2009 Holiday Bowl Nebraska vs. Arizona Picks & Predictions

Last Updated on December 30, 2009 4:00 pm by drew

Holiday Bowl Pick

Ndamukong Suh makes his final appearance in a
Nebraska uniform Wednesday night when the Huskers meet
Arizona in the 2009
Holiday Bowl at 8PM ET from Qualcomm Stadium.

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Suh has made waves since his performance in the Big 12 Championship, where he had over three sacks while nearly leading
Nebraska to an upset of

Texas.

Nebraska is currently 9-4 and 8-5 against the spread.
Nebraska won its last five games prior to the loss to

Texas.

Arizona is 8-4 on the season and 6-6 against the spread this year. The Wildcats won their last two games of the season, including a 21-17 win over USC on the road.
Oddsmakers from online sports book SPORTSBETTING.com have made
Nebraska 3-point favorites over

Arizona on Wednesday night. The over/under total for this game has been established at 40.5.

Nebraska is scoring 24.5 points per-game but doesn’t have a lot of offensive fire power. Zac Lee has thrown for 1,970 yards with 13 touchdowns and 10 interceptions while Roy Helu has rushed for 1,139 yards and 10 scores.

Arizona is allowing 23.2 points and only 315.8 yards per-game on defense this year.

Arizona is scoring 29.7 points per-game thanks to a balanced attack. Nick Foles has thrown for 2,420 yards and 19 touchdowns this season to lead the Wildcats. The Huskers have one of the top defenses in the country thanks to Suh.

Nebraska is allowing just 11.2 points per-game and only 284.5 yards per-game in an offensively-stacked Big 12 Conference.

This game could very well stack up like the Big 12 Championship.
Nebraska should be able to limit

Arizona’s offense. The Huskers have faced much tougher offenses than

Arizona. The key will be if
Nebraska’s shotty offense can some how score enough points on a pretty good

Arizona defense. Trends favor the Wildcats in this game, but the Pac-10 has struggled in bowl games thus far, picking up two underwhelming wins. We suggest a pick of

Nebraska with the under as we feel the Huskers will find a way to score enough to win by more than three points, whether that be a defensive or offensive score.

Our Holiday Bowl Free Pick for this matchup is:

NEBRASKA -3 and UNDER 40.5.
College Football Bowl Season Betting Trends


ARIZONA is 33-58 ATS (-30.8 Units) as a favorite since 1992.

Nebraska is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games

The total has gone UNDER in 7 of

Nebraska‘s last 9 games

Arizona is 5-2 ATS in its last 7 games

Arizona is 5-2 SU in its last 7 games

Bowl Season College Football Injury Report


NEBRASKA

[RB] 09/06/2009 – Quentin Castille has been dismissed from the team ( Dismissed ) 

[S] 10/24/2009 – Rickey Thenarse out indefinitely ( Knee ) 

[LB] 10/23/2009 – Blake Lawrence out for season ( Concussion ) 

[CB] 10/12/2009 – Jace Dean out for season ( Knee ) 

ARIZONA

No significant injuries.
Holiday Bowl Odds

Nebraska Cornhuskers -3 Over 40.5 (-155)

Arizona Wildcats +3 Under 40.5 (+135)
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Posted: 12/30/09 4:00PM ET