The Champs Sports Bowl features the
Miami Hurricanes facing the 3 point
underdog Wisconsin Badgers in a
different style’s battle on December 29
at 8:00 PM ET at Florida Citrus Bowl
stadium.Miami ended with a 9-3 record
in the ACC and Wisconsin also ended 9-3
in the Big Ten.
The Hurricanes will need to pick up
their game up on defense as they face
the 14 th rushing offense in the league
averaging almost 207 yards per game.
The Hurricanes have only allowed 8
TDs over the ground but they are about
to face a real challenge as they take on
the Big Ten Offensive Player of the Year
RB John Clay.
Clay ran for 1396 yards getting 16
TDs, he got over 100 rushing yards in 8
of his games. He is not the kind of RB
who is going to break free for long gain
but he will be able to get the yards his
team need.
If they can establish the run that
will give QB Scott Tolzien enough room
to work with. Scott threw 16 TDs in the
season but was picked 10 times, making
him an unreliable QB.
On offense the Hurricanes need QB
Jacory Harris to perform as he did in
the beginning of the season, he was
plagued by turnovers in the second half
of the season and this break may help
him clear his head and get back into the
game.
Harris threw for 3164 yards, 23 TDs
and 17 interceptions, not very amazing
numbers. He had some amazing games like
the win over Georgia Tech in week two
when he found the end zone 3 times but
he also had some bad ones like the game
against North Carolina when he threw 4
interceptions.
Harris gets intercepted a lot for two
basic reasons:
- For trying to scramble out of
the pocket and throwing the ball in
hurry and
- For throwing the ball to WR
Leonard Hankerson too many times.
The Junior WR Hankerson has 6 TDs
this season and 44 receptions so you can
expect Harris to look for him at the
Champs Sports Bowl against a team that
loves to make the QBs uncomfortable and
have several playmakers on the
secondary.
Consider these
College Football betting trends:
Miami is 2-4 ATS in its last 6 games and
Wisconsin is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games.
The total has gone OVER in 4 of
Wisconsin's last 5 games and it has gone
OVER in 4 of Miami's last 6 games.
Last Wisconsin’s 5 bowl games
- 2004 Outback vs. Georgia 21-24 L
- 2005 Capital One vs. Auburn
24-10 W
- 2006 Capital One vs. Arkansas
17-14 W
- 2007 Outback vs. Tennessee 17-21
L
- 2008 Champs Sports vs. Florida
State 13-42 L
Last Miami’s 5 bowl games
- 2003 Orange Florida State 16-14
W
- 2004 Peach Florida 27-0 W
- 2005 Peach LSU 3-40 L
- 2006 MPC Computers Nevada 21-20
W
- 2008 Emerald California 17-24 L
College Bowl Game Odds:
Wisconsin Badgers +3
Miami Florida Hurricanes -3
O/U 58
