2018 Franklin American Mortgage Music City Bowl Odds And Prediction

2018 Franklin American Mortgage Music City Bowl Odds And Prediction

Bowl season is finally upon us! We are right in the middle of this. After the Christmas break, we have at least three games per day through Saturday. The first game on our Friday is the Franklin American Mortgage Music City Bowl.

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I finally lost a couple of picks over the week, but overall, I’m still doing pretty well.

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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Purdue vs. Auburn(-3.5) at Nashville, TN(3):

Purdue 6-6, 4-5(t-2nd Big 10(14) West):

Wins: vs. Boston College(30-13), at Nebraska(42-28), at Illinois(46-7), vs. Ohio State(49-20), vs. Iowa(38-36), at Indiana(28-21)

Losses: vs. Northwestern(27-31), vs. Eastern Michigan(19-20), vs. Missouri(37-40), at Michigan State(13-23), at Minnesota(10-41), vs. Wisconsin(44-47)

Record vs. bowl teams: 3-6

Do you ever wonder what this team would have looked like had David Blough not shared snaps for the first month of the season? Do you wonder what Blough’s stats would look like? Rondale Moore is one of the biggest playmakers on any team and is a matchup nightmare for anyone.

Purdue is still inconsistent as you can see by their blowout loss to Minnesota down the stretch. Still, this is one of the more dangerous offenses in a bowl game.

Auburn 7-5, 3-5(5th SEC West):

Wins: vs. Washington(21-16), vs. Alcorn State(63-9), vs. Arkansas(34-3), vs. Southern Mississippi(24-13), at Mississippi(31-16), vs. Texas A&M(28-24), vs. Liberty(53-0)

Losses: vs. LSU(21-22), at Mississippi State(9-23), vs. Tennessee(24-30), at Georgia(10-27), at Alabama(21-52)

Record vs. bowl teams: 2-4

Auburn is a team that had National Championship aspirations after beating Washington to open the season. However, the regression of the entire offense in general and Jarrett Stidham in particular limited this team.

Auburn’s defense is still very good, even though you wouldn’t know it by the Alabama game and the awful home loss to Tennessee. The offense? Who knows. Gus Malzahn is back to calling plays for the bowl game, so there is optimism on that side of the ball.

Prediction:

You have a really good offense against a really good defense. Probably the closest defense to Auburn that Purdue has faced was Northwestern in the opener. Their offense is vastly different to the one that took the field four months ago.

The Vegas line has moved up since Malzahn is back to calling plays. I understand the optimism, but it wasn’t all the system. Stidham just didn’t make good decisions most of the time. If Auburn wins this, it wont be by more than a field goal.

Pick: Purdue

Stay tuned for the rest of the bowl picks against the spread, and our DFS picks for the NBA, NFL, and even some NHL action! We have something for everyone!