Last Updated on January 2, 2011 12:00 am by drew
Fiesta Bowl Trends
GLENDALE, AZ (TheSpread) – Most college football fans expect No. 9 Oklahoma to beat No. 25 Connecticut in the 2011 Fiesta Bowl, but who do the trends favor on Saturday?
Connecticut is 8-4 on the season while Oklahoma is 11-2 on the season. The Sooners were the Big 12 Conference champions while the Huskies are the champions of the Big East Conference.
Oddsmakers from online sportsbook Sportsbook.com have given Oklahoma point spread odds of -16.5 against Connecticut on Saturday while the over/under total has been set at 54.5 points. (View Matchup)
When breaking down the trends for this game, most of the trends for Connecticut are largely positive. The Huskies are 4-0 against the spread in their last 4 games after a win and 20-6 ATS in their last 26 games overall. Connecticut is also 36-16-1 ATS in their last 53 non-conference contests.
For Oklahoma, the Sooners are 0-4 ATS in their last four bowl games, and 0-4 ATS in their last four bowl games when they were favored. Some of those games included contests where Oklahoma faced “inferior” opponents like Boise State. Connecticut is getting disrespected a lot for this game and the Sooners could be disinterested in this matchup. Oklahoma is also 1-5 ATS in their last 6 non-conference games.
For the over/under, the over has hit in 13 of the last 16 games that Oklahoma has played on grass while the under has hit in 6 of the last 7 games where Connecticut was an underdog.
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