Betting the 2009-10 College Football Bowl Games

Betting the 2009-10 College Football Bowl Games

The 2009-10 college football bowl schedule is out and overall, the bowls did a pretty good job of coming up with worthwhile teams to meet. Naturally, there are several teams that could make a case for being in a game over another team, not to mention the question of a playoff system, but for the most part the schedule is a decent one.

The current lines on all the bowl games:

December 19, 2009

New Mexico Bowl
Fresno State 10.5 over Wyoming 54.5
St. Petersburgh Bowl
Rutgers 3 over Central Florida 44.5

December 20, 2009

New Orleans Bowl
Southern Miss 4 over Middle Tenn. State 58.5

December 22, 2009

Las Vegas Bowl
Oregon State 2 over BYU 60.5

December 23, 2009

Poinsetia Bowl
California 3 over Utah 52.5

December 24, 2009

Hawaii Bowl
Nevada 15 over SMU 72.5

December 26, 2009

Little Caesars Pizza Bowl
Ohio 2.5 over Marshall 49.5
Meinke Car Care Bowl
Pittsburgh 2.5 over North Carolina 45.5
Emerald Bowl
USC 8.5 over Boston College 44

December 27, 2009

Music City Bowl
Clemson 7 over Kentucky 52.5

December 28, 2009

Independence Bowl
Georgia 7 over Texas A & M 64

December 29, 2009

Champs Sports Bowl
Miami, Fla. 3 over Wisconsin 57.5

December 30, 2009

Humanitarian Bowl
Bowling Green 1 over Idaho 68.5
Holiday Bowl
Arizona 1.5 over Nebraska 40

December 31, 2009

Armed Forces Bowl
Houston 5 over Air Force 61.5
Sun Bowl
Oklahoma 8 over Stanford 55.5
Insight Bowl
Minnesota 2.5 over Iowa State 48.5
Chik-Fil-A Bowl
Virginia Tech 4 over Tennessee 50

January 1, 2010

Outback Bowl
Auburn 7.5 over Northwestern 54.5
Gator Bowl
West Virginia 3 over Florida State 60
Capital One Bowl
Penn State 3 over LSU 44
Rose Bowl
Oregon 3 over Ohio State 51.5
Sugar Bowl
Florida 10 over Cincinnati 57

January 2, 2010

International Bowl
South Florida 6.5 over Northern Illinois 50
Papa Johns Bowl
South Carolina 4.5 over Connecticut 51.5
Cotton Bowl
Mississippi 3 over Oklahoma State 50.5
Liberty Bowl
Arkansas 7.5 over East Carolina 63.5

January 4, 2010

Fiesta Bowl
TCU 7 over Boise State 55

January 5, 2010

Orange Bowl
Georgia Tech 4 over Iowa 50.5

January 6, 2010

GMAC Bowl
Central Michigan 4 over Troy 63.5

BCS Championship

Alabama 5 over Texas 45

Quick Thoughts

Just some quick thoughts on several of the games now, as we will look at each one more closely as the games get nearer.

Those of you who read through last week's newsletter, know that betting underdogs of 10 or more points has been profitable over the past five years, so Wyoming, SMU and Cincinnati deserve long looks.

One factor that is often overlooked is strength of schedule during the regular season. We'll touch on that more next week, but be a bit wary of teams who put up impressive stats against less-than-stellar teams that are playing a team with a less impressive numbers, but played much stronger opposition. Several that stand out at first glance would be Penn State, BYU, Wisconsin and Utah.