CMU/Minny:
out of the combined 22 total games these two teams have played only 11 have gone under a total of 48 combined points which basically means you're flipping a coin because the lines makers have this total right at 48. When you look a little closer you see a large discrepancy in strength of schedule, which up to this point in the bowl games hasn't seemed to make a huge difference. I think this is a game where I know who the better team is but it's more about who wants to show up.... That's always hard to decipher. It's my opinion that Minnesota is favored because of their schedule and conference, but I think CMU is the better team with more explosive players. Cooper Rush is the difference maker in this game, but I don't think Minny goes down without a serious fight. My best play is the under of 48 but catching 5 points with CMU is to hard to pass up. The MAC is basically a small scale version of the big 10. The schemes revolve around a lot of power run games, jet sweeps and big lumbering QBs who run downhill.... CMU isn't afraid of big 10 teams and they hung in with ok state sparty and beat Akron and NIU. That's good enough for me to warrant a play. Minnesota offense has been abysmal all season and they've shown they haven't been able to routinely score on average teams so while this isn't a game I would advise risking a lot of money, I would say play CMU and the u see small
100$
CMU +5
100$ to win 192$
CMU ML
100$
CMU/Minny under 48
pitt vs navy:
Talk about a terrible draw for navy, Pitt is the worst matchup they could ask for. Did anyone notice Pitt went 8-4 against a very good schedule, and did it without James Conner?? Pitt has a VERY good defense and they've been in every game this year all the way up to the end whether they won or lost. The line right now is navy -3 because navy is at home in their own military bowl.... Unfortunately I don't think that matters really. This is a huge game for Keenan Reynolds for a couple reasons. He needs another 217 rushing yards to surpass denard robinsons all time QB rushing record and needs 3 more tds to surpass Dixon from La tech and reclaim his own fbs record. I think Pitt is the more rested team and their defense is very good but they struggled mightily with Georgia tech and navy is much better than tech this season. Reynolds and navy have all the motivation to win this game and make sure he gets 3 tds, somehow, some way... I could see either team winning but picking a game this close is virtually a coin flip. What I do think is that the total is very low and with all the added pressure these navy lineman will have on them to perform at their best I believe this is going to be a higher scoring affair, nothing crazy but both teams should get into the 30's. My advice here is to take the over of 52 and if you want to pick a side, flip a coin. I'll just be rooting for points and Reynolds. I'd like to see him do something great and end his career with a 4-5 td game and cement his name in the record books, he deserves it. For what it's worth here's my prediction....
navy 34 Pitt 30
my play-
250$
navy/Pitt over 52
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