Friday, December 20, 2013

2013 - 2014 Bowl Previews: Part II


Today is Part II of our 2013 - 2014 bowl preview series. Today we'll examine the
  • R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl
    Louisiana-Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns vs Tulane Green Wave
  • GoDaddy.com Bowl
    Ball State Cardinals vs Arkansas State Red Wolves
  • AdvoCare V100 Independence Bowl
    Boston College Eagles vs Arizona Wildcats
  • Little Caesar's Bowl
    Bowling Green Falcons vs Pittsburgh Panthers
  • Russell Athletic Bowl
    Louisville Cardinals vs Miami Hurricanes
Full previews after the jump ....

30. R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl

Saturday, December 21 at 9:00 PM

Louisiana-Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns (7 - 4; 5 - 2 Sun Belt)
vs
Tulane Green Wave (6 - 5; 5 - 3 Conference-USA)
GUGS Score: 30.8

Justin

Louisiana-Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns
Year WinPct SoS Off. Def. Pace
2013 0.354 91 0.281 120 17.6 53 22.1 106 162.7 89
Tulane Green Wave
Year WinPct SoS Off. Def. Pace
2013 0.413 74 0.376 98 14.2 93 16.2 55 168.9 61

Tulane 30, LA-Lafayette 28 (56.3%); 165 plays.

Eddie

Louisiana-Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns
Year WinPct SoS Off. Def. Pace
2013 0.461 69 0.435 119 16.6 64 19.5 95 167.5 61
Tulane Green Wave
Year WinPct SoS Off. Def. Pace
2013 0.261 108 0.459 97 9.7 117 16.9 71 168.8 44

LA-Lafayette 35, Tulane 21 (76.4%); 168 plays.


Louisiana-Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns Season Summary
Date TFG RBA Away Team       TFG RBA Home Team Plays Odds
TFG / RBA
2013/08/31  62 /  68 LA-Lafayette 14 at  55 /  36 Arkansas 34 158  47.0% /  30.9%
2013/09/07  77 /  75 LA-Lafayette 27 at  14 /  15 Kansas St. 48 168   5.8% /  18.7%
2013/09/21  72 /  75 LA-Lafayette 35 at 113 / 115 Akron 30 181  74.4% /  84.6%
2013/10/05  84 /  80 Texas State 24 at  85 /  76 LA-Lafayette 48 149  59.1% /  66.0%
2013/10/15  79 /  69 LA-Lafayette 37 at  85 /  87 Western Kentucky 20 156  43.9% /  58.8%
2013/10/22  74 /  68 LA-Lafayette 23 at  93 /  81 Arkansas St. 7 153  56.6% /  58.4%
2013/11/02 121 / 122 New Mexico St. 35 at  64 /  64 LA-Lafayette 49 157  94.7% /  91.2%
2013/11/07 110 / 108 Troy 36 at  73 /  68 LA-Lafayette 41 166  77.7% /  78.0%
2013/11/16  74 /  67 LA-Lafayette 35 at 121 / 121 Georgia State 21 167  92.0% /  94.1%
2013/11/30 110 / 114 LA-Monroe 31 at  77 /  66 LA-Lafayette 28 160  75.2% /  82.8%
2013/12/07  80 /  69 LA-Lafayette 8 at  89 /  89 South Alabama 30 164  53.8% /  65.3%
2013/12/21  74 / 108 Tulane -- vs  91 /  69 LA-Lafayette -- --  43.7% /  76.4%


Tulane Green Wave Season Summary
Date TFG RBA Away Team       TFG RBA Home Team Plays Odds
TFG / RBA
2013/09/07 118 / 116 South Alabama 41 at 115 / 121 Tulane 39 185  66.0% /  70.2%
2013/09/12 114 / 121 Tulane 24 at  70 /  64 LA Tech 15 188  10.1% /   5.0%
2013/09/21 103 / 110 Tulane 17 at  51 /  56 Syracuse 52 168  10.9% /   4.3%
2013/09/28 106 / 119 Tulane 31 at 107 /  99 LA-Monroe 14 173  40.2% /  35.5%
2013/10/05  74 /  88 North Texas 21 at 102 / 116 Tulane 24 161  37.9% /  27.5%
2013/10/12  54 /  62 East Carolina 33 at 100 / 113 Tulane 36 198  26.7% /  13.7%
2013/10/26  79 /  78 Tulsa 7 at  89 / 101 Tulane 14 172  57.0% /  23.2%
2013/11/02  82 / 100 Tulane 17 at 105 / 111 FL-Atlantic 34 160  63.2% /  45.7%
2013/11/09  89 /  99 Tulane 7 at  78 /  92 UTSA 10 157  37.9% /  47.0%
2013/11/23 112 / 116 UTEP 3 at  89 / 101 Tulane 45 153  71.8% /  72.4%
2013/11/30  78 / 108 Tulane 13 at  60 /  63 Rice 17 163  37.9% /  26.6%
2013/12/21  74 / 108 Tulane -- vs  91 /  69 LA-Lafayette -- --  56.3% /  23.6%


29. GoDaddy.com Bowl

Sunday, January 5 at 9:00 PM

Ball State Cardinals (9 - 2; 7 - 1 Mid-American)
vs
Arkansas State Red Wolves (6 - 5; 5 - 2 Sun Belt)
GUGS Score: 34.4

Eddie

Ball State Cardinals
Year WinPct SoS Off. Def. Pace
2013 0.452 72 0.451 105 16.8 59 19.1 90 168.0 57
Arkansas State Red Wolves
Year WinPct SoS Off. Def. Pace
2013 0.402 79 0.437 117 13.6 90 17.0 72 165.3 85

Ball St. 34, Arkansas St. 24 (55.9%); 166 plays.

Justin

Ball State Cardinals
Year WinPct SoS Off. Def. Pace
2013 0.490 63 0.256 124 19.1 39 19.4 90 175.4 25
Arkansas State Red Wolves
Year WinPct SoS Off. Def. Pace
2013 0.360 86 0.330 111 15.1 82 18.8 84 170.8 43

Ball St. 32, Arkansas St. 29 (63.0%); 173 plays.


Ball State Cardinals Season Summary
Date TFG RBA Away Team       TFG RBA Home Team Plays Odds
TFG / RBA
2013/09/07 106 / 103 Army 14 at  81 /  70 Ball St. 40 184  81.2% /  69.0%
2013/09/14  71 /  63 Ball St. 27 at  93 / 100 North Texas 34 187  52.1% /  66.8%
2013/09/21  73 /  67 Ball St. 51 at 121 / 119 Eastern Michigan 20 171  83.1% /  86.0%
2013/09/28  83 /  70 Toledo 24 at  77 /  67 Ball St. 31 175  64.2% /  54.3%
2013/10/05  68 /  65 Ball St. 48 at  82 /  85 Virginia 27 194  49.4% /  45.1%
2013/10/12  93 /  85 Kent St. 24 at  69 /  64 Ball St. 27 168  78.4% /  64.9%
2013/10/19  65 /  63 Ball St. 38 at 118 / 117 Western Michigan 17 172  86.3% /  84.9%
2013/10/26  70 /  62 Ball St. 42 at 116 / 115 Akron 24 183  79.6% /  84.2%
2013/11/06 115 / 114 Central Michigan 24 at  66 /  59 Ball St. 44 153  86.9% /  85.2%
2013/11/13  65 /  63 Ball St. 27 at  56 /  48 Northern Ill. 48 181  37.8% /  37.5%
2013/11/29 124 / 123 Miami-OH 14 at  64 /  72 Ball St. 55 167  96.2% /  94.5%
2014/01/05  86 /  79 Arkansas St. -- vs  63 /  72 Ball St. -- --  63.0% /  55.9%


Arkansas State Red Wolves Season Summary
Date TFG RBA Away Team       TFG RBA Home Team Plays Odds
TFG / RBA
2013/09/07  51 /  56 Arkansas St. 9 at  88 /  80 Auburn 38 175  66.4% /  63.9%
2013/09/12  91 /  82 Troy 34 at  85 /  70 Arkansas St. 41 205  70.9% /  68.8%
2013/09/21  74 /  72 Arkansas St. 7 at 109 / 118 Memphis 31 165  67.3% /  83.2%
2013/09/28  97 /  72 Arkansas St. 19 at  37 /  33 Missouri 41 173   7.2% /  25.6%
2013/10/12 120 / 121 Idaho 24 at  98 /  82 Arkansas St. 48 194  87.5% /  87.6%
2013/10/22  74 /  68 LA-Lafayette 23 at  93 /  81 Arkansas St. 7 153  43.4% /  41.6%
2013/11/02  96 /  89 Arkansas St. 17 at  92 /  79 South Alabama 16 170  40.7% /  46.6%
2013/11/09  94 /  88 Arkansas St. 42 at 100 / 112 LA-Monroe 14 175  49.9% /  70.5%
2013/11/16 100 /  91 Texas State 21 at  78 /  84 Arkansas St. 38 164  64.0% /  52.4%
2013/11/23 121 / 121 Georgia State 33 at  76 /  81 Arkansas St. 35 160  90.0% /  87.7%
2013/11/30  85 /  81 Arkansas St. 31 at  80 /  88 Western Kentucky 34 175  47.2% /  39.0%
2014/01/05  86 /  79 Arkansas St. -- vs  63 /  72 Ball St. -- --  37.0% /  44.1%


28. AdvoCare V100 Independence Bowl

Tuesday, December 31 at 12:30 PM

Boston College Eagles (6 - 5; 4 - 4 ACC)
vs
Arizona Wildcats (6 - 5; 4 - 5 Pac-12)
GUGS Score: 36.0

Justin

Boston College Eagles
Year WinPct SoS Off. Def. Pace
2013 0.465 65 0.498 68 19.0 40 20.0 95 159.7 99
Arizona Wildcats
Year WinPct SoS Off. Def. Pace
2013 0.627 43 0.577 45 18.9 42 15.5 47 180.8 12

Arizona 33, Boston College 29 (66.0%); 170 plays.

Eddie

Boston College Eagles
Year WinPct SoS Off. Def. Pace
2013 0.479 66 0.536 43 17.0 55 17.8 79 166.9 64
Arizona Wildcats
Year WinPct SoS Off. Def. Pace
2013 0.632 43 0.560 5 18.4 43 14.9 51 171.4 19

Arizona 31, Boston College 28 (68.1%); 169 plays.


Boston College Eagles Season Summary
Date TFG RBA Away Team       TFG RBA Home Team Plays Odds
TFG / RBA
2013/09/06 104 /  98 Wake Forest 10 at  92 /  94 Boston College 24 153  73.6% /  52.6%
2013/09/14  86 /  85 Boston College 7 at  34 /  37 USC 35 137  11.4% /  13.0%
2013/09/28   3 /   1 Florida St. 48 at  90 /  91 Boston College 34 163   3.8% /   5.2%
2013/10/05  97 /  97 Army 27 at  73 /  86 Boston College 48 156  77.1% /  57.7%
2013/10/12  64 /  74 Boston College 14 at   5 /   5 Clemson 24 171   7.3% /   8.6%
2013/10/26  57 /  70 Boston College 10 at  61 /  60 North Carolina 34 161  38.9% /  41.3%
2013/11/02  32 /  47 Virginia Tech 27 at  72 /  80 Boston College 34 151  26.9% /  27.8%
2013/11/09  63 /  76 Boston College 48 at 119 / 118 New Mexico St. 34 179  91.5% /  88.0%
2013/11/16  72 /  71 North Carolina St. 21 at  67 /  72 Boston College 38 163  52.4% /  55.1%
2013/11/23  63 /  67 Boston College 29 at  92 /  76 Maryland 26 149  71.0% /  47.0%
2013/11/30  66 /  65 Boston College 31 at  76 /  60 Syracuse 34 171  57.0% /  47.5%
2013/12/31  43 /  43 Arizona -- vs  65 /  66 Boston College -- --  34.0% /  31.9%


Arizona Wildcats Season Summary
Date TFG RBA Away Team       TFG RBA Home Team Plays Odds
TFG / RBA
2013/09/07  47 /  58 Arizona 58 at 116 / 112 UNLV 13 182  87.6% /  81.4%
2013/09/14  77 /  90 UTSA 13 at  33 /  38 Arizona 38 169  86.1% /  82.6%
2013/09/28  24 /  42 Arizona 13 at  23 /  37 Washington 31 198  38.6% /  48.2%
2013/10/10  36 /  46 Arizona 31 at  25 /  41 USC 38 184  32.8% /  42.1%
2013/10/19  32 /  53 Utah 24 at  40 /  45 Arizona 35 190  53.4% /  54.9%
2013/10/26  42 /  45 Arizona 44 at 107 / 108 Colorado 20 184  82.6% /  85.3%
2013/11/02  40 /  48 Arizona 33 at  94 /  93 California 28 206  81.1% /  80.7%
2013/11/09  36 /  30 UCLA 31 at  44 /  48 Arizona 26 182  50.6% /  36.0%
2013/11/16  70 /  65 Washington St. 24 at  46 /  46 Arizona 17 187  67.8% /  61.7%
2013/11/23   6 /   4 Oregon 16 at  51 /  50 Arizona 42 189  17.0% /  15.5%
2013/11/30  35 /  43 Arizona 21 at  15 /  15 Arizona St. 58 183  31.8% /  25.0%
2013/12/31  43 /  43 Arizona -- vs  65 /  66 Boston College -- --  66.0% /  68.1%


27. Little Caesar's Bowl

Thursday, December 26 at 6:00 PM

Bowling Green Falcons (9 - 3; 8 - 1 Mid-American)
vs
Pittsburgh Panthers (5 - 6; 3 - 5 ACC)
GUGS Score: 36.9

Eddie

Bowling Green Falcons
Year WinPct SoS Off. Def. Pace
2013 0.641 40 0.444 115 18.9 40 12.3 26 167.4 62
Pittsburgh Panthers
Year WinPct SoS Off. Def. Pace
2013 0.512 60 0.526 56 15.9 71 15.9 61 164.2 99

Bowling Green 34, Pittsburgh 20 (65.6%); 165 plays.

Justin

Bowling Green Falcons
Year WinPct SoS Off. Def. Pace
2013 0.793 18 0.292 117 18.8 44 11.4 9 156.7 115
Pittsburgh Panthers
Year WinPct SoS Off. Def. Pace
2013 0.531 59 0.576 46 16.5 64 15.7 49 159.1 103

Bowling Green 27, Pittsburgh 21 (77.2%); 157 plays.


Bowling Green Falcons Season Summary
Date TFG RBA Away Team       TFG RBA Home Team Plays Odds
TFG / RBA
2013/08/29  38 /  45 Tulsa 7 at  66 /  73 Bowling Green 34 176  31.1% /  32.1%
2013/09/07  36 /  37 Bowling Green 41 at  61 /  63 Kent St. 22 151  51.7% /  36.1%
2013/09/14  40 /  36 Bowling Green 10 at  82 /  89 Indiana 42 182  64.4% /  75.4%
2013/09/28 112 / 110 Akron 14 at  75 /  54 Bowling Green 31 152  86.6% /  91.7%
2013/10/05 124 / 124 Massachusetts 7 at  67 /  54 Bowling Green 28 147  98.6% /  97.1%
2013/10/12  66 /  50 Bowling Green 20 at  42 /  27 Mississippi St. 21 150  25.0% /  28.2%
2013/10/26  73 /  71 Toledo 28 at  58 /  51 Bowling Green 25 145  71.2% /  63.5%
2013/11/05  59 /  52 Bowling Green 45 at 122 / 120 Miami-OH 3 153  94.6% /  93.9%
2013/11/12  74 / 115 Ohio 0 at  48 /  50 Bowling Green 49 148  71.9% /  82.1%
2013/11/23  27 /  46 Bowling Green 58 at 120 / 118 Eastern Michigan 7 148  96.9% /  93.1%
2013/11/29  24 /  40 Bowling Green 24 vs  46 /  83 Buffalo 7 170  63.7% /  77.5%
2013/12/06  20 /  40 Bowling Green 47 vs  40 /  38 Northern Ill. 27 175  66.2% /  46.6%
2013/12/26  59 /  60 Pittsburgh -- vs  18 /  40 Bowling Green -- --  77.2% /  65.6%


Pittsburgh Panthers Season Summary
Date TFG RBA Away Team       TFG RBA Home Team Plays Odds
TFG / RBA
2013/09/02   6 /   4 Florida St. 41 at  30 /  48 Pittsburgh 13 140  37.3% /  78.5%
2013/09/14 106 / 106 New Mexico 27 at  55 /  58 Pittsburgh 49 147  91.5% /  88.9%
2013/09/21  44 /  58 Pittsburgh 58 at  83 /  85 Duke 55 181  66.3% /  64.3%
2013/09/28  76 /  73 Virginia 3 at  57 /  59 Pittsburgh 14 164  77.2% /  67.6%
2013/10/12  47 /  59 Pittsburgh 9 at  38 /  44 Virginia Tech 19 154  31.7% /  42.0%
2013/10/26  50 /  58 Pittsburgh 21 at  77 /  97 Navy 24 154  57.5% /  80.8%
2013/11/02  57 /  62 Pittsburgh 10 at  31 /  36 Georgia Tech 21 141  27.4% /  27.5%
2013/11/09  27 /  28 Notre Dame 21 at  58 /  65 Pittsburgh 28 167  30.2% /  17.6%
2013/11/16  49 /  49 North Carolina 34 at  53 /  59 Pittsburgh 27 169  46.5% /  60.0%
2013/11/23  56 /  59 Pittsburgh 17 at  74 /  63 Syracuse 16 166  66.3% /  50.0%
2013/11/29  51 /  55 Miami-FL 41 at  57 /  59 Pittsburgh 31 165  48.1% /  54.2%
2013/12/26  59 /  60 Pittsburgh -- vs  18 /  40 Bowling Green -- --  22.8% /  34.4%


25. Russell Athletic Bowl

Saturday, December 28 at 6:45 PM

Louisville Cardinals (10 - 1; 7 - 1 American Athletic)
vs
Miami Hurricanes (8 - 3; 5 - 3 ACC)
GUGS Score: 38.9

Justin

Louisville Cardinals
Year WinPct SoS Off. Def. Pace
2013 0.851 9 0.398 88 21.0 28 10.9 6 155.4 118
Miami Hurricanes
Year WinPct SoS Off. Def. Pace
2013 0.569 54 0.580 44 21.8 19 19.7 94 168.2 63

Louisville 32, Miami-FL 26 (81.1%); 161 plays.

Eddie

Louisville Cardinals
Year WinPct SoS Off. Def. Pace
2013 0.760 17 0.481 76 20.8 23 10.6 10 164.8 95
Miami Hurricanes
Year WinPct SoS Off. Def. Pace
2013 0.552 57 0.550 15 19.3 31 16.8 69 163.5 105

Louisville 38, Miami-FL 20 (76.4%); 164 plays.


Louisville Cardinals Season Summary
Date TFG RBA Away Team       TFG RBA Home Team Plays Odds
TFG / RBA
2013/09/01  75 /  65 Ohio 7 at  39 /  42 Louisville 49 156  85.1% /  74.1%
2013/09/14  28 /  20 Louisville 27 at  94 /  84 Kentucky 13 161  80.5% /  80.9%
2013/09/21 118 / 120 FIU 0 at  28 /  28 Louisville 72 128  97.3% /  92.8%
2013/10/05  13 /  19 Louisville 30 at 104 /  94 Temple 7 145  94.3% /  84.1%
2013/10/10  51 /  49 Rutgers 10 at   6 /  18 Louisville 24 151  89.6% /  68.9%
2013/10/18  19 /  27 UCF 38 at   5 /  12 Louisville 35 150  80.0% /  53.5%
2013/10/26   6 /  11 Louisville 34 at  92 /  99 South Florida 3 132  90.6% /  94.2%
2013/11/08   6 /  13 Louisville 31 at 109 / 109 Connecticut 10 167  96.8% /  93.0%
2013/11/16  30 /  39 Houston 13 at   8 /  16 Louisville 20 160  74.5% /  69.3%
2013/11/23  66 /  83 Memphis 17 at   8 /  13 Louisville 24 158  87.9% /  88.8%
2013/12/05   8 /  17 Louisville 31 at  37 /  21 Cincinnati 24 182  75.4% /  41.6%
2013/12/28  54 /  57 Miami-FL -- vs   9 /  17 Louisville -- --  81.1% /  76.4%


Miami Hurricanes Season Summary
Date TFG RBA Away Team       TFG RBA Home Team Plays Odds
TFG / RBA
2013/08/30 106 / 115 FL-Atlantic 6 at  61 /  51 Miami-FL 34 173  81.7% /  87.3%
2013/09/07   6 /  11 Florida 16 at  33 /  42 Miami-FL 21 158  27.7% /  30.2%
2013/09/28  26 /  35 Miami-FL 49 at 105 / 106 South Florida 21 159  90.2% /  77.6%
2013/10/05  49 /  47 Georgia Tech 30 at  36 /  36 Miami-FL 45 157  66.5% /  50.1%
2013/10/17  26 /  31 Miami-FL 27 at  72 /  61 North Carolina 23 188  70.6% /  67.8%
2013/10/26  81 /  81 Wake Forest 21 at  25 /  35 Miami-FL 24 165  90.7% /  87.3%
2013/11/02  33 /  40 Miami-FL 14 at   2 /   2 Florida St. 41 150  10.6% /  16.4%
2013/11/09  38 /  52 Virginia Tech 42 at  33 /  44 Miami-FL 24 159  58.5% /  53.8%
2013/11/16  48 /  52 Miami-FL 30 at  58 /  61 Duke 48 183  57.0% /  64.9%
2013/11/23 102 /  95 Virginia 26 at  54 /  56 Miami-FL 45 178  82.2% /  77.2%
2013/11/29  51 /  55 Miami-FL 41 at  57 /  59 Pittsburgh 31 165  51.9% /  45.8%
2013/12/28  54 /  57 Miami-FL -- vs   9 /  17 Louisville -- --  18.9% /  23.6%


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