resumes.. Not exactly focused on This game...
If You Think this is gonna be "Win one for the Gipper" Dating back to John Heisman, Tech coaches are 1-10 in their final game. The lone winner was Bobby Ross, who beat Stanford in the Aloha Bowl in 1991.
Since 2005, when a non-service academy team rushes for at least 300 yards per game and is listed as a favorite in bowl season, that team is 4-6 straight up (SU), but 1-9 ATS, failing to cover the spread by 8.6 points per game. Georgia Tech has accounted for two of those ten occurrences, and is 0-2 SU and ATS in this spot.
In bowl games, dogs getting 35% or less of bets have gone 89-58-2 (61%) against the spread (ATS) since 2005. Gophers are dogs because of several players on Minnesota’s defense could be suspended for the Quick Lane Bowl. According to the report, the suspensions are due to off the field issues that occurred following Minnesota’s rivalry win over Wisconsin. That being said, no exact names have been released.
Minnesota the team that beat Fresno State, Indiana, Purdue, and Wisconsin will have the Home cooking in this Game being in Detroit...
the Gophers closed the season in dominant fashion on the road against Wisconsin’s elite rushing attack, holding the Badgers to only 15 points. They also held an explosive Purdue offense to only 10 points two weeks prior, both pointing to the success that’s come since firing their defensive coordinator.
6 Big Ten games with Robb Smith as DC: Allowed 43 points per game
3 Big Ten games since he was fired: 16.3
One Thing to watch in this game is a freshman right tackle who might be the largest opponent Tech has ever faced, Daniel Faalele, who is 6-foot-8 and 400 pounds.