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Camelia Bowl Best Bets: How to Bet the Christmas Day Bowl Game

By Reed Wallach

Nov 13, 2021; Conway, South Carolina, USA; Georgia State Panthers running back Tucker Gregg (26)
Nov 13, 2021; Conway, South Carolina, USA; Georgia State Panthers running back Tucker Gregg (26) / David Yeazell-USA TODAY Sports
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On a rare occasion we are getting a Christmas Day Bowl Game! As always at BetSided we have you covered with the odds and ends to get you prepped for Ball State-Georgia State with two of our writers playing the same side while another is angling the total.

Here are the odds for the Camelia Bowl with our three best bets. Odds are courtesy of WynnBET Sportsbook.

Georgia State vs. Ball State Odds, Spread and Total

Spread:

  • Georgia State: -5.5 (-110)
  • Ball State +5.5 (-110)

Moneyline:

  • Georgia State: -210
  • Ball State: +180

Total: 51 (Over -110/Under -110)

Georgia State (-5.5) vs. Ball State

You can check out my full write up here, but the Panthers are going to have little issue establishing the run against Ball State, who is 120th in defensive success rate this season.

Georgia State is top 10 in rush rate and come in winners of three straight, including an upset over Coastal Carolina. Motivation is on Shawn Elliot's sideline and I expect they want to win big to close out the year. -- Reed Wallach

Georgia State is one of the best rushing teams in the country and I’m banking on their running game to get them through this bowl game. The Panthers are sixth in the country in yards per game (225.4) and eighth in the country in rushes per game (45.2).

Both teams are similar when it comes to offensive and defensive output, so I’m going to roll with the team that can control the clock more and keep the game at their pace. Ball State gives up rushing yards per game. They can be ran on and the Panthers will take full advantage of that. -- Donnavan Smoot

Under 51 (-110)

The Camellia Bowl between Georgia State and Ball State will take place on Christmas Day, and I’ve got a play on the total in this matchup.

 Ball State has hit the under in nine of its 12 games this season, and it will take on a Georgia State team that has played five of its last games under the total of 51. 

The Cardinals hasn’t hit the over in a game since Oct. 16, and it is facing a tough Georgia State team that upset Coastal Carolina and held Louisiana to just 21 points this season. 

I’ll back the trend for another under in Ball State’s season finale. -- Peter Dewey

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