College football betting trends — Bowl games

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By Bruce Marshall Special to the Review-Journal

December 16, 2021 - 9:56 am

Friday

Middle Tenn St. vs. Toledo (-10½, 50) (Bahamas Bowl): The Blue Raiders are 2-4 against the dispersed arsenic underdogs this play aft covering 5 of six erstwhile getting points past season. Middle Tennessee is 1-5 consecutive up and ATS successful its past six vessel games. The Rockets won and covered their past 3 games and 4 of their past five. Edge: Slight to Toledo.

Northern Illinois vs. Coastal Carolina (-10½, 63) (Cure Bowl): The Huskies are 7-3 ATS successful their past 10 games distant from home. Northern Illinois has mislaid and failed to screen six consecutive vessel games. The Chanticleers were connected a 12-4-1 dispersed tally earlier dropping 5 of their past six games ATS. Coastal Carolina is 21-3 consecutive up since past season. All 5 distant games for Coastal Carolina went nether the total. Edge: Under and flimsy to Coastal Carolina.

Saturday

Western Kentucky vs. Appalachian State (-3, 67) (Boca Raton Bowl): The Hilltoppers are 9-4 ATS this play and had a five-game screen streak going into the Conference USA rubric game. The implicit is 9-4 successful Western Kentucky games this season. Six of the past 8 Mountaineers games went nether the total. Appalachian State went 7-5 ATS this play aft going 3-9 a twelvemonth ago. The Mountaineers are 5-0 consecutive up and 4-1 ATS successful bowls the past 5 seasons. Edge: Slight to over.

Texas-El Paso vs. Fresno State (-12½, 52) (New Mexico Bowl): The archetypal vessel crippled for the Miners since 2014. UTEP has mislaid and failed to screen its past six vessel games since winning the 1967 Sun Bowl. The Miners mislaid 4 of the past 5 consecutive up and lone covered 2 of those aft breaking 6-1 from the gross this season. The Bulldogs are 9-3 consecutive up and 8-4 ATS this play and went 5-1 ATS distant from home. Edge: Slight to Fresno State.

Alabama-Birmingham vs. Brigham Young (-7, 54½) (Independence Bowl): The Blazers covered their past 3 games and finished 8-4 ATS. UAB is 3-1 ATS arsenic an underdog this year. Coach Bill Clark is 2-1 ATS successful vessel games. The Cougars failed to screen their past 4 distant games and 5 of their past six. BYU was 2-5 ATS successful its past 7 games. Cougars manager Kalani Sitake is 2-2 ATS successful vessel games. Edge: UAB.

Eastern Michigan vs. Liberty (-9, 58½) (LendingTree bowl): Coach Chris Creighton is 0-3 consecutive up but 3-0 ATS successful vessel games with the Eagles. The Flames cooled considerably, going 1-5 ATS successful their last six games aft a 14-3 dispersed people successful the erstwhile 17. Edge: Eastern Michigan.

Utah State vs. Oregon State (-7, 67½) (LA Bowl): The Aggies went 10-3 consecutive up and 9-4 ATS this play including covers successful each 3 nonconference games. They besides went 7-0 consecutive up and 6-1 ATS connected the road. The Beavers are 4-3 ATS arsenic favorites this season. Edge: Utah State.

Louisiana (-5, 55½) vs. Marshall (New Orleans Bowl): The Ragin’ Cajuns dropped their archetypal 4 games ATS distant from location earlier winning and covering the past two. Louisiana is 11-16 ATS successful its past 27 games connected the committee and failed to screen vessel games the past 3 seasons. The nether is 17-6 successful Ragin’ Cajuns games the past 2 seasons. The Thundering Herd person mislaid and failed to screen their past 2 vessel games but had covered their erstwhile seven. Marshall covered 4 of its past six games this season, and the nether was 6-2 successful the team’s past 8 games. Edge: Under” and flimsy to Marshall.

Monday

Old Dominion vs. Tulsa (-9, 53½) (Myrtle Beach Bowl): The Monarchs closed the play with a rush, covering the past 5 games to decorativeness 8-5 ATS for the season.The Golden Hurricane covered their past 2 games arsenic favorites but finished 3-5 ATS successful the relation this season. Tulsa covered its past 4 games and is 10-2 ATS distant from location since past season. Edge: Slight to Tulsa.

Tuesday

Kent State vs Wyoming (-3, 59) (Famous Idaho Potato Bowl): The Golden Flashes are 0-3 ATS against FBS-level nonconference foes this play and 1-6 ATS distant from home. The Cowboys were 1-6-1 ATS successful 8 distant games earlier late-season covers astatine Boise State and Utah State. Coach Craig Bohl is 3-0 ATS successful vessel games with Wyoming. Edge: Slight to Wyoming.

Texas-San Antonio (-2½, 49½) vs. San Diego State (Frisco Bowl): The Roadrunners had won and covered 5 consecutive distant from location until losing to North Texas. Texas-San Antonio is connected an 11-4 dispersed uptick since precocious 2020. The Aztecs mislaid 27-0 to Ohio successful this vessel successful 2018. Edge: Texas-San Antonio.

Wednesday

Missouri vs. Army (-4, 57) (Armed Forces Bowl): The Tigers are 3-9 ATS this play and that is aft covering 3 of their past 4 games. Missouri is 2-4 ATS arsenic an underdog this season. Army manager Jeff Monken has covered his past 3 vessel games with West Point and is 3-1 consecutive up successful vessel games with the Black Knights. Edge: Army.

Las Vegas handicapper Bruce Marshall is exertion of The Gold Sheet (Goldsheet.com). He provides the Review-Journal with assemblage shot tech notes and trends. Follow @thegoldsheet connected Twitter.

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