![]() ![]() Bob Stoops will coach the Sooners, which should be grand fun. Seems like ripe pluckings for the Cyclones.Ħ. Alamo Bowl: Oklahoma vs. Now Swinney is back, but without his defensive coordinator (Brent Venables, gone to OU), probably his offensive coordinator (Tony Elliott, seemingly headed to Virginia) and his athletic director (Dan Radakovich, off to Miami). 2 bowl, they thrashed the Sooners, then began terrorizing the Atlantic Coast Conference and all of college football. 29, ESPN, in Orlando. The last time Dabo Swinney’s Tigers were subjected to Orlando’s No. Lebby coaching against the Bears would have been rich, since he is Art Briles’ son-in-law and was part of the staff during Baylor’s golden days of 2011-15 before the House of Briles was felled by the sexual assault coverup scandal.ĥ. Cheez-It Bowl: Iowa State vs. 1, ESPN, in New Orleans. Too bad OU is hiring Mississippi offensive coordinator Jeff Lebby. 'This is a barometer game for us': Notre Dame offensive coordinator Tommy Rees impressed with OSU defenseĤ. Sugar Bowl: Baylor vs. The Red Raiders have hired Joey McGuire as head coach he’s Tech’s fourth full-time head coach since Leach. Tech fired Leach 12 years ago and frankly has been struggling ever since. Leach has no love lost for the Red Raiders and has fared much better than Tech over those dozen seasons, doing well at outposts like Washington State and Mississippi State. Now Leach will go head-to-head with his former Tech quarterback, Sonny Cumbie, who is the Red Raiders’ interim coach before taking over at Louisiana Tech. And Notre Dame cooperated even further by replacing AWOL coach Brian Kelly with Marcus Freeman, elevated from defensive coordinator. So the Cowboys help kick off an era in one of college football’s grandest traditions.ģ. Liberty Bowl: Texas Tech vs. Tremendous bowl game for the Big 12 and the Cowboys. That would be the Big 12 at 46.2% and the Pac-12 at 47.9%.2. Fiesta Bowl: Oklahoma State vs. There are two “Power 5” leagues that have covered at less than a 50% rate. Not only does the SEC win the majority of the time, they are also one of the best at covering the betting line. The next best Power 5 conference is the Big 12 at 51.8%. The SEC also makes the most of their postseason appearances. Conference ATS Records in Bowl Games Since 1989Īs you can see, the SEC has dominated in a lot of ways. I’ve compiled the SU and ATS results for each FBS conference since 1989, as well as a more recent look at just the past 5 seasons. I decided it would be a lot easier to just look at the results and see what the data has to say. NCAA Football Conference ATS Betting Results in Bowl Games They can have a hard time admitting that their team plays in a weak league, as that takes away from what they have accomplished. The problem for a lot of people is the bias they create based on their favorite team. Those who follow NCAAF closely, typically have a good idea of where to rank each conference. How strong or weak you perceive a conference to be often impacts what team you bet. Conference Performance Against the Spread in Postseason PlayĮxperts and media members often debate which league is on top of their power rankings each year. I just want to give you another tool to help you beat the bowl betting lines this year. ![]() I’m not saying base your bowl picks strictly off the data presented. I took the time to gather up the data to see how each conference as whole performs in postseason play. That’s a good start, but I want to take a different approach with this article. Most of the time we focus on the strengths and weaknesses of the two teams playing. When it comes to handicapping bowl games, there’s a lot of different things we need to consider. ![]()
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