Saturday, December 28, 2013

2013 - 2014 Bowl Previews: Part VI


Today is Part VI of our 2013 - 2014 bowl preview series. Today we'll examine the
  • Allstate Sugar Bowl
    Alabama Crimson Tide vs Oklahoma Sooners
  • Outback Bowl
    LSU Tigers vs Iowa Hawkeyes
  • Discover BCS National Championship Game
    Auburn Tigers vs Florida State Seminoles
  • Tostitos Fiesta Bowl
    Baylor Bears vs UCF Knights
  • Buffalo Wild Wings Bowl
    Kansas State Wildcats vs Michigan Wolverines
Full previews after the jump ....

12. Allstate Sugar Bowl

Thursday, January 2 at 8:30 PM

Alabama Crimson Tide (10 - 1; 7 - 1 SEC)
vs
Oklahoma Sooners (10 - 2; 7 - 2 Big XII)
GUGS Score: 54.6

Justin

Alabama Crimson Tide
Year WinPct SoS Off. Def. Pace
2013 0.969 2 0.592 36 27.2 4 7.5 1 147.5 125
Oklahoma Sooners
Year WinPct SoS Off. Def. Pace
2013 0.791 19 0.609 28 23.2 13 14.0 29 161.5 92

Alabama 31, Oklahoma 23 (89.1%); 154 plays.

Eddie

Alabama Crimson Tide
Year WinPct SoS Off. Def. Pace
2013 0.948 1 0.548 19 26.3 5 6.6 1 155.7 125
Oklahoma Sooners
Year WinPct SoS Off. Def. Pace
2013 0.797 11 0.550 16 22.2 18 10.6 9 171.6 17

Alabama 38, Oklahoma 20 (86.1%); 163 plays.


Alabama Crimson Tide Season Summary
Date TFG RBA Away Team       TFG RBA Home Team Plays Odds
TFG / RBA
2013/08/31   1 /   1 Alabama 35 vs  45 /  50 Virginia Tech 10 157  96.8% /  95.7%
2013/09/14   1 /   1 Alabama 49 at   7 /  13 Texas A&M 42 167  72.9% /  82.2%
2013/09/21 108 / 104 Colorado St. 6 at   1 /   1 Alabama 31 138  99.5% /  99.3%
2013/09/28  31 /  19 Mississippi 0 at   1 /   2 Alabama 25 152  94.0% /  89.8%
2013/10/05  NA / 125 Georgia State 3 at   1 /   1 Alabama 45 134  99.9% /  99.9%
2013/10/12   1 /   1 Alabama 48 at  76 /  73 Kentucky 7 158  97.2% /  96.9%
2013/10/19  66 /  41 Arkansas 0 at   1 /   1 Alabama 52 142  98.7% /  89.2%
2013/10/26  51 /  55 Tennessee 10 at   1 /   1 Alabama 45 142  98.6% /  94.6%
2013/11/09  11 /   5 LSU 17 at   1 /   1 Alabama 38 136  92.4% /  81.8%
2013/11/16   1 /   1 Alabama 20 at  41 /  34 Mississippi St. 7 143  96.8% /  92.9%
2013/11/30   1 /   1 Alabama 28 at  21 /  21 Auburn 34 160  92.9% /  90.6%
2014/01/02  19 /  11 Oklahoma -- vs   2 /   1 Alabama -- --  89.1% /  86.1%


Oklahoma Sooners Season Summary
Date TFG RBA Away Team       TFG RBA Home Team Plays Odds
TFG / RBA
2013/08/31  73 /  77 LA-Monroe 0 at  14 /  12 Oklahoma 34 173  85.0% /  84.6%
2013/09/07  34 /  39 West Virginia 7 at   4 /   7 Oklahoma 16 171  89.7% /  68.0%
2013/09/14  63 /  67 Tulsa 20 at   6 /   5 Oklahoma 51 168  94.6% /  89.6%
2013/09/28   6 /   4 Oklahoma 35 at  20 /  13 Notre Dame 21 155  53.0% /  27.1%
2013/10/05  26 /  27 TCU 17 at   7 /   3 Oklahoma 20 150  79.4% /  82.1%
2013/10/12  11 /   3 Oklahoma 20 vs  44 /  33 Texas 36 168  79.5% /  79.7%
2013/10/19  14 /   4 Oklahoma 34 at 105 / 108 Kansas 19 152  90.9% /  97.1%
2013/10/26  36 /  37 Texas Tech 30 at  19 /   8 Oklahoma 38 176  72.0% /  77.6%
2013/11/07  23 /  15 Oklahoma 12 at   3 /   6 Baylor 41 185  20.4% /  38.6%
2013/11/16  80 /  53 Iowa St. 10 at  25 /  18 Oklahoma 48 165  82.0% /  76.5%
2013/11/23  22 /  10 Oklahoma 41 at  17 /  18 Kansas St. 31 149  43.4% /  48.0%
2013/12/07  21 /  11 Oklahoma 33 at   5 /  14 Oklahoma St. 24 175  33.2% /  46.1%
2014/01/02  19 /  11 Oklahoma -- vs   2 /   1 Alabama -- --  10.9% /  13.9%


10. Outback Bowl

Wednesday, January 1 at 1:00 PM

LSU Tigers (8 - 3; 5 - 3 SEC)
vs
Iowa Hawkeyes (7 - 4; 5 - 3 Big Ten)
GUGS Score: 54.9

Eddie

LSU Tigers
Year WinPct SoS Off. Def. Pace
2013 0.840 5 0.550 14 26.4 4 11.6 15 160.3 119
Iowa Hawkeyes
Year WinPct SoS Off. Def. Pace
2013 0.723 24 0.528 54 19.0 36 10.6 6 163.8 102

LSU 34, Iowa 17 (68.8%); 162 plays.

Justin

LSU Tigers
Year WinPct SoS Off. Def. Pace
2013 0.826 11 0.668 8 24.3 11 13.5 24 159.2 101
Iowa Hawkeyes
Year WinPct SoS Off. Def. Pace
2013 0.727 30 0.582 41 17.5 54 12.1 12 159.8 98

LSU 28, Iowa 24 (63.9%); 159 plays.


LSU Tigers Season Summary
Date TFG RBA Away Team       TFG RBA Home Team Plays Odds
TFG / RBA
2013/08/31   7 /   3 LSU 37 vs  34 /  30 TCU 27 162  76.4% /  78.1%
2013/09/07 101 / 102 UAB 17 at  12 /   6 LSU 56 152  97.5% /  96.2%
2013/09/14  66 /  72 Kent St. 13 at  10 /   6 LSU 45 146  93.3% /  85.4%
2013/09/21  53 /  54 Auburn 21 at   7 /   5 LSU 35 180  88.8% /  85.4%
2013/09/28  10 /   6 LSU 41 at  12 /  10 Georgia 44 168  40.3% /  36.8%
2013/10/05  12 /   6 LSU 59 at  35 /  21 Mississippi St. 26 159  64.3% /  82.5%
2013/10/12   4 /   7 Florida 6 at   9 /   6 LSU 17 145  52.2% /  55.9%
2013/10/19   7 /   6 LSU 24 at  44 /  32 Mississippi 27 174  73.9% /  72.7%
2013/11/09  11 /   5 LSU 17 at   1 /   1 Alabama 38 136   7.6% /  18.2%
2013/11/23   9 /   9 Texas A&M 10 at  10 /   6 LSU 34 161  47.0% /  53.4%
2013/11/29  90 /  41 Arkansas 27 at   8 /   4 LSU 31 152  93.5% /  78.0%
2014/01/01  30 /  24 Iowa -- vs  11 /   5 LSU -- --  63.9% /  68.8%


Iowa Hawkeyes 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  24.8% /  34.8%
2013/09/14  59 /  65 Iowa 27 at  65 /  57 Iowa St. 21 170  41.7% /  35.0%
2013/09/21  92 /  90 Western Michigan 3 at  58 /  61 Iowa 59 163  82.0% /  62.7%
2013/09/28  34 /  31 Iowa 23 at  67 /  57 Minnesota 7 141  64.9% /  55.7%
2013/10/05  41 /  28 Michigan St. 26 at  20 /  29 Iowa 14 173  72.2% /  48.3%
2013/10/19  37 /  23 Iowa 24 at  10 /  15 Ohio St. 34 156  19.8% /  46.6%
2013/10/26  59 /  44 Northwestern 10 at  39 /  22 Iowa 17 153  76.1% /  61.1%
2013/11/02   6 /   6 Wisconsin 28 at  30 /  20 Iowa 9 166  29.2% /  31.8%
2013/11/09  35 /  20 Iowa 38 at 116 /  98 Purdue 14 157  92.9% /  90.1%
2013/11/23  36 /  27 Michigan 21 at  34 /  25 Iowa 24 157  50.2% /  56.4%
2013/11/29  31 /  23 Iowa 38 at  40 /  38 Nebraska 17 162  54.0% /  40.8%
2014/01/01  30 /  24 Iowa -- vs  11 /   5 LSU -- --  36.1% /  31.2%


11. Discover BCS National Championship Game

Monday, January 6 at 8:30 PM

Auburn Tigers (11 - 1; 8 - 1 SEC)
vs
Florida State Seminoles (12 - 0; 9 - 0 ACC)
GUGS Score: 54.9

Justin

Auburn Tigers
Year WinPct SoS Off. Def. Pace
2013 0.848 10 0.694 4 26.5 6 13.9 26 169.5 54
Florida State Seminoles
Year WinPct SoS Off. Def. Pace
2013 0.970 1 0.453 75 30.9 1 8.4 3 160.3 95

Florida St. 36, Auburn 28 (85.4%); 164 plays.

Eddie

Auburn Tigers
Year WinPct SoS Off. Def. Pace
2013 0.729 22 0.552 11 22.3 16 13.1 38 159.8 120
Florida State Seminoles
Year WinPct SoS Off. Def. Pace
2013 0.936 2 0.540 33 30.6 1 7.3 3 165.5 81

Florida St. 35, Auburn 24 (88.2%); 162 plays.


Auburn Tigers 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  57.3% /  67.5%
2013/09/07  51 /  56 Arkansas St. 9 at  88 /  80 Auburn 38 175  33.6% /  36.1%
2013/09/14  56 /  45 Mississippi St. 20 at  58 /  60 Auburn 24 162  63.7% /  24.8%
2013/09/21  53 /  54 Auburn 21 at   7 /   5 LSU 35 180  11.2% /  14.6%
2013/10/05  48 /  22 Mississippi 22 at  50 /  53 Auburn 30 180  58.4% /  29.1%
2013/10/19  42 /  44 Auburn 45 at  11 /   8 Texas A&M 41 196  15.7% /  22.0%
2013/10/26  96 / 107 FL-Atlantic 10 at  40 /  46 Auburn 45 158  90.9% /  87.0%
2013/11/02  28 /  37 Auburn 35 at  89 /  41 Arkansas 17 151  84.4% /  54.3%
2013/11/09  26 /  29 Auburn 55 at  61 /  54 Tennessee 23 152  71.4% /  64.0%
2013/11/16  20 /  32 Georgia 38 at  21 /  23 Auburn 43 190  46.4% /  52.0%
2013/11/30   1 /   1 Alabama 28 at  21 /  21 Auburn 34 160   7.1% /   9.4%
2013/12/07  10 /  10 Missouri 42 vs  11 /  22 Auburn 59 191  49.9% /  62.7%
2014/01/06   1 /   2 Florida St. -- vs  10 /  22 Auburn -- --  14.6% /  11.8%


Florida State Seminoles 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  62.7% /  21.5%
2013/09/14  84 /  73 Nevada 7 at   5 /   2 Florida St. 62 154  97.1% /  87.7%
2013/09/28   3 /   1 Florida St. 48 at  90 /  91 Boston College 34 163  96.2% /  94.8%
2013/10/05  52 /  40 Maryland 0 at   3 /   5 Florida St. 63 170  88.8% /  94.2%
2013/10/19   2 /   2 Florida St. 51 at   6 /   9 Clemson 14 188  57.6% /  52.7%
2013/10/26  65 /  57 North Carolina St. 17 at   2 /   2 Florida St. 49 169  97.4% /  89.5%
2013/11/02  33 /  40 Miami-FL 14 at   2 /   2 Florida St. 41 150  89.4% /  83.6%
2013/11/09   2 /   2 Florida St. 59 at  83 /  82 Wake Forest 3 173  97.1% /  94.5%
2013/11/16  63 /  60 Syracuse 3 at   2 /   2 Florida St. 59 146  96.0% /  92.7%
2013/11/23 119 / 120 Idaho 14 at   2 /   2 Florida St. 80 190  99.7% /  99.4%
2013/11/30   2 /   2 Florida St. 37 at  34 /  24 Florida 7 137  93.0% /  87.2%
2013/12/07  55 /  56 Duke 7 vs   2 /   2 Florida St. 45 176  95.8% /  94.7%
2014/01/06   1 /   2 Florida St. -- vs  10 /  22 Auburn -- --  85.4% /  88.2%


9. Tostitos Fiesta Bowl

Wednesday, January 1 at 8:30 PM

Baylor Bears (10 - 1; 8 - 1 Big XII)
vs
UCF Knights (11 - 1; 8 - 0 American Athletic)
GUGS Score: 55.2

Eddie

Baylor Bears
Year WinPct SoS Off. Def. Pace
2013 0.808 8 0.563 4 27.8 2 12.1 23 175.8 5
UCF Knights
Year WinPct SoS Off. Def. Pace
2013 0.701 31 0.460 96 20.4 26 13.3 39 163.2 107

Baylor 38, UCF 27 (68.7%); 169 plays.

Justin

Baylor Bears
Year WinPct SoS Off. Def. Pace
2013 0.870 5 0.587 38 28.9 2 14.1 33 189.0 2
UCF Knights
Year WinPct SoS Off. Def. Pace
2013 0.748 24 0.416 77 22.0 16 14.6 36 157.5 111

Baylor 37, UCF 31 (69.3%); 173 plays.


Baylor Bears Season Summary
Date TFG RBA Away Team       TFG RBA Home Team Plays Odds
TFG / RBA
2013/09/07 108 / 107 Buffalo 13 at  24 /  34 Baylor 70 187  96.1% /  87.0%
2013/09/21  98 /  94 LA-Monroe 7 at  17 /  21 Baylor 70 190  95.2% /  78.1%
2013/10/05  57 /  57 West Virginia 42 at   6 /  12 Baylor 73 205  89.8% /  75.3%
2013/10/12  14 /  11 Baylor 35 at  35 /  28 Kansas St. 25 165  59.6% /  40.8%
2013/10/19  52 /  55 Iowa St. 7 at   9 /  10 Baylor 71 185  88.5% /  76.3%
2013/10/26   3 /   6 Baylor 59 at  99 / 109 Kansas 14 200  94.7% /  94.1%
2013/11/07  23 /  15 Oklahoma 12 at   3 /   6 Baylor 41 185  79.6% /  61.4%
2013/11/16  44 /  40 Texas Tech 34 vs   3 /   4 Baylor 63 214  87.9% /  74.3%
2013/11/23   4 /   5 Baylor 17 at  13 /  12 Oklahoma St. 49 185  69.8% /  34.6%
2013/11/30   6 /   8 Baylor 41 at  52 /  48 TCU 38 208  86.0% /  81.8%
2013/12/07  32 /  29 Texas 10 at   7 /   8 Baylor 30 195  73.2% /  72.0%
2014/01/01  24 /  31 UCF -- vs   5 /   8 Baylor -- --  69.3% /  68.7%


UCF Knights Season Summary
Date TFG RBA Away Team       TFG RBA Home Team Plays Odds
TFG / RBA
2013/08/29 120 / 118 Akron 7 at  32 /  37 UCF 38 149  94.8% /  90.5%
2013/09/06  29 /  35 UCF 38 at 107 / 111 FIU 0 144  86.3% /  81.7%
2013/09/14  18 /  35 UCF 34 at  20 /  18 Penn State 31 152  39.3% /  36.3%
2013/09/28  17 /   5 South Carolina 28 at  15 /  23 UCF 25 166  66.1% /  20.5%
2013/10/05  18 /  23 UCF 24 at  87 /  96 Memphis 17 165  86.6% /  95.3%
2013/10/18  19 /  27 UCF 38 at   5 /  12 Louisville 35 150  20.0% /  46.5%
2013/10/26 103 / 100 Connecticut 17 at  11 /  28 UCF 62 163  96.5% /  85.6%
2013/11/09  31 /  36 Houston 14 at  16 /  22 UCF 19 165  70.2% /  57.3%
2013/11/16  17 /  20 UCF 39 at  92 /  87 Temple 36 177  91.9% /  87.1%
2013/11/21  73 /  74 Rutgers 17 at  19 /  26 UCF 41 157  83.7% /  79.0%
2013/11/29  99 / 111 South Florida 20 at  19 /  26 UCF 23 151  92.3% /  91.4%
2013/12/07  25 /  31 UCF 17 at  83 /  75 SMU 13 150  84.2% /  78.8%
2014/01/01  24 /  31 UCF -- vs   5 /   8 Baylor -- --  30.7% /  31.3%


6. Buffalo Wild Wings Bowl

Saturday, December 28 at 10:15 PM

Kansas State Wildcats (7 - 4; 5 - 4 Big XII)
vs
Michigan Wolverines (7 - 5; 3 - 5 Big Ten)
GUGS Score: 60.8

Justin

Kansas State Wildcats
Year WinPct SoS Off. Def. Pace
2013 0.776 21 0.551 53 24.1 12 15.1 42 157.7 108
Michigan Wolverines
Year WinPct SoS Off. Def. Pace
2013 0.719 31 0.599 34 22.0 17 15.5 46 163.3 86

Kansas St. 31, Michigan 29 (57.5%); 160 plays.

Eddie

Kansas State Wildcats
Year WinPct SoS Off. Def. Pace
2013 0.759 18 0.538 37 22.3 14 12.9 34 165.4 82
Michigan Wolverines
Year WinPct SoS Off. Def. Pace
2013 0.711 26 0.544 25 21.8 19 13.6 42 166.5 73

Kansas St. 35, Michigan 27 (56.1%); 165 plays.


Kansas State Wildcats Season Summary
Date TFG RBA Away Team       TFG RBA Home Team Plays Odds
TFG / RBA
2013/09/07  77 /  75 LA-Lafayette 27 at  14 /  15 Kansas St. 48 168  94.2% /  81.3%
2013/09/14 124 / 124 Massachusetts 7 at  16 /  17 Kansas St. 37 149  99.8% /  98.8%
2013/09/21  22 /  16 Kansas St. 21 at  43 /  41 Texas 31 177  56.6% /  60.1%
2013/10/05  31 /  25 Kansas St. 29 at  24 /  31 Oklahoma St. 33 159  35.4% /  48.3%
2013/10/12  14 /  11 Baylor 35 at  35 /  28 Kansas St. 25 165  40.4% /  59.2%
2013/10/26  53 /  59 West Virginia 12 at  22 /  30 Kansas St. 35 157  81.3% /  71.2%
2013/11/02  71 /  53 Iowa St. 7 at  17 /  25 Kansas St. 41 161  85.9% /  66.2%
2013/11/09  15 /  18 Kansas St. 49 at  37 /  39 Texas Tech 26 181  68.4% /  57.8%
2013/11/16  60 /  45 TCU 31 at   9 /  12 Kansas St. 33 157  83.7% /  70.8%
2013/11/23  22 /  10 Oklahoma 41 at  17 /  18 Kansas St. 31 149  56.6% /  52.0%
2013/11/30  20 /  18 Kansas St. 31 at 113 / 101 Kansas 10 166  95.1% /  89.8%
2013/12/28  31 /  26 Michigan -- vs  21 /  18 Kansas St. -- --  57.5% /  56.1%


Michigan Wolverines Season Summary
Date TFG RBA Away Team       TFG RBA Home Team Plays Odds
TFG / RBA
2013/08/31 100 / 101 Central Michigan 9 at  16 /  11 Michigan 59 154  91.7% /  93.7%
2013/09/07   5 /   4 Notre Dame 30 at  13 /  10 Michigan 41 169  50.2% /  37.4%
2013/09/14 120 / 120 Akron 24 at   8 /   7 Michigan 28 167  99.4% /  96.8%
2013/09/21  20 /  13 Michigan 24 at  81 /  88 Connecticut 21 157  80.7% /  91.3%
2013/10/05  70 /  64 Minnesota 13 at  32 /  24 Michigan 42 135  83.2% /  75.7%
2013/10/12  29 /  12 Michigan 40 at  24 /  29 Penn State 43 210  38.5% /  58.5%
2013/10/19  46 /  65 Indiana 47 at  27 /  17 Michigan 63 188  76.9% /  79.3%
2013/11/02  25 /  24 Michigan 6 at   8 /   7 Michigan St. 29 157  28.0% /  49.5%
2013/11/09  41 /  41 Nebraska 17 at  32 /  27 Michigan 13 154  61.3% /  63.7%
2013/11/16  36 /  28 Michigan 27 at  55 /  41 Northwestern 19 199  61.7% /  60.3%
2013/11/23  36 /  27 Michigan 21 at  34 /  25 Iowa 24 157  49.8% /  43.6%
2013/11/30   5 /   6 Ohio St. 42 at  33 /  27 Michigan 41 166  20.6% /  32.1%
2013/12/28  31 /  26 Michigan -- vs  21 /  18 Kansas St. -- --  42.5% /  43.9%


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