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South Florida Favored Over East Carolina in Inaugural Papa Johns Bowl

Team Page: East Carolina :: South Florida

74% of Bets Placed on S. Florida -5 | Matchup | CFB Picks
South Florida is trying to create a habit of making bowl appearances. East Carolina hopes it has renewed one.

The two upstart teams provide an unlikely pairing on Dec. 23 in the inaugural PapaJohns.com Bowl at Legion Field in Birmingham, Ala.

Oddsmakers have made South Florida -5 point spread favorites (College Football Odds) for today's game, the over/under has been set at 43 total points (View CFB Sports Books).

Bowl Game Preview: New Orleans Bowl Bettors Picking Rice -4

Team Page: Troy State :: Rice

73% of Bets Placed on Rice -4 | Matchup | CFB Picks
In less than a year after being hired to turn around Rice's struggling football program, coach Todd Graham led the Owls to just their fourth winning season since 1993 and helped get their stadium upgraded. Now, he's taking his team to its first bowl in 45 years.

Graham and Rice (7-5) try for the program's first postseason win since 1954 when the Owls take on Troy in the New Orleans Bowl on Dec. 22.

Bowl Game Preview: Las Vegas Bowl

Team Page: BYU :: Oregon

865% of Bets Placed on BYU -3 | Matchup | CFB Picks
Quarterback John Beck and Brigham Young should have enough motivation to overcome the malaise that accompanies nearly a one-month layoff between their regular-season finale and bowl appearance.

The 19th-ranked Cougars look to channel that emotion when they play in the Las Vegas Bowl for a second straight season to face Oregon on Dec. 21 at Sam Boyd Stadium.

Oddsmakers have made BYU -3 point spread favorites (College Football Odds) for Thursday's game, the over/under has been set at 62 total points (View CFB Sports Books).

College Bowl Season Kickoff: Pointsettia Bowl N. Illinois vs TCU

Team Page: Northern Illinois :: TCU

64% of Bets Placed on TCU -12.5 | Matchup | CFB Picks
TCU has proven to be among the nation's best at stopping the run, but the team has not faced a running back of Garrett Wolfe's caliber.

The 25th-ranked Horned Frogs look to continue their defensive dominance and close with an eighth straight win when they oppose Northern Illinois at the Poinsettia Bowl in San Diego on Dec. 19 to open college football's postseason

Oddsmakers have made TCU -12.5 point spread favorites (College Football Odds) for todays game,

College Football Bowl Games

College Football Bowl games start on the 19th of December. Early wagering was nearly non-existent as the long countdown to next month's national collegiate football championship began in America's sports gambling Mecca.

Las Vegas books widely opened Ohio State as an 8-point favorite over Florida after the BCS lineup was announced on Sunday.

The total was posted at 48.

Players flooded betting parlors to watch numbers go up, but there was no rush to wagering windows.