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Free Outback Bowl Prediction: Gators vs Hawkeyes Odds
Looking for Florida Gators vs. Iowa Hawkeyes free picks? Outback Bowl betting sees the Gators taking on the Hawkeyes Monday, January 2nd 2017 at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Florida. Cappers Picks provides complimentary handicapping picks all NCAA football season long so stay tuned for more FREE college football predictions.
2017 Outback Bowl
(8-4) Florida Gators vs. Iowa Hawkeyes (8-4)
Date: Monday, January 2nd
Time: 1:00 PM EST
Venue: Raymond James Stadium, Tampa, Florida
NCAA Football Spread: Off
NCAA Betting Total: Off
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The 2016 Outback Bowl should be a very intriguing game between two teams that struggle offensively, but are stingy defensively.
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On paper, this will be a close contested, low scoring battle between two very physical teams.
Florida Gators
The Florida Gators started off the season well going 3-0 and only allowing two touchdowns.
They blew the game on the road against the Tennessee Volunteers, but rebounded and reeled off three more wins.
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Then they hit the skids. The Gators finished the season 2-3 and they lost in ugly fashion in their three losses. They lost by an average of 38 to 13.
They’ll look to bounce back and finish off the season right and they have a good chance to.
One of their final wins was against the stingy LSU Tigers, who struggle offensively. That’s the Iowa Hawkeyes game – strong defensively, but offensively challenged.
Plus, this will essentially be a home game for the Gators as they get to stay in Florida.
Iowa Hawkeyes
The Iowa Hawkeyes couldn’t follow up on their magical 2015 season. This year, the air came out of the balloon pretty early as they were upset by the Bison of North Dakota State at home.
The Hawkeyes couldn’t quite find their footing as the season progressed and found themselves at 5-4 and coming off a 41-14 loss against Penn State.
After a loss like that, the Hawkeyes could have packed it in for the season and quit, but they didn’t.
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Iowa upset the Michigan Wolverines at home and followed that up with blowout wins against Illinois and Nebraska winning by a total of 68-10 in those two games.
This is a team that has a lot of heart and tenacity. They take on the personality of their coach Kirk Ferentz and they’ll show up and be ready for a fist fight against the Gators.
NCAA Football Handicapping Trends
- Iowa is 3-0 ATS in their last 3 games
- Florida under is 5-1 in their last 6 games
- Iowa is 5-2 ATS in their last 7 games
- Florida is 2-3 ATS in their last 5 games
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When you have two teams that are, on paper, evenly matched I like to take the team I know will show up fired up ready to play.
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With that said, I’m taking the Hawkeyes in this one. There is no line as of this post, but I got to think that Florida will probably be a one or two points favorite in this one. This is essentially a tossup, but go with Iowa in a defensive struggle.
2017 Outback Bowl Free Score Prediction: Iowa 24 – Florida 23
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