The Owls of Rice will be without QB JT Daniels, as he is taking a medical retirement due to concussion. Defensively, the Bobcats were terrible, and getting worse as the season went along. The offense was very balanced, too, going for 280.8 passing yards and 190.9 rushing yards per game, both 23rd in the country. The Bobcats rolled up 471.8 total yards per game, while registering 36.0 PPG. That includes 77 points allowed to Arkansas State in the penultimate game of the regular season. The Over cashed in three of the final four games, with the offense averaging 37.8 points per game (PPG), while allowing 44.0 PPG in the four-game stretch.

They’ll make their bowl debut in this game. The Bobcats of Texas State were a fun team to watch, win or lose, especially down the stretch. Also note that oddsmakers have this game total at 39.5 at the time of this writing, which means they do not expect a lot of scoring this game ought to be close, and I’m happy to take the points with the underdog.īowling Green +3.5 (-110) available at the time of publishing playable at that number I think the wrong team is favored, and we’ve got a prime spot for a small conference upset over a big conference foe. Sure, they primarily run the football, but wouldn’t you stack the box if you were game planning against them, under the circumstances? The Gophers are also missing their defensive coordinator, who left for Michigan State. They closed the season on a 4-game losing streak, and they will be playing the bowl game with a 3 rd-string quarterback. Naysayers will protest that the Falcons did this against a weaker schedule, but the Big 10 West has a lot of winnable games, and the Gophers didn’t deliver. They won’t be missing a whole lot of players, and they rank higher than Minnesota in most categories already. They have allowed about 24 points per game, and they enter the bowl game riding a solid second half surge in which they won 5 of their final 6 games. I’m not betting on that team, even if the majority of the early money is on Minnesota to cover because they are a Big 10 school playing a small conference team that is usually pretty bad.īowling Green’s calling card is their defense. Say hello to the Golden Gophers, whose bowl appearance is because of their work in the classroom. This game is played in Detroit on the day after Christmas, and it involves a team that didn’t meet the minimum 6-win threshold for bowl eligibility, and yet somehow that team is favored. Tuesday’s bowl action features Bowling Green and Minnesota in the Quick Lane Bowl.

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