2009 Cotton Bowl Mississippi vs. Texas Tech Preview
The Mississippi Rebels won’t get as much press and public betting as their opponent in this year’s Cotton Bowl. But beware Ole Miss as they battle the Texas Tech Red Raiders January 2. While the Red Raiders were highly ranked and their offense highly feared, the Rebels were quietly beating Auburn, Arkansas, LSU and Florida. Not bad for a team sitting as a TD underdog.
Oddsmakers currently have the Red Raiders listed as 4-point favorites versus the Rebels, while the game’s total is sitting at 65½.
Mississippi is 8-4 SU, 8-3 ATS and Texas Tech is 11-1 SU, 5-4-1 ATS
The Cotton Bowl Classic, commonly known as the Cotton Bowl, is a college football bowl game played annually since 1937 at the Cotton Bowl stadium in Dallas, Texas.
The University of Mississippi will face Texas Tech University in the final Classic played in Cotton Bowl Stadium.
Ole Miss, 8-4 and ranked No. 20 in the AP Poll, finished the regular season winning five straight Southeastern Conference tilts. The Rebels are making its fourth appearance in the AT&T Cotton Bowl, and their first bowl appearance since the Rebels defeated Oklahoma State, 31-28, in the 2004 Classic.
Texas Tech, 11-1, finished the regular season No. 7 in the BCS in a three-way tie for the Big 12 South Division Title. The Red Raiders will be making their fourth AT&T Cotton Bowl appearance and their first trip to Dallas since the 2006 Classic against Alabama, when Tech lost on a last-second field goal to the Crimson Tide, 13-10.
The 2009 AT&T Cotton Bowl Classic will be nationally televised on FOX, and kickoff is set for 1 p.m. on January 2nd.
Betting Trends:
Mississippi is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games
Mississippi is 5-1 ATS in its last 6 games
Texas Tech is 13-1 SU in its last 14 games
The total has gone OVER in 7 of Texas Tech’s last 8 games
Jan 02
BCS Bowl Game (Big 12, SEC)
Dallas, Texas
Cotton Bowl Stadium
FOX 2:00 P.M.
Ole Miss vs. Texas Tech
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