Free NCAA Football Prediction: Syracuse vs. Minnesota Odds
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College Football Handicapping Analysis: Syracuse Orange vs. Minnesota Golden Gophers
2022 Bad Boy Mowers Pinstripe Bowl
Syracuse Orange 7-5 vs. Minnesota Golden Gophers 8-4
Date: Monday, December 29th
Time: 2:00 PM ET
Venue: Yankee Stadium Brooklyn
NCAA Football ATS Spread Odds: Orange +9.5 / Golden Gophers -9.5 (Bet Now!)
NCAA Football Moneyline Odds: Orange +290 / Golden Gophers -450
NCAA Betting Total Odds: Total O/U 41.5
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In this years Bad Boy Mowers Pinstripe Bowl, we have two squads who travelled on complete different trajectories during the season. For substance, Syracuse looked like world beaters near the start of the year, cranking off 4 wins in a row.
However, since than they dropped 5 out of their last 6 games, although mostly against very capable teams. On the flip, Minnesota season was very up and down, but won 3 of their last 5 outings.
Syracuse Orange
Unfortunately, The Orange come into this bowl matchup in dire straights, as they’re missing a ton of players due to injury.
On the offensive side of things, Syracuse is gaining 223.4 receiving yards(76th), and 142.8 rushing yards(79th) per matchup.
All these yards are equaling 28.3 points per game on average, which ranks 67th.
Impressively, Syracuse has allowed just 4 turnovers, earning an elite ranking of 11th.
Defensively, The Orange are permitting 188.8 passing yards(19th), and 150.1 rushing yards against(68th) per matchup.
Extravagantly, they’re also only allowing 22.7 points against per game(36th).
Moreover, Syracuse has caused 10 takeaways, which ranks 60th among the NCAA.
Minnesota Golden Gophers
Despite a rollercoaster of a season, Minnesota ended the year in strong form, despite losing both their tight ends. Further adding to their detriment, starting QB Tanner Morgan is questionable with an upper-body injury.
Offensively, The Golden Gophers are averaging 404.3 total yards per game(56th), are turning into 28.3 points on average.(69th)
Splendidly, most of their offense comes on the ground, as they’re averaging a monstrous 218.4 rushing yard per game(11th).
The remaining 185.9 yards are coming through the air, unfortunately ranking 114th.
Additionally, they’re amazingly ranked 20th for turnovers, as they’ve turned the ball over just 3 times.
On the defensive side of things, Minnesota’s ranked 5th for total yards against, by allowing 295.5 yards per tilt.
To elaborate, The Golden Gophers are allowing a minuscule 173.7 passing yards(8th), and 105.8 rush yards against per game.(14th)
Furthermore, they’ve managed to cause 13 takeaways, unsurprisingly ranking 25th in return.
NCAA Football Handicapping Trends
- Orange are 0-5 ATS in their last 5 games.
- Orange are 4-0 ATS in their last 4 bowl games.
- The total has gone UNDER in the Orange’s last 4 games following a straight up win.
- Golden Gophers are 6-0 ATS in their last 6 December games.
- Golden Gophers are 5-0 ATS in their last 5 bowl games.
- The total has gone UNDER in the Golden Gophers last 7 December games.
4* Bad Boy Mowers Pinstripe Bowl NCAA Betting Final Analysis:
Sadly, there’s a ton of uncertainty in this matchup, between the defensive injuries on Syracuse, and the offensive injuries on The Golden Gophers. Although we do expect Morgan to suit up, he most likely wont be himself trying to shake off an injury.
Shockingly, Syracuse has covered in their last 4 bowl games, but important to note, Minnesota has covered in their last 5.
4* Syracuse Orange vs. Minnesota Golden Gophers NCAA Betting Pick: Orange +9.5
In conclusion, we’re siding with The Orange to keep the game close enough to cover, mainly due to the uncertainty in Minnesota’s offensive roster for this game.
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