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College football betting action sees the Alabama Crimson Tide taking on the Ohio State Buckeyes on Thursday January 1 at the Mercedes Benz Superdome in New Orleans, Louisiana for one of the FBS semifinal games. Cappers Picks provides free NCAAF handicapping tips all season long.
NCAA Football Bowl Season betting action sees the Oklahoma Sooners taking on the 17th-ranked Clemson Tigers on Monday December 29th at the Florida Citrus Bowl. Cappers Picks provides free college football handicapping tips all season long.
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Bowl season in college football sees betting action between the No. 15 Arizona State Sun Devils facing the unranked Duke Blue Devils in the Hyundai Sun Bowl. Cappers Picks provides free college football handicapping tips all season long.
NCAA football betting action sees the Miami Hurricanes taking on the South Carolina Gamecocks in the Duck Commander Independence Bowl in Shreveport, Louisiana. Cappers Picks provides free NCAA football handicapping tips all season long.
A pair of underachieving 6-6 teams meet Saturday afternoon down in Louisiana in hopes of not finishing the season under the .500 mark.
NCAA Football Odds
Miami Hurricanes (6-6) vs. South Carolina Gamecocks (6-6)
Saturday, Dec. 27
3:30 PM ET
Independence Stadium (Shreveport, Louisiana)
ABC
College Football Betting Lines: Miami -3.5
College Football O/U: 61
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Both big name programs struggled and labored through the 2014 regular season and barely became bowl eligible.
After winning three straight to become bowl eligible, Miami had the biggest letdown of the season when they blew a late lead against the undefeated Florida State Seminoles. That loss sent the Hurricanes into a downward spiral and they lost their final two games against Virginia and Pittsburgh. The Hurricanes will look to win a bowl game for the first time since 2006.
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The Hurricane offense seems to roll when Junior RB Duke Johnson is at his best. Johnson rushed for 6 consecutive 100 yard games, but struggled in the Hurricane’s final two contests. On the season Johnson has rushed for 1520 yards to go along with 10 touchdowns. He gave Miami the 51st best rushing attack in the nation with 179.9 yards a game.
Also struggling down the stretch of the season was QB Brad Kaaya. The young Freshman struggled to get Miami into the end zone in the later part of the season. With these types of growing pains expected, Kaaya still managed to lead the Hurricanes to the 46th best passing attack with 251.1 pass yards a game.
Miami’s Bowl game struggles have seen them score just 13.5 points a game over their past 6 post season contests.
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Ranking number 9 in week 1 of the NCAA football season, the Gamecocks stumbled right out of the gates against Texas A&M. Throughout the 2014 season, South Carolina struggled to win close games. Losing by just 1 point to Missouri, 7 points to Kentucky, 7 points to Auburn, and 3 points to Tennessee, the Gamecocks could have saw their season have a much different ending had they won a couple of those games. That being said, getting a chance to play a big name program like Miami will highlight the Saturday Bowl slate.
The struggles for South Carolina stemmed from the lack of defensive stops and allowing late touchdowns to the opposition. The Gamecocks allowed 31.2 points against (93rd) and 433.6 yards. 5 of their 6 losses saw them allow 35 points or more.
While the defense had it’s share of problems, the offense led by QB Dylan Thompson and RB Mike Davis continued to keep the Gamecocks in games and get them to a post season bowl game. South Carolina averaged 281.4 pass yards a game (21st) and scored 33.3 points (37th). Thompson threw for 24 touchdowns, while Davis rushed for 9 himself.
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Coming into the Duck Commander Independence Bowl, the Gamecocks have won 3 straight bowl appearances.
Miami simply struggles when it comes to bowl season. Scoring has always been an issue for the Hurricanes and expect a no different outcome here.
The Gamecocks control the clock and use RB Mike Davis en route to a low scoring South Carolina victory.
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NCAA Football Bowl Season Betting action sees the Rutgers Scarlet Knights taking on the North Carolina Tar Heels on Friday December 26th at Ford Field. Cappers Picks provides free college football handicapping tips all season long.
NCAA Football Bowl Season Betting action sees the Cincinnati Bearcats taking on the Virginia Tech Hokies on Saturday December 27th in the Military Bowl at the Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium. Cappers Picks provides free college football handicapping tips all season long.
Friday College Bowl action sees the North Carolina State Wolfpack taking on the Central Florida Knights in St. Petersburg, Florida. Cappers Picks provides free NCAA football handicapping tips all season long.
College Football Bowl Season sees betting action between the Boston College Eagles and the Penn State Nittany Lions. Cappers picks provides free college football handicapping tips all season long.
The National University Holiday Bowl Bowl betting action sees the Nebraska Cornhuskers taking on the #24 USC Trojans on Saturday, December 27th at Qualcomm Stadium in San Diego. Cappers Picks provides free NCAA football handicapping tips all season long.
The biggest storyline in this game is the ongoing whirlwind of negative attention brought on by the firing of head coach Bo Pelini at Nebraska. Now at Youngstown State, Pelini is being replaced by Oregon State’s Mike Reilly, who is stepping back and letting 8-year Cornhusker assistant coach Barney Cotton.
College Football Lines
2014 Holiday Bowl
Nebraska (9-3, 5-3 Big Ten) @ #24 USC (8-4, 6-3 Pac-12)
Saturday, December 27th 8:00 PM ET @ Qualcomm Stadium – San Diego
NCAA Football Spread: USC -7
NCAA Football O/U: 51.5
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Both Nebraska and USC are known as big time football schools. Oddly enough, this is only the fifth time these two will meet, with USC leading the series 3-0-1. And as the first year under Steve Sarkisian at the helm, the Trojans are trying to avoid a 5 loss campaign.
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The Cornhuskers and Trojans both had stellar play from their big 3: their #1 starting QB, RB, and WR that propelled them both into this bowl game. While conference titles would have been nice, these two schools are happy to be duking it out in San Diego.
Cotton, who will be taking over the team for the game, has been a coach at the school for 8 years and was also an offensive lineman there as a student-athlete. He’ll be looking to keep the team focused and prepared coming into this huge game.
Tommy Armstrong Jr. has been stellar for the Cornhuskers. He was 152 of 294 passing for 2,314 yards, 19 touchdowns and 11 interceptions. He also has 133 carries on the ground, netting 664 yards and 5 scores. His biggest target through the air has been Kenny Bell. Bell has 40 receptions for 717 yards and 5 touchdowns.
The second leading receiver on the team, Jordan Westerkamp, has 41 receptions for 666 yards and 4 touchdowns.
On the ground, you couldn’t hear about top running backs this season without hearing Ameer Abdullah’s name. So far, he has 237 carries for 1,523 yards and 18 touchdowns. He also has 16 receptions for 208 yards and 3 touchdowns.
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The defense is going to have their hands full in this one. Team leaders on defense showed their worth this season, only losing 3 games in their 2014 campaign…so far. Zaire Anderson is leading the team in tackles with 95, Randy Gregory has the lead with 7 sacks and Nate Gerry has 5 interceptions for the Husker defense.
Cody Kessler stood out in a big way this season for the Trojans. Clearly the #1 starter coming out of camp, Kessler took the job and ran with it. This season, he has amassed 3,505 yards, 36 touchdowns and 4 interceptions on 292 of 413 passing.
On the ground, Javorious “Buck” Allen (I don’t get it, either) has been the clear leader this season. With 250 carries, Allen was able to rack up 1,337 yards and 9 scores on the ground. He was also third on the team in receiving with 40 catches for 442 yards and a touchdown.
After Allen is Justin Davis, who had 125 carries this season for 550 yards and 4 touchdowns.
Nelson Algholor is leading the receivers this season. So far, he has 97 catches for 1,223 yards and 11 touchdowns. JuJu Smith is next with 51 receptions for 658 yards and 5 touchdowns of his own. George Farmer had 24 catches for 310 yards and 4 touchdowns.
The Trojan defense has been no slouch this season, either. Giving up 23.8 points per game, the team is looking to let Su’a Cravens, who has 16 tackles for loss, loose on the Nebraska offense.
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The Cornhuskers should also be wary of Hayes Pullard, who has been a terror in the USC defense all year.
This has the makings to be a very good game. Despite the fact the teams will match up well on the field, you have to keep into consideration the level of disappointment the Husker players showed after the loss of Pelini.
Their attitude will make or break the game for them as they can take the emotional momentum and use it against the Trojans or they can continue to focus on the negative and let it affect their play.
Final Holiday Bowl Score: Nebraska 20 – USC 38
Either way, I honestly believe USC just has too much firepower for Nebraska to keep up with.
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College football betting action sees the Louisiana Tech Bulldogs taking on the Illinois Fighting Illini on Friday December 26 in the Zaxby’s Heart of Dallas Bowl at the Cotton Bowl in Dallas Texas. Cappers Picks provides free NCAAF handicapping tips all season long.
