2. Wasabi Fenway Bowl: Louisville vs Cincinnati
Saturday, December 17, 11:00, ESPN
POINT TOTAL 40
PICK Under
I don’t blame you one bit if you want nothing to do with this game. Apparently, no one on either side does, either.
In every possible way, this bowl is a mess.
Coach Scott Satterfield is leaving for Cincinnati from Louisville, Jeff Brohm isn’t going to do anything yet for the Cardinals, and seemingly every really good Cincinnati player has bolted, is hurt, or both.
Louisville isn’t in quite the same shape, but it’s missing a whole lot of parts in the offensive backfield and the defense won’t have a few decent pieces.
But even with all of that and even with all the unknowns, I’d still be screaming to take the over on 40 points in a bowl game. 24-17 and you get it done. There’s one problem with that.
Who holds a freaking bowl game in Boston on December 17th?
As I keep yelling at everyone when it comes to point totals this time of year … weather, weather, weather.
This thing starts right away at 11 am ET. That’s about when the delightful combination of snow and slushy rain should be finishing up its part of the festivities just in time for it all to freeze later in the day.
That, and it’s supposed to be really, really windy – like, gale warnings – for two teams that as is won’t be able to throw.
This is going to be bowl game performance art.
This starts the day, and three NFL games and five other bowls later, you’re going to stay up late and deal with …
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