If you want your Bowl contests hot and ready, the Little Caesars Bowl begins at Ford Field in Detroit on December 26th with the Broncos competing with the Boilermakers. Back in 1998 when it was formerly called the Motor City Bowl, former Michigan State football coach George Perles helped give birth to the Little Caesars Bowl. It is been a Michigan tradition since that time with great matchups each year and this year is no different. The sportsbook has the line pretty tight with Purdue at -2 ½ with the over/under at 60.
On December 24th, the 10th anniversary of the Sheraton Hawaii Bowl happens in Aloha Stadium in Honolulu, Hawaii when the Nevada Nevada Wolf Pack takes on the Golden Eagles. With Southern Miss at -6 with the over/under at 62, the sportsbook has its eyes on this game too.
Before the trend of bowl games in recent years, college football revolved around a handful of season-ending contests. One of these games started 35 years back in Shreveport, Louisiana was the Independence Bowl. The sportsbook has this at Tigers -5 with the over/under at 52 ½.
The Louisville Cardinals battle against the Wolfpack in the tenth anniversary of the Belk Bowl on December 27th at Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte, North Carolina. Louisville enters into play with a 7-5 record with a 5-2 1st place record in the Big East. After spending the prior 7 seasons as an assistant coach in Gainesville at Florida under Urban Meyer, Charlie Strong is in his second year as Cardinals coach. The sportsbook has this at NC State Wolfpack -2 ½ with the over/under at 44 ½.
Among the newest Bowl competitions comes out to play on December 28th when the Toledo Rockets battle against the Air Force Falcons in Washington D.C. at the Military Bowl. The game takes place in RFK Stadium and has been a fixture in December since 2008. The sportsbook constantly has its eyes on the prize with Toledo at -3 and the over/under at 70.
In the 1980’s and 1990’s, these 2 squads could have been a lock for a Fiesta Bowl or yet another BCS-type game but the BCS technique was not in place back then. These 2 squads can still put on one heck of a show despite the fact that players and systems may alter through the years. The Florida State Seminoles take on the Fighting Irish in the Champs Sports Bowl in Orlando on December 29th. We have Jimbo Fisher against Brian Kelly instead of Bobby Bowden against Lou Holtz in what is sure to be an excellent game. The sportsbook appears to concur with Florida State at -3 and the over/under at 47.
