College Football: 2017 Outback Bowl Odds And Prediction
By Mike Marteny
2017 Outback Bowl Odds And Prediction
All is quiet on New Year’s Day. Unless you are a college football fan! We still have three morning games until the two playoff games, and they are good ones! First up is the Outback Bowl.
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For the rest of the bowl season, you will get my picks against the spread and point wagers just like I did all season long. I had a solid regular season, but I can make it look a whole lot better with a strong bowl season!
Just in case you missed any:
R+L Carriers New Mexico Bowl
Autonation Cure Bowl
Las Vegas Bowl
Gildan New Mexico Bowl
Raycom Camellia Bowl
Cheribundi Tart Cherry Boca Raton Bowl
DXL Frisco Bowl
Bad Boy Mowers Gasparilla Bowl
Bahamas Bowl
Famous Idaho Potato Bowl
Birmingham Bowl
Lockheed Martin Armed Forces Bowl
Dollar General Bowl
Hawaii Bowl
Zaxby’s Heart Of Dallas Bowl
Quick Lane Bowl
Cactus Bowl
Walk On’s Independence Bowl
New Era Pinstripe Bowl
Foster Farms Bowl
Academy Sports And Outdoors Texas Bowl
Northrup Grumman Military Bowl
Camping World Bowl
Valero Alamo Bowl
San Diego County Credit Union Holiday Bowl
Belk Bowl
Hyundai Sun Bowl
Franklin American Mortgage Music City Bowl
Nova Home Loans Arizona Bowl
Goodyear Cotton Bowl
Taxslayer Gator Bowl
AutoZone Liberty Bowl
Playstation Fiesta Bowl
Capital One Orange Bowl
Michigan(-7.5) vs. South Carolina at Tampa, FL(4):
Michigan 8-4, 5-4 (6th Big Ten(14):
Wins: vs. (17)Florida(33-17), vs. Cincinnati(36-14), vs. Air Force(29-13), at Purdue(28-10), at Indiana(27-20), vs. Rutgers(35-14), vs. Minnesota(33-10), at Maryland(35-10)
Losses: vs. Michigan State(10-14), at (2)Penn State(13-42), at (5)Wisconsin(10-24), vs. (9)Ohio State(20-31)
Record vs. bowl teams: 1-4
Three of their four losses were to top ten teams at the time. Something can be said for that. However, this offense was awful, and it had everything to do with the quarterbacks. Freshman Brandon Peters is the only one that could get this offense going even a little bit. Karan Higdon and Chris Evans lead a ground attack that is pretty impressive. The defense is also a pretty solid unit. However, if Michigan gets into a situation where they need to pass to keep up, they are in trouble.
South Carolina 8-4, 5-3 (5th SEC):
Wins: vs. North Carolina State(35-28), at Missouri(31-13), vs. Louisiana Tech(17-16), vs. Arkansas(48-22), at Tennessee(15-9), vs. Vanderbilt(34-27), vs. Florida(28-20), vs. Wofford(31-10)
Losses: vs. Kentucky(13-23), at Texas A&M(17-24), at (1)Georgia(10-24), vs. (3)Clemson(10-34)
Record vs. bowl teams: 4-4
This is a young team that was plagued by inconsistency this year. There was high hopes after the Gamecocks took down NC State, but the loss to Kentucky quickly quashed that. The main thing that South Carolina gained this year was experience. They lost two games that they could have won, and they already have a strong defense. Holding Georgia to 24 points in Athens is not easy to do.
Prediction:
This is going to be a defensive battle. South Carolina has the better offense, but is it enough better? The Michigan defense is even better than South Carolina’s, and they thrived on turnovers before Miami made it “cool.” The key will be for South Carolina to take care of the ball. I’m more comfortable betting the under (42.5) than the spread, but that isn’t why we’re here.
Pick: South Carolina
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