Saturday, December 21, 2013

2013 - 2014 Bowl Previews: Part III


Today is Part III of our 2013 - 2014 bowl preview series. Today we'll examine the
  • Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl
    Texas A&M Aggies vs Duke Blue Devils
  • Texas Bowl
    Minnesota Golden Gophers vs Syracuse Orange
  • Gildan New Mexico Bowl
    Colorado State Rams vs Washington State Cougars
  • Famous Idaho Potato Bowl
    San Diego State Aztecs vs Buffalo Bulls
  • Royal Purple Las Vegas Bowl
    USC Trojans vs Fresno State Bulldogs
Full previews after the jump ....

26. Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl

Tuesday, December 31 at 8:00 PM

Texas A&M Aggies (7 - 4; 4 - 4 SEC)
vs
Duke Blue Devils (9 - 3; 6 - 3 ACC)
GUGS Score: 38.9

Eddie

Texas A&M Aggies
Year WinPct SoS Off. Def. Pace
2013 0.795 12 0.554 9 27.6 3 13.0 35 173.9 10
Duke Blue Devils
Year WinPct SoS Off. Def. Pace
2013 0.557 56 0.534 46 17.4 48 15.7 58 167.9 58

Texas A&M 45, Duke 20 (80.5%); 170 plays.

Justin

Texas A&M Aggies
Year WinPct SoS Off. Def. Pace
2013 0.808 15 0.653 11 26.8 5 15.6 48 178.5 18
Duke Blue Devils
Year WinPct SoS Off. Def. Pace
2013 0.536 58 0.566 49 17.7 52 16.8 59 172.7 37

Texas A&M 38, Duke 29 (78.4%); 175 plays.


Texas A&M Aggies 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  92.3% /  91.9%
2013/09/14   1 /   1 Alabama 49 at   7 /  13 Texas A&M 42 167  27.1% /  17.8%
2013/09/21  59 /  64 SMU 13 at   4 /  11 Texas A&M 42 202  92.4% /  80.3%
2013/09/28   4 /   7 Texas A&M 45 at  39 /  36 Arkansas 33 164  73.7% /  64.1%
2013/10/12  10 /   8 Texas A&M 41 at  53 /  32 Mississippi 38 186  78.8% /  61.1%
2013/10/19  42 /  44 Auburn 45 at  11 /   8 Texas A&M 41 196  84.3% /  78.0%
2013/10/26  46 /  47 Vanderbilt 24 at  12 /  18 Texas A&M 56 178  82.5% /  74.2%
2013/11/02 113 / 113 UTEP 7 at  11 /  12 Texas A&M 57 149  97.4% /  91.6%
2013/11/09  47 /  34 Mississippi St. 41 at   9 /   7 Texas A&M 51 190  83.5% /  62.1%
2013/11/23   9 /   9 Texas A&M 10 at  10 /   6 LSU 34 161  53.0% /  46.6%
2013/11/30  14 /  10 Texas A&M 21 at  11 /  11 Missouri 28 173  47.7% /  47.9%
2013/12/31  58 /  56 Duke -- vs  15 /  12 Texas A&M -- --  78.4% /  80.5%


Duke Blue Devils Season Summary
Date TFG RBA Away Team       TFG RBA Home Team Plays Odds
TFG / RBA
2013/09/07  71 /  68 Duke 28 at  95 / 117 Memphis 14 164  54.5% /  85.3%
2013/09/14  43 /  50 Georgia Tech 38 at  72 /  76 Duke 14 166  41.3% /  38.2%
2013/09/21  44 /  58 Pittsburgh 58 at  83 /  85 Duke 55 181  33.7% /  35.7%
2013/09/28 115 / 111 Troy 31 at  74 /  79 Duke 38 190  87.4% /  52.5%
2013/10/12  67 /  91 Navy 7 at  77 /  77 Duke 35 158  52.2% /  61.7%
2013/10/19  63 /  71 Duke 35 at  85 /  90 Virginia 22 194  53.0% /  61.6%
2013/10/26  60 /  69 Duke 13 at  31 /  41 Virginia Tech 10 162  18.4% /  29.9%
2013/11/09  65 /  67 North Carolina St. 20 at  60 /  63 Duke 38 179  58.6% /  55.5%
2013/11/16  48 /  52 Miami-FL 30 at  58 /  61 Duke 48 183  43.0% /  35.1%
2013/11/23  55 /  55 Duke 28 at  94 /  85 Wake Forest 21 161  80.0% /  64.0%
2013/11/30  54 /  56 Duke 27 at  48 /  50 North Carolina 25 184  43.8% /  45.5%
2013/12/07  55 /  56 Duke 7 vs   2 /   2 Florida St. 45 176   4.2% /   5.3%
2013/12/31  58 /  56 Duke -- vs  15 /  12 Texas A&M -- --  21.6% /  19.5%


24. Texas Bowl

Friday, December 27 at 6:00 PM

Minnesota Golden Gophers (7 - 4; 4 - 4 Big Ten)
vs
Syracuse Orange (5 - 6; 4 - 4 ACC)
GUGS Score: 39.1

Justin

Minnesota Golden Gophers
Year WinPct SoS Off. Def. Pace
2013 0.501 62 0.581 43 15.3 80 15.3 44 150.5 124
Syracuse Orange
Year WinPct SoS Off. Def. Pace
2013 0.427 72 0.591 37 13.5 102 15.0 40 169.7 50

Minnesota 24, Syracuse 23 (57.3%); 160 plays.

Eddie

Minnesota Golden Gophers
Year WinPct SoS Off. Def. Pace
2013 0.563 55 0.531 49 17.5 46 15.1 53 165.1 87
Syracuse Orange
Year WinPct SoS Off. Def. Pace
2013 0.500 61 0.542 29 14.0 84 14.0 45 165.0 90

Minnesota 31, Syracuse 20 (57.9%); 165 plays.


Minnesota Golden Gophers Season Summary
Date TFG RBA Away Team       TFG RBA Home Team Plays Odds
TFG / RBA
2013/08/29 114 / 109 UNLV 23 at  87 /  81 Minnesota 51 170  70.8% /  62.0%
2013/09/07  73 /  66 Minnesota 44 at 123 / 122 New Mexico St. 21 163  90.6% /  85.7%
2013/09/21  62 /  60 SJSU 24 at  77 /  66 Minnesota 43 156  50.4% /  59.9%
2013/09/28  34 /  31 Iowa 23 at  67 /  57 Minnesota 7 141  35.1% /  44.3%
2013/10/05  70 /  64 Minnesota 13 at  32 /  24 Michigan 42 135  16.8% /  24.3%
2013/10/19  81 /  70 Minnesota 20 at  48 /  40 Northwestern 17 164  19.4% /  29.8%
2013/10/26  26 /  38 Nebraska 23 at  76 /  63 Minnesota 34 156  25.9% /  29.2%
2013/11/02  66 /  56 Minnesota 42 at  44 /  65 Indiana 39 182  30.5% /  49.6%
2013/11/09  40 /  40 Penn State 10 at  64 /  55 Minnesota 24 149  37.3% /  34.4%
2013/11/23   3 /   3 Wisconsin 20 at  61 /  54 Minnesota 7 148   8.4% /  13.2%
2013/11/30  63 /  54 Minnesota 3 at   4 /   5 Michigan St. 14 145  10.8% /  17.8%
2013/12/27  72 /  61 Syracuse -- vs  62 /  55 Minnesota -- --  57.3% /  57.9%


Syracuse Orange Season Summary
Date TFG RBA Away Team       TFG RBA Home Team Plays Odds
TFG / RBA
2013/08/31  24 /  21 Penn State 23 vs  40 /  44 Syracuse 17 175  39.7% /  69.7%
2013/09/07  39 /  46 Syracuse 27 at  37 /  30 Northwestern 48 191  34.9% /  43.2%
2013/09/21 103 / 110 Tulane 17 at  51 /  56 Syracuse 52 168  89.1% /  95.7%
2013/10/05   4 /   8 Clemson 49 at  43 /  51 Syracuse 14 187  27.9% /  25.7%
2013/10/12  48 /  55 Syracuse 24 at  56 /  53 North Carolina St. 10 185  45.7% /  42.6%
2013/10/19  41 /  50 Syracuse 0 at  45 /  47 Georgia Tech 56 152  40.2% /  44.3%
2013/11/02  79 /  77 Wake Forest 0 at  73 /  66 Syracuse 13 181  58.4% /  71.6%
2013/11/09  69 /  61 Syracuse 20 at  82 /  73 Maryland 3 171  57.3% /  44.1%
2013/11/16  63 /  60 Syracuse 3 at   2 /   2 Florida St. 59 146   4.0% /   7.3%
2013/11/23  56 /  59 Pittsburgh 17 at  74 /  63 Syracuse 16 166  33.7% /  50.0%
2013/11/30  66 /  65 Boston College 31 at  76 /  60 Syracuse 34 171  43.0% /  52.5%
2013/12/27  72 /  61 Syracuse -- vs  62 /  55 Minnesota -- --  42.7% /  42.1%


22. Gildan New Mexico Bowl

Saturday, December 21 at 2:00 PM

Colorado State Rams (6 - 6; 5 - 3 Mountain West)
vs
Washington State Cougars (5 - 6; 4 - 5 Pac-12)
GUGS Score: 43.6

Eddie

Colorado State Rams
Year WinPct SoS Off. Def. Pace
2013 0.458 71 0.477 81 17.0 56 17.5 77 161.9 113
Washington State Cougars
Year WinPct SoS Off. Def. Pace
2013 0.531 58 0.541 31 16.7 61 15.2 54 173.3 11

Colorado St. 28, Washington St. 27 (59.6%); 167 plays.

Justin

Colorado State Rams
Year WinPct SoS Off. Def. Pace
2013 0.413 73 0.368 102 16.6 63 18.9 85 166.4 74
Washington State Cougars
Year WinPct SoS Off. Def. Pace
2013 0.464 67 0.627 23 15.9 69 16.8 60 175.0 27

Washington St. 29, Colorado St. 28 (55.2%); 170 plays.


Colorado State Rams Season Summary
Date TFG RBA Away Team       TFG RBA Home Team Plays Odds
TFG / RBA
2013/09/01 122 / 117 Colorado 41 vs  98 / 110 Colorado St. 27 186  77.2% /  64.1%
2013/09/07 112 / 110 Colorado St. 27 at  67 /  65 Tulsa 30 183   9.9% /  13.6%
2013/09/21 108 / 104 Colorado St. 6 at   1 /   1 Alabama 31 138   0.5% /   0.7%
2013/09/28 101 / 100 UTEP 42 at 102 /  98 Colorado St. 59 182  60.0% /  58.0%
2013/10/12  88 /  76 SJSU 34 at 104 /  94 Colorado St. 27 163  48.3% /  29.2%
2013/10/19 101 /  91 Colorado St. 52 at  77 /  74 Wyoming 22 177  20.6% /  35.2%
2013/10/26  86 /  82 Colorado St. 35 at 106 / 105 Hawaii 28 199  51.8% /  42.7%
2013/11/02  29 /  35 Boise St. 42 at  90 /  81 Colorado St. 30 191  16.4% /  18.4%
2013/11/09  87 /  89 Nevada 17 at  86 /  80 Colorado St. 38 166  54.9% /  54.5%
2013/11/16  82 /  76 Colorado St. 66 at 102 / 103 New Mexico 42 163  62.5% /  67.3%
2013/11/23  78 /  73 Colorado St. 0 at  29 /  37 Utah St. 13 167  21.5% /  21.3%
2013/11/30 107 / 104 Air Force 13 at  83 /  71 Colorado St. 58 172  69.6% /  70.3%
2013/12/21  67 /  58 Washington St. -- vs  73 /  71 Colorado St. -- --  44.8% /  59.6%


Washington State Cougars Season Summary
Date TFG RBA Away Team       TFG RBA Home Team Plays Odds
TFG / RBA
2013/08/31  99 /  94 Washington St. 24 at  92 /  72 Auburn 31 181  42.7% /  32.5%
2013/09/07  97 /  93 Washington St. 10 at  20 /  24 USC 7 147   5.2% /   9.8%
2013/09/21 120 / 122 Idaho 0 at  69 /  84 Washington St. 42 159  93.0% /  87.6%
2013/09/28  13 /   9 Stanford 55 vs  50 /  63 Washington St. 17 178  24.5% /  10.6%
2013/10/05  64 /  68 Washington St. 44 at  65 /  69 California 22 212  41.7% /  45.6%
2013/10/12  39 /  40 Oregon St. 52 at  62 /  66 Washington St. 24 182  44.6% /  31.0%
2013/10/19  68 /  66 Washington St. 38 at   3 /   3 Oregon 62 210   4.1% /   8.3%
2013/10/31  14 /  14 Arizona St. 55 at  63 /  60 Washington St. 21 181  24.6% /  20.0%
2013/11/16  70 /  65 Washington St. 24 at  46 /  46 Arizona 17 187  32.2% /  38.3%
2013/11/23  50 /  57 Utah 37 at  67 /  60 Washington St. 49 191  35.3% /  54.7%
2013/11/29  68 /  57 Washington St. 17 at  23 /  20 Washington 27 183  22.0% /  25.0%
2013/12/21  67 /  58 Washington St. -- vs  73 /  71 Colorado St. -- --  55.2% /  40.4%


21. Famous Idaho Potato Bowl

Saturday, December 21 at 5:30 PM

San Diego State Aztecs (7 - 4; 6 - 2 Mountain West)
vs
Buffalo Bulls (7 - 4; 6 - 2 Mid-American)
GUGS Score: 43.7

Justin

San Diego State Aztecs
Year WinPct SoS Off. Def. Pace
2013 0.405 76 0.402 86 15.5 77 18.0 76 163.5 82
Buffalo Bulls
Year WinPct SoS Off. Def. Pace
2013 0.590 49 0.335 108 15.4 78 13.4 20 169.2 59

Buffalo 27, SDSU 24 (67.9%); 166 plays.

Eddie

San Diego State Aztecs
Year WinPct SoS Off. Def. Pace
2013 0.488 64 0.487 71 16.4 67 18.0 81 168.8 43
Buffalo Bulls
Year WinPct SoS Off. Def. Pace
2013 0.386 82 0.448 109 14.0 85 18.1 83 166.7 67

SDSU 34, Buffalo 24 (63.9%); 167 plays.


San Diego State Aztecs Season Summary
Date TFG RBA Away Team       TFG RBA Home Team Plays Odds
TFG / RBA
2013/09/07  57 /  51 SDSU 7 at  23 /  16 Ohio St. 42 164  20.2% /  35.0%
2013/09/21  39 /  38 Oregon St. 34 at  78 /  62 SDSU 30 173  32.1% /  39.4%
2013/09/28  66 /  60 SDSU 26 at 120 / 122 New Mexico St. 16 166  91.6% /  91.9%
2013/10/04  81 /  84 Nevada 44 at  69 /  66 SDSU 51 207  67.3% /  66.8%
2013/10/10  73 /  68 SDSU 27 at 103 / 105 Air Force 20 158  63.9% /  71.0%
2013/10/26  48 /  52 Fresno St. 35 at  71 /  67 SDSU 28 194  46.5% /  38.3%
2013/11/02 110 / 105 New Mexico 30 at  67 /  68 SDSU 35 147  80.7% /  73.6%
2013/11/09  68 /  71 SDSU 34 at  76 /  77 SJSU 30 168  52.9% /  46.8%
2013/11/16  66 /  68 SDSU 28 at 107 / 105 Hawaii 21 188  76.5% /  75.0%
2013/11/23  24 /  32 Boise St. 31 at  68 /  71 SDSU 34 184  20.6% /  26.9%
2013/11/30  67 /  64 SDSU 19 at  93 /  91 UNLV 45 162  68.4% /  69.5%
2013/12/21  49 /  82 Buffalo -- vs  76 /  64 SDSU -- --  32.1% /  63.9%


Buffalo Bulls Season Summary
Date TFG RBA Away Team       TFG RBA Home Team Plays Odds
TFG / RBA
2013/08/31 111 / 111 Buffalo 20 at  19 /  17 Ohio St. 40 163   6.4% /   8.1%
2013/09/07 108 / 107 Buffalo 13 at  24 /  34 Baylor 70 187   3.9% /  13.0%
2013/09/28  63 /  90 Connecticut 12 at 111 / 113 Buffalo 41 159  20.9% /  63.7%
2013/10/05 117 / 119 Eastern Michigan 14 at  89 /  95 Buffalo 42 152  84.7% /  53.5%
2013/10/12  86 /  89 Buffalo 33 at 116 / 116 Western Michigan 0 166  72.8% /  62.8%
2013/10/19 124 / 124 Massachusetts 3 at  70 /  88 Buffalo 32 161  97.8% /  89.1%
2013/10/26  55 /  89 Buffalo 41 at  97 /  90 Kent St. 21 161  67.4% /  45.8%
2013/11/05  69 / 101 Ohio 3 at  49 /  85 Buffalo 30 163  65.7% /  60.6%
2013/11/12  39 /  84 Buffalo 41 at  57 /  62 Toledo 51 190  59.2% /  36.5%
2013/11/19  50 /  83 Buffalo 44 at 124 / 124 Miami-OH 7 172  97.6% /  85.1%
2013/11/29  24 /  40 Bowling Green 24 vs  46 /  83 Buffalo 7 170  36.3% /  22.5%
2013/12/21  49 /  82 Buffalo -- vs  76 /  64 SDSU -- --  67.9% /  36.1%


15. Royal Purple Las Vegas Bowl

Saturday, December 21 at 3:30 PM

USC Trojans (9 - 4; 6 - 3 Pac-12)
vs
Fresno State Bulldogs (10 - 1; 8 - 1 Mountain West)
GUGS Score: 51.0

Eddie

USC Trojans
Year WinPct SoS Off. Def. Pace
2013 0.708 27 0.536 42 19.1 33 12.6 30 166.5 72
Fresno State Bulldogs
Year WinPct SoS Off. Def. Pace
2013 0.596 49 0.488 68 21.2 22 16.1 62 168.8 42

USC 34, Fresno St. 24 (65.0%); 167 plays.

Justin

USC Trojans
Year WinPct SoS Off. Def. Pace
2013 0.682 33 0.556 52 18.7 45 14.0 28 155.8 117
Fresno State Bulldogs
Year WinPct SoS Off. Def. Pace
2013 0.656 39 0.350 105 21.1 25 16.6 57 179.6 16

USC 30, Fresno St. 28 (52.9%); 167 plays.


USC Trojans Season Summary
Date TFG RBA Away Team       TFG RBA Home Team Plays Odds
TFG / RBA
2013/08/29  21 /  16 USC 30 at 115 / 114 Hawaii 13 177  94.0% /  95.8%
2013/09/07  97 /  93 Washington St. 10 at  20 /  24 USC 7 147  94.8% /  90.2%
2013/09/14  86 /  85 Boston College 7 at  34 /  37 USC 35 137  88.6% /  87.0%
2013/09/21  34 /  24 Utah St. 14 at  21 /  27 USC 17 166  69.2% /  52.3%
2013/09/28  18 /  28 USC 41 at  22 /  21 Arizona St. 62 169  43.3% /  44.3%
2013/10/10  36 /  46 Arizona 31 at  25 /  41 USC 38 184  67.2% /  57.9%
2013/10/19  30 /  39 USC 10 at  28 /  16 Notre Dame 14 160  37.5% /  34.1%
2013/10/26  37 /  56 Utah 3 at  30 /  36 USC 19 156  67.6% /  59.6%
2013/11/01  24 /  28 USC 31 at  38 /  34 Oregon St. 14 152  56.7% /  46.6%
2013/11/09  21 /  23 USC 62 at  90 /  91 California 28 180  88.6% /  86.1%
2013/11/16  10 /  13 Stanford 17 at  22 /  24 USC 20 150  36.5% /  42.1%
2013/11/23  23 /  22 USC 47 at 111 / 100 Colorado 29 163  94.0% /  92.7%
2013/11/30  30 /  29 UCLA 35 at  27 /  28 USC 14 156  53.2% /  53.5%
2013/12/21  39 /  49 Fresno St. -- vs  33 /  27 USC -- --  52.9% /  65.0%


Fresno State Bulldogs Season Summary
Date TFG RBA Away Team       TFG RBA Home Team Plays Odds
TFG / RBA
2013/08/29  42 /  35 Rutgers 51 at  44 /  53 Fresno St. 52 209  48.5% /  50.1%
2013/09/20  45 /  42 Boise St. 40 at  50 /  51 Fresno St. 41 212  57.9% /  56.8%
2013/09/28  56 /  49 Fresno St. 42 at 116 / 108 Hawaii 37 210  87.0% /  81.8%
2013/10/05  58 /  55 Fresno St. 61 at 120 / 120 Idaho 14 213  92.4% /  94.9%
2013/10/19 110 / 110 UNLV 14 at  49 /  52 Fresno St. 38 179  91.4% /  83.6%
2013/10/26  48 /  52 Fresno St. 35 at  71 /  67 SDSU 28 194  53.5% /  61.7%
2013/11/02  88 /  86 Nevada 23 at  48 /  50 Fresno St. 41 183  78.7% /  71.3%
2013/11/09  49 /  49 Fresno St. 48 at  84 /  83 Wyoming 10 181  70.9% /  71.4%
2013/11/23  97 / 104 New Mexico 28 at  40 /  45 Fresno St. 69 168  85.1% /  82.5%
2013/11/29  37 /  44 Fresno St. 52 at  84 /  80 SJSU 62 188  78.3% /  74.7%
2013/12/07  23 /  34 Utah St. 17 at  45 /  49 Fresno St. 24 187  33.8% /  55.8%
2013/12/21  39 /  49 Fresno St. -- vs  33 /  27 USC -- --  47.1% /  35.0%


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