College Bowl Handicapping – Motivation

Written May 21, 2008 by Jack Jones

We have this old guide laying around for handicapping the college bowl games and wanted to get it posted for everyone to take advantage of. Remember that even if you had a great college football betting season the bowl season is a completely different animal, and we want to make sure you are as prepared as possible.

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MOTIVATION

The most important thing in our minds is to figure out which teams really want to be involved in the bowl game that they are in. There are some teams that wanted to be in a better bowl, and it’s hard for teams to find the inspiration needed to play in a minor bowl game when they had their hopes on a bigger match-up.

Underdogs also do a great job against teams that got jumped in the polls or BCS ratings at the end of the year. These favorites are normally feeling down or sorry for themselves and have a tendency to be beaten outirght as more than a touchdown favorite, so think of a big payday on the money line!

The last team to look for is the one that wanted to be in a better bowl at the beginning of the year but was hampered by injuries, adversity, or close losses. This is a team you want to ride because they look at the game as a chance to get something out of their lost season, to put the seniors out as winners, and to build for the next year.

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