» December 29, 2009
By Staff Writer
The
2009 year is waning and the college football bowl games continue to come fast
and furious.
Friday
will see the start of the BCS bowls but there are some notable games being
played over the next few days.
CHAMPS Sports Bowl
The
Miami Hurricanes were barely a blip on the radar when the college football
preseason polls were released but they rose from the ashes in 2009.
After
going 7-6 straight up last season, the "U" finished this past regular season
with records of 9-3 SU and 6-5 against the spread and were ranked 15 in the
final BCS standings.
Online
sportsbooks have been seeing a lot of attention from bettors on the 'Canes
in the CHAMPS Sports Bowl vs. the No. 25 Wisconsin Badgers. SPORTSBETTING.com
has Miami favored by 4-points with an Over/Under of 58.5. They are reporting
75% of all the betting volume has come in on the Hurricanes.
Some
trends worth noting on the CHAMPS Sports Bowl include:
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Miami is 2-5 ATS in their last seven games played in December.
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The last eight times the Hurricanes have been favored by 4-points or less, they
have produced a record of 2 Overs and 6 Unders.
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Wisconsin has a record of 3 Overs and 7 Unders the last 10 times they have
been an underdog of 4-points or less.
Check
the current NCAA
Bowl odds
Pacific Life Holiday Bowl
The
No. 22 Nebraska Cornhuskers nearly defeated the No. 2 Texas Longhorns in the
Big 12 conference championship back in early-December.
Nebraska lost
that game 13-12 but covered as a 14-point underdog.
As
a result, the Longhorns will play for the national title in a few weeks and the
'Huskers will play the No. 20 Arizona Wildcats in the Pacific Life Holiday Bowl
on Wednesday. Online sportsbooks have the Huskers favored by 1-point with the
Total set at 40.
Some
NCAA Bowl trends worth noting on this matchup:
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In Nebraska's last 20 games, they boast a 15-5 straight up record, with a
profitable 12-8 ATS run over that span.
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In Arizona's last six games played in December, they are 5-1 straight up and
5-1 ATS.
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The last 10 times Arizona has been listed as an underdog, they have covered the
spread eight times.
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Nebraska has a record of 3 Overs and 9 Unders in their last 12 games.
Brut Sun Bowl
Come
New Year's Eve, both the Oklahoma Sooners and the No. 21 Stanford Cardinal will
be looking to prove critics wrong in the Brut Sun Bowl — Oklahoma is a 10-point
fave and the O/U is at 55.
Ranked
No. 3 by both the AP and USA Today polls during the preseason, the Sooners not
only lost 14-13 in their first game of the season to BYU, but also lost 2008
Heisman Trophy winner and starting QB Sam Bradford with a sprained shoulder.
Bradford
would return, only to re-injure his shoulder and the Sooners, who played in the
BCS title game a year ago, would go on to finish the season 7-5 SU, a far cry
from last year's pre-BCS championship record of 12-1 (SU).
Stanford RB
Toby Gerhart would probably like to stick it to the critics as well,
particularly those who voted on a certain trophy a few weeks ago.
Gerhart
led the nation in rushing TDs with 26 and was third in rushing with 1,736 yards
but was runner-up to Alabama RB Mark Ingram for the Heisman Trophy.
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Oklahoma has a record of 7-2 ATS in their last nine games in the month of
December.
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The Sooners are 14-6 ATS in their last 20 when favored by more than 8-points.
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Stanford has a record of 6 Overs and no unders the last six times they have
been an underdog of more than +8.
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Enjoy
the last week of 2009 and all the college football games that come with it.
