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2004 College
Football - Bowls Part 1 of 3
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New
Orleans Bowl A Winner... This Week's Games
We
started off the 2004 Bowl season on the right foot with
an easy two-star winner on Southern Miss in the New Orleans
Bowl. This newsletter contains picks for the following bowl
games,
all on ESPN:
Champs
Sports (12/21)
GMAC (12/22)
Fort Worth (12/23)
Las Vegas (12/23)
Hawaii (12/24)
I'll
be sending out another newsletter next weekend, covering
the next set of games that will take us through the games
on the 30th. My final college newsletter will contain the
remainder of the games from the 31st through the Orange Bowl
on January 4th. Good
luck this weekend!COMMA_NAME!!

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It's
not Orange but rather Tangerine, involving the Orange-men.
We learn much about the Big East in this game. The
conference was all ups and downs this season. The Orangemen
are riding some serious momentum but I think it ends
here against a team that has faced much stiffer competition.
Some of their momentum is due to being on the right
side
of turnovers.
Especially
last game.
I
think their recent wins have kept this line lower
than it probably should be. Syracuse is 3-10 ATS
in road games after a game where they
forced 4 or more turnovers since 1992 and 1-5 ATS after
having won 3 out of their last 4 games over the last
3 seasons. Georgia Tech is 6-1 ATS after 2 consecutive
games where they forced 1 or less turnovers over
the last 3 seasons. Small lean to
the Yellow Jackets here, who played in a much superior
conference this season. I'd like the Jax more here
if the close to their season weren't so suspect. One
star on the Yellow Jackets minus the points. (Bet
game @ BoDog | Bet
game @ BetOnline)
This
game will be a shootout pitting DeAngelo Williams
running against Omar Jacobs and Bowling Green's
aerial
offense. I expect BG to come out on top. Memphis
is 6-17 ATS after 2 or
more consecutive straight up wins and 2-10 ATS
off a double digit road win since 1992.
The
Tigers defense has been torched throughout the
season
against offenses much worse than Bowling Green's.
Memphis has give up at least 26 points in four
of its
last five games including 49 and 56 to Cincy and
Louisville is back to back weeks. Both teams will
score early and often here, but the MAC is
traditionally a very good bowl conference, and
it will
continue here. The Falcons will load the box and
force Memphis to throw the ball. They will struggle.
BG's defense has also caused a boat-load of turnovers
in the MAC this season, while Memphis has difficulty
in both causing turnovers and capitalizing on
them as
well. These two teams average a combined 967 yards
and 80 points of offense per game. Bowling Green
qualifies for this nice trend: Games featuring
a team with an incredible offense (averaging
6.4 or more
yards/play), after
allowing 6.25 or more yards/play in their previous
game are 54-22 OVER (71%) since 1992. Two
stars on Bowling Green and one star on the Over. (Bet
game @ BoDog | Bet
game @ BetOnline)
This
is perhaps the who cares bowl of them all. I'll
reluctantly pick it but don't waste much of your
time with this
one. The only reason that either of these teams
are
in a bowl game at all is because the big conference
teams were pretty weak this season (see Big 12
North).
Cincy QB Gino Guidigli returns from his broken
hand
here and the Bearcats offense is thankful for that.
They were a completely different unit against
Louisville without him. Marshall has not won a
big
game since last season and really should not be
in
this game. Cincy is coming off a couple of bad
games turnover-wise. Teams at +3 to -3 after
2 consecutive games with a
turnover margin of -2 or worse are 65-33 (66%)
over the last 10 seasons. (Bet
game @ BoDog | Bet
game @ BetOnline)
The
Cowboys will be elated to play in this game.
Joe
Glenn continues to return the Cowboys back to the
top
of the MWC bringing them to a bowl game for the
first
time since 1993 season. "We hit the jackpot," Glenn
said. "This is the culmination of a lot of
hard work over the last two years." UCLA lost four of its final
six games this season, and will not happy to be
playing the Cowboys. Wyoming must stop Bruin
TB
Maurice Drew if they are to hang around in this
contest. Wyoming is 14-5 ATS vesus
good
rushing teams (averaging >4.75 rushing yards/carry)
since 1992. The Bruins will sleep
walk in this game, and should get the win, but
not the
cover. One star on the Cowboys here. (Bet
game @ BoDog | Bet
game @ BetOnline)
UAB
is thrilled to be playing in a bowl game but
has
the unfortunate task of playing the Rainbows on
their
home field on Christmas Day. Hawaii has all the
intangibles working for them here. Most teams view
the trip to Honaluhu as a vacation. If the history
of
this game tells us anything, it is that the team
with
the most business like approach in Hawaii walks
away
from this game with a win. The problem for UAB
is
that nothing will be out of the ordinary for the
Rainbows. The Rainbows are 7-1 at home this season
and 6-2 ATS in those contests. That includes
impressive wins against Michigan State and
Northwestern. It will be business as usual as Hawaii
will win this game and Tim Chang will blow up in
his
final game for the Island Warriors. This will be
a shoot-out and UAB isn't very good in these
types of games. They are 1-6 ATS vs. very bad
defensive teams who give up 34 or more points/game
over the last 3 seasons. Two stars
on Hawaii. Games
in which the total is greater than or equal to
63 invloving a team with
a poor defense (allowing
400 or more total yards/game), after gaining
6.75 or more yards/play in their previous game
are 24-5 OVER (83%) the last 10 seasons. Also,
games involving teams with a
poor defense (allowing 400 or more total yards/game),
after gaining 7.25 or more yards/play in their
previous game have gone OVER 32-13 (71%) over
the last 5 seasons. Hawaii
qualifies for both of these trends. One more
star on the over here. (Bet
game @ BoDog | Bet
game @ BetOnline)
See
Star-Ratings section below for recommendations
on betting amounts.
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Betting
Recommendations and Unit Tracking
My star ratings equate to the following betting recommendations for each
pick. For tracking purposes on my site, my bankroll is assumed to be an even
$5000.
* (1
star) = 1% of bankroll (or $50)
**
(2 star) = 2% of bankroll (or $100)
***
(3 star) = 3% of bankroll (or $150)
****
(4 star) = 4% of bankroll (or $200)
*****
(5 star) = 5% of bankroll (or $250)
******
(6 star) = 6% of bankroll (or $300)
To
determine your bet amount, you should simply use the percentages
below, multiplied by your specific bankroll. It is my strong recommendation
that you never bet more than 10% of your bankroll on any given
game - ever! You should usually bet just a few percent.
There are no such thing as locks. See my write-up on Bankroll
Management.
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