2013 - 2014 Bowl Previews: Part IV

Today is Part IV of our 2013 - 2014 bowl preview series. Today we'll examine the

• AutoZone Liberty Bowl
  Mississippi State Bulldogs vs Rice Owls
• National University Holiday Bowl
  Texas Tech Red Raiders vs Arizona State Sun Devils
• Belk Bowl
  North Carolina Tar Heels vs Cincinnati Bearcats
• Sheraton Hawaii Bowl
  Oregon State Beavers vs Boise State Broncos
• San Diego Country Credit Union Poinettia Bowl
  Northern Illinois Huskies vs Utah State Aggies

Full previews after the jump ....

23. AutoZone Liberty Bowl

Tuesday, December 31 at 4:00 PM

Mississippi State Bulldogs (5 - 6; 3 - 5 SEC)
vs
Rice Owls (10 - 3; 8 - 1 Conference-USA)

GUGS Score: 40.3

Justin

Mississippi State Bulldogs
Year	WinPct		SoS		Off.		Def.		Pace
2013	0.633	42	0.702	2	16.5	65	13.4	21	164.6	80

Rice Owls
Year	WinPct		SoS		Off.		Def.		Pace
2013	0.586	51	0.336	107	17.9	50	15.7	50	170.3	48

Mississippi St. 27, Rice 25 (54.9%); 167 plays.

Eddie

Mississippi State Bulldogs
Year	WinPct		SoS		Off.		Def.		Pace
2013	0.693	32	0.555	8	18.9	37	11.4	13	162.8	109

Rice Owls
Year	WinPct		SoS		Off.		Def.		Pace
2013	0.484	65	0.471	88	17.4	49	17.2	76	170.1	28

Mississippi St. 38, Rice 21 (75.5%); 166 plays.

Mississippi State Bulldogs Season Summary

Date	TFG	RBA	Away Team			TFG	RBA	Home Team		Plays	Odds TFG / RBA
2013/08/31	46	/  38	Mississippi St.	3	vs	12	/  13	Oklahoma St.	21	171	28.2%	/  41.9%
2013/09/14	56	/  45	Mississippi St.	20	at	58	/  60	Auburn	24	162	36.3%	/  75.2%
2013/09/21	89	/  80	Troy	7	at	55	/  50	Mississippi St.	62	153	82.1%	/  73.8%
2013/10/05	12	/   6	LSU	59	at	35	/  21	Mississippi St.	26	159	35.7%	/  17.5%
2013/10/12	66	/  50	Bowling Green	20	at	42	/  27	Mississippi St.	21	150	75.0%	/  71.8%
2013/10/24	84	/  75	Kentucky	22	at	45	/  26	Mississippi St.	28	183	84.1%	/  80.8%
2013/11/02	45	/  33	Mississippi St.	16	at	21	/  15	South Carolina	34	161	27.0%	/  45.2%
2013/11/09	47	/  34	Mississippi St.	41	at	9	/   7	Texas A&M	51	190	16.5%	/  37.9%
2013/11/16	1	/   1	Alabama	20	at	41	/  34	Mississippi St.	7	143	3.2%	/   7.1%
2013/11/23	44	/  34	Mississippi St.	24	at	85	/  44	Arkansas	17	148	78.7%	/  58.8%
2013/11/28	36	/  30	Mississippi	10	at	47	/  32	Mississippi St.	17	191	43.5%	/  46.9%
2013/12/31	51	/  65	Rice	--	vs	42	/  32	Mississippi St.	--	--	54.9%	/  75.5%

Rice Owls Season Summary

Date	TFG	RBA	Away Team			TFG	RBA	Home Team		Plays	Odds TFG / RBA
2013/08/31	69	/  74	Rice	31	at	2	/   7	Texas A&M	52	183	7.7%	/   8.1%
2013/09/14	105	/ 105	Kansas	14	at	62	/  71	Rice	23	169	87.8%	/  66.8%
2013/09/21	68	/  70	Houston	31	vs	64	/  73	Rice	26	184	52.7%	/  52.8%
2013/09/28	110	/ 109	FL-Atlantic	14	at	65	/  75	Rice	18	182	89.0%	/  76.9%
2013/10/05	66	/  75	Rice	30	at	71	/  81	Tulsa	27	186	46.7%	/  49.3%
2013/10/12	70	/  75	Rice	27	at	95	/  99	UTSA	21	171	62.1%	/  62.1%
2013/10/19	69	/  77	Rice	45	at	122	/ 123	New Mexico St.	19	167	90.3%	/  87.7%
2013/10/26	113	/ 103	UTEP	7	at	72	/  76	Rice	45	161	85.8%	/  65.9%
2013/10/31	60	/  69	Rice	16	at	55	/  78	North Texas	28	150	33.7%	/  47.4%
2013/11/16	101	/  85	LA Tech	14	at	64	/  75	Rice	52	172	74.9%	/  60.0%
2013/11/21	53	/  65	Rice	37	at	114	/ 114	UAB	34	183	90.1%	/  78.6%
2013/11/30	78	/ 108	Tulane	13	at	60	/  63	Rice	17	163	62.1%	/  73.4%
2013/12/07	44	/  53	Marshall	24	at	57	/  65	Rice	41	174	41.3%	/  57.5%
2013/12/31	51	/  65	Rice	--	vs	42	/  32	Mississippi St.	--	--	45.1%	/  24.5%

20. National University Holiday Bowl

Monday, December 30 at 10:15 PM

Texas Tech Red Raiders (6 - 5; 4 - 5 Big XII)
vs
Arizona State Sun Devils (9 - 3; 8 - 2 Pac-12)

GUGS Score: 44.7

Eddie

Texas Tech Red Raiders
Year	WinPct		SoS		Off.		Def.		Pace
2013	0.634	41	0.539	34	19.1	32	14.6	49	180.7	1

Arizona State Sun Devils
Year	WinPct		SoS		Off.		Def.		Pace
2013	0.793	13	0.537	38	25.4	8	12.5	29	174.7	8

Arizona St. 38, Texas Tech 31 (72.3%); 177 plays.

Justin

Texas Tech Red Raiders
Year	WinPct		SoS		Off.		Def.		Pace
2013	0.572	53	0.609	29	19.2	38	17.2	62	193.5	1

Arizona State Sun Devils
Year	WinPct		SoS		Off.		Def.		Pace
2013	0.805	16	0.651	12	25.9	8	15.2	43	172.5	38

Arizona St. 39, Texas Tech 31 (75.6%); 183 plays.

Texas Tech Red Raiders Season Summary

Date	TFG	RBA	Away Team			TFG	RBA	Home Team		Plays	Odds TFG / RBA
2013/08/30	56	/  58	Texas Tech	41	at	52	/  63	SMU	23	216	44.9%	/  36.8%
2013/09/12	31	/  31	TCU	10	at	38	/  49	Texas Tech	20	187	57.6%	/  34.4%
2013/09/21	100	/  89	Texas State	7	at	38	/  43	Texas Tech	33	192	92.1%	/  77.6%
2013/10/05	25	/  41	Texas Tech	54	at	100	/  99	Kansas	16	211	88.2%	/  88.7%
2013/10/12	58	/  56	Iowa St.	35	at	31	/  37	Texas Tech	42	216	79.1%	/  63.3%
2013/10/19	31	/  38	Texas Tech	37	at	55	/  60	West Virginia	27	190	59.3%	/  64.3%
2013/10/26	36	/  37	Texas Tech	30	at	19	/   8	Oklahoma	38	176	28.0%	/  22.4%
2013/11/02	23	/  23	Oklahoma St.	52	at	39	/  38	Texas Tech	34	224	42.0%	/  44.8%
2013/11/09	15	/  18	Kansas St.	49	at	37	/  39	Texas Tech	26	181	31.6%	/  42.2%
2013/11/16	44	/  40	Texas Tech	34	vs	3	/   4	Baylor	63	214	12.1%	/  25.7%
2013/11/28	45	/  42	Texas Tech	16	at	39	/  33	Texas	41	194	46.2%	/  41.2%
2013/12/30	16	/  13	Arizona St.	--	vs	53	/  41	Texas Tech	--	--	24.4%	/  27.7%

Arizona State Sun Devils Season Summary

Date	TFG	RBA	Away Team			TFG	RBA	Home Team		Plays	Odds TFG / RBA
2013/09/14	3	/  12	Wisconsin	30	at	25	/  21	Arizona St.	32	185	30.7%	/  37.8%
2013/09/21	14	/  19	Arizona St.	28	at	8	/  10	Stanford	42	177	31.7%	/  31.3%
2013/09/28	18	/  28	USC	41	at	22	/  21	Arizona St.	62	169	56.7%	/  55.7%
2013/10/05	21	/  17	Arizona St.	34	vs	22	/  16	Notre Dame	37	179	52.2%	/  42.6%
2013/10/12	94	/ 102	Colorado	13	at	18	/  19	Arizona St.	54	169	93.7%	/  92.4%
2013/10/19	21	/  35	Washington	24	at	22	/  20	Arizona St.	53	195	62.3%	/  59.3%
2013/10/31	14	/  14	Arizona St.	55	at	63	/  60	Washington St.	21	181	75.4%	/  80.0%
2013/11/09	14	/   9	Arizona St.	20	at	42	/  57	Utah	19	169	71.1%	/  77.0%
2013/11/16	45	/  38	Oregon St.	17	at	16	/  14	Arizona St.	30	173	72.8%	/  64.9%
2013/11/23	15	/  14	Arizona St.	38	at	32	/  30	UCLA	33	171	68.7%	/  60.4%
2013/11/30	35	/  43	Arizona	21	at	15	/  15	Arizona St.	58	183	68.2%	/  75.0%
2013/12/07	9	/   9	Stanford	38	at	12	/  13	Arizona St.	14	155	49.5%	/  54.9%
2013/12/30	16	/  13	Arizona St.	--	vs	53	/  41	Texas Tech	--	--	75.6%	/  72.3%

19. Belk Bowl

Saturday, December 28 at 3:20 PM

North Carolina Tar Heels (5 - 6; 4 - 4 ACC)
vs
Cincinnati Bearcats (8 - 3; 6 - 2 American Athletic)

GUGS Score: 46.4

Justin

North Carolina Tar Heels
Year	WinPct		SoS		Off.		Def.		Pace
2013	0.598	47	0.519	64	17.2	56	14.8	38	175.4	24

Cincinnati Bearcats
Year	WinPct		SoS		Off.		Def.		Pace
2013	0.677	35	0.404	85	18.6	46	14.1	30	169.6	53

Cincinnati 28, North Carolina 27 (58.5%); 172 plays.

Eddie

North Carolina Tar Heels
Year	WinPct		SoS		Off.		Def.		Pace
2013	0.591	50	0.536	39	17.3	51	14.1	46	165.6	79

Cincinnati Bearcats
Year	WinPct		SoS		Off.		Def.		Pace
2013	0.729	21	0.496	66	17.8	45	12.3	25	169.0	36

Cincinnati 27, North Carolina 24 (66.2%); 167 plays.

North Carolina Tar Heels Season Summary

Date	TFG	RBA	Away Team			TFG	RBA	Home Team		Plays	Odds TFG / RBA
2013/08/29	47	/  47	North Carolina	10	at	10	/   5	South Carolina	27	164	24.7%	/  18.9%
2013/09/07	96	/ 100	Middle Tenn.	20	at	52	/  43	North Carolina	40	187	89.7%	/  74.4%
2013/09/21	48	/  47	North Carolina	20	at	36	/  39	Georgia Tech	28	160	29.8%	/  45.8%
2013/09/28	70	/  78	East Carolina	55	at	55	/  48	North Carolina	31	208	73.9%	/  75.4%
2013/10/05	63	/  62	North Carolina	17	at	40	/  50	Virginia Tech	27	165	24.3%	/  42.3%
2013/10/17	26	/  31	Miami-FL	27	at	72	/  61	North Carolina	23	188	29.4%	/  32.2%
2013/10/26	57	/  70	Boston College	10	at	61	/  60	North Carolina	34	161	61.1%	/  58.7%
2013/11/02	50	/  51	North Carolina	27	at	61	/  61	North Carolina St.	19	185	52.5%	/  47.6%
2013/11/09	97	/  94	Virginia	14	at	52	/  51	North Carolina	45	187	81.4%	/  75.2%
2013/11/16	49	/  49	North Carolina	34	at	53	/  59	Pittsburgh	27	169	53.5%	/  40.0%
2013/11/30	54	/  56	Duke	27	at	48	/  50	North Carolina	25	184	56.2%	/  54.5%
2013/12/28	35	/  21	Cincinnati	--	vs	47	/  50	North Carolina	--	--	41.5%	/  33.8%

Cincinnati Bearcats Season Summary

Date	TFG	RBA	Away Team			TFG	RBA	Home Team		Plays	Odds TFG / RBA
2013/08/31	80	/  76	Purdue	7	at	27	/  29	Cincinnati	42	148	81.7%	/  78.2%
2013/09/07	16	/  17	Cincinnati	17	at	109	/ 109	Illinois	45	178	92.2%	/  89.9%
2013/09/21	56	/  26	Cincinnati	14	at	122	/ 121	Miami-OH	0	159	92.6%	/  96.1%
2013/10/05	42	/  26	Cincinnati	20	at	107	/ 113	South Florida	26	148	87.0%	/  90.2%
2013/10/11	108	/  97	Temple	20	at	57	/  30	Cincinnati	38	165	87.5%	/  86.9%
2013/10/19	92	/  96	Connecticut	16	at	57	/  25	Cincinnati	41	165	85.0%	/  84.5%
2013/10/30	52	/  22	Cincinnati	34	at	76	/  87	Memphis	21	165	53.9%	/  83.5%
2013/11/09	77	/  75	SMU	25	at	50	/  25	Cincinnati	28	167	72.5%	/  80.0%
2013/11/16	54	/  27	Cincinnati	52	at	68	/  66	Rutgers	17	189	61.0%	/  76.2%
2013/11/23	41	/  19	Cincinnati	24	vs	25	/  43	Houston	17	194	41.5%	/  58.1%
2013/12/05	8	/  17	Louisville	31	at	37	/  21	Cincinnati	24	182	24.6%	/  58.4%
2013/12/28	35	/  21	Cincinnati	--	vs	47	/  50	North Carolina	--	--	58.5%	/  66.2%

13. Sheraton Hawaii Bowl

Tuesday, December 24 at 8:00 PM

Oregon State Beavers (6 - 5; 4 - 5 Pac-12)
vs
Boise State Broncos (7 - 4; 6 - 2 Mountain West)

GUGS Score: 53.2

Eddie

Oregon State Beavers
Year	WinPct		SoS		Off.		Def.		Pace
2013	0.612	48	0.550	13	19.7	29	15.0	52	171.2	21

Boise State Broncos
Year	WinPct		SoS		Off.		Def.		Pace
2013	0.664	36	0.461	95	18.9	38	13.1	37	169.0	37

Oregon St. 31, Boise St. 27 (56.9%); 170 plays.

Justin

Oregon State Beavers
Year	WinPct		SoS		Off.		Def.		Pace
2013	0.566	55	0.598	35	19.0	41	17.2	67	167.3	68

Boise State Broncos
Year	WinPct		SoS		Off.		Def.		Pace
2013	0.728	28	0.382	95	19.4	34	13.4	22	171.9	40

Boise St. 31, Oregon St. 27 (67.3%); 169 plays.

Oregon State Beavers Season Summary

Date	TFG	RBA	Away Team			TFG	RBA	Home Team		Plays	Odds TFG / RBA
2013/09/07	113	/ 105	Hawaii	14	at	19	/  21	Oregon St.	33	169	97.4%	/  93.7%
2013/09/14	24	/  26	Oregon St.	51	at	36	/  55	Utah	48	178	44.4%	/  72.5%
2013/09/21	39	/  38	Oregon St.	34	at	78	/  62	SDSU	30	173	67.9%	/  60.6%
2013/09/28	93	/ 102	Colorado	17	at	46	/  40	Oregon St.	44	193	90.1%	/  91.9%
2013/10/12	39	/  40	Oregon St.	52	at	62	/  66	Washington St.	24	182	55.4%	/  69.0%
2013/10/19	35	/  34	Oregon St.	49	at	86	/  85	California	17	179	75.5%	/  77.5%
2013/10/26	8	/  10	Stanford	20	at	34	/  32	Oregon St.	12	156	42.3%	/  37.3%
2013/11/01	24	/  28	USC	31	at	38	/  34	Oregon St.	14	152	43.3%	/  53.4%
2013/11/16	45	/  38	Oregon St.	17	at	16	/  14	Arizona St.	30	173	27.2%	/  35.1%
2013/11/23	26	/  24	Washington	69	at	46	/  40	Oregon St.	27	184	39.6%	/  39.1%
2013/11/29	53	/  49	Oregon St.	35	at	12	/   7	Oregon	36	192	19.2%	/  19.7%
2013/12/24	28	/  36	Boise St.	--	vs	55	/  48	Oregon St.	--	--	32.7%	/  56.9%

Boise State Broncos Season Summary

Date	TFG	RBA	Away Team			TFG	RBA	Home Team		Plays	Odds TFG / RBA
2013/08/31	17	/  19	Boise St.	6	at	58	/  40	Washington	38	196	74.8%	/  74.6%
2013/09/13	92	/  91	Air Force	20	at	53	/  43	Boise St.	42	152	86.8%	/  87.0%
2013/09/20	45	/  42	Boise St.	40	at	50	/  51	Fresno St.	41	212	42.1%	/  43.2%
2013/09/28	117	/ 115	Southern Miss.	7	at	52	/  45	Boise St.	60	174	95.4%	/  90.5%
2013/10/12	27	/  39	Boise St.	34	at	41	/  31	Utah St.	23	188	50.8%	/  38.4%
2013/10/19	80	/  83	Nevada	17	at	24	/  29	Boise St.	34	171	90.5%	/  80.3%
2013/10/25	21	/  34	Boise St.	20	at	18	/  19	BYU	37	210	35.2%	/  40.8%
2013/11/02	29	/  35	Boise St.	42	at	90	/  81	Colorado St.	30	191	83.6%	/  81.6%
2013/11/16	91	/  92	Wyoming	7	at	26	/  36	Boise St.	48	189	86.4%	/  81.2%
2013/11/23	24	/  32	Boise St.	31	at	68	/  71	SDSU	34	184	79.4%	/  73.1%
2013/11/30	97	/ 106	New Mexico	17	at	26	/  36	Boise St.	45	162	89.5%	/  89.6%
2013/12/24	28	/  36	Boise St.	--	vs	55	/  48	Oregon St.	--	--	67.3%	/  43.1%

8. San Diego Country Credit Union Poinettia Bowl

Thursday, December 26 at 9:30 PM

Northern Illinois Huskies (11 - 1; 8 - 1 Mid-American)
vs
Utah State Aggies (7 - 5; 7 - 2 Mountain West)

GUGS Score: 56.2

Justin

Northern Illinois Huskies
Year	WinPct		SoS		Off.		Def.		Pace
2013	0.635	41	0.273	121	21.2	24	17.2	66	181.1	11

Utah State Aggies
Year	WinPct		SoS		Off.		Def.		Pace
2013	0.744	25	0.413	79	15.4	79	10.3	4	168.9	60

Utah St. 28, Northern Ill. 27 (62.6%); 175 plays.

Eddie

Northern Illinois Huskies
Year	WinPct		SoS		Off.		Def.		Pace
2013	0.658	38	0.436	118	19.4	30	16.1	63	166.8	66

Utah State Aggies
Year	WinPct		SoS		Off.		Def.		Pace
2013	0.681	34	0.495	67	15.5	73	10.6	7	169.8	31

Northern Ill. 28, Utah St. 24 (52.9%); 168 plays.

Northern Illinois Huskies Season Summary

Date	TFG	RBA	Away Team			TFG	RBA	Home Team		Plays	Odds TFG / RBA
2013/08/31	28	/  46	Northern Ill.	30	at	68	/  69	Iowa	27	198	75.2%	/  65.2%
2013/09/14	48	/  52	Northern Ill.	45	at	123	/ 123	Idaho	35	200	94.9%	/  95.7%
2013/09/28	68	/  52	Northern Ill.	55	at	88	/  82	Purdue	24	175	55.6%	/  69.3%
2013/10/05	54	/  49	Northern Ill.	38	at	95	/  87	Kent St.	24	187	74.5%	/  74.7%
2013/10/12	117	/ 117	Akron	20	at	52	/  45	Northern Ill.	27	202	94.9%	/  88.2%
2013/10/19	56	/  46	Northern Ill.	38	at	115	/ 114	Central Michigan	17	170	82.5%	/  91.3%
2013/10/26	117	/ 118	Eastern Michigan	20	at	52	/  48	Northern Ill.	59	179	95.6%	/  93.3%
2013/11/02	51	/  49	Northern Ill.	63	at	125	/ 124	Massachusetts	19	163	96.7%	/  97.4%
2013/11/13	65	/  63	Ball St.	27	at	56	/  48	Northern Ill.	48	181	62.2%	/  62.5%
2013/11/20	45	/  36	Northern Ill.	35	at	48	/  66	Toledo	17	173	50.9%	/  62.6%
2013/11/26	117	/ 115	Western Michigan	14	at	45	/  36	Northern Ill.	33	164	93.8%	/  91.4%
2013/12/06	20	/  40	Bowling Green	47	vs	40	/  38	Northern Ill.	27	175	33.8%	/  53.4%
2013/12/26	25	/  34	Utah St.	--	vs	41	/  38	Northern Ill.	--	--	37.4%	/  52.9%

Utah State Aggies Season Summary

Date	TFG	RBA	Away Team			TFG	RBA	Home Team		Plays	Odds TFG / RBA
2013/08/29	18	/  22	Utah St.	26	at	67	/  62	Utah	30	179	78.3%	/  63.4%
2013/09/07	48	/  29	Utah St.	52	at	87	/  86	Air Force	20	182	67.5%	/  82.3%
2013/09/21	34	/  24	Utah St.	14	at	21	/  27	USC	17	166	30.8%	/  47.7%
2013/09/27	41	/  26	Utah St.	40	at	78	/  71	SJSU	12	215	67.6%	/  70.0%
2013/10/04	34	/  20	BYU	31	at	30	/  30	Utah St.	14	199	61.3%	/  51.1%
2013/10/12	27	/  39	Boise St.	34	at	41	/  31	Utah St.	23	188	49.2%	/  61.6%
2013/10/19	39	/  37	Utah St.	45	at	98	/ 101	New Mexico	10	154	79.5%	/  89.8%
2013/11/02	104	/ 104	Hawaii	10	at	35	/  30	Utah St.	47	182	90.9%	/  87.6%
2013/11/09	25	/  32	Utah St.	28	at	111	/ 107	UNLV	24	177	91.0%	/  90.5%
2013/11/23	78	/  73	Colorado St.	0	at	29	/  37	Utah St.	13	167	78.5%	/  78.7%
2013/11/30	102	/  95	Wyoming	7	at	28	/  34	Utah St.	35	161	90.1%	/  86.2%
2013/12/07	23	/  34	Utah St.	17	at	45	/  49	Fresno St.	24	187	66.2%	/  44.2%
2013/12/26	25	/  34	Utah St.	--	vs	41	/  38	Northern Ill.	--	--	62.6%	/  47.1%

Follow us on Twitter at @TFGridiron and @TFGLiveOdds.