2024-2025 Bowl Season YTD: 9-4 (+4.60*)
Boston College(+3') over Nebraska (1*)
- - I see these teams as pretty evenly matched in lots of areas, including motivation. One difference in favor of BC might be that they don’t have the baggage that Nebraska has been toting for years in trying to emerge from a dark place, which has still been very much on display with this year’s team struggling to a 1-5 SU finish down the stretch. But the fact is I heard it suggested back before the SMU game that the bold switch to QB Grayson James was exactly the right thing for BC to do, and I did some homework before following along with that insight for 3 straight winning wagers, and here I’m definitely taking those points and riding that train for one more game.
Iowa State(+3') over Miami (1)
- - The Miami program must be feeling crushed after losing a 21-0 lead to Syracuse in their final game, and losing two of their last 3 games after a 9-0 start, to miss out on the CFP and land in the Pop-Tarts Bowl up the road in Orlando. I know Iowa State is feeling embarrassed about the flop they dropped in the Big XII Title game. I think I get the better defense, and a little better coaching, and more motivation, by taking the Cyclones as a live dog in a this spot that is often an ugly spot for a swaggering team like Miami.
Colorado(-3) over BYU (1*)
- - OK , clearly weird that two Big 12 teams are facing off and sharing the payout from this Bowl, but it’s a quirk of Colorado filling the contractual commitment for a Pac 12 team to appear in this game. And you always gotta remember the BYU squad is loaded with 24 year old men, married with children, when Bowl season rolls around, and players are receiving the red carpet treatment amidst facing other distractions. But with that out of the way, I think Colorado is looking like the right side for not suffering an ignominious defeat.
Iowa State/Miami(Ov60) (1*)
- - I do not think these teams chase each other to 40 points, but it makes sense there are the momentum swings that scoring produces. Or not.
North Carolina(-2) over Boston College (1*)
- - (1) I believe there is a talent gap between these teams. (2) With Bill Belichick around the facility as HC in waiting, there could well be a buttoned up sort of effort out of the Tar Heels today. (3) I have just never been impressed with the ability of Huskies HC Jim Mora to achieve significant glory by taking any of his teams to the next level . . . Those are the ANGLES I’m playing in this one; I think they are worth a play; I hope they get the cash.
GL
Boston College(+3') over Nebraska (1*)
- - I see these teams as pretty evenly matched in lots of areas, including motivation. One difference in favor of BC might be that they don’t have the baggage that Nebraska has been toting for years in trying to emerge from a dark place, which has still been very much on display with this year’s team struggling to a 1-5 SU finish down the stretch. But the fact is I heard it suggested back before the SMU game that the bold switch to QB Grayson James was exactly the right thing for BC to do, and I did some homework before following along with that insight for 3 straight winning wagers, and here I’m definitely taking those points and riding that train for one more game.
Iowa State(+3') over Miami (1)
- - The Miami program must be feeling crushed after losing a 21-0 lead to Syracuse in their final game, and losing two of their last 3 games after a 9-0 start, to miss out on the CFP and land in the Pop-Tarts Bowl up the road in Orlando. I know Iowa State is feeling embarrassed about the flop they dropped in the Big XII Title game. I think I get the better defense, and a little better coaching, and more motivation, by taking the Cyclones as a live dog in a this spot that is often an ugly spot for a swaggering team like Miami.
Colorado(-3) over BYU (1*)
- - OK , clearly weird that two Big 12 teams are facing off and sharing the payout from this Bowl, but it’s a quirk of Colorado filling the contractual commitment for a Pac 12 team to appear in this game. And you always gotta remember the BYU squad is loaded with 24 year old men, married with children, when Bowl season rolls around, and players are receiving the red carpet treatment amidst facing other distractions. But with that out of the way, I think Colorado is looking like the right side for not suffering an ignominious defeat.
Iowa State/Miami(Ov60) (1*)
- - I do not think these teams chase each other to 40 points, but it makes sense there are the momentum swings that scoring produces. Or not.
North Carolina(-2) over Boston College (1*)
- - (1) I believe there is a talent gap between these teams. (2) With Bill Belichick around the facility as HC in waiting, there could well be a buttoned up sort of effort out of the Tar Heels today. (3) I have just never been impressed with the ability of Huskies HC Jim Mora to achieve significant glory by taking any of his teams to the next level . . . Those are the ANGLES I’m playing in this one; I think they are worth a play; I hope they get the cash.
GL
