Bowl Schedule, Predictions: 2020-2021. 3:30 ESPN Line: Tulane -3, o/u: 56 – Bet on this at BetMGM. They were susceptible to big plays in that game—and no offense delivers more big plays than Alabama’s, with DeVonta Smith (36) impossible to contain. Why: Because we just didn’t get enough Mississippi State football during the regular season. Wisconsin ended that with a 20-17 victory against Minnesota in the finale, and they build on that momentum. Longhorns were doing less dumb stuff at year’s end, averaging only five penalties over the last three games and turning the ball over only once in the last four. Mizzou’s defense was gouged by Arkansas and Georgia, then gave up 151 rushing yards to the worst running team in America, Mississippi State. Dash pick: Louisiana Tech 41, Georgia Southern 40. This result also assumes that Miami has found run-defense religion after being trampled by North Carolina on Dec. 12. The problem with that? Cheez-It took its naming rights from Arizona to Florida, just another unsettling development in these tumultuous times. Dash pick: Buffalo 24, Marshall 14. The Aggies will kick a late field goal just to win by a wider margin than the 14 the Fighting Irish managed against the Tar Heels, and Jimbo Fisher (34) will fast-talk his way through a postgame rant about his team being left out of the playoff. His stats the last two games: 26 of 58 for 303 yards, two touchdowns, five interceptions. ... Bowl Schedule and Predictions | 2020. Ertz has spent his entire eight-year career with the Eagles, though suffered through injuries in 2020. Dash pick: Clemson 37, Ohio State 20. It’s the culmination of a grueling season of disruption, cancellations, and uncertainty. A very good BYU team never did get its shot against a Power 5 opponent, which stinks. We know the Tigers will have an interim coach; we’ll see whether the NFL will be in hot pursuit of the Wildcats’ Pat Fitzgerald. Bowl Games Predictions, matchup, analysis, odds, and totals picks, College football odds, picks, predictions for 2020-21 bowl games. Pick: Georgia wins 31-23 and COVERS the spread. The top-ranked Alabama Crimson Tide (11-0) and No. … San Jose State has a chance to complete a perfect season with Brent Brennan and two-time transfer quarterback Nick Starkel. 2. The Dash breaks down all of 2020–21's bowl games in this unorthodox and bizarre college football season. It’s also fair to wonder whether some teams have figured out Justin Fields. Click on each bowl for the CFN Game Preview & Prediction – New Year’s Six, College Football Playoff. College Football Playoff rankings predictions: Final Top 25 Here's a look at how I thought the last CFP rankings would look on Sunday, Dec. 20, 2020. Realmuto, take a deep dive into the best players available this winter. Tulsa linebacker Zaven Collins is a reason to watch, and the Golden Hurricane can close the season against a SEC team that lost its last three games. Appalachian State also was 2-9 against the spread this season. Pick: Indiana wins 36-33 but FAILS TO COVER the spread. In the meantime, enjoy the postseason and Sporting News' picks for each one of those games. Dash pick: Louisiana 35, UTSA 17. The Las Vegas Bowl is questionable. But if Kyle Trask (19) suits up for the Gators, he will be the best quarterback Oklahoma has faced since Joe Burrow burned it to the ground in the playoff last season. Iowa State QB Brock Purdy is capable of doing the same (three picks against Oklahoma and Baylor this season), but this looks like a game where Breece Hall can carry the load on the ground and keep Purdy from having to chuck it 40 times. Alabama will have to adjust to the loss of center Landon Dickerson, but the offense simply presents too many problems on the perimeter for the Irish. By clicking to run this downloaded file you agree to the, College football bowl picks, predictions for all 26 postseason games in 2020-21. Wentz and Ertz could be packaged in the same deal. “The Rose Bowl was played in Texas, kids. The Wildcats were 1-4 against ranked teams this season and struggled with consistency on offense. Pick: Iowa State wins 31-28 but FAILS TO COVER the spread. Texas wins convincingly in a bowl game, and it leads to increased expectations for the following season. Quarterbacks Grayson McCall and Malik Wilis combined for 43 TD passes and just six interceptions this season. … They made us watch North Texas in that first game, which nearly ruined bowl season for everyone. Team has accepted bowl bid. Their wins are over teams with a combined record of 8–31. An AAC team beating an SEC team would help mend Aresco’s broken heart. Pound the rock, Holgo, and reap the benefits. That’s worth keeping in mind, but so is the fact that the Demon Deacons are soft against the run and Paul Chryst might be ready to make a renewed commitment to pounding the rock after this team has been pretty ordinary in that department. Dash pick: Iowa State 28, Oregon 23. The Dash breaks down all of 2020–21's bowl games in this unorthodox and bizarre college football season. Louisiana is in the top 10 nationally in yards allowed per play (4.78) and it has allowed decreasing yardage every month of the season. The Crimson Tide advance to another CFP championship game, but Notre Dame gets a backdoor cover. WKU beat the bad teams and lost to the good teams on its schedule. This is a quick turnaround for two teams who flopped in their conference championship games, and that motivation factor makes it a tough pick. The Ragin' Cajuns were not able to play in the Sun Belt championship game, and now they have to hold UTSA close to home. The Green Wave covered in six of their last seven games and were 5-1 against the spread as a single-digit favorite. Louisiana Tech (5–4) vs. Georgia Southern (7–5). But if Arkansas can make the Horned Frogs throw the ball, it will take them out of their comfort zone. All times Eastern. ... Games. 1. Tie-In: Big 12 vs. Pac-12. But NC State can score a bit behind quarterback Bailey Hockman. If this coaching carousel ends with Lance Leipold still at Buffalo, that’s a big win for the Bulls and a miss by some other programs. Appalachian State vs North Texas Line: Appalachian State -21, o/u: 65 Prediction: Appalachian State 48, North Texas 24 Final Score: Appalachian State 56, North Texas 28 Bowl Schedule, Previews, Predictions, Scoreboard, TV, Game Times: 2020-2021 Tuesday, December 22 Famous Idaho Potato Bowl Tulane vs Nevada. Dash pick: Iowa 37, Missouri 21. Bowl Season is here — just two days after the 2020 college football regular season ended. Remember former Maryland quarterback Tyrrell Pigrome? Dash pick: Nevada 38, Tulane 35. Indiana hasn't played since Dec. 5, and the Hoosiers were robbed of a New Year's Day 6 bid. Brock Purdy takes advantage in a thriller, but there is a value in the Ducks if the spread continues to trend upward. Houston's Clayton Tune and Hawaii's Chevan Cordeiro are exciting dual-threat quarterbacks, but both struggled with interceptions at times. Oregon won the Pac-12 championship, but two head-scratching losses showed a lack of consistency on offense. Why: Because America could not go a year without the New Mexico Bowl, even if it had to be transplanted to Texas. Bowl Season is here — just two days after the 2020 college football regular season ended. Below, find the full schedule and final results and stats from every bowl game. Most Recent College Football Handicapping. The Mean Green will not have receiver Jaelon Darden (1,190 yards, 19 TDs, who declared for the 2021 NFL Draft. Both teams won three of their last four games, and this Sun Belt-Conference-USA crossover matchup could go either way. If the Hawkeyes still have their best offensive players after pausing due to COVID-19 issues, they will be able to run the ball with impunity. Why: The CFP bylaws say Alabama has to have a semifinal opponent. Dash pick: Northwestern 24, Auburn 19. Ohio State Football Bowl Projections 2020: Predictions for CFP Championship and Biggest Matchups Keegan Pope Contributor III December 19, 2020 Comments Why: To fulfill the annual cycle of Texas bowl win followed by unreasonable Texas offseason optimism. Texas is not back, but it will easily finish 7–3. Why: To give the aggrieved Hoosiers a chance to work off some frustration. The Golden Hurricane rank seventh nationally in yards allowed per play and have the cornerbacks to make passing difficult for Mike Leach’s Air Raid on Training Wheels offense. Brown was 10-4 against the Aggies while with Texas. Dash pick: Texas A&M 38, North Carolina 21. TBD. Oklahoma's young playmakers will make plays against Florida's defense, but Kyle Trask leads Florida to a third consecutive New Year's Day 6 victory. Still, it won’t be good. Tommy Dreamer challenges Rich Swann for the Impact Wrestling Championship on Saturday night's No Surrender special. Today’s college football bowl game is the reward for hard work, persistence, and excellence. Although the Hurricanes have had a pair of defensive players opt out, they still have quarterback D’Eriq King (14) and he will exploit a Cowboys defense that was mauled in three of its final four games. Dash pick: Cincinnati 23, Georgia 21. Why: So America can gaze in appreciation at Sam Pittman’s hog mask and count how many times Gary Patterson hitches his britches. 4 Notre Dame Fighting Irish (10-1) will meet in a College Football Playoff semifinal Friday at 4 p.m. The Chanticleers were 8-3 against the spread this season. Hell no, The Dash is not guaranteeing anything if you use them in your office pool: Why: Because the potatoes are famous, and must be celebrated. There are a total of 26 bowl games before the College Football Playoff championship game on Jan. 11. Pick: BYU wins 41-38 but FAILS TO COVER the spread. Dash pick: San Jose State 30, Ball State 19. Gill Alexander, VSIN: Tulane Patrick Conn, Longhorns Wire: Tulane Jeff Feyerer, Fighting Irish Wire: Nevada Pete Fiutak, CFN: Tulane Clay Helton is coming back and USC tries to springboard toward a critical 2020 season with its first Holiday Bowl win since 2014. The Tar Heels are ahead of schedule under Mack Brown, and this is a chance for Sam Howell to take the next step with the program. Pick: Buffalo wins 34-28 and COVERS the spread. Comprehensive guide to all the college football bowl games, complete with odds, previews, stats, trends, updates and more. Proud Roosters are plus-11 turnover margin on the season, while Liberty is plus-two. GSU played a lot of close games, but hasn’t played any games in nearly a month. Lorraine Grohs called for Tom Brady to apologize for throwing the Lombardi Trophy during the Bucs' Super Bowl boat parade. So was the New Mexico Bowl. With multiple key opt-outs for the Tar Heels, their first major bowl appearance since the 1950 Cotton Bowl could go quite poorly. Top college football bowl confidence predictions One pick we'll give away: Roberts says Iowa (-15) defeats Missouri in the 2020 Music City Bowl, assigning 20 confidence points to … Again, these were predictions. Pick: Texas wins 38-20 and COVERS the spread. Myrtle Beach Bowl. This is a coin flip, and it just came up Panthers. Pick: North Carolina wins 34-31 in an UPSET. J.T. And keep in mind that the last time Houston had a bad bowl performance, booster Tilman Fertitta got involved and fired the coach. They have a pretty solid run defense, but the Army offense is a completely different animal. Miami was embarrassed in the regular-season finale against North Carolina, and Manny Diaz likely hasn't forgotten last year's bowl disaster against Louisian Tech. TCU pass attempts in its six wins: 21.8. 13 North Carolina (+7.5) stays within the spread against No. The Dash is also all for Marco Wilson making a key interception in this game. The Longhorns were 0-3 against the spread as a double-digit favorite this season, but you know the story. This is a good matchup of under-appreciated quarterbacks: Coastal freshman Grayson McCall (10) is sixth nationally in pass efficiency, fourth among QBs who played more than six games. There are a total of 26 bowl games before the College Football Playoff championship game on Jan. 11. Pick: Coastal Carolina wins 35-31 but FAILS TO COVER the spread. Why: To give the Buckeyes another shot at dream killer Trevor Lawrence. This evens the CFP championship game series record between the two at 2–2 and further cements Nick Saban (40) as the greatest coach of all time. Is this the coolest bowl name of all? The Mountaineers are huge favorites – and they are a nice confidence pick knowing the program is 5-0 all time in bowl games. Be careful here. Why: Because if we’ve gotten this far in this absurd season, we might as well finish it. Louisiana caps a 10-win season behind a strong running game that blows the open game open in the second half. We will update the lines as Bowl Season continues, but here are our first best guesses: MORE: It's time to reform the College Football Playoff — but how should it expand? We'll update this pick when the line comes out. This is a huge spotlight game for the Cyclones and coach Matt Campbell. Why: It is the state of Florida’s duty to bring televised warmth into our homes during the dead of winter. With a compressed bowl prep and Christmas smack in the middle—the Cadets weren’t the opponent until 10 days before kickoff—the opportunity is there for Army to swallow the game with its ball control and stubborn defense. Meanwhile, the Bulldogs are expected to have as many as eight players opt out, and while nobody has recruited better than Kirby Smart in recent years, those losses will matter. The Tigers continue that success with a convincing victory against the Owls, who were 3-5 against the spread in 2020. But the Wildcats will have to do better tackling Tank Bigsby than they did Trey Sermon. Featured Columnist December 31, 2020 ... Predictions… Given Northwestern’s ability to fluster Justin Fields in the Big Ten championship game, Bo Nix could be in for a long afternoon of his own. Not only are they undefeated, but every victory has been by double digits—no other team can say that this season. Why: For the awkwardness of San Jose State’s Brent Brennan (23) coaching a game in the stadium of the school (Arizona) that seems very interested in making him its next head coach. Marshall does have the run defense to at least theoretically slow down Buffalo’s dynamic tandem of Jaret Patterson and Kevin Marks, but not enough offensive firepower. The Rebels do not play defense, and in a bowl-game setting it’s easy to imagine Lane Kiffin going even more YOLO than usual and embracing a shootout. West Virginia was 4-1 against the spread as a favorite this season, and they have playmakers in the back seven. The Spartans’ full body of work remains under-appreciated. Mike Leach. North Carolina State (8–3) vs. Kentucky (4–6). And then there is monster linebacker Zaven Collins (21), who has produced four interceptions, two returned for touchdowns, 11.5 tackles for loss, four sacks and a forced fumble. The Sooners’ defense has improved as the season progressed, and it won’t have to contend with superstar tight end Kyle Pitts (and maybe others), who has opted out of the game. Why: To give two good teams that ended the season on sour notes a chance to spend Christmas in the fifth-best city in Alabama. Dash pick: Miami 34, Oklahoma State 31. The difference here is the BYU defense, which is much more solid than a UCF unit that has surrendered 31.4 points per game. Pick: Appalachian State wins 44-20 and COVERS the spread. Like us on Facebook to see similar stories, Fire in remote Alaska village leaves COVID-19-racked residents without safe drinking water, How a Jailed Separatist Is Now Key to Spain’s Future. A well-timed takeaway could be the difference in getting Coastal to 12–0. Monday, December 21 ESPN, 3:30 pm Brooks Stadium, Conway, SC Bowl Tie-Ins: Conference USA or MAC or Sun Belt Last Season: No Game Bowl Matchup: Appalachian State vs North Texas Famous Idaho Potato Bowl. After taking on Alabama, the Oklahoma offense will seem a bit pedestrian. Why: A matchup of top-10 teams in this bowl slate is not to be missed. You couldn’t blame anyone for declining bowl bids; the season was a grind and lost its joy along the way for many participants. Both teams had stop-and-start seasons that were impacted by COVID-19. That’s about to change. The Pac-12 will end 2020 with zero bowl victories. Why: So the AAC can start piling up bowl wins and giving commissioner Mike Aresco more fodder for ripping the establishment. Their record outside the state of Florida this season: 0–3. Projection: Texas vs. Colorado Arizona Bowl. Now, Fields also can beat a blitz because he is incredibly difficult to tackle, but Northwestern and Indiana forced him into mistakes. Pick: Clemson wins 34-31 but FAILS TO COVER the spread. Dash pick: Houston 40, Hawaii 24. This pick presupposes that the Razorbacks are excited about playing their first bowl in four seasons and bring some of the juice that has been missing in the last few games. The bowls are subject to scheduling changes, of course, because of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States. Tropical Smoothie Cafe Frisco Bowl. Nick Starkel has been a great pickup at quarterback, but even more impressive has been an SJSU defense that hasn’t given up more than 24 points. This is one of the more-exciting early Bowl Season matchups. Cincinnati is second nationally in pass efficiency defense and tied for second in interceptions with 15. D'Eriq King helps Miami bounce back in what should be a fun shootout with Oklahoma State's Spencer Sanders. The Wolfpack closed the season on a four-game win streak. Use of this site constitutes acceptance of our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy, Buckeyes Win Fourth Straight Conference Championship, stopped their seasons and declined a bowl game. … “. Dash pick: Georgia State 27, Western Kentucky 21. The Gamecocks straggle in on a six-game losing streak, with an average margin of defeat in that stretch of 24.8 points. But this is a juicy quarterback matchup, with the Cougars’ Zach Wilson (3) and the Knights’ Dillon Gabriel tied for third nationally in touchdown passes with 30 each. Who would have guessed this could be one of the most-exciting bowl games in 2020? Paxton, 32, returns to Seattle after spending the last two seasons pitching for the Yankees. Forty names, games, teams and minutiae making news in college football this bowl season, where some cases of COVID-19 at Tennessee alleviated the outrage of a bowl season without Army: Decades from now, the children will not believe their ears when we try to explain what the 2020 college football bowl season was like. Sugar Bowl bold prediction No. Ball State has had a breakthrough season and won over doubters by upsetting Buffalo in the MAC title game, but the Spartans are on a mission to record their first unbeaten season since 1939. Trevor Lawrence (38) was great in that game, and could be better against a weaker Buckeyes defense in 2020 than we saw in 2019. This wraps a very good season for an Iowa program that seemed on the brink of splitting apart in the summer. Why: To honor Tennessee for getting the hell out of the way and creating a spot for Army—the highlight of 2020 for the Volunteers. The Chanticleers are playing in their first bowl game, the Flames in their second, and both programs have to be tickled that they still have their coaches. Alamo Bowl. … Only two Pac-12 teams went bowling; the rest packed it in. This is the first time in a long time that the Wildcats have been favored in a bowl, and it doesn’t make a lot of sense. Time for the Tigers to end a five-year bowl losing streak and send senior quarterback Brady White out on a winning note. The Tigers take advantage of a few Wildcats' turnovers to win a bowl game this time. Why: Because the Pac-12 champion couldn’t very easily back out of a bowl game. But not 9–2 Army—at least until the virus knocked the 3–7 Volunteers out of the Liberty Bowl. The Rainbow Warriors rank 116th nationally in run defense. Coastal Carolina (-6) vs. Liberty. That’s why. And not only that, but they have been playing for weeks on the road due to COVID-19 restrictions in Santa Clara County. Gasparilla. On the ground in Tampa, Judy Battista details the strange and surreal scene at the pandemic-stricken Super Bowl… Why: Because the talking cheese wheel says so. The Cougars aren’t great in the run game, but should give Hawaii a steady dose of zone read. Super Bowl LV Point Spread And Moneyline. The veteran third baseman is the franchise's all-time leader in postseason home runs. That’s enough for The Dash to ride with Tech, despite the bad matchup of a porous run defense against one of the most committed and productive running games in the country. Which is just unsettling. All Rights Reserved. Take the value. The Wolf Pack opened with five straight before losing two of their last three games. Wake has a plus-13 turnover margin and has only given the ball away three times in eight games. Daniels, who averaged 10.4 yards per attempt. Alas, the bowl system is what it is. Bowl Games 2020-21: Full Schedule and Predictions for College Football Playoff Joe Tansey @ JTansey90. Tom Herman and Sam Ehlinger are an undefeated combination in bowl games. It's a first-rate quarterback matchup between Trevor Lawrence and Justin Fields. Dash pick: UAB 21, South Carolina 13. ET. Pick: Western Kentucky wins 28-24 in an UPSET.

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