The Nebraska Cornhuskers were oh so
close to taking down the Texas Longhorns
and getting an automatic bid to a BCS
Bowl. What the game came down to was
that Texas had Colt McCoy and the
Cornhuskers did not.But Nebraska’s
excellent defensive effort, holding
McCoy and the terrific Longhorns to 13
points in a 13 to 12 loss as 14 point
underdogs, bodes well for them in the
Holiday Bowl where they face the very
good Arizona Wildcats.
Nebraska is going to have to really
put a solid game together on both sides
of the ball against a Wildcats team that
went 5 and 2 straight-up in their last 7
regular season games and beat the likes
of the Stanford Cardinal and USC Trojans
and lost in overtime to Oregon.
The big question is if the
disappointment of that loss to Texas in
the Big 12 Championship game will parlay
itself into a poor showing Wednesday
night.
Below are the
college bowl game odds for the
Holiday Bowl.
Nebraska Cornhuskers
+1 -110 O 40 -110
Arizona Wildcats
-1 -110 U 40 -110
Here are a few
college football betting trends for
this game.
- The Nebraska Cornhuskers are 5
and 0 against the spread in their
last 5 non-conference games.
- The Nebraska Cornhuskers are 8
and 3 ATS in their last 11 games
versus a team with a winning record.
- The Arizona Wildcats are 5 and 1
against the spread in their last 6
games on grass.
- The Under is 5 and 1 in the
Nebraska Cornhuskers last 6 bowl
games.
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Sure, the betting line favors the
Wildcats, but this game is going to come
down to one very simple factor,
Arizona’s offense has never faced a
front seven quite like Nebraska’s.
The Cornhuskers have a dominant
defense and Arizona, which can play some
defense themselves, just aren’t going to
be able to beat Ndamukong Suh and the
rest of the Cornhusker D.
Suh isn’t the only one who can rush
the quarterback. Arizona’s QB, Nick
Foles, has a tendency to make a bad
mistake when he’s under pressure. In
this game, Foles is going to be under
pressure from the first Arizona snap.
Expect the Cornhusker front line to
really upset Foles and the Arizona
passing game. The Wildcats are
definitely going to have trouble putting
up points in this.
Then again, so could Nebraska. The
Nebraska offense was held to 10 points
against Oklahoma and 12 points against
Texas. That’s not good, but both Texas
and Oklahoma probably have a better
defense than the Wildcats who gave up 24
points or more 6 times during the
regular season.
