Cure Bowl
thank you, ohio bobcats, for keeping it simple. as of noon today, allegedly ohio is the only team with NOBODY in the portal. huzzah!
ok, i think i came to the same conclusion last year... nobody knows which players in the portal are playing in the bowl game. well, a few do, but they ain't talking. jax st has 6 starters in the portal, including 4 defensive backs. i read that last year, the jax st players in the portal did not play the bowl game. BUT... the same article mentioned that "a report has surfaced that some of the players in the portal could play this season." super fucking helpful.
ohio does most of their damage on the ground. their RBs are solid, but not spectacular. QB Navarro is their most effective runner, averaging 6.5 yds/carry. when teams focus too much on the run, navarro has also been very good throwing the ball. he averages 8.1 yds/att. however, he has 12 TDs and 10 INTs. he'll be happy to see the jax st starting defensive secondary sitting this one out.
jax st is very good offensively. QB Huff transferred in from furman (FU!!) and had a very good year, averaging 8.4 yards/att. he's also a good runner, averaging 6,2 yards/rush. his 215 carries were topped only by tre stewart, who had a fine year. he averaged 6.2 yds on 264 carries, and added 200 yards on 15 catches (13.3/reception, pretty damn good for a RB). those two are the only gamecocks with more than 36 carries this year.
jax st also does most of their damage on the ground, averaging 5.7 yds/carry (7th in the country). they run for 267 yards/game, second only to Army. ohio was almost equally impressive against the run, allowing 3.2 yds/carry (13th).
both teams lost their head coach for the bowl game.
jax st played one MAC team this year, losing in 2OT at EMU. Ohio rolled past EMU 35-10.
the line has been bet up. ohio was -2 when i first saw it last week. now they're -5.
my allergy to favorites is really kicking in. i want to play the gamecocks. ohio was impressive in the MAC championship game, and may be a little overvalued now (same could easily be said for jax st). however, jax st got their first bowl win last year and their first FBS conference championship this year. they may be more concerned with who is following dickrod to WVU than beating the bobcats.
ohio (-5) 2X
over (56.5) 2X
ohio TT over (30.5) 3.9 to win 3
at this point, i don't think i'll get a chance to do a write-up for the gasparilla bowl. and after a quick glance, i don't want to spend any time on it anyways. i know tulane is starting the equipment manager at qb. still thinking about a small bet on tulane on the ML. tulane has been very solid the last couple years and i'm expecting florida to pull the typical sec-disappearing act in a meaningless bowl game.
thank you, ohio bobcats, for keeping it simple. as of noon today, allegedly ohio is the only team with NOBODY in the portal. huzzah!
ok, i think i came to the same conclusion last year... nobody knows which players in the portal are playing in the bowl game. well, a few do, but they ain't talking. jax st has 6 starters in the portal, including 4 defensive backs. i read that last year, the jax st players in the portal did not play the bowl game. BUT... the same article mentioned that "a report has surfaced that some of the players in the portal could play this season." super fucking helpful.
ohio does most of their damage on the ground. their RBs are solid, but not spectacular. QB Navarro is their most effective runner, averaging 6.5 yds/carry. when teams focus too much on the run, navarro has also been very good throwing the ball. he averages 8.1 yds/att. however, he has 12 TDs and 10 INTs. he'll be happy to see the jax st starting defensive secondary sitting this one out.
jax st is very good offensively. QB Huff transferred in from furman (FU!!) and had a very good year, averaging 8.4 yards/att. he's also a good runner, averaging 6,2 yards/rush. his 215 carries were topped only by tre stewart, who had a fine year. he averaged 6.2 yds on 264 carries, and added 200 yards on 15 catches (13.3/reception, pretty damn good for a RB). those two are the only gamecocks with more than 36 carries this year.
jax st also does most of their damage on the ground, averaging 5.7 yds/carry (7th in the country). they run for 267 yards/game, second only to Army. ohio was almost equally impressive against the run, allowing 3.2 yds/carry (13th).
both teams lost their head coach for the bowl game.
jax st played one MAC team this year, losing in 2OT at EMU. Ohio rolled past EMU 35-10.
the line has been bet up. ohio was -2 when i first saw it last week. now they're -5.
my allergy to favorites is really kicking in. i want to play the gamecocks. ohio was impressive in the MAC championship game, and may be a little overvalued now (same could easily be said for jax st). however, jax st got their first bowl win last year and their first FBS conference championship this year. they may be more concerned with who is following dickrod to WVU than beating the bobcats.
ohio (-5) 2X
over (56.5) 2X
ohio TT over (30.5) 3.9 to win 3
at this point, i don't think i'll get a chance to do a write-up for the gasparilla bowl. and after a quick glance, i don't want to spend any time on it anyways. i know tulane is starting the equipment manager at qb. still thinking about a small bet on tulane on the ML. tulane has been very solid the last couple years and i'm expecting florida to pull the typical sec-disappearing act in a meaningless bowl game.
