Johnny Guild
Saturday, December 29th, 2007 4:30 PM EST.
AutoZone Liberty Bowl
U-C-F Golden Knights (10-3) vs. Mississippi State Bulldogs (7-5)
Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium - Memphis, Tennessee
Mississippi State?s makes its 13th bowl appearance since 2000. The Bulldogs are 6-6 all-time in Bowl games, but are 2-0 both straight-up and ATS in their last two. UCF will play their second Bowl Game. They lost, 49-48, to Nevada in the 2005 Hawaii Bowl.
The Bulldogs had difficulty stopping the run in four of its losses and their main concern will be containing UCF tailback Kevin Smith. However, UCF superb year was against conference USA, while Mississippi State played tougher opponents in SEC competition. Nevertheless, the hot Golden Knights depend largely on Smith performance, but do have the momentum and their offense has been explosive, averaging 38.4 points per game, while the Bulldogs offense has been lacking energy this season, averaging 22.4 points per game.
UCF Golden Knights
Saturday, December 29th, 2007 (Eastern Time)
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1:00 PM Meineke Car Care Bowl
Connecticut (9-3) vs. Wake Forest (8-4)--- Wake Forest Demon Deacons -2
4:30 PM AutoZone Liberty Bowl
U-C-F (10-3) vs. Mississippi State (7-5)---- UCF Golden Knights -3
8:00 PM Valero Alamo Bowl
Penn State (8-4) vs. Texas A&M (7-5) ------ Texas A&M Aggies +5.5