Barstool Sports Arizona Bowl
Ohio vs Wyoming
Friday, December 30, 2022
4:30, Barstool
No Research Instant Analysis: I was around for the original creation of the Arizona Bowl – yeah, I got to help do the big announcement when it was the NOVA Home Loans Arizona Bowl – so I always sort of like this thing even though it changed hands a few times. I give the hug so I can rip – from the beginning this has always been the WORST-timed bowl of the bunch. This year, it’s on when the Sun and Gator – with Notre Dame in the later – are rolling.
These two will run, they’ll play great defense, and they should make this worthy of going to a second screen. It’ll be intense even if there aren’t a ton of points.
No Research Bowl Prediction: Wyoming 24, Ohio 14
Early Bowl Line Guess: Wyoming -3.5
Actual Line: Ohio -2.5
TransPerfect Music City Bowl
Iowa vs Kentucky
Saturday, December 31, 2022
12:00, ESPN
No Research Instant Analysis: Didn’t we just do this? The 20-17 Kentucky win over Iowa in last year’s Citrus Bowl was low scoring, but good. This one will be the former, not the latter. This is going to be a rough watch.
Can Cade McNamara get healthy and play in this? Maybe the Michigan transfer-turned-Hawkeye can play full-time QB for both sides. As is Iowa doesn’t have an offense – it’s not going to turn into the Kansas City Chiefs with a moth to get ready. On the other side, possible No. 1 overall draft pick Will Levis is out of his mind to spend one more minute getting beaten up behind the leaky UK O line.
If the total is 1.5, go under. The Iowa defense wins ugly.
No Research Bowl Prediction: Iowa 16, Kentucky 13
Early Bowl Line Guess: Iowa -2
Actual Line: Kentucky -3.5
2022-2023 Bowl First Thought Analysis
Bahamas: UAB-MU | Cure: UTSA-Troy
Fenway: UC-UofL | Celeb: JSU-NC Central
New Mexico: SMU-BYU | LA: Wazzu-Fresno
LendingTree: Rice-USM | Vegas: UF-Oregon St
Frisco: UNT-Boise | Myrtle: Marshall-UConn
Potato: EMU-SJSU | Boca: Libery-Toledo
NO: WKU-USA | Armed Forces: AF-Baylor
Ind: La-Houston | Gasparilla: WF-Missouri
Hawaii: SDSU-MT | Quick: NMSU-BGSU
Camellia: GaSo-UB | 1st Resp: Memphis-USU
Birm: Coastal-ECU | GuarRate: Wisc-Ok St
Military: UCF-Duke | Libery: KU-Arkansas
Holiday: Oregon-UNC | Texas: TTech-Ole Miss
Pinstripe: Minn-Syr | Cheez-It: FSU-OU
Alamo: Texas-UW | Mayo: MD-NC St
Sun: UCLA-Pitt | Gator: ND-USC
Arizona: Ohio-Wyoming | Music: Iowa-UK
ReliaQuest: Ill-Miss St | Citrus: LSU-Purdue
Orange: Tenn-Clemson | Sugar: Bama-K-State
Cotton: USC-Tulane | Rose: Penn St-Utah
CFP Fiesta: UM-TCU CFP Peach: UGA-OSU
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