College Bowl Mania: 2018 SoFi Hawaii Bowl Odds And Prediction

HONOLULU – JANUARY 30: Fans fill the stadium during the 2011 NFL Pro Bowl at Aloha Stadium on January 30, 2011 in Honolulu, Hawaii. (Photo by Kent Nishimura/Getty Images) /

2018 SoFi Hawaii Bowl Odds And Prediction

Bowl season is finally upon us! We had six bowl games to kick us off on Saturday. There were games all week, and now we have another four game Saturday. After Christmas we get up to more than one game per day, so the season is really picking up now.

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I did pretty well to open bowl season on Saturday with my against the spread picks. We can make some money on these games. Are you with me?

For the rest of the bowls, 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!

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Mitsubishi Motors Las Vegas Bowl
Raycom Media Camellia Bowl
R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl
Cheribundi Boca Raton Bowl
DXL Frisco Bowl
Bad Boy Mowers Gasparilla Bowl
Makers Wanted Bahamas Bowl
Famous Idaho Potato Bowl
Jared Birmingham Bowl
Lockheed Martin Armed Forces Bowl
Dollar General Bowl

BOCA RATON, FL – OCTOBER 26: J’Mar Smith #8 of the Louisiana Tech Bulldogs looks to pass against the Florida Atlantic Owls during the first half at FAU Stadium on October 26, 2018 in Boca Raton, Florida. (Photo by Michael Reaves/Getty Images) /

Hawaii vs. Louisiana Tech(-1.5) at Honolulu, HI(5):

Hawaii 8-5, 5-3(t-2nd MWC West):

Wins: at Colorado State(43-34), vs. Navy(59-41), vs. Rice(43-29), vs. Duquesne(42-21), at San Jose State(44-41), vs. Wyoming(17-13), vs. UNLV(35-28), at San Diego State(31-30)

Losses: at Army(21-28), at BYU(23-49), vs. Nevada(22-40), at Fresno State(20-50), vs. Utah State(17-56)

Record vs. bowl teams: 1-5

Besides the eye-popping stats of Cole McDonald, the thing that is going to stand out is that record against Bowl teams. All five of those teams could win their bowl games though. Army is blowing out Houston. Utah State already won big. So did BYU. Fresno took down a power five school. The only one left to go is Nevada, and they have a good matchup.

Hawaii has a whole stable of really good receivers headed up by John Ursua. If you do manage to cover him, you still have to deal with Cedric Byrd. If by some miracle you cover them both like San Diego State did, then JoJo Ward will get you. It never ends for your secondary.

Louisiana Tech 7-5, 5-3 (t-2nd CUSA West)

Wins: at South Alabama(30-26), vs. Southern(54-17), at North Texas(29-27), at UTSA(31-3), vs. UTEP(31-24), at Florida Atlantic(21-13), vs. Rice(28-13)

Losses: at LSU(21-38), vs. UAB(7-28), at Mississippi State(3-45), at Southern Mississippi(20-21), vs. Western Kentucky(15-30)

Record vs. bowl teams: 1-3

J’Mar Smith is continuing a long line of good quarterbacks at Louisiana Tech. However, outside of Adrian Hardy, he hasn’t had a whole lot of help. The Bulldogs stumbled down the stretch with their only win of the last month being against an awful Rice team.

The strength of this team is the defense, but as Mississippi State and Western Kentucky showed, this secondary can have issues at times. That’s bad news for the Bulldogs.

Prediction:

This line opened with the home team being favored by 2.5, and I thought it was low there. I have no idea why this line flipped, and the more I think about it, the more it makes me nervous. Hawaii is at home with an elite offense. How do they lose this? The simple answer is they don’t.

Pick: Hawaii

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