Lockheed Martin Military Bowl Odds & Prediction

Odds and prediction for the Lockheed Martin Military Bowl!

The bowls are nearly half over, and though I haven’t watched all of them between holiday festivities and work, I don’t think I am off to that great of a start. My bowl mania picks were doing okay until Nebraska beat UCLA. I still have the against the spread picks to go, and from the looks of it, it will be a struggle to stay at .500 in bowl season.

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In case you missed how the point scale works, here is a brief rundown:

5. A lock. I am comfortable making a sizable wager on this game.

4. Very confident. Not quite a lock, but I am comfortable making a decent sized wager on it.

3. Middle of the road. Good enough that I would make a small wager on it.

2. Could go either way. So much so that I wouldn’t bet on it.

1. Stay away from these.

Just in case you missed any:

• Gildan New Mexico Bowl
• Royal Purple Las Vegas Bowl
• Raycom Media Camellia Bowl
• Autonation Cure Bowl
• R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl
• Miami Beach Bowl
• Famous Idaho Potato Bowl
• Marmot Boca Raton Bowl
• San Diego County Credit Union Poinsettia Bowl
• GoDaddy Bowl
• Popeyes Bahamas Bowl
• Sheraton Hawaii Bowl
• St. Petersburg Bowl
• Hyundai Sun Bowl
• Zaxby’s Heart Of Dallas Bowl
• New Era Pinstripe Bowl
• Camping World Independence Bowl
• Foster Farms Bowl
• Northrop Grumman Military Bowl
• Quick Lane Bowl

Now, on to the Lockheed Martin Military Bowl!

California(-6.5) vs. Air Force at Fort Worth, TX(3):

California(7-5, 4-5):

Wins: vs. Grambling(73-14), vs. San Diego State(35-7), at Texas(45-44), at Washington(30-24), vs. Washington State(34-28), vs. Oregon State(54-24), vs. Arizona State(48-46)

Losses: at Utah(24-30), at UCLA(24-40), vs. USC(21-27), at Oregon(28-44), at Stanford(22-35)

Record vs. bowl teams: 4-5

Air Force(8-5, 6-3):

Wins: vs. Morgan State(63-7), vs. San Jose State(37-16), vs. Wyoming(31-17), vs. Fresno State(42-14), at Hawaii(58-7), vs. Army(20-3), vs. Utah State(35-28), at Boise State(37-30)

Losses: at Michigan State(21-35), at Navy(11-33), at Colorado State(23-38), at New Mexico(35-47), at San Diego State(24-27)

Record vs. bowl teams: 3-5

Jared Goff is one of the top NFL quarterback prospects in college right now. That alone is reason enough to tune into the game. He has had to throw a lot to keep the team in games, since Cal’s defense is a work in progress, to put it nicely. Cal gave up 30 or more points in half of their games.

Air Force started to put some passing plays in their triple option playbook, and it led to some big wins for them. Still, this is a run-first team that should have plenty of lanes against Cal’s defense. Air Force’s defense started to get tired when the team didn’t control the ball on offense. That will be the challenge for them here, to keep the ball out of Jared Goff’s hands.

The common opponent is San Diego State. Cal beat them by 28 in the second game of the year. Air Force lost to them in the Mountain West Championship Game. You can argue that Cal’s early schedule was lucky. That they got SDSU, Texas, Washington, and Washington State before they really got cooking this year. Still, all of their losses are what you could call quality losses. Air Force hasn’t had to face a passing offense like this yet. That gives the advantage to Cal here as well.

My pick: California

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