Houston is playing in a bowl game for the 19th time, going all the way back to 1952 when they program beat Dayton by a score of 26-21. More recently the teams has not had much post-season success, losing eight straight bowl games since routing Navy in 1980. In a bowl game for the fourth straight year, the Cougars lost to TCU in last year’s Texas Bowl by a final score of 20-13, moving the team to 7-10-1 in the bowl games overall. As for the Falcons, they played in this bowl last year against Cal and were on the losing end by a score of 42-36. The loss was the second in a row for the Falcons in bowl appearances, moving the team below .500 at 8-9-1. These teams met earlier this year for the first time ever, with the Falcons getting a 31-28 win over Houston back on September 13.

5dimes.com oddsmakers currently have the Houston Cougars set as 3 point betting odds favorites in this years Armed Forces Bowl, with the games over/under posted at 64 total points

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Falcons are 10-2 ATS in their last 12 games following a SU loss of more than 20 points.
Falcons are 12-3 ATS in their last 15 games after allowing more than 450 total yards in their previous game.
Falcons are 4-1 ATS in their last 5 games as an underdog of 3.5-10.0.
Cougars are 4-9 ATS in their last 13 games after accumulating more than 280 yards passing in their previous game.
Cougars are 2-6 ATS vs. a team with a winning record.
Cougars are 4-12 ATS in their last 16 games overall.

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Texas Bowl Betting Pick: Rice -3.0 (-110) - Tue December 30th ‘08 8:00p
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The Rice Owls had a very solid season going 9-3 overall including 6-0 at home, and they should simply have too much firepower for the Western Michigan Broncos, who come out of a MAC conference that has struggled in the bowls so far.

We mention the Rice home record because this contest is being played in their back yard in Houston. The Owls averaged an impressive 41.6 points and 472.2 total yards of offense per game this season, and their three losses came on the road at Texas, Vanderbilt and Tulsa, all of whom are bowl teams.

Rice also enters this game on a six-game winning streak after beginning the year at 3-3, and they have scored at least 35 points in every game during this streak. They have an outstanding dual threat at quarterback in Chase Clement, as not only did he pass for over 3800 yards with an incredible 41 touchdown passes vs. just seven interceptions this season, but he also added 621 yards and 11 touchdowns on the ground!

Clement and the rest of a very versatile Rice offense presents a nightmarish matchup for a Western Michigan defense that struggled on the road all year, allowing 31.5 points on a horrendous 405.3 yards per game away from home. It also hurts the cause of Western Michigan that the MAC is 0-2 both straight up and against the spread this bowl season with the losses coming to a couple of the lesser teams to qualify for a bowl (Florida Atlantic, Louisiana Tech).

Rice is much stronger than those two clubs, so this seems like an extremely tough chore for the Broncos, especially with the contest being a virtual home game for Rice.

College Football Free Texas Bowl Pick: Rice -3 (-110) - Courtesy of LT Profits

Free NBA Picks: San Antonio Spurs -8.0 - Tue December 30th 2008 8:35p
The San Antonio Spurs are currently in top form as is evident by their 5 game win straight streak, and will be well prepared to play this tilt against a Milwaukee Bucks team that has lost 14 of their L/15 games SU in the state of Texas.

The Spurs after playing 5 games in a week, have had two days rest, which will of great benefit to a team that gives a lot of floor time and minutes to the big three of Tim Duncan, Tony Parker and Manu Ginobili .

Heres a quote from Spurs star Tim Duncan:
Two days is a very long break, especially with the type of schedule we have been holding lately, We have a lot of guys who have played a lot of minutes, so a break will be great.

With that said, look for the Spurs to come out with all guns blazing tonight in a a game vs a smaller team that does not match up very well with them on the inside and under the glass. It must be noted Bucks, were out-rebounded 53-44 and outscored 36-28 in the paint in their last outing a loss to the Detroit Pistons.

Final notes & Key Trends: Spurs are 23-10-2 ATS in their last 35 games as a home favorite of 5-10.5 points .

Projected score: San Antonio 100 Milwaukee 89 - Courtesy of Alex Smart
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The Rice Owls have the homefield advantage when they play the Western Michigan Broncos for the first-time ever in the 2008 Texas Bowl. This will be the second straight bowl appearance for the Broncos, but just the fourth in the team’s school history. Unfortunately all three of the Broncos’ previous bowl games ended in a loss, including last year in the International Bowl, as WMU lost to Cincinnati in a well fought battle by a score of 27-24. The Owls are playing in their ninth bowl in school history, but just their second since the year 1961. Rice won its first four bowl games, but the team has not won since, losing its last four post-season games, including the 2006 New Orleans Bowl where Rice was crushed by Troy by a score of 41-17.

5dimes.com oddsmakers currently have the Rice Owls posted as 3 point betting odds favorites against the Western Michigan Broncos in this years Texas Bowl, with the games over/under sitting at 73 total points.

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Here are some betting trends to consider for the Texas Bowl:
Broncos are 4-0-1 ATS in their last 5 games as an underdog of 0.5-3.0.
Broncos are 3-7-1 ATS in their last 11 games following a ATS loss.
Broncos are 2-5-1 ATS vs. a team with a winning record.
Owls are 5-1 ATS in their last 6 games as a favorite.
Owls are 5-1 ATS in their last 6 games overall.
Owls are 4-1 ATS in their last 5 games after accumulating more than 280 yards passing in their previous game.

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In a much anticipated shootut, the Oklahoma State Cowboys and the Oregon Ducks will battle in the 2008 Holiday Bowl. Oklahoma State is ready to make its sixth bowl game appearance in the last seven years, and the team has a 12-6 record all-time in their bowl games. The 67% winning percentage in bowl games is the top among all Big 12 conference teams. The Oreagon Ducks are making their fourth consecutive bowl game appearance and 12th bowl trip in 14 years under coach Bellotti. They are playing in the Holiday Bowl for the third time in 10 years, as they beat Texas in the 2000 before losing a game to Oklahoma in 2005.

5dimes.com oddsmakers currently have Oklahoma State Cowboys set as 3 point betting odds favorites against the Oregon Ducks in this years Holiday Bowl, with the games over/under posted at 76 total points.

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Here are some betting trends to consider for this years Holiday Bowl:
Ducks are 7-1 ATS in their last 8 games after accumulating more than 280 yards passing in their previous game.
Ducks are 5-1 ATS in their last 6 bowl games as an underdog.
Ducks are 7-2 ATS in their last 9 games after allowing more than 280 yards passing in their previous game.
Cowboys are 4-0 ATS in their last 4 non-conference games.
Cowboys are 6-1 ATS in their last 7 games following a double-digit loss at home.
Cowboys are 4-1 ATS in their last 5 games after scoring more than 40 points in their previous game.

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The Maryland Terrapins and the Nevada Wolf Pack will play for the first-time ever when the two teams match-up in the 2008 Humanitarian Bowl in Boise, Idaho. This is the third straight bowl showing for Maryland, and the sixth in the team’s last eight seasons. In the team’s bowl history the Terrapins have a 9-11-2 record. This is the ninth bowl game in the school history for Nevada, which has lost its last two post-season games, including a 21-20 loss to Miami-Florida in the MPC Computers Bowl, which is currently the Humanitarian Bowl

5dimes.com oddsmakers currently have the Nevada Wolfpack set as 3 point betting odds favorites against the Maryland Terrapins in this years Humanitarian Bowl, with the games over/under posted at 58 total points.

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Here are some betting trends to consider for the Humanitarian Bowl:
Wolf Pack are 5-0 ATS in their last 5 games on turf.
Wolf Pack are 5-1 ATS in their last 6 games as a favorite of 0.5-3.0.
Wolf Pack are 13-4 ATS in their last 17 games following a ATS loss.
Terrapins are 4-0 ATS in their last 4 games after accumulating less than 100 yards rushing in their previous game.
Terrapins are 5-1 ATS in their last 6 games following a S.U. loss.
Terrapins are 5-2 ATS in their last 7 games following a ATS loss.

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The Missouri Tigers and the Northwestern Wildcats are set to battle in this year’s Alamo Bowl. Missouri is playing in a bowl game for the fourth straight year, as coach Pinkel has done a solid job of improving the program. As for Northwestern, they attained a spot in this bowl game by winning nine games during the regular season, the third season of nine or more victories for the team since 1995. Northwestern hasn’t won a bowl game since 1949, so there seems to be a little more meaning in this bowl game for the players and coaches. Missouri and Northwestern have split their eight previous games, the most recent of which took place in the year 1987.

5dimes.com oddsmakers currently have Missouri set as 12 point betting odds favorites against Northwestern in this years Alamo Bowl, with the games over/under sitting at 66 total points

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Here are some betting trends to consider in this years Alamo Bowl:
Wildcats are 20-41-1 ATS in their last 62 games following a S.U. win.
Wildcats are 7-18-1 ATS in their last 26 games as an underdog of 10.5 or greater.
Wildcats are 3-9 ATS in their last 12 non-conference games.
Tigers are 4-0 ATS in their last 4 vs. Big Ten.
Tigers are 19-4 ATS in their last 23 games after allowing more than 40 points in their previous game.
Tigers are 13-3 ATS in their last 16 non-conference games.

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The NC State Wolfpack meet the Rutgers Scarlet Knights in Birmingham in the 2008 Papajohns.com Bowl. This is NC State’s first bowl game under second-year coach O’Brien and its first since beating South Florida in the 2005 Meineke Bowl. The Wolfpack are 12-10-1 all-time in bowl games and they haven’t had a win in their last three bowl games. Overall, this is Rutgers fifth showing in a bowl game, having posted a 2-2 record in their prior bowl games. Rutgers has won each of their last two bowl appearances, including a 52-30 win over Ball Sate in last season’s International Bowl. This game is the first-ever meeting between Rutgers and NC State.

5dimes.com currently has NC State set as 6.5 point betting odds underdogs against Rutgers with the games over/under posted at 57 points in this years Papa Johns Bowl.

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Here are some betting trends to consider for this years Papa Johns Bowl:
Wolfpack are 6-0 ATS vs. a team with a winning record.
Wolfpack are 7-0 ATS in their last 7 games overall.
Wolfpack are 6-0 ATS in their last 6 games following a ATS win.
Scarlet Knights are 7-0 ATS in their last 7 games on turf.
Scarlet Knights are 6-0 ATS in their last 6 games following a S.U. win.
Scarlet Knights are 4-0 ATS in their last 4 games in December.

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Villanova -9.0 (-110) - Monday December 29th 2008 7:00p
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The Villanova Wildcats are already 3-0 vs. the Big Five this season with wins over St. Josesphs, Penn and La Salle, and they look to make it a clean sweep vs. the Temple Owls tonight before commencing Big East play later this week.

This game is being played on campus at the Pavillion, where the Wildcats are always tough. In fact, they have now won 22 straight games in this gym, which is obviously much more quaint than the Wachovia Center, where they play the rest of their home games.

Villanova is off to a nice 11-1 start with the lone start coming vs. a nationally ranked Texas team, and they are now 23-4 vs. non-conference opponents since the start of last season while winning those games by an average of +11.6 points. It naturally helps to be playing in what is probably the best conference in the country in the Big East, which has toughened the Wildcats up when they play out of conference.

Temple is just 5-5 so far, and they have been very inconsistent, upsetting the likes of Tennessee and losing to the likes of Long Beach State and Buffalo. It should be noted that the Tennessee game was at home though, and the Owls are just 1-3 in their lined true road games. Things do not figure to improve for them in this environment.

Villanova has won this matchup each of the last three years by an average margin of +16.0 points, and we look for a repeat performance this evening.

College Basketball Free Pick: Villanova -9 (-110) - Courtesy of LT Profits
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The Louisiana Tech Bulldogs match up against the Northern Illinois Huskies in the 33rd Independence Bowl in Shreveport on Sunday, December 28th 2008. As far as an all-time record between these two clubs is concerned, Louisiana Tech has been victorious in all but one of the previous six games. The most recent of those games took place in the year 1996 with the Bulldogs routing the Huskies by a score of 40-14 on the road. This is the first bowl game for Louisiana Tech since they fell to Clemson in the 2001 Humanitarian Bowl. The three previous bowl outings for the Bulldogs were all played in the Independence Bowl where the team has recorded a 1-1-1 mark. As for the Huskies, they missed getting to a bowl game a year ago but took part in the 2006 Poinsettia Bowl, a game against TCU that resulted in a pathetic 37-7 loss.

5dimes.com oddsmakers currently have the Northern Illinois Huskies set as a 1 point betting odds favorites against the Louisiana Tech Bulldogs with the games over/under posted at 47 total points.

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Here are some betting trends to consider for the Independence Bowl:
Huskies are 8-2 ATS in their last 10 games after allowing more than 200 yards rushing in their previous game.
Huskies are 2-5 ATS vs. a team with a winning record.
Huskies are 1-4 ATS in their last 5 games after allowing less than 20 points in their previous game.
Bulldogs are 9-2 ATS in their last 11 vs. MAC.
Bulldogs are 7-20 ATS in their last 27 non-conference games.
Bulldogs are 7-22-1 ATS in their last 30 games following a ATS win.

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