Game Analysis 2017 – Bowl Games

2017 PINSTRIPE BOWL – IOWA vs BOSTON COLLEGE IOWA -2.5 BOSTON COLLEGE (45.5) MEGALOCKS LINE – Iowa -3 Sagarin ratings – Iowa -3.5 “Vegas” Implied Projected Score: Iowa 24 Boston College 21.5 The Game It’s an A-BOMB. For A-ROD ! Yankee Stadium time, baby. Get ready for a physical game. Iowa and Boston College both like […]

2017 INDEPENDENCE BOWL – FLORIDA ST vs SOUTHERN MISS FLORIDA ST -16.5 SOUTHERN MISS (49) MEGALOCKS LINE – Florida St -14 Sagarin ratings – Florida St -19 “Vegas” Implied Projected Score: Florida St 32.75 Southern Miss 16.25 The Game They did it. 36 (!) consecutive bowl games for the Seminoles and that is a testament to […]

2017 CACTUS BOWL – UCLA vs KANSAS ST KANSAS ST -6.5 UCLA (59.5) MEGALOCKS LINE – Kansas St -7 (QB Rosen out) Sagarin ratings – Kansas St -4 (assumed Rosen would start) “Vegas” Implied Projected Score: Kansas St 33 UCLA 26.5 The Game Well that DE-escalated quickly. CHOSEN ROSEN. THE ROSEN ONE. He will not be […]

2017 QUICK LANE BOWL – DUKE vs NORTHERN ILLINOIS DUKE -5.5 NORTHERN ILLINOIS (47.5) MEGALOCKS LINE – Duke -6 Sagarin ratings – Duke -8 “Vegas” Implied Projected Score: Duke 26.5 Northern Illinois 21 The Game It’s Motor City time, baby ! Duke started out on SUPAH HOT FIRE this season with four wins and then proceeded […]

2017 LIBERTY BOWL – IOWA ST vs MEMPHIS MEMPHIS -4 IOWA ST (67) MEGALOCKS LINE – Memphis -1 Sagarin ratings – Pick em “Vegas” Implied Projected Score: Memphis 35.5 Iowa St 31.5 The Game The explosive Memphis Tigers get a shot to knock off a Big 12 team in their home city as they take on […]

2017 FIESTA BOWL BOWL – PENN ST vs WASHINGTON PENN ST -2 WASHINGTON (55) MEGALOCKS LINE – Penn St -4 Sagarin ratings – Penn St -4.5 “Vegas” Implied Projected Score: Penn St 28.5 Washington 26.5 The Game It’s a fantastic FIESTA BOWL SHOWDOWN as Penn St battles Washington on Saturday afternoon. The Nittany Lions rattled off […]

2017 HOLIDAY BOWL – MICHIGAN ST vs WASHINGTON ST WASHINGTON ST -2.5 MICHIGAN ST (45.5) MEGALOCKS LINE – Michigan St -1 Sagarin ratings – Michigan St -1 “Vegas” Implied Projected Score: Washington St 24 Michigan St 21.5 The Game This should be a good one, yo. A pair of 9-3 teams from BIG BOY conferences hook […]

2017 FRISCO BOWL – LOUISIANA TECH vs SMU SMU -4 LOUISIANA TECH (70) MEGALOCKS LINE – SMU -2 Sagarin ratings – SMU -7 “Vegas” Implied Projected Score: SMU 37 Louisiana Tech 33 The Game It’s FRISCO time, baby. There promises to be a bunch of points scored on Wednesday night as SMU battles Louisiana Tech in […]

2017 GASPARILLA BOWL – TEMPLE vs FIU TEMPLE -7 FIU (56) MEGALOCKS LINE – Temple -6 Sagarin ratings – Temple -7 “Vegas” Implied Projected Score: Temple 31.5 FIU 24.5 The Game Who doesn’t love Gasparilla ? Temple squeaked into bowl season with a 6-6 record and really improved down the stretch under QB Frank Nutile. The […]

2017 BAHAMAS BOWL – UAB vs OHIO OHIO -6.5 UAB (59) MEGALOCKS LINE – Ohio -5 Sagarin ratings – Ohio -12 “Vegas” Implied Projected Score: Ohio 32.75 UAB 26.25 The Game It’s better in the Bahamas, yo ! We love the Bahamas and have looked forward to watching this game since the first edition in 2014. […]

2017 ORANGE BOWL – WISCONSIN vs MIAMI WISCONSIN -6 MIAMI (45) MEGALOCKS LINE – Wisconsin -5 Sagarin ratings – Wisconsin -6 “Vegas” Implied Projected Score: Wisconsin 25.5 Miami 19.5 The Game Here we go ! It seems like it has been 40 years but YOUR Miami Hurricanes are finally back in a big bowl game. Miami […]

2017 OUTBACK BOWL – MICHIGAN vs SOUTH CAROLINA MICHIGAN -7.5 SOUTH CAROLINA (42.5) MEGALOCKS LINE – Michigan -7 Sagarin ratings – Michigan -6.5 “Vegas” Implied Projected Score: Michigan 25 South Carolina 17.5 The Game Rematch time, yo. South Carolina and Michigan hooked up in this bowl game back in 2012 and it was a highly entertaining […]

2017 FOSTER FARMS BOWL – ARIZONA vs PURDUE ARIZONA -3.5 PURDUE (65.5) MEGALOCKS LINE – Arizona -3 Sagarin ratings – Purdue -3 “Vegas” Implied Projected Score: Arizona 34.5 Purdue 31 The Game We have an interesting PAC 12 vs Big 10 match-up in this one as Purdue battles Arizona in the good old Foster Farms Bowl. […]

2017 MILITARY BOWL – VIRGINIA vs NAVY NAVY -1.5 VIRGINIA (52.5) MEGALOCKS LINE – Virginia -1 Sagarin ratings – Navy -3 “Vegas” Implied Projected Score: Navy 27 Virginia 25.5 The Game This is an interesting way to kick off the day as Navy takes on Virginia in the Military Bowl. Navy struggled down the stretch losing […]

2017 NEW ORLEANS BOWL – TROY vs NORTH TEXAS Troy -6.5 North Texas (62) MEGALOCKS LINE – Troy -6 Sagarin ratings – Troy -6.5 “Vegas” Implied Projected Score: Troy 34.25 North Texas 27.75 The Game Here we go ! Bowl season kicks off in New Orleans on Saturday as Troy takes on the emerging JUGGERNAUT North […]

2017 CAMPING WORLD BOWL – OKLAHOMA ST vs VIRGINIA TECH OKLAHOMA ST -5 VIRGINIA TECH (62) MEGALOCKS LINE – Oklahoma St -5 Sagarin ratings – Oklahoma St -1 “Vegas” Implied Projected Score: Oklahoma St 33.5 Virginia Tech 28.5 The Game Campers. Start your engines ! We have a really intriguing contrast in styles colliding in this […]

2017 ALAMO BOWL – STANFORD vs TCU TCU -2.5 STANFORD (49) MEGALOCKS LINE – TCU -1 Sagarin ratings – Pick em “Vegas” Implied Projected Score: TCU 26 Stanford 23 The Game The Alamo Bowl is one of the best match-ups of the bowl season as it includes a pair of teams that won a combined 19 […]

2017 BELK BOWL – WAKE FOREST vs TEXAS A&M WAKE FOREST -3 TEXAS A&M (66) MEGALOCKS LINE – Wake Forest -4 Sagarin ratings – Wake Forest -4 “Vegas” Implied Projected Score: Wake Forest 34.5 Texas A&M 31.5 The Game Nothing says Happy Holidays quite like Belk. We are in for some sweet ACC vs SEC action […]

2017 CURE BOWL – WESTERN KENTUCKY vs GEORGIA ST WESTERN KENTUCKY 6.5 GEORGIA ST (51.5) MEGALOCKS LINE – Western Kentucky -5 Sagarin ratings – Western Kentucky -5.5 “Vegas” Implied Projected Score: Western Kentucky 29 Georgia St 22.5 The Game It’s GO TIME, baby ! If there is one person we dislike more than TAKE OFF SHOES […]

2017 LAS VEGAS BOWL – BOISE ST vs OREGON OREGON -7 BOISE ST (61) MEGALOCKS LINE – Oregon -8      Sagarin ratings – Oregon -2 “Vegas” Implied Projected Score: Oregon 34 Boise St 27 The Game Sin City, baby. This is just a great match-up with Oregon taking on Boise St. Oregon is looking more […]

2017 NEW MEXICO BOWL – MARSHALL vs COLORADO ST COLORADO ST -5.5 MARSHALL (58) MEGALOCKS LINE – Colorado St -4       Sagarin ratings – Colorado St -2.5 “Vegas” Implied Projected Score: Colorado St 31.75 Marshall 26.25 The Game It’s time to get the family to Albuquerque, yo ! A pair of 7-5 teams square off […]

2017 NEW ORLEANS BOWL – MTSU vs ARKANSAS ST Arkansas St -3.5 MTSU (62.5) MEGALOCKS LINE – Arkansas St -4 Sagarin ratings – Arkansas St -5 “Vegas” Implied Projected Score: Arkansas St 33 MTSU 29.5 The Game It’s Camellia Bowl time, baby ! There are two exciting teams signed up for this edition and we should […]

2017 BAHAMAS BOWL – CLEMSON vs ALABAMA ALABAMA -3 CLEMSON (47) MEGALOCKS LINE – Clemson -1 Sagarin ratings – Alabama -1 “Vegas” Implied Projected Score: Alabama 25 Clemson 22 The Game Welcome to THE TRILOGY. ROLL TIDE and Clemson duke it out for BIG STAKES for the third season in a row and it all takes […]

2017 IDAHO BOWL – CENTRAL MICHIGAN vs WYOMING WYOMING -3 CENTRAL MICHIGAN (45.5) MEGALOCKS LINE – Pick em Sagarin ratings – Wyoming -1 “Vegas” Implied Projected Score: Wyoming 24.25 Central Michigan 21.25 The Game Potato Bowl time, yo ! This is a sneaky-good Friday afternoon match-up as Wyoming battles Central Michigan on the SMURF TURF in […]

2017 HEART OF DALLAS BOWL – WEST VIRGINIA vs UTAH UTAH -7 WEST VIRGINIA (57) MEGALOCKS LINE – Utah -5 Sagarin ratings – Utah -1 “Vegas” Implied Projected Score: Utah 32 West Virginia 25 The Game “Deep in the HEART OF DALLAS, a pair of decent teams square off to decide who will win, and nothing […]

2017 TEXAS BOWL – MISSOURI vs TEXAS MISSOURI -2.5 TEXAS (60.5) MEGALOCKS LINE – Missouri -4 Sagarin ratings – Texas -4.5 “Vegas” Implied Projected Score: Missouri 31.5 Texas 29 The Game This should be fun. We get to see a traditional powerhouse program (Texas) trying to get back near the top of the college football world […]

2017 CITRUS BOWL – NOTRE DAME vs LSU LSU -3 NOTRE DAME (51.5) MEGALOCKS LINE – LSU -4 Sagarin ratings – Notre Dame -4 “Vegas” Implied Projected Score: LSU 27.25 Notre Dame 24.25 The Game We have a really fun Citrus Bowl match-up to look forward to on New Year’s Day as LSU battles Notre Dame. […]

2017 ROSE BOWL – GEORGIA vs OKLAHOMA GEORGIA -2.5 OKLAHOMA (61.5) MEGALOCKS LINE – Georgia -3 Sagarin ratings – Georgia -1.5 “Vegas” Implied Projected Score: Georgia 32 Oklahoma 29.5 The Game It does not get much better than this, baby ! Two great teams in the Rose Bowl. The Sooners finished up at 12-1 and have […]

2017 BIRMINGHAM BOWL – SOUTH FLORIDA vs TEXAS TECH SOUTH FLORIDA -3 TEXAS TECH (66.5) MEGALOCKS LINE – South Florida -3 Sagarin ratings – South Florida -1 “Vegas” Implied Projected Score: South Florida 34.75 Texas Tech 31.75 The Game This might be fun. Two high-scoring teams go head-to-head in Birmingham on Saturday afternoon and you just […]

2017 PEACH BOWL – UCF vs AUBURN AUBURN -9.5 UCF (66.5) MEGALOCKS LINE – Auburn -11 Sagarin ratings – Auburn -7.5 “Vegas” Implied Projected Score: Auburn 38 UCF 28.5 The Game BOOM ! We get one of the best teams in college football (Auburn) battling against a 12-0 UCF team that just MIGHT (?) be one […]

2017 ARMED FORCES BOWL – SAN DIEGO ST vs ARMY SAN DIEGO ST -6 ARMY (46) MEGALOCKS LINE – San Diego St -4 Sagarin ratings – San Diego St -3 “Vegas” Implied Projected Score: San Diego St 26 Army 20 The Game Yes, guy. Army won the Commander In Chief Trophy for the first time in […]

2017 DOLLAR GENERAL BOWL – TOLEDO vs APPALACHIAN ST TOLEDO -7 APPALACHIAN ST (61) MEGALOCKS LINE – Toledo -7 Sagarin ratings – Toledo -7.5 “Vegas” Implied Projected Score: Toledo 34 Appalachian St 27 The Game It’s deja vu all over again. Again. These two programs hooked up in last season’s Camellia Bowl and it was one […]

2017 HAWAII BOWL – FRESNO ST vs HOUSTON HOUSTON -1.5 FRESNO (49) MEGALOCKS LINE – Fresno St -3 Sagarin ratings – Fresno St -1 “Vegas” Implied Projected Score: Houston 25.25 Fresno St 23.75 The Game ALOHA ! What a turnaround. The Bulldogs won just a single (!) game in 2016 and looked really bad doing it. […]

2017 BOCA RATON BOWL – AKRON vs FLORIDA ATLANTIC FLORIDA ATLANTIC -22.5 AKRON (63.5) MEGALOCKS LINE – Florida Atlantic -17 Sagarin ratings – Florida Atlantic -15 “Vegas” Implied Projected Score: Florida Atlantic 43 Akron 20.5 The Game Whoa, Nellie. Feast your eyes upon the largest point spread in bowl history. The Owls ripped through C-USA with […]

2017 SUN BOWL – NC STATE vs ARIZONA ST NC STATE -7 ARIZONA ST (60) MEGALOCKS LINE – NC State -5 Sagarin ratings – NC State -5 “Vegas” Implied Projected Score: NC State 33.5 Arizona St 26.5 The Game It’s classic bowl game time, yo. The SUN BOWL is here. The Wolfpack had their sights on […]

2017 MUSIC CITY BOWL – KENTUCKY vs NORTHWESTERN NORTHWESTERN -7.5 KENTUCKY (51) MEGALOCKS LINE – Northwestern -8 Sagarin ratings – Northwestern -14 “Vegas” Implied Projected Score: Northwestern 29.25 Kentucky 21.75 The Game Welcome to Music City, baby ! The red-hot Northwestern Wildcats bring their seven game winning streak to town and battle the Kentucky Wildcats on […]

2017 ARIZONA BOWL – UTAH ST vs NEW MEXICO ST UTAH ST -4 NEW MEXICO ST (64) MEGALOCKS LINE – Utah St -3 Sagarin ratings – Utah St -9 “Vegas” Implied Projected Score: Utah St 34 New Mexico St 30 The Game YES, GUY ! MEGALOCKS Season Preview readers know that we have been cheering for […]

2017 COTTON BOWL – OHIO ST vs USC OHIO ST -9 USC (65) MEGALOCKS LINE – Ohio St -7 Sagarin ratings – Ohio St -9 “Vegas” Implied Projected Score: Ohio St 37 USC 28 The Game This should be fun ! Two traditional powerhouses go head-to-head at Ohio St takes on USC in the Cotton Bowl. […]

2017 NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP – ALABAMA vs GEORGIA ALABAMA -3.5 GEORGIA (44.5) MEGALOCKS LINE – Alabama -3 Sagarin ratings – Alabama -3.5 “Vegas” Implied Projected Score: Alabama 24 Georgia 20.5 The Game First off, congrats to ROLL TIDE and Georgia and their FANS for getting to the big game. This has the makings of an old-school classic […]

2017 TAXSLAYER BOWL – LOUISVILLE vs MISSISSIPPI ST LOUISVILLE -7 MISSISSIPPI ST (63) MEGALOCKS LINE – Louisville -7 Sagarin ratings – Mississippi St -1 (does not account for starting Miss St QB out) “Vegas” Implied Projected Score: Louisville 35 Mississippi St 28 The Game Time for some taxslaying, yo. Superstar QB Lamar Jackson brings his Louisville […]