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A year ago, Auburn won the national title by completing an unbeaten season. Virginia was licking its wounds from another losing campaign. The upstart Cavaliers may be enjoying the more accomplished season this time. Virginia goes for its first postseason win in six years when it faces the Tigers in the Chick-fil-A Bowl in Atlanta on New Year's Eve. Most sports books monitored by SportsOptions have installed Auburn as three-point favorites, with the total set at … [Read more...]
Once a national title shot was out of the picture, Oklahoma surely would have been happy to return to Arizona for its bowl game. Just not this one. The AP's preseason No. 1 team missed out on a BCS bid after an ugly finish, so the 19th-ranked Sooners are relegated to playing the Insight Bowl on Friday against an Iowa team that hasn't been among the Top 25 all season. Most sports books monitored by SportsOptions have installed the Sooners as 13 1/2-point … [Read more...]
Robert Griffin III has one year of eligibility remaining, but it's quite possible Thursday's Alamo Bowl against Washington will be the final celebration of a brilliant collegiate career. Most sports books monitored by the SportsOptions odds product have installed Baylor as 9 1/2-point favorites, with the total set at 79. Baylor also hopes it will be the school's first bowl victory in nearly 20 years. The star quarterback - fresh off winning the program's first … [Read more...]
Texas improved enough this season to return to postseason play after having its 12-year streak of bowl appearances snapped in 2010. The stumbling Longhorns, though, could badly use a win in their final game as they seek a positive ending to another disappointing season. Texas takes on surging California in the Holiday Bowl at San Diego's Qualcomm Stadium on Wednesday night in its first bowl action since losing in the BCS title game two seasons ago. Most sports … [Read more...]
In its last bowl appearance, Purdue visited Detroit to play a Mid-American Conference school from the state of Michigan. Four years later, the Boilermakers are facing that same scenario. Looking for their first winning season since 2007, the Boilermakers face high-scoring Western Michigan in the Little Caesars Pizza Bowl on Tuesday at Ford Field. Most sports books monitored by SportsOptions have installed Purdue as three-point favorites, with the total set at … [Read more...]