Pinstripe Bowl Side
Top Pick- Rutgers +1 vs Iowa St
Music City Bowl
Top Picks Miss St/Wake under 48.5 and Miss St -7
Armed Forces Bowl- No official pick on this one. I lean towards BYU but barely. Staying away.
Rutgers- Been a couple of quiet years for Rutgers since their splash on to the national scene under HC Schiano and don't think that the Rutgers faithful and Schiano have not noticed this. The Rutgers team will be highly motivated to put on a good show in NYC and to kick start their recruiting effort going into an uncertain Big East future.
Looking at the talent on both teams, they are probably pretty even although it is hard to distinguish between the two. Iowa St had their signature win against OK St but that was more on OK st playing horribly than Iowa St playing well. Rutgers had a few nice wins in the Big East but that does not mean much as we know.
I think the intangible goes to Rutgers playing in front of a pro Rutgers crowd and the need for Schiano to come out with a big effort to get momentum going back in his favor as the deciding factor in a win for the Scarlet Knights.
Miss St- The Bulldogs had pretty high expectations for this season but fell short- mainly due to playing in the ultra rugged SEC West and having to play very stiff competition. HC Mullens showed last year that he could get his team prepared to play at a high level in the bowl game and I do think that he will have his team ready to go again.
Wake had some nice moments this year but they are a young team and does not have the same talent as the Bulldogs. This will show itself when Wake has the ball- look for the Deacons to struggle mightily against a Bulldogs defense that will handle them with superior speed and strength.
I don't expect the Bulldogs to light up the scoreboard but they will do enough to cover the 7.
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