2012 - 2013 Bowl Previews: Part VI

Today is Part VI of our 2012 - 2013 bowl preview series. Today we'll examine the

• Taxslayer.com Gator Bowl
  Mississippi State Bulldogs vs Northwestern Wildcats
• Chick-fil-A Bowl
  Clemson Tigers vs LSU Tigers
• Capital One Bowl
  Georgia Bulldogs vs Nebraska Cornhuskers
• Buffalo Wild Wings Bowl
  Michigan State Spartans vs TCU Horned Frogs
• Valero Alamo Bowl
  Oregon State Beavers vs Texas Longhorns

Full previews after the jump ....

11. Taxslayer.com Gator Bowl

Tuesday, January 1 at 12:00 PM

Mississippi State Bulldogs (7 - 4; 4 - 4 SEC)
vs
Northwestern Wildcats (8 - 3; 5 - 3 Big Ten)

GUGS Score: 56.5

Justin

Mississippi State Bulldogs
Year	WinPct		SoS		Off.		Def.		Pace
2012	0.624	39	0.586	30	22.0	51	18.0	33	161.1	88

Northwestern Wildcats
Year	WinPct		SoS		Off.		Def.		Pace
2012	0.634	36	0.530	53	24.1	32	19.3	46	170.3	33

Northwestern 35, Mississippi St. 33 (51.1%); 165 plays.

Eddie

Mississippi State Bulldogs
Year	WinPct		SoS		Off.		Def.		Pace
2012	0.779	31	0.556	6	17.7	48	12.6	27	162.6	107

Northwestern Wildcats
Year	WinPct		SoS		Off.		Def.		Pace
2012	0.705	37	0.508	63	18.4	39	13.8	37	176.5	4

Mississippi St. 31, Northwestern 24 (63.2%); 169 plays.

Mississippi State Bulldogs Season Summary

Date	TFG	RBA	Away Team			TFG	RBA	Home Team		Plays	Odds TFG / RBA
2012/09/08	40	/  50	Auburn	10	at	34	/  28	Mississippi St.	28	152	66.1%	/  58.9%
2012/09/15	26	/  21	Mississippi St.	30	at	98	/ 103	Troy	24	174	81.6%	/  86.7%
2012/09/22	NA	/ 120	South Alabama	10	at	31	/  28	Mississippi St.	30	166	95.6%	/  99.9%
2012/10/06	31	/  30	Mississippi St.	27	at	79	/  74	Kentucky	14	163	69.6%	/  78.6%
2012/10/13	45	/  50	Tennessee	31	at	31	/  27	Mississippi St.	41	166	68.3%	/  61.6%
2012/10/20	99	/  87	Middle Tenn.	3	at	34	/  22	Mississippi St.	45	156	88.4%	/  74.2%
2012/10/27	21	/  27	Mississippi St.	7	at	1	/   1	Alabama	38	148	3.6%	/   4.9%
2012/11/03	9	/   9	Texas A&M	38	at	27	/  32	Mississippi St.	13	176	34.5%	/  38.3%
2012/11/10	34	/  38	Mississippi St.	17	at	2	/   6	LSU	37	153	13.6%	/  17.0%
2012/11/17	31	/  39	Arkansas	14	at	34	/  31	Mississippi St.	45	159	48.3%	/  53.2%
2012/11/24	30	/  29	Mississippi St.	24	at	52	/  44	Mississippi	41	170	62.3%	/  57.4%
2013/01/01	36	/  37	Northwestern	--	vs	39	/  31	Mississippi St.	--	--	48.9%	/  63.2%

Northwestern Wildcats Season Summary

Date	TFG	RBA	Away Team			TFG	RBA	Home Team		Plays	Odds TFG / RBA
2012/09/01	65	/  63	Northwestern	42	at	77	/  87	Syracuse	41	200	46.9%	/  62.4%
2012/09/08	59	/  30	Vanderbilt	13	at	66	/  56	Northwestern	23	170	57.4%	/  25.8%
2012/09/15	83	/  77	Boston College	13	at	66	/  49	Northwestern	22	188	75.4%	/  59.7%
2012/09/29	97	/  93	Indiana	29	at	61	/  39	Northwestern	44	186	80.6%	/  76.4%
2012/10/06	57	/  44	Northwestern	28	at	29	/  29	Penn State	39	187	26.2%	/  39.0%
2012/10/13	58	/  48	Northwestern	21	at	90	/  92	Minnesota	13	150	61.8%	/  71.1%
2012/10/20	21	/  26	Nebraska	29	at	56	/  47	Northwestern	28	197	40.4%	/  28.0%
2012/10/27	44	/  59	Iowa	17	at	49	/  42	Northwestern	28	157	60.0%	/  53.0%
2012/11/10	45	/  41	Northwestern	31	at	15	/  21	Michigan	38	166	26.1%	/  19.1%
2012/11/17	44	/  42	Northwestern	23	at	22	/  25	Michigan St.	20	182	34.4%	/  33.8%
2012/11/24	101	/  98	Illinois	14	at	40	/  37	Northwestern	50	148	82.1%	/  83.4%
2013/01/01	36	/  37	Northwestern	--	vs	39	/  31	Mississippi St.	--	--	51.1%	/  36.8%

10. Chick-fil-A Bowl

Monday, December 31 at 7:30 PM

Clemson Tigers (9 - 2; 7 - 1 ACC)
vs
LSU Tigers (9 - 2; 6 - 2 SEC)

GUGS Score: 59.7

Eddie

Clemson Tigers
Year	WinPct		SoS		Off.		Def.		Pace
2012	0.875	18	0.527	56	23.2	8	13.9	38	168.1	48

LSU Tigers
Year	WinPct		SoS		Off.		Def.		Pace
2012	0.975	5	0.548	16	22.9	9	9.0	4	160.4	115

LSU 27, Clemson 24 (72.3%); 164 plays.

Justin

Clemson Tigers
Year	WinPct		SoS		Off.		Def.		Pace
2012	0.711	26	0.505	61	26.9	15	18.7	40	175.1	16

LSU Tigers
Year	WinPct		SoS		Off.		Def.		Pace
2012	0.878	3	0.665	7	26.9	16	12.2	3	162.3	83

LSU 38, Clemson 32 (74.5%); 168 plays.

Clemson Tigers Season Summary

Date	TFG	RBA	Away Team			TFG	RBA	Home Team		Plays	Odds TFG / RBA
2012/09/01	38	/  33	Clemson	26	vs	31	/  41	Auburn	19	177	48.3%	/  46.2%
2012/09/08	102	/  99	Ball St.	27	at	33	/  33	Clemson	52	183	90.3%	/  83.0%
2012/09/22	32	/  33	Clemson	37	at	4	/   6	Florida St.	49	185	13.5%	/  25.1%
2012/09/29	27	/  33	Clemson	45	at	83	/  79	Boston College	31	185	71.3%	/  72.0%
2012/10/06	54	/  72	Georgia Tech	31	at	33	/  28	Clemson	47	174	71.5%	/  55.3%
2012/10/20	25	/  39	Virginia Tech	17	at	32	/  23	Clemson	38	170	55.8%	/  54.4%
2012/10/25	29	/  20	Clemson	42	at	87	/  82	Wake Forest	13	191	71.5%	/  78.2%
2012/11/03	24	/  18	Clemson	56	at	84	/  68	Duke	20	188	78.1%	/  69.1%
2012/11/10	88	/  86	Maryland	10	at	23	/  19	Clemson	45	154	85.4%	/  77.1%
2012/11/17	56	/  60	North Carolina St.	48	at	21	/  15	Clemson	62	223	72.5%	/  77.6%
2012/11/24	13	/   9	South Carolina	27	at	21	/  18	Clemson	17	174	40.8%	/  65.3%
2012/12/31	3	/   5	LSU	--	vs	26	/  18	Clemson	--	--	25.5%	/  27.7%

LSU Tigers Season Summary

Date	TFG	RBA	Away Team			TFG	RBA	Home Team		Plays	Odds TFG / RBA
2012/09/01	94	/ 101	North Texas	14	at	2	/   2	LSU	41	158	98.3%	/  99.2%
2012/09/08	57	/  46	Washington	3	at	2	/   2	LSU	41	159	95.1%	/  94.6%
2012/09/15	109	/ 107	Idaho	14	at	2	/   2	LSU	63	157	99.2%	/  98.7%
2012/09/22	2	/   2	LSU	12	at	45	/  64	Auburn	10	151	87.9%	/  92.8%
2012/10/06	2	/   4	LSU	6	at	9	/   5	Florida	14	147	63.6%	/  79.3%
2012/10/13	3	/   3	South Carolina	21	at	2	/   5	LSU	23	164	70.9%	/  60.8%
2012/10/20	2	/   5	LSU	24	at	12	/  11	Texas A&M	19	204	58.4%	/  66.3%
2012/11/03	1	/   1	Alabama	21	at	2	/   3	LSU	17	161	17.5%	/  23.9%
2012/11/10	34	/  38	Mississippi St.	17	at	2	/   6	LSU	37	153	86.4%	/  83.0%
2012/11/17	63	/  48	Mississippi	35	at	2	/   3	LSU	41	187	90.2%	/  88.8%
2012/11/23	3	/   5	LSU	20	at	43	/  41	Arkansas	13	169	83.9%	/  82.4%
2012/12/31	3	/   5	LSU	--	vs	26	/  18	Clemson	--	--	74.5%	/  72.3%

8. Capital One Bowl

Tuesday, January 1 at 1:00 PM

Georgia Bulldogs (10 - 2; 7 - 2 SEC)
vs
Nebraska Cornhuskers (9 - 3; 7 - 2 Big Ten)

GUGS Score: 65.0

Justin

Georgia Bulldogs
Year	WinPct		SoS		Off.		Def.		Pace
2012	0.820	11	0.591	26	29.6	6	16.1	19	163.0	73

Nebraska Cornhuskers
Year	WinPct		SoS		Off.		Def.		Pace
2012	0.740	19	0.642	10	26.4	20	17.3	28	168.4	43

Georgia 38, Nebraska 35 (61.5%); 165 plays.

Eddie

Georgia Bulldogs
Year	WinPct		SoS		Off.		Def.		Pace
2012	0.967	7	0.545	22	23.6	6	11.1	14	160.0	116

Nebraska Cornhuskers
Year	WinPct		SoS		Off.		Def.		Pace
2012	0.831	23	0.534	43	18.8	35	12.1	25	167.1	65

Georgia 35, Nebraska 21 (66.0%); 163 plays.

Georgia Bulldogs Season Summary

Date	TFG	RBA	Away Team			TFG	RBA	Home Team		Plays	Odds TFG / RBA
2012/09/01	112	/ 113	Buffalo	23	at	20	/  14	Georgia	45	168	96.7%	/  97.1%
2012/09/08	25	/  15	Georgia	41	at	22	/  29	Missouri	20	187	35.2%	/  31.6%
2012/09/15	118	/ 121	FL-Atlantic	20	at	20	/  13	Georgia	56	164	98.6%	/  97.9%
2012/09/22	61	/  44	Vanderbilt	3	at	21	/   5	Georgia	48	167	80.1%	/  52.0%
2012/09/29	54	/  47	Tennessee	44	at	18	/   4	Georgia	51	182	82.5%	/  59.8%
2012/10/06	19	/  13	Georgia	7	at	8	/   3	South Carolina	35	153	30.6%	/  31.8%
2012/10/20	23	/  14	Georgia	29	at	96	/  83	Kentucky	24	162	78.8%	/  86.4%
2012/10/27	28	/  15	Georgia	17	vs	4	/   4	Florida	9	157	23.2%	/  30.7%
2012/11/03	53	/  51	Mississippi	10	at	23	/  12	Georgia	37	155	70.6%	/  69.5%
2012/11/10	19	/  10	Georgia	38	at	62	/  68	Auburn	0	139	71.7%	/  84.6%
2012/11/24	49	/  47	Georgia Tech	10	at	16	/   6	Georgia	42	158	73.2%	/  74.1%
2012/12/01	14	/   7	Georgia	28	vs	1	/   1	Alabama	32	163	10.0%	/  16.0%
2013/01/01	19	/  23	Nebraska	--	vs	11	/   7	Georgia	--	--	61.5%	/  66.0%

Nebraska Cornhuskers Season Summary

Date	TFG	RBA	Away Team			TFG	RBA	Home Team		Plays	Odds TFG / RBA
2012/09/01	28	/  38	Southern Miss.	20	at	24	/  18	Nebraska	49	169	68.6%	/  52.3%
2012/09/08	18	/  16	Nebraska	30	at	69	/  63	UCLA	36	199	72.3%	/  73.0%
2012/09/15	70	/  76	Arkansas St.	13	at	24	/  19	Nebraska	42	165	85.2%	/  79.6%
2012/09/29	12	/  17	Wisconsin	27	at	20	/  15	Nebraska	30	172	50.8%	/  33.9%
2012/10/06	18	/  20	Nebraska	38	at	20	/  11	Ohio St.	63	166	41.8%	/  48.9%
2012/10/20	21	/  26	Nebraska	29	at	56	/  47	Northwestern	28	197	59.6%	/  72.0%
2012/10/27	12	/  19	Michigan	9	at	25	/  21	Nebraska	23	153	46.0%	/  32.3%
2012/11/03	20	/  21	Nebraska	28	at	19	/  23	Michigan St.	24	177	43.5%	/  48.0%
2012/11/10	25	/  26	Penn State	23	at	18	/  20	Nebraska	32	176	58.6%	/  53.4%
2012/11/17	83	/  80	Minnesota	14	at	18	/  20	Nebraska	38	168	84.9%	/  82.4%
2012/11/23	17	/  19	Nebraska	13	at	63	/  70	Iowa	7	151	77.7%	/  74.4%
2012/12/01	12	/  13	Wisconsin	70	vs	17	/  23	Nebraska	31	168	44.5%	/  58.8%
2013/01/01	19	/  23	Nebraska	--	vs	11	/   7	Georgia	--	--	38.5%	/  34.0%

7. Buffalo Wild Wings Bowl

Saturday, December 29 at 10:15 PM

Michigan State Spartans (6 - 6; 3 - 5 Big Ten)
vs
TCU Horned Frogs (6 - 5; 4 - 5 Big XII)

GUGS Score: 67.0

Eddie

Michigan State Spartans
Year	WinPct		SoS		Off.		Def.		Pace
2012	0.821	25	0.545	23	15.4	74	10.0	9	166.9	69

TCU Horned Frogs
Year	WinPct		SoS		Off.		Def.		Pace
2012	0.783	30	0.471	87	18.8	32	12.9	28	167.8	53

Michigan St. 28, TCU 20 (52.3%); 167 plays.

Justin

Michigan State Spartans
Year	WinPct		SoS		Off.		Def.		Pace
2012	0.735	21	0.605	21	19.9	70	13.2	5	163.0	77

TCU Horned Frogs
Year	WinPct		SoS		Off.		Def.		Pace
2012	0.720	23	0.579	32	23.0	40	15.8	18	163.3	70

Michigan St. 30, TCU 28 (51.8%); 163 plays.

Michigan State Spartans Season Summary

Date	TFG	RBA	Away Team			TFG	RBA	Home Team		Plays	Odds TFG / RBA
2012/08/31	3	/   9	Boise St.	13	at	13	/  15	Michigan St.	17	168	29.3%	/  39.2%
2012/09/08	11	/  14	Michigan St.	41	at	106	/ 110	Central Michigan	7	158	90.2%	/  92.3%
2012/09/15	16	/   6	Notre Dame	20	at	9	/  15	Michigan St.	3	165	69.3%	/  50.9%
2012/09/22	115	/ 117	Eastern Michigan	7	at	18	/  15	Michigan St.	23	155	97.6%	/  97.8%
2012/09/29	19	/  21	Ohio St.	17	at	16	/  19	Michigan St.	16	156	64.5%	/  57.3%
2012/10/06	17	/  19	Michigan St.	31	at	94	/  91	Indiana	27	182	84.9%	/  91.6%
2012/10/13	39	/  54	Iowa	19	at	19	/  24	Michigan St.	16	173	73.8%	/  78.1%
2012/10/20	20	/  25	Michigan St.	10	at	9	/  18	Michigan	12	156	27.2%	/  40.4%
2012/10/27	20	/  24	Michigan St.	16	at	13	/  18	Wisconsin	13	152	30.0%	/  41.5%
2012/11/03	20	/  21	Nebraska	28	at	19	/  23	Michigan St.	24	177	56.5%	/  52.0%
2012/11/17	44	/  42	Northwestern	23	at	22	/  25	Michigan St.	20	182	65.6%	/  66.2%
2012/11/24	23	/  25	Michigan St.	26	at	85	/  81	Minnesota	10	144	83.5%	/  81.8%
2012/12/29	23	/  30	TCU	--	vs	21	/  25	Michigan St.	--	--	51.8%	/  52.3%

TCU Horned Frogs Season Summary

Date	TFG	RBA	Away Team			TFG	RBA	Home Team		Plays	Odds TFG / RBA
2012/09/15	7	/  16	TCU	20	at	103	/ 101	Kansas	6	151	92.7%	/  90.3%
2012/09/22	86	/  85	Virginia	7	at	10	/  17	TCU	27	161	93.8%	/  81.7%
2012/09/29	9	/  16	TCU	24	at	90	/  82	SMU	16	173	89.2%	/  84.3%
2012/10/06	67	/  84	Iowa St.	37	at	10	/  27	TCU	23	168	88.5%	/  72.9%
2012/10/13	17	/  21	TCU	49	at	30	/  42	Baylor	21	161	54.4%	/  36.1%
2012/10/20	24	/  30	Texas Tech	56	at	13	/  20	TCU	53	198	71.5%	/  59.0%
2012/10/27	17	/  31	TCU	14	at	16	/   7	Oklahoma St.	36	178	38.2%	/  45.2%
2012/11/03	18	/  33	TCU	39	at	39	/  48	West Virginia	38	206	61.5%	/  60.5%
2012/11/10	11	/   4	Kansas St.	23	at	21	/  36	TCU	10	146	42.9%	/  30.8%
2012/11/22	25	/  33	TCU	20	at	20	/  30	Texas	13	150	46.8%	/  47.5%
2012/12/01	9	/  11	Oklahoma	24	at	23	/  30	TCU	17	164	34.8%	/  30.1%
2012/12/29	23	/  30	TCU	--	vs	21	/  25	Michigan St.	--	--	48.2%	/  47.7%

5. Valero Alamo Bowl

Saturday, December 29 at 6:45 PM

Oregon State Beavers (8 - 3; 6 - 3 Pac-12)
vs
Texas Longhorns (8 - 4; 5 - 4 Big XII)

GUGS Score: 69.5

Justin

Oregon State Beavers
Year	WinPct		SoS		Off.		Def.		Pace
2012	0.704	28	0.627	18	24.5	28	17.3	29	163.1	72

Texas Longhorns
Year	WinPct		SoS		Off.		Def.		Pace
2012	0.717	24	0.590	27	26.4	19	18.2	38	159.4	94

Texas 35, Oregon St. 34 (51.6%); 161 plays.

Eddie

Oregon State Beavers
Year	WinPct		SoS		Off.		Def.		Pace
2012	0.851	19	0.547	18	17.7	49	10.7	13	170.9	21

Texas Longhorns
Year	WinPct		SoS		Off.		Def.		Pace
2012	0.786	29	0.524	59	21.6	19	14.5	47	167.8	54

Oregon St. 35, Texas 24 (53.8%); 169 plays.

Oregon State Beavers Season Summary

Date	TFG	RBA	Away Team			TFG	RBA	Home Team		Plays	Odds TFG / RBA
2012/09/08	3	/   6	Wisconsin	7	at	67	/  76	Oregon St.	10	162	16.1%	/  10.4%
2012/09/22	63	/  69	Oregon St.	27	at	47	/  39	UCLA	20	180	33.7%	/  43.6%
2012/09/29	55	/  65	Oregon St.	38	at	60	/  57	Arizona	35	197	42.3%	/  39.9%
2012/10/06	93	/  88	Washington St.	6	at	50	/  42	Oregon St.	19	156	80.5%	/  70.1%
2012/10/13	46	/  35	Oregon St.	42	at	22	/  25	BYU	24	174	24.7%	/  21.5%
2012/10/20	55	/  59	Utah	7	at	35	/  29	Oregon St.	21	152	72.0%	/  51.9%
2012/10/27	32	/  22	Oregon St.	17	at	72	/  66	Washington	20	157	64.1%	/  52.3%
2012/11/03	32	/  25	Arizona St.	26	at	31	/  30	Oregon St.	36	178	55.0%	/  62.2%
2012/11/10	28	/  33	Oregon St.	23	at	9	/  11	Stanford	27	160	25.7%	/  31.8%
2012/11/17	69	/  65	California	14	at	28	/  23	Oregon St.	62	177	72.0%	/  63.0%
2012/11/24	6	/   2	Oregon	48	at	24	/  21	Oregon St.	24	189	30.3%	/  19.3%
2012/12/29	24	/  29	Texas	--	vs	28	/  19	Oregon St.	--	--	48.4%	/  53.8%

Texas Longhorns Season Summary

Date	TFG	RBA	Away Team			TFG	RBA	Home Team		Plays	Odds TFG / RBA
2012/09/01	96	/  88	Wyoming	17	at	27	/  22	Texas	37	157	90.5%	/  86.1%
2012/09/08	120	/ 118	New Mexico	0	at	23	/  27	Texas	45	146	99.2%	/  98.9%
2012/09/15	12	/  26	Texas	66	at	84	/  79	Mississippi	31	170	81.8%	/  88.9%
2012/09/29	13	/  23	Texas	41	at	17	/  12	Oklahoma St.	36	174	43.5%	/  41.8%
2012/10/06	26	/  23	West Virginia	48	at	12	/  26	Texas	45	170	72.9%	/  59.5%
2012/10/13	12	/  30	Texas	21	vs	7	/   4	Oklahoma	63	183	42.1%	/  42.3%
2012/10/20	38	/  40	Baylor	50	at	17	/  32	Texas	56	190	76.1%	/  64.5%
2012/10/27	18	/  34	Texas	21	at	105	/  96	Kansas	17	143	86.3%	/  88.0%
2012/11/03	21	/  34	Texas	31	at	29	/  38	Texas Tech	22	158	51.3%	/  46.3%
2012/11/10	50	/  59	Iowa St.	7	at	24	/  31	Texas	33	159	70.2%	/  64.1%
2012/11/22	25	/  33	TCU	20	at	20	/  30	Texas	13	150	53.2%	/  52.5%
2012/12/01	21	/  29	Texas	24	at	15	/   9	Kansas St.	42	148	43.4%	/  34.6%
2012/12/29	24	/  29	Texas	--	vs	28	/  19	Oregon St.	--	--	51.6%	/  46.2%

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