With a bevy of college football bowl
matchups ready to go off this week,
BetUS Sportsbook asks five questions
that just beg to be answered...
1: Will the high-flying Cougars
or ground-happy Falcons dominate the
Armed Forces Bowl? Last year,
the answer to this question was really,
"Both," when Air Force and Houston
combined to rack up a relatively lofty
767 combined yards and 62 points in this
same NCAA bowl match-up. The Cougs won
34-28 that day, and the oddsmakers are
expecting much of the same on New Year's
Eve. Houston is favored by five points.
2: Will Bobby Bowden and
Mickie Andrews go out as winners?
The New Year's Day Gator Bowl has to be
one of the most highly anticipated NCAA
bowl match-ups of the season. HC Bobby
Bowden will lead his Seminoles into
action for the final time against the
team that he coached before donning the
garnet and gold; the West Virginia
Mountaineers. Even though WVU has
underachieved by its standards, FSU's
defense, led by departing DC Mickey
Andrews, may have no answers for the
Mountaineers' offense. Will a virtual
home field advantage lift the
sentimental favorites to a 'W'?
3: Will the Big Ten be in for
another Rose Bowl beat down? It
sure looks like it could be that way.
Ohio State, who has lost seemingly every
other BCS game aside from the Rose Bowl
in recent years, will look to become the
first Big Ten team to win this game
since 2000 when Wisconsin knocked off
Stanford 17-9. Heck, both the Big East
(Miami) and Big XII (Oklahoma once and
Texas twice) have more wins since the
Big Ten last won the Rose Bowl. USC has
dominated the L/3 versions of this game,
beating Penn State, Illinois, and
Michigan by an aggregate score of
119-59, but the last time that a Pac-10
team that wasn't the Trojans won this
game was in 2001 when Washington beat
Purdue 34-24. The Ducks have one of the
most potent offenses in the game, and if
recent bowl struggles against fast teams
is any indicator, the Oregon speed will
be too much for the Buckeyes.
4: Can the Bearcats beat all
of the odds and take down the mighty
Gators? Let's face it. Things
don't look good for Cincinnati. Its head
coach ditched it right before it tried
to finish off a perfect season for the
glitz and glamour of Notre Dame. Its
facing arguably the best player in the
history of college football in his final
collegiate game, coming off of an
embarrassing defeat which left him
crying on the sidelines. Even Florida's
HC Urban Meyer may be coaching his last
game as he ponders whether or not to let
his health issues keep him off the
sidelines in 2010. Yet, Cincinnati is a
team full of pride and spirit, and until
someone knocks the Bearcats off, they're
still a perfect team.
5: Will either Northern
Illinois or South Florida be motivated
to play in Canada on January 2nd?
The International Bowl wasn't exactly
the NCAA bowl match-up that either of
these teams hoped to play in at the
beginning of the season, and neither one
will really be thrilled with their
opponent either. This is one of the most
unpredictable games on the docket this
bowl season, and the unexpected is the
only thing that can be expected.
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