College Football: Duck Commander Independence Bowl Odds And Prediction

We have made it to bowl season! I have picked every single college football game against the spread for you this season. There is no way I’m going to abandon you now!

Duck Commander Independence Bowl at Shreveport, LA:

Miami(FL)(-3,5):

Wins: vs. Florida A&M(41-7), vs. Arkansas State(41-20), vs. Duke(22-10), vs. Cincinnati(55-34), at Virginia Tech(30-6), vs. North Carolina(47-20)

Losses: at Louisville(13-31), at Nebraska(31-41), at Georgia Tech(17-28), vs. Florida State(26-30), at Virginia(13-30), vs. Pittsburgh(23-35)

Record vs. Bowl Teams: 5-5

South Carolina:

Wins: vs. East Carolina(33-23), vs. Georgia(38-35), at Vanderbilt(48-34), vs. Furman(41-10), at Florida(23-20 OT), vs. South Alabama(37-12)

Losses: vs. Texas A&M(28-52), vs. Missouri(20-21), at Kentucky(38-45), at Auburn(35-42), vs. Tennessee(42-45 OT), at Clemson(17-35)

Record vs. Bowl Teams: 4-5

Common Opponents:

NONE

Prediction:

Miami is much better than they were in September, and that has everything to do with the maturation of true freshman QB Brad Kaaya. The only games that he really didn’t play well in were Louisville and Pittsburgh. Both of those teams have really good defenses.

South Carolina’s defense was supposed to be a strength. We quickly found out that that was not the case when Texas A&M lit them up in the opener. It didn’t stop there. They were gashed by Georgia, Kentucky, Auburn, Tennessee, and Clemson as well.

It will come down to whether South Carolina can force Kaaya and the Hurricane offense into bad decisions. Seeing what I saw from South Carolina, I just don’t see it happening.

Pick: Miami(FL)

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